SOUTH BOSTON, Va. - Philip Morris has had a knack for winning Late Model Stock Car Division races at Virgnia’s South Boston Speedway over the years.
Saturday night, he kicked off track’s 61st season of racing by adding two more victories to his total.
The Ruckersville, Virginia resident swept the twin 100-lap NASCAR Whelen All American Series Late Model Stock Car Division races that headlined Saturday night’s racing program, running his career win total at South Boston Speedway to 66 victories.
Morris led all 100 laps in winning the first race, finishing .740-second ahead of runner-up Bobby McCarty. Defending South Boston Speedway champion Peyton Sellers occupied second place for much of the race before McCarty slipped past him in the closing laps to relegate him to a third-place finish. Josh Oakley finished fourth and Brandon Pierce came home in fifth.
By virtue of a draw, the top 10 finishers from the first race were inverted for the start of the second race. Sellers needed 22 laps to speed from his eighth starting spot into the lead, with Morris, who started 10th, working his way up to fourth place by that point.
Morris worked his way up to second place on lap 27, and the chase was on from that point. McCarty worked his way into third place with 30 laps to go and made it a three-car battle for the win.
Three cautions over the final 22 laps forced the race to go extra laps and set the stage for a dramatic ending that saw Morris edge Sellers by .250-second in a two-lap green-flag dash to the finish with McCarty finishing third about two car lengths behind the two leaders.
Austin Thaxton finished fourth, followed by Thomas Scott in fifth.
In other action, Trey Crews and Ross Dalton split wins in Saturday night’s pair of 25-lap Limited Sportsman Division races.
Crews edged Daniel Moss by 2.904 seconds in winning the first race, with Dalton finishing third, followed by Karl Budzevski in fourth and Jason Myers in fifth.
By virtue of a draw, the top three finishers of the first race were inverted for the start of the second race. Crews worked his way past Moss to grab second place with 10 laps remaining in the race but ran out of time in his attempt to catch Dalton, and had to settle for a second-place finish.
Moss finished third, trailed by Budzevski in fourth and Myers in fifth.
Johnny Layne began his defense of last season’s Budweiser Pure Stock Division title in good fashion Saturday night by winning the division’s 30-lap season-opening race.
Layne jumped into the lead on the opening lap and led the entire race, fending off Jordan Pickrel to take the win. Scott Phillips, Harrison Walker and Bruce Mayo rounded out the top five.
Cameron Jarrell earned his first career South Boston Speedway win, topping the field to win the 15-lap Budweiser Hornets Division race.
Tyler Crute finished second with Kevin Currin in third, Tony Housman in fourth, and Kenny Daniel in fifth.
Dennis Holdren started on the pole and led every lap enroute to winning the 30-lap race that marked the debut of the Mod 4 Division at South Boston Speedway.
Holden held off Cory Dunn and Josh Phillips in a four-lap dash to the finish that followed the last of the race’s five caution periods. Tanner Young came home in fourth, with Jessie Yopp in fifth.
NASCAR racing action returns to South Boston Speedway on Saturday night, May 12 featuring the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series in twin 100 lap races.
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South Boston Speedway – South Boston, VA
Race Results – April 28, 2018
NASCAR Whelen Late Model Stock Cars
Race 1
1. 01 Philip Morris
2. 22B Bobby McCarty
3. 26 Peyton Sellers
4. 8JO Josh Oakley
5. 2 Brandon Pierce
6. 8TS Thomas Scott
7. 83 Matt Bowling
8. 28 Jason Barnes
9. 12 Austin Thaxton
10. 23 Danny Willis, Jr.
11. 29 Stuart Crews
12. 3NAT Nathan Crews
13. 31 Thomas Bean
14. 50 Raymond Pittman III
15. 77 Blake Stallings
16. 73 Bruce Anderson
17. 39 Mike Jones
18. 14 Dusty Ellington
19. 64 Charles Barnes
20. 75 Quincy Adkins
21. 38 Mark Keesee, Jr.
22. 22EW Eric Winslow
23. 22BM Bruce Mayo
NASCAR Whelen Late Model Stock Cars
Race 2
1. 01 Philip Morris
2. 26 Peyton Sellers
3. 22B Bobby McCarty
4. 12 Austin Thaxton
5. 8TS Thomas Scott
6. 23 Danny Willis, Jr.
7. 77 Blake Stallings
8. 83 Matt Bowling
9. 22EW Eric Winslow
10. 28 Jason Barnes
11. 38 Mark Keesee, Jr.
12. 14 Dusty Ellington
13. 50 Raymond Pittman III
14. 64 Charles Barnes
15. 2 Brandon Pierce
16. 31 Thomas Bean
17. 3NAT Nathan Crews
18. 75 Quincy Adkins
19. 73 Bruce Anderson
20. 29 Stuart Crews
21. 39 Mike Jones
22. 22BM Bruce Mayo
23. 8JO Josh Oakley
Limited Sportsman
Race 1
1. 9 Trey Crews
2. 58 Daniel Moss
3. 50 Ross Dalton
4. 26 Karl Budzevski
5. 17 Jason Myers
6. 05 Billy Myers
7. 82 Barry Beggarly, Jr.
8. 19 Bob Davis
9. 91 Chris Elliott
10. 4 Kirstin Simmons
11. 1 Daryn Cockram
12. 4 Charles Smith
13. 13 Richard Caldwell
14. 16 Brandon Jones
15. 8 Drew Dawson
Limited Sportsman
Race 2
1. 50 Ross Dalton
2. 9 Trey Crews
3. 58 Daniel Moss
4. 26 Karl Budzevski
5. 17 Jason Myers
6. 05 Billy Myers
7. 82 Barry Beggarly, Jr.
8. 91 Chris Elliott
9. 1 Daryn Cockram
10. 13 Richard Caldwell
11. 19 Bob Davis
12. 16 Brandon Jones
13. 4 Kirstin Simmons
14. 4 Charles Smith
15. 8 Drew Dawson
Budweiser Pure Stock
1. 9 Johnny Layne
2. 88 Jordan Pickrel
3. 66 Scott Phillips
4. 3 Harrison Walker
5. 0 Bruce Mayo
6. 10 Daniel Shelton
7. 12 Randy Hupp
8. 8 Justin Dawson
9. 27 Matt Epps
10. 61 Jimmy Wade
Budweiser Hornets
1. 56 Cameron Jarrell
2. 15 Tyler Crute
3. 49 Kevin Currin
4. 26 Tony Housman
5. 2 Kenny Daniel
6. 02 Tyler Stanley
7. 01 Jared Dawson
8. 71 Joey Clay
9. 9 Josh Dawson
10. 5 Aaron Cash
11. 10 Timothy Smith
Mod 4
1. 99 Dennis Holdren
2. 75 Corey Dunn
3. 97 Josh Phillips
4. 33 Tanner Young
5. 12 Jessie Yopp
6. 22 Doodle Lang
7. 2 Haley Holdren
8. 1 Drew Holdren
9. 16 Brittany Cockran
10. 95 Thomas Parmele
DNS: 34 Blake Roark
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