It was an evening of firsts at the historical Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Georgia on Saturday night.
For the first time in its history, the track opened up in June instead of much earlier, and also for the first time no fans allowed to be in the grandstands due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was also a night of first for several drivers as they notched their very first win at the raceway. One of those was Austin Smith, who scored his first ever Super Late Model win at the track.
Payton Freeman took the pole for the Super Late Model feature and initially moved to a big lead. As the laps went by, Smith began to reel in Freeman, especially as the leaders began working through lapped traffic.
Smith went to the high side and passed for the lead holding, the top spot for the remainder of the feature en route to the win. Freeman was sidelined with mechanical problems leaving Shawn Chastain in second. Justin Shipley finished in third, with Jason Croft in fourth and Will Roland in fifth.
In other action, Landon Bagby finally got the monkey off his back, as he fended off Oliver Gentry for his first Steelhead Late Model feature win since 2018. Gentry managed to get along side of Bagby a couple of times but ended up settling for second. Justin Owens finished in third, with Dale Thurman in fourth and Andy Morris in fifth.
In the 602 Sportsman feature, Blant Duke took the lead from polesitter Jason Deal, and went on to take his very first Dixie Speedway win. Deal fell back to third in the closing laps as Ahnna Parkhurst passed him for second. Kyle Cochran and John Harrison rounded out the top five.
Saturday night saw the debut of the new Open Wheel Modified division at Dixie, with Justin Wakefield scoring the win over Mike McConnell
Larry Higgins outran a 30 car field of 602 Sportsman drivers for his first ever win at Dixie. Spencer Singleton followed in second, with Sawyer Tinker in third, Chris Hough in fourth and Rob Johnson in fifth.
Jeremy Williams led flag-to-flag for the Economy Bomber feature win ahead of Eric Hamby in second, Dylan Armstrong in third, James Swanger in fourth and Cody Newton in fifth.
Jason Young was the winner in the Street Stinger feature. Kenny Clark came home in second, followed by Rick Ricks in third, James Drummond in fourth and Jonathan Nelson in fifth.
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Dixie Speedway – Woodstock, GA
Race Results – June 6, 2020
Super Late Models
1. 84 Austin Smith
2. x15 Shawn Chastain
3. 08 Justin Shipley
4. 9 Jason Croft
5. 22 Will Roland
6. 9 Cass Fowler
7. 44 Dalton Cook
8. 23 Ahnna Parkhurst
9. 66 Jody Knowles
10. 19 Wayne Echols
11. F1 Peyton Freeman
12. 85 Jason Hiett
13. 99 Derek Ellis
14. T6 Tod Hernandez
15. 1 Don Jenkins
16. 29 Gary McPherson
DNS: 24 Buster Goss
DNS: 24 Zach Leonhardi
Steelhead/525
1. 19 Landon Bagby
2. 03 Oliver Gentry
3. 12 Justin Owens
4. 59 Dale Thurman
5. 40 Andy Morris
6. 17 Dewayne Powell
7. 44 Curtis Cline
8. 57 John Williams
9. 17 Tom Watson
10. J28 Jacques Daniel
11. 82 Randall Powell
12. 51 Donnie Whatley
13. 79 Jimmy Price
14. 3 Jeremy Ledford
15. 151 David Turner
Crate Leate Models
1. 01 Blant Duke
2. 23 Ahnna Parkhurst
3. 7 Jason Deal
4. 83 Kyle Cochran
5. 54 John Harrison
6. 17 Jake Pilgrim
7. 1 Junior Whitener
8. 3 Luther Jenkins
9. 39 Troy Dixon
10. 71 Danny Richards
11. 15 Scott Sexton
12. 10 Jordan Benefield
13. 22 Tim Clark
14. 40 Daniel Casteel
15. 07 Scott Hall
16. 27 Pete Cochran
17. 1 Ty Ellis
18. 79 Travis Price
DNS: 44 Michael Henley
DNS: 9 Brian Kinnersley
Open Wheel Modifieds
1. 1 Justin Wakefield
2. 51 Mike McConnell
602 Sportsman
1. 20 Larry Higgins
2. 30 Spencer Singleton
3. T21 Sawyer Tinker
4. 24 Chris Hough
5. 9 Rob Johnson
6. 24 Seth Wimpey
7. 55 Henry Ward
8. 98 Jackie Waites
9. 21 Nick May
10. 90 Jonathan Martin
11. 6 Mark Wilbanks
12. 42 Booman Galloway
13. 17 Matthew Knight
14. 22 Alan Brewer
15. 7 Stevie Brannon
16. D22 Daniel Brewer
17. 13 Jesse Goss
18. 721 Dawson Martin
19. 17 Bailey Williams
20. 2 Will McConnell
21. 20 Dean Lindsey
22. 13 Tyler Peavey
23. 92 John Autry
24. 28 Peter Petropolis
25. 22 Matt Thompson
26. B8 Dalton Benefield
27. 16 Wesley Scott
28. 56 Chad Kimbrall
DNS: 66 Taylor Cole
DNS: 44 Bobby Elkins
Economy Bombers
1. 14 Jeremy Williams
2. 21 Eric Hamby
3. 10 Dylan Armstrong
4. 36 James Swanger
5. 14 Cody Newton
6. 07 Andrew Findley
7. 98 Matt Janssen
8. 55 Carl Holcombe
9. 1 Chris Woodall
10. 84 Trevor Moon
11. 07 Dan Meadows
12. 14 Jeremiah Raines
DNS: 27 Dustin Kindsey
DNS: 21 Randy Smith
Street Stingers
1. 3 Jason Young
2. 77 Kenny Clark
3. 4 Rick Ricks
4. 32 James Drummond
5. 5 Jonathan Nelson
6. 7 Robert Brannon
7. 99 Shawn Harper
8. 11 Ethan Wall
9. 39 Alton Henry
10. 49 Spencer Huth
11. 1 Name Not Available
12. 27 Brian Cosier
13. 9 Nick Grynkuwich
14. 18 Jonathan Sanford
15. 3 Josh Deece
16. 87 Steven Shattles
17. 36 Oliver Nelson
18. 65 Larry Whitlow
