Craig Moore Dusts Off Helmet, Dusts Field In 3rd Annual Kenny Meadows Memorial Feature Saturday Night

Moore Dominates South Boston Speedway Limited Sportsman Field, Trevor Ward and Bobby McCarty Split Late Model Twinbill

By Joe Chandler

Director, Public Relations

South Boston Speedway

SOUTH BOSTON VA (July 11, 2026) – Craig Moore still has something left in the tank.

An accomplished Late Model Stock Car wheelman, Moore, 49, stepped away from driving this season, focusing instead on setting up his car and being the crew chief for veteran racer Dennis Holdren. Holdren opted to take this week off, so Moore spent the week working on his car preparing to compete in the 3rd Running of the Kenny Meadows Memorial Limited Sportsman Feature that highlighted Saturday night’s CAS NAPA Race Night event at South Boston Speedway.

Making his first start of the season at South Boston Speedway and making his first start in the track’s Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division in the 75-lap race that carried over $17,000 in purse and awards, the Rougemont, North Carolina resident staged an almost incredible performance.

Moore won the pole in qualifying, led every lap, and scored a dominant victory to pocket the $3,000 winner’s prize. His total winnings for the night were $3,250 including the $250 prize for winning the pole.

“It’s a dream come true,” Moore said after driving to a 2.815-second win over runner-up Tristan Brunelli of Powhatan, Virginia. “I haven’t raced in probably a year. I race my vintage car at Orange County Speedway here and there just for fun. To come here and compete against these kids in the Limited Sportsman Division here at South Boston Speedway, the competition is as tough as Late Model. It’s really hard racing.

“The Brunelli kid drove a heck of a race and raced me clean. I really appreciate it. I’m really glad I could win this race and dedicate it to Mr. Meadows. I knew him for a long time and he and Mrs. Meadows are great people.”

Moore was virtually unstoppable. The only challenges he faced came from Brunelli. Brunelli stayed with Moore the first few laps of the race and for a brief period following the three cautions flag periods that punctuated the race. However, he was no match for Moore whose last victory at South Boston Speedway came in March, 2024 when he drove Tate Foglesman’s car to a win in a Late Model Stock Car Division race.

Brian Rundstrom Jr. of Green Bay, Virginia finished third, four seconds behind Moore, with Chris Elliott of Bullock, North Carolina and Justin Dawson of Nathalie, Virginia completing the top five finishers in the 17-car field.

Ross Mountcasel of Crewe, Virginia won the race’s Hard Charger Award. He finished seventh after having gained 10 positions during the race.

Special awards for the Third Annual Kenny Meadows Memorial Limited Sportsman Feature included a $250 Anderson Turf Management Pole Award, a $250 Aqua Pros Hard Charger Award and a $250 award to the driver that started fifth in the race.

In addition, there were Surprise Finishing Position Bonuses that include $250 from Ratliff Service Center, $200 from Rosie Barker, $150 from the Meadows Family, an additional $125 bonus from the Meadows Family, and $75 from Brielle, Shelby and Grayson Cochems.

Purse sponsors for the race include DRP Performance Products, Sellers Bros. Inc., Eagles Club / Eagle Riders # 4420, AutosbyNelson.com, Pembelton Forest Products, R&S Race Cars, Martin's Auto Body and Registration, Max Kendall Lumber, Skynet Technologies of South Carolina, Apple's Engine Rebuild, Meek's Pick and Pull, Twin Cylinders Automotive & Powersports LLC, and Piedmont Digital Group (a Division of WAKG/WBTM).

Also serving as purse sponsors were South Atlantic Data, Sarver Properties, Anderson Outdoor Solutions, Auto Rehab, Fry Fencing and Curbscaping, G&B Auto Parts, Zentmeyer Chiropractic, Lawless Welding, Chip Wyatt State Farm Insurance, Billy Banks Racing

Jimmy's Tire and Auto, Econo RV, Southpaw Star Lawn Care and More, and Obsidian Dreamz Designs.

Ward Breaks Family Record; McCarty Finds His Way In Late Model Twinbill

Trevor Ward had been six races - since May 2 – to be exact, when he last visited victory lane in the Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Division at South Boston Speedway.

The Winston-Salem, North Carolina resident fended off multiple challenges from eight-time South Boston Speedway champion Peyton Sellers of Danville, Virginia and won the first race of the twin 75-lap Late Model Stock Car races that were the co-feature of Saturday night’s CAS NAPA Race Night event.

