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Speedway to Host Commonwealth Motorsports / XTRA 99.1 Night This Saturday August 12

Jamaica, VA – Virginia Motor Speedway will return to racing this Saturday August 12th to host Commonwealth Motorsports / XTRA 99.1 Night and week 11 of the Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship weekly racing season featuring the Victory Lap Pro Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified and Collision One Limited Stock Car divisions. With only three races remaining the racing should be intense in all four divisions. As we head into weekend Justin Williams of Concord, VA leads the points in Victory Lap Pro Late Models; Tim Shelton of Fredericksburg, VA leads the Truckin Thunder Sportsman points; Joey Polevoy of Powhatan, VA leads the Budweiser Modified points and in the closet point battle of all four divisions James Givens of Henrico, VA leads defending champion Ryan Hutchens of Providence Forge, VA by one point in the Collision One Limited Stock division. Admission price for adults is only $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. Competitor gates for Saturday July 8th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps. To enhance the fans racing experience the speedway has installed a short wave FM transmitter and all of the evening’s action can be heard at 95.5 FM. So bring your portable radio headset and enjoy hearing all the action. Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area....

Williams Scores Fourth Pro Late Model Victory; Polevoy Returns to Victory Lane; Shipp and Bradley Take Career First Wins

Jamaica, VA – It only took point leader Justin Williams of Concord, VA six laps to get to the front from his sixth place starting spot, but once out front Williams set it on cruise to go on and take his fourth Victory Lap Pro Late Model win of the season. “I can’ thank my crew enough for giving me such a good car, I just tried to stay out of trouble there at the beginning until we could get separated,” commented Williams in WhosyourDriver.org victory lane. The start of the 30 lap feature got off to a rocky start with a big pileup on the opening green flag. Once the field finally got underway Camden Testerman took over the top and paced the field for the first five laps before Justin Williams drove around him out of turn 4 to take the lead. Once out front Williams only have to survive a bevy of cautions before collecting his fourth win of the season. Rounding out the top five were Matt Quade, Camden Testerman, Jared Powell and John McClellan. In other action Joey Polevoy of Powhatan, VA scored his fourth Budweiser Modified win of the season; in Truckin Thunder Sportsman action Tyler Shipp of Mechanicsville, VA scored his career first victory taking and Corey Bradley of Hopewell, VA and James Givens of Henrico, VA put on a show in Collision One Limited Stock Car action with Bradley scoring his career first win. It looked like point leader Tim Shelton would cruise to his fifth Truckin Thunder Sportsman win in a row, but it was rookie Tyler Shipp who would craft a different story as he passed Shelton for the lead on lap 25 of the 30 lap feature to score his career first win. Steve Causey took the lead on the drop of the green and led until lap 6 win Shelton swept around him to take the lead and pull away to a sizeable lead. Shipp would slowing close the gap and on a restart on lap 21 started to apply pressure on Shelton for the lead. On lap 24 Shipp got inside Shelton coming out of two and finally pulled ahead for the lead at the line. Once out front Shipp pulled away to score his career first win. Rounding out the top five were Tim Shelton, Brett Adkins, Joe Weiss and Steve Causey. Starting shotgun on the field, current Budweiser Modified point leader Joey Polevoy made it a mission to get to the front, picking off cars one by one and taking the lead from Lance Grady on lap 12. Once out front Polevoy would have to hold off a couple of late races challenges from Hunter McClendon to take home his sixth win of the season. Rounding out the top five were Hunter McClendon, Francis Jarrelle, Tim Schulte and Mike Reynolds. The Collision One Limited Stock 25 lap feature turned out to be the best race of the night as Corey Bradley and James Givens swapped the lead back and forth four times before Bradley would take hold for the final time. The two raced virtually side by side for the entire 25 lap distance. Bradley would face one final challenge on the final lap as Givens tried to get to his outside out of turn 2, Bradley countered and went on to score his career first win. Rounding out the top five Givens, Marty Coltrain, Chris Champion and Stephanie Johnston. The Speedway will return to racing on Saturday August 12th and host Commonwealth Motorsports / Xtra 99.1 Night and week 11 of the Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship weekly racing action featuring the Victory Lap Pro Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified and Collision One Limited Stock Car divisions. Admission price for adults is only $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. Competitor gates for Saturday August 12th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps. Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area. Race fans can go to www.vamotorspeedway.com to view the complete schedule Virginia Motor Speedway’s 2017 season, find detailed event information, get the latest news, and get complete ticket and camping information. In addition, fans can get social with Virginia Motor Speedway by following @vamotorspeedway on Twitter, clicking “Like” at www.facebook.com/VaMotorSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/VaMotorSpeedway. MEDIA CONTACT: DAVE SEAY (804) 758-1867 OR (804) 357-7223 RACE RESULTS ESSEX CONCRETE NIGHT – SATURDAY AUGUST 5, 2017: Victory Lap Pro Late Models (35 Laps): 1. 2-Justin Williams, [6]; 2. 47-Matt Quade, [4]; 3. 17-Camden Testerman, [2]; 4. 2*-Jared Powell, [5]; 5. 23M-John McClellan, [12]; 6. 7A-Corey Almond, [1]; 7. 71-Davis Lipscombe, [3]; 8. 1-Dustin Ferguson, [8]; 9. 66X-Matthew Tarbox, [7]; 10. 5J-Darrell Dow, [13]; 11. 40-Brent Bordeaux, [10]; 12. 38-Nicolas Love, [11]; 13. 28-Carl Vaughan, [14]; 14. 11-James Miller, [9] Fast Qualifier: Justin Williams – 18.427 seconds, 97.680 mph Truckin Thunder Sportsman (30 laps): 1. 25-Tyler Shipp, [1]; 2. 55-Tim Shelton, [8]; 3. 16-Brett Adkins, [3]; 4. 43J-Joe Weiss, [7]; 5. 9-Steve Causey, [2]; 6. 1-Chad Beahr, [4]; 7. 92-Kacey Gordon, [11]; 8. 11-Chase Butler, [10]; 9. 06-Gary Wheaton III, [12]; 10. 22-Michael Hayes, [5]; 11. 01-Tommy Upshaw, [9]; 12. 8C-Bill Coada, [6]; 13. 7-Kevin Beahr, [16]; 14. 91-James Snead, [13]; 15. 80-Alan Morgan, [15]; 16. 0-Chase Burrow, [14] Fast Qualifier: Tim Shelton – 20.491 seconds, 87.840 mph Budweiser Modifieds (30 laps): 1. 51-Joey Polevoy, [16]; 2. 33-Hunter McClendon, [6]; 3. 01-Francis Jarelle III, [4]; 4. 10S-Tim Schulte, [7]; 5. 112-Mike