Zach Mitchell Takes $15K Payday For Ginger Owens Memorial March Madness Win At Cherokee

Information By: CHEROKEE CHIEF SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES – GAFFNEY, SC – Zack Mitchell piloted his Coltman Farms Racing No. 57 machine to Cherokee Speedway victory lane Sunday in the Ginger Owens Memorial March Madness event and collected the $15,000 paycheck.

This was the kick off to the all-new Cherokee Chief Super Late Model Series.

Joseph Joiner stormed to a runner-up finish while track-favorite, Chris Ferguson, rounded out the podium. Carson Ferguson and Donald McIntosh were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Mid-East Super Late Models

A Feature (50 Laps): 1. 57-Zack Mitchell[2]; 2. 10-Joseph Joiner[5]; 3. 22-Chris Ferguson[4]; 4. 93-Carson Ferguson[11]; 5. 79-Donald McIntosh[8]; 6. 18D-Daulton Wilson[10]; 7. 55-Benji Hicks[13]; 8. 2X-John Henderson[9]; 9. 8B-Steve Banal[15]; 10. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[12]; 11. 23-Beckham Malone[24]; 12. 18P-Gray Parton[23]; 13. 99-Ross Bailes[3]; 14. 88-Trent Ivey[6]; 15. 9-Dalton Peavy[17]; 16. P4-John Price[14]; 17. 3-Brent Robinson[16]; 18. 16-Ben Watkins[7]; 19. 49-Luke Morey[19]; 20. 24D-Michael Brown[21]; 21. 17-Taylor Puckett[20]; 22. K7-Keaton Smith[22]; 23. 09-Michael Leach[18]; 24. 2-Layton Sullivan[1]

LCQ One (10 Laps): 1. 24D-Michael Brown[4]; 2. K7-Keaton Smith[1]; 3. 18P-Gray Parton[2]; 4. 23-Beckham Malone[8]; 5. 48-Hunter Kohn[6]; 6. 4-Kale Green[5]; 7. 618-Kevin Wilson[7]; 8. (DNS) M1-William McDaniels; 9. (DNS) 93J-Donovan Jackson

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 2-Layton Sullivan[1]; 2. 10-Joseph Joiner[3]; 3. 2X-John Henderson[2]; 4. 55-Benji Hicks[5]; 5. 9-Dalton Peavy[4]; 6. K7-Keaton Smith[7]; 7. 4-Kale Green[6]; 8. 618-Kevin Wilson[8]

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 99-Ross Bailes[2]; 2. 16-Ben Watkins[3]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson[4]; 4. 8B-Steve Banal[6]; 5. 49-Luke Morey[5]; 6. M1-William McDaniels[7]; 7. (DNS) 23-Beckham Malone

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 57-Zack Mitchell[1]; 2. 88-Trent Ivey[3]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 4. P4-John Price[6]; 5. 09-Michael Leach[4]; 6. 18P-Gray Parton[5]; 7. 48-Hunter Kohn[7]

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 22-Chris Ferguson[3]; 2. 79-Donald McIntosh[1]; 3. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[4]; 4. 3-Brent Robinson[6]; 5. 17-Taylor Puckett[5]; 6. 24D-Michael Brown[2]; 7. (DNS) 93J-Donovan Jackson

Qualifying Group A: 1. 2-Layton Sullivan, 00:16.131[2]; 2. 23-Beckham Malone, 00:16.142[9]; 3. 2X-John Henderson, 00:16.167[4]; 4. 99-Ross Bailes, 00:16.319[11]; 5. 10-Joseph Joiner, 00:16.367[13]; 6. 16-Ben Watkins, 00:16.374[1]; 7. 9-Dalton Peavy, 00:16.375[14]; 8. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:16.385[7]; 9. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:16.425[8]; 10. 49-Luke Morey, 00:16.473[12]; 11. 4-Kale Green, 00:16.534[10]; 12. 8B-Steve Banal, 00:16.722[3]; 13. K7-Keaton Smith, 00:17.104[6]; 14. M1-William McDaniels, 00:17.908[5]; 15. (DQ) 618-Kevin Wilson, 00:17.160[15]

