Chris Madden battles for Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series $7,552 Scott Sexton Memorial win
Chris Madden battles for Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series $7,552 Scott Sexton Memorial win
BULLS GAP, Tenn. (July 14, 2025) – Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., overtook race-long leader Garrett Smith on lap 38 and held off the Marlar brothers, Mike and Camaron, at the end to win the $7,552 Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series Scott Sexton Memorial Monday night at Volunteer Speedway.
SCHAEFFER’S OIL SOUTHERN NATIONALS SERIES – SCOTT SEXTON MEMORIAL – SUPER LATE MODEL
Scott Sexton Memorial (52 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[7]; 3. 57M-Camaron Marlar[15]; 4. 58V-Jimmy Owens[6]; 5. 16-Sam Seawright[3]; 6. 10-Garrett Smith[2]; 7. 1-Blake Brown[12]; 8. 101-Forrest Trent[9]; 9. 71-Pierce McCarter[5]; 10. 25-Mike Benedum[10]; 11. 2-Cody Overton[13]; 12. 22-Tucker Anderson[18]; 13. 23-Beckham Malone[21]; 14. 126-Kaede Loudy[17]; 15. 83-Jensen Ford[14]; 16. 11B-Stacy Boles[22]; 17. 28N-Jeff Neubert[24]; 18. 17M-Dale McDowell[4]; 19. 55-Benji Hicks[8]; 20. 14-Haiden Cowan[19]; 21. 29-Christian Hanger[11]; 22. C5-David Crabtree[16]; 23. 35-Dillon Daves[23]; 24. 56H-Jordon Horton[20]
Philip Thompson leads flag-to-flag for Sportsman Late Model win
Philip Thompson of Whitesburg started from the pole position and led all 20 laps to win the Sportsman Late Model feature.
Thompson and Tim Maupin brought the 25-car field to green from the front row, with Thompson leading back around at the flag stand on the opening lap. Throughout the race there was good battle for real estate back in the field among several drivers.
But out front it was all Thompson as he recorded the win over Colby Horner (Knoxville), Maupin (Johnson City), Wes Tilley (Andersonville) and Travis Fultz (Harrogate).
SPORTSMAN LATE MODEL (20 laps)
1. 24-Philip Thompson[1]; 2. 15X-Colby Horner[5]; 3. 3-Tim Maupin[2]; 4. 31-Wes Tilley[3]; 5. 329-Travis Fultz[6]; 6. 14AA-Austin Atkins[4]; 7. 15-Bryson Dennis[15]; 8. 33-Warren McMahan[7]; 9. 14-Odie Overholt[10]; 10. 50-Jonathan Miracle[12]; 11. 4-Pierson Davidson[17]; 12. 14A-Andy Ogle[11]; 13. 56J-Jody Horton[14]; 14. 7A-Heath Alvey[13]; 15. 7T-Tiffany Hensley[23]; 16. 28-Richard Cox[19]; 17. G7-Chris Glass[26]; 18. 11-Tim Bounds[21]; 19. 01-Jason Welshan[8]; 20. 52-Troy Eads[18]; 21. 63-Josh Collins[9]; 22. 05-Gary Blanken[16]; 23. 29-Evan Harrell[20]; 24. 7-Bill Norwood[22]; 25. J2-Larry James[25]; 26. (DNS) C11-Roy Norwood
Bobbie Petty of Tazewell captured his first-ever Volunteer Speedway Street Stock win
What a battle for supremacy in the 20-lap Street Stock feature between pole-sitter Austin Atkins, Tyler Meadows and Bobbie Petty.
Meadows challenged Atkins for the lead before being overtaken by Petty. Petty began his assault on Atkins. The duo raced side-by-side for a couple of circuits until Petty, from Tazewell, grabbed the lead on lap 18. Atkins slowed with engine issues on the last lap.
