"King of the
Streets"
April
8, 2024 --- This past weekend T.J.
Herndon and a skeleton crew made the pull to Lake City, Florida to compete
in the inaugural $10,000 to win King of the Streets event. On Friday night,
with 56 drivers on hand to qualify for 30 spots in the feature, Herndon’s
pill draw would place him in the sixth group. After qualifying on Friday
night, next up was six qualifying heat races which would lock-in the top
three finishers to the big show. In the sixth qualifier, Herndon managed
to advance from his P-6 starting position to finish P-2 and secure himself
a shot at the $10,000 paycheck.
On Saturday evening, as the field took to the track for the
100-lap event, Herndon’s strategy was to save his equipment and ride
for the first half of the race expecting a high rate of attrition. Unfortunately,
Herndon became a part of that attrition as he was turned sideways in front
of the field on lap thirteen by a gentleman aggressively racing as if it
was the last lap coming off turn four for the checkers. Herndon brought
his car pit-side and the crew removed the nose and although all the damage
was cosmetic, Herndon decided to end his night to prevent further damage.
As the race concluded, the crew’s assumption on attrition proved to
be true as only twelve of the original thirty drivers finished the race.
As the checkers flew over the field, It would be Mississippi’s Chad
Thrash taking the honors. Following Thrash to the stripe would be Ivendent
Lloyd, Haden Moran, Michael Santangelo, Patrick Williams, Devin Walker,
Patrick Mennenga, Mike Bresnahan, Trey Bright with Devin Dixon rounding
out the top ten. Unfortunately, after post-race technical inspection, P-1
and P-2 were disqualified handing the win to the third-place finisher and
shuffling the remaining positions throughout the field. For the latest news
and results from this past weekend, check out All-Tech Raceway’s Facebook
page or their website at www.alltechraceway.com.
You can also familiarize yourself with the race data with a subscription
to my race pass app.
"Wimp Reed
IMCA Spring Nationals"
April
1, 2024 --- This past weekend T.J.
Herndon, Dale Nelson and the DR Motorsports team made their way to Batesville,
Arkansas for the IMCA Spring Nationals two-day event. On Friday night, with
23 drivers on hand, Herndon and Nelson’s pill draw would destine them
to compete against each other in the third qualifier. Nelson would advance
from a P-4 starting position to finish P-2 and secure a P-7 start in the
main event. Herndon advanced from P-5 to finish P-3 and locked up a P-11
starting spot in the 31-lap main later in the night. As the first stock
car feature of the weekend took the green flag, both Herndon and Nelson
methodically marched toward the front. At the conclusion of the feature,
it would be the Atwood Outlaw taking top honors with Dale Nelson finishing
P-4 to put both DR Motorsports entries solidly in the top five. Following
Herndon to the stripe on night one would be Richie Tosh, Wayne Brooks, Dale
Nelson, Hayden Linn, Patrick Linn, Randy Weaver, Kris Lloyd, John Bubbus
with Haydan Hartwick rounding out the top ten.
On Saturday evening, with 20 drivers on hand, Herndon would
win the second qualifier from a P-3 starting spot and Nelson would get boxed
in to finish P-6 after starting P-4 in the third qualifier. In the main
event of the evening, Herndon parlayed his outside front row starting spot
into his second win of the weekend as his teammate fought his way from deep
in the field making his way from P-18 to finish P-9 earning Nelson the Hard
Charger award for the night. As Herndon passed under the checkers first
for the second night in a row, Randy Weaver out of Little Rock, Arkansas
was hot on his trail. Following Weaver would be Patrick Linn, Richie Tosh,
Joe Payne, Tony Anglin, Scooter Scruggs, Wayne Brooks, Dale Nelson with
Hayden Linn rounding out the top ten. By virtue of carrying the highest
point total throughout the weekend, the Atwood Outlaw was crowned champion
of the 2024 Wimp Reed IMCA Spring Nationals. For the latest news and results
from this past weekend, check out Batesville Motor Speedway’s Facebook
page or their website at www.batesvillemotorspeedway.com.
You can also check out the latest action on www.IMCA.TV
or familiarize yourself with the race data with a subscription to the my
race pass app.
"33rd Annual
Talladega Ice Bowl"
January
8, 2024 --- This past weekend T.J.
