Michael House opened the 64th season of racing at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway with a win in the Pro Late Model feature at the historic Tennessee short track.
House opened the night by setting fast time in qualifying with a lap in 19.063 seconds. The invert put him in seventh place on the start of the 100 lap feature later in the evening.
Kyle Neveau and five-time USAC Silver Crown Series Champion Kody Swanson led the field to the green flag. Swanson quickly jumped out to the lead and made it a comfortable one in a hurry, thanks in part to a poor start by Neveau. Swanson’s first test of the night came when the caution flew early in the race when Zach Johnson spun into the turn one wall. Swanson made the decision to line-up on the outside for the restart, putting Cole Williams to his inside.
The restart proved no issue for Swanson. Williams pulled ahead briefly down the backstretch before Swanson pulled back into the lead. Near the halfway mark of the race, drivers began getting anxious to improve their position. Another caution flew when Tracy Green spun on the backstretch. On the following restart, chaos broke out when Davey Coble got loose off the fourth turn and spun in front of half the field. The incident involved Neveau, Tandy Marlin, William Hale, Austin Wilson, Daniel and Michael Bolden, and Jolynn Wilkinson.
On the restart, Swanson jumped out to the lead momentarily, but it wasn’t long before House began tracking him down. Just after lap 60, House passed Swanson and never looked back. House held on through a few more restarts, including two with around 20 to go. House picked up the win, followed by Monroe, Georgia’s Jake Garcia in second, Jackson Boone in third, Dacula, Georgia’s Christopher Tullis in fourth and Williams in fifth.
In other action, John Burns scored the win in the Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers Super Trucks feature, holding off Troy Hall for the victory.
On the quarter-mile, Jeremy Burns raced to the Limited Late Model victory, with Kevin Rollins in second and Jim Jordan in third. In Street Stocks, Billy Shaffer led nearly every lap of the race en route to the win. John Bradley and Dylan Jones waged war in the Pure Stock feature, with Bradley getting the victory. Jesse Litchford scored the win in the Pest Doctor Front Runners.
The next event for Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is the Music City 200 with the ARCA Menards East Series, along with the North/South Super Late Model Challenge with the Southern Super Series, CARS Tour, and ARCA/CRA Super Series. Plus, the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour paired up with the NFS local Pro Late Models.
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Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway – Nashville, TN
Race Results* – April 17, 2021
Pro Late Models
1. Michael House
2. Jake Garcia
3. Jackson Boone
4. Christopher Tullis
5. Cole Williams
6. Dylan Jones
7. Garrett Dies
8. Hunter Wright
9. Chase Johnson
10. Bryson Shaffer
11. Tandy Marlin
12. Zach Johnson
13. Bennie Hamlett
14. Mason Mingus
15. Kody Swanson – DNF – Mechanical
16. Jim Wall
17. Jordon Riddick – DNF – Accident
18. Jolynn Wilkinson – DNF – Accident
19. Dylan Fetcho – DNF – Mechanical
20. Kyle Neveau – DNF – Accident
21. William Hale – DNF – Accident
22. Davey Coble – DNF – Accident
23. Austin Wilson – DNF – Accident
24. Daniel Bolden – DNF – Accident
25. Austin Brawley – DNF – Accident
26. Michael Bolden – DNF – Accident
27. Tracy Green – DNF – Accident
28. Billy Sisco – DNF – Mechanical
DNS: Stacey Crain
Super Trucks
1. John Burns
2. Troy Hall
3. Joe Meyer
4. Tanner Arms
5. Phillip Hill
6. Frank Bauer
7. James Shaw
8. Michael Curran
9. Corey Rowland
10. Howard Tucker
11. Nicholas Formosa – DNF – Mechanical
12. Jeremy Burns – DNF – Mechanical
Limited Late Models
1. Jeremy Burns
2. Kevin Rollins
3. Jim Jordan
4. Jonathan Dishman
5. Josh Pierce
6. Jeff Templeton
7. Allen Carter
8. Dwayne Hudson
9. Dalton Hamlett
Street Stocks
1. Billy Shaffer
2. Michael Pannell
3. Travis Arms
4. Michael Neidert
5. Stephen Moody
6. Larry Cunningham
7. Paul Moody
8. Brittany Climer
DQ: Carl Porter, Jr.
DNS: Jackson McLerran
Pure Stocks
1 John Bradley
2 Dylan Jones
3 Phillip McCord
4 Landin Dickens
5 Dustin Williams
6 Justin Dickens
7 Jeremy Odle
8 John Langford
9 Ronald Upchurch
10 Robert Forsythe – DNF – Mechanical
Front Runners
1. Jesse Litchford
2. Daniel Harper
3. Josh Harrell
4. Matt Hamlett
5. Tony Gann
6. Tony Signoracci
7. Charlie Hamlett
8. Ramon Gonzales
9. Arthur Litchford
10. Jake Holcombe
11. Paul Cummings
12. Ray Gann
13. Christopher Zentz
14. Hugh Williamson – DNF – Mechanical
15. Christopher Hill – DNF – Mechanical
*Unofficial Results
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