Lollis Wins Mulligan Truck Series Inaugural Event at Greenville, Sorrow Inherits Limited Win

Tim Lollis survived an eventful 60-lap debut feature for the Mulligan Power Truck Series at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and beat out NASCAR personality Andy Petree for the win.

The Mulligan Power Truck Series ran a very eventful 60-lap feature. Andy Petree led the first lap before being passed by Jamie Altop in his No. 54.

Luke Sorrow was racing in the top three when he went into turn one underneath the No. 36 of Petree, driving the Hawk-McCall Motorsports entry. Petree spun out, bringing out the first yellow flag of the event.

“That was no fault of whomever was around me,” Petree said after the race. “My inexperience in the truck showed tonight. I Just turned it around.”

That incident also caused major damage to Randy Porter’s truck. Porter had to pit for extensive front end adjustments When he returned, he had no front end sheet metal on the truck.

Sorrow was now the leader, with Jamie Tate, Greg Garrett, Randy Ballew and Mike Mote in the top five with four laps complete.

Altop was the man on the move, recovering from the back of the field to take over second on the 14th circuit. Sorrow was setting a nice pace out front, and he maintained the lead until the halfway point on lap 30, collecting a $100 bonus for being the halfway leader.

Caution conditions fell upon the race for the second time on lap 31 when Sorrow suddenly slowed and headed for the pits with his Vannoy Construction No. 9!

Sorrow would return prior to the restart, but would have to start at the tail of the field. Altop would be the leader followed by Tim Lollis, Tate, Petree and Porter, back in the top five with virtually no front end on his No. 32.

The next restart would prove to be the major turning point in this race. Jamie Tate dove to the bottom on the green flag and made it three-wide going into turn one. There was contact, and Tate ended up in the wall with damage as Petree again did basically a 360 degree spin and kept going.

Jamie Altop also got collected in that incident and would eventually fall out of the race.

This put Tim Lollis in the lead, with Porter’s half-a-truck now running second! Garrett, Sorrow and Randy Ballew now comprised the top five.

The last 29 laps of the race saw Lollis build up a comfortable advantage, while Petree was a man on a mission, winging his way back through the field to eventually finish second. Porter would hang on to finish third, followed by Garrett and Sorrow in the top five.

The Mulligan Power Truck Series is expected to return to Greenville-Pickens a few more times in 2016 and be a regular part of the track’s rotation in the 2017 season.

Luke Sorrow was awarded his third victory in regular season action this year in the limited late models on Monday afternoon after a post-race technical issue involving winner Colby Howard’s car was researched and decided.

Other winners included Buck Simmons in the pure stocks, Dannon Esco in four-cylinder competition, Josh Sams in super stocks and Bobby Emory in the renegade division.

The limited late model 60-lap feature was first to run. A pair of 14-year-olds led the field to the green in the form of Howard and Sorrow.

Howard jumped out front and never relinquished the top spot. Luke Sorrow and Blair “Hotshoe” Addis ran second and third the entire distance, with Addis challenging for the first third of the race before falling back just a little off of Sorrow’s pace.

Taylor Sorrow was the hard charger in this event, starting eighth and battling her way through the field into the top five. She raced hard with Tasha Kummer for fourth at one point, but fell back to an eventual fifth place finish.

Two yellow flags slowed the race momentarily. The first came on lap 30 when the No. 88 of T.J. Lollis made contact with the wall. He kept going. The second yellow happened on lap 36 when Ryan Walker got sideways with the No. 29 in turn two and collected Lollis.

From then on it was smooth sailing for Howard, who picked up his third win of the regular season at Greenville-Pickens.

Luke Sorrow, Addis, Kummer and Taylor Sorrow rounded out the top five.

In post-race technical inspection, Howard’s car was protested by Addis, with the protested issue resolved positively for both cars.

However, the track’s tech team decided to further review the No. 16 and found that the part numbers on the lifters inside the engine did not match the part numbers listed in the rule book.

After extensive research on Sunday and early Monday, the lifters were ruled to be unapproved and Howard was moved to the back of the finishing order, giving Sorrow the win.