Blake Craft, seen here from an earlier victory, scored the Limited Late Model victory in Saturday night’s Hall of Fame Charlie Mize Memorial at Lavonia Speedway. Photo: Jule Coffee/Facebook
On a night honoring Charlie Mize and a trio of track Hall of Famers, Blake Craft carried home the top prize from Georgia’s Lavonia Speedway on Saturday.
Craft led the 25-lap feature from the pole and went on to score the Limited Late Model victory at the 3/8-mile clay speedway.
The win in the Hall of Fame Charlie Mize Memorial was worth $2,000 for the Canon, Georgia speedster, and it came on the night that the speedway inducted Mike White, Tim Headen, and Steve “Hot Rod” LaMance into its Hall of Fame.
Devon Morgan finished in second, with Chris Woods in third, Adam Smith in fourth, and Parris Simmons in fifth.
Brady Cornett, Matthew Wyatt, John Howard, Derrick Harvey, and Kip Cochran rounded out the top 10.
The GM Performance 602 Late Models also competed on Saturday night, with Luke Cooper taking the win over Layton Sullivan in second, Jay Coen in third, David Smith in fourth, and Jake Jackson in fifth.
Jimmy Johnson carried home a pair of trophies on Saturday night, winning in both the Modified Street and Stock 8 features. In the Modified Street feature, Andy Stewart finished in second, followed by Royce Bray in third, Phillip Burton in fourth, and Rex Hambrick in fifth. In the Stock 8 feature, Johnson beat out Wayne Griggs for the win, with Mike Oglesby, Michael Segars, and David Brown rounding out the top five.
Greg Pruitt took the checkered flag ahead of Johnny Crews to win the 602 Charger feature. Brody Kellum finished third, with Will McConnell fourth, and Cruz Bennett fifth.
Evan Brown was the winner in the Stock 4 feature, with Kyle Braswell in second, Scott Hollars in third, Arron Cronic in fourth, and Justin Cotton in fifth.
Landen Payne crossed the finish line first to win the Young Guns feature, with Brayden Long in second, Brantley Bales in third, Addison Bragg in fourth, and Daniel Marchman in fifth.
Joel Cabe scored the Front Wheel Drive feature victory, followed by Tony Stevens in second, Luke Lackore in third, Tyler Bridges in fourth, and Wesley Collins in fifth.
Also taking part in the Hall of Fame festivities was the NVRA Vintage Racers, with Mike Nasworthy sweeping both features. Nasworthy was the winner in the NVRA Skeeters feature, with Lonnie Roberts in second, Gary Smith in third, Stacey Cotton in fourth, and Jabe Jones in fifth.
Nasworthy also scored the victory in the NVRA Late Models feature. Brent Carey finished in second, with Jeff Powell in third, Bobby Morris in fourth, and Scott Cannon in fifth.
Lavonia Speedway returns to action with the Georgia State Championships on November 10-12. For details, visit LavoniaSpeedway.net.
