Falk, Thaxton Pick Up Wins, Throckmorton Keeps Dominating SoBo

C.E. Falk of Davidson, North Carolina and Austin Thaxton of South Boston, Virginia took turns in Victory Lane, splitting wins in Saturday night’s twin 75-lap NASCAR Whelen All American Series Late Model Stock Car Division races, the feature event of the Halifax Insurance Presents Whelen Night NASCAR Late Model Twin 75’s racing program.

Falk started on the pole and posted a flag-to-flag win, edging Matt Bowling of Ridgeway, Virginia by 1.017 seconds in an 18-lap sprint to the finish that followed the race’s only caution period. Thaxton finished third with Bobby McCarty of Summerfield, North Carolina and Josh Oakley of Rougemont, North Carolina rounding out the top five finishers in the 26-car field.

Thaxton won the nightcap to pick up his third win of the season, rallying from his fifth-place starting position to take the lead on lap 20, and later fending off a pair of tough challenges from Bowling to seal the win.

Peyton Sellers of Danville, Virginia drove Bowling’s backup car to a third-place finish, with McCarty and Oakley rounding out the top five finishers.

Sellers and Mark Wertz of Chesapeake, Virginia were forced to look for back-up rides in the nightcap after the lone mishap in the first race sidelined their cars as well as the car driven by multi-time NASCAR Whelen All American Series National Champion Philip Morris of Ruckersville, Virginia. Wertz finished ninth in Oakley’s back-up car.

Falk averaged 45.938 mph in winning the first 75-lap race, which took 39 minutes and 11 seconds to complete. Thaxton averaged 46.820 mph in winning the nightcap, which was slowed by three caution periods.

Joey Throckmorton of South Boston, Virginia continued his domination of the Limited Sportsman Division by winning Saturday night’s 50-lap race.

Throckmorton started on the pole for the fifth time this season and scored a flag-to-flag victory that ran his win streak at South Boston Speedway to eight in a row.

Barry Beggarly Jr. of Providence, North Carolina finished second, .405-second behind Throckmorton, with Tommy Peregoy of Clarksville, Virginia, Ross “Boo Boo” Dalton and Colin Garrett of South Boston, Virginia completing the top five finishers.