Brandon Overton

4/7/2026

Tazewell Speedway

Brandon Overton Bags $21,000 in Lil’ Bill Corum Memorial Victory; Collins, Carey and Stevens earn Wins at Tazewell Speedway

April 4, 2026

By: Ryan Delph and Brady Cupp

Brandon Overton has won big races all over the country during his illustrious career and the Evans, Georgia standout can now say that he is also a Lil’ Bill Corum Memorial winner! Brandon tamed the bad-fast Tazewell Speedway on Saturday night to collect a $21,000 payday with the Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series presented by Coltman Farms Racing and fueled by Sunoco. After timing in fifth fastest overall during the qualifying session, Brandon won his heat race and hounded early race leader Kaede Loudy for the first 23 circuits of the main event.

The popular driver known as “Big Sexy” then made a power move to grab the point away from Loudy on lap 24 and never looked back. Brandon led the remainder of the 75-lap contest to win by a 0.642 of a second over apparent runner-up Sam Seawright. In post-race inspection; however, Sam failed the droop check due to a part failure and was scored in the nineteenth finishing position.

The misfortune for Seawright meant that the entire finishing order moved up a spot at the pay window. Kaede Loudy, who led the first 23 laps from the pole, was paid $10,000 for an impressive second place showing. Eighth-starting Dale McDowell moved up five spots to round out the podium in third and was awarded a $6,000 payday. Hudson O’Neal, who won on Friday evening with the tour at Wythe Raceway, placed fourth at Tazewell and received $4,000 for his efforts. Ninth-starting Mike Marlar grabbed the final position inside of the top five and left “The Taz” with a $3,000 paycheck.

“First off, this win is for my guys,” said Overton while looking at his Riggs Motorsports crew members in victory lane. “They busted their butts this weekend. The track - as soon as I got the lead - I could feel it starting to latch down. It was my race to lose after that. I was just trying not to crash with the lapped cars and just be smart about things.”

Brandon Overton’s thirteenth career Spring Nationals Series win came aboard a Riggs Motorsports-owned #76 Longhorn Chassis with sponsorship in part from Budweiser, Dude Wipes, Heartbeat Hot Sauce, Garnto Southern, Riggs Fiber, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Big Dog Stump and Tree Service, RW Powell Construction, Supply Chain Management, Muscle Factory, VG Performance, Bilstein Shocks, and Boswell Oil Company.

A total of 20 Super Late Model competitors were on hand at the Tazewell, Tennessee oval on Saturday for the sixth edition of the Lil’ Bill Corum Memorial. Hudson O’Neal started off the night by laying down the quickest time in MRP Fantasy Racing hot laps with his lap of 11.070 seconds. Benji Hicks then went out late during FK Rod Ends qualifying and posted the quickest time with a lap of 11.618 seconds. The trio of heat races were won by Kaede Loudy, Brandon Overton, and Hudson O’Neal. The 75-lap headliner was slowed by only two early caution flags, both involving Dakota Smith.

Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series

76 Brandon Overton
126 Kaede Loudy
17M Dale McDowell
6 Hudson O'Neal
157 Mike Marlar
10 Garrett Smith
55 Benji Hicks
8 Kyle Strickler
71 Pierce MCcarter
8 David Payne
09 Michael leach
25 Mike Benedum
329 Travis Fultz
27 Jordon Horton
14 Odie Overholt
19 Matthew Porter
3D Dakota Smith
12 jack Franklin
16 Sam Seawright
DNS 3 Steve Smith

Coming into the night Rogersville’s Jesse Helton was looking to notch his third Sportsman win in a row. Josh Collins of Powell recorded the fastest lap in qualifying to secure the pole position for the $1,000 to win feature, sharing the front row with Helton. With the drop of the green flag Helton used the outside line to take the lead on the opening lap. By the tenth lap Helton had stretched out to almost a full second lead over Collins.

With the laps winding down it looked like Helton was cruising to his third victory of the season. On lap nineteen bad luck would strike as Helton’s car lost a right rear wheel as he was coming out of turn two, ending his night. Collins would inherit the lead and go on to capture his first Sportsman win at Tazewell Speedway. The victory came in the Brucebilt Performance, Shorty’s Shock Service, Thomas Electric, American Racer Tire, Ez Racing, Patriot Bail Bonds, FK Rod Ends, Rhonda’s flowers and Gifts, Harbins Handyman, Skin by Hannah, Simpson Excavating, A Church Called Love, K-Town Poker League, Hilltop Recycling, Stealth Carbs, Team PPM, Wallace Auto Sales sponsored Rocket Chassis.

Sportsman

63 Josh Collins
17 Logan Seal
00 Chris Raines
000 Greg Goins
52 Troy Eads
05 Gary Blanken
2 A.J. Ferguson
555 Ryan Carey
28 Richard Cox
21 Bryan Howerton
28 Jesse Helton
77 Jimmy calloway
31 Ernie Stuart
17A Quincy Arnwine
3 Braydon Boyd
2 Larry James
DNS 11 Tim Bounds

In Street Stock action, former Classic Car points champion John Stevens of Wallins Creek, KY led every lap of the feature to earn the $600 big check. Stevens captured the win piloting the Smith’s Racing, Sizemore Excavating, Hensley Trucking, Hopson Racing & Fabrication sponsored Camaro.

Street Stock

7 John Stevens
10 Colby Long
44 Clyde Overholt
7 Dylan Boggs
26 Zach Campbell
5 Greg Harville
19 William Littrell
27 Austin Helton
20 Dusty Lay
71 Wayne Abner
4 Lance Smith
1 Mike Bean
04 Zack Kidwell
11 Emma Coffey
07 Brandon Weaver
DNS 11 Kole Dobbs

Knoxville’s Will Carey earned his second Classic Car win in a row and the $600 behind the wheel of the D.J.’s Performance Race Engine, RC Barndominiums, HD Property Services, Tucker’s Excavation, Painter’s Diesel Performance, Unique Worx, Holladay’s Towing, McMillan Roofing sponsored Classic Car coupe.
Classic Car