Riggs, Sellers Split Late Model Wins At South Boston

Layne Riggs ran his early-season win streak to four in a row in the first of two 75-lap NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division races Saturday afternoon at Virginia’s South Boston Speedway, only to see defending NASCAR national champion Peyton Sellers snap the streak by winning the second race.

The Bahama, North Carolina resident muscled his way past Sellers on the final lap of the opener to take the win, leaving Sellers to have to settle for second place after having led all but the final lap. Landon Pembelton finished third with Kyle Dudley taking fourth place and Thomas Scott in fifth.

“If you had asked me six months ago if I could do this, I would have said it was never possible,” Riggs said after the victory that stretched his win streak to four in a row. “I was faster than he was in the first race. I got a nose inside and he tried to chop me off. I was there and he couldn’t deny me. I ran my line and did what I could.”

Sellers said he and Riggs raced each other hard and he was simply trying to do what he could to try to win the race.

“He (Riggs) kept me loose up off of the corner several times. He was doing what he had to. I just pinched him pretty hard trying to knock some momentum off to try to get the win and it didn’t work out.”

Sellers started eighth in the second race as the top eight finishers of the first race were inverted for the start of the second race. Riggs, by virtue of the track’s handicapping system for drivers that win two or more races in a row, started mid-field in 12th place.

It took little time for them to get to the front, with Sellers taking the lead from Jacob Borst on the 14th lap and Riggs climbing into second place by passing Borst on the 26th circuit.

Two caution periods in the last 37 laps gave Riggs opportunities to start alongside Sellers on the restarts. Sellers surged ahead of Riggs on both restarts and held onto the top spot to take the win. Borst finished third, with Mason Bailey fourth and Scott fifth.

“It really hasn’t been that long, but it feels good to be back in victory lane,” Sellers remarked. “We struggled a little bit out of the box this year. We got a win last week at Dominion Raceway and we picked up a win here. We’re looking forward to the rest of the season. We have fast cars. We just have to get them ironed out.”

Riggs noted Sellers had the faster car in the second race.

“He (Sellers) deserved to win this time,” Riggs pointed out. “He was faster than we were. He had clean air and had a good car.”

The race was a highly competitive race with two lead changes among three drivers.

Kyle Barnes Captures First Career  SoBo Limited Sportsman Win

Kyle Barnes survived Saturday’s crash-filled 50-lap Budweiser Limited Sportsman division race and scored his first career South Boston Speedway victory in the process.

Barnes held off fast-closing J.D. Eversole in a five-lap dash to the finish that followed the last of the race’s four caution periods to take the win.

Justin Dawson finished third, with Chris Donnelly in fourth and Jason Myers rebounding after being involved in a mishap earlier in the race to finish fifth.

A bit of history was made in the event as Myers and his father, former division champion Billy Myers, started the race together on the front row, marking the first time a father-son duo had started on the front row for the start of a race in the division at the speedway.

Layne, Reaves Split Pure Stock Twinbill

Former division champion Johnny Layne and B.J. Reaves split wins in Saturday’s twin 15-lap Southside Disposal Pure Stock division features.

Layne scored a flag-to-flag win in the opening 15-lap race to score his second win in a row. Scott Phillips, Bruce Mayo, Reaves and Jack Milam rounded out the top five finishers.

Reaves took the lead with two laps to go when Layne encountered misfortune while leading the second race and held off Mayo and Phillips to score his first career win. Milam followed in fourth, with Jimmy Wade in fifth.

Milam Wins Hornets Feature

Kendall Milam took the lead from former division champion Kevin Currin with seven laps to go and won the 20-lap Hornets division race to score his first win in the division.

Milam dedicated the win to his grandmother, Joan Milam, who passed away last week.

Currin finished second, with Jason DeCarlo in third, Andrea Ruotolo in fourth, and Dillon Davis in fifth.

Next Race At South Boston Speedway

South Boston Speedway will go under the lights for the first time this season for two nights of racing featuring the Must See Racing winged 410 Sprint Cars on Friday night, April 29, and Saturday night, April 30.

For more information, visit SouthBostonSpeedway.com.

South Boston Speedway – South Boston, VA
Race Results – April 16, 2022

Late Model Stock Car Race 1
1. 99 Layne Riggs 75
2. 26 Peyton Sellers 75
3. 0 Landon Pembelton 75
4. 4 Kyle Dudley 75
5. 8 Thomas Scott 75
6. 05 Mason Bailey 75
7. 90 John Goin 75
8. 25 Jacob Borst 75
9. 82 Trey Dillard 75
10. 01 Camden Gullie 75
11. 15 Ryan Joyner 75
12. 31 Aaron Donnelly 74
13. 12 Austin Thaxton 74
14. 06 Terry Dease 74
15. 77 Blake Stallings 74
16. 91 Chris Elliott 73
17. 57 Eddie Johnson 73
18. 38 Mark Keesee 73
19. 18 Bobby Gillispie 73
20. 50 Raymond Pittman III 68
21. 19 Jessica Cann 53
22. 4 Parker Eatmon 41
23. 04 Larry Barrett 4

Late Model Stock Car Race 2
1. 26 Peyton Sellers 75
2. 99 Layne Riggs 75
3. 25 Jacob Borst 75
4. 05 Mason Bailey 75
5. 8 Thomas Scott 75
6. 4 Parker Eatmon 75
7. 0 Landon Pembelton 75
8. 4 Kyle Dudley 75
9. 15 Ryan Joyner 75
10. 12 Austin Thaxton 75
11. 01 Camden Gullie 75
12. 82 Trey Dillard 75
13. 90 John Goin 75
14. 06 Terry Dease 75
15. 91 Chris Elliott 75
16. 50 Raymond Pittman III 74
17. 18 Bobby Gillispie 72
18. 31 Aaron Donnelly 69
19. 38 Mark Keesee 42
20. 77 Blake Stallings 42
21. 57 Eddie Johnson 41
22. 04 Larry Barrett 2

Limited Sportsman
1. 00 Kyle Barnes 50
2. 98 JD Eversole 50
3. 88 Justin Dawson 50
4. 47 Chris Donnelly 50
5. 17 Jason Myers 50
6. 21 Carter Russo 50
7. 75 Daniel Crews 50
8. 62 Ross Mountcasel 50
9. 42 Chuck Lawson 46
10. 12 Zach Peregoy 45
11. 26 Tony Housman 45
12. 8 Drew Dawson 37
13. 19 Bob Davis 37
14. 01 Jared Dawson 37
15. 05 Billy Myers 35
16. 81 Adam Murray 32

Pure Stock Race 1
1. 9 Johnny Layne 15
2. 66 Scott Phillips 15
3. 00 Bruce Mayo 15
4. 11 B.J. Reaves 15
5. 2 Jack Milam 15
6. 61 Jimmy Wade 14

Pure Stock Race 2
1. 11 B.J. Reaves 15
2. 00 Bruce Mayo 15
3. 66 Scott Phillips 15
4. 2 Jack Milam 15
5. 61 Jimmy Wade 15
6. 9 Johnny Layne 14

Hornets
1. 50 Kendall Milam 20
2. 49 Kevin Currin 20
3. 54 Jason DeCarlo 20
4. 12 Andrea Ruotolo 20
5. 63 Dylan Davis 20
6. 3 Steven Layne 20
7. 14 Mark McCauley 20
8. 02 Colton Moore 20
9. 1 Lee Bradberry 20
10. 07 Jordaine Penick 20
11. 5 Richard Montgomery 19
12. 28 Landon Milam 13