By Ben Deatherage
KENNEDALE, Texas (Apr. 12, 2025) — Cameron Cook powered to his second win of the season in the Sunoco IMCA Stock Car feature at Kennedale Speedway Park, holding off late challenges in a 20-lap barnburner.
Christian Miller took the early lead before Damon Hammond slipped under him to lead lap 3. Cook, however, surged down the backstretch and used the top groove to edge past Hammond and take command the next time around the ¼-mile oval.
Hammond, the defending KSP title winner, and Cook, the 2022 Texas State champion, both looked strong before cautions on laps eight and ten reset the field. That opened the door for Brett McMillin and Jerrett Bransom to take charge of podium positions.
Bransom, a three-time KSP Stock Car champ, made a series of bids to pass Cook using the bottom groove. Each time, Cook’s momentum off the top held strong. On the final lap, Bransom tried one last move, but Cook again held firm.
The 24-year-old from Mansfield picked up his second win of the season in EQ Cylinder Heads Southern Region action. Bransom, who started 12th, and McMillin rounded out the top three.
Thomas Dominates Sprint Car Main
Marcus Thomas, from Corsicana, was untouchable in the 20-lap RaceSaver IMCA Sprint Car feature, leading every circuit en route to his first win of the season at Kennedale Speedway Park.
The 2017 National champion and four-time Texas State titleholder set the pace from the start and navigated traffic with ease. Multiple cautions gave the field chances to close the gap, but Thomas was flawless on each restart.
Chad Wilson, the 2015 National, Texas State, and KSP titlist, finished second, while two-time Texas State and Kennedale track champ Jeb Sessums, in the Taco Casa Racing No. 01J, climbed to third.
Brunson Best in Southern SportMods
Casey Brunson led the Smiley’s Racing Products IMCA Southern SportMod 20-lap feature from the drop of the green flag. Three-time track champ Glen Hibbard gave chase early until Brandon Geurin made a bold move around the outside on a lap 11 restart to grab second.
Geurin, the two-time and defending Heart O’ Texas Speedway title earner, stayed close and looked for an opening, but Brunson’s high-side momentum proved the difference.
A late caution with four laps remaining set up a final dash to the finish. Brunson, from Lott, executed a perfect restart and went on to score his first win of the year. Geurin finished second, with Tyler Russell coming from 11th to complete the podium in third.