Herndon made the decision to take his personal car to the Talladega Short
Track for the 33rd running of the Ice Bowl. Herndon continued to tune his
car throughout the test sessions eventually laying down a decent qualifying
lap which garnered him a P-3 starting spot in the fourth heat. The Atwood
Outlaw had an exceptional car in the qualifier. While turning laps a tenth
faster than anyone had ran all day, even in time trails, Herndon took the
win locking into the main event to start P-4 on Friday. On Friday, Herndon’s
luck would come to an end as his car chief noticed his right rear tire going
flat on the parade lap before the green. Herndon managed to stay up front
for a couple of laps until the first caution of the evening was displayed.
As the field reassumed green flag racing, Herndon began to
fade farther and farther back into the field before his tire totally disintegrated
causing him to exit the track with a couple of laps remaining. As the checkers
waived over the field, it would be Logan Hickerson taking the honors of
the evening. Following Hickerson to the stripe would be Booger Brooks, Landen
Jackson, Trevor Woodard, Wyatt Hill, Kaleb Vandygriff, Hunter Duncan, Jared
Hays, Casey Towell with Kade Langley rounding out the top ten. Herndon had
faded to P-20 before ending his night with a DNF. For the latest news and
results from this past weekend, check out the Talladega Short Track’s
Facebook page or their website at www.talladegashorttrack.com.
You can also familiarize yourself with all of the data with a subscription
to the my race pass app.
"Magnolia Motor
Speedway"
November
6, 2023 --- This past Friday T.J.
Herndon made a last minute decision to take his personal car to the Mag
for a little test session. Herndon’s first trip back to the Mag since
the Spring of 2022 got off to a rocky start. Out of the seventeen drivers
on hand for competition, Herndon qualified eleventh. In the 1st heat, Herndon
started P-6 and managed to finish P-5 to secure a P-9 starting spot in the
night’s feature event. As the main event got underway, it was apparent
that the changes Herndon had made were the correct ones as the DR Motorsports
sponsored #1 was digging on the bottom and headed to the point. Unfortunately,
with only a 15 lap feature, time expired before Herndon had an opportunity
to challenge the leaders that had been cruising up front in clean air. As
the checkers waived over the field, it would be Alabama’s Logan Bright
taking the honors of the evening. Following Bright to the stripe would be
Brandon Hill ahead of the Atwood Outlaw advancing to finish P-3 while securing
the Hard Charger Award. Following Herndon was Shelby Sheedy, Blake Comer,
Lee Ray, Wyatt Parker, Mark Thorne, Shay Knight with Hunter Holloway rounding
out the top ten. For the latest news and results from this past weekend,
check out Magnolia Motor Speedway’s Facebook page or their website
at www.magnoliadirt.com.
"3rd Annual
Keota Faulkner Memorial Race"
October
30, 2023 --- This past Saturday
T.J. Herndon, Dale Nelson and the DR Motorsports team traveled to Thunderhill
Raceway Park in Summertown, Tennessee for the 3rd Annual Keota Faulkner
Memorial Race. With 43 drivers on hand to vie for one of the 24 starting
spots, the night began with three groups of qualifying to set the line-ups
in six qualifiers which would lock- in the top three drivers into the night’s
main event with the remaining six spots to be determined in two B-mains.
As luck would have it, both T.J. and Dale wound up in the same group to
qualify. Herndon posted a 14.530 lap to secure the fastest time in group
3 with Nelson laying down a 14.622 for the third fastest in the group behind
Clayton Miller at 14.568. By virtue of qualifying, Herndon and Nelson would
start side by side on the front row in the third heat of six. With the top
three finishers of each qualifier transferring to the main event, Herndon
would go on to take the win with Nelson locking into the main event by finishing
P-3. Next on tap was a six lap dash among the top six drivers who won their
qualifiers to set the top six starting spots in the $5,000 to win feature.
In the dash, Herndon parlayed a P-3 starting spot into a P-2 finish to start
outside pole in the main event of the evening.
