Owens Takes $10,053 Spring Nationals Victory At Smoky Mountain; Davenport Sweeps Batesville Weekend Sunday, May 9, 2021 - by Steve Hixson
Last year s hottest racer Jimmy Owens (#20) of Newport, Tn., picked up an elusive 2021 victory Saturday night at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville as the Spring Nationals series invaded the XL 3/8 s mile clay oval.
The $10,053 victory came ahead of Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., whom like Owens, isn t having a great season like 2020 was last year.
Points leader Dale McDowell of Chickamauga was third overall, with Mike Marlar of West Tennessee and Donald McIntosh of Dawsonville rounding out the top five finishers.
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Maintaining momentum that saw him capture his second consecutive Xtreme DIRTcar Series points title a week ago at Modoc Raceway, Madden bested polesitter Jonathan Davenport on the initial start and never looked back, proving adept in lapped traffic during a feature event slowed by only two yellows and that ended with a more than 40-lap green-flag run. Though both Davenport and Mike Marlar each got to within a bumper of Madden in the closing laps, neither mounted a serious challenge for the win.
The highest finishing WoO LM regular in Saturday night’s feature was Brandon Sheppard in a distant eighth place.