CASEBOLT
CLEANS HOUSE.... WINS 36th TENNESSEE MEMORIAL
Photo's
by: Ronnie Barnett & Viola Sujkowski
Interview by: Richard Allen
Cleveland
(TN) Speedway (5/18/2013) --- Richmond Indiana's Steve Casebolt dominated Saturday
nights 36th annual Johnston Coca-Cola Tennessee Memorial Southern All-Star race
at Cleveland Speedway. The D&R Motorsports "Snow-King" #C9 "Hicks
& Ingle, B&MConcrete, Port City Racing, Arizona Sports Shirts, American
Racer" sponsored MasterSbilt / Cornett powered racer not only held off former
D&R pilot Ray Cook for the $4,000 payday, but outlasted MotherNature whom
threatened rains all around the Tennessee Valley area Saturday.
“It’s
just teamwork. You know, I’m the same driver I’ve always been. I’m
not any better, I don’t feel like I’m any worse,” said Casebolt,
who fought off challenges from former D&R Motorsports driver Ray Cook for
the victory. “I’ve just got a good group of guys that are willing to
work with me and it’s just racing. Everybody thinks it’s all the driver,
but it’s not. You’ve gotta have a good team behind you and I’ve
struggled to have good experienced guys with me in the past with my own car, and
every time when I get with a team that has good guys and surround myself with
good people, we normally have good performances.”
Cook attempted
several advances on Casebolt after gaining second place on a restart by overpowering
polesitter Billy Ogle Jr. Consi Winner William Thomas was the hard charger, making
the drive from his 9th starting position to pass under Ogle for 3rd a few laps
later. Randy Weaver, Ogle and Thomas battled three-wide for 3rd for several laps.The
reigning S.A.S champion Weaver was never a factor in the equation and would finish
a solid 4th with Ogle narrowly holding off Ivedent Lloyd Jr for a Top-5 finish.
Mike Weeks won the nights other consi. and would finish 10th overall. “I
knew he was close because my crew guys were signaling me. Luckily enough they
signaled me to make the right move at the right time on the racetrack, so we kind
of kept him at bay,” Casebolt said. “I saw him poke his nose underneath
of me a couple of times. I think when I got up there on that top and had that
momentum rolling around, at this place, it’s just really hard to pass a guy
that can keep a straight line up there on that top.”
In
other divisional action Rick Hixson won the LLM (Steel-head)
race after Aaron Wilson refused to teardown for a post-race
inspection. Crossville, TN's Brett Wyatt won the Crate
LM feature. "Peebo" Glen Seaton III won the A-Hobby feature. Johnny
Hughes win the B-Hobby race. Michael Courtney lapped the field and won the Pony
feature and Daniel Burnette won the FWD race.
Official
S.A.S Feature Finish: 1. Steve Casebolt 2. Ray Cook 3. William Thomas 4. Randy
Weaver 5. Billy Ogle Jr. 6. Ivedent Lloyd Jr.
7. Skip Arp 8. Riley Hickman
9. Derek Ellis 10. Mike Weeks 11. Michael Asberry 12. Jason Hiett, 13.Dusty Carver,
14.Jason Welshan, 15.Chris Wilson, 16.Bo Shirley, 17.Brett Holmes, 18.Mark Rosner,
19.Jeff Franklin, 20.David Payne, 21.Kayne Hickman, 22.Aaron Ridley, 23.Ross While,
24.Shawn Chastain
Crate
