SOUTH BOSTON, Va. — The way Carson Kvapil looks at it, his win in the 125-lap zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour race that headlined Saturday night’s Autos By Nelson 280 at South Boston Speedway offers a measure of redemption.
“We won this race in 2022, won the SoBo 200 last year and got thrown out, so this is kind of a little bit of redemption to come back here in the CARS Tour and getting a win,” the Mooresville, N.C. resident explained after his second career South Boston Speedway win.
“It’s great to win here at South Boston. This is one of those tracks I circle every year. I put some emphasis on it. I know we run well here, and I know we have a good cars here.”
The win was Kvapil’s third win of the season on the zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour and it was worth $7,000.
Much of the race belonged to pole winner Ryan Millington who led the first 100 circuits before Kvapil made a surprise quick dive to the low side on the race’s final restart to get past Millington. Kvapil quickly pulled away from Millington after taking the lead and edged runner-up Treyten Lapcevich by 1.819 seconds at the finish, with Millington finishing third after losing second place in the closing laps.
“I knew I just had to bomb it in there and get track position on him to hopefully wash him up the hill and get the lead,” Kvapil pointed out. “I was able to do that. Once I got clear I was able to drive away.”
Millington said he had a good night despite losing the lead late in the race and having to settle for third place.
“Carson tried to do a slide job on me,” said the Statesville, North Carolina resident. “It was a pretty good move, to be honest. To walk out of here with a pole win and a third-place finish is a pretty good night.”
For Lapcevich, the runner-up finish was a good result for his first-ever visit to the quarter-mile oval.
“It was a tough one,” Lapcevich said of the 125-lap race. “I just couldn’t get position on the 15 (Millington) earlier in the race to do what I needed to get around him. It sucks coming home second, but I had a lot of fun at South Boston Speedway for my first time here. I’m real excited to come back next year.”
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racer and former South Boston and NASCAR national champion Layne Riggs finished fourth after being in the hunt the entire race and Brenden Queen rounded out the top-five finishers.
Mini Tyrell, series points leader Connor Hall, 2024 South Boston Speedway champion Peyton Sellers, Buddy Isles Jr. and former South Boston winner Bobby McCarty rounded out the top 10 finishers in the 125-lap race.
Only two races remain to decide the championship in the zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour.
Other Results
Spencer Davis earned his second win of the season on the zMAX CARS Pro Late Model Tour and his first career CARS Tour win at South Boston Speedway Saturday night in the 100-lap race for the zMAX CARS Pro Late Model Tour that was the co-feature race of Saturday night’s Autos By Nelson 280 at South Boston.
Michigan native Jacob Staten took the lead from Virginian Daniel Silvestri with nine laps to go and won the 30-lap INEX Legend Car race.
Tyler Warriner scored a flag-to-flag win in the 25-lap Tyler Roach Memorial Race for the competitors of the Virginia Mini Cup Racing Association.