Mike Marlar Sails Away
with Hall of Fame Classic Win!
(August
22, 2026) Mike Marlar dominated Saturday’s Hunt
The Front Super Dirt Series Hall of Fame Classic. Marlar collected
$12,000 for his efforts. Marlar won the second heat race and drew
“1” for the pole position for the 50-lap event. Marlar
started alongside Cory Hedgecock. (MRM Racing
Photo)
When the green flag waved, Marlar quickly shot to the lead over
Hedgecock. Hedgecock remained close behind for the first several
laps before Marlar began to pull away. Dale McDowell overtook
Hedgecock for second and tried to chase down Marlar. Jimmy Owens
was the big mover of the race by overtaking Sam Seawright in the
closing laps to take third from the seventh starting position.
McDowell managed to get within a few care lengths as Marlar encountered
lap traffic. McDowell was no match for Marlar in a race that went
caution free.
The street stock feature also went caution free as Eric Hughes
held off Robbie Comer for the win. Comer was in close contact
with Hughes until the last few laps of the race. Wyatt Hamby had
a strong outing finishing in third.
Austin Maples dominated the front wheel drive feature. Maples
pulled out to a big lead as Don Sandiford worked his way up to
second. The only thing that slowed down Maples was a lap 17 caution.
Maples pulled away again on the restart to secure the win. Kaven
Greene held on to take third place.
The next event at Smoky Mountain Speedway will be the Topless
Outlaws Late Model Series Roger Kerr Memorial on Saturday, September
5th.
(MRM Racing Photo)
Hunt The Front Hall of Fame Classic:
1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell[3]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[7];
4. 16-Sam Seawright[4]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton[6]; 6. 12-Ashton
Winger[5]; 7. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[2]; 8. 44-Chris Madden[8]; 9.
212-Josh Putnam[10]; 10. 22-Chris Ferguson[14]; 11. 0-Jake O'Neil[9];
12. 44D-Dalton Cook[11]; 13. 23-Beckham Malone[12]; 14. 8-Max
McLaughlin[13]; 15. 10-Joseph Joiner[21]; 16. 95-Brandon Williams[23];
17. 21L-Jason Lively[16]; 18. 81F-Jadon Frame[20]; 19. 11-Austin
Smith[17]; 20. 21-Mario Gresham[22]; 21. 49-Shane Belk[24]; 22.
9-Jason Croft[15]; 23. 22*-Zack Mitchell[18]; 24. 44J-John Ownbey[19]
(MRM Racing Photo)
Street Stocks:
1. 10H-Eric Hughes[1]; 2. 42-Robbie Comer[2]; 3. 32-Wyatt Hamby[3];
4. 23-Greg Huskey[6]; 5. C12-Chase Hoffman[4]; 6. 1-Chris Kelly[5];
7. 21-Austin Helton[7]; 8. 20-Dusty Lay[8]; 9. M2-Shannon Emery[9];
10. 10-Colby Long[10]; 11. 27-David Clark[15]; 12. T11-Tim Kilby[13];
13. 14-Sam Burgess[11]; 14. 81-Daniel Moody[12]; 15. 3-Chad McLemore[16];
16. 19L-Will Littrell[14]; 17. B01-Brandon Johnson[18]; 18. 88-Eli
Keck[17]; 19. 18-Dale Brummett[19]
(MRM Racing Photo)
Front Wheel Drive:
1. 38-Austin Maples[1]; 2. 10-Dan Sandiford[4]; 3. 14-Kaven Greene[3];
4. 32-Jeff Bloch[5]; 5. J4-Jacob Anderson[2]; 6. 14J-Jeremy Murray[7];
7. 23S-Karsyn Stibb[6]; 8. 21H-Shayne Hawkins[8]
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