Zane Smith, one of the hottest drivers in Super Late Model racing in 2015, continued his stellar season on Saturday night, claiming the victory in the Food Country USA 250 Championship Auto Racing Series (CARS) Super Late Model Tour event at Motor Mile Speedway.

Smith was running fifth when the caution came out on lap 116 of the 125-lap race for Todd Gilliland’s blown engine, with William Byron, Kyle Grissom, Trevor Noles, and Harrison Burton ahead of him. However, a chaotic sequence of events opened the door for Smith to seize his first CARS Tour victory.

On the ensuing restart, Noles and Burton collided, sidelining them for the remainder of the race. Meanwhile, Grissom was sent to the rear of the field by CARS Tour officials for jumping the restart. This placed Smith alongside Byron, winner of the season’s third race at Hickory, for the next restart.

Smith took the lead on that restart, holding off Byron over the closing laps to add another victory to a 2015 season that has already included a World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing championship and two Pro All Star Series (PASS) South Super Late Model wins.

Lucas Ransone recorded his first top-ten finish of the CARS Super Late Model Tour, crossing the line third in the sixth round of the season. Clay Jones finished fourth, while Joey Mucciacciaro tallied his first top-five of the season coming home fifth.

Gilliland started ninth and ran in the top ten all evening before his engine failure, after finishing second in the Late Model Stock feature earlier in the evening. He was one of two drivers attempting “double duty” at the Food Country USA 250, running both 125-lap races at Motor Mile. Clay Rogers finished 22nd in the Late Model Stock race and 14th in his Super Late Model.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

1. #77 Zane Smith
2. #9 William Byron
3. #00 Lucas Ransone
4. #67 Clay Jones
5. #45 Joey Mucciacciaro
6. #16 Lucas Jones
7. #25 Stephen Leicht
8. #31 Kyle Grissom
9. #56 Gus Dean
10. #57 Cole Timm
11. #54 Matt Craig
12. #14D Chris Davidson
13. #24 Richard Gould
14. #75 Clay Rogers
15. #17 Quin Houff
16. #2N Trevor Noles
17. #12 Harrison Burton
18. #99G Todd Gilliland
19. #42 Chad Finley
20. #51N Stephen Nasse
21. #5W Spencer Wauters
22. #2 Joey Coulter
23. #66 Steve Wallace
24. #99 J.J. Haley
25. #7 Tyler Church
26. #12C Garrett Campbell