Petty was chased to the checkered flag by Meadows (Rock, WV), Matt Whitener (Canton, NC), Dylan Hannah (Clyde, NC) and Chris Chandler (Weaverville, NC).
STREET STOCK (20 laps)
1. XP21-Bobbie Petty[5]; 2. 3-Tyler Meadows[3]; 3. 03-Matt Whitener[10]; 4. 81-Dylan Hannah[13]; 5. 88-Chris Chandler[8]; 6. 44-Clyde Overholt[6]; 7. 2-John Stevens[7]; 8. 51-Ivis Earley[11]; 9. 206-Allen Vaughn[9]; 10. 18-Tanner Owens[12]; 11. 14-Austin Atkins[1]; 12. 28-JD Smith[2]; 13. 10-Colby Long[4]
Jason Ketron wins wild Front Wheel Drive feature
Jason Ketron of Kingsport grabbed the lead on the start of the 20-lap Front Wheel Drive feature over Bryan Williams and Jacob Sharp. Ketron and Sharp battled door-to-door five laps before Sharp took the lead just past halfway.
Meanwhile, Williams was working his way back to the front following an early race spin. Ketron kept sticking the nose of his Honda underneath Sharp pressuring for the lead lap-after-lap.
Racing into the first turn on the final circuit, trouble for Sharp when a flat right-front tire sent him into the outside wall. Ketron sped past to record the win over Williams (Sevierville), Dylan Jones (Limestone), Sharp (Crossville) and Larry Patterson (Soddy Daisy).
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE (20 laps)
1. 28K-Jason Ketron[1]; 2. 38-Bryan Williams[2]; 3. P15-Larry Patterson[5]; 4. J19-Dylan Jones[3]; 5. 08-Jacob Sharp[4]; 6. 42-Josh Collins[9]; 7. 14-Josh Ramsey[12]; 8. 0-Jackson Crawford[6]; 9. 44-Logan Thomas[8]; 10. 06-Connor Johnson[10]; 11. 77-John Musser[11]; 12. 52-Casey Pittenturf[14]; 13. 10-Danny Sandiford[7]; 14. (DNS) 88-Anthony Ferrell; 15. (DNS) R3-Dakota Lamping
Charlie Meinders wins $2,500 High Banks 100 Enduro at Volunteer Speedway
You don’t have to lead every lap to park in victory lane, and for Charlie Meinders of Liberty, S.C., he only led the final (money lap) circuit en route to winning the High Banks 100 Enduro and $2,500 first-place prize. Meinders passed Greg Carroll (Greer, SC) to capture the win. Finishing third through fifth, respectively, were Logan Exum (Murphy, NC), Jared Willett (Clyde, NC) and Randy Bailey (Soddy Daisy).
ENDURO – HIGH BANKS 100
1. 66-Charlie Meinders[11]; 2. NO1-Greg Carroll[5]; 3. X-Logan Exum[16]; 4. 62-Jared Willett[10]; 5. 34-Randy Bailey[26]; 6. 99-Josh Milner[15]; 7. 00-David Stonebrooke[8]; 8. 14-Opie Barndt[13]; 9. 31-Kyle Brookshire[27]; 10. 12OZ-Adam Phillips[24]; 11. 01-Cooper Harvey[19]; 12. 11-Jonathan Allen[4]; 13. 1-Zack Meinders[9]; 14. 97-Joe Rigdon[21]; 15. 3-Johnny Duncan[1]; 16. 57-Chris Meinders[7]; 17. M12-Mark Brady[25]; 18. 72-Dennis Lowe[20]; 19. 16-Wes Johnson[3]; 20. 48-Jim Exum[14]; 21. 22-Austin Brown[12]; 22. 9-Chuck Sims[17]; 23. 90-Bart Vance[6]; 24. 95-Alex Vance[22]; 25. 4-Anthony Ferrell[23]; 26. 21X-Travis Banther[2]; 27. (DNS) 15-Jason Long