Ward’s victory, his third win of the season at South Boston Speedway gives him nine career wins at the .4-mile oval. The win allowed him to break his father’s record of eight career wins at South Boston Speedway.

“It’s awesome,” Ward said of the win and breaking his father’s win record at South Boston Speedway. “It’s going to be cool to talk to him. He watched it. I know he’s proud of me.”

Teenager Conner “C-Weed” Weddell of Centerville, Maryland won the pole and finished second, 1.362 seconds behind Ward. Landon Pembelton of Amelia, Virginia finished third, 2.8 seconds behind Ward. Sellers finished fourth and Blake Stallings of Danville, Virginia rounded out the top five finishers.

Ward led twice for a total of 38 laps. Sellers led once for 37 laps.

McCarty’s win in the caution-free second race marked his second victory of the season. It was his third Top-5 finish in his last four starts. He said afterward it was something of a relief after having had just four Top-5 finishes in 12 starts entering Saturday night’s twinbill.

“It feels great to finally check off another one after what’s been a very mentally frustrating year so far,” McCarty remarked. “I was honestly praying the race would go green like it did.”

McCarty started on the pole after having finished eighth in the opener. He quickly opened up a solid gap on his challengers and steadily pulled away, rolling to a 6.579-second win over Sellers.

“I was trying to build my gap on Peyton, so I’d push the car for five or six laps, get a car length or two, pull it back off, and push five or six more,” he explained. “I was trying to make sure I built my gap without killing the car and making the stagger and air pressure go crazy.

“We’re onto something here,” added McCarty.

“Hopefully we can build off of this.”

Pembelton finished third, Ward finished fourth after having started eight under the inverted start, and Weddell came home fifth.

Dillon Davis Earns Win In 25-Lap Pure Stock Race

Dillon Davis of Nathalie, Virginia grabbed the lead from B.J. Reaves of South Boston, Virginia on the fifth lap and edged Reaves by .290-second to win the 25-lap Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division race.

The win was the second of the season for Davis, who also won his second pole of the season.

Division points leader Johnny Layne of Halifax, Virginia finished third with Jay Hemenway of Wake Forest, North Carolina and Caleb Sanford of South Boston, Virginia completing the top five finishers.

Cameron Goble Takes The Win In The 20-Lap Hornets Division Race

Cameron Goble of Ringgold, Virginia took the lead from division points leader Landon Milam of Keeling, Virginia on the second lap and drove to a 6.821-second win over Milam in the 20-lap Dollar General Hornets Division race.

The win was Goble’s first of the season and came in his third start in the division this season. It was his 10th career win in the division, tying him with former division champions Josh Dawson, Kevin Currin and Jason DeCarlo for second place on the division’s all-time career wins list.

Cameron Moss of Danville, Virginia, Max Sangillo of Farmville, Virginia and Andrea Ruotolo of South Boston, Virginia rounded out the top five finishers.

