Kres VanDyke scored his second Late Model Stock victory of the season Thursday night at Kingsport Speedway. Photo courtesy Kingsport Speedway Media
With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series and K&N Pro Series East in action this weekend at nearby Bristol Motor Speedway, there was also the exciting weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing program at Kingsport Speedway in Kingsport, TN on Thursday night.
Kres VanDyke of Abingdon, VA, powered into the lead at drop of the green in the First Kingsport Credit Union Late Model Stock 60-lap feature and never looked back en route to capturing his second victory of the season.
Ronnie McCarty, fresh off a win last week at the .375-mile banked concrete oval, set fast-time in qualifying. But with the dice roll coming up an invert-three, McCarty was relegated to a starting spot inside the second row.
VanDyke and Zeke Shell led the 17-car field to green, with VanDyke immediately grabbing the lead when the engine on Shell’s car began misfiring due to plug wire issue. Both Lee Tissot and Kyle Barnes quickly got around Shell for position.
With the race running clean-and-green, VanDyke was setting a torrid pace out front in pulling away to an eight car length advantage over Tissot and Barnes by the lap 15 mark. The event’s first caution waved on lap 20, when Bruce Blessing slowed to a stop high in turn two with a flat right-front tire.
The double-file restart had VanDyke and Tissot on the front row, with Barnes and Shell alongside in the second row. VanDyke shot back out into the lead over Barnes and Tissot, with Shell being challenged for fourth in the running order by McCarty.
McCarty got around Shell on lap 22, which opened the door for 17-year-old Justin Fontaine to pressure Shell for the fifth spot. Racing into the first turn on lap 25, Fontaine attempted a move to the inside of Shell and the two cars tangled, with each spinning to bring the caution out. Both would tag on at rear of the field for the restart.
VanDyke and Barnes brought the field back up to speed off the restart, with VanDyke once again flexing his muscle to pull back out into the lead. Just behind VanDyke and Barnes in the running order, Tissot, McCarty, Taylor Coffman, Robbie Ferguson and Wayne Hale were battling for real estate around “The Concrete Jungle.”
Racing up off the second corner on lap 31, McCarty passed Tissot for third. Just five circuits later Hale got around Ferguson for sixth, and began pressuring Coffman for the fifth spot. After racing each other door-to-door for five circuits, Hale completed the pass on Coffman racing off turn two on lap 46.
But out front it was all VanDyke, as the 34-year-old was in command leading over Barnes and McCarty. VanDyke pulled off the flag-to-flag run to victory in winning over Barnes, McCarty, Tissot and Hale.
Completing the top 10 finishers were Coffman, Shell, Fontaine, Ferguson and rookie Trey Lane with his first-ever top-10 outing.
“This is one of the most special wins in my career,” said VanDyke after climbing from his car in victory lane. “The reason I think it’s so special is because of all the hard work it’s taken this past week just to get the race car repaired from the deal last week where (Tyler) Goodwin and I made contact racing up off turn two. It was just a racing incident. He and I both were battling hard for position and as we raced up off the corner, he was to the inside and I was on the outside. Tyler got over into me a little and I got bounced over against the outside concrete wall.
“Maybe from a fan’s point of view from the grandstand it might not have looked like that hard a hit, but it was significant. You wouldn’t believe all the damage to our car, and I don’t just mean cosmetic body damage. It (impact with the concrete wall) shattered the axle and broke stuff inside the rear end, and underneath the back of the car there was a lot of suspension damage. I just can’t thank all the guys enough that help me work on the car for all the man-hours we’ve put in back at the race shop getting the car repaired. I also want to thank former two-time track champion Nate Monteith for letting us borrow the rear end out of ‘Lightning’ to use this week, while we’re getting our piece fixed.
“Considering all we’ve gone through working to repair the car, to come out tonight and run strong and get the win, it’s put a smile on all the crew members’ faces to see the car parked in victory lane.”
Jared Broadbent looked to bring an end to John Harrell’s two-race winning streak in the Street Stock division. Broadbent jumped into the lead over ageless veteran Paul Shull and Terry Stone on the start. But Harrell worked his way around both Stone and Shull to move into the runner-up position just two circuits into the 30-lap feature.