Lavonia Speedway – Lavonia, GA
Charlie Mize Memorial – October 14, 2023
Limited Late Models
1. 16-Blake Craft
2. 12D-Devon Morgan
3. 17-Chris Woods
4. 21S-Adam Smith
5. 41-Parris Simmons
6. 2-Brady Cornett
7. 19-Matthew Wyatt
8. 81-John Howard
9. 11-Derrick Harvey
10. 98-Kip Cochran
11. 41Y-Alex Yarborough
12. 4-Darryl Matheson
13. 27-Patrick Bailey
14. K9-Deano Long
15. 21-Frank Coates
GM Performance 602 Late Models
1. 57-Luke Cooper
2. 71-Layton Sullivan
3. 198-Jay Coen
4. 11-David Smith
5. JR1-Jake Jackson
6. 15K-Daniel Doster
7. 18-Austin Mintz
8. 212-Frankie Beard
9. 148-Nathan Bray
10. 12B-Kenny Collins
11. 87H-Hoyt Partain
12. 66-Preston Dimsdale
13. 17-Chris Woods
14. 94-Seth Christensen
15. 5-Dustin Taylor
16. 141-Shane Yarbrough
17. ZERO1-Colton Avery Dimsdale
18. 95-Alex Vance
19. 121-Blake Craft
20. 49-Taylor Griffith
21. 12-Michael Smith
22. 1-Cody Segars
23. 21-Jay Merck
24. 3-Parris Simmons
Modified Street
1. 1T-Jimmy Johnson
2. 75-Andy Stewart
3. 21-Royce Bray
4. 44-Phillip Burton
5. 8-Rex Hambrick
6. 357-Chad Puckett
7. 2-Ryan Boles
8. J19-Jennifer Everett
9. 7-John Anderson
10. 729-Drew Griffeth
11. W34-Wayne Scott
12. 10-Billy Buffington
13. 46-Michael Harrison
14. 53-Michael Segars
15. 9-Chris Cape
16. 28P-Greg Parks
17. 28-Barry Tollison
602 Chargers
1. 49-Greg Pruitt
2. 41J-Johnny Crews
3. 10-Brody Kellum
4. 2-Will McConnell
5. 81-Cruz Bennett
Stock 8
1. 98-Jimmy Johnson
2. 914-Wayne Griggs
3. 14M-Mike Oglesby
4. 153-Michael Segars
5. 55-David Brown
6. 45-Tyler Wood
7. 169-Seth Young
8. 15-Kevin Bryant
9. 121-Brandon Daves
10. 25-Gerald Stanley
11. 14S-Chance Segars
12. 55K-Scott Kennedy
13. 18-Jeremy Jones
Stock 4
1. 2E-Evan Brown
2. 8-Kyle Braswell
3. 22H-Scott Hollars
4. 28C-Arron Cronic
5. 89-Justin Cotton
6. 3-Douglas Stewart
7. 19B-Johnny Mobley
8. 25-John McCurley
9. 29-Bryson Briscoe
10. 99-Darrel Gilbert
11. 19W-Justyn Jacobs
12. 17-Jeremy Fassett
13. 02-Justin Taylor
14. 96-Austin Brumbelow
15. 2T-PJ Taylor
16. 2B-Elliott Brayboy
17. 2-Cameron Fowler
18. 42-Phillip Wilson
DQ: 4-Terry Calhoun
Young Guns
1. 11P-Landen Payne
2. 29L-Brayden Long
3. 11-Brantley Bales
4. 1-Addison Bragg
5. 77-Daniel Marchman
6. 55-Skylar Brown
7. 21-Kenneth House, Jr.
FWD
1. 9-Joel Cabe
2. 13S-Tony Stevens
3. 8-Luke Lackore
4. 2-Tyler Bridges
5. 16-Wesley Collins
6. R5-Landen Morgan
7. 18-Jake McBride
8. 11M-Lee Mason
9. J14-Jayden Navarro
10. 91-Seth Brown
11. T21-Stacy Foster
12. 48-Josh Haley
13. 27-Clinton Taylor
14. 11-William Earnest
15. 60F-Blake Fuqua
16. 14-Richard Earnest
17. 38-Jaylan Standridge
18. 35-Cody Henry
NVRA Skeeter
1. 777-Mike Nasworthy
2. 81-Lonnie Roberts
3. 49-Gary Smith
4. 27-Stacey Cotten
5. 08-Jabe Jones
6. 61-Robert Foxworth
7. 41-Lamar Adams
8. 00-Martin Sapp
NVRA Late Models
1. 75-Mike Nasworthy
2. 34-Brent Carey
3. J4-Jeff Powell
4. 1-Bobby Morris
5. 28-Scott Cannon
6. 5-Allen Durden
7. 95-Donald Murdock
8. 17-Ricky Paine
9. 80-Logan Morris
10. 55-Ricky Joiner
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