Story By: BEN SHELTON / KOEHLER MOTORSPORTS – MOUNT AIRY, NC – Jimmy Owens surge in the second half of the 2023 season continued on Saturday night to the tune of a $10,000 Hunt The Front Super Dirt Series victory at East Alabama Motor Speedway with his Koehler Motorsports / Reece Monument Company No. 20 Boom Test Well Service / Ultimate Towing & Recovery / XR1 Rocket Chassis / Vic Hill Race Engine Super Late Model.
From the pole position the Tennessee veteran led every circuit for his fourth win of 2023.
“Lapped traffic was really kind of a battle there early,” Owens said in Victory Lane on Saturday night. “I think I run [Zack Mitchell] off the back straightaway. Those (slower) guys were battling, and I just cut to the outside real quick and [Mitchell] was there … he just snuck up on me and I was like, ‘Oh!’ Thankfully it all worked out and we got this Koehler Motorsports team another win. A big thank you to them and everyone who supports us.
Returning to East Alabama Motor Speedway (Phenix City, Ala.) for Friday’s rain-postponed Southern Nationals Series event, Jimmy Owens unloaded the Koehler Motorsports No. 20 machine for a two-day weekend at the track.
With his original qualifying lap placing him on the second row for the main event, Owens quickly positioned himself in the runner-up position and pestered race-long leader Carson Ferguson but ultimately settled for a runner-up finish.
He trailed Ferguson while Steven Roberts, Dalton Cook, and Donald McIntosh completed the Top-5.
After a solid outing on Friday, Jimmy Owens stayed overnight at the track to compete with the Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series for a $10,000 prize on Saturday afternoon.
With 27 Late Models signed in, Jimmy won his heat race and drew the pole position in the redraw for the 50-lap main event. Controlling the race from the drop of the green flag, Owens combatted a late charge from Zack Mitchell to secure his second $10,000 payday with the series. He topped Mitchell while Joseph Joiner, Carson Ferguson, and Austin Horton rounded out the Top-5.
Koehler Motorsports is now preparing to take part in the grand re-opening of Ultimate Motorsports & RV Park (Elkins, N.C.). The facility formerly operated as Friendship Motor Speedway, and the Koehler family recently announced they had acquired the facility and will be reopening it with a bevy of improvements in the pipeline.
The facility re-opens this weekend with an Open Practice Session on Friday evening followed by a big night of racing on Saturday evening featuring the Ultimate Super Late Models ($7,500-to-win) plus the Mid-East Touring Series 602 Crate Late Models and the 602 Modifieds.