Former NASCAR Whelen All American Series and South Boston Speedway track champion Lee Pulliam added to his win total at the .4-mile oval Saturday night, sweeping the pair of 75-lap NASCAR Whelen All American Series Late Model Stock Car Division races that highlighted Saturday night’s Italian Delight Family Restaurant Presents Frutopia Not Just Frozen Yogurt NASCAR Late Model Twin 75’s racing program.
The sweep ran Pulliam’s win total at South Boston Speedway this season to seven. He now has a total of 17 wins in 32 starts for the season.
Pulliam, from Alton, Virginia, scored a flag-to-flag win in the opener, edging runner-up Matt Bowling of Ridgeway, Virginia by 1.789-seconds. Austin Thaxton of South Boston, Virginia finished third with Mark Wertz of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Dennis Holdren of Roanoke, Virginia rounding out the top five finishers.
With an inverted start among the top finishers of the first race, Pulliam started fourth but was able to pass Thaxton for the lead on lap 32. Once in front, with no caution flags to slow the pace, Pulliam cruised to a 1.827-second win over Thaxton, with Bowling, Josh Oakley of Rougemont, North Carolina and G.R. Waldrop of Moseley, Virginia rounding out the top five finishers.
Eversole, Crews Split Limited Sportsman Twinbill
J.D. Eversole of Richmond, Virginia and Trey Crews of Halifax, Virginia split wins in the night’s pair of 25-lap Limited Sportsman Division races.
The win in the first 25-lap race was the first win of the season at South Boston Speedway for Eversole, who was the runner-up in last year’s battle for the South Boston Speedway Limited Sportsman Division title. He led flag-to-flag and edged defending division champion Danny Willis Jr. of Cluster Springs, Va. by 1.140-seconds.
Crews finished third, Calvin Meadows of Martinsville, Virginia finished fourth and Trevor Ward of Winston-Salem, North Carolina rounded out the top five finishers.
With an inverted start among the top finishers of the first race, Crews started on the pole for the nightcap and led the entire race, finishing 1.870-seconds ahead of Eversole. Ward finished third with Meadows and Billy Myers of Hurt, Virginia rounding out the top five finishers.
The win in the nightcap was the third of the season for Crews.