It was a wild night at the "Worlds Fastest Half Mile" as the Late Models took center stage for the biggest event of the year in the 23rd Annual Powell Memorial. The pits were packed full of Late Models from Florida, Alabama and Georgia, just to name a few looking to claim the prestigious event.
When the green flag dropped it was John Kellum leading the field to green, but it was Devin Dixon using the high side momentum to grab the early lead in his Capital Race Cars #313 as Kellum would fall back to third with "The Magic Man" Mark Whitener following Dixon to the runner up spot. Whitener, who won three Powell checks in a row before Fitzgerald knocked him off last year, looked like a man on a mission on Saturday night as he would take the race lead on lap 10 and never look back in his Barry Wright Race Cars ICON #5. John Kellum would battle back to finish runner up followed by Joe Kump, Kyle VanSickle, and Will Herrington.
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23rd Annual Powell Memorial Presented by Bozard Ford | 67 Laps | $10,000 to Win! (45 Cars)
Overall Fast Qualifier: Mark Whitener
Heat 1: Kenny Monahan, Tyler Thomason, Stanton Mills, John Baker, Shane Williams, David Clegg, Jimmy Waldrop, John Bledsoe
Heat 2: Ivedent Lloyd Jr., Joe Kump, Shan Smith, Brandon Catto, David Whitener, Clay Harris, Michale Whipple, Mark Steube
Heat 3: Keith Nosbish, Howard Stalls, Jimmy Sharp Jr., Brandon Cameron, Donnie Padgett, Holt Pipkin, Megan Rae, Meyer, Justin Merry
Heat 4: Travis Pennington, Kyle VanSickle, Jeff Mathews, Tyler Crowder, Bo Allen, Keremy Faircloth, Kenneth Hall, Donald MacIntosh
Heat 5: Will Harrington, Nevin Gainey, Rhett Carter, Chad Tuten, Trever McKinley, Win Ingersol, Kyle Chappell, Derike Bennett
B-Main #1: Baker, Cameron, Whitener, Merry, Pipkin, Whipple, Hall
B-Main #2: Crowder, Faircloth, Catto, Harris, Williams, Padgett, Rae, MKinley, Waldrop, Tuten
Non-Qualifiers Race: Williams, D. Whitener, Merry, Rae
Feature: Whitener, Kellum, Kump, VanSickle, Harrington, Sharp Jr., Nosbisch, Mills, Faircloth, Dixon, I. Lloyd, G. Lloyd, Mathews, Baker, Stalls, Whipple, Fitzgerald, Smith, Gainey, Crowder, Carter, Monahan, Pennington, Cameron, Thomason
Mercedes Benz Vans Born to Run Street Stocks (19)
Heat 1: Landon Lungren, Brandon Elwood, Kenny McBride, Tuck Trentham, Kameron McGauley, Dave Hildebrant, Don Strosahl, Bubba Christian, Jessee Brown, Mike Stalnaker
Heat 2: Tim Powers, Joe Belkey, Marco Reyes, Barry Sheffield, Jonathon Croson, Clayton Ruth, Joey Parks, Rick Elwood, Grand Dillon
Feature: Belkey, Lungren, Powers, Trentham, Croson, Stalnaker, McBride, Reyes, B. Elwood, Sheffield, R. Elwood, Parks, Dillon, Hildebrant, McGauley, Ruth, Brown, Strosahl, Christian
Billy Ballew Motorsports Thunderstocks (25 Cars)
Heat 1: Ron Adams, Bubba Christian, Donnie Birdwell, Robert Hicks, Jonathon Thomas, Hank Baker, Dustin Turnage Sr.
Heat 2: Dustin Turnage Jr., Robbie Hager, Kevin Durden, David Showers Sr., Arthur Conquest, Curt Spencer, Dale Kump
Heat 3: David Showers Jr., Jamie Carter, Ron McCreary, RJ Glaser, James Parrish, Justin Dean, John Canary, Joe Belkey, Curtis Spencer
Feature: Showers Jr., Durden, Showers Sr., Christian, McCreary, Hager, Kump, Birdwell, Carter, Hicks, Conquest, Taylor, Glaser, Canary, Turnage Jr., Adams, Spencer, Thomas, Parrish, Spencer, Dean
Triple D Equipment Gladiators (11)
Heat 1: Johnnie Yeomans, Steve Quick, Stephen Kramer, Henry Lanier, Jason Tovet, Steven Chamberlin, Todd Latour, #83, Jason Gentry, Erik Mantz, Dwayne Yeomans
Feature: D. Yeomans, J. Lanier, Latour, H. Lanier, Kramer, Mantz, Quick, Tovet, J. Yeomans, Higdon, Chamberlin (DNS), Gentry (DNS)
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