Two-time Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 winner Bobby McCarty and eight-time South Boston Speedway champion Peyton Sellers earned wins in a pair of hard-fought 75-lap NASCAR Late Model Stock Car races on Saturday at South Boston Speedway.
McCarty won the second race of the twin 75-lappers, earning his first win in almost two years. His 10th career win at South Boston Speedway came after he took the lead from Trevor Ward with 28 laps to go. From there, he drove to a 1.077-second win over Ward.
The win in the second race of the twin-race event was a huge triumph for McCarty, whose last win came in 2024 at Dominion Raceway.
“I really don’t know what to say,” McCarty said . “I don’t know how to put it into words. To win it the way we did, and the way we finished (fourth) in the first race it’s special, very special. To do this with our family-owned team and race against guys like Peyton, Trevor and Deac McCaskill and all of these big teams is truly special.”
McCarty said Ward put up a tough battle as they fought for the lead.
“Trevor put up a really good fight up top,” he pointed out. “I started up there at the beginning of the race and you could tell pretty quick it wasn’t that good. I was surprised he held on the way he did. He was doing a really good job keeping me honest on the bottom. Those are the moments I enjoy. I know people won’t believe me, but the third lap of us being side-by-side I was like this is what I come here for.”
Sellers won the first of the two 75-lap Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Division races, edging Ward by a car length to earn his first win of the season and his 66th career win at South Boston Speedway.
Sellers got the advantage on Ward on a restart that followed the last of the race’s two caution periods and led the last 41 circuits of the .4-mile oval to earn the win in the opening race.
“We had a little speed in the first race, caught the restart right, and got a win,” Sellers pointed out. “It (winning) is hard to do here at South Boston. You see the level of the competition. Anyone can win at any time here.”
Landon Pembelton finished third in the first race behind Sellers and Ward, with McCarty and Deac McCaskill rounding out the top five finishers.
Sellers started the nightcap at the rear of the field and finished third behind McCarty and Ward with Californian Chase Burgeson and Blake Stallings of Danville, Virginia completing the top five finishers.
There were three lead changes among three drivers in the race that was slowed by two cautions and one red flag.
Seventeen cars started both races.
Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Feature 1
1 26 Sellers, Peyton
2 77W Ward, Trevor
3 0 Pembelton, Landon
4 6 McCarty, Bobby
5 8 McCaskill, Deac
6 1G Grady, Andrew
7 22C Burgeson, Chase
8 63 Matthews, Tyler
9 77S Stallings, Blake
10 25 George, Devin
11 7 Pack, Corey
12 8W Weddell, Conner
13 51 Layne, Toby
14 1Y York, Jamie
15 92 Woods, Lane
16 99 Garretson, Tyler
17 26W Winslow, Eric
Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Feature 2
1 6 McCarty, Bobby
2 77W Ward, Trevor
3 26 Sellers, Peyton
4 22C Burgeson, Chase
5 77S Stallings, Blake
6 8W Weddell, Conner
7 0 Pembelton, Landon
8 25 George, Devin
9 63 Matthews, Tyler
10 8 McCaskill, Deac
11 51 Layne, Toby
12 1G Grady, Andrew
13 1Y York, Jamie
14 7 Pack, Corey
15 99 Garretson, Tyler
16 92 Woods, Lane
17 26W Winslow, Eric
