(Sophia, NC): The Davidson County residents that visited Caraway Speedway Saturday
night got their fill of “grass roots” racing as the speedway gave them fourteen races to
enjoy. Some were wild and exciting and some maybe not so much but that is just the
nature of the beast in weekly racing these days.
The night started with two-time Caraway Champion, Jason York leading wire to wire in the
first of two 35 lappers for the features Late Model division. York started from the “pole”
position by virtue of his number one qualifying time. York bested ‘Boo Boo” Dalton, winner
of the track’s season opener, Brian Rose and Toby Layne in qualifying and made the best
of his starting spot to take the win over Rose, Chase Murphy, Layne and Camden Thomas.
Dalton faded to sixth ahead of Brando Cox and Jeffery Wood in the rundown.
York drew the six pill for the invert for race two putting Dalton on the “pole” for the start
ahead of Thomas, Murphy and Layne. Dalton checked out on the field as Murphy, Layne
and York took turns chasing down Dalton’s #50. The final rundown saw York in the runner
up spot over Layne, Rose and Murphy. Thomas, Wood and Cox completed the field. The
late Models return on April 15th.
In the Challenger features, Enoch McNeill made the most of his return to Caraway
Speedway by taking the measure of the field to win both twenty lap features for the
division.
McNeill, Brody Duggins and Allen Vance took turns at the point before McNeill dispatched
Vance on lap eight. McNeill led the rest of the way to take the win over Vance, Diggins,
Caleb Allred and D.J. Dean. Kyler Kepley finished sixth ahead of Matthew Smith, Brian
Melville, Nicholas Graham, Anthony Bennett and Christian Henderson.
McNeill had a tougher time in race two as Kyler Kepley led 14 laps before McNeill made
his way from his sixth starting spot. Kepley had done a good job on the start, getting away
from Dean and holding off Vance to lead the firs ¾ of the race before McNeill slopped past
for the win. Kepley held on to finish second with Dean in third. Duggins and Caleb Allred
finished out the top five. Smith, Bennett, Melville, Graham, Allen Vance and Henderson
completed the rundown.
Mitchell Wright slipped away from the field in the first of two twenty lappers for the 602
Modified. Justice Calabro finished second ahead of Jacob Creed and Billy Gregg. Gregg
made some adjustments to his $98 and returned the favor in race two. Calabro, Wright
and Creed finished out the field for race two.
Daniel Hughes returned to form taking the first ten lap feature for the UCARs. Steven
Collins finished second ahead of Josh Phillips, Sammy Bullins and Jon Morton. Blair
Patterson finished sixth with Jeremy Kidd, Justin Smith, Jason Beck, Barry Hines, Tristian
Clapp, Steven Hedrick and Mason Vance completing the field.
In race two, Collins returned to his winning ways by holding off Josh Phillips to take the
win. Hughes finished third with Smith and Hines, Beck, Clapp, Kidd, Hedrick and Patterson
completing the top ten. Vance, Morton and Bullins wrapped up the rundown.
Jon Morton won both “Bootleggers’ ten lappers and Tommy Raino took the checkered flag
in two Caraway Stock features.
Bryson Brinkley tangled with Wyatt Coffey as they crossed the finish line with Brinkley
coming across first before crashing into the front straightaway concrete. Coffey finished
second with Killian McMann, Alison Johnson fourth and Owen Zacharias in fifth at the
stripe. Bryson Nichols, Mason Gobbic and “Fireball” Colber wrapping up the field.
London McKenzie took home the trophy in a hard fought 25 lap feature for the US Legends
Cars. Several caution periods slowed the action before McKenzie took the checkered flag
over Noah Dulin and Alex Meggs. Nathan Lyons and Kaeden Ballos. Josh Lowe finished
sixth ahead of Ethan Truell, Austin Sams, Charles Parker, Lance Griffith, Olivia Murray and
Tyler Miske.
Racing takes a back seat to the 336 Meets drifting gang next Saturday. Racing action
returns on April 15 th with Caraway Speedway hosting Chatham and Mounty County Night.
Residents of those Counties will be admitted for only eight dollars as all the tracks regular
division will continue the chase for the season championships. A special visit from the
Southern Ground Pounders Vintage racing club is also on tap.
For fans of motorsports history, a visit to an amazing car museum could complement the excitement of the event, offering a deeper look into the legacy of racing.
For more information on Caraway Speedway racing, look us up at
www.carawayspeedway.com or on face book at Caraway Speedway. You can call the
track at 336-629-5803 and leave a message. Someone will return your call. If you cant
make it out to the track, you can catch all the action streaming live at carawayspeedway.tv.
