June 21, 2025 — East Tennessee’s own Cory Hedgecock continued to etch his name in Crate Racin’ USA history Saturday night, claiming his sixth career JT Kerr Memorial victory in dominant fashion at I-75 Raceway. Hedgecock used an early-race pass and flawless navigation through lapped traffic to lead 56 of the 60 laps and earn the $10,000 payday in front of a hometown crowd.

Starting on the outside of the front row, Hedgecock went toe-to-toe with current series points leader Jeremy Steele in the opening laps. The two traded positions in a thrilling battle up front before Hedgecock found momentum on the high side and completed the winning move around Steele exiting turn four. From there, the 21J machine withstood several challenges as the leaders entered heavy lap traffic, but Hedgecock never faltered.

“That one means a lot,” Hedgecock said in Victory Lane. “The fact it’s just East Tennessee—it’s where I grew up, where I learned how to race. This is one I circle every year, and to get number six here is just awesome.”

Steele, who led the opening three laps, held on within striking distance through the mid-race stages, hoping traffic would open the door for a late move. But as the pace quickened his car became too tight and he slipped to fifth in the closing laps.

Behind Hedgecock, Austin Yarbrough steadily worked his way forward to claim second and his first top-5 of the season, while Matt Henderson rallied with a charge from 11th to third also picking up his first top-5 of the season, earning him the Scorpion Race Cars Hard Charger Award. Randy Weaver and Jeremy Steele rounded out the top five.

With the win, Hedgecock now sits at 24 career Crate Racin’ USA Touring Series victories, just five behind all-time leader Ronnie Johnson’s 29.

SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS

J.T. Kerr Memorial (60 Laps): 1. 21J-Cory Hedgecock[2]; 2. 18B-Austin Yarbrough[5]; 3. 22-Matt Henderson[11]; 4. 17-Randy Weaver[4]; 5. 22S-Jeremy Steele[1]; 6. 22T-Jimmy Thomas[3]; 7. 92-Joseph Brown[7]; 8. 00S-Richie Stephens[8]; 9. 21-Pearson Williams[12]; 10. 515-Bubba Roling[6]; 11. 4-Jacob Parris[9]; 12. 24L-Zach Leonhardi[14]; 13. 0-Ross White[13]; 14. 21A-Joey Armistead III[15]; 15. 611-Koulten Herbert[20]; 16. 28-David Williamson[19]; 17. 87-Jake Rainey[25]; 18. 16-Caleb Gay[22]; 19. 77-Josh Ray[27]; 20. 102-Reed Hatchett[24]; 21. 58-Trent McLeod[29]; 22. 24M-Greg Martin[16]; 23. 51-Mack McCarter[21]; 24. 12C-Chase Giddens[28]; 25. 24-Anthony White Jr[17]; 26. 32M-Bobby Mills[26]; 27. 46-Deisel Jones[18]; 28. 07B-Baily Cardwell[23]; 29. 22R-Will Roland[10]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28-David Williamson[2]; 2. 51-Mack McCarter[3]; 3. 07B-Baily Cardwell[1]; 4. 116-Cameron Weaver[5]; 5. 7T-Tyler Price[9]; 6. 00-Russell Brown Jr[4]; 7. 32M-Bobby Mills[13]; 8. 17A-Austin Storm[11]; 9. 66-Jake Knowles[6]; 10. (DNS) 3D-Dakota Smith; 11. (DNS) 01-Dylan Johnson; 12. (DNS) 39-Heath Hindman; 13. (DNS) 20J-Jon Ellison; 14. (DNS) 31-Brady Lee

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 611-Koulten Herbert[1]; 2. 16-Caleb Gay[4]; 3. 102-Reed Hatchett[2]; 4. 24T-Philip Thompson[5]; 5. J7-Hunter Jenkins[6]; 6. 77-Josh Ray[12]; 7. 12C-Chase Giddens[9]; 8. 87-Jake Rainey[10]; 9. 23T-Ethan Toedter[8]; 10. 58-Trent McLeod[15]; 11. 118-Jared Delk[11]; 12. 17S-Jeff Smith[13]; 13. (DNS) 177-Perry Delaney; 14. (DNS) 95-Brandon Williams; 15. (DNS) 4G-Sam Green; 16. (DNS) 8-Jeff Jackson; 17. (DNS) 12-Braden Qualls

