On 12/5/25, the TFG Sport Compact Series would take to the 5/8 mile oval at the Nashville Fairgrounds for a 30 lap elbows-up brawl. The session would see a total of 11 drivers log in, and despite the low car count, the action was just as prevalent as ever.
The first heat race would kick off like any other, and would go the entire 8 lap distance with last week’s winner, Ty Dickenson claiming the victory over a charging Nathaniel Valente. 3rd position would be claimed by Sebastian Rios-Davis, 4th would go to Branden Schirpke, 5th to Brayton Kajewski2, and 6th to James Williams34.
Heat race 2 would kick off and become even more action packed with 2 and 3 wide racing action all the way to the final corner, where a minor incident led to multiple cars getting out of shape but recovering quickly. In the end, it was Jordan Navarro pulling off a P1 finish with Carson Cherry in tow, AJ Hunsinger would make his series debut and pull off a 3rd place finish in his first heat race with us. James Burk would claim 4th and Mitchell Maynard would finish in 5th following the aforementioned incident.
Feature time rolled around and it was time for everyone to push hard. 30 laps on a track like this would prove to be very demanding for tires, some would benefit from pitting while others would remain on the track with the hopes that track position would pay off. The field took the green and remained tightly packed until Ty Dickenson and Nathaniel Valente would make minor contact in turn 4 on lap 1, leading to folks fanning out as the two recovered. Another lap would pass before a caution would occur for a spin in turn 1 on lap 3. The field would set back up, and try again- this time they would click off 10 laps before another caution would occur, and from there the strategy started to come into play. Another 4 cautions would occur in the 2nd half of the race, and it was a mad dash in the closing 7 lap stint that led to a close battle for the runner up spot between AJ Hunsinger and Mitchell Maynard. Maynard would take over the p2 position on lap 28 and try hard to reach Navarro, but it was no use as Navarro had the advantage. The finishing order is shown below.
- Jordan Navarro
- Mitchell Maynard
- AJ Hunsinger
- Brayton Kajewski2
- Carson Cherry
- Branden Schirpke
- Nathaniel Valente
- James Burk
- Sebastian Rios-Davis
- James Williams34
- Ty Dickenson