Unofficial Results

Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Feature 1

1 77W Ward, Trevor

2 8W Weddell, Conner

3 0 Pembelton, Landon

4 26 Sellers, Peyton

5 77S Stallings, Blake

6 1 Grady, Andrew

7 33 Harville, Dillon

8 6M McCarty, Bobby

9 92 Woods, Lane

10 51 Layne, Toby

11 8J Oakley, Joshua

12 7C Pack, Cory

13 0Z Peregoy, Zach

Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Feature 2

1 6M McCarty, Bobby

2 26 Sellers, Peyton

3 0 Pembelton, Landon

4 77W Ward, Trevor

5 8W Weddell, Conner

6 33 Harville, Dillon

7 1 Grady, Andrew

8 7C Pack, Cory

9 8J Oakley, Joshua

10 77S Stallings, Blake

11 92 Woods, Lane

12 51 Layne, Toby

13 0Z Peregoy, Zach

Budweiser Limited Sportsman - Kenny Meadows Memorial Feature

1 1 Moore, Craig

2 18B Brunelli, Tristan

3 88R Rundstrom, Brian

4 91 Elliott, Chris

5 88 Dawson, Justin

6 5 Peregoy, Beverly

7 62 Mountcasel, Ross

8 38 Foy, Brad

9 81 Murray, Adam

10 33 Rogers, Dan

11 18G Goble, Cameron

12 3 Crews, Nathan

13 45 Crews, Stuart

14 8M McGowan, Landon

15 2 Daniel, Trace III

16 8D Dawson, Drew

17 00 Palumbo, Gennaro

Southside Disposal Pure Stocks Feature

1 63 Davis, Dillon

2 11 Reaves, Barry

3 9 Layne, Johnny

4 12 Hemenway, Jay

5 31 Sanford, Caleb

6 77 Reaves, Zach

7 76 Turner, Andrew

8 17 Allred, Joe III

9 88 Johnson, Jarrett

10 09 Sanford, Jacob

11 10 Mayo, Anna

12 97 Haley, Aaron

13 28 Milam, Kendall

Dollar General Hornets Feature

1 18 Goble, Cameron

2 83 Milam, Landon

3 29 Moss, Cameron

4 33 Sangillo, Christian

5 12 Ruotolo, Andrea

6 76 Armstead, Kristian

7 24 Penick, Chris

8 28 Mullins, Cliff

9 83C Milam, Jarrett

10 54 DeCarlo, Jason

Next Event At South Boston Speedway

NASCAR Local Racing Series powered by O’Reilly Auto Parts action returns to South Boston Speedway on Saturday night, August 1 with the Boone Tractor Race Night presented by New Holland and Gravely event featuring twin races for two of the track’s four NASCAR-sanctioned racing divisions.

The Boone Tractor Race Night presented by New Holland and Gravely event will be headlined by twin 75-lap races for the Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Division. The six-race card will also feature twin 30-lap races for the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division. A 25-lap race is set for the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division and a 20-lap race is on tap for the Dollar General Hornets Division.

The Saturday, August 1 event schedule has registration and pit gates opening at 2 p.m., practice starting at 3:25 p.m., frontstretch grandstand gates opening at 3:30 p.m., trackside parking gates opening at 5:30 p.m., qualifying at 6 p.m., pre-race ceremonies starting at 6:45 p.m. and the first race of the night starting at 7 p.m.

Adult advance tickets are priced at $12 each. Adult admission at the gate on race day is $15. Suite passes are $40 each. Seniors ages 65 and older, veterans and miliary personnel, first responders, healthcare workers and students with ID may purchase tickets for $12 each at the gate on race day. Kids ages 12 and under are admitted free.

Unofficial Results

Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Feature 1

1 77W Ward, Trevor

2 8W Weddell, Conner

3 0 Pembelton, Landon

4 26 Sellers, Peyton

5 77S Stallings, Blake

6 1 Grady, Andrew

7 33 Harville, Dillon

8 6M McCarty, Bobby

9 92 Woods, Lane

10 51 Layne, Toby

11 8J Oakley, Joshua

12 7C Pack, Cory

13 0Z Peregoy, Zach

Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Feature 2

1 6M McCarty, Bobby

2 26 Sellers, Peyton

3 0 Pembelton, Landon

4 77W Ward, Trevor

5 8W Weddell, Conner

6 33 Harville, Dillon

7 1 Grady, Andrew

8 7C Pack, Cory

9 8J Oakley, Joshua

10 77S Stallings, Blake

11 92 Woods, Lane

12 51 Layne, Toby

13 0Z Peregoy, Zach

Budweiser Limited Sportsman - Kenny Meadows Memorial Feature

1 1 Moore, Craig

2 18B Brunelli, Tristan

3 88R Rundstrom, Brian

4 91 Elliott, Chris

5 88 Dawson, Justin

6 5 Peregoy, Beverly

7 62 Mountcasel, Ross

8 38 Foy, Brad

9 81 Murray, Adam

10 33 Rogers, Dan

11 18G Goble, Cameron

12 3 Crews, Nathan

13 45 Crews, Stuart

14 8M McGowan, Landon

15 2 Daniel, Trace III

16 8D Dawson, Drew

17 00 Palumbo, Gennaro

Southside Disposal Pure Stocks Feature

1 63 Davis, Dillon

2 11 Reaves, Barry

3 9 Layne, Johnny

4 12 Hemenway, Jay

5 31 Sanford, Caleb

6 77 Reaves, Zach

7 76 Turner, Andrew

8 17 Allred, Joe III

9 88 Johnson, Jarrett

10 09 Sanford, Jacob

11 10 Mayo, Anna

12 97 Haley, Aaron

13 28 Milam, Kendall

Dollar General Hornets Feature

1 18 Goble, Cameron

2 83 Milam, Landon

3 29 Moss, Cameron

4 33 Sangillo, Christian

5 12 Ruotolo, Andrea

6 76 Armstead, Kristian

7 24 Penick, Chris

8 28 Mullins, Cliff

9 83C Milam, Jarrett

10 54 DeCarlo, Jason