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Weiss Wins at I-75 for Second Career Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Victory

April 18, 2025 — Monterey, Tennessee ace Ricky Weiss, who is originally from Headingley, Manitoba, became the fifth different Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series presented by Coltman Farms Racing and fueled by Sunoco winner in as many races on Friday night at I-75 Raceway! Ricky toured the Sweetwater, Tennessee oval third fastest in Group B during FK Rod Ends qualifying and later picked up a victory in his heat race. After starting the 53-lap headliner from the outside of the front row, Ricky powered to the race lead at the drop of the green flag and officially led every circuit during the contest to bag the $10,053 first place prize money.

It wasn’t easy; however, as Ricky turned back repeated challenges for the point by Cory Hedgecock, who temporarily grabbed the race lead with a turn-one slider on lap 42. Ultimately, Cory finished 1.289 seconds behind Weiss in the runner-up spot. National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Dale McDowell ran in the top three for much of the race and swapped the second position with Hedgecock on five different occasions before rounding out the podium in third. Garrett Smith started and finished fourth, while Jadon Frame picked off four competitors to claim the final spot inside of the top five at the waving of the checkers.

“We’ve just been working on these things real hard,” Weiss said in Schaeffer’s Oil victory lane while talking about his self-designed Sniper Chassis. “I heard Cory (Hedgecock). I could see shadows. I saw him slide across my nose and I felt him one time. I was just trying to be smart out there like Jared Delk in that 604 crate race. How about those Sniper cars making a statement and I’m just proud to ride along with it!”

Weiss captured his second career Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series triumph aboard a #7 Sniper Chassis powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine with sponsorship in part from Drydene Performance Lubricants, Derrick’s Sandblasting, G-Style Transport, Collins Brothers Towing, Keewatin Truck Service, Turk Enterprises, Borderland Hay and Straw, Performance Grading, LG Transport, RDW Recycling, Bucky’s Transport, Wiesner Mining, JCJ Tools, Aldon Auto, Go Lithium Batteries, and Penske Racing Shocks.

A strong field of 40 Super Late Model competitors piled into the I-75 Raceway pit area on Friday for round five of the Spring Nationals miniseries. Cory Hedgecock laid down the quickest time in both MRP Fantasy League Hot Laps and FK Rod Ends qualifying. Hedgecock, Dale McDowell, Ricky Weiss, and Garrett Smith won the four heat races, while Mike Marlar and Wil Herrington topped the pair of B-Mains.

The 53-lap feature was slowed by five caution flags including a pair of yellows for one of the race favorites – Brandon Overton. The Evans, Georgia standout left the racing surface in turn four on lap 10 and climbed all the way back up to the third spot before slowing with a flat right rear tire on lap 37. In the waning laps, Brandon made another rally through the field to ultimately finish sixth in the final rundown. The main event lasted 33 minutes with 14 starters completing the entire distance.

Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series presented by Coltman Farms Racing
Round 5 Race Summary
Friday, April 18, 2025
I-75 Raceway – Sweetwater, Tennessee

Schaeffer’s Oil Feature Finish (53 Laps):

  1. (2) Ricky Weiss $10,053
  2. (1) Cory Hedgecock $5,000
  3. (3) Dale McDowell $3,000
  4. (4) Garrett Smith $2,000
  5. (9) Jadon Frame $1,500
  6. (8) Brandon Overton $1,000
  7. (6) John Ownbey $800
  8. (5) Jensen Ford $700
  9. (16) Trey Mills $675
  10. (21) Michael Leach $650
  11. (17) Mike Marlar $625
  12. (12) Mike Benedum $600
  13. (18) Wil Herrington $575
  14. (10) Tucker Anderson $550
  15. (14) Rusty Ballenger $525
  16. (15) Sam Seawright $500
  17. (7) Camaron Marlar $500
  18. (13) Jimmy Owens $500
  19. (22) Forrest Trent $500
  20. (20) Josh Henry $500
  21. (19) Heath Hindman $500
  22. (11) Kaede Loudy $500

