
Consider it a tune-up for the most anticipated pavement Super Late Model season to come.
The provisional entry list for Speedfest at Watermelon Capital Speedway on Jan. 27-28 contains 21 car and driver combinations for the event now co-sanctioned by the Southern Super Series and Champion Racing Association — members of the new ASA-STATS coalition.
The list is highlighted by defending winner and native Georgian Bubba Pollard who is seeking to add victories to the ones he picked up in 2016 and 2022. Corey Heim won the event in 2020 and will be racing in advance of his initial foray as a full-timer in the Craftsman Truck Series with Tricon Garage.
Other national Super Late Model notables on the entry list includes Stephen Nasse, Matthew Craig and Casey Roderick. Super Late Model graduates and Truck Series contenders Carson Hocevar and Jake Garcia are also making their way to Georgia as a detour on the way to Daytona in February.
The event also features a Pro Late Models on the undercard alongside INEX Legends, Outlaw Late Models, and Bandoleros. Friday, January 27th features rotating practice sessions and qualifying.
Racing Saturday begins at 1:00 p.m. local time with the event airing live on RACING AMERICA.
SPEEDFEST SUPER LATE MODEL ENTRIES
2 William Sawalich
08 Nicholas Naugle
10 Steve Dorer
14 Carson Hocevar
18 Casey Roderick
22 Giovanni Ruggiero
20 Corey Heim
23 Billy VanMeter
24 TBA
26 Bubba Pollard
28 Timothy Watson
35 Jake Garcia
37 Michael Goddard
51 Stephen Nasse
51 Jake Finch
54 Matt Craig
55 Michael Atwell
58 John Coffman
58 Jason Lester
67 Colin Allman
69 Michael Hinde
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 is also the associate motorsports editor of Autoweek Magazine and its website, which allows him to cover the highest levels of the sport.


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