602 Late Model
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. B01-Bryson Hickman[1]; 2. 7D-Davin Cardwell[3]; 3. 7-Jack Mills[5]; 4. 12C-Chase Giddens[4]; 5. R22-Bo Moorhouse[2]; 6. 52-Jason Davis[6]; 7. 5-Tyler Dixon[7]; 8. 9-Dustin Bunch[8]

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. B01-Bryson Hickman, 00:16.619[3]; 2. R22-Bo Moorhouse, 00:16.840[4]; 3. 7D-Davin Cardwell, 00:16.855[2]; 4. 52-Jason Davis, 00:17.095[5]; 5. 5-Tyler Dixon, 00:17.262[1]; 6. 9-Dustin Bunch, 00:17.688[7]; 7. (DNS) 12C-Chase Giddens; 8. (DNS) 7-Jack Mills

B-Sportsman
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. C4-Wilbur Hawkins[4]; 2. 22-Jonathan McKenzie[1]; 3. 58-Camden Randolph[3]; 4. 1-Dusty Lay[2]

Qualifying 1: 1. 22-Jonathan McKenzie, 00:16.563[2]; 2. 1-Dusty Lay, 00:17.408[1]; 3. 58-Camden Randolph, 00:17.552[3]; 4. (DQ) C4-Wilbur Hawkins, 00:16.189[4]

Street Stock
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20-Johnny Hughes[1]; 2. 10-Eric Hughes[3]; 3. 15-Lamar Hughes[2]; 4. J14-Blake Jenkins[5]; 5. 14H-Greg Huskey[9]; 6. 3W-Scott Smith[7]; 7. 31-Brady Lee[8]; 8. 88-Sam Burgess[10]; 9. C12-Chase Hoffman[4]; 10. J3-Chad McLemore[11]; 11. 21-Johnny Lay[13]; 12. 19-Austin Helton[12]; 13. 756-Steven Murray[14]; 14. 1-Cody Satterfield[6]; 15. (DNS) 60-Jason Woodie; 16. (DNS) 69-Jesse Hickman

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14H-Greg Huskey[1]; 2. 88-Sam Burgess[3]; 3. J3-Chad McLemore[5]; 4. 19-Austin Helton[2]; 5. 21-Johnny Lay[6]; 6. 756-Steven Murray[4]; 7. (DNS) 60-Jason Woodie; 8. (DNS) 69-Jesse Hickman

Qualifying 1: 1. 20-Johnny Hughes, 00:18.006[16]; 2. 15-Lamar Hughes, 00:18.217[12]; 3. 10-Eric Hughes, 00:18.226[1]; 4. C12-Chase Hoffman, 00:18.414[6]; 5. J14-Blake Jenkins, 00:18.431[5]; 6. 3W-Scott Smith, 00:18.522[7]; 7. 31-Brady Lee, 00:18.533[8]; 8. 14H-Greg Huskey, 00:18.594[11]; 9. 19-Austin Helton, 00:18.843[2]; 10. 88-Sam Burgess, 00:18.892[14]; 11. 756-Steven Murray, 00:19.014[15]; 12. J3-Chad McLemore, 00:19.023[3]; 13. 21-Johnny Lay, 00:19.141[10]; 14. 60-Jason Woodie, 00:22.567[9]; 15. 1-Cody Satterfield[4]; 16. (DNS) 69-Jesse Hickman

Dwarf
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 57-Dakota Richards[1]; 2. 77-Shaun Russell[3]; 3. 96-Cody Norris[2]; 4. R3-Justin Russell[4]; 5. 95-Michael Norris[5]; 6. 23-James Goodman[7]; 7. 18-Jared Goodman[6]; 8. (DNS) 45-Dylan Sise

Qualifying 1: 1. 57-Dakota Richards, 00:18.590[6]; 2. 96-Cody Norris, 00:19.162[8]; 3. 77-Shaun Russell, 00:19.563[2]; 4. R3-Justin Russell, 00:19.658[1]; 5. 95-Michael Norris, 00:20.406[7]; 6. 18-Jared Goodman, 00:20.484[3]; 7. 23-James Goodman, 00:21.747[5]; 8. (DNS) 45-Dylan Sise

