Excitement Building for Drivers, Teams Looking Ahead to Krush 250 Saturday at South Boston Speedway

By Joe Chandler

Director, Public Relations

South Boston Speedway

SOUTH BOSTON, VA (November 5, 2025) – There is a huge level of excitement in the air as drivers and teams prepare for the State Water Heaters Krush 250 Presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling on Saturday afternoon, November 8 at South Boston Speedway.

The showcase feature, a fund-raising event for The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit conservation and outreach organization, carries a $75,000 purse and pays $12,000 to win.

“We’ve got a big entry list, and it’s cool to see all of the great drivers and teams come out,” remarked NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Jeb Burton who will be making his first Late Model Stock Car start in over a year at South Boston Speedway. “I’m really excited. I hope we have a big fan turnout and we raise some funds for the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation. I appreciate Rogers Heating and Cooling and State Water Heaters for putting it on. South Boston Speedway has been a great track to work with for this event. We want to keep growing it.”

The State Water Heaters Krush 250 Presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling will be Burton’s first start at South Boston Speedway since he finished fourth in a race on August 31, 2024. He finished sixth in last year’s Krush 250 when it was held at Orange County Speedway.

Burton tested at South Boston Speedway on Tuesday and feels good about his chances in the race.

“My car is fast,” the Halifax, Virginia resident pointed out. “I feel we have a top-five car. We’ve just got to get it handling like I want it. We’ve got Friday to work on it, and we get to work on it twice during the race. We’ve got to keep fine-tuning on it and see if we can find what it needs.”

Another driver that is very excited about Saturday’s 250-lap race is Kaden Honeycutt. Honeycutt, who is coming off of a third-place finish in the final NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings, is the defending champion of the event as he won last year’s race at Orange County Speedway. He won this year’s ZMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car race at South Boston Speedway.

The Aledo, Texas native said it would mean a lot to be able to win Saturday’s race.

“We were very fortunate to win that race at Orange County last year and we’re looking forward to defend that title,” said Honeycutt. “I’m very happy this race is at South Boston Speedway. This is the home of R&S Race Cars and that’s what we run at Tom Usry Racing. If we can win it for them, that would be awesome.”

Honeycutt pointed out he likes racing at South Boston Speedway.

“South Boston is an amazing racetrack,” he remarked. “I love running here every time I’ve come.”

Winning the State Water Heaters Krush 250 Presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling will be no easy task.

“Considering who is going to be there, plus the local guys,” it’s going to be hard,” Honeycutt noted. “I need to see how the segments are broken up and make a strategy from there. These Late Model races are not usually like that. It will be interesting how we approach that and see what we need to do to be up front when it matters. I imagine we’re going to have to flip stages and things like that – something I’m used to in the Truck Series.”

Another driver that is looking forward to the State Water Heaters Krush 250 Presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling is veteran racer Andrew Grady. Grady finished a close third in South Boston Speedway’s final points race of the season and had a pair of Top-5 finishes and 5 Top-10 finishes in his six starts at South Boston Speedway.

“I think we’ve got a rocketship,” Grady said during a break in testing on Tuesday afternoon. “I think we will be very competitive, especially with how we ended on Championship Night and being so close to winning. I think we’ve got a really good shot.”

The Knightdale, North Carolina resident pointed out this will be a tough race.

“It’s a long race,” he noted. “They are letting us have some type of strategy, which is always good for us and good for the fans. If you win Saturday, you will have earned it. It’s a great field of cars, great drivers, and I hope I’m in front of all of them.”

ENTRY LIST (as of November 5, 2025)

No. Driver Name

00 Kyle Barnes

01 Jared Dawson

1 Andrew Grady

3 Trey Williams

03 Lanie Buice

4 Parker Eatmon

6 Bobby McCarty

7 Cory Pack

7 Aiden King

7 Dylan Ward

8 Thomas Scott

14 Mason Bailey

15 Deac McCaskill

17 Stacy Puryear

17 Kaden Honeycutt

18 Tristan Brunelli

19 Jessica Cann

25 Jacob Borst

27 Jeb Burton

28 Landon S. Huffman

31 Andrew Patterson

42 Chris Horton

44 Brian Blevins

48 Blaine Donahue

55 Mark Wertz

73 James Mullins

77 Darren Krantz Jr

77 Blake Stallings

87 Mike Looney

88 Doug Barnes

92 Lane Woods

There will be $3,200 in bonus awards presented during the event. The bonus awards include a $1,200 pole award presented by Who’s Your Driver. In addition, the winner of the first of the race’s three stages will receive $1,000 from J.E. Burton Construction Company and the winner of the second stage will receive $1,000 from Jerry Epps Landscaping. Each driver starting the race will receive $1,000.

Advance adult tickets are priced at $20 each. Adult general admission tickets on race day are $25 each. Kids under 12 will be admitted free. Tickets for seniors age 65 and older, first responders, healthcare workers and students with ID will be $20 each on race day.

The 250-lap Late Model Stock Car race will be run in three segments. The first segment will end at or around lap 105. A 10-minute break will occur at that point during which teams can make adjustments to the cars and change two tires. The Stage 2 break will occur at or around lap 175. A 10-minute break will occur at that point during which teams will be able to make adjustments to the cars and change two tires.

The event schedule for the Saturday, November 8 State Water Heaters Krush 250 Presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling at South Boston Speedway has frontstretch grandstand gates opening at 9:30 a.m. Practice is set from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Trackside parking gates at Turn 4 and the backstretch will open at 10:30 a.m.

Single-car qualifying will start at 11 a.m. A driver autograph session will be held on the frontstretch of the speedway from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. Pre-race ceremonies and driver introductions are set for 2 p.m. and the State Water Heaters Krush 250 Presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling will get the green flag at 2:30 p.m.

The State Water Heaters Krush 250 Presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling will be broadcast on Racing America.

The latest news and updates about the November 8 State Water Heaters Krush 250 Presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling event and all 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.

To learn more about the event ticket sales non-profit organization beneficiary, The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, please visit www.twbwf.org.