Brown, Tilley, Atkins, Mays, Burnette visit Volunteer Speedway victory lane
Brown, Tilley, Atkins, Mays, Burnette visit Volunteer Speedway victory lane
BULLS GAP, Tenn. (May 24, 2025) — The Memorial Day holiday weekend is the official kickoff into summer. But more importantly, it’s time the country pauses to remember those who proudly wore the uniform while defending our freedoms and died serving in the United States Armed Forces.
An action-packed five division racing program Saturday at Volunteer Speedway saw Blake Brown of Corbin, Ky., capture the Cumberland Plateau Open Wheel Series win. Wes Tilley of Andersonville recorded the Sportsman Late Model victory for his first-ever win at “The Gap.”
Austin Atkins of Morristown grabbed the Street Stock win, while Jeff Mays of Limestone recorded the Classic victory. James Burnette of Knoxville captured the Front Wheel Drive feature win.
Blake Brown outran Chris Wilson (Crossville), Adam Ogle (Gatlinburg), Jesse Rupe (Sophia, WV) and Brad Dyer (Mohawk) to capture the Cumberland Plateau Open Wheel Modified Series $2,000 feature win.
Completing the top 10 finishers were Jacob Hall (Wayland, KY), Michael Lackey (Prestonsburg, KY), Jeff Ferguson (Limestone), Tyler James (White Pine) and David Clark (Tazewell).
Wes Tilley captured his first-ever Sportsman Late Model win for $1,500 at Volunteer Speedway over Terry Poore (Seymour), Tim Maupin (Johnson City), Colby Horner (Knoxville) and Odie Overholt (Tazewell).
Completing the top 10 finishers were Heath Alvey (Dandridge), Pierson Davidson (Bulls Gap), James Parrott (Mascot), Richard Cox (Jonesville, Va.) and Austin Atkins (Morristown).
Austin Atkins captured the Street Stock feature win over Colby Long (Morristown), JD Smith (Maggie Valley, N.C.), Dylan Hannah (Clyde, N.C.) and Tim Stevens (Harlan, Ky.).
It had been a quarter of century since Jeff Mays last parked in victory lane at Volunteer Speedway back in 2000. The 62-year-old veteran chauffeur set Ricker’s Off-road Repair & Service fast-time and never looked back during the 20-lap feature en route to recording the Classic win over Mark Sise (Seymour), John Stevens (Wallins Creek, Ky.), Josh Chesney (Maynardville) and Brandon Muncey (Maynardville).
James Burnette captured the Front Wheel Drive feature win over Dylan Jones (Limestone), Bryan Williams (Sevierville), Brandon Crawford (Whitesburg) and Jackson Crawford (Rogersville).
VOLUNTEER SPEEDWAY – SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025 – RACE RESULTS
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED SERIES (30 Laps)
