Austin Horton took home the top honors at his home track during on Saturday night at West Georgia Speedway in Whitesburg, Georgia.
Horton led every lap of the Limited Late Model feature, which saw average speeds just under 100 mph around the red clay 3/8-mile raceway.
Dusty Jones followed in second, with Matt Dooley in third, with Rucker Orr in fourth and Mark Knight in fifth.
In other action, Kyler Hagood jumped to the lead on the drop of the green flag and went on to hold off Marty Massey for the win. Blant Duke finished in third, with Mason Massey in fourth, and Ahnna Parkhurst in fifth.
In the caution-filled Sanders Logging Hobby Stock feature, Ben Steele challenged James Swanger until Steele’s engine blew on lap 10. That was all Swanger needed to score the win. Shane Tidwell ran second, with Brandon Jones third.
Morgan Alexander shot out to the lead at the drop of the green flag in the Summit Racing Equipment Late Model Sportsman feature and drove to the win in a caution free event. Cass Fower followed in second, with Rob Johnson third.
Shannon Ethridge held off a hard charging Jeremy Edwards to win his first Mini Stock feautre at the track. Justin Brackett rounded out the podium.
Cole Barrett held off a challenge from Landon Frix in the Gerber Collision & Glass Chargers feature before pulling away to his first win of the year. Brandy Brewer came home in third.
Rick Ricks was able to wrestle away the lead from Jonathan Nelson with two laps remaining in the Hot Shot feature, and went on to score the win. Doug McClain finished third.
In the West Georgia Tire Bomber feature, H.B. Duke scored the win, followed by Derrick Matthews in second and Jordan Wallace in third.
West Georgia Speedway returns to action on Saturday, May 22. Visit WGSRacing.com for more information.
West Georgia Speedway – Whitesburg, GA
Race Results – May 8, 2021
Limited Late Models
1. Austin Horton
2. Dusty Jones
3. Matt Dooley
4. Rucker Orr
5. Mark Knight
6. Ryan Knight
7. Phillip Deal
8. Tom Watson
9. Andy Morris
10. Landon Bagby
11. Shawn Cater
12. Drew Collins
13. Chris Fennell
DNS: Shane Criswell
DNS: Travis Timms
Crate Late Models
1. Kyler Haygood
2. Marty Massey
3. Blant Duke
4. Mason Massey
5. Ahnna Parkhurst
6. McKenna Nelms
7. Jordan Benefield
8. Roger Cassel
9. Brandon Thomas
10. Landon McElroy
DNS: Jake Traylor
DNS: Lamar Haygood
Late Model Sportsman
1. Morgan Alexander
2. Cass Fowler
3. Rob Johnson
4. Shane Payton
5. Justin Begley
6. Dan Meadows
7. Carson Nicholson
8. Wade Walker
9. Matt Thompson
10. Kelly Donnell
11. Andrew Moody
Chargers
1. Cole Barrett
2. Landon Frix
3. Brandy Brewer
4. Jonathan Sanford
5. Nathan Farrow
Hobby
1. James Swanger
2. Shane Tidwell
3. Brandon Jones
4. Ethan Evers
5. Ben Steele
6. Corey Glaze
7. Robbie Quinton
8. Shane Gulledge
Bomber
1. H.B. Duke
2. Derrick Matthews
3. Jordan Wallace
4. Michael Kennedy
5. David Jackson
6. Zack Helton
7. Joey Ward
8. Ricky Neill
Mini Stock
1. Shannon Ethridge
2. Jeremy Edwards
3. Justin Brackett
4. David Brackett
5. Dan Bennett
DNS: Brian Morris
Hot Shots
1. Rick Ricks
2. Jonathan Nelson
3. Doug McClain
4. Paul Heitsenrether
5. David Dunn
