Cooper Captures Red Clay 602 Series Championship with North Georgia Win!

Outside polesitter Luke Cooper led all 40 circuits tonight at North Georgia Speedway to pocket the $4,000 first place prize money and clinch the 2026 Schaeffer's Oil by Mike Bruner Red Clay 602 Late Model Series Championship!

A-Main Finish (40 Laps): 1. 57-Luke Cooper[2]; 2. 24S-Payton Stevenson[8]; 3. 148-Booger Brooks[4]; 4. 9-Cass Fowler[3]; 5. 36-Devon Morgan[1]; 6. 16-Dawson Lowe[5]; 7. 00-Jeff Smith[10]; 8. B01-Bryson Hickman[12]; 9. 95-Bobby Turner[21]; 10. 14-Charles Devine[14]; 11. 7D-Jason Deal[18]; 12. 7-Logan McClanahan[9]; 13. 117-Dylan Beaver[13]; 14. 113-Trey Delk[15]; 15. 30-Spencer Singleton[20]; 16. 39-Braylon Calhoun[22]; 17. 16A-Jacob Abernathy[19]; 18. 17-Hayden Cardwell[6]; 19. 52-Hayden Swaney[11]; 20. 24-Seth Wimpey[16]; 21. 82-Eli Reece[7]; 22. 31-Tim Thornton[17]

B-Main #1 Finish (Top 3 Transfer):  1. 31-Tim Thornton[2]; 2. 16A-Jacob Abernathy[4]; 3. 95-Bobby Turner[6]; 4. 10-Jacob Watson[5]; 5. 24D-Brandon Duncan[3]; 6. 55J-Josh Hawkins[7]; 7. (DNS) 118-Kane Newby

B-Main #2 Finish (Top 3 Transfer):  1. 7D-Jason Deal[1]; 2. 30-Spencer Singleton[2]; 3. 39-Braylon Calhoun[7]; 4. 42-Scotty Arnold[3]; 5. 60-Brandon Boyd[4]; 6. 3-Shane Chastain[5]; 7. (DNS) K0-Caylan Kettle

Qualifying - Group A (Top 8 Locked In): 1. 36-Devon Morgan, 14.182[15]; 2. 9-Cass Fowler, 14.398[16]; 3. 16-Dawson Lowe, 14.417[14]; 4. 82-Eli Reece, 14.419[10]; 5. 7-Logan McClanahan, 14.457[8]; 6. 52-Hayden Swaney, 14.501[6]; 7. 117-Dylan Beaver, 14.583[5]; 8. 113-Trey Delk, 14.819[4]; 9. 118-Kane Newby, 14.865[1]; 10. 31-Tim Thornton, 14.993[3]; 11. 24D-Brandon Duncan, 15.044[11]; 12. 16A-Jacob Abernathy, 15.100[7]; 13. 10-Jacob Watson, 15.194[9]; 14. 95-Bobby Turner, 15.608[12]; 15. 55J-Josh Hawkins, 15.716[13]; 16. (DNS) R1-Riley Hickman

Qualifying - Group B (Top 8 Locked In): 1. 57-Luke Cooper, 14.364[2]; 2. 148-Booger Brooks, 14.378[13]; 3. 17-Hayden Cardwell, 14.446[11]; 4. 24S-Payton Stevenson, 14.455[15]; 5. 00-Jeff Smith, 14.497[12]; 6. B01-Bryson Hickman, 14.520[4]; 7. 14-Charles Devine, 14.524[6]; 8. 24-Seth Wimpey, 14.610[1]; 9. 7D-Jason Deal, 14.767[9]; 10. 30-Spencer Singleton, 14.876[8]; 11. 42-Scotty Arnold, 14.929[5]; 12. 60-Brandon Boyd, 15.118[3]; 13. 3-Shane Chastain, 15.287[14]; 14. K0-Caylan Kettle, 15.594[7]; 15. 39-Braylon Calhoun, 15.603[10]

Hot Laps - Group A: 1. 36-Devon Morgan, 14.162[15]; 2. 9-Cass Fowler, 14.173[16]; 3. 16-Dawson Lowe, 14.238[14]; 4. 82-Eli Reece, 14.313[10]; 5. 118-Kane Newby, 14.358[1]; 6. 16A-Jacob Abernathy, 14.496[7]; 7. 117-Dylan Beaver, 14.591[5]; 8. 52-Hayden Swaney, 14.624[6]; 9. 31-Tim Thornton, 14.674[3]; 10. 24D-Brandon Duncan, 14.675[11]; 11. 55J-Josh Hawkins, 14.882[13]; 12. 10-Jacob Watson, 15.038[9]; 13. 113-Trey Delk, 15.190[4]; 14. 95-Bobby Turner, 15.411[12]; 15. (DNS) R1-Riley Hickman; 16. (DNS) 7-Logan McClanahan

Hot Laps - Group B: 1. 24S-Payton Stevenson, 14.086[15]; 2. 14-Charles Devine, 14.137[6]; 3. 17-Hayden Cardwell, 14.249[11]; 4. 00-Jeff Smith, 14.337[12]; 5. B01-Bryson Hickman, 14.353[4]; 6. 57-Luke Cooper, 14.456[2]; 7. K0-Caylan Kettle, 14.473[7]; 8. 3-Shane Chastain, 14.617[14]; 9. 7D-Jason Deal, 14.623[9]; 10. 60-Brandon Boyd, 14.666[3]; 11. 24-Seth Wimpey, 14.739[1]; 12. 39-Braylon Calhoun, 14.739[10]; 13. 30-Spencer Singleton, 14.740[8]; 14. 42-Scotty Arnold, 14.996[5]; 15. (DNS) 148-Booger Brooks

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