FRIDAY NIGHT RESULTS

Sportsman
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. D1-Drew Hickman[3]; 2. 98-Jed Emert[4]; 3. C4-Cameron Hawkins[2]; 4. 19-Cody Courtney[5]; 5. 22-Dustin Ward[1]; 6. 16-Seth Jolley[7]; 7. 1C-Colt Deverell[8]; 8. 78-Skylar Delaney[9]; 9. 16T-Tanner Haines[6]; 10. 00-Kelvin White[10]; 11. C11-Roy Norwood[12]; 12. 99B-Robert Buchanan[11]; 13. (DNS) 2-Terry Poore

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Skylar Delaney[3]; 2. 00-Kelvin White[2]; 3. 99B-Robert Buchanan[1]; 4. C11-Roy Norwood[5]; 5. (DNS) 2-Terry Poore

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 22-Dustin Ward, 00:15.831[9]; 2. C4-Cameron Hawkins, 00:15.833[6]; 3. D1-Drew Hickman, 00:16.087[1]; 4. 98-Jed Emert, 00:16.088[5]; 5. 19-Cody Courtney, 00:16.092[8]; 6. 16T-Tanner Haines, 00:16.151[13]; 7. 16-Seth Jolley, 00:16.312[10]; 8. 1C-Colt Deverell, 00:16.371[12]; 9. 99B-Robert Buchanan, 00:16.401[2]; 10. 00-Kelvin White, 00:16.501[3]; 11. 78-Skylar Delaney, 00:16.540[7]; 12. 2-Terry Poore, 00:16.777[4]; 13. C11-Roy Norwood, 00:16.938[11]

602 Late Model
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. B01-Bryson Hickman[5]; 2. D7-Darren Deverell[2]; 3. 12C-Chase Giddens[4]; 4. 59-Shaun Sise[8]; 5. 7-Davin Cardwell[1]; 6. D27-John Clark[6]; 7. 7J-Jack Mills[7]; 8. 44-Austin White[11]; 9. 22-Jonathan McKenzie[12]; 10. H31-Shannon Helton[10]; 11. 5-Tyler Dixon[9]; 12. 24-Seth Wimpey[3]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Tyler Dixon[3]; 2. H31-Shannon Helton[2]; 3. 44-Austin White[4]; 4. (DNS) 22-Jonathan McKenzie

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 7-Davin Cardwell, 00:15.958[3]; 2. D7-Darren Deverell, 00:16.063[2]; 3. 24-Seth Wimpey, 00:16.173[7]; 4. 12C-Chase Giddens, 00:16.225[11]; 5. B01-Bryson Hickman, 00:16.296[10]; 6. D27-John Clark, 00:16.314[6]; 7. 7J-Jack Mills, 00:16.371[9]; 8. 59-Shaun Sise, 00:16.384[8]; 9. 22-Jonathan McKenzie, 00:16.425[12]; 10. H31-Shannon Helton, 00:16.442[4]; 11. 5-Tyler Dixon, 00:16.539[1]; 12. 44-Austin White, 00:16.696[5]

Front Wheel Drive
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 56-Brandon Porstner[2]; 2. 08-Jacob Sharp[1]; 3. 38-Bryan Williams[3]; 4. 28K-Jason Ketron[6]; 5. 199-Jason Crowder[5]; 6. R3-Dakota Lamping[4]; 7. 22-Caleb Manning[8]; 8. 12-Trent Lee[7]; 9. 27-Jeff Singleton[12]; 10. 78-Tyler Phillips[11]; 11. 36-Jessica Napier[15]; 12. 08H-Hagen Dye[13]; 13. R13-Jonathan Russell[9]; 14. 22T-Cody Tice[16]; 15. (DNS) 4-Alexander Goforth; 16. (DNS) 45-Colton Keasler

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. R13-Jonathan Russell[2]; 2. 4-Alexander Goforth[4]; 3. 78-Tyler Phillips[5]; 4. 27-Jeff Singleton[1]; 5. 08H-Hagen Dye[8]; 6. (DNS) 45-Colton Keasler; 7. (DNS) 36-Jessica Napier; 8. (DNS) 22T-Cody Tice

