Zach Sise (7) battles Chase King (44) on the opening lap.
What won the race: Starting outside the front row, series points leader Zach Sise of Knoxville, Tenn., led all 30 laps Friday at Golden Mountain Raceway Park for his first career on the Jail Breaker Potato Chips Topless Outlaw Series. Sise took the checkers ahead of Oliver Gentry and Brandon Kinzer for a $4,090 payday in the Mark Martin Memorial.
Quotable: "Lapped traffic got a little hairy there and I was just trying to be patient not tear it up," Sise said. "The car was awesome to drive. We come here earlier in the year with my Crate car and we won, so I kind of had a decent notebook for tonight. We just had a really good car. I just can't thank Roger (Dickson) enough for giving me the opportunity. He's gave me an awesome opportunity. This is the first time, driving anything but a crate motor. It's been a learning curve, but we've been really, really good and beating on the door for the win, and we finally got it."
Key notes: Sise became the sixth winner in six series races. ... Sise won an American Crate All-Star Series feature at Golden Mountain on May 9. ... In Friday's feature, Tucker Anderson ran second most of the way but pulled into the infield in the final laps and was listed 11th at the finish. ... Polesitter Chase King finished fourth. ... Fifth-finishing Kyle Courtney's car showed smoke as the race completed. ... The nonstop feature started at 10:55 p.m. and ended less than nine minutes later. ... The event was the first for the Topless Outlaws at the Golden Mountain oval that reopened this season after being closed since 2005. ... The tour's 81st event honored late dirt racer Mark Martin of Baxter, Tenn., who died in 2022 at 61. The Cumberland Plateau racer was a frequent winner in weekly and special events in the Volunteer State including Golden Mountain ... He drove the No. 90, hence the $4,090 winner's purse. ... A heat race wreck hampered Rusty Ballenger's night. ... Layne Clifton and Perry Delaney scratched after prelims.
On the move: Kyle Courtney of Knoxville, Tenn., started ninth and finished fifth.
Winner's sponsors: Sise's Roger Dickson-owned Capital Race Car is powered by a B&B Engines and sponsored by Chattanooga Valley Auto Parts, SFP Performance Systems, Shorty's Shock Service and Whitfield.
Points chase: After Golden Mountain: 1. Zach Sise (449); 2. Kyle Courtney (425); 3. Chase King (418); 4. Brandon Kinzer (401); 5. Rusty Ballenger (397).
Current weather: Clear, 75°F
Car count: 18
Fast qualifier: Brandon Kinzer
Time: 14.994 seconds
Polesitter: Chase King
Dash winner: Chase King
Heat race winners: Daniel Boles, , , , , ,
Next series race: July 19, Lake Cumberland Speedway (Burnside, KY) $4,000