Dillon Brown celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday night’s FASTRAK Racing Series race at Virginia Motor Speedway. Photo: FASTRAK Racing Series
Dillon Brown pulled out the broom at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Virginia on Saturday night.
The Gaffney, South Carolina speedster set fast time in qualifying, won his heat race, and led 39 of the 40 lap FASTRAK Racing Series feature to score the $5,000 victory.
It didn’t come easy, however, as Brown had to fend off Tyler Bare over the last eight laps to take the win.
“I have always thought this place owed be one, we’ve been really good here but never had the finish we wanted, or we got wrecked out somehow,” said Brown. “I thought I gave it away there at the end, and told myself you better not give this away.”
Brown and Corey Almond led the field to green, with Brown grabbing the lead. Brown held a sizeable lead most of the first 14 laps. On a lap 14 restart, Almond rocketed past Brown in turn 2 to take the lead on lap 15. That lead would be short lived as Brown would got back inside for the lead on the next lap.
Once back out front Brown began to pull away again. By lap 20, he held a full straight away lead over Almond and Bare. On lap 22, Bare and Almond made contact in turn 2 with Bare coming out with the position, while Jeremy Pilkerton slid by for third.
It looked like Brown would cruise to the win, but a caution on lap 32 closed Bare up on his bumper. On the restart Bare would get better runs off of turn 2 but could not get close enough to pass for the lead.
Brown would finally pull away by two car lengths heading to the white flag and went on to score win. Bare finished in second, with Pilkerton third, Ray Love, Jr. fourth, and Almond fifth.
Nick Davis, Bud Stinson, Billy Hubbard, Curtis Hughes, and Jared Powell rounded out the top 10.
Up next for the FASTRAK Racing Series is a trip to Georgia’s Lavonia Speedway on Saturday, June 3. For more information, visit FASTRAKRacing.com.
FASTRAK Racing Series
Virginia Motor Speedway – Jamaica, VA
Race Results – May 6, 2023
1. Dillon Brown
2. Tyler Bare
3. Jeremy Pilkerton
4. Ray Love, Jr.
5. Corey Almond
6. Nick Davis
7. Bud Stinson
8. Billy Hubbard
9. Curtis Hughes
10. Jared Powell
11. Matt Ashworth
12. Garrett Donnell
13. Tyler Dettor
14. Austin Hubbard
15. Trevor Collins
16. Jacob Brown
17. Matt Glanden
18. Chuck Bowie
19. Nick Love
20. William Baker
21. Davis Lipscombe
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