Justin Williams of Concord and Billy Hubbard of Cobbs Creek put on a battle for the ages last Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica. The two exchanged the lead four times before Williams would finally take over the top spot for good with a slide job on a lap 30 restart. Williams would then survive one last caution with two laps to go to score his third Victory Lap Pro Late Model win of the season on Pepsi Night.
“All the drivers here are pretty tough, when you can start sixth and come up and get the win and pass someone like Billy (Hubbard). I had to throw a little slide job on him to get by him,” said Williams in WhosYourDriver.org victory lane.
Rounding out the top five were Davis Lipscombe, Russell Erwin in his first race, Billy Hubbard and Corey Almond.
In other action, Chase Butler of Mechanicsville scored his career first Budweiser Modified win, taking the lead on lap 11 and then holding off point leader Hunter McClendon for the victory.
In the Truckin Thunder Sportsman feature, Steve Casuey of Smithfield returned to victory lane with his run from shotgun on the field.
In the Collision One Limited Stock Car 25 lap feature, James Givens of Henrico won for the third time this season.
The speedway will take the weekend of August 17 off and return to racing on Saturday, August 24, to host the $3,000-to-win Northern Neck Chevrolet Prelude to the World Championship for the FASTRAK Pro Late Model Touring Series. Many of the Mid-Atlantic’s top Pro Late Model drivers will be on hand to not only try to take home the $3,000 top prize but also get some valuable track time for the $50,000-to-win FASTRAK World Championship set for September 13-14.
Also see the track’s Budweiser Modified, Truckin Thunder Sportsman and Collision One Limited Stocks in Dirt Series Championship weekly racing action.
Competitor gates for Saturday, August 24, will open at 3 p.m. with spectator gates opening at 5 p.m. On-track activities will begin at 6:30 p.m. with hot laps.
Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a 1/2-mile, dirt oval on Route 17 at Jamaica, eight miles north of Saluda. To learn more about Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway and its 2019 schedule of events, call 804-758-1VMS or visit vamotorspeedway.com.