Entries: 40
Lap Leaders: Ricky Weiss (Laps 1-53)
DirtCarLift.com Cautions: 5

MRP Fantasy League Hot Laps:
Fast Time Overall: Cory Hedgecock 15.338

FK Rod Ends Time Trials:
Fast Time Overall: Cory Hedgecock 15.291

Qualifying – Group A: 1. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 00:15.291[4]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell, 00:15.335[14]; 3. 91-Heath Hindman, 00:15.337[2]; 4. 126-Kaede Loudy, 00:15.344[7]; 5. 83-Jensen Ford, 00:15.466[3]; 6. 57-Camaron Marlar, 00:15.638[10]; 7. 20J-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.659[5]; 8. 8-David Payne, 00:15.707[1]; 9. 81F-Jadon Frame, 00:15.723[11]; 10. 15-Noah Phillips, 00:15.726[19]; 11. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.846[18]; 12. 1-Vic Hill, 00:15.847[9]; 13. 23B-Beckham Malone, 00:15.871[6]; 14. 16S-Sam Seawright, 00:15.877[8]; 15. 09-Michael Leach, 00:15.953[13]; 16. 31-Tyler Millwood, 00:16.082[17]; 17. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:16.087[20]; 18. 71M-Pierce McCarter, 00:16.440[16]; 19. 22W-Bree Whittmore, 00:16.484[15]; 20. 201-Glenn Vanover, 00:17.533[12]

Qualifying – Group B: 1. 44J-John Ownbey, 00:15.509[9]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.510[8]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss, 00:15.539[13]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.593[17]; 5. 15K-Wil Herrington, 00:15.692[4]; 6. 25-Mike Benedum, 00:15.730[12]; 7. 22-Tucker Anderson, 00:15.738[15]; 8. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:15.761[10]; 9. 1G-Rusty Ballenger, 00:15.763[11]; 10. 28-Carson Brown, 00:15.810[3]; 11. 71-Kane Newby, 00:15.876[2]; 12. 20E-Jonathan Ellison, 00:15.896[7]; 13. 101-Forrest Trent, 00:15.926[19]; 14. B00-Josh Henry, 00:16.014[5]; 15. 20-Daniel Boles, 00:16.179[16]; 16. 11B-Stacy Boles, 00:16.215[14]; 17. T6-Tod Hernandez, 00:16.235[6]; 18. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:16.278[20]; 19. 15H-Will Hicks, 00:16.352[18]; 20. 77-Jeremy Petty, 00:16.481[1]

Sunoco Race Fuels Heat Race #1 Finish (Top Four Transfer): 1. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[1]; 2. 83-Jensen Ford[3]; 3. 81F-Jadon Frame[5]; 4. 20J-Jimmy Owens[4]; 5. 91-Heath Hindman[2]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[6]; 7. 09-Michael Leach[8]; 8. 23B-Beckham Malone[7]; 9. 1T-Tyler Erb[9]; 10. 22W-Bree Whittmore[10]

American Racer South Heat Race #2 Finish (Top Four Transfer): 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[1]; 2. 57-Camaron Marlar[3]; 3. 126-Kaede Loudy[2]; 4. 16S-Sam Seawright[7]; 5. 8-David Payne[4]; 6. 1-Vic Hill[6]; 7. 15-Noah Phillips[5]; 8. 31-Tyler Millwood[8]; 9. 71M-Pierce McCarter[9]; 10. (DNS) 201-Glenn Vanover

E-Z-GO Heat Race #3 Finish (Top Four Transfer): 1. 7-Ricky Weiss[2]; 2. 44J-John Ownbey[1]; 3. 22-Tucker Anderson[4]; 4. 1G-Rusty Ballenger[5]; 5. 15K-Wil Herrington[3]; 6. T6-Tod Hernandez[9]; 7. 101-Forrest Trent[7]; 8. 71-Kane Newby[6]; 9. 20-Daniel Boles[8]; 10. 15H-Will Hicks[10]

