Bradley McCaskill topped the Late Model field in the first division feature at Southern National Motorsports Park Saturday night. Photo courtesy SNMP Media
Saturday night’s season opening race at Southern National Motorsports Park in Lucama, NC did not disappoint.
The race was headlined by a thrilling victory by 25-year-old Bradley McCaskill from Archer Lodge, NC and a dominant victory by 21-year-old Andrew Grady from Knightdale, NC in twin Late Model features.
McCaskill had to start in the back of the first of two races after his qualifying time was disallowed. He worked his way up through the field and made his race winning move on the final turn of the final lap of the race, executing a bump-and-run on Ronald Renfrow. After clearing Renfrow, McCaskill cruised to the victory while Renfrow was relegated to a fourth place finish.
“We started in the back, had to come through the field and used up a lot of equipment getting there,” McCaskill said. “The last lap was just hard racing. Not the way I want to do it. I had no intentions of knocking him out, Ronald’s a great guy. I feel terrible about that, but that’s racing.”
Renfrow, who recently had surgery after donating a kidney to his close personal friend Brent Pope, was miffed with McCaskill after the race.
“It’s racing, it’s a bad deal,” Renfrow said. “I just wish he carried me off in the corner and let me push and wash up, then turn under me, and I had him deliberately turn me. I don’t drive that way, and I wouldn’t drive nobody else that way. But all in all, our guys worked hard, we showed we can run with anybody here. We can be a contender week in and week out.”
Because of his recent surgery, Renfrow was unable to compete in the second race. He stepped out of the car and handed the wheel over to Matt Waltz.
“I had surgery about five months ago, and it’s all I had to run the first race, so we ain’t getting back in there the second race,” Renfrow said. “A good friend of mine was on dialysis, had diabetes, needed a kidney, and I went and got tested for the whole deal. We weren’t a match, so I entered a pair donation thing and donated a kidney. He went from being on dialysis and laying in a bed 14 hours a day to doing anything he wants to today.”
Rusty Daniels finished in second while Bobby finished third, Renfrow finished in fourth and Jonathan Findley was fifth.
Andrew Grady moved to the lead early in the second Late Model feature and never looked back as he scored a dominant victory over McCaskill.
“Tonight was real special,” Grady said in victory lane. “There was a lot of heat here tonight, with Bradley coming back. I figured he was going to be real, real strong, and he was. In my opinion, I just (defeated) one of the absolute best that ever sat in the Limited Late Models, that’s Bradley McCaskill. I can say I beat him straight-up, head-to-head, no bull, no nothing. Glad to come away with it, and hopefully he comes back and we can try it again.”
McCaskill took his second place finish in stride after scoring the best average finish on the evening and scoring a victory earlier in the evening.
“A lot cleaner second race, I guess,” McCaskill remarked. “We used way too much tire up in the first race getting up to the front. We kind of leveled off there in the second. Gradys are going to be the ones to beat, and I finished in the Grady sandwich on the front straightaway.”
Brandon Hobbs finished in third, with Jonathan Findley in fourth and Rusty Daniels in fifth.
Michael O’Brien passed Jeremy Bohne on the 19th lap of the 35 lap Charger feature to score the victory. Bohne went on to finish second while Paul Williamson finished third, Bruce Bizzell finished fourth and Tom Sauls was fifth.
Alex Pacheco led wire-to-wire in the Legends feature race to score the victory Justin Mitchell Will Bristle, Billy Hall and Mason Diaz rounded out the top five.
Travis Miller scored the win in an exciting U-CAR feature over reigning division champion James Stroud. Tyler Horne, finished third, with Joseph Pittman in fourth and Buckshot Jones in fifth.
Josh Kossek scored the victory in the 15 lap Bandolero feature over Kade Lambert, Kailey Murray, Henry Broadbent and Ethan Johnson.
The next race at Southern National Motorsports Park will be the Jerry Moody Memorial on Sunday, April 26, featuring Late Model Stock Car racing action, along with the Charger, U-CAR, Legends and Bandolero divisions will all be in action.
For more info, visit SNMPark.com.
Southern National Motorsports Park – Lucoma, NC
Race Results – April 11, 2015
Late Model Race 1
1. #18 Bradley McCaskill
2. #16 Rusty Daniels
3. #5 Bobby Gower
4. #07 Ronald Renfrow
5. #4 Jonathan Findley
6. #1G Andrew Grady
7. #63 Tyler Matthews
8. #7 Dillon Spain
9. #19 Brandon Hobbs
10. #29 Melvin Langley
11. #17 Devin Steele
12. #55 Gerald Benton
13. #2 Tommy Peregoy
14. #54 Michael Fose
15. #4T Tony Grady
16. #98 JD Eversole
DNS: #7W Louis White
Late Model Race 2
1. #1G Andrew Grady
2. #18 Bradley McCaskill
3. #19 Brandon Hobbs
4. #4 Jonathan Findley
5. #16 Rusty Daniels
6. #63 Tyler Matthews
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9. #7 Dillon Spain
10. #17 Devin Steele
11. #07 Matt Waltz
12. #29 Melvin Langley
13. #98 JD Eversole
14. #2 Tommy Peregoy
15. #4T Tony Grady
DNS: #54 Michael Fose
DNS: #7 Louis White
Charger
1. #61 Michael O’Brien
2. #72 Jeremy Bohne
3. #29 Paul Williamson
4. #11 Bruce Bizzell
5. #45 Tom Sauls
6. #06 Alton Coombs
7. #9 Johnathan Langley
8. #77B Nicholas Fulgham
Legends
1. #77 Alex Pacheco
2. #10 Justin Mitchell
3. #91 Will Bristle
4. #30 Billy Hall
5. #24 Mason Diaz
6. #81 Brenton Irving
7. #99 Sparky West
8. #20 Shane Irving
9. #22 Ryan DiMartini
10. #88 Zack Brown
11. #11 Chis Stancil
12. #110 Kade Lambert
13. #96 Michael Conti
14. #86 Stephen Ford
15. #3 Ryan Polenz
16. #12 Eric Courtney
DNS: #17 Ryan Millington
U-Car
1. #99 Travis Miller
2. #4 James Stroud
3. #28 Tyler Horne
4. #08 Joseph Pittman
5. #4 Buckshot Jones
6. #99R Mickey Connor
7. #86 Brandon Allen
8. #60 Lee Horner
9. #89 John Ordiway
10. #5 Lynn Waller
11. #18 Aaron Miller
Bandoleros
1. #44 Josh Kossek
2. #110 Kade Lambert
3. #81 Kailey Murray
4. #74 Henry Broadbent
5. #51 Ethan Johnson
6. #25 Dustin Yeoman
7. #19 Jaiden Reyna
8. #14 Ashley Pantoulas
9. #12 Savannah Beasley
10. #47 Xander Broadbent
11. #24 Kaleb Bradley
12. #06 Camryn Rice
13. #13 Luke Akers
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