Qualifying Group B: 1. 57-Zack Mitchell, 00:15.701[4]; 2. 79-Donald McIntosh, 00:15.937[1]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:16.015[14]; 4. 24D-Michael Brown, 00:16.051[5]; 5. 88-Trent Ivey, 00:16.074[8]; 6. 22-Chris Ferguson, 00:16.103[9]; 7. 09-Michael Leach, 00:16.285[7]; 8. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 00:16.446[12]; 9. 18P-Gray Parton, 00:16.484[2]; 10. 17-Taylor Puckett, 00:16.545[11]; 11. P4-John Price, 00:16.633[3]; 12. 3-Brent Robinson, 00:16.738[6]; 13. 48-Hunter Kohn, 00:17.346[13]; 14. (DNS) 93J-Donovan Jackson

Hot Laps Group One: 1. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:16.071[7]; 2. 2-Layton Sullivan, 00:16.140[2]; 3. 8B-Steve Banal, 00:16.430[3]; 4. 16-Ben Watkins, 00:16.438[1]; 5. 2X-John Henderson, 00:16.529[4]; 6. 618-Kevin Wilson, 00:17.001[8]; 7. K7-Keaton Smith, 00:17.735[6]; 8. M1-William McDaniels, 00:18.114[5]

Hot Laps Group Two: 1. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:16.075[1]; 2. 99-Ross Bailes, 00:16.252[4]; 3. 23-Beckham Malone, 00:16.386[2]; 4. 10-Joseph Joiner, 00:16.393[6]; 5. 9-Dalton Peavy, 00:16.458[7]; 6. 4-Kale Green, 00:16.543[3]; 7. 49-Luke Morey, 00:16.726[5]

Hot Laps Group Three: 1. 57-Zack Mitchell, 00:15.786[4]; 2. 24D-Michael Brown, 00:16.294[5]; 3. 79-Donald McIntosh, 00:16.313[1]; 4. 09-Michael Leach, 00:16.626[7]; 5. 18P-Gray Parton, 00:16.894[2]; 6. 3-Brent Robinson, 00:16.943[6]; 7. P4-John Price, 00:17.141[3]

Hot Laps Group Four: 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:16.223[7]; 2. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 00:16.366[5]; 3. 17-Taylor Puckett, 00:16.552[4]; 4. 22-Chris Ferguson, 00:16.715[2]; 5. 48-Hunter Kohn, 00:17.683[6]; 6. (DNS) 88-Trent Ivey; 7. (DNS) 93J-Donovan Jackson

Thunder Bombers

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 04-Austin Brown[1]; 2. 19-Stetsen Todd[6]; 3. P8-Chris Patterson[5]; 4. 21-Nate Jackson[3]; 5. 46-Bailey Hipp[8]; 6. 71-Donnie Atkins[10]; 7. 05-Cruz Mattison[9]; 8. S1-Bryson Sweatt[7]; 9. 1-BW Scott[12]; 10. 14-Russell Williford[4]; 11. 45-Jamie Decker[16]; 12. 135JR-Trenten Jamieson[14]; 13. 45J-Joey Baughman[11]; 14. 20H-Bryson Harper[15]; 15. 135-Travis Jamieson[2]; 16. (DNS) 87-Dustyn Bailey

Qualifying: 1. 04-Austin Brown, 00:19.796[8]; 2. 135-Travis Jamieson, 00:20.323[3]; 3. 21-Nate Jackson, 00:20.353[2]; 4. 14-Russell Williford, 00:20.369[1]; 5. P8-Chris Patterson, 00:20.372[13]; 6. 19-Stetsen Todd, 00:20.380[6]; 7. S1-Bryson Sweatt, 00:20.455[4]; 8. 46-Bailey Hipp, 00:20.548[14]; 9. 05-Cruz Mattison, 00:20.585[12]; 10. 71-Donnie Atkins, 00:20.592[9]; 11. 45J-Joey Baughman, 00:20.606[7]; 12. 1-BW Scott, 00:20.765[5]; 13. 87-Dustyn Bailey, 00:20.847[10]; 14. 135JR-Trenten Jamieson, 00:20.935[11]; 15. 20H-Bryson Harper, 00:20.952[16]; 16. 45-Jamie Decker, 00:21.803[15]

Hornets

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 48-Kayden Presnell[1]; 2. 33-Coby Lambert[3]; 3. K48-Newman Presnell[2]; 4. F1-Travis Lankford[7]; 5. 206-Allen Vaughn[9]; 6. 21-Austin Conner[11]; 7. 2M-Darrell Moffatt[15]; 8. 11B-Gavin Bright[17]; 9. X-Nelson Cunningham[13]; 10. T80-Tekoah Heatherly[10]; 11. J5-PJ Childers[12]; 12. 4X-Jay Huskey[16]; 13. 35-Bryson Lankford[8]; 14. A53-Austin Haskin[4]; 15. (DNS) 11-Casey Towell; 16. (DNS) 313-Rick Dunmire; 17. (DQ) 135-Travis Jamieson[5]