Delph Communications Heat Race #4 Finish (Top Four Transfer): 1. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 25-Mike Benedum[3]; 4. 14JR-Trey Mills[4]; 5. B00-Josh Henry[7]; 6. 28-Carson Brown[5]; 7. 81-Jason Riggs[9]; 8. 11B-Stacy Boles[8]; 9. 77-Jeremy Petty[10]; 10. 20E-Jonathan Ellison[6]

Coltman Farms Racing B-Main #1 Finish (Top Three Transfer): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 2. 91-Heath Hindman[1]; 3. 09-Michael Leach[5]; 4. 1-Vic Hill[4]; 5. 15-Noah Phillips[6]; 6. 23B-Beckham Malone[8]; 7. 31-Tyler Millwood[7]; 8. 8-David Payne[2]; 9. (DNS) 71M-Pierce McCarter; 10. (DNS) 201-Glenn Vanover; 11. (DNS) 1T-Tyler Erb; 12. (DNS) 22W-Bree Whittmore

Coltman Farms Racing B-Main #2 Finish (Top Three Transfer): 1. 15K-Wil Herrington[1]; 2. B00-Josh Henry[2]; 3. 101-Forrest Trent[5]; 4. T6-Tod Hernandez[3]; 5. 11B-Stacy Boles[8]; 6. 28-Carson Brown[4]; 7. 77-Jeremy Petty[10]; 8. 15H-Will Hicks[11]; 9. (DNS) 81-Jason Riggs; 10. (DNS) 71-Kane Newby; 11. (DNS) 20-Daniel Boles; 12. (DNS) 20E-Jonathan Ellison

Red Clay 602 Late Model Series
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 44-Hayden Cardwell[4]; 2. 66-Taylor Cole[6]; 3. 59-Shaun Sise[5]; 4. 22-Griffin Smith[7]; 5. 5-Tyler Dixon[3]; 6. 16-Dawson Lowe[9]; 7. 25H-Hunter Atkinson[11]; 8. 52-Jason Davis[10]; 9. 5J-Jody Wilson[8]; 10. F1-Kevin Fisher[16]; 11. 117-Isaac Boring[14]; 12. 09-Justin Howard[15]; 13. 27D-Dylan Bartlett[13]; 14. 86-Michael Trotter[12]; 15. 24-Seth Wimpey[2]; 16. 48-Booger Brooks[1]

Qualifying 1: 1. 48-Booger Brooks, 00:16.034[11]; 2. 24-Seth Wimpey, 00:16.099[3]; 3. 5-Tyler Dixon, 00:16.241[8]; 4. 44-Hayden Cardwell, 00:16.252[5]; 5. 59-Shaun Sise, 00:16.393[4]; 6. 66-Taylor Cole, 00:16.573[6]; 7. 22-Griffin Smith, 00:16.813[2]; 8. 5J-Jody Wilson, 00:16.815[1]; 9. 16-Dawson Lowe, 00:16.834[7]; 10. 52-Jason Davis, 00:16.913[12]; 11. 25H-Hunter Atkinson, 00:17.048[16]; 12. 86-Michael Trotter, 00:17.100[10]; 13. 27D-Dylan Bartlett, 00:17.276[9]; 14. 117-Isaac Boring, 00:17.440[13]; 15. 09-Justin Howard, 00:18.180[14]; 16. (DNS) F1-Kevin Fisher

