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Cory Hedgecock bags career payday at I-75 Raceway

Cory Hedgecock was awarded with the richest payday of his career after sweeping Saturday night’s Tennessee Fall Nationals at I-75 Raceway in his E-Z-GO No. 23 Green’s Recycling / I-75 Raceway / Black Diamond Race Car / Eagle Racing Engine Late Model. (Josh James Artwork)

The historic win for the Tennessee racer was worth $15,000.

“Wow, what a night for our team. I’m happy to run in front of them guys. I consider Chris (Ferguson) a national guy and I’m tickled to death to run in front of him,” Hedgecock said in Victory Lane. “Car was good, a little skatey on restarts. I struggled on the right-rear 1600 (compound tire) sometimes just because. But I know we’re really good through lapped traffic sometimes, and tonight we were. It was very maneuverable. I could enter in high and leave low. Whatever I needed to do I could make it work.

“Thanks to my family and my sponsors for making this possible. We started the season a little slow, but now we’re up to 12 wins, and that’s pretty awesome.”

On Saturday afternoon, Cory Hedgecock made the short trip to I-75 Raceway (Sweetwater, Tenn.) to compete with the Valvoline Iron-Man Southern Series in the inaugural Valvoline Tennessee Fall Nationals.

After topping the 28-car field in time trials, Hedgecock streaked to a heat race win, which positioned him second on the starting grid for the feature. Wrestling away the lead from polesitter Stacy Boles on the opening circuit, Cory led wire-to-wire in the 50-lapper to register his 12th win of the season. He earned an extra $3,000 for sweeping the program with fast time in qualifying, a heat race win, and the feature win, elevating his payday from $12,000 to $15,000, the richest of his career.

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