1. 99-Blake Brown[1]; 2. 56Y-Chris Wilson[5]; 3. 26-Adam Ogle[9]; 4. 11R-Jesse Rupe[4]; 5. 18-Brad Dyer[12]; 6. 43J-Jacob Hall[6]; 7. 34-Michael Lackey[14]; 8. 24-Jeff Ferguson[17]; 9. J4-Tyler James[15]; 10. 13-David Clark[3]; 11. 1H-Ben Harmon[7]; 12. 2A-Johnny Mitchell[16]; 13. 3-Kaleb Trent[11]; 14. S18-Landon Steele[19]; 15. 2-Ryan Carey[8]; 16. 56-Colton Profitt[2]; 17. 360-Chris Rickett[10]; 18. 11-Reece Ogle[13]; 19. (DNS) 4-Wayne James; 20. (DNS) 89-Blake Terry
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED SERIES – QUALIFYING
1. 99-Blake Brown, 00:13.555[9]; 2. 56-Colton Profitt, 00:13.692[15]; 3. 13-David Clark, 00:13.693[14]; 4. 11R-Jesse Rupe, 00:13.790[18]; 5. 1H-Ben Harmon, 00:13.935[11]; 6. 2-Ryan Carey, 00:13.938[7]; 7. 56Y-Chris Wilson, 00:13.944[5]; 8. 43J-Jacob Hall, 00:13.979[12]; 9. 26-Adam Ogle, 00:14.027[20]; 10. 18-Brad Dyer, 00:14.102[6]; 11. 3-Kaleb Trent, 00:14.287[13]; 12. 360-Chris Rickett, 00:14.305[17]; 13. 11-Reece Ogle, 00:14.331[2]; 14. 34-Michael Lackey, 00:14.705[3]; 15. J4-Tyler James, 00:14.873[8]; 16. 2A-Johnny Mitchell, 00:15.629[4]; 17. 24-Jeff Ferguson, 00:15.805[19]; 18. (DNS) 4-Wayne James; 19. (DNS) S18-Landon Steele; 20. (DNS) 89-Blake Terry
Heat #1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Blake Brown[1]; 2. 13-David Clark[2]; 3. 56Y-Chris Wilson[4]; 4. 1H-Ben Harmon[3]; 5. 26-Adam Ogle[5]; 6. 3-Kaleb Trent[6]; 7. 11-Reece Ogle[7]; 8. J4-Tyler James[8]; 9. 24-Jeff Ferguson[9]; 10. S18-Landon Steele[10]
Heat #2 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Colton Profitt[1]; 2. 11R-Jesse Rupe[2]; 3. 43J-Jacob Hall[4]; 4. 2-Ryan Carey[3]; 5. 360-Chris Rickett[6]; 6. 18-Brad Dyer[5]; 7. 34-Michael Lackey[7]; 8. 2A-Johnny Mitchell[8]; 9. (DNS) 4-Wayne James; 10. (DNS) 89-Blake Terry
SPORTSMAN LATE MODEL (25 Laps)
1. 31-Wes Tilley[1]; 2. 12-Terry Poore[2]; 3. 3M-Tim Maupin[4]; 4. 15X-Colby Horner[8]; 5. 14-Odie Overholt[7]; 6. 7-Heath Alvey[13]; 7. 4-Pierson Davidson[17]; 8. 10-James Parrott[16]; 9. 28-Richard Cox[11]; 10. 2-Austin Atkins[19]; 11. 63-Josh Collins[6]; 12. 773-Ray Jarnigan[9]; 13. 53-Matt Barnes[18]; 14. 73-Trevor Sise[3]; 15. 33-Warren McMahan[5]; 16. 27-James Bible[10]; 17. 15-Chris Griffin[15]; 18. 3D-Dakota Smith[12]; 19. (DNS) 3-Floyd Self
SPORTSMAN LATE MODEL – QUALIFYING
1. 2-Austin Atkins, 00:13.311[2]; 2. 31-Wes Tilley, 00:13.318[19]; 3. 12-Terry Poore, 00:13.333[15]; 4. 73-Trevor Sise, 00:13.365[17]; 5. 3M-Tim Maupin, 00:13.387[11]; 6. 33-Warren McMahan, 00:13.395[12]; 7. 63-Josh Collins, 00:13.429[5]; 8. 14-Odie Overholt, 00:13.601[13]; 9. 15X-Colby Horner, 00:13.651[9]; 10. 773-Ray Jarnigan, 00:13.685[10]; 11. 27-James Bible, 00:13.699[4]; 12. 28-Richard Cox, 00:13.713[6]; 13. 3D-Dakota Smith, 00:13.776[18]; 14. 7-Heath Alvey, 00:13.841[1]; 15. 3-Floyd Self, 00:13.899[16]; 16. 15-Chris Griffin, 00:13.948[8]; 17. 10-James Parrott, 00:13.952[14]; 18. 4-Pierson Davidson, 00:14.083[7]; 19. 53-Matt Barnes, 00:14.703[3]
