Hayden
Cardwell is the Best of the Best Plumber 604 Series
(August
30, 2025) The CVR house car once again visited the victory
lane in the Best Plumber 604 series. This time, Hayden Cardwell
was behind the wheel. (MRM
Racing Photos)
Mitchell Childress and Skylar Marlar led the field to the green
from the front row. Marlar took the early lead while Ross White
quickly got by Childress for second on a lap 3 restart. Cardwell
took over 4th from Cameron Weaver. As White pressured Marlar for
the lead, Cardwell took over third and tracked down the first
twosome. Cardwell powered by White for second and began pressuring
Marlar for the lead. Cardwell got by Marlar to take the lead on
lap 20. Cardwell pulled away over the final 10 laps to easily
win the race. White for by Marlar for second with two to go. Marlar
held onto third as he broke a rear shock coming to the finish
line.
Ryan Tims picked up his first win at Smoky Mountain Speedway
in the steel block late model feature. Jed Emert took the initial
lead with Tims and Jason Manley battling for second. As Emert
struggled with handling, Tims closed in and took the lead with
a handful of laps remaining. Emert eventually retired from the
race. That left Tims to hold off Manley for the win. Rusty Ballenger
finished third.
While Emert did not get the win in the steel block late model
feature, he was dominant in the sportsman late model feature.
Emert set fast time and wasted no time in getting the lead on
his way to the win. Brady Lee came home in second and Kyle Courtney
came from 6th to finish third.
Jacob Sharp held off Brandon Porstner to win the front wheel
drive feature. Porstner remained close to the rear bumper of Sharp.
As the laps clicked off, Sharp remained steady to take the win.
Porstner was second and Dakota Lamping finished third.
The next race at Smoky Mountain Speedway takes place on Saturday,
September 20 when the Topless Outlaws Late Model Series presented
by Jail Breaker Potato Chips visits for the $5,000 to win Hall
of Fame 50. During intermission, Scott Bloomquist will be inducted
in the Smoky Mountain Speedway Hall of Fame.
(MRM Racing Photos)
Best Plumber 604 Racing
Series:
1. 17-Hayden Cardwell[5]; 2. 0-Ross White[3]; 3. 257-Skylar Marlar[2];
4. 2-Mitchell Childress[1]; 5. 32-William Blankenship[7]; 6. 4W-Chris
Wilson[6]; 7. 116C-Cameron Weaver[4]; 8. 11J-Dylan Perry[8]; 9.
00-Jeff Smith[9]; 10. 116-Jake Whitehead[10]; 11. 44K-Chase King[16];
12. 102-Reed Hatchett[13]; 13. 5-Jamie Stanley[15]; 14. 47-Ryan
West[11]; 15. 22T-Tim Clark[20]; 16. 8-Jeff Jackson[17]; 17. 07-Jason
Cardwell[12]; 18. 7-Tyler Price[14]; 19. 5G-Dustin Golden[18];
20. 8R-Roman Wesley[19]
(MRM Racing Photos)
Steel Block Late Models:
1. 84-Ryan Tims[1]; 2. 32-Jason Manley[3]; 3. 29-Rusty Ballenger[4];
4. 39-Heath Hindman[6]; 5. 15-Noah Phillips[10]; 6. 23-Layne Clifton[11];
7. 97-Bobby Giffin[5]; 8. 5-Tyler Nichols[14]; 9. 20-Daniel Boles[15];
10. C11-Cody Courtney[18]; 11. 66-Taylor Cole[9]; 12. 16C-Chad
Alley[13]; 13. 156-Andy Standridge[25]; 14. F4-Sammie Russell[19];
15. 18-Eric Orr[17]; 16. 00-Luke Crass[20]; 17. 60-Brandon Boyd[23];
18. 19-Jaykob Hawkins[21]; 19. 51-Jed Emert[2]; 20. 148-Booger
Brooks[8]; 21. K37-Drew Kennedy[7]; 22. 22-Michael Layman[12];
23. (DNS) 1G-Dylan Barrow; 24. (DNS) 16-Josh Walker; 25. (DNS)
49-James Kelso
(MRM Racing Photos)
Sportsman Late Models:
1. 98-Jed Emert[1]; 2. 31-Brady Lee[2]; 3. 19-Kyle Courtney[6];
4. 56-Joey Standridge[4]; 5. 85-Travis Weeks[3]; 6. 12-Terry Poore[8];
7. 15-Billy Branch[9]; 8. J10-John Land[10]; 9. 00-Isaac Boring[5];
10. H37-Clayton Cooper[11]; 11. 82-Aaron McCarter[7]; 12. 99-Robert
Buchanan[12]; 13. 71-Tim Standridge[13]; 14. 7T-Tiffany Hensley[16];
15. 03-Robert Russell[14]; 16. (DNS) 10-Larry Stigers
(MRM Racing Photos)
Front Wheel Drives:
1. 1-Jacob Sharp[1]; 2. B56-Brandon Porstner[2]; 3. R3-Dakota
Lamping[4]; 4. 3-Ronnie Sharp[3]; 5. 45-Colton Keasler[6]; 6.
34-Jason Lamping[8]; 7. L13-Andy Lee[5]; 8. 32-Jeff Bloch[7];
9. 12-Trent Lee[10]; 10. 22T-Cody Tice[11]; 11. 21H-Shane Hawkins[17];
12. 88-Shaylee Hinds[9]; 13. 01-Jake Bumgarner[15]; 14. 9M-Joshua
Mizell[13]; 15. 27-Anthony Singleton[12]; 16. 8-Scottie Atkins[14];
17. (DNS) 08-Daniel Beckham; 18. (DNS) 39-Randy Webb
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