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ASA STARS rolls into Hickory for Thursday show

As is becoming a tradition of sorts, the ASA STARS National Super Late Model Tour takes advantage of the Coca-Cola 600 weekend with NASCAR stars already at home to draw their participation in a mid-week race at Hickory Motor Speedway.

This year it’s Chase Elliott as the Cup Series headliner, as he pairs up with longtime friend, mentor and collaborator Ricky Turner in a Fr8 Auctions No. 9, in a race that now has a title sponsor in the Ross & Witmer 255.

ASA now has a loyalty program designed to keep drivers on the road with the STARS National Tour even if they have fallen out of the championship hunt and its proven to be successful when looking at the standings.

For example, Bubba Pollard has had a rough trio of races to open the national championship but has entered the races this week anyway. What will be interesting will be seeing which car he races with as he has both VanDoorn and Senneker chassis under his camp right now.

Cole Butcher is starting to run away with this championship, leading Wilson Motorsports teammate Gavn Boschele by 50, but the likes of Stephen Nasse, Matt Craig, Carson Brown and Dawson Sutton could get back in the mix with some strong runs.

Of note, Johnny Sauter is shown on the entry list for Richie Wauters but the team has made inquiries about having a paid driver join the team at Hickory with Sauter elsewhere occupied and still scheduled to make numerous other starts this season.

This race also counts towards Southern Super Series points but Butcher is starting to run away with that too, 42 points ahead of Boschele, 44 over Pollard and 73 ahead of Nasse. Colby Howard is also running full-time in the southern regional tour and he is 76 out of that points lead.

A Legends car event will also be paired with the Super Late Models and the location made it an easy entry for Keelan Harvick and Brexton Busch — both set to race each other on the undercard.

There is a practice day set for Wednesday and racing is set for Thursday. The event airs live on the ASA TrackTV service.

Kevin Harvick is the grand marshall.

Entry List

ASA STARS standings

  1. Cole Butcher
  2. Gavan Boschele -50
  3. Stephen Nasse -73
  4. Matthew Craig -74
  5. Carson Brown -74
  6. Dawson Sutton -97
  7. Derek Thorn -105
  8. Jake Garcia -105
  9. Bubba Pollard -106
  10. George Phillips
  11. Austin Nason -120
  12. Colby Howard -123
  13. Kyle Steckly -125
  14. Ty Fredrickson
  15. Chase Pinsonneault
  16. Derek Kraus -140
  17. Jake Finch -165
  18. Conner Jones -170
  19. Spencer Davis -172
  20. William Sawalich -173

ASA Southern Super Series standings

  1. Cole Butcher
  2. Gavan Boschele -42
  3. Bubba Pollard -44
  4. Stephen Nasse -73
  5. Colby Howard -76
  6. Matt Craig -83
  7. Carson Brown -100
  8. Jake Finch -113
  9. Spencer Davis -141
  10. George Phillips -179

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Matt Weaver is the owner and founder of Short Track Scene. Weaver grew up in the sport, having raced himself before becoming a reporter in college at the University of South Alabama. He also has extensive experience covering NASCAR, IndyCar and Dirt Sprint Cars.

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  1. Danny Ray Bennett

    May 29, 2025 at 7:14 am

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