Cory Hedgecock Nabs Second Victory of 2024 and $3,000 at I-75

August 23, 2024 — Cory Hedgecock, of Loudon, Tennessee, recorded his second feature victory of the 2024 campaign tonight at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, Tennessee! Piloting Jon Ellison’s brand-new #21J BMF Crate Late Model, Cory started off the evening by knocking down the fourth quickest time overall during the qualifying session. Following a heat race triumph, Cory started the Best Plumber 604 Late Model Racing Series presented by BMF Race Cars main event from the pole position. He then led each of the 30 circuits during the contest to bag the $3,000 first place prize money ahead of runner-up Randy Weaver, Booger Brooks, Chip Brindle, and William Blankenship.

B-Sportsman
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 5-Bryson Hickman[2]; 2. 56-Bryson Phillips[5]; 3. 18-William Tallent[9]; 4. 99B-Robert Buchanan[4]; 5. 8-Tanner Haines[6]; 6. 11G-Jason Gurley[8]; 7. 5P-Levi Presley[7]; 8. 12-Blayne Pauley[1]; 9. (DNS) C11-Roy Norwood

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 12-Blayne Pauley, 00:16.146[5]; 2. 5-Bryson Hickman, 00:16.538[1]; 3. C11-Roy Norwood, 00:16.658[4]; 4. 99B-Robert Buchanan, 00:16.756[8]; 5. 56-Bryson Phillips, 00:17.165[6]; 6. 8-Tanner Haines, 00:17.564[2]; 7. 5P-Levi Presley, 00:17.767[3]; 8. 11G-Jason Gurley, 00:17.767[7]

Front Wheel Drive
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 934-Jacob Sharp[7]; 2. 60-Mikey Jones[2]; 3. B56-Brandon Porstner[5]; 4. 11-Dakota Lamping[4]; 5. 18-James Burnette[3]; 6. 21-Travis Taylor[1]; 7. 1-Tyler Walton[6]; 8. 85-Travis Weeks[9]; 9. 69-Josh Chastain[10]; 10. 31-Timmy Gentry[13]; 11. B18-Waylon Mchone[12]; 12. 27-Jeff Singleton[11]; 13. 4-Cody Gentry[8]; 14. L7-Timothy Roberson[14]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21-Travis Taylor[2]; 2. 18-James Burnette[1]; 3. B56-Brandon Porstner[4]; 4. 934-Jacob Sharp[5]; 5. 85-Travis Weeks[3]; 6. 27-Jeff Singleton[7]; 7. 31-Timmy Gentry[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 60-Mikey Jones[2]; 2. 11-Dakota Lamping[1]; 3. 1-Tyler Walton[4]; 4. 4-Cody Gentry[3]; 5. 69-Josh Chastain[5]; 6. B18-Waylon Mchone[6]; 7. L7-Timothy Roberson[7]

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 18-James Burnette, 00:18.473[5]; 2. 11-Dakota Lamping, 00:18.661[8]; 3. 21-Travis Taylor, 00:18.868[7]; 4. 60-Mikey Jones, 00:18.892[9]; 5. 85-Travis Weeks, 00:19.017[11]; 6. 4-Cody Gentry, 00:19.066[10]; 7. B56-Brandon Porstner, 00:19.157[12]; 8. 1-Tyler Walton, 00:19.219[2]; 9. 934-Jacob Sharp, 00:19.251[3]; 10. 69-Josh Chastain, 00:19.550[13]; 11. 31-Timmy Gentry, 00:19.790[4]; 12. B18-Waylon Mchone, 00:19.809[1]; 13. 27-Jeff Singleton, 00:20.320[6]; 14. L7-Timothy Roberson, 00:20.320[14]

