Kevin and Keelan Harvick Return to South Boston, Will Give Lucky Fans Pace Car Rides This Saturday

All Fans Will Have Chance to Win Pace Car Ride with Keelan or Kevin Harvick at October 17 CARS Tour Championship Night; More Fun for Fans in Store

By Joe Chandler

Director, Public Relations

South Boston Speedway

SOUTH BOSTON, VA (October 14, 2026) – Reigning South Boston Speedway zMAX CARS Tour Pro Late Model Tour race winner Keelan Harvick will be looking for a repeat performance in the AutosByNelson.com Championship Night event on Saturday, October 17 at South Boston Speedway – but in a different car.

Harvick, the son of 2014 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Kevin Harvick, will compete in the 125-lap CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour race that will comprise half of Saturday’s doubleheader. It will be his first time competing in a Late Model Stock car at South Boston Speedway.

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The Harvicks have a special treat in store for 20 lucky fans attending the event. All fans entering the gate at Saturday’s AutosByNelson.com Championship Night event will have a chance to win a pace car ride with either Kevin Harvick or Keelan Harvick.

Once inside the gates, information on how to enter will be front and center for fans on signage at in the midway, at the guest services center and souvenir store, ticket booths, and concessions stands. Fans will be able to enter one time per phone number.

After CARS Tour qualifying is over, 10 winners will be chosen randomly and contacted via text message at the number provided in the entry form and announced over the speedway’s public address system. Each winner may bring one guest for the pace car ride.

Winners will meet at the flag stand immediately after the on-track autograph session, verify they have won, and be escorted to the frontstretch where they will get their ride.

“It’s really awesome because not everybody is able to drive on South Boston Speedway,” Keelan said of the pace cars rides. “It’s going to be fun. I’m going to open it up a little bit.”

Keelan Harvick has made four starts in the CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour this season. He is coming in off of a fourth-place finish in the race at Newport, Tennessee on October 2. It was his first Top-5 finish in his four starts. He also has a pair of Top-10 finishes.

“I’m going to all of the tracks that I raced the Pro Late Model,” he explained during a break in a test session at South Boston Speedway earlier this week.

“It’s definitely helpful that I have been here. It’s a lot to adapt to over a Late Model Stock Car. It should be fun.”

The younger Harvick topped a stacked field in last year’s CARS Pro Late Model Tour race at South Boston Speedway. It was a great experience for the young racer to add his name to the list of legendary drivers that have won at South Boston Speedway.

“It was really awesome because my grandfather, John Linville, has won here,” he pointed out. “It’s real cool to win here as well.”

The Kaden & Caden Show

Kaden Honeycutt and Caden Kvapil will command a lot of attention in the zMAX CARS Tour AutosByNelson.com Championship Night event on Saturday, October 17 at South Boston Speedway.

Honeycutt, who is chasing a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship, will be competing in both the 100-lap zMAX CARS Pro Late Model Tour race and the 125-lap zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour race.

Honeycutt is seeking his fourth victory in a row at South Boston Speedway and is looking to sweep the CARS Tour’s final event of 2026. If he can pull off the sweep, it will mark his third time this season sweeping both races of a CARS Tour event.

The Texas native will compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on Friday at Phoenix, Arizona and fly back to South Boston to drive the No. 54 JC Motorsports entry in the Pro Late Model race and the No. 17 Tom Usry Racing entry in the Late Model Stock Car race on Saturday.

Driving the No. 88 for JR Motorsports, Kvapil has enjoyed a great first season in Late Model Stock Car competition. He is the first driver to win the CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour championship, win the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway and win the Virginia Late Model Triple Crown in one season.

Kvapil has consistently mentioned one wish – that he had won the Virginia Late Model Triple Crown opener at South Boston Speedway. The race at South Boston Speedway was the only Triple Crown race he did not win.

South Boston Speedway’s Best Set to Battle the CARS Tour’s Finest

South Boston Speedway fans will have plenty to cheer about in Saturday’s zMAX CARS Tour AutosByNelson.com Championship Night event.

The top four drivers in South Boston Speedway’s 2026 championship standings will do battle against the best-of-the-best of the CARS Tour.

This is the lineup:

• 2026 Late Model Stock Car track champion Trevor Ward of Winston-Salem, North Carolina will drive the No. 47 Bryson Lopez Racing Pro Late Model entry. This will be his first Pro Late Model race.

• Eight-time South Boston Speedway track champion Peyton Sellers of Danville, Virginia will drive the No. 26 Sellers Racing entry in the Late Model Stock Car race.

• Landon Pembelton of Amelia, Virginia will drive the No. 23 GMS-sponsored entry in the Pro Late Model race.

• Conner “C-Weed” Weddell of Centerville, Maryland will drive the No. 22 Nelson Motorsports entry in the Late Model Stock Car race.

Three-time CARS Tour Champion Bobby McCarty, who finished fifth in the track standings, will serve as Weddell’s crew chief on the No. 22 Nelson Motorsports entry.

They will be battling the CARS Tour’s best including Kaden Honeycutt, Caden Kvapil, Keelan Harvick, Connor Hall, Landon Huffman, Conner Jones, Treyten Lapcevich, Jared Fryar, Carson Brown, Carson Loftin, CARS Pro Late Model Tour points leader Mason Walters, T.J. DeCaire, Brody Monahan, Rodney Dowless Jr., Jack Baldwin and Ryan Moore.

A Fun Time For Fans

There will be no shortage of fun for fans attending the zMAX CARS Tour AutosByNelson.com Championship Night event on Saturday, October 17 at South Boston Speedway.

Before seeing the top South Boston Speedway drivers and the best-of-the-best of the zMAX CARS Tour competitors battle it out in the night’s two races they will have the opportunity to meet the drivers and get autographs in an on-track autograph session scheduled from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

To top off the night Delight Family Restaurant of South Boston, Virginia is sponsoring a post-race fireworks show for the enjoyment of fans. The fireworks display will follow the last race of the night and will provide a spectacular ending for Saturday’s event.

Fan Information

On-track activity gets underway on Friday, October 16 with an open practice for the Pro Late Model and Late Model Stock Car teams from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m.

The Saturday, October 17 event day schedule has pit gates opening at 8 a.m. Practice will run from 9:25 a.m. until 11 a.m. Qualifying is set to begin at 2:40 p.m. The on-track autograph session is set from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Driver introductions are slated for 5 p.m. Pre-race ceremonies will begin at 5:20 p.m. and the first race will get the green flag at 5:30 p.m.

Adult advance tickets are priced at $25 each. Adult tickets at the gate on race day are priced at $30 each. Seniors ages 65 and older, veterans and military personnel, first responders, healthcare workers and students with ID may purchase tickets for $25 each at the gate on race day. Kids ages 12 and under are admitted free. Suite passes for the event are not available as they are sold out.