Sellers, Riggs Split Late Model Stock Twins At SoBo

Peyton Sellers and Layne Riggs celebrated the 65th anniversary of Virginia’s South Boston Speedway on Saturday night by splitting the twin Late Model Stock Car features at the famed 4/10-mile raceway.

Sellers won the first 65-lap NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division race, leading the entire distance and edging runner-up Jacob Borst by 1.026-seconds. Riggs finished third, with Camden Gullie in fourth, and John Goin in fifth.

“It’s hard to win at South Boston Speedway and these 99 guys (Riggs) are on their game this year,” Sellers said after earning his second win of the season at South Boston and his tenth win overall on the season. “I used a lot of tire, probably more tire than I should have. But, I knew late in the race those guys get to chasing you down and it’s hard to find speed. I wasn’t going to let it (the win) slip away like that.”

With the top 10 finishers of the first race inverted for the start of the second race, Riggs started eighth and Sellers started 10th, forcing both to have to navigate their way through traffic to get to the front of the field.

It didn’t take long, however, as Sellers grabbed the lead from Thomas Scott on the ninth circuit. Riggs chased down Sellers and wrestled the lead away on the 43rd lap. Riggs led the rest of the way, beating Sellers to the checkered flag by a narrow margin of .613-second.

Gullie finished third with Borst fourth, and Scott fifth.

Riggs said getting his tenth win of the season at South Boston was a big accomplishment.

“It’s a huge accomplishment for me, my team and my career,” Riggs pointed out. “Now, I’m looking for wins number 11 and 12 at South Boston on the final night of the season on September 3. That would be great if we could pull it off.”

The win in the nightcap was a big mood brightener for Riggs.

“After the first race I was a little disappointed,” he said. “I know my car wasn’t up to par like normal and I didn’t know what adjustments to make to get it better. We found a couple of things that were wrong with the car, fixed those, and were back on the rails for the second race.”

“It was good, hard racing between Peyton and I there at the end,” Riggs added. “Congrats to him on his win in the first race. He raced hard in finishing second in the second race. We’re going to show we’re the two best drivers in the country, driving like that week-in and week-out and coming away with clean racecars.”

The split of the twinbill with Sellers coming away with a win and a second-place finish and Riggs coming away with a win and a third-place finish on the night could serve to tighten the South Boston Speedway and NASCAR national point races.

Riggs entered the weekend leading Sellers by a narrow 24-point margin in the national standings. In the South Boston Speedway points chase, Riggs entered Saturday night with a 19-point edge over Borst and a 21-point lead over Sellers. With the results of Saturday night’s twinbill, Sellers likely will take over second place and close the gap on Riggs by a small number of points.

South Boston Speedway’s 2022 points season ends on September 3 with another twin-race event.

Kyle Barnes Wins In Limited Sportsman Division

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

The win was Barnes’ fourth victory in a row and was his fourth win in his last six starts at South Boston.

Speedway officials said, however, that Saturday night’s race finishing order is unofficial as a review of the race and finishing order is pending this coming week.

Barnes got the apparent win the hard way, having to start the race at mid-field under the track’s handicapping system after having won two races in a row. He quickly moved up from his seventh starting spot, chasing down race leader Jason Myers and grabbing the lead on lap 17 on a restart following the race’s third caution period.

Barnes led the rest of the race, edging Myers by .649-second to score his eighth win of the season.

Carter Russo, Billy Myers, and Parker Brookfield unofficially rounded out the top five.

Nathan Crews Captures Pure Stock Feature Win

While he is competing in a limited schedule of races this season, defending Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division champion Nathan Crews continues to prove he is the driver to beat any time he competes at South Boston Speedway.

Crews won Saturday night’s 25-lap race to score his sixth win in seven starts this season.

Crews edged Johnny Layne by a .714-second margin. Bruce Mayo finished in third, with division points leader Scott Phillips in fourth, and Joe Allred III in fifth.

Dillon Davis Wins Hornets Division Feature

Dillon Davis earned his second win of the season Saturday night, earning the win in the 20-lap race for the Virginia State Police HEAT Hornets Division.