As the green flag waived over the field for the 40 lap event,
Herndon immediately found his way to the point where he would lead the first
eighteen laps with Clayton Miller hot on his tail. On lap nineteen, as Herndon
and Miller started to encounter lapped traffic, Herndon was impeded by a
lapped car allowing Miller to advance to the lead as they both continued
to lap deep into the field. One of the lapped cars made incidental contact
with Herndon’s right front causing the front fender to contact his
tire and allow his hood to blow up blocking his view of the track. Luckily,
Herndon just had to run a couple of laps in the blind until a car spun and
brought out a caution allowing Herndon to have his hood removed. Although
the car was a hand full after that point with no air on the nose, the Atwood
Outlaw managed to get up on the wheel and finish P-2 in front of a hard
charging Hayden Moran. Taking the checkers and the big check would be Kentucky’s
Clayton Miller. Following Miller across the stripe would be T.J. Herndon,
Hayden Moran, Justin McCree, Matt Markham, Megan Erwin, Oakley Johns, Zac
Harris, Keenan Vandygriff with Johnny Stokes rounding out the top ten. Unfortunately,
Herndon’s teammate, Dale Nelson had to retire to the pits on lap two
when the car that he was trailing hit an infield tire and spun in front
of him causing contact which resulted in his radiator being pushed back
causing the belts to come off. Nelson most assuredly had a good piece, but
circumstances found him the recipient of the Hard Luck Contingency Award.
The Atwood Outlaw also received the Topless Contingency Award for being
the highest finishing driver without a roof. For the latest news and results
from this past weekend, check out Thunderhill Raceway Park’s Facebook
page or their website at www.ThunderhillRacewayPark.com.
You can also watch all of the action firsthand by logging onto www.thunderhillracewaypark.tv.
"29th Annual
Coors Light Fall Classic"
October
16, 2023 --- This past weekend,
T.J. Herndon and the DR Motorsports team traveled to Meridian, Mississippi
for the 29th Annual Coors Light Fall Classic. During the qualifying portion
of the event on Friday, Herndon qualified to start P-2 in the fourth heat.
With the top four transferring, Herndon went on to finish P-2 is his qualifier
locking himself into a P-8 starting spot in the main event on Saturday.
As the field took the green in the 25-lap feature on Saturday
afternoon, Herndon found his car to be decent but not good enough to be
exceptional. At the end of 25 laps, Herndon had managed to hold his own
and finish P-8 despite his car not responding to the changes that he made
earlier in the night. When all was said and done, it would be Oakley Johns
taking the checkers and the honors. Following Johns to the stripe was Carl
Stanley Kilgore, Spencer Hughes, Bryce Sheasby, Lee Ray, Logan Bright, Shelby
Sheedy, T.J. Herndon, Cody Chism with Johnny Stokes rounding out the top
ten. For the latest news and results from this past weekend, check out Whynot
Motorsports Park’s Facebook page or their website at www.whynotmotorsportspark.com.
You can also watch all of the action firsthand by logging onto www.huntthefront.tv.
"Fall Brawl
- Donnie Hodges Memorial"
October
9, 2023 --- This past Friday night,
T.J. Herndon and the DR Motorsports team made the pull to Clarksville, TN
for the $1,282 to win Donnie Hodges Memorial preliminary event. With 21
competitors on hand, Herndon timed in third overall to secure the P-1 starting
position in the third qualifier. Herndon went on to win his qualifier and
locked up the P-3 starting position in the night’s main event. As
the green flag fell on the 20 lap feature, the Atwood Outlaw moved into
the P-2 position on lap two and although he had nothing for the leader,
he maintained P-2 throughout the contest. As the checkers waived over the
field it would be the #19m of Clayton Miller crossing the stripe first ahead
of the blue #1 of T.J. Herndon. Following Herndon to the finish line was
Bobo McGhee, Jared Hays, Cody Hodges, Zac Harris, Brian Markham, Derrick
Tillman, Hunter Blackwell with David Clark rounding out the top ten. For
the latest news and results from this past weekend, check out Clarksville
Speedway’s Facebook page or their website at www.clarksvillespeedway.com.
You can also watch all of the action first hand by logging onto www.clarksvillespeedway.tv.
