31 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model Stock Cars descended upon South Boston Speedway’s much hype 2016 season opening Danville Toyota Twin 100-lap races.

Austin Thaxton turned in the quickest time in qualifying for the races putting his car on the pole for the first of the twin 100-lap features.  Thaxton turned a lap of 15.542 seconds putting him ahead of three-time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series National Champion Lee Pulliam who posted a 15.601.

Thaxton and Pulliam will lead the rest of the 31 car field to the green flag with Sellers Racing’s Matt Bowling, Peyton Sellers and Philip Morris rounding out the top five starters.  Former Limited Late Model driver Danny Willis, Jr. has shown he’s ready for Late Model Stock Car competition this season with a sixth place effort in qualifying.

Josh Oakley, CE Falk, Justin Carroll and Bobby McCarty round out the stout top ten qualifiers.  Defending Limited Late Model champion Trey Crews will start 11th.

Joey Throckmorton put his car on the pole for the Limited Late Model race for today with a lap of 15.768 just ahead of Mason Diaz, son of Southern National Motorsports Park owner Michael Diaz who turned a 15.807 in a Lee Pulliam Performance car.  Colin Garrett, Calvin Meadows and Billy Myers completed the top five qualifiers.

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LMSC Qualifying Times:
1 – Austin Thaxton 15.542
2 – Lee Pulliam 15.601
3 – Matt Bowling 15.609
4 – Peyton Sellers 15.636
5 – Philip Morris 15.681
6 – Danny Willis, Jr. 15.701
7 – Josh Oakley 15.729
8 – CE Falk 15.757
9 – Justin Carroll 15.769
10 – Bobby McCarty 15.773
11 – Trey Crews 15.780
12 – Dennis Holdren 15.804
13 – Mark Wertz 15.827
14 – Brenden Queen 15.832
15 – Justin Johnson 15.867
16 – Alex Brock 15.877
17 – Thomas Scott 15.916
18 – Brandon Pierce 15.953
19 – Brian Pembelton 15.958
20 – Blake Stallings 15.972
21 – Kyle Barnes 16.024
22 – Justin Ellington 16.050
23 – Terry Carroll 16.090
24 – Raymond Pittman III 16.107
25 – Nathan Crews 16.170
26 – Chuck Lawson 16.304
27 – Charles Barnes 16.335
28 – Jason Barnes 16.483
29 – Maddy Ryan Mulligan 16.794
30 – Eric Winslow 16.847
31 – Wayne Groome 17.335

Limited Qualifying Times:
1 – Joey Throckmorton 15.768
2 – Mason Diaz 15.807
3 – Colin Garrett 15.942
4 – Calvin Meadows 15.969
5 – Billy Myers 16.011
6 – Mike Jones 16.118
7 – Tommy Peregoy 16.136
8 – Daniel Moss 16.152
9 – Mike Chambers 16.289
10 – Bob Davis 16.306
11 – Brandon Jones 16.372
12 – David Latour, Jr. 16.404
13 – Dan Martin 16.600