Points leader Matt Bowling and his nearest competitor, Lee Pulliam split wins in the CenturyLink Presents Whelen Night NASCAR Late Model twin 75-lap races Saturday night at South Boston Speedway.
Pulliam, of Alton, Virginia passed pole sitter Tony Keen on lap 24 and led the rest of the way in the first 75-lapper, winning his fifth race of the season by 1.774 seconds over Bobby McCarty of Summerfield, North Carolina, with Bowling, of Ridgeway, Virginia, Keen, of Martinsville, Virginia and Austin Thaxton of South Boston rounding out the top-five finishers.
Keen qualified on the pole with a time of 15.803 seconds (91.122 MPH) in a caution-free race.
Thaxton started on the pole after a five-car inversion in race two, but Pulliam passed for the lead on lap 23 and led until lap 28 when he went to the pits with an equipment issue.
Bowling inherited the lead and held it the rest of the way for his second win of the year, winning by3.564 seconds over Keen, with Thaxton, Dennis Holdren of Roanoke and Juan Garcia rounding out the top-five finishers in a race that included three cautions.
Pulliam finished 13th in race two.
Crews pulls away to Limited win
Halifax driver Trey Crews won his second win in a row and second of the season in the 50-lap Limited Sportsman Division race.
Crews won the pole with a time of 16.048 seconds (89.269 MPH) and led the entire way, beating Cluster Springs driver and division points leader Danny Willis Jr. by 3.670 seconds.
J.D. Eversole of Richmond, Joey Throckmorton of South Boston and Calvin Meadows of Martinsville rounded out the top-five finishers in a race that was delayed three times by cautions.