Herndon Takes $10,000
Checkers at Batesville’s 28th Mid-America IMCA Stock Car Championship
October
1, 2023 --- A win that’s been
a long time coming came Saturday night for T.J. Herndon. Herndon led the
last 29 of 50 laps and banked $10,000 after the long green flag run that
ended the 28th annual Schoenfeld Headers Mid-America IMCA Sunoco Stock Car
Championship at Batesville Motor Speedway. “I’ve been after
this one for 10 or 15 years. It took me a long time,” said Herndon,
from Atwood, Tenn., and newly guaranteed a starting spot in the 2024 B &
B Racing Chassis All-Star Invitational. “I feel like I had two or
three taken away from me but we finally got one.”
There was no taking anything from Herndon once he worked his way from fourth
starting to the front on lap 22, passing Zane DeVilbiss and outrunning early
leader Troy Burkhart the rest of the caution-free distance. “I was
just praying ‘Please don’t let the caution come out,’”
said Herndon, fully aware of an ailing car ahead of him trying to stay out
of the way and get off the oval. “I didn’t want a restart. I
had a pretty good lead and the track was cleaned off.”
Burkhart led the first 14 circuits from the pole and crossed the stripe
two seconds behind Herndon. DeVilbiss, already familiar with the view from
victory lane at Batesville and winner of the Friesen Performance IMCA Modified
feature earlier in the evening, ended in third. Burkhart’s son Tathan
started 10th and finished fourth; fifth went to Dallon Murty. DeVilbiss
was a lapped car ahead of Troy Burkhart and Herndon when lap 19 was scored.
The second and final caution of the race came out on the next lap and Herndon
had the lead for good when lap 22 went into the books.
He caught the back of the field with eight to go and still won by more
than two seconds. “I really didn’t want to get into them too
deep,” said Herndon, who’d also won the Sept. 16 weekly feature
at Batesville. “I didn’t want to get out of my lane.”
“It all worked out.”
Randy Weaver paced home state drivers with his sixth place finish and defending
race winner Troy Jerovetz was seventh. Both nights of the Mid-America IMCA
Stock Car Championship were broadcast by IMCA.TV.
Feature results – 1. T.J. Herndon, Atwood, Tenn.; 2. Troy Burkhart,
Hays, Kan.; 3. Zane DeVilbiss, Farmington, N.M.; 4. Tathan Burkhart, Hays,
Kan.; 5. Dallon Murty, Chelsea, Iowa; 6. Randy Weaver, Little Rock; 7. Troy
Jerovetz, Iowa Falls, Iowa; 8. Wayne Brooks, Bald Knob; 9. Richie Tosh,
Salado; 10. Cody Smith, Kaufman, Texas; 11. Jeremy Kuykendall, Little Rock;
12. Dale Nelson, Milan, Tenn.; 13. Peyton Taylor, Batesville; 14. Hunter
Rasdon, Jonesboro; 15. Tommy New, Dover; 16. Casey Findley, Bryant; 17.
Hayden Linn, Little Rock; 18. Joe Payne, Concord; 19. Scooter Scruggs, Little
Rock; 20. Tony Anglin, Walnut Ridge; 21. Jim Philpot, Greenwood; 22. Ashton
Wilkey, Batesville; 23. Drake Findley, Bryant; 24. Haydan Hartwick, Tumbling
Shoals; 25. Brandon Rowland, Nashville; 26. Stephen Morrow, Batesville;
27. Shawn Graham, Shreveport, La.
"Jason Maurer
Memorial"
September
25, 2023 --- This past Saturday
night, T.J. Herndon, Dale Nelson and the DR Motorsports team ventured across
the river to Tennessee National Raceway in Hohenwald, TN for the $5,000
to win Jason Maurer Memorial event. With 39 competitors on hand and the
top two fastest times in each of three groups locking into the main, Herndon
qualified second fast time in group 2 to lock-in without having to run a
heat race. In the six lap dash between the top six qualifiers to set the
front three rows, Herndon started P-5 and advanced to a P-3 to start the
main event from the second row inside. Nelson qualified P-4 in group 2 and
finished P-3 in the second heat. The P-3 finish locked the #N1 into the
main event rolling off P-14 on the grid. As the 50 lapper went green, Herndon
immediately assumed the P-2 position behind Clayton Miller as the two checked
out on the rest of the field by a full straightaway while encountering lapped
traffic before the first caution waved over the field on lap seventeen.