Davis started on the pole, took the lead from division points leader Jason DeCarlo and drove to a 1.576-second victory over Kevin Currin.

Kendall Milam followed in third, with DeCarlo in fourth, and Cameron Goble in fifth.

Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club, East Coast Flathead Ford Racing Association

On the night when South Boston Speedway celebrated its 65th anniversary fans got to take step back in time as the member competitors of the Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club hit the track in their vintage Modified and Late Model Sportsman cars and the member competitors of the East Coast Flathead Ford Racing Association raced each other in their Modified and Sportsman racecars.

In the 25-lap race for the Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club, Christopher Werner took the overall race win and the trophy for the Modified Division, while Chris Hicks took top honors in the Sportsman division.

Jeremy Cox won the 25-lap race for the East Coast Flathead Ford Racing Association and the trophy for the Modified division. The Sportsman Division trophy winner was Donovan Freeman.

Next Race At South Boston Speedway

South Boston Speedway’s 2022 season racing division championships will be decided on Saturday night, September 3. For more information, visit SouthBostonSpeedway.com.

South Boston Speedway – South Boston, VA
Race Results* – August 20, 2022

Late Model Stock Car Race 1
1. 26 Peyton Sellers
2. 25 Jacob Borst
3. 99 Layne Riggs
4. 01 Camden Gullie
5. 90 John Goin
6. 0 Landon Pembelton
7. 12 Austin Thaxton
8. 28 Jason Barnes
9. 31 Aaron Donnelly
10. 8 Thomas Scott
11. 5 Jaiden Reyna
12. 57 Eddie Johnson
13. 8 Josh Oakley
14. 2 Chris Denny
15. 91 Chris Elliott
16. 38 Mark Keesee
17. 06 Terry Dease
18. 50 Raymond Pittman III
19. 2 Ryan Wilson
20. 04 Bugs Hairfield
21. 04 Larry Barrett

Late Model Stock Car Race 2
1. 99 Layne Riggs
2. 26 Peyton Sellers
3. 01 Camden Gullie
4. 25 Jacob Borst
5. 8 Thomas Scott
6. 31 Aaron Donnelly
7. 0 Landon Pembelton
8. 2 Ryan Wilson
9. 8 Josh Oakley
10. 57 Eddie Johnson
11. 2 Chris Denny
12. 5 Jaiden Reyna
13. 38 Mark Keesee
14. 50 Raymond Pittman III
15. 90 John Goin
16. 91 Chris Elliott
17. 12 Austin Thaxton
18. 06 Terry Dease
19. 04 Larry Barrett
20. 28 Jason Barnes

Limited Sportsman
1. 00 Kyle Barnes
2. 17 Jason Myers
3. 21 Carter Russo
4. 05 Billy Myers
5. 26 Parker Brookfield
6. 4 Ronnie Ray
7. 88 Justin Dawson
8. 62 Ross Mountcasel
9. 12 Zach Peregoy
10. 36 Andrew Amos
11. 01 Jared Dawson
12. 19 Bob Davis
13. 8 Drew Dawson
14. 07 Ryan Renfrow

Pure Stock
1. 3 Nathan Crews
2. 9 Johnny Layne
3. 00 Bruce Mayo
4. 66 Scott Phillips
5. 17 Joe Allred
6. 11 B.J. Reaves
7. 77 Zach Reaves
8. 16 Jeb Redman
9. 16 Chris Redman
10. 61 Jimmy Wade
11. 6 Jarrett Milam
12. 12 Andrea PureStock
13. 3 Tyler Lambert
14. 76 Drew Turner

Hornets
1. 63 Dylan Davis
2. 49 Kevin Currin
3. 28 Kendall Milam
4. 54 Jason DeCarlo
5. 18 Cameron Goble
6. 12 Andrea Routolo
7. 50 Kendall Milam
8. 02 Colton Moore
9. 29 Cameron Moss
10. 07 Jordaine Penick
11. 31 Tyler Stanley
12. 14 Mark McCauley
13. 3 Steven Layne

*Unofficial Results