Event Recap: Connor Hall Goes Back-To-Back in Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 at South Boston Speedway

By Joe Chandler

Director, Public Relations

South Boston Speedway

SOUTH BOSTON, VA (June 29, 2025) – Connor Hall won Saturday night’s 19th running of the Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200, marking the second straight season he has won the kickoff race of the Virginia Triple Crown presented by FloRacing.

And he did it in a totally different fashion, with a different team.

A year ago, Hall, driving for Nelson Motorsports, raced from the rear of the field to pull off the win. Saturday night Hall, who drives for JR Motorsports, won a tough battle with pole winner Matt Waltz, gaining the advantage over Waltz a lap after the restart that followed a caution period with 79 laps to go and driving away at the end to edge Waltz by 1.799-seconds at the finish.

Hall’s win was worth a total of $10,250 which included the $10,000 winner’s prize and a $250 prize from Southside Disposal for being the leader at the end of Stage 3. The win also guarantees Hall a starting position in the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway in September.

“It’s awesome,” the Hampton, Virginia resident said of his second straight Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 win.

“To be able to win a Crown Jewel race once in your career is pretty cool and to win it twice is awesome and back-to-back even more cool. I’m a huge four (wins) behind Lee Pulliam but at least mine are consecutive.”

South Boston Speedway track NASCAR officials declared the finishing order behind Hall unofficial following the event.

Waltz led the first two stages and led the first 121 laps of the race only to lose the lead to Hall following a restart in the early portion of the second half of the race. After that restart, Waltz found himself having to battle Tate Fogleman, Darren Krantz, Jr. and Ryan Millington, opening the door for Hall to build a clear edge.

Krantz, from Long Island, New York, crossed the finish line in third place with Parker Eatmon of Wilson, North Carolina and Ryan Millington of Statesville, North Carolina unofficially rounding out the top five finishers.

All three drivers at the top of the South Boston Speedway’s Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division point standings had a bad night. Trevor Ward of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the track points leader, unofficially finished 20th. Peyton Sellers of Danville, Virginia, who trailed Ward by one point entering the race, unofficially finished 25th. Landon Pembelton of Amelia, Virginia, who was in third place, three points behind Ward, unofficially finished 31st in the 38-car starting field.

The race was slowed by nine caution periods, that included six cautions and three stage cautions, and two red flags.

New Winners Emerge In Limited Sportsman, Hornets Divisions

Two new first-time winners earned trophies Saturday night at South Boston Speedway with Zach Peregoy of Clarksville, Virginia winning his first career Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division race at South Boston Speedway in the division’s 40-lap race and defending Dollar General Hornets Division Champion Jordaine Penick of Meherrin, Virginia earning her first career in that division.

Peregoy led twice, starting on the pole and leading the first 21 laps before losing the lead to Atley Wiese for seven laps, and then regaining the lead and holding on for the final dozen laps to pull out the win.

He edged Ayden Millette of Hampton, Virginia by .561-second in earning the win. Wiese, from Hayes, Virginia, finished third, with Lane Woods of Vinton, Virginia and Cameron Goble of Ringgold, Virginia rounding out the top five finishers.

Penick staged the best performance of her young racing career, starting on the pole and leading the entire 20-lap race. She edged Jason DeCarlo of Chase City, Virginia by .709-second in earning the win.

Landon Milam of Keeling, Virginia, Max Sangillo of Farmville, Virginia and Chris Penick of Evington, Virginia rounded out the top five finishers.

B.J. Reaves Wins; Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division Race Results Are Unofficial

B.J. Reaves of South Boston, Virginia earned his fourth win of the season in Saturday night’s 20-lap race for the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division. Reaves won the pole for the race, led every lap and crossed the finish line .551-second ahead of former division champion Johnny Layne of Halifax, Virginia.

Track NASCAR officials declared Reaves the winner of the race, but the remainder of the finishing order is unofficial.

Scott Phillips of Halifax, Virginia crossed the finish line third with Zach Reaves and Colby Pool unofficially rounding out the top five finishers.

Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200

Unofficial Results

Sentara Late Model Stock Car 200-lap Feature

1 88H Hall, Connor

2 2W Waltz, Matthew

3 77K Krantz Jr., Darren

4 71 Eatmon, Parker

5 15 Millington, Ryan

6 04 Bassett, Ronnie Jr

7 8 Fogleman, Tate

8 88B Barnes, Doug JR

9 2P Pierce, Brandon

10 41 Howard, Woody

11 44 Jones, Conner

12 4 Brown, Kade

13 01G Gullie, Camden

14 11 Isles, Buddy Jr

15 22 Loftin, Carson

16 61 Hicks, Justin

17 0 Burrow, Chase

18 01B Beane, Thomas

19 57 Huffman, Landon

20 77W Ward, Trevor

21 91 Carroll, Justin

22 77S Stallings, Blake

23 51 Layne, Toby

24 17S Silvestri, Daniel

25 26 Sellers, Peyton

26 7 Sparks, Jeff

27 50P Pittman, Raymond

28 5 Shafer, Jonathan

29 08 McCaskill, Deac

30 6 McCarty, Bobby

31 0 Pembelton, Landon

32 19 Cann, Jessica

33 5 Bailey, Mason

34 1 Grady, Andrew

35 47 Music, Ryley

36 17M Myers, Jason

37 3 Williams, Trey

38 50M McKenzie, London

Budweiser Limited Sportsman Feature

1 12 Peregoy, Zachary

2 9 Millette, Ayden

3 78 Wiese, Atley

4 92 Woods, Lane

5 18G Goble, Cameron

6 88 Dawson, Justin

7 14 Jones, Tucker

8 75 Dunn, Cory

9 51 Pittman, Jason

10 5 Peregoy, Beverly

11 01 Dawson, Jared

12 89 Jenkins, Rob

13 2 Daniel, Trace III

14 8 Dawson, Drew

15 19 Davis, Bob

16 5 Hilton, Collin

17 1 Stanley, Shelby

18 18B Brunelli, Tristan

19 66 Sample, Nick

20 45 Towler, Justin

21 99 Garretson, Tyler

DNS 3 Crews, Nathan

Southside Disposal Pure Stocks Feature

1 11 Reaves, Barry

2 9 Layne, Johnny

3 1 Phillips, Scott

4 77 Reaves, Zach

5 29 Pool, Colby

6 31 Sanford, Jacob

7 63 Davis, Dillon

8 88 Johnson, Jarrett

9 76 Turner, Andrew

10 28 Milam, Kendall

Dollar General Hornets Feature

1 07 Penick, Jordaine

2 54 Decarlo, Jason

3 83 Milam, Landon

4 33 Sangillo, Christian

5 24 Penick, Chris

6 42B Byrd, Daniel

7 02 Moore, Colton

8 14 McCauley, Mark

9 29 Moss, Cameron

10 42H Haley, Arron

11 83H Hogge, Laycee

12 51 Davis, Dustin

13 42X Smith, Jordan

DNS 18 Goble, Cameron

Next Race At South Boston Speedway

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

Six races are slated that night with twin 75-lap races for the Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division highlighting the night’s racing action. There will be 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.

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 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.