WEEKEND UPDATES : July 27th - July 29th
Who Won and What Happened
Who won in this weekend's Legends and Bandolero races across the Carolinas? What hit the news wires? Check out what we found out during the weekend. This page will be updated throughout the weekend as the results come in after the events, with the most recent news on top.
Saturday July 28th
SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK (NC) - LEGENDS
A small field of five drivers took to the track at Southern National Raceway Park in Kenly, NC. Billy Gomez took the win with William "Sparky" West coming in second. Brandon Temple, Frank Morgan and Henry Long rounded out the field at the finish.
FRIENDSHIP MOTOR SPEEDWAY (NC) - LEGENDS & BANDOLEROS
From CarawaySpeedway.com - Steven Ross from Stanfield, NC took advantage of a last-lap, last-turn tangle between leader, Ty Dillon and second place runner, Jonathan Ross to claim the win in Friendship Motor Speedways “Super Saturday” action for the INEX Raceceiver Legends today.
Mitchell Coble and Wesley Thompson started from the front row in the thirty lap feature and Coble powered to the lead on the start bringing the cars of Dan Snyder and Thompson along for the ride. The car on the move was the #2 of Ty Dillon who moved into second spot on lap three and began putting the pressure on Coble. Coble was able to hold Dillon off until lap nine when the Lewisville, NC youngster slipped past. Coble settled into second spot with pressure being applied by Jonathan and Steven Ross. The Ross boys moved into second and third by lap 25 and Jonathan Ross began applying a little “chrome horn” to Dillon’s rear bumper. On the final lap, Dillon slipped high coming off turn two allowing J. Ross to slip inside in turn three. Dillon tried to close the door on Ross but the South Carolina driver was already in the space Dillon wanted. The cars bumped in the center of the turn and as both drivers recovered, Steven Ross slipped past to claim the win. Dillon recovered to finish second edging Jonathan Ross. Coble hung on to claim fourth and was the highest finishing Pro division driver. John Ellenburg finished fifth. John Barilka was the highest finishing Masters Division driver with an eighth place finish overall.
Brock Morris from Charleston, WV beat out Transfer, PS’s Justin Kirila for the win in the Bandolero Feature leading flag-to-flag for the win.
ELLIOTT SNAGS FIRST BANDO WIN
Chase Elliott, son of NASCAR champion Bill Elliott, won his first Bandolero Bandits career race Thursday at Atlanta Motor Speedway (GA) during Thursday Thunder. Elliott beat out 15 other drivers for the win. Kyle Plott, who has been dominating the Summer Shootout events with five straight wins came in second. Could we see Elliott be the one to dethrone Plott for round nine of the Shootout? Click here for the complete Thursday Thunder results.
Friday July 27th
CARAWAY SPEEDWAY (SC) - LEGENDS
Unofficial results (top 3): 1) Chris Buescher, 2) Paddy Rodenbeck, 3) Justin Morton
ANDERSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY (SC) - LEGENDS
From AndersonMotorSpeedway.com - Wesley Thompson led every lap of the 600 Legends race and claimed the overall victory and the victory in the Pro portion of the race. Justin Ashley held the second position the first half of the race before he relinquished the position to Andrew Smith. Both Ashley and Smith ran close to Thompson but neither challenged him for the lead position. Andrew Smith finished second. Justin Ashley finished third and claimed the victory in the Semi-Pro portion of the race. John Gallman finished fourth. Kevin Eskew finished fifth. Jerry Rector finished sixth and claimed the victory in the Masters portion of the race.
