Jacob Borst Wins South Boston Late Model Thriller

Jacob Borst edged defending NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series and defending South Boston Speedway champion Peyton Sellers in one of the closest and most exciting finishes in recent memory, surviving a metal-banging side-by-side battle over the last few feet to the finish line to win the 100-lap Late Model Stock Car Division race at Virginia’s South Boston Speedway.

Borst got the nose of his car in front of Sellers at the finish line to win by a scant .030-second.

“I’ve had a lot of crazy races, and that was definitely the craziest end-of-race I’ve had,” Borst said after the thrilling last-lap pass on the outside that enabled him to collect his second win of the season.

“That’s racing. You’re racing for the win. You’re racing hard and putting on a show for the fans. It just turned out in our favor.”

While Sellers was denied what would have been his second win of the season at South Boston Speedway, he took it in stride.

“That’s what short track racing is all about,” Sellers remarked of the exciting final-lap battle. “That’s why South Boston Speedway is what it is. It’s not easy to win here.”

Sellers appeared to have the race in hand. He took the lead when Borst had to pit during a mid-race caution period to have his crew fix an exhaust pipe that had come loose. The pit stop forced Borst to restart the race at the rear of the lead-lap cars in the field.

Another top challenger in the field, Layne Riggs, who had won seven of the track’s first nine races, also encountered trouble. Riggs started the race at the rear of the field in an attempt to collect bonus points toward the national championship. He got up to third place, but just after the midway point of the race a flat tire sent him into a spin and forced him to have to make a pit stop to get the tire changed.

All was well for Sellers until a caution flag flew with two laps to go, creating a green-white-checker finish with Sellers, and Borst, who had driven back up through the field, starting on the front row.

“We were going to win the race if it had stayed green, but we had a green-white-checker finish and I came out on the short end of it,” Seller explained. “I cleared Borst one time, and I started to move up the track. But, I said ‘no, I’m not going to open the door on the bottom of the track for him to come back across me to the inside, so I left the door open on the top side. He got up there, stood in the gas, and it worked out for him.

“Long story short, we came up a little bit short,” added Sellers. “We came up a little bit short, and he (Borst) did what he had to.”

Borst said having to go to the rear of the field and come back to win the race “is pretty amazing. It’s one of the best wins I’ve ever had. Racing against Peyton, the national champion, at the end, a guy I grew up watching and wanting to be like, is pretty cool. I’m very thankful for that dream to come true for me.”

Chris Denny finished third, right behind Borst and Sellers. Riggs rallied to finish fourth and Landon Pembelton came home in fifth.

There were two lead changes between Borst and Sellers, with Borst leading twice for a total of 51 laps and Sellers leading once for 49 laps.

The race was slowed by four caution periods.

Kyle Barnes, Jason Myers Split Wins In Limited Sportsman Division Twinbill

Kyle Barnes and Jason Myers split wins in Saturday night’s pair of 30-lap Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division races.

Barnes took the lead from Myers with nine laps to go and went on to edge Daniel Crews by .418-second to earn his fourth win of the season. Chris Donnelly finished third, with Carter Russo fourth, and Zach Peregoy in fifth.

Myers, the pole winner, was involved in a late-race mishap and finished eighth.

With the top eight finishers of the opening-race being inverted for the start of the second 30-lap race Justin Dawson started on the front row alongside Myers.

Dawson led the first 17 laps of the race before Myers squeezed past him to take the lead. Myers went on to win the race and claim his second victory of the season. Dawson finished second, 1.012-seconds behind Myers with Donnelly scoring a third-place finish. Crews and Barnes completed the top five finishers.

The first race was slowed by two caution periods. There was only one caution period in the second race.

Johnny Layne Tops The Pure Stock Field For Win

Johnny Layne won the 25-lap Southside Disposal Pure Stock division race to earn his third win of the season, breaking a four-race winless streak in the process.

Layne won his fourth pole of the season in qualifying and scored a flag-to-flag victory, edging Scott Phillips by .649-second. Jarrett Milam finished third, with Jeb Redman in fourth and Jimmy Wade in fifth.

Dillon Davis Captures First Career Hornets Victory

Dillon Davis calls it “a dream come true” after topping the 20-lap Hornets Division race to capture his first career win.

Davis sped past pole winner Jared Dawson with six laps to go and crossed the finish line 1.388 seconds ahead of Dawson to take the win and become the fifth different winner in the division this season.

Kendall Milam, Kevin Currin, and Steven Layne rounded out the top five.

Scott Heath Wins Champ Karts Race

Scott Heath edged Tommy Elliott and Lee Ottaway in an exciting three-wide finish to win the 20-lap race for the Mills Family Practice Champ Karts.

Heath’s margin of victory over Elliott was only .042-second.

Corey Lucas finished fourth and Hunter Murray finished fifth.

Up Next At South Boston

The next event at South Boston Speedway is the SRX (Superstar Racing Experience) event on Saturday, June 25. For more information, visit SouthBostonSpeedway.com.

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Race Results – June 4, 2022

Late Model Stock Car
1. 25 Jacob Borst
2. 26 Peyton Sellers
3. 2 Chris Denny
4. 99 Layne Riggs
5. 0 Landon Pembleton
6. 01 Camden Gullie
7. 90 John Goin
8. 91 Chris Elliott
9. 06 Terry Dease
10. 17 Stacy Puryear
11. 50 Raymond Pittman III
12. 82 Trey Dillard
13. 31 Aaron Donnelly
14. 04 Larry Barrett
15. 28 Jason Barnes

Limited Sportsman Race 1
1. 00 Kyle Barnes
2. 75 Daniel Crews
3. 47 Chris Donnelly
4. 21 Carter Russo
5. 12 Zach Peregoy
6. 36 Andrew Amos
7. 88 Justin Dawson
8. 17 Jason Myers
9. 62 Ross Mountcasel
10. 98 JD Eversole
11. 26 Parker Brookfield
12. 29 Brian Obiedzenski

Limited Sportsman Race 2
1. 17 Jason Myers
2. 88 Justin Dawson
3. 47 Chris Donnelly
4. 75 Daniel Crews
5. 00 Kyle Barnes
6. 98 JD Eversole
7. 21 Carter Russo
8. 12 Zach Peregoy
9. 62 Ross Mountcasel
10. 36 Andrew Amos

Pure Stock
1. 9 Johnny Layne
2. 66 Scott Phillips
3. 2 Jared Milam
4. 16 Jeb Redman
5. 61 Jimmy Wade
6. 76 Drew Turner
7. 77 Zach Reaves
8. 12 Andrea Ruotolo
9. 13 Ken Broadwell

Hornets
1. 63 Dillon Davis
2. 01 Jared Dawson
3. 50 Kendall Milam
4. 49 Kevin Currin
5. 3 Steven Layne
6. 54 Jason DeCarlo
7. 02 Colton Moore
8. 28 Landon Milam
9. 07 Mitch Newton

Champ Karts
1. 192 Scott Heath
2. 14 Tommy Elliott
3. 2 Lee Ottaway
4. 55 Corey Lucas
5. 88 Hunter Murray
6. 121 Josh Ottaway
7. 54 Cameron Ham
8. 7 Arron Layden
9. 28 Josh Eubanks
10. 24 Kenny Mills
11. 4 Tyler Wray
12. 75 Dustin Phillips
13. 41 Josh Garner
14. 21 Chris Powell
15. O1 Trey Massengill
16. 22 Chase Lawson
17. 42 Jacob Tingen
18. 70 Matt Broughton
19. 127 Jimmie Whitehurst
20. 118 Justin Tucker
21. 56 Mike Owners
22. 7x Tripp Dalial