Lee Pulliam, seen here from earlier action, scored his third victory in four starts with a win in the Easter Bunny 150 at South Boston Speedway Saturday. Photo by James Price
Reigning NASCAR Whelen All American Series National Champion Lee Pulliam of Semora, NC scored his third win in four starts here by capturing the Easter Bunny NASCAR Late Model 150 Saturday at South Boston Speedway in South Boston, VA.
The win didn’t come easy, however.
Pulliam and 2011 NASCAR Whelen All American Series National Champion Philip Morris of Ruckersville, VA locked horns in a tense side-by-side battle for the top spot just past the midway point of the race, speeding side-by-side around the .4-mile oval for the better part of 20 laps before Pulliam took the lead for good on the 98th circuit.
Once in front, Pulliam gradually pulled away, and with no caution flags to slow his pace over the final 50 laps, he sped to a 2.702-second win.
Bruce Anderson of South Boston, VA finished third in what was his best effort since the 2011 season with C.E. Falk of Virginia Beach, Va. and Dustin Storm of Huntingtown, MD rounding out the top five finishers.
Rookie Bobby McCarty of Summerfield, NC, finished sixth with Ronald Hill of Rougemont, NC, Matt McCall of Denver, NC, Austin Thaxton of Cluster Springs, VA and last year’s South Boston Speedway track champion Matt Bowling of Ridgeway, VA completing the top ten.
The race was a highly competitive one that saw the lead change hands four times between Pulliam and Morris. Morris raced his way from his seventh starting spot to battle for the lead. Falk started 14th in the field and came on strong in the second half of the race to grab fourth place from Storm with nine laps to go.
Pulliam averaged 64.736 mph in the 150-lap race that was slowed by two cautions.
Stallings Takes First Limited Sportsman Division Win
Blake Stallings of Danville, VA started on the pole and led every lap en route to winning the day’s caution-free 50-lap Limited Sportsman Division race.
The win was the first of the season for Stallings, who snapped a two-race win streak by Danny Willis Jr. of Cluster Springs, VA with the victory. Stallings edged Willis, the race runner-up, by 2.884 seconds.
Tommy Peregoy of Red Oak, VA, Garrett Bunch of Front Royal, VA and Caleb Davis of Thaxton, VA rounded out the top five finishers.
Stallings averaged 86.800 mph in the race that took only 13 minutes and 49 seconds to complete.
Nathan Crews Takes Pure Stock Division Win
Nathan Crews of Long Island, VA scored his first win of the season with a flag-to-flag victory in the 30-lap Budweiser Pure Stock Division race.
The victory by Crews, which came by a 1.744-second margin over runner-up Joe Allred III of Scottsburg, VA snapped a two-race win streak by Allred.
Last year’s division champion, Trey Crews of Halifax, VA, finished third with Randy Hupp of Halifax, VA and Stuart Crews of Long Island, VA rounding out the top five finishers.
Blair Wins Legendary Ford Flatheads Race
Bill Blair of Thomasville, NC took the lead on the first lap and won the 20-lap race for the competitors of the Legendary Ford Flatheads Racing Association.
Blair edged Garland Ricketts of South Boston, VA for the win.
Don Cook of Mebane, NC finished sixth overall in the race, but was the top finisher in the Sportsman Division ranks.
One of the biggest nights of the season is on tap as night racing begins at South Boston Speedway on Saturday night, April 13, when South Boston hosts the 7 pm running of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 racing program.
A 150-lap race for the stars and cars of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour will headline the night’s action, with the region’s NASCAR Whelen All American Series Late Model Stock Car Division competitors being featured in twin 75-lap feature races.
For additional information, visit southbostonspeedway.com.
South Boston Speedway – South Boston, VA
Easter Bunny 150 – March 30, 2013
1. Lee Pulliam
2. Philip Morris
3. Bruce Anderson
4. C.E. Falk
5. Dustin Storm
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7. Ronald Hill
8. Matt McCall
9. Austin Thaxton
10. Matt Bowling
11. Dennis Holdren
12. Tommy Lemons, Jr.
13. Peyton Sellers
14. Jeff Oakley
15. Kyle Dudley
16. Myatt Snider
17. Josh Oakley
Limited Sportsman
1. Blake Stallings
2. Danny Willis, Jr.
3. Tommy Peregoy
4. Garrett Bunch
5. Caleb Davis
6. G.R. Waldrop
7. Daryl Carver
8. Mark Simpson
9. Michael Maresca
10. Charles Barnes
11. Mike Jones
12. Libby Privette
13. Austin Babb
14. Daniel Moss
15. Joey Throckmorton
16. J.D. Eversole
Pure Stock
1. Nathan Crews
2. Joe Allred, III
3. Trey Crews
4. Randy Hupp
5. Stuart Crews
6. Austin Milam
7. Bruce Mayo
8. Eric Crews
9. Jake Brown
10. Jarrett Milam
11. Joe Conner
12. Vic Ingram
13. Jimmy Wade
14. Harrison Walker
Legendary Flatheads
1. Bill Blair
2. Garland Ricketts
3. Randy Apple
4. Clayton Smith
5. Ronda McKnight
6. Don Cook
7. Bill Daniels
8. Carlton Pugh
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