Harrell pulled alongside Broadbent on the fourth lap and the duo raced side-by-side the next six circuits before Harrell powered into the lead. Even with Harrell showing the way out front, Broadbent and Royce Peters were close in his rearview mirror. But Harrell would not be denied his third straight visit to victory lane, in winning over Broadbent, Peters, Shull and Stone.
Billy Ketron grabbed the lead over his brother, Jason Ketron and Kenny Absher at start of the 25-lap Pure 4 race. But Keith Helton was quickly on the move, overtaking both Absher and Jason to get into the second spot on the fourth lap.
Helton got up on the wheel to pass Billy for the lead on lap 8, and once out front he pulled away to capture his second consecutive victory. Helton was chased to the checkers by Absher, with Chris Neeley in third, John Ketron in fourth and Billy Ketron in fifth, with the top 13 cars in the Pure 4 feature finishing on the lead lap.
Chris Amburgey recorded his first-ever Kingsport Speedway Mod 4 feature win over Billy Duty, Darrell Whitehead, Dennis Arnold and Hershell Robinette.
William Hale held off Dwayne Banks to capture the Rookie Pure 4 win. Finishing third through fifth, respectively, were Ben Barker, Chris Wilhelm and Craig Phelps.
Nasty Jones recorded the Pure Street victory over Robbie Allison, Kevin Canter and Gary Crumbley.
Kingsport Speedway returns to action on Friday, April 24. For more info, visit NewKingsportSpeedway.com.
Kingsport Speedway – Kingsport, TN
Race Results – April 16, 2015
Late Model Stocks
1. (1) Kres VanDyke #15-Abingdon, VA
2. (6) Kyle Barnes #0-Draper, VA
3. (3) Ronnie McCarty #5-Kingsport, TN
4. (4) Lee Tissot #7-Asheville, NC
5. (9) Wayne Hale #19-Bluff City, TN
6. (7) Taylor Coffman #30-Bean Station, TN
7. (2) Zeke Shell #97-Johnson City, TN
8. (5) Justin Fontaine #60-Fletcher, NC
9. (8) Robbie Ferguson #31-Jonesborough, TN
10. (11) Trey Lane #28-Kingsport, TN
11. (12) Allen Hawkins #14-Kingsport, TN
12. (13) Rick Pannell #33-Kingsport, TN
13. (15) Jamie Harrison #76-Church Hill, TN
14. (10) Joey Trent #26-Gray, TN
15. (16) Bruce Blessing #55-Gate City, VA
16. (14) Derek Lane #67-Kingsport, TN)
17. (17) Tyler Goodwin #64-Kingsport, TN
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Street Stocks
1. John Harrell #19
2. Jared Broadbent #74
3. Royce Peters #48
3. Paul Shull #48s
5. Terry Stone #34
6. Jamie Meadows #11m
7. Sam P. Hurd #11
8. Danny Casteel #41
9. Dennis Deese #24
10. Chris Tunnell #6
11. Robbie Allison #12
Pure 4
1. Keith Helton #74
2. Kenny Absher #11
3. Chris Neeley #94
4. John Ketron #27
5. Billy Ketron #26
6. Jason Ketron #28
7. Tim Abelseth #66
8. Bruce Crumbley #33
9. Dylan Bates #6
10. Dakota Slagle #2
11. Billy Byington #01
12. David Trent #57
13. Brandon Sutherland #5
14. Todd Cross #41
15. Richard Quillen #15
16. Kevin Darnell #00
17. Lewis Slagle #99
18. Arthur Guess #22
Mod 4
1. Chris Amburgey #7
2. Billy Duty #45
3. Darrell Whitehead #43
4. Dennis Arnold #7
5. Hershell Robinette #9
6. Kylin Hammer #2
7. James Deese #77
8. Jessie Amburgey #17
9. Worley Glover #44
Rookie Pure 4
1. William Hale #47
2. Dwayne Banks #66
3. Ben Barker #54
4. Chris Wilhelm #99
5. Craig Phelps #00
6. Dennis Stanley #21
7. Larry Stapleton #15
8. Daniel McMurray #0
9. Tammy Cross #41
10. Jerry Miller #13
11. Larry Bowens #18
12. Robert Young #59
13. Tyler Hollister #19
Pure Street
1. Nasty Jones #13
2. Robbie Allison #52
3. Kevin Canter #9
4. Gary Crumbley #59
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