Sellers Captures $10,000 Late Model 200 Win At SoBo

Peyton Sellers celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday night’s Late Model Stock Car feature at South Boston Speedway. Photo: South Boston Speedway/Facebook

Peyton Sellers squeezed past Lee Pulliam and Trey Crews with 15 laps to go and withstood a late charge from Pulliam to win Saturday night’s Thunder Road Harley-Davidson NASCAR Whelen Late Model 200 at Virginia’s South Boston Speedway.

Sellers earned $10,000 for winning the first race of the Virginia Late Model Triple Crown, a three-race series that also includes the Hampton Heat 200 at Langley Speedway in late July and the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway in October.

The three drivers with the best average finish in the three races earns prize money from the $10,000 Virginia Late Model Triple Crown bonus.

It marked the second year in a row the Danville, Virginia resident has won South Boston Speedway’s premier NASCAR Whelen All American Series Late Model Stock Car Division race. Saturday night’s victory was the fourth of the season for Sellers at South Boston Speedway.

Crews started third on the race’s final restart, but darted to the inside in turn two to make a run at Sellers and Pulliam, creating a three-wide situation. Sellers surged into the lead with Crews taking second and Pulliam being shuffled back to third place. Pulliam got past Crews for second place with eight laps to go and set sail after Sellers.

Pulliam closed the gap quickly, but came up two car lengths or .157-second short of earning a seventh career victory in South Boston Speedway’s annual 200-lap NASCAR Late Model race.

Mike Looney finished fourth, with Corey Heim in fifth. Brandon Pierce, Timothy Peters, Tyler Hughes, Thomas Scott and Mike Jones rounded out the top ten.

There were four lead changes among five drivers, with Sellers leading only once in the race, that for the final 15 circuits.

Philip Morris won the pole and led the first 72 laps, but was sidelined in a crash on lap 111 after contact with Sellers as he, Sellers and Looney were battling for fifth place following the restart after the race’s halfway break. He finished 23rd in the 31-car field.

In other action, Eric Winslow scored a landmark victory Saturday night, capturing his first career win in South Boston Speedway’s NASCAR Limited Sportsman Division in Saturday night’s 75-lap race, the division’s longest and richest race of the season.

Jacob Borst took the runner-up spot, with Danny Willis, Jr. in third, Landon Pembelton in fourth and Jason Myers in fifth.

Borst and Willis raced their way back up through the field after having to start at the back of the pack as the result of an incident involving the two drivers on lap 49.

Johnny Layne made his only appearance of the season at South Boston Speedway in Saturday night’s 40-lap Budweiser Pure Stock Division, and he made it count.

The former South Boston Speedway Budweiser Pure Stock Division champion started on the pole and scored a flag-to-flag win in the longest and richest race of the season for the division. The win marked the first time Layne has won the season’s biggest race for the division.

Randy Hupp finished second, trailing Layne by .836-second at the finish. Jordan Pickrel followed in third, with Justin Dawson in fourth and Bruce Mayo in fifth.

Saturday night was a big night for Jared Dawson as he scored his first career win in the 20-lap race for the Budweiser Hornets Division.

Dawson started on the pole and scored a flag-to-flag win in the caution-free race.

Aaron Cash, Josh Dawson, Kevin Currin and Andrea Ruotolo-Sarnataro rounded out the top five.

NASCAR racing action returns to South Boston Speedway on Saturday night, July 13, with the 7 p.m. running of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center NASCAR Late Model Twin 75s racing program.

For more information, visit SouthBostonSpeedway.com.

South Boston Speedway – South Boston, VA
Race Results – June 29, 2019

Late Model Stock Cars
1. Peyton Sellers
2. Lee Pulliam
3. Trey Crews
4. Mike Looney
5. Corey Heim
6. Brandon Pierce
7. Timothy Peters
8. Tyler Hughes
9. Thomas Scott
10. Mike Jones
11. Terry Carroll
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13. Brenden Queen
14. Layne Riggs
15. Colin Garrett
16. Ryan Millington
17. Josh Berry
18. Mark Wertz
19. Mark Keesee, Jr.
20. Quincy Adkins
21. Justin Carroll
22. Tim Phipps
23. Philip Morris
24. Terry Dease
25. Justin Carroll
26. Ryan Wilson
27. Daniel Shelton
28. Bobby McCarty
29. Jordan Pickerel
30. Ryan Repko
31. Austin Thaxton

Limited Sportsman
1. Eric Winslow
2. Jacob Borst
3. Danny Willis, Jr.
4. Landon Pembelton
5. Jason Myers
6. Kenny Daniel
7. Drew Dawson
8. Caleb Dyer
9. Brent Younger
10. Daniel Moss

Pure Stock
1. Johnny Layne
2. Randy Hupp
3. Jordan Pickerel
4. Justin Dawson
5. Bruce Mayo
6. Greg Autrey
7. Nathan Crews
8. Jarrett Milam

Hornets
1. Jared Dawson
2. Arron Cash
3. Josh Dawson
4. Kevin Currin
5. Andrea Routulo
6. Steven Layne
7. Ty Stanley
8. Micah Pacifico
9. Donald Clay
10. Cliff Mullins
11. Jamie Sizemore

 

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