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October 15
Duck River Raceway Park,
Wheel, TN
Sanction: Schaeffer's Fall Nationals (Deep Fried 75) - $13,000
Information provided by: Robert Holman and series reports (last updated October 17, 1:17 am)
Elder Moyer's late rise captures Deep Fried 75
Deep Fried 75
  1. Billy Moyer
  2. Tanner English
  3. Caleb Ashby
  4. Ricky Weiss
  5. David Payne
  6. Billy Moyer Jr.
  7. Riley Hickman
  8. Donald McIntosh
  9. Brad Skinner
  10. Ryan King
  11. Brian Shirley
  12. David Seibers
  13. Frank Heckenast Jr.
  14. Cody Mahoney
  15. Oakley Johns
  16. Shane Clanton
  17. Brent Larson
  18. Chase Junghans
  19. Allen Murray
  20. Billy Ogle Jr.
  21. Vic Hill
  22. Eric Hickerson
  23. Doug Smith
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The racy surface at Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, Tenn.
What won the race: Ninth-starting Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., overtook eighth-starting Tanner English of Benton, Ky., on lap 65 of the 75-lap feature at Duck River Raceway capturing the Southern Nationals Bonus Series victory in the Deep Fried 75. Moyer collected $13,000 for the victory.
Key notes: Moyer won his 11th feature of 2016 and earned a season-best $13,000. ... The race was slowed by 10 cautions. ... Nine of the 22 starters finished the race. ... Donald McIntosh also won the Race of States that was part of Friday's action, earning $1,000 in outrunning Allen Murray and Ray McElhiney.
On the move: David Payne of Murphy, N.C., improved 16 positions to complete the top-five finishers.
Winner's sponsors: The winning Billy Moyer Victory Race Car is sponsored by Karl Performance, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Henderson Motorsports, Garnart Family Farms, Jack's CarQuest, New Vision Graphics, Sunoco Race Fuels, Watter's Autoland, Amsoil and Midwest Sheet Metal.
Points chase: Entering Duck River, McIntosh had 1,738 points to led David Payne (1,672). No other driver was within 500 points of the lead.
Car count: 35
Fast qualifier: Billy Moyer Jr.
Time: 12.536 seconds
Polesitter: Riley Hickman
Heat race winners: Riley Hickman, Chase Junghans, Brian Shirley, Donald McIntosh
Consolation race winners: David Seibers, Caleb Ashby
Provisional starters: David Payne, Doug Smith, Brad Skinner
Next series race: November 4, Ponderosa Speedway (Junction City, KY) $3,000
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.
By Robert Holman
DirtonDirt.com correspondent

WHEEL, Tenn. – Billy Moyer was far from dominant. But he was fast when he needed to be. Moyer, of Batesville, Ark., slipped by race leader Tanner English following a late-race caution and led the final 10 laps of the Deep Fried 75 Saturday night at Duck River Raceway Park.

English, of Benton, Ky., stayed in Moyer's tracks the final 10 circuits, but after leading a race-high 40 laps, he settled for second. Caleb Ashby, of Cunningham, Tenn., rallied from 18th to finish third in a race filled with attrition. Canadian Ricky Weiss was fourth, while David Payne, of Murphy, N.C., finished fifth after taking a provisional to start the race. Only 10 cars were running at the finish.

En route to a $13,000 payday in the fifth annual event, Moyer showed patience and poise in the grueling 75-lapper around the tiny-but-fast southern Middle Tennessee bullring. Moyer followed English for 20 laps after settling into the runner-up spot on lap 44.

The Hall-of-Famer finally flexed his muscle with 10 to go, when he made his only bid for the lead look relatively easy. Within five laps, Moyer built a comfortable two-second advantage.

“I was just watching that lap board and trying to figure him out,” said Moyer, who advanced from the seventh starting spot. “You know he did a great job. I was just trying to … I knew his line there … and I was just trying to figure out what I needed to do to get him.

“I wore that bottom out in the beginning of the race and he kinda stayed down there. I moved back up in the middle. That's where it was best in the later stages. Then I seen him hit those holes in (turns) three and four and kinda shove up there … just like the lap I passed him.

“I went in the middle and when he pushed up I had that run on him and did that crossover deal and got him. It was hard to pass. There was no ‘Pull up there and pass somebody’ … you had to work for everything. When he did that, it just fell just right for me and I was in position to (pass him).”

English had led from lap 25, when he overtook Georgian Donald McIntosh for the point. The two made contact, which left McIntosh spinning in turn two. McIntosh was sent to the tail while English — who attributed the contact to hard racing — continued on up front. Despite building a lead as large as four seconds, English was never able to get comfortable up front as 10 cautions slowed the pace. At the halfway point, only 12 cars remained on track.

For English, a second-generation racer with lots of wins but still in search of that marquee victory, running second to Moyer wasn't the end of the world.