Limited Late Model
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 171-Kyle Courtney[2]; 2. R1-Riley Hickman[9]; 3. 29-Rusty Ballenger[5]; 4. 32-Jason Manley[1]; 5. 14-Sylvan Schuette[7]; 6. T6-Tod Hernandez[10]; 7. 14W-Chris Whitted[8]; 8. 00M-Ruben Mayfield[4]; 9. 00-Luke Crass[12]; 10. 15-Will Hicks[11]; 11. 18-Hayden Ownbey[6]; 12. 97-Bobby Giffin[3]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 32-Jason Manley[2]; 2. 97-Bobby Giffin[1]; 3. 29-Rusty Ballenger[3]; 4. 14-Sylvan Schuette[4]; 5. R1-Riley Hickman[5]; 6. 15-Will Hicks[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 171-Kyle Courtney[1]; 2. 00M-Ruben Mayfield[2]; 3. 18-Hayden Ownbey[3]; 4. 14W-Chris Whitted[4]; 5. T6-Tod Hernandez[5]; 6. (DNS) 00-Luke Crass

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 97-Bobby Giffin, 00:14.516[3]; 2. 171-Kyle Courtney, 00:14.616[5]; 3. 32-Jason Manley, 00:14.644[8]; 4. 00M-Ruben Mayfield, 00:14.704[4]; 5. 29-Rusty Ballenger, 00:14.768[10]; 6. 18-Hayden Ownbey, 00:14.779[12]; 7. 14-Sylvan Schuette, 00:14.810[9]; 8. 14W-Chris Whitted, 00:14.814[2]; 9. R1-Riley Hickman, 00:14.875[7]; 10. T6-Tod Hernandez, 00:14.917[11]; 11. 15-Will Hicks, 00:15.467[1]; 12. 00-Luke Crass, 00:21.943[6]

604 Crate Late Models
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21J-Cory Hedgecock[1]; 2. 17W-Randy Weaver[2]; 3. 148-Booger Brooks[5]; 4. 17-Chip Brindle[4]; 5. 32-William Blankenship[3]; 6. 01-Jason Welshan[7]; 7. 22-Will Roland[8]; 8. 7T-Tyler Price[10]; 9. 10B-Bradley Lewelling[6]; 10. 07-Hayden Cardwell[15]; 11. C11-Cody Courtney[13]; 12. 1-Mitchell Stanley[12]; 13. 77-Perry Delaney[14]; 14. 20J-Jonathan Ellison[20]; 15. 8-Jeff Jackson[11]; 16. 29-JJ Templeton[17]; 17. 10-Dustin Williams[19]; 18. 118-Jared Delk[16]; 19. 7-Matthew Smith[9]; 20. 2-Mitchell Childress[18]; 21. 7S-Justin Smith[21]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21J-Cory Hedgecock[2]; 2. 17-Chip Brindle[1]; 3. 01-Jason Welshan[5]; 4. 7T-Tyler Price[4]; 5. C11-Cody Courtney[3]; 6. 118-Jared Delk[6]; 7. 10-Dustin Williams[7]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 17W-Randy Weaver[1]; 2. 148-Booger Brooks[3]; 3. 22-Will Roland[2]; 4. 8-Jeff Jackson[5]; 5. 77-Perry Delaney[4]; 6. 29-JJ Templeton[6]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 32-William Blankenship[1]; 2. 10B-Bradley Lewelling[3]; 3. 7-Matthew Smith[5]; 4. 1-Mitchell Stanley[7]; 5. 07-Hayden Cardwell[4]; 6. 2-Mitchell Childress[8]; 7. 20J-Jonathan Ellison[6]; 8. 7S-Justin Smith[2]