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 08-Jacob Sharp[7]; 2. 56-Brandon Porstner[12]; 3. 38-Bryan Williams[2]; 4. R3-Dakota Lamping[5]; 5. 199-Jason Crowder[14]; 6. 28K-Jason Ketron[9]; 7. 12-Trent Lee[13]; 8. 22-Caleb Manning[11]; 9. 27-Jeff Singleton[8]; 10. R13-Jonathan Russell[4]; 11. 45-Colton Keasler[3]; 12. 4-Alexander Goforth[6]; 13. 78-Tyler Phillips[16]; 14. 36-Jessica Napier[15]; 15. 22T-Cody Tice[1]; 16. 08H-Hagen Dye[10]

Limited Late Model
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 97-Bobby Giffin[5]; 2. 84-Ryan Tims[1]; 3. 32-Jason Manley[6]; 4. 51-Jed Emert[7]; 5. 18E-Eric Orr[8]; 6. 24-Anthony White Jr[2]; 7. C11-Cody Courtney[9]; 8. 128-James Nash[13]; 9. 4-Austin Langley[11]; 10. H7-Hunter Jenkins[10]; 11. 30-Daven Dilbeck[12]; 12. 00-Luke Crass[14]; 13. 3C-Carden Cochran[16]; 14. 50-Jim Clark[17]; 15. 18-Hayden Ownbey[3]; 16. 96-Ohlin Williams[15]; 17. R1-Riley Hickman[4]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. C11-Cody Courtney[1]; 2. H7-Hunter Jenkins[3]; 3. 4-Austin Langley[2]; 4. 30-Daven Dilbeck[7]; 5. 128-James Nash[4]; 6. 00-Luke Crass[5]; 7. 96-Ohlin Williams[6]; 8. 3C-Carden Cochran[8]; 9. (DNS) 50-Jim Clark

Hot Lap Qualify: 1. 84-Ryan Tims, 00:15.470[14]; 2. 24-Anthony White Jr, 00:15.619[5]; 3. 18-Hayden Ownbey, 00:15.623[9]; 4. R1-Riley Hickman, 00:15.672[15]; 5. 97-Bobby Giffin, 00:15.726[1]; 6. 32-Jason Manley, 00:15.806[16]; 7. 51-Jed Emert, 00:15.889[7]; 8. 18E-Eric Orr, 00:15.911[11]; 9. C11-Cody Courtney, 00:16.006[12]; 10. 4-Austin Langley, 00:16.024[17]; 11. H7-Hunter Jenkins, 00:16.086[4]; 12. 128-James Nash, 00:16.097[3]; 13. 00-Luke Crass, 00:16.234[8]; 14. 96-Ohlin Williams, 00:16.283[10]; 15. 30-Daven Dilbeck, 00:16.383[2]; 16. 3C-Carden Cochran, 00:16.754[13]; 17. 50-Jim Clark, 00:17.222[6]

CRUSA Dirt Late Models
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 515-Bubba Roling[1]; 2. 21-Pearson Williams[4]; 3. 46-Deisel Jones[2]; 4. 177-Perry Delaney[6]; 5. J7-Hunter Jenkins[7]; 6. 12C-Chase Giddens[8]; 7. 77-Josh Ray[3]; 8. 58-Trent McLeod[5]; 9. 12-Braden Qualls[9]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Randy Weaver[1]; 2. 22R-Will Roland[2]; 3. 24M-Greg Martin[3]; 4. 611-Koulten Herbert[6]; 5. 16-Caleb Gay[4]; 6. 95-Brandon Williams[7]; 7. 87-Jake Rainey[5]; 8. 17S-Jeff Smith[9]; 9. (DNS) 8-Jeff Jackson

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 22T-Jimmy Thomas[3]; 2. 4-Jacob Parris[2]; 3. 21A-Joey Armistead III[1]; 4. 51-Mack McCarter[4]; 5. 66-Jake Knowles[5]; 6. 7T-Tyler Price[6]; 7. 17A-Austin Storm[9]; 8. 32M-Bobby Mills[8]; 9. 31-Brady Lee[7]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 18B-Austin Yarbrough[2]; 2. 22-Matt Henderson[1]; 3. 24-Anthony White Jr[3]; 4. 102-Reed Hatchett[6]; 5. 24T-Philip Thompson[4]; 6. 23T-Ethan Toedter[7]; 7. 118-Jared Delk[8]; 8. 4G-Sam Green[5]

