03/07/2023
Let's Goo
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Goooodddd Morning! It's RACE DAY at The World's Fastest 1/3 Mile Dirt Track...THE BAD FAST TAZ!
Join us TONIGHT for the the 3rd edition of the βLil Bill Corum Memorialβ that will take center stage at Tazewell Speedway. The Schaefferβs Oil Spring Nationals Series and Valvoline Iron-Man Racing Series will co-sanction the contest, which will carry a $21,000 winnerβs check out of a $64,000 total purse. In addition, a $2,100 Fast Time Award has been posted by the track courtesy of Toyota Knoxville for drivers that pre-entered for the event prior to March 29. The Sportsman ($1,000 to win) and Classic Car ($600 to win) divisions will join the ground-pounding Super Late Models at the high-banked venue.
Adult grandstand admission will be $30.00, while kids 9 and under will be admitted into the stands for FREE. Pit admission will be $45.00 for adults and $35.00 for children ages 12 and under. There are also a limited number of camping spots (first come, first serve) available on the grounds for $20.00 nightly. The pit gates will swing open at Tazewell starting at 2:00pm, while the grandstands will start to allow patrons into the hillside bleachers starting at 5:00pm. The driverβs meeting is slated for 7:00 with hot laps to begin at 8:00.
Jonathan Davenport won the inaugural version of the βLil Bill Corum Memorialβ back in 2021 over a top five that included runner-up Kyle Larson, Tyler Erb, Dale McDowell, and Donald McIntosh. Chris Madden added his name to the winnerβs list in 2022 by besting Ricky Weiss, Dale McDowell, Scott Bloomquist, and Dakotah Knuckles.
The single-day program memorializes Lilβ Bill Corum, who was the winner of more than 300 races and is a Hall of Fame Member at three different racetracks. His career spanned from 1959 through 1989 in east Tennessee and north Georgia and he won the first event at Knoxville Raceway, was a two-time winner of the βTennessee Dirt Track Championship,β and he captured the NDRAβs βStrohs 100β at Atomic Motor Speedway in 1981. Corum also competed in the only ARCA race that was held at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tennessee - finishing third in 1973. He collected track championships at 411 Motor Speedway, Atomic Motor Speedway, Tazewell Speedway, Knoxville Raceway, Ashway Speedway, Appalachian Speedway, and Newport Speedway.
