BRASSTOWN, N.C. – Brandon Overton added his name to the list of winners of the Tarheel 50 as he dominated the 53-lapper, earning him $10,053 for the victory Friday night at Tri-County Race Track.
As one of the hottest drivers in the country right now, Overton has now earned $30,053 in a seven-day period as he earned victories in South Carolina and Tennessee last weekend with the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series before the Tarheel 50 triumph.
The Evans, Ga., driver led start-to-finish holding off Kyle Hardy at the end for his first Schaeffer’s Oil Fall Nationals Series presented by Sunoco Race Fuels victory while becoming the fifth different winner in six races. Overton is now the 10th different winner of the Ray Cook-founded Tarheel 50 event which drew a standing-room only crowd for the event.
Four-time winner Casey Roberts and Overton would lead the field to green for the start of the main event with Roberts in hot pursuit. Roberts would pull off early in the race with small mechanical failure. Overton would continue to lead with Dale McDowell running second.
Hardy, who started third worked his way around McDowell for second near the halfway point in the event and would go to work on the highside and charge toward the front where Overton was and had momentum until the caution came out on lap-30. Hardy would hold on to second and make one last attempt on the final circuit but would come up short as Overton crossed the line for the win over Hardy, McDowell, Donald McIntosh and Kenny Collins.
The finish:
Brandon Overton, Kyle Hardy, Dale McDowell, Donald McIntosh, Kenny Collins, Kurt English, David Payne, Jamie Oliver, Levi Hicks, Billy Moyer Jr., Russell Brown Jr., Ross Bailes, Bobby Panter, Andy Standridge, Craig Greer, Floyd Self, Bo Eaton, Ashton Winger, Â Jeff Neubert, Casey Roberts, Shawn Chastain, Tyler Dixon.