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 21J-Cory Hedgecock[1]; 2. 00S-Richie Stephens[4]; 3. 10B-Bradley Lewelling[3]; 4. 24L-Zach Leonhardi[2]; 5. 28-David Williamson[5]; 6. 116-Cameron Weaver[7]; 7. 01-Dylan Johnson[8]; 8. (DQ) 01W-Jason Welshan[6]

Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 22S-Jeremy Steele[1]; 2. 92-Joseph Brown[2]; 3. 0-Ross White[3]; 4. 07B-Baily Cardwell[4]; 5. 00-Russell Brown Jr[5]; 6. 3D-Dakota Smith[8]; 7. 39-Heath Hindman[7]; 8. 20J-Jon Ellison[6]

Qualifying 1: 1. 515-Bubba Roling, 00:15.561[2]; 2. 46-Deisel Jones, 00:15.567[1]; 3. 77-Josh Ray, 00:15.632[8]; 4. 21-Pearson Williams, 00:15.723[9]; 5. 58-Trent McLeod, 00:15.851[4]; 6. 177-Perry Delaney, 00:15.932[5]; 7. J7-Hunter Jenkins, 00:16.181[6]; 8. 12C-Chase Giddens, 00:16.207[7]; 9. (DNS) 12-Braden Qualls

Qualifying 2: 1. 17-Randy Weaver, 00:15.388[1]; 2. 22R-Will Roland, 00:15.508[9]; 3. 24M-Greg Martin, 00:15.591[5]; 4. 16-Caleb Gay, 00:15.609[3]; 5. 87-Jake Rainey, 00:15.626[2]; 6. 611-Koulten Herbert, 00:15.626[4]; 7. 95-Brandon Williams, 00:15.722[7]; 8. 8-Jeff Jackson, 00:15.792[6]; 9. 17S-Jeff Smith, 00:15.861[8]

Qualifying 3: 1. 21A-Joey Armistead III, 00:15.377[6]; 2. 4-Jacob Parris, 00:15.453[5]; 3. 22T-Jimmy Thomas, 00:15.519[9]; 4. 51-Mack McCarter, 00:15.851[1]; 5. 66-Jake Knowles, 00:15.861[8]; 6. 7T-Tyler Price, 00:15.893[3]; 7. 31-Brady Lee, 00:15.897[7]; 8. 32M-Bobby Mills, 00:16.204[4]; 9. 17A-Austin Storm, 00:16.207[2]

Qualifying 4: 1. 22-Matt Henderson, 00:15.430[5]; 2. 18B-Austin Yarbrough, 00:15.477[7]; 3. 24-Anthony White Jr, 00:15.601[6]; 4. 24T-Philip Thompson, 00:15.623[1]; 5. 4G-Sam Green, 00:15.804[4]; 6. 102-Reed Hatchett, 00:15.928[8]; 7. 23T-Ethan Toedter, 00:15.966[2]; 8. 118-Jared Delk, 00:16.207[3]

Qualifying 5: 1. 21J-Cory Hedgecock, 00:15.341[2]; 2. 24L-Zach Leonhardi, 00:15.483[3]; 3. 10B-Bradley Lewelling, 00:15.616[6]; 4. 00S-Richie Stephens, 00:15.655[1]; 5. 28-David Williamson, 00:15.662[7]; 6. 01W-Jason Welshan, 00:15.760[4]; 7. 116-Cameron Weaver, 00:15.845[5]; 8. 01-Dylan Johnson, 00:16.020[8]

Qualifying 6: 1. 22S-Jeremy Steele, 00:15.279[8]; 2. 92-Joseph Brown, 00:15.522[4]; 3. 0-Ross White, 00:15.631[5]; 4. 07B-Baily Cardwell, 00:15.812[1]; 5. 00-Russell Brown Jr, 00:15.813[7]; 6. 20J-Jon Ellison, 00:15.963[6]; 7. 39-Heath Hindman, 00:16.029[2]; 8. 3D-Dakota Smith, 00:16.155[3]

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