STREET STOCK (20 Laps)
1. 14-Austin Atkins[2]; 2. 10-Colby Long[3]; 3. 28-JD Smith[1]; 4. 81-Dylan Hannah[5]; 5. 11-Tim Stevens[6]; 6. 156-Marcus Mays[8]; 7. 44-Clyde Overholt[7]; 8. 11W-Ryan Watson[4]; 9. 15-Donovan Long[9]; 10. 22-Michael Millsap[10]; 11. 2-John Stevens[11]
STREET STOCK – QUALIFYING
1. 28-JD Smith, 00:14.787[8]; 2. 14-Austin Atkins, 00:14.819[1]; 3. 10-Colby Long, 00:14.876[3]; 4. 11W-Ryan Watson, 00:15.114[11]; 5. 81-Dylan Hannah, 00:15.318[2]; 6. 11-Tim Stevens, 00:15.446[10]; 7. 44-Clyde Overholt, 00:15.482[7]; 8. 156-Marcus Mays, 00:15.605[5]; 9. 15-Donovan Long, 00:15.886[4]; 10. 22-Michael Millsap, 00:15.913[6]; 11. (DNS) 2-John Stevens
CLASSIC (20 Laps)
1. 6-Jeff Mays[1]; 2. 35-Mark Sise[4]; 3. 7-John Stevens[3]; 4. XXX-Josh Chesney[6]; 5. 31-Brandon Muncey[5]; 6. 20-Preston Atkins[8]; 7. 5L-Bryson Large[9]; 8. 12M-Hugh Scalf[7]; 9. 14-Lee Merritt[2]; 10. (DNS) 12-Ricky Butler
CLASSIC – QUALIFYING
1. 6-Jeff Mays, 00:15.940[4]; 2. 14-Lee Merritt, 00:16.151[5]; 3. 7-John Stevens, 00:16.263[9]; 4. 35-Mark Sise, 00:16.282[8]; 5. 31-Brandon Muncey, 00:16.415[6]; 6. XXX-Josh Chesney, 00:16.583; 7. 12M-Hugh Scalf, 00:16.708[7]; 8. 20-Preston Atkins, 00:16.820[1]; 9. 5L-Bryson Large, 00:17.742[3]; 10. 12-Ricky Butler, 00:17.904[2]
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE (20 Laps)
1. 18-James Burnette[1]; 2. J19-Dylan Jones[2]; 3. 38-Bryan Williams[3]; 4. 00-Brandon Crawford[6]; 5. 0-Jackson Crawford[5]; 6. 10-Danny Sandiford[7]; 7. B01-Elias Dalton[9]; 8. 72-Daryl Teffeteller[8]; 9. J4-Jacob Anderson[12]; 10. 88F-Anthony Ferrell[11]; 11. 199-Jason Crowder[4]; 12. 5-Josh Ramsey[10]; 13. 88-Shaylee Hinds[14]; 14. 8-Dylan Cupp[13]
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE – QUALIFYING
1. 18-James Burnette, 00:15.846[2]; 2. J19-Dylan Jones, 00:16.327[10]; 3. 38-Bryan Williams, 00:16.595[13]; 4. 199-Jason Crowder, 00:16.662[5]; 5. 0-Jackson Crawford, 00:16.818[4]; 6. 00-Brandon Crawford, 00:17.076[3]; 7. 10-Danny Sandiford, 00:17.248[11]; 8. 72-Daryl Teffeteller, 00:17.435[12]; 9. B01-Elias Dalton, 00:17.572[7]; 10. 5-Josh Ramsey, 00:17.881; 11. 88F-Anthony Ferrell, 00:18.079[8]; 12. J4-Jacob Anderson, 00:18.158[1]; 13. 8-Dylan Cupp, 00:18.188[6]; 14. 88-Shaylee Hinds, 00:19.897[9]
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