It was Lee Pulliam’s night at South Boston Speedway.

The Alton, Virginia resident started on the pole and led every lap enroute to winning Saturday night’s NASCAR Whelen Late Model 100 at South Boston Speedway.

Saturday night’s win in the 100-lap NASCAR Whelen All American Series Late Model Stock Car Division race was the fourth of the season for Pulliam who is chasing a third NASCAR Whelen All American Series national championship.

Matt Bowling of Ridgeway, Virginia finished second, 2.226 seconds behind Pulliam with Tyler Ankrum of Colton, California finishing third, Austin Thaxton of South Boston, Va. finishing fourth and G.R. Waldrop of Moseley, Virginia rounding out the top five finishers.

The only times Pulliam was seriously challenged was at the start of the race when Thaxton, the outside pole starter, and Bowling gave him a run for a few laps and right after caution flags on laps 13 and 68 for debris on the track when Bowling made brief threats.

Pulliam was able to pull away on all three occasions and speed to his eighth win overall this season.

Pulliam averaged 76.923 mph in the race that took 31 minutes and 12 seconds to complete. There were two caution periods that consumed a total of eight laps.

Willis, Crews split wins in Limited Sportsman Division twinbill

Defending South Boston Speedway Limited Sportsman Division champion Danny Willis Jr. of Cluster Springs, Virginia and Trey Crews of Halifax, Virginia each earned a win in Saturday night’s twin 25-lap Limited Sportsman Division race.

Willis’ win was his fourth of the season, and Crews’ victory was his first of the season.

Willis started on the pole and led the entire distance in winning the first race. With no cautions to slow the pace, Willis finished 2.030 seconds ahead of Crews with Barry Beggarly, Jr. of Providence, North Carolina finishing third, Joey Throckmorton of South Boston, Virginia finishing fourth and former track division champion Billy Myers of Hurt, Virginia completing the top five finishers.

With a drawing for an inverted start among the top finishers of the first race, Willis started fourth in the nightcap with Crews starting third. Crews darted past pole starter Throckmorton and outside pole starter Beggarly on the first lap to grab the lead and held it the rest of the way to take the win.

Willis finished second, 1.069 seconds behind Crews with Throckmorton finishing third, Myers finishing fourth and Bob Davis of Thaxton, Virginia rounding out the top five finishers.