Qualifying: 1. 17-Chip Brindle, 00:15.027[13]; 2. 17W-Randy Weaver, 00:15.042[6]; 3. 32-William Blankenship, 00:15.067[2]; 4. 21J-Cory Hedgecock, 00:15.108[4]; 5. 22-Will Roland, 00:15.213[5]; 6. 7S-Justin Smith, 00:15.239[11]; 7. C11-Cody Courtney, 00:15.247[7]; 8. 148-Booger Brooks, 00:15.248[15]; 9. 10B-Bradley Lewelling, 00:15.249[1]; 10. 7T-Tyler Price, 00:15.295[19]; 11. 2-Mitchell Childress, 00:15.298[21]; 12. 07-Hayden Cardwell, 00:15.313[18]; 13. 01-Jason Welshan, 00:15.367[17]; 14. 77-Perry Delaney, 00:15.448[10]; 15. 7-Matthew Smith, 00:15.476[16]; 16. 118-Jared Delk, 00:15.510[12]; 17. 8-Jeff Jackson, 00:15.572[14]; 18. 20J-Jonathan Ellison, 00:15.611[9]; 19. 10-Dustin Williams, 00:15.986[20]; 20. 29-JJ Templeton, 00:16.113[8]; 21. 1-Mitchell Stanley, 00:49.845[3]

Hot Laps: 1. 21J-Cory Hedgecock, 00:15.064[4]; 2. C11-Cody Courtney, 00:15.143[7]; 3. 22-Will Roland, 00:15.149[5]; 4. 17W-Randy Weaver, 00:15.258[6]; 5. 32-William Blankenship, 00:15.290[2]; 6. 1-Mitchell Stanley, 00:15.319[3]; 7. 10B-Bradley Lewelling, 00:15.337[1]; 8. 8-Jeff Jackson, 00:15.384[14]; 9. 118-Jared Delk, 00:15.435[12]; 10. 17-Chip Brindle, 00:15.445[13]; 11. 7T-Tyler Price, 00:15.504[19]; 12. 7-Matthew Smith, 00:15.545[16]; 13. 07-Hayden Cardwell, 00:15.551[18]; 14. 2-Mitchell Childress, 00:15.554[21]; 15. 01-Jason Welshan, 00:15.577[17]; 16. 148-Booger Brooks, 00:15.580[15]; 17. 20J-Jonathan Ellison, 00:15.581[9]; 18. 77-Perry Delaney, 00:15.701[10]; 19. 29-JJ Templeton, 00:15.996[8]; 20. 10-Dustin Williams, 00:16.128[20]; 21. 7S-Justin Smith, 00:17.799[11]

Open Wheel Modifieds
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 13-David Clark[1]; 2. 3T-Kaleb Trent[3]; 3. 3-Richard Dixon[7]; 4. 90-Todd Gregory[5]; 5. 95-Cory Bettis[6]; 6. 44-Eric Leffew[8]; 7. 29C-Joey Cotterman[2]; 8. 83-Tony Bishop[9]; 9. 28C-Jeff Cotterman[4]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 13-David Clark[1]; 2. 29C-Joey Cotterman[3]; 3. 3T-Kaleb Trent[2]; 4. 28C-Jeff Cotterman[4]; 5. 90-Todd Gregory[5]; 6. 95-Cory Bettis[9]; 7. 3-Richard Dixon[6]; 8. 44-Eric Leffew[7]; 9. 83-Tony Bishop[8]

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 13-David Clark, 00:15.843[9]; 2. 3T-Kaleb Trent, 00:15.864[7]; 3. 29C-Joey Cotterman, 00:16.069[1]; 4. 28C-Jeff Cotterman, 00:16.560[4]; 5. 90-Todd Gregory, 00:16.648[3]; 6. 3-Richard Dixon, 00:16.800[2]; 7. 44-Eric Leffew, 00:17.519[6]; 8. 83-Tony Bishop, 00:18.952[5]; 9. 95-Cory Bettis, 00:18.952[8]