Qualifying: 1. 48-Kayden Presnell, 00:20.462[4]; 2. K48-Newman Presnell, 00:20.509[3]; 3. 33-Coby Lambert, 00:20.565[13]; 4. A53-Austin Haskin, 00:20.609[16]; 5. 135-Travis Jamieson, 00:20.712[14]; 6. 11-Casey Towell, 00:20.717[12]; 7. F1-Travis Lankford, 00:20.783[9]; 8. 35-Bryson Lankford, 00:21.026[6]; 9. 206-Allen Vaughn, 00:21.307[15]; 10. T80-Tekoah Heatherly, 00:21.348[2]; 11. 21-Austin Conner, 00:21.517[10]; 12. J5-PJ Childers, 00:21.794[8]; 13. X-Nelson Cunningham, 00:21.799[11]; 14. 313-Rick Dunmire, 00:21.846[1]; 15. 2M-Darrell Moffatt, 00:21.957[7]; 16. 4X-Jay Huskey, 00:23.162[5]

Crown Vic

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5-Justin Watts[1]; 2. 0-TJ Slack[2]; 3. 721-Brandon Chandler[8]; 4. G41-Grant Burton[9]; 5. N01-Chris Partain[7]; 6. 122-Ashley Parker[10]; 7. 0T-Casey Towell[4]; 8. 33-Charlie Meinders[3]; 9. CXXX-Chris Smith[5]; 10. 22-Ross Parris[6]; 11. (DNS) 1-Chandler Spivey

Qualifying: 1. 5-Justin Watts, 00:21.457[7]; 2. 0-TJ Slack, 00:21.707[2]; 3. 33-Charlie Meinders, 00:21.799[8]; 4. 0T-Casey Towell, 00:21.860[6]; 5. CXXX-Chris Smith, 00:21.963[9]; 6. 22-Ross Parris, 00:21.966[4]; 7. N01-Chris Partain, 00:22.263; 8. 721-Brandon Chandler, 00:22.337[1]; 9. G41-Grant Burton, 00:22.486[5]; 10. (DNF) 122-Ashley Parker, 00:22.487[3]

Mid- East 602 Late Models

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 57-Luke Cooper[2]; 2. 28-Trent Ivey[4]; 3. 5G-Robbie Gibson[5]; 4. 2-Wyatt Coffey[1]; 5. 00-Kendal Tucker[3]; 6. 1-Morghan Johnson[8]; 7. 87-Gary Bumgarner[10]; 8. 25-Jaedyn Altiers[11]; 9. 15-Dylan Stanley[9]; 10. 75-Joey Whitaker[12]; 11. 9-John Marshall Pursley[7]; 12. (DNS) 01-Cole Dockery

Qualifying: 1. 2-Wyatt Coffey, 00:17.079[12]; 2. 57-Luke Cooper, 00:17.132[9]; 3. 00-Kendal Tucker, 00:17.232[6]; 4. 28-Trent Ivey, 00:17.393[3]; 5. 5G-Robbie Gibson, 00:17.464[11]; 6. 01-Cole Dockery, 00:17.555[1]; 7. 9-John Marshall Pursley, 00:17.573[8]; 8. 1-Morghan Johnson, 00:17.658[7]; 9. 15-Dylan Stanley, 00:17.849[10]; 10. 87-Gary Bumgarner, 00:17.944[2]; 11. 25-Jaedyn Altiers, 00:18.515[5]; 12. (DQ) 75-Joey Whitaker, 00:17.826[4]

Hot Laps: 1. 2-Wyatt Coffey, 00:17.318[12]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker, 00:17.476[6]; 3. 28-Trent Ivey, 00:17.574[3]; 4. 5G-Robbie Gibson, 00:17.771[11]; 5. 9-John Marshall Pursley, 00:17.905[8]; 6. 15-Dylan Stanley, 00:17.938[10]; 7. 01-Cole Dockery, 00:18.170[1]; 8. 1-Morghan Johnson, 00:18.248[7]; 9. 87-Gary Bumgarner, 00:18.493[2]; 10. 75-Joey Whitaker, 00:18.896[4]; 11. 25-Jaedyn Altiers, 00:19.803[5]; 12. 57-Luke Cooper, 00:20.121[9]