SOUTH BOSTON Va. — Two-time Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 Champion Bobby McCarty and eight-time South Boston Speedway champion Peyton Sellers earned wins in a pair of hard-fought 75-lap NASCAR Late Model Stock Car races that headlined Saturday afternoon’s Danville Toyota Race Day event at South Boston Speedway.
McCarty, of Madison, North Carolina, won the second race of the twin 75-lap Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Division races, earning his first win in almost two years. His 10th career win at South Boston Speedway came after he took the lead from Trevor Ward of Winston-Salem, North Carolina with 28 laps to go. From there, he drove to a 1.077-second win over Ward.
The win in the second race of the twin-race event was a huge triumph for McCarty, whose last win came in 2024 at Dominion Raceway.
“I really don’t know what to say,” McCarty said with a smile. “I don’t know how to put it into words. To win it the way we did, and the way we finished (fourth) in the first race it’s special, very special. To do this with our family-owned team and race against guys like Peyton, Trevor and Deac McCaskill and all of these big teams is truly special.”
McCarty said Ward put up a tough battle as they fought for the lead.
“Trevor put up a really good fight up top,” he pointed out. “I started up there at the beginning of the race and you could tell pretty quick it wasn’t that good. I was surprised he held on the way he did. He was doing a really good job keeping me honest on the bottom. Those are the moments I enjoy. I know people won’t believe me, but the third lap of us being side-by-side I was like this is what I come here for.”
Sellers, from Danville, Virginia, won the first of the two 75-lap Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Division races, edging Ward by a car length to earn his first win of the season and his 66th career win at South Boston Speedway.
Sellers got the advantage on Ward on a restart that followed the last of the race’s two caution periods and led the last 41 circuits of the .4-mile oval to earn the win in the opening race.
“We had a little speed in the first race, caught the restart right, and got a win,” Sellers pointed out. “It (winning) is hard to do here at South Boston. You see the level of the competition. Anyone can win at any time here.”
Landon Pembelton of Amelia, Virginia finished third in the first race behind Sellers and Ward, with McCarty and Deac McCaskill of Raleigh, North Carolina rounding out the top five finishers.
Sellers started the nightcap at the rear of the field and finished third behind McCarty and Ward with Californian Chase Burgeson and Blake Stallings of Danville, Virginia completing the top five finishers.
Jacob Derrick of Hampton, Virginia wrestled the lead from Drew Dawson of Nathalie, Virginia and edged Dawson by 1.115-seconds to win Saturday’s 50-lap Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division race at South Boston Speedway.
Derrick competed in two races at South Boston Speedway last season, earning a win and a fifth-place finish in a twin-race event on May 24, 2025.
Brian Rundstrom Jr. of Green Bay, Virginia finished third, Dan Rogers of Powhatan, Virginia, who finished second in points in the Limited Late Model Division at Dominion Raceway last season took fourth place and Collin Hilton of Eden, North Carolina rounded out the top five finishers in the 22-car field.
Three-time former division champion Johnny Layne of Halifax, Virginia earned his 33rd career win in the division Saturday, taking the top spot in the 25-lap Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division race.
Layne edged Dillon Davis of Nathalie, Virginia by 1.198-seconds at the finish to take the win.
Zach Reaves of South Boston, Virginia finished third with Jarrett Johnson of Danville, Virginia and Jay Hemenway of Wake Forest, North Carolina rounded out the top five finishers.
Kristian Armstead of Martinsville, Virginia found himself in the right place at the right time, avoided mishaps that took out other contenders, and earned his first career win in Saturday’s 20-lap race for the Dollar General Hornets Division.
Armstead edged runner-up Chris Penick of Rustburg, Virginia by a half second to earn the win. Max Sangillo of Farmville, Virginia finished third, with Landon Milam of Keeling, Virginia and Cameron Moss of Danville, Virginia finished fifth.
There were three lead changes among four drivers with Armstead leading the final five laps of the race following the second of the race’s two caution periods.