Sportsman
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 18-Eric Orr[4]; 2. J1-Justin Winters[3]; 3. 22W-Dustin Ward[7]; 4. D1-Drew Hickman[5]; 5. H37-Clayton Cooper[8]; 6. 115-Jason Crowe[10]; 7. 16-Larry Delong[12]; 8. 114-Joe Crabtree[11]; 9. C4-Cameron Hawkins[9]; 10. 42-Jason Brown[13]; 11. 22-Hunter Rich[14]; 12. 13-Chris Kelly[6]; 13. (DQ) 5-Bryan Hendrix[1]; 14. (DQ) 20-Daniel Boles[2]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 5-Bryan Hendrix[1]; 2. J1-Justin Winters[3]; 3. D1-Drew Hickman[2]; 4. 22W-Dustin Ward[4]; 5. C4-Cameron Hawkins[5]; 6. 114-Joe Crabtree[6]; 7. 42-Jason Brown[7]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 20-Daniel Boles[2]; 2. 18-Eric Orr[1]; 3. 13-Chris Kelly[4]; 4. H37-Clayton Cooper[3]; 5. 115-Jason Crowe[6]; 6. 16-Larry Delong[7]; 7. 22-Hunter Rich[5]

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 5-Bryan Hendrix, 00:15.129[10]; 2. 18-Eric Orr, 00:15.152[2]; 3. D1-Drew Hickman, 00:15.188[1]; 4. 20-Daniel Boles, 00:15.236[9]; 5. J1-Justin Winters, 00:15.300[13]; 6. H37-Clayton Cooper, 00:15.379[6]; 7. 22W-Dustin Ward, 00:15.414[7]; 8. 13-Chris Kelly, 00:15.438[3]; 9. C4-Cameron Hawkins, 00:15.526[12]; 10. 22-Hunter Rich, 00:15.672[5]; 11. 114-Joe Crabtree, 00:15.759[11]; 12. 115-Jason Crowe, 00:15.951[8]; 13. 42-Jason Brown, 00:16.115[4]; 14. 16-Larry Delong, 00:16.198[14]

Thunder
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 4-Orion Mount[2]; 2. 10-Steven Murray[5]; 3. 65-Raygen Shepherd[7]; 4. 0-Frankie Sharp[3]; 5. 818-Michael Phillips[4]; 6. ?-Dennis Shepherd[6]; 7. 31-Bunkin Wyrick[1]; 8. (DNS) 33-Derrick Napier; 9. (DQ) 19-Austin Helton[9]

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 19-Austin Helton, 00:18.100[5]; 2. 31-Bunkin Wyrick, 00:18.329[3]; 3. 4-Orion Mount, 00:18.381[1]; 4. 0-Frankie Sharp, 00:18.459[2]; 5. 818-Michael Phillips, 00:18.592[4]; 6. 10-Steven Murray, 00:18.636[6]; 7. ?-Dennis Shepherd, 00:18.804[8]; 8. 65-Raygen Shepherd, 00:19.084[9]; 9. 33-Derrick Napier, 00:20.323[7]

602 Crate Late Model
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 24-Seth Wimpey[4]; 2. 25-David Singleton[1]; 3. 9C-Spencer Cranfield[2]; 4. 44-Sam Green[3]; 5. 117-Jonathan Williams[5]; 6. 9-Josh Cheatham[7]; 7. 287-Brandon Stanfield[6]; 8. 19-Sam Oakley[8]; 9. 20-Zane Littleton[9]; 10. 52-Jason Davis[10]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 25-David Singleton[1]; 2. 44-Sam Green[2]; 3. 117-Jonathan Williams[3]; 4. 9-Josh Cheatham[4]; 5. 20-Zane Littleton[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 9C-Spencer Cranfield[2]; 2. 24-Seth Wimpey[1]; 3. 287-Brandon Stanfield[4]; 4. 19-Sam Oakley[3]; 5. 52-Jason Davis[5]

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 25-David Singleton, 00:15.663[5]; 2. 24-Seth Wimpey, 00:15.703[3]; 3. 44-Sam Green, 00:15.710[4]; 4. 9C-Spencer Cranfield, 00:15.770[2]; 5. 117-Jonathan Williams, 00:16.021[8]; 6. 19-Sam Oakley, 00:16.162[9]; 7. 9-Josh Cheatham, 00:16.222[7]; 8. 287-Brandon Stanfield, 00:16.264[6]; 9. 20-Zane Littleton, 00:16.883[10]; 10. 52-Jason Davis, 00:19.245[1]

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