October 2
Sugar Creek Raceway,
Blue Ridge, GA
Sanction: Red Clay Series (Blue Collar 50) - $5,000
Information provided by: Series and track reports (last updated October 19, 11:13 am)
Tinker steals $5,000 Red Clay Series win
Blue Collar 50
- Sawyer Tinker
- Baily Cardwell
- Jason Deal
- Daniel Wilson
- Trae Kirk
- Taylor Cole
- Colton Berrong
- Cade Brookshire
- Rod Roberts
- John Howard
- Jesse Goss
- Tucker Anderson
- Kyle Courtney
- Blake Wright
- Booger Brooks
- Stevie Brannon
- Charles Devine
- Bobby Elkins
- Darren Goins
- Caden Walston
- Jeremy Broome
- Spencer Singleton
- Dustin Golden
- Matt Sandefur
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What won the race: Taking advantage of a tangle among frontrunners on the final circuit, Sawyer Tinker of Ringgold, Ga., shot into the lead and raced to the $5,000 Red Clay Series victory in Saturday’s Blue Collar 50 at Sugar Creek Raceway. He finished 0.765 seconds ahead of Baily Cardwell.
Key notes: Tinker notched his second win of the weekend; he won Friday's weekly event at Boyd's Speedway in Ringgold, Ga. ... Polesitter Kyle Courtney of Knoxville, Tenn., was collected in a melee in the final laps involving Booger Brooks and Tucker Anderson. … Brooks retired with three circuits remaining while Anderson and Courtney finished 12th and 13th. … Sugar Creek hosted the richest Red Clay event of the season and enjoyed a series-record car count with 40 entries. … With inclement weather expected Sunday, the event was condensed to a one-day show with the non-qualifiers' race scrapped.
On the move: Cade Brookshire of Dalton, Ga., started 24th and finished eighth.
Winner's sponsors: Tinker's Capital Race Car is sponsored by Lawson Electric and Ralph White Electric.
Who to watch: Booger Brooks of Chattanooga, Tenn., the tour’s winningest driver who also has a series win at Sugar Creek this season.
Current weather: Overcast, 72°F
Car count: 40
Fast qualifier: Booger Brooks
Polesitter: Kyle Courtney
Heat race winners: Kyle Courtney, Booger Brooks, Jason Deal, Sawyer Tinker
Consolation race winners: Charles Devine
Editor's note: The series announced Oct. 6 that Sawyer Tinker's engine failed to meet specifications and he was disqualified from the event; no winner was declared until tire and fuel sample tests were completed; on Oct. 19 the series declared Baily Cardwell winner.
