Eight-Year Winless Drought Ends for Peregoy Family with Zach Peregoy’s First Career Win at South Boston Speedway

By Joe Chandler

Director, Public Relations

South Boston Speedway

SOUTH BOSTON, VA (July 15, 2025) – Eight years is a long time for a racing family to go without a win. That is how long it has been since the Peregoy family had been in Victory Lane with one of its race teams.

That long, frustrating drought ended for the Peregoy family when 20-year-old Zach Peregoy of Clarksville, Virginia, son of former racer Tommy Peregoy, won the 40-lap Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division race on June 28 at South Boston Speedway, earning his first career win in his 50th career start in the division.

“This means a lot to me, my dad, everyone in the family, and everyone with our team,” Zach Peregoy remarked. “We haven’t been in Victory Lane as a family since Chris (his nephew Chris Elliott) won a Limited Sportsman race here in 2017. My dad had been in Victory Lane when he was helping Kyle Barnes, but none of the rest of us have been in Victory Lane since Chris’ win.”

For Tommy Peregoy, who has 13 career wins in South Boston Speedway’s Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division, his son’s victory was a proud moment in the family’s racing history.

“Words can’t express it,” he said. “I didn’t get real emotional. It was more like relief. I was very proud of him. Zach’s been working very hard at it. I know it was a big load off of his shoulders, and a big load off of mine. The stars finally aligned for him.”

Making the night more special was Tommy Peregoy being in the spotter’s stand serving as his son’s spotter.

“My emotions were real high,” Zach Peregoy said. “My dad was spotting for me because our regular spotter had some Cup things to do. He was in my ear the last four or five laps telling me to keep the car straight. Coming off of Turn 4 on the last lap he was telling me to keep it straight and cross the finish line.”

Zach Peregoy said earning the win takes a good amount of pressure off of him.

“Last year and the end of the year before we were trying to chip away at wins,” he explained. “We were close last year but just could never finish the deal. Getting this win gives us a good feeling of reward and proves we can win. We won against the biggest field of Limited Sportsman cars the track has had this year and won in front of the biggest crowd of the year. It wasn’t the biggest race of the year for the Limited Sportsman Division moneywise, but it meant more to win in front of the large crowd.”

The 2025 season, Zach Peregoy’s fourth full-time season in the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division, has been his best yet. Through the division’s first nine races he not only has earned his first career win, he won his first career pole award and now has four poles. His six Top-5 finishes this season are already a career-high mark in that category.

Along with that, Peregoy has taken the points lead in the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division for the first time in his career. Peregoy holds a 13-point lead over previous points leader Tristan Brunelli, and a 28-point edge over Drew Dawson entering the 50-lap race for the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division that will be part of the Boone Tractor Race Night presented by New Holland and Gravely event on Saturday night, July 26 at South Boston Speedway.

“That’s what we’ve been trying to do the last few races – points race and see what we can get,” he explained. “He (Brunelli) didn’t have a good night the last race and we took the points lead.”

Peregoy noted that the big thing now is to be smart over the course of the division’s last four points races of the season.

“Points racing is going to change the way we choose some things,” Peregoy explained. “You’ve got to play it smart. You’ve got to know who you are racing against, where you are, and where the other two or three people that we’re racing against for the points championship are. If you’re racing around people that are not in contention for the points championship there is no point in racing them hard and risk wrecking.”

Tommy Peregoy noted that it will be business as usual for the team through the last four points races of the season.

“We’re not going to back off, but we surely don’t want to lose the points lead,” he pointed out. “If we can keep the car in one piece and keep the nose on the car, it will work out. If Zach runs well, the points will take care of themselves. Hopefully, Lady Luck has jumped over to our side.”

Six races are slated when NASCAR racing returns to South Boston Speedway on Saturday night, July 26 with the Boone Tractor Race Night presented by Gravely and New Holland event.

Twin 75-lap races for the Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division will highlight the night’s racing action. Also slated as part of the six-race card are a 50-lap race for the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division, twin 15-lap races for the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division and a 20-lap race for the Dollar General Hornets Division.

Advance adult tickets for the July 26 Boone Tractor Race Night presented by Gravely and New Holland event are priced at $12. Tickets at the gate on race day will be $15 each. Suite tickets are available for $40 each. Seniors ages 65 and older, military, and students (with ID) can purchase tickets for $12 each at the gate only on the day of the event.

The tentative race-day schedule has registration and pit gates opening at 2 p.m. and practice starting at 3:25 p.m. Frontstretch grandstand gates open at 3:30 p.m. and backstretch and Turn 4 trackside parking gates open at 5:30 p.m. Qualifying starts at 6 p.m. and the first race of the night will get the green flag at 7 p.m.

Fans can find the latest news and updates about the July 26 Boone Tractor Race Night presented by Gravely and New Holland event and all of South Boston Speedway’s events on the speedway’s website, www.southbostonspeedway.com, by calling the speedway office at 434-572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540 during regular business hours, and through the track’s social media channels.