McCaskill Lands First SBS Win

SOUTH BOSTON, VA. - Deac McCaskill pulled off one of the biggest wins of his career here Friday night, winning the NASCAR Whelen Late Model 200 race at South Boston Speedway.

The win, the first of the season here for McCaskill, was worth $5,000.

McCaskill sped past race leader, three-time and defending NASCAR national champion Philip Morris of Ruckersville, Va., on the outside with 18 laps to go and pulled away to edge runner-up Lee Pulliam of Semora, N.C. by 1.006 second.

Josh Oakley of Rougemont, N.C. finished third with Morris finishing fourth and former NASCAR national champion Peyton Sellers of Danville, Va. rounding out the top five finishers.

David Quackenbush of Lorton, Va, started 18th and raced his way to a sixth-place finish, one lap down. C.E. Falk III of Virginia Beach, Va., Jonathan Cash of Oxford, N.C., Dennis Holdren of Roanoke, Va., and Leigh Caruthers of Wake Forest, N.C. rounded out the top ten finishers.

Morris, pole winner Pulliam, and McCaskill led the pack throughout the race. Pulliam made a run at Morris on the inside on lap 156 only to be turned back. With 20 laps to go, both Pulliam and McCaskill began to heavily pressure Morris. McCaskill jumped to the inside and Pulliam went to the low side, with McCaskill emerging with the lead with 18 laps to go. Once in front, McCaskill pulled away and edged Pulliam for the win with Morris dropping back to fourth place.

South Boston, Va. driver Stacy Puryear, who entered the race in second place in the track points standings, held down the fourth spot much of the race until a mechanical failure forced him to the sidelines after 157 laps.

South Boston Speedway points leader Justin Johnson of Durham, N.C. finished 21st after having to retire from the race due to a mechanical failure.

McCaskill averaged 74.246 mph in the race, which was slowed by three caution periods that consumed 17 laps.

Peregoy Tops Field In Limited Sportsman Race

Tommy Peregoy of Red Oak, Va. started on the pole and led all the way in winning the night's 100-lap Limited Sportsman Division race.

Peregoy, the division points leader, held off Danny Willis Jr. of Cluster Springs, Va. and last year's division champion, Brian Pembelton of Amelia, Va. in a two-lap green-flag dash to the finish that followed the last of the race's four caution periods to capture the win.

His margin of victory over Willis was a slim .311 second.

Taylor Doggett of Ruther Glen, Va finished fourth and Joey Throckmorton of Scottsburg, Va., driving an entry out of the Halifax County (Va,) Public Schools' Motorsports Academy stable, rounded out the top five finishers in the race that had to be extended to 106 laps to allow for the two-lap green-flag dash at the finish.

Peregoy averaged 58.381 mph in picking up the win; his fourth win of the season here.

Milam Scores Win In Pure Stock Division Race

Jarrett Milam of Ringgold, Va. took the lead from Trey Crews of Halifax, Va. with 10 laps to go and held on to win the night's 50-lap race for the Budweiser Pure Stock Division.

Milam held off Crews by .731 second in a seven-lap green-flag run to the finish that followed the last of the race's eight caution periods. The win was the fifth for Milam in his eight starts here this season.

Crews, who drives and entry out of the Halifax County (Va,) Public Schools' Motorsports Academy stable, rallied to finish second after having fallen to the rear of the 17-car field as the result of making a pit stop during the race's first caution period to allow his crew to change a flat tire.

Joe Allred of Scottsburg, Va. finished third with Jake Brown of South Boston, Va. and Charles Clardy Jr. of South Boston, Va. rounding out the top five finishers.

The top-five finishes by Brown and Clardy were their best finishes here this season.