After the first caution, many more would follow in the laps ahead. In spite
of the excess fuel burn-off due to many caution laps and his tires sealing
over late in the race, Herndon managed to maintain his P-2 position until
lap 45. With a couple of cautions flying in the last five laps, Herndon
allowed a couple of cars around in the closing laps relegating him to a
P-4 finish. Nelson managed to finish the night with a P-10 after losing
his brakes early on in the run. As the checkers flew over the field, it
would be the #19m of Clayton Miller crossing the stripe first for the big
check. Following Miller across the line would be Logan Hickerson, Tyler
Wood, T.J. Herndon, Keenan Vandygriff, Derrick Tillman, Brian Markham, Kaleb
Vandygriff, Hunter Runions with Dale Nelson rounding out the top ten. For
the latest news and results from this past weekend, check out Tennessee
National Raceway’s Facebook page, their website at www.RaceTn.com
or the all informative www.myracepass.com.
"Batesville
Motor Speedway"
September
18, 2023 --- This past Saturday
night, T.J. Herndon, Dale Nelson and the DR Motorsports team ventured to
Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, Arkansas to test their IMCA stockcars
before the $10,000 to win 28th Annual Schoenfeld Headers Mid-America IMCA
Stock Car Championship at the end of the month. With fifteen cars on hand,
luck of the draw placed both team cars in the same heat with Nelson starting
on the pole and Herndon starting P-5. Nelson would go on to win the first
qualifier with Herndon finishing P-2. In the stockcar feature, Nelson would
once again start on the pole but for some reason, instead of starting P-3,
Herndon was shown on the line-up to start mid-pack once again rolling to
the green from P-7. As the feature got underway, Herndon methodically worked
his way to the front behind the #N1 of Nelson as they pulled away from the
third-place contender. Herndon and Nelson were clearly the class of the
field on this night as they raced side by side in the closing laps.
Coming to the white flag in turns three and four, Herndon
entered the corner on the bottom just inches off the inside barrier with
Nelson inches off his right side. As luck would have it, the two were approaching
a lapped car entering turn three who refused to yield to the leaders laying
hard into the side of Nelson’s car. The contact with the lapped car
caused front suspension damage to Nelson’s car and cut down his right
front tire resulting in a DNF. Luckily Herndon would make it out of the
melee without damage and went on to take the checkers for his seventh win
of the 2023 season. Following the Atwood Outlaw to the stripe was Hayden
Linn, Randy Weaver, Joe Payne, Scooter Scruggs, Hunter Rasdon, Stephen Morrow,
Scott Earl, Kris Lloyd with David Hagler rounding out the top ten. For the
latest news and results from this past weekend, check out Batesville Motor
Speedway’s Facebook page as well as their website at www.batesvillemotorspeedway.com.
"Camden Speedway"
September
11, 2023 --- This past Saturday
night, T.J. took the DR Motorsports CRUSA car to Camden Speedway’s
weekly show to test some suspension changes that he had made earlier in
the week. In the second qualifying heat, Herndon started P-3 and finished
P-2 securing a P-4 starting position in the feature. As the green flag waved
on the feature event, Herndon quickly advanced to P-2 where he would remain
for the rest of the night. The handling changes that Herndon had made earlier
in the week worked perfectly as far as drivability but the traction that
he enjoyed for fastest time during hot laps dissipated in the slick. As
the checkered flag waved at the conclusion of the feature, it would be Colby
Brandon crossing the stripe first followed closely by the Atwood Outlaw
in P-2. Several car lengths back in P-3 would be Zac Harris, Keaton Downing,
Devin Baucum, Matthew Hill, William Alan, Marlin Cathey with Wesley Bedwell
rounding out the field and Joseph Hamm failing to make the call for the
feature. For the latest news and results from this past weekend, check out
Camden Speedway’s Facebook page as well as their website at www.camdenspeedwaytn.com.
