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Hedgecock scores $10,000 All-Stars win at Smoky Mountain

Just one week removed from registering his biggest payday of the season, Cory Hedgecock added another $10,000 triumph to the 2021 resume with a Saturday night trip to Victory Lane in his E-Z-GO No. 23 Green’s Recycling / I-75 Raceway / Black Diamond Race Car / Eagle Racing Engine Late Model. (Michael Moats photo)

The latest conquest came at Smokey Mountain Speedway with the American All-Star Series.

“As rough as Friday night went at Wartburg Speedway was how good things went on Saturday night at Smoky Mountain Speedway. We had a solid Black Diamond Race Car in the feature. The last 8-10 laps we got extremely tight, but thankfully I was able to hold on for the win and I’ll take them anyway that we can get them,” Hedgecock noted. “Thank you to everyone for the positive calls and texts. They mean the world to me. This weekend, we’ll be heading to Talladega (Short Track) for the $10,000-to-win Super Late Model race.”

On Friday afternoon Cory Hedgecock visited Wartburg Speedway (Wartburg, Tenn.), where he entered his E-Z-GO No. 23 Steelhead Late Model into action in the Dylan Kennedy Memorial. With 31 Late Models on hand, Hedgecock secured his spot into the $10,037-to-win A-Main with a heat race win. Running into trouble near the middle stages of the 50-lapper, Cory was an early retiree on the 20th circuit. He was credited with a 17th-place finish

Meanwhile, for the American All-Star Series-sanctioned Smoky Mountain Summer Showdown on Saturday at Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tenn.), Cory outran fast-qualifier Matt Henderson in the Dash to pick up the six-lap victory. Keeping Henderson at bay for all 60 laps of the feature, Hedgecock stormed to his seventh win of the season, which came over Henderson, Eli Beets, Zach Sise, and Dillon Brown. He earned $10,000 for his winning performance.

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