Layne Riggs Sweeps SOBO Late Model Stock Twins

Layne Riggs took another step towards the South Boston Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division title with a sweep of the twin 50-lap NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division races on Saturday night at Virginia’s South Boston Speedway.

Riggs grabbed the lead on the final lap and edged Jacob Borst by .217-second to win the first 50-lap race.

After starting ninth in the second race as the result of an inverted start among the top finishers of the opening race, Riggs quickly sped to the front of the field, passing Bruce Anderson for the lead with 24 laps to go. From there, Riggs led the rest of the way, pulling away to edge runner-up Camden Gullie by 1.208 seconds.

“This was two big wins for us,” Riggs said after the sweep that ran his season win total at South Boston Speedway to nine victories in 13 starts. “I feel like our car is back. We’ve kind of struggled since the 200-lap race on July 2 and a little before that with bad luck or getting wrecked or something. Tonight, the cards fell our way.”

Peyton Sellers finished third in the first race with Gullie in fourth and Conner Jones in fifth.

Anderson finished third in the second race in what was his best effort of the season while racing a limited schedule. Chris Denny, and Terry Dease rounded out the top five.

Borst and Sellers were involved in early-race accidents, but both returned to finish the race, although being many laps down. Sellers finished 10th and Borst finished 11th. Borst had led 49 laps of the first 50-lap race.

There were two lead changes among three drivers in the second race.

Kyle Barnes Scores Win In Budweiser Limited Sportsman Thriller

Kyle Barnes continued his recent domination of the Budweiser Limited Sportsman division by winning Saturday night’s 50-lap race.

While Barnes scored his third straight win and his fourth win in the past five races, it was perhaps his most difficult win of the season.

Barnes started 11th in the 13-car field, and while several drivers swapped the lead and positions at the front of the field, Barnes picked them off one-by-one. He took the lead from Ronald Renfrow on the 30th circuit and led the final 21 laps, edging Carter Russo by 1.568 seconds at the finish.

Renfrow finished third, with Drew Dawson fourth, and Jason Myers fifth.

There were five lead changes among five drivers in the race that was slowed by two caution periods.

Nathan Crews, Johnny Layne Split Pure Stock Twinbill

In what was some of the best racing of the season in the Southside Disposal Pure Stock division, Nathan Crews and Johnny Layne split wins in Saturday night’s twin 15-lap races.

In the first race, Crews took the lead from Scott Phillips with two laps to go and edged Phillips by a car length to earn the win. Layne finished third, with Zach Reaves in fourth, and Andrew Turner in fifth.

Layne started second in the second race, got a good jump on the initial start, and held off Crews to pick up the win.

Phillips, Zach Reaves and Andrea Ruotolo rounded out the top five.

Crews’ win in the opening race was his fifth of the season. Layne’s win was his fourth of the season.

Kevin Currin Takes Hornets Victory

Kevin Currin won Saturday night’s Virginia State Police HEAT Hornets division race, edging runner-up Kendall Milam by almost a second.

The win was the fourth win of the season for Currin in seven starts.

Dillon Davis finished in third, with Steven Layne in fourth, and Jason DeCarlo in fifth.

Currin took the lead from Layne with nine laps to go in the race and led the rest of the way.

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Race Results – July 16, 2022

Late Model Stock Car Race 1
1. 99 Layne Riggs
2. 25 Jacob Borst
3. 26 Peyton Sellersa
4. 01 Camden Gullie
5. 44 Conner Jones
6. 09 Bruce Anderson
7. 12 Austin Thaxton
8. 06 Terry Dease
9. 50 Raymond Pittman III
10. 02 Tristen Barnes
11. 58 John Aramenia
12. 04 Larry Barrett
13. 2 Chris Denny

Late Model Stock Car Race 2
1. 99 Layne Riggs
2. 01 Camden Gullie
3. 09 Bruce Anderson
4. 2 Chris Denny
5. 06 Terry Dease
6. 02 Tristen Barnes
7. 50 Raymond Pittman III
8. 58 John Aramenia
9. 44 Conner Jones
10. 26 Peyton Sellers
11. 25 Jacob Borst
12. 04 Larry Barrett
13. 12 Austin Thaxton

Limited Sportsman
1. 00 Kyle Barnes
2. 21 Carter Russo
3. 07 Ronald Renfrow
4. 8 Drew Dawson
5. 17 Jason Myers
6. 88 Justin Dawson
7. 19 Bob Davis
8. 62 Ross Mountcasel
9. 12 Zach Peregoy
10. 36 Andrew Amos
11. 01 Jared Dawson
12. 29 Brian Obiedzenski
13. 4 Ronnie Jones

Pure Stock Race 1
1. 3 Nathan Crews
2. 66 Scott Phillips
3. 9 Johnny Layne
4. 77 Zach Reaves
5. 76 Andrew Turner
6. 16 Jeb Redman
7. 6 Jarrett Milam
8. 12 Andrea Ruotolo
9. 16R Chris Redman
10. 11 B.J. Reaves
11. 61 Jimmy Wade

Pure Stock Race 2
1. 9 Johnny Layne
2. 3 Nathan Crews
3. 66 Scott Phillips
4. 77 Zach Reaves
5. 12 Andrea Ruotolo
6. 11 B.J. Reaves
7. 61 Jimmy Wade
8. 16 Jeb Redman
9. 16R Chris Redman
10. 76 Andrew Turner

Hornets
1. 49 Kevin Currin
2. 28 Kendall Milam
3. 63 Dillon Davis
4. 3 Steven Layne
5. 54 Jason DeCarlo
6. 50 Landon Milam
7. 14 Mark McCarly
8. 02 Colton Moore
9. 07 Jordaine Penick
10. 89 Bobby Talbert
11. 12 Andrea Ruotolo