“11th Annual
Southern Street Stock Nationals”
August
21, 2023 --- This past Thursday
evening, 123 drivers showed up at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS
to throw their helmet in the ring for the 11th Annual running of the Southern
Street Stock Nationals. The line-up for each of six qualifying features
would be determined by three groups of group qualifying. T.J. Herndon qualified
P-3 in group 2 with a qualifying lap of 16.085 which slated him to start
P-2 in the second 20 lap qualifying feature. With only the top two cars
out of 21 locking into the main event to be ran on Saturday night, Herndon
was fortunate enough to hold on and finish P-2 in the qualifier to lock
up the P-8 starting spot in the main event. Herndon was the highest qualifying
open engine in the field. By locking into the main event early, Herndon
and his crew got to take the day off on Friday and enjoy the races from
trackside.
With the field set and driver introductions completed on Saturday
afternoon, 37 of the best drivers in the street stock world would take the
green flag for 50 laps around the clay oval of “The House of Hook”.
In spite of being handicapped by the series rules for campaigning an open
motor, the “Atwood Outlaw” made gains early on by moving into
the top five. Unfortunately, as Herndon rolled the middle in turns 1 &
2 occupying P-4 on lap 16, it appeared that he was suddenly surrounded by
rookies as two cars ran side by side up top, three cars entered three wide
below him on the bottom. In their attempt to go six wide on lap sixteen,
contact was made to Herndon’s left rear and his car was turned sideways
in front of the entire field. Luckily, the car sustained no major damage.
After going pit side to replace a flat tire, Herndon returned to the rear
of the field to mount a late charge. As the laps wound down, Herndon would
manage to make it back to a P-15 finish as the checkers waved over the field.
Taking the win in the 11th Annual Southern Street Stock Nationals would
be Hayden Moran followed to the stripe by Kaleb Vandygriff, Cody Chism,
Trevor Woodard, Oakley Johns, Dalton Peavy, Bryce Sheasby, Keenan Vandygriff,
Carl Kilgore with Tim Gay rounding out the top ten. For the latest news
and results from this past weekend, check out the My Race Pass app, Whynot
Motorsports Park’s Facebook page as well as Whynot’s website
at www.whynotmotorsportspark.com.
“Paducah International
Raceway”
August
14, 2023 --- After a long week getting
his DR Motorsports CRUSA ride whipped back into shape for the Southern Street
Stock Nationals, T.J. Herndon loaded up his personal car and joined his
teammate Dale Nelson on a quick trip to Paducah for their weekly program.
In the qualifying portion of the event, Nelson laid down the quickest lap
of the evening with a 18.471 and Herndon backing him up with the second
quickest with a 18.601 circuit. In the one and only qualifying heat of the
evening, Nelson once again bested the field of seven competitors with Herndon
finishing P-2. In the feature event of the evening, the DR Motorsports team
put on a show from green to checkers. Nelson seized the lead at the drop
of the green and led every lap with Herndon seemingly attached to the bumper
of the #N-1. As the checkers flew over the field, Nelson would be first
to the line taking the win. Following Nelson to the stripe just two tenths
of a second back would be his teammate, the Atwood Outlaw. Behind Herndon
would be Josh Hartman, Tony Cruse, Mat Hartman, Josh Moreland, with Keaton
Downing rounding out the field. For the latest news and results from this
past weekend, check out the My Race Pass app, Paducah International Raceway’s
Facebook page as well as PIR’s website at www.paducahracing.com.
“Prelude to
the Street Stock Nationals”
August
7, 2023 --- The Mississippi curse
continues. This past weekend, T.J. Herndon traveled to Whynot Motorsports
Park in Meridian, MS for their $1,000 to win Prelude to the Nationals event.
Herndon put himself behind the eight ball during qualifying by jumping the
cushion in turns one and two on both qualifying laps. With 35 drivers on
hand to make the 24-car feature, only the top 16 drivers would be able to
lock in on time. As luck would have it, Herndon’s qualifying attempt
would land him in 17th place and headed to the first B-main. After finishing
P-2 in the B-main, Herndon would transfer to the main event rolling to the
green flag from P-19. After two back to back cautions in efforts to get
a clean start, the field finally completed the first lap on the third attempt.