“When the black streaks came in, my (Hoosier) 1350 on the right front was starting to scoot real hard and I was having to hustle it and it was making me do things that I didn't want to do. It would scoot across that black and kill my drive off the corner because I would have to catch it,” said English.

“All in all, I'm happy with everything. It was a heck of a race and I hope everybody enjoyed it.”

Ashby, meanwhile, continued his outstanding year – he's been dominant at Clarksville (Tenn.) Raceway this season – with a podium finish after rallying through a consolation race. After starting 18th, he cracked the top five with 25 laps remaining. He was up to fourth by lap 52 and inherited third from Brian Shirley on lap 53 when Shirley exited with a broken driveshaft.

Ashby briefly challenged Moyer and English, but fell back in the waning laps.

Preliminary results:

Friday’s heat race finishes

(Top four transfer)

First heat: Riley Hickman, Billy Moyer, Jr., Vic Hill, Oakley Johns, Brent Larson, David Seibers, Terry English, Jason Markewitz, Mark Fields.

Second heat: Chase Junghans, Billy Moyer, Allen Murray, Ryan King, Clint Nichols, David Payne, Tony Morris, Donald Johns, Brad Skinner.

Third heat: Brian Shirley, Tanner English, Ricky Weiss, Billy Ogle, Jr., Caleb Ashby, Erick Hickerson, Tommy Taylor. Scratched: Jadon Frame, Josh Putnam.

Fourth heat: Donald McIntosh, Shane Clanton, Cody Mahoney, Frank Heckenast, Jr., Dylan Ames, Ray McElhiney, Doug Smith, Bubba Vandygriff.

Battle of the States: Donald McIntosh (Georgia), Allen Murray (Texas), Ray McElhiney (Tennessee), Billy Moyer (Arkansas), Dylan Ames (Alabama), David Payne (North Carolina), Ricky Weiss (Canada), Brent Larson (Minnesota), Cody Mahoney (Indiana), Brian Shirley (Illinois), Tanner English (Kentucky), Chase Junghans (Kansas).

Friday’s time trials

First group
Pos. Driver (car no.), hometown, time
1. Billy Moyer Jr. (21jr), Batesville, Ark.,12.536
2. Chase Junghans (18), Manhattan, Kan. 12.646
3. Riley Hickman (R1), Ooltewah, Tenn., 12.706
4. David Payne (8), Murphy, N.C., 12.746
5. David Seibers (18), Chapel Hill, Tenn., 12.831
6. Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Ark., 12.857
7. Vic Hill (1), Mosheim, Tenn., 12.908
8. Allen Murray (2), San Antonio, Texas, 12.926
9. Brent Larson (B1), Lake Elmo, Minn., 12.985
10. Brad Skinner (17r), Spring Hill, Tenn., 12.989
11. Oakley Johns (C6), Summertown, Tenn., 13.044
12. Clint Nichols (7), Shelbyville, Tenn., 13.132
13. Terry English (33), Benton, Ky., 13.156
14. Tony Morris (M31), Murfreesboro, Tenn., 13.223
15. Mark Fields (F26), Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 13.318
16. Ryan King (1G), Seymour, Tenn., 13.368
17. Jason Markewitz (37), Killen, Ala., 13.372
18. Donald Johns (c66), Summertown, Tenn., 13.526
Second group
1. Tanner English (96), Benton, Ky., 12.635
2. Shane Clanton (25), Zebulon, Ga., 12.743
3. Brian Shirley (3s), Chatham, Ill., 12.807
4. Donald McIntosh (7), Dawsonville, Ga., 12.850
5. Caleb Ashby (61), Cunningham, Tenn., 12.860
6. Frank Heckenast Jr. (99jr), Frankfort, Ill., 12.867
7. Ricky Weiss (7), Headlingley, Manitoba, 12.974
8. Cody Mahoney (4), Hanover, Ind., 12.997
9. Billy Ogle Jr. (201), Knoxville, Tenn., 13.003
10. Dylan Ames (77a), Harvest, Ala., 13.166
11. Eric Hickerson (98), Linden, Tenn., 13.223
12. Ray McElhiney (20), Pulaski, Tenn., time unavailable
13. Tommy Taylor (10), Lascassas, Tenn., 13.449
14. Bubba Vandygriff (83), Mount Pleasant, Tenn., 13.654
15. Jadon Frame (J8), Winchester, Tenn., 13.702
16. Doug Smith (45), Harriman, Tenn., 13.837
17. Josh Putnam (212), Florence, Ala., no time

Feature lineup

Row 1: Hickman, Shirley
Row 2: Junghans, McIntosh
Row 3: Moyer Jr., Ta. English
Row 4: Moyer Sr., Clanton
Row 5: Hill, Weiss
Row 6: Murray, Mahoney
Row 7: O. Johns, Ogle
Row 8: King, Heckenast
Row 9: Seibers, Ashby
Row 10: Hickerson, Larson
Row 11: Payne, Smith
Row 12: Skinner
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