Over $17,000 in Purse and Awards Set for July 11 Kenny Meadows Memorial Race at South Boston Speedway

75-Lap Race is Longest, Richest Limited Sportsman Feature of the Season

By Joe Chandler

Director, Public Relations

South Boston Speedway

SOUTH BOSTON, VA (July 3, 2026) – Limited Sportsman Division competitors will be gunning for their biggest prize of the season on July 11 at South Boston Speedway.

With more than $17,000 in purse and special awards on the line in the Third Annual Kenny Meadows Memorial Limited Sportsman Feature, competitors will need to be at their best.

A $3,000 prize will go to the winner of the 75-lap race, the longest and richest race of the season for South Boston Speedway’s Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division. The race pays $500 to start.

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The Third Annual Kenny Meadows Memorial Limited Sportsman Feature honors the late Kenny Meadows who passed away December 7, 2021 at age 56 due to complications from COVID-19. Meadows was a life-long racing enthusiast. He was crew chief for his son, Calvin Meadows’, racing efforts and helped many other teams throughout the years as well. Kenny Meadows was involved in racing for 14 years.

Mrs. Debra Meadows, wife of the late Kenny Meadows, is excited to see the event enter its third straight year.

“It absolutely means the world to me, my family and the sponsors that have been with us from the very beginning,” she said. “I really can't put into words what this means to continue to carry his memory on. Kenny was such a special person that truly, truly loved racing. He ate, breathed, and slept racing, and it's such an honor to know that people still think of him and still want to continue this event.”

Nathan Crews of Long Island, Virginia, the winner of the first two Kenny Meadows Memorial Limited Sportsman Feature races at South Boston Speedway, is glad to see Meadows remembered with this race.

“It’s great to remember somebody in racing, and I know Mrs. Meadows enjoys this race and is very thankful for it,” Crews said. “He gave a lot to the sport, was really good to a lot of people, and was a big person in the racing world. It’s an honor to be able to race in a race that has his name on it, and it is cool that South Boston Speedway is remembering him in that way.”

Drew Dawson of Nathalie, Virginia, the points leader in South Boston Speedway’s Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division, is grateful to the Meadows family for staging the event.

“It’s awesome for Kenny Meadows’ family, and it’s awesome for the track,” said Dawson, who stands seventh in the NASCAR Local Racing Series Powered by O’Reilly Auto Parts Division II national standings.

“I appreciate what the Meadows family has done to put on this race.”

Special awards for the Third Annual Kenny Meadows Memorial Limited Sportsman Feature include a $250 Anderson Turf Management Pole Award, and a $250 Aqua Pros Hard Charger Award.

In addition, there will be Surprise Finishing Position Bonuses that include $250 from Ratliff Service Center, $200 from Rosie Barker, $150 from the Meadows Family, an additional $125 bonus from the Meadows Family, and $75 from Brielle, Shelby and Grayson Cochems.

Purse sponsors for the race include DRP Performance Products, Sellers Bros. Inc., Eagles Club / Eagle Riders #4420, AutosbyNelson.com, Pembelton Forest Products, R&S Race Cars, Martin's Auto Body and Registration, Max Kendall Lumber, Skynet Technologies of South Carolina, Apple's Engine Rebuild, Meek's Pick and Pull, Twin Cylinders Automotive & Powersports LLC, and Piedmont Digital Group (a Division of WAKG/WBTM).

Also serving as purse sponsors are South Atlantic Data, Sarver Properties, Anderson Outdoor Solutions, Auto Rehab, Fry Fencing and Curbscaping, G&B Auto Parts, Zentmeyer Chiropractic, Lawless Welding, Chip Wyatt State Farm Insurance, Billy Banks Racing

Jimmy's Tire and Auto, Econo RV, Southpaw Star Lawn Care and More, and Obsidian Dreamz Designs.

“I truly thank every single sponsor that helps with this,” Meadows remarked, “and I truly thank every single driver and team that comes to perform for Kenny's race. Without sponsors and without these drivers and the teams, this race wouldn't happen.”

The Third Annual Kenny Meadows Memorial Limited Sportsman Feature is a race fans will not want to miss. A formidable field of drivers will be taking the green flag for the race which promises to be the most intense race of the season.

The competition in the Limited Sportsman Division at South Boston Speedway has been fierce this season with six different drivers having visited Victory Lane, and several drivers consistently challenging for victories.

Winners this season include Crews, Dawson, Tristan Brunelli of Powhatan, Virginia, Brian Rundstrom Jr. of Green Bay, Virginia, Dennis Holdren of Roanoke, Virginia and Jacob Derrick of Hampton, Virginia.

There has been no shortage of drivers knocking on the door to Victory Lane including Dan Rogers of Powhatan, Virginia, Chris Elliott of Bullock, North Carolina, Trace Daniel of Sutherlin, Virginia, and Adam Murray of Bailey, North Carolina, just to name a few.

Along with the Third Annual Kenny Meadows Memorial Limited Sportsman Feature, the five-race card includes twin 75-lap races for the Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Division, a 25-lap race for the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division and a 20-lap race for the Dollar General Hornets Division.

The July 11 CAS NAPA Race Night event will be First Responders Appreciation Night with free admission for first responders and healthcare personnel with ID.

The Saturday, July 11 event schedule has registration and pit gates opening at 2 p.m., practice starting at 3:25 p.m., frontstretch grandstand gates opening at 3:30 p.m., backstretch and turn four trackside parking gates opening at 5:30 p.m., qualifying at 6 p.m., pre-race ceremonies featuring a first responders parade starting at 6:45 p.m. and the first race of the night starting at 7 p.m.

Adult advance tickets are priced at $12 each. Adult admission at the gate on race day is $15. Suite passes are $40 each. Seniors ages 65 and older, veterans and military personnel, and students with ID may purchase tickets for $12 each at the gate on race day. Kids ages 12 and under are admitted free.