Event Preview: Borst, Moore Persevere Through Tough Early Start to South Boston Speedway Late Model Season

By Joe Chandler

Director, Public Relations

South Boston Speedway

SOUTH BOSTON, VA (April 22, 2025) – Perseverance is a premium quality when it comes to the sport of auto racing. The ability to weather setbacks and continue to push forward is paramount for any driver and team looking to produce a successful season.

Such is the case with Jacob Borst and Craig Moore, both of whom compete in South Boston Speedway’s Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division.

Borst, from Elon, North Carolina, had his car heavily damaged in a practice crash during South Boston Speedway’s season-opening twin-race event on March 22. He did a start-and-park for both races with finishes of 18th and 15th.

Borst returned on April 12 and finished sixth in the 100-lap race that day. He stands tenth in the point standings, 34 points out of the lead entering the 100-lap Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division race that headlines the Saturday afternoon, April 26 Advance Auto Parts Day at the Races presented by Bojangles.

Moore, from Rougemont, North Carolina, enters this weekend’s 100-lap race at South Boston Speedway standing sixth in points, 20 points out of the lead. He finished seventh and third in the season-opening twinbill, but finished 15th in the April 12 race in a start-and-park effort.

Neither driver has given up hope for a good season. Earlier this week both were at South Boston Speedway testing, working to improve their cars and looking forward to good results this weekend.

“You have a lot of ups and downs in racing,” Borst remarked. “The sport humbles you really fast. All you can do is start grinding and continue to work just as hard as you have been, try to get everything back together, and come out here like nothing ever happened.

“We’re trying to get our car a little better,” he added. “We’ve had a pretty good car but just haven’t been able to show it. I hope we can have a good weekend this coming weekend and be able to show what we have.”

Moore was an example of the good that results from perseverance during the season-opening twinbill.

“We weren’t very good in the first race,” Moore explained, “and we worked very hard between races and wound up with a top-three finish in the second race. You’ve just got to keep with it. That’s what I’ve done all my life - work hard.”

Moore works on racecars for other drivers and teams for a living, and had to let business take priority at the April 12 event.

“At the last race I was really focused on Lane Woods and trying to get him a good run in the big Limited Sportsman race,” Moore explained. “We wanted to make that special race as good as we could make it. I appreciate Brian Pembelton letting me start his car the other week to get some points.”

Moore was back at the track this week working on his car, seeking improvement.

“I’ve worked really hard on the car, and I feel like we made some gains,” Moore said.

I’m going to try to come back this week and compete for a win and let the points fall where they may.”

Interestingly, the two drivers are in a different thought mode when it comes to points.

“We’re really not thinking about points anymore since we’re kind of out of the picture,” Borst said. “When you start out on a bad foot it’s hard to catch back up. Right now, we’re just going out there trying to win races and letting the points play out however they work out. If the points work out in our favor, that great, and if they don’t it’s just one of those years. We’re just thinking of each race as a separate race and not thinking about points.”

Moore, on the other hand, wants to achieve a top-five or top-10 finish in the final South Boston Speedway Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division point standings.

“I’d love to maintain a top five position, if not, top 10, just to be able to collect something at the end of the season,” Moore remarked. “I would be satisfied with a top five in the points. Top three would be great but, for me, realistically, the way I have to race, and maybe miss a race here and there, a top five finish in points is a realistic goal.”

Saturday afternoon’s Advance Auto Parts Day at the Races presented by Bojangles event features a six-race card headlined by the 100-lap race for the Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division. Twin 30-lap races for the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division, a 25-lap race for the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division, a 20-lap race for the Dollar General Hornets Division and a 25-lap race for the regional touring East Coast Flathead Ford Racing Association round out the day’s racing action.

Advance adult tickets for the Advance Auto Parts Day at the Races presented by Bojangles 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, healthcare workers, 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 8:30 a.m. Frontstretch spectator gates will open at 10:30 a.m. Practice will run from 10:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. Group qualifying begins at 1 p.m. and the first race of the day will get the green flag at 2 p.m.

The latest news and updates about the Advance Auto Parts Day at the Races presented by Bojangles event and all of South Boston Speedway events can be found 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.