LM: Winner - Brett Wyatt (# 17) of Crossville, TN
2.Rex Richey, 3.Jimmy Elliott,
4.Jason Welshan, 5.Jason Deal, 6.Craig Reece, 7.Brandon Williams, 8.Mitchell Stanley,
9.Michael Arp, 10.Bobby Richey Jr, 11.Bobby Doss, 12.Dustin Golden, 13.Johnny
Phillips, 14.Brian Courtney, 15.Doug Smith, 16.Danny Turner, 17.Ryan Tims, 18.Robert
Ballard, DNS: Matt Murphy and Kevin Gill
Steel-head LLM: Winner - Rick
Hixson (# A-1) of Soddy Daisy, TN
2.Justin Litchford, 3.John Ownbey, 4.Heath
Hindman, 5.Tod Hernandez, 6.Dustin Cansler, 7.Levi Hicks, 8.Reuben Mayfield, 9.Chris
Powell, 10.Caleb Patton, 11.Jody Hixson, 12.Ricky Lewism 13.Freddy Simpson, 14.Johnny
Cloer Jr, DNS: Booger Brooks and Brian Pritchard, DQ'd: Aaron Wilson
A-Hobby:
Winner - "Peebo" Glen Seaton III (# 2) of Cleveland, TN
2.Robbie
Greene, 3.Josh Walker, 4.Eric Hughes, 5.Devin Stuart, 6.Robby Hixson, 7.Richard
Dixon, 8.Matt Williams, 9.Michael Reardon, 10.Brandon Blankenship, 11.David Doss,
12.Greg Greene
B-Hobby:
Winner - Johnny Hughes (# 15) of Graysville, TN
2.Corey Sanders, 3.Lee Harbin,
4.Jason Emahiser, 5.Jim Gilbert, 6.Dallas Brooks, 7.Lamar Hughes, 8.Curtis Ray,
DNS: Darren Black
Pony: Winner - Michael Courtney (# C11) of Knoxville,
TN
2.Colt Deverell, 3.Mike Fitzgerald, 4.Shaun Tenpenny, 5.Jeremy Hicks
FWD:
Winner - Daniel Burnette (# 3) of Chattanooga, TN
2.Richard Hickman, 3.E.J.
Bailey, 4.Jeff Hickman, 5.Steve Boyd, 6.Billy Bailey
HIXSON/COFFMAN
WIN CLEVELAND
SPEEDWAY.... 5/11
Crate
LM" Winner - Jerry Coffman (# 30) of Soddy Daisy, TN
2.Jimmy Elliott,
3.John Cobb, 4.Craig Burrows, 5.Brandon Williams, 6.Michael Arp, 7.Bobby Doss,
8.Kenny Kizzar, 9.Dustin Golden, 10.A.J. Carlissi, 11.Robert Ballard, 12.Danny
Turner, 13.Brandon Gray, 14.Scottie Hogan
*Lamar
Scoggins and Tanner Works were DQ'd
Steel-head
LLM: Winner - Rick Hixson (# A-1) of Soddy Daisy, TN
2.Bobby Mayse, 3.Brian
Pritchard, 4.John Ownbey, 5.Tod Hernandez, 6.Dustin Cansler, 7.Levi Hicks, 8.Jarrett
Choate, 9.Johnny Cloer Jr, 10.Heath Hindman, 11.Brandon Armitage, 12.Ricky Lewis,
13.Heather Taylor, 14.Andy Pickelsimer, 15.Jody Hixson, 16.Booger Brooks, 17.Aaron
Wilson, 18.Caleb Patton
A-Hobby:
Winner - Robbie Greene (# 00) of Georgetown, TN
2.Glen Seaton III, 3.Josh Walker,
4.Devin Stuart, 5.Eric Hughes, 6.Brandon Stanfield, 7.Josh Beagon, 8.Brandon Blankenship,
9.Robby Hixson, 10.Danny Mills, 11.Richard Dixon, 12.Thomas Cagle, 13.Greg Greene,
14.Matt Williams,
B-Hobby:
Winner - Jimmy Smith (# XXX) of Red Bank, TN
2.Dallas Brooks, 3.Johnny Hughes,
4.Corey Sanders, 5.Lebron Miller, 6.Loomis Smith, 7.Adrian Williams, 8.Chaz Williams,
9.Cody Herron, 10.Larry Whaley, 11.Adam Earwood, 12.Matthew Gainer, 13.Jason Brown,
14.Steve Tate, 15.Jim Gilbert, 16.Lamar Hughes, 17.Aaron Duncan, 18.Ronnie Kerr,
19.James McMurray, 20.Tyler Dixon, DNS: Lee Harbin, Charlie Godey
Pony:
Winner - Michael Courtney (# C11) of Knoxville, TN
2.Jason Carter, 3.Nathan
Hair, 4.Chaz Lawson, 5.Jamie Cross, 6.Bruce Kimber, 7.Terry Smith, 8.Dewayne Rogers,
9.Jerry Beavers, 10.Shaun Tenpenny, 11.Ronnie Blair, DQ'd: Tim Ladd
FWD:
Winner - Brad Cross (# 51) of Cleveland, TN
2.E.J. Bailey, 3.Billy Bailey,
4.Joe Cross
