Langley, Sellers Split Late Model Stock Twins At SoBo

Carter Langley and Peyton Sellers repeated an earlier performance Saturday night, splitting wins in the twin 60-lap Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division races on Saturday at Virginia’s South Boston. Speedway.

The pair had split a twin-race event at South Boston on April 1.

Langley won the first 60-lap race, taking the lead from Sellers with 13 laps to go and edging him by 1.881-seconds at the finish. It was the sixth win of the season for Langley.

Eddie Slagle finished in third, with Jacob Borst in fourth, and Camden Gullie in fifth in a race that saw the lead swap hands twice among the two drivers.

Sellers took the lead from Langley on the 10th lap and, at one point, appeared to have the race in hand. However, Langley rallied and sped past him to take the lead on lap 48.

“I really didn’t think I had anything for Peyton,” Langley said. “The car just came to life once the sun went down.”

Sellers was confident about his chances to take the win after taking the lead from Langley early in the race.

“I thought I was going to have enough to hold him off,” Sellers noted. “I think he was sandbagging on me a little bit. That’s part of racing. He did a good job. He made a good run to the top side, and I couldn’t move up.”

With the top eight finishers of the first race inverted for the start of the second race, it took Sellers and Langley some time to get to the front of the field. Sellers took the lead from Gullie on the 36th lap.

Two caution periods in the last 22 laps of the race, the last of which created a restart with 13 laps to go, gave Sellers an opportunity to cool his tires. That proved to be the difference.

Sellers got a good start on the restart, opened up a small lead, and held it the rest of the race. His margin over Langley was .400-second.

“That restart helped us, no doubt about it,” said Sellers who earned his fifth win of the year at South Boston Speedway and his eighth victory for the season. “I was able to cool the tires and get a good run for the last 10 laps of whatever it was. Sometimes you’ve got to be luckier than good, and tonight we were good, but we were lucky too.”

Langley had closed the gap on Sellers and was battling for the win until the final caution flag flew. That caution flag hurt Langley’s effort.

“The last restart really hurt us because I couldn’t take off on the short run,” Langley explained. “He and I were going to duke it out to the end. Peyton had a really good short-run car and that’s what paid off.”

Borst, Mark Keesee, and Jessica Cann rounded out the top five. It was the best finish of the season for both Keesee and Cann at South Boston.

Gullie, who had led 32 laps of the race, finished sixth after being involved in the mishap that resulted in the race’s final caution flag with 13 laps to go.

Myers, Crews Take Victories In Limited Sportsman Twinbill

After there had been five different winners in the season’s first five races in the Budweiser Limited Sportsman division, repeat winners emerged in Saturday night’s twin 30-lap races.

Jason Myers and Nathan Crews split the feature wins, with both drivers earning their second win of the season at the .4-mile oval.

Myers won the first race, edging Crews by .649-seconds. Jared Dawson and Justin Dawson finished third and fourth respectively, with Carter Russo in fifth.

There were two lead changes among Myers and Jared Dawson, with Dawson leading for 10 laps and Myers leading twice for a total of 20 laps.

Crews won the nightcap, driving to a 2.445-second win over Chris Donnelly. Myers finished third, with Bob Davis fourth and Ross Mountcasel fifth.

Scott Phillips Scores First Pure Stock Win Of The Season

Saturday night was a big night for defending Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division Champion Scott Phillips.

Phillips won the 25-lap race, earning his first win of the season.

Phillips scored a dominant win, speeding under the checkered flag 4.216 seconds ahead of division points leader Johnny Layne.

Bruce Mayo finished in third, with B.J. Reaves in fourth, and Zach Reaves in fifth.

Kendall Milam Wins Hornets Race

Kendall Milam scored the victory in the 20-lap Virginia State Police HEAT Hornets feature, picking up his second win of the season.

Milam finished 1.079-second ahead of Dillon Davis to earn the win.

Landon Milam, D.J. Moser, and Jordaine Penick rounded out the top five.

Next Race At South Boston Speedway

South Boston Speedway will return to action on Saturday night, July 1. For more information, visit SouthBostonSpeedway.com.

South Boston Speedway – South Boston, VA
Race Results – June 17, 2023

Late Model Stock Car Race 1
1. 5L-Carter Langley
2. 26-Peyton Sellers
3. 5S-Eddie Slagle
4. 25-Jacob Borst
5. 01-Camden Gullie
6. 38-Mark Keesee, Jr.
7. 98-J.D. Eversole
8. 19-Jessica Cann
9. 28-Jason Barnes
10. 31-Aaron Donnelly

Late Model Stock Car Race 2
1. 26-Peyton Sellers
2. 5L-Carter Langley
3. 25-Jacob Borst
4. 38-Mark Keesee Jr
5. 19-Jessica Cann
6. 01-Camden Gullie
7. 98-J.D. Eversole
8. 5S-Eddie Slagle
9. 17-Jason Myers

Limited Sportsman
1. 17-Jason Myers
2. 75-Nathan Crews
3. 01-Jared Dawson
4. 88-Justin Dawson
5. 21-Carter Russo
6. 8-Drew Dawson
7. 4-Ronnie Ray
8. 31-Chris Donnelly
9. 36-Andrew Amos
10. 62-Ross Mountcasel
11. 45-Justin Towler
12. 12-Zachary Peregoy
13. 19-Bob Davis
14. 22-Dusty Garus

Pure Stock
1. 66-Scott Phillips
2. 9-Johnny Layne
3. 00-Bruce Mayo
4. 11-Barry Reaves
5. 77-Zach Reaves
6. 76-Andrew Turner
7. 15-Jeb Redman

Hornets
1. 28-Kendall Milam
2. 63-Dillon Davis
3. 50-Landon Milam
4. 20-D.J. Moser
5. 07-Jordaine Penick
6. 29-Cameron Moss
7. 24-Chris Penick
8. 02-Colton Moore
9. 12-Jimmy Wade
10. 33-Christian Sangillo
11. 18-Cameron Goble
12. 14-Mark McCauley
13. 54-Jason Decarlo