MRP Fantasy Racing Hot LapsGet Your Picks in NOW! Hot Laps 1: 1. 44-Hayden Cardwell, 00:16.033[5]; 2. 24-Seth Wimpey, 00:16.106[3]; 3. 22-Griffin Smith, 00:16.202[2]; 4. 59-Shaun Sise, 00:16.335[4]; 5. 66-Taylor Cole, 00:16.410[6]; 6. 16-Dawson Lowe, 00:16.631[7]; 7. 5J-Jody Wilson, 00:16.729[1]; 8. 52-Jason Davis, 00:16.818[12]; 9. 86-Michael Trotter, 00:17.014[10]; 10. 5-Tyler Dixon, 00:17.087[8]; 11. F1-Kevin Fisher, 00:33.028[15]; 12. (DNS) 27D-Dylan Bartlett; 13. (DNS) 48-Booger Brooks; 14. (DNS) 117-Isaac Boring; 15. (DNS) 09-Justin Howard; 16. (DNS) 25H-Hunter Atkinson

Junior FWD
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 34-Jason Lamping[2]; 2. 31-Clayton Gentry[1]; 3. B01-Braden Johnson[3]; 4. S13-Sadie Adams[4]

Qualifying 1: 1. 31-Clayton Gentry, 00:20.625[4]; 2. 34-Jason Lamping, 00:21.256[1]; 3. B01-Braden Johnson, 00:22.954[2]; 4. S13-Sadie Adams, 00:23.820[3]

Front Wheel Drive
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 21-Dustin Duncan[1]; 2. 95-Zane May[3]; 3. S13-Joe Scealf[2]; 4. 56-Brandon Porstner[5]; 5. N90-Nick Adams[6]; 6. 11-Dakota Lamping[8]; 7. 199-Jason Crowder[9]; 8. 9-John Elliott[13]; 9. 17-Dustin Holt[7]; 10. 195-Gavin Bright[4]; 11. 12-Trent Lee[12]; 12. 27-Jeff Singleton[10]; 13. 6-Jack Gresham[11]

Qualifying 1: 1. 21-Dustin Duncan, 00:18.551[6]; 2. S13-Joe Scealf, 00:18.685[13]; 3. 95-Zane May, 00:18.698[3]; 4. 195-Gavin Bright, 00:18.797[7]; 5. 56-Brandon Porstner, 00:18.937[5]; 6. N90-Nick Adams, 00:19.021[4]; 7. 17-Dustin Holt, 00:19.219[2]; 8. 11-Dakota Lamping, 00:19.353[9]; 9. 199-Jason Crowder, 00:19.653[11]; 10. 27-Jeff Singleton, 00:20.460[12]; 11. 6-Jack Gresham, 00:20.530[8]; 12. 12-Trent Lee, 00:20.788[10]; 13. 9-John Elliott, 00:25.714[1]

604 Late Model
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 118-Jared Delk[1]; 2. 10B-Bradley Lewelling[3]; 3. 44-Chase King[8]; 4. 7-Brad Dyer[7]; 5. 07-Jason Cardwell[6]; 6. 14-Cade Brookshire[4]; 7. 8-Jeff Jackson[12]; 8. 17J-Justin Cameron[11]; 9. 5-Jamie Stanley[10]; 10. 1Y-Max Stout[13]; 11. 20J-Jon Ellison[9]; 12. 1-Mitchell Stanley[5]; 13. 31-Wes Tilley[2]; 14. 04-Andrew Collins[14]

Qualifying 1: 1. 118-Jared Delk, 00:15.708[8]; 2. 31-Wes Tilley, 00:15.812[9]; 3. 10B-Bradley Lewelling, 00:15.942[14]; 4. 14-Cade Brookshire, 00:15.957[13]; 5. 1-Mitchell Stanley, 00:16.000[5]; 6. 07-Jason Cardwell, 00:16.005[1]; 7. 7-Brad Dyer, 00:16.041[10]; 8. 44-Chase King, 00:16.153[7]; 9. 20J-Jon Ellison, 00:16.198[12]; 10. 5-Jamie Stanley, 00:16.332[4]; 11. 17J-Justin Cameron, 00:16.346[6]; 12. 8-Jeff Jackson, 00:16.455[2]; 13. 1Y-Max Stout, 00:17.140[11]; 14. 04-Andrew Collins, 00:17.962[3]