Matt Bowling scored wins in both Late Model features Saturday night at South Boston Speedway. Photo: South Boston Speedway
Matt Bowling knows exciting. As a race driver he lives it on a weekly basis. Saturday night at South Boston Speedway in South Boston, VA, took exciting to an all new level for him, though.
“The first race was probably the wildest and most exciting race I’ve ever been in,” said the two-time speedway champion, who swept both ends of the season-opening doubleheader Saturday.
“When we went down into turn one three wide (on the final lap), I thought ‘oh no, here we go.’ Everybody was rubbing and leaning on each other, racing for the win. But we all hung on.”
Bowling beat Bobby McCarty to the checkered in the first 100-lapper and came back to best Lee Pulliam in the second race, a race that was a bit calmer than the first.
“In the first race we ran third or fourth the whole race, we were struggling a little bit. Things worked out on that last restart and we were able to make something happen,” said the 21-year-old Bowling. “The second race wasn’t three wide at the end, but it was exciting. We rode second most of the time. H.C. (crew chief H.C. Sellers) kept telling me to be patient. It seemed like every time I got a run on him (Austin Thaxton) we caught a lap car or a caution came out. We finally got around him.”
Bowling, who took the lead on lap 93 in the second race, figures he only led “about 10 laps” on his way to the two victories. He said he had swept twin races before at South Boston, but it didn’t compare to Saturday night’s victories.
“It was really pretty cool to do that in the first race of the season. I was really excited. It’s hard to land one win, much less two in a field like that,” said Bowling. “That was the biggest field in a while at South Boston and I was glad to see it. There was a lot of excitement at the track. It was good to see it.
“South Boston did all the right things in the off season. All their hard work paid off. And that good racing should build the crowd up even more.”
In other action, Joey Throckmorton took the win in the Limited Sportsman feature, with Mason Diaz in second, David Latour, Jr. in third, Tommy Peregoy in fourth and Daniel Moss in fifth.
Johnny Layne held off Bruce Mayo for the Pure Stock feature win. Scott Phillips finished in third, with Tyler Conner in fourth and Jimmy Wade in fifth.
Kirstin Simmons was the winner in the Hornets feature. Justin Dawson, Kenny Mills, Kevin Currin and Todd Garnett rounded out the top five.
In the Modified feature, Jimmy Humblet took the win over Robert Conner in second, Matt Slye in third, Robbie Babb in fourth and Chris Humblet in fifth.
Racing returns to South Boston Speedway this Saturday afternoon with the NASCAR Late Model 100 racing program highlighted by a 100-lap race for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model Stock race.
The afternoon’s seven-race card includes twin 25-lap races for the Limited Sportsman and Modified divisions, a 30-lap race for the Budweiser Pure Stock Division and a 15-lap race for the Budweiser Hornets Division.
For more information, visit SouthBostonSpeedway.com.
South Boston Speedway – South Boston, VA
Race Results – March, 12, 2016
Late Model Race One
1. 83 Matt Bowling
2. 6 Bobby McCarty
3. 12 Austin Thaxton
4. 23 Danny Willis, Jr.
5. 26 Peyton Sellers
6. 8 Josh Oakley
7. 55 Mark Wertz
8. 91 Justin Carroll
9. 01 Philip Morris
10. 2 Dennis Holdren
11. 77 Blake Stallings
12. 9 Trey Crews
13. 14 Dusty Ellington
14. 22 Eric Winslow
15. 64 Charles Barnes
16. 28 Jason Barnes
17. 00A Wayne Groome
18. 10 Maddy Ryan Mulligan
19. 40 C.E. Falk
20. 5 Lee Pulliam
21. 2B Brandon Pierce
22. 3 Nathan Crews
23. 90 Terry Carroll
24. 15 Kyle Barnes
25. 44 Justin Johnson
26. 50 Raymond Pittman III
27. 00 Brian Pembelton
28. 03 Brenden Queen
29. 8A Thomas Scott
30. 9A Alex Brock
31. 8B Chris Denny
Late Model Race Two
1. 83 Matt Bowling
2. 5 Lee Pulliam
3. 12 Austin Thaxton
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6. 91 Justin Carroll
7. 44 Justin Johnson
8. 2 Dennis Holdren
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10. 03 Brenden Queen
11. 22 Eric Winslow
12. 3 Nathan Crews
13. 14 Dusty Ellington
14. 50 Raymond Pittman III
15. 00 Brian Pembelton
16. 6 Bobby McCarty
17. 28 Jason Barnes
18. 2B Brandon Pierce
19. 10 Maddy Ryan Mulligan
20. 64 Charles Barnes
21. 9A Alex Brock
22. 9 Trey Crews
23. 77 Blake Stallings
24. 01 Philip Morris
25. 40 C.E. Falk
26. 8A Thomas Scott
27. 23 Danny Willis, Jr.
Limited Sportsman
1. 21 Joey Throckmorton
2. 11 Mason Diaz
3. 89 David Latour, Jr.
4. 2 Tommy Peregoy
5. 58 Daniel Moss
6. 24 Colin Garrett
7. 39 Mike Jones
8. 03 Dan Martin
9. 07 Calvin Meadows
10. 27 Mike Chambers
11. 19 Bob Davis
12. 05 Billy Myers
13. 16 Brandon Jones
Pure Stocks
1. 9 Johnny Layne
2. 00 Bruce Mayo
3. 66 Scott Phillips
4. 3 Tyler Conner
5. 61 Jimmy Wade
6. 12 Randy Hupp
7. 88 Jordan Pickrel
Hornets
1. 4 Kirstin Simmons
2. 88 Justin Dawson
3. 12 Kenny Mills
4. 49 Kevin Currin
5. 89 Todd Garnett
6. 03 Drew Dawson
7. 8 Lynn Morris
8. 07 Michael Farmer
9. 3 Kaitlinn Simmons
10. 22 Brian Obiedzenski
11. 7 Frank Wagner
12. 15 Tyler Crute
Modifieds
1. 11 Jimmy Humblet
2. 12 Robert Conner
3. 33 Matt Slye
4. 44 Robbie Babb
5. 20 Chris Humblet
6. 8 Mike Rudy
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