By Chris Tilley:
Chris Madden likes Saturday night racingwith the NDRL.
The Gray Court, SC driver took the lead from Billy Moyer Jr. on lap 44 on March 8th to
go on to win the National Dirt Racing League-sanctioned Tip Off Classic and
$12,500 for the victory at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN a week
after he won the Bama Bash at East Alabama. Madden drove the Century
Plastics, Hamrick’s of Gaffney sponsored Clements powered Bloomquist Team Zero
race car to the victory over hard-charging Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN who
started tenth.
One caution flag slowed the race as Casey Roberts slowed on lap 13 in turn
two.
Pole sitter Moyer Jr and Jonathan Davenport brought the field of 25 to
life for the start of the 60-lapper with Moyer Jr jumping to the early lead.
On the 14th lap Madden would take the second spot away from Davenport and
take Scott Bloomquist with him for third. Davenport would drop to fourth
after that restart.
Madden would look underneath Moyer for several laps but would become the
factor and grab the lead away on the 44th circuit. Tenth starting Mike
Marlar became the factor for second spot and would grab it away from Scott
Bloomquist with five laps remaining. Lapped traffic would be enough to keep
Marlar away from Madden as he went on to win his second NDRL event of the
season picking up $29,517 in win money in less than a week.
OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF RESULTS
NDRL FEATURE FINISH: Chris Madden, Mike Marlar, Scott Bloomquist, Jonathan
Davenport, Billy Moyer Jr., Dale McDowell, Don O’Neal, Kent Robinson,
Tommy Kerr, Skip Arp, Max Blair, Mason Zeigler, William Thomas, Chris Ferguson,
Ray Cook, Steve Francis, Bub McCool, John Blankenship, Dennis Erb Jr.,
Mike Benedum, Tim Fuller, Billy Ogle Jr., Vic Hill, Casey Roberts, Billy Moyer
Entries: 38
Overall Fast Time: Scott Bloomquist-15:904 seconds
Heat Winners: Billy Moyer Jr., Dale McDowell, Chris Madden, Jonathan
Davenport
Consey Winners: Ray Cook, William Thomas
Provisional Starters: Dennis Erb Jr., Bub McCool and Mike Benedum
CRATE LATE MODEL FINISH: Jimmy Elliott, Chris Wilson, Corey Hedge(not a
nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word), Adam Beeler,
Jason Welshan, Craig Reese, Pierce McCarter, Brett Wyatt, Matt Henderson,
Jason Deal, Robby Moses, Bryan Pritchard, Heath Alvey, Tom Smith, Warren
McMahan, Greg Huskey, Michael Barnett, Derek Rogers, Brad Coffey, Greg Martin,
Skimp Henry, Dustin Golden
SPORTSMAN: Heath Alvey, Drew Kennedy, Justin Beeler, Kip Sawyer, Tim
Cooper, Austin Atkins, Joe Freels, Jonathan Sims, Jerry Hux, Brian Hooks, Josh
Beal, James Kelso
Smoky Mountain Speedway, Next Race: Saturday March 29, 2014-Old Man’s
Garage Spring Nationals Series $6,000 to win plus American Modified Series
$3,000 to win