As the field entered turns three and four to complete the second lap, cars
began to tangle at the entrance to turn three and Herndon was unfortunately
forced into the pile up. The #1 DR Motorsports entry was able to continue
but immediately discovered that he had suffered rear suspension damage that
would end his night on lap two. Herndon is looking to shake the Mississippi
curse soon. After being flat ran over or collected in someone else’s
overly aggressive driving on at least six occasions, it brings a whole new
appreciation for the 50-lap caution free features at Batesville Motor Speedway
in Arkansas. Congratulations to Trey Bright on his Prelude win. Following
Bright to the finish line would be Blake Comer, Bryce Sheasby, Logan Bright,
Lee Ray, Chad Thrash, Shelby Sheedy, Brandon Hill, Trevor Woodard with Kevin
Spears rounding out the top ten. For the latest results from this past weekend,
check out the app on My Race Pass at www.myracepass.com.
We would also like to congratulate the Atwood Outlaw’s
teammate and owner of DR Motorsports, Dale Nelson, on his convincing victory
on Clayhill Motorsports Grand Re-opening on Saturday night!
“Paducah International
Raceway”
July
31, 2023 --- This past weekend,
T.J. Herndon, Dale Nelson and the DR Motorsports team made their way to
Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, KY to compete in their weekly
CRUSA street stock program. During the qualifying portion of the event,
the official street stock track record of 18.396 was broken three times
with the Atwood Outlaw emerging as the new track record holder with a lap
of 17.892. DR Motorsports holds the top two spots in the record book with
Herndon’s car owner and teammate Dale Nelson posting the second fastest
lap at 18.106. Both Herndon and Nelson would go on to win their respective
heat races to set the front row of the night’s feature event. As the
green flag waved on the main event, Herndon took the lead coming off turn
two with Nelson closely in tow. As the race came to completion, it would
be the Atwood Outlaw leading every lap to take the win with Nelson finishing
P-2. Following Nelson under the checkers would be Megan Erwin, Colby Brandon,
Matt Hartman, Josh Hartman, Keaton Downing, Tony Cruse, Josh Moreland with
Kyle Smithson rounding out the top ten. For the latest news and results
from this past weekend, check out the app on My Race Pass, Paducah International
Raceway’s Facebook page as well as their website at www.paducahracing.com.
“I-55 Street
Stock Shootout”
July
3, 2023 --- This past weekend, T.J.
Herndon took the DR Motorsports #1 CRUSA street stock to Pike County Speedway
in Magnolia, MS to join 38 other drivers in the $7,000 to win I-55 Street
Stock Shootout. On Friday night during the qualifying portion of the event,
Herndon would qualify P-8 in group B. In the 4th heat race, Herndon advanced
from a P-4 starting spot to take the win and lock into the main event on
Saturday.
After driver introductions and a four wide salute to the fans,
the 50 lap main event rolled to the green with the Atwood Outlaw starting
P-4 in the field of twenty four drivers. As the race got underway, Herndon
pulled alongside the leader on lap two after the leader missed his mark
on the entry to turn one. The leader immediately turned left across the
nose of Herndon’s car causing a caution, a pile-up as well as steering
damage to Herndon’s car. Track officials surprisingly rewarded the
driver that caused the caution by allowing him to take the lead on the restart.
Herndon managed to maintain an admirable run by staying in the top five
well into the race. As Herndon entered turn one running P-3 with 20 laps
remaining, the second-place car missed corner entry much like the leader
on lap 2. As Herndon maintained his line while executing a pass, once again
the outside car cut hard left across the nose of the #1 car. Herndon carried
his car to the hot pit and returned to the track to attempt to finish the
final 20 laps. Unfortunately, the Atwood Outlaw’s car succumbed to
the damage sustained in the two previous incidents which pushed the car’s
right front nose down to a point to where it was digging into the track
in the turns. After making one lap Herndon made the decision to call it
a night rather than being the root cause of a caution himself. At the conclusion
of the 50 laps, it would be Hayden Moran taking the win followed by Josh
Arabie, Stacy Herron, Noah Daspit, Caiden Jackson, Carl Kilgore IV, Michael
Rodrigue, Jaxon Moore, Braiden Keller with Landen Jackson rounding out the
top ten. Unfortunately Herndon would record yet another DNF after being
ran over in the last three consecutive Ultimate Street Stock events. For
the latest news and results from this past weekend, check out the app on
My Race Pass, Pike County Speedway’s Facebook page as well as the
Mississippi Street Stock Series’ website at www.msstreetstockseries.com.
