Nick Schlager powered to the lead on the opening lap of Saturday night’s FASTRAK Pro Late Model feature at Georgia’s Toccoa Raceway, and drove to the victory on the opening night of the track’s “King of the Highbanks” playoffs.
The Royston, Georgia driver took the lead away from Kenny Collins on the first lap of the 20 lap feature at the historic 5/16 mile clay speedway. Collins pursued Schlager throughout the race, but Schlager turned flawless laps to hold off Collins for his third win of the season.
Collins would have to settle for a second place finish, with Danny Sanders coming home in third.
In other action, Daniel Wilson took the early lead from polesitter David McCoy in the Midsouth Cage Equipment Limited Late Model feature. But McCoy would battle back to the point on lap five, and went on to take his 11th feature victory of the season. Wilson followed in second, with Mason Tucker in third.
Rusty House scored his fifth win of the season in the Safety Plus 602 Sportsman division feature, leading flag-to-flag en route to the victory. Brandon Stroud finished in second, followed by Crandall Turner in third.
Sterling Helm took the win in the Modified Street feature, with Justin Sims in second and Smokey Roberts in third.
In the Toccoa Pro Trucks feature, Matthew Furgerson took the lead on the drop the green flag. Sterling Helm battled to take the lead throughout the race, but fell short as Furgerson scored the victory. Bill Pulliam finished in third.
Kevin Kelly claimed his seventh Stock 4 Cylinder feature win of the 2018 season, with Jamie Massey and Randy Boshears rounding out the top three.
Ben Carswell scored his first Toccoa Raceway victory in the Stock V8 feature, followed by Hayden Collett in second and Ray Foskey in third.
In the O’Reilly Auto Parts Front Wheel Drive feature, it was a trio of asphalt regulars at South Carolina’s Anderson Motor Speedway sweeping the podium, led by winner B.J. Davis. Scott Parker finished in second, with Travis Barbare in third.
Caylan Kettle topped the Kettle Construction Company Young Guns feature, followed by Preston Kelly in second and Jacob Kelly in third.
Toccoa Raceway returns to action on Saturday, August 18, as the track plays host to the Alpha Art 602 Thunder Touring Series, along with round two of Toccoa’s King of the Highbanks playoffs.
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Toccoa Raceway – Toccoa, GA
Race Results – August 11, 2018
FASTRAK Pro Late Models
1. Nick Schlager
2. Kenny Collins
3. Danny Sanders
4. Sylvan Schuette
5. Blake Croft
6. Kyle Cochran
7. Larry Timms
8. Derrick Harvey
9. Parker Herring
Limited Late Models
1. David McCoy
2. Daniel Wilson
3. Mason Tucker
4. David Conley
5. Drew Collins
6. Ted Crunkleton
7. Ronny Fowler
602 Sportsman/Hobby
1. Rusty House
2. Brandon Stroud
3. Crandall Turner
4. Dale Timms
5. Mark Wilbanks
6. Chris Wilbanks
7. Ben Riggins
8. Jeremy Mayfield
9. Josh Thurmond
10. John Howard
11. Jacob Anderson
12. Keith Baker
13. Josh Roberts
14. Dayton Fowler
DNS: Wayne Wilborn
Modified Street
1. Sterling Helm
2. Justin Sims
3. Smokey Roberts
4. Daniel Snow
5. Billy Buffington
6. Daniel Doster
7. Chris Nickerson
8. Robbie Campbell
9. Christopher Thomas
10. Kenneth Taylor
11. Paul Byrum
Toccoa Pro Trucks
1. Matthew Furgerson
2. Sterling Helm
3. Bill Pulliam
4. Terry Calhoun
5. Ralph Anderson
Stock V8
1. Ben Carswell
2. Hayden Collett
3. Ray Foskey
4. Ricky Jones
5. Robert Hunt
6. Ben Dunson
7. Joel Dowling
8. Lisa Calhoun
DNS: Cameron Collett
Stock 4
1. Kevin Kelly
2. Jamie Massey
3. Randy Boshears
4. Brian Sanford
5. Ryan Crawford
6. Daniel Partain
7. Calob Nicholson
8. John Sanford
9. Todd King
10. Daniel Maynord
FWD
1. B.J. Davis
2. Scott Parker
3. Travis Barbare
4. Daryle Sutton
5. Scott Arrowood
6. Michael Elrod
7. Jessy Smith
8. Austin Beacham
9. Michael Davis
10. Wesley Beck
11. Kelly Cox
Young Guns
1. Caylan Kettle
2. Preston Kelly
3. Jacob Kelly
4. Trent Blackwell
5. Will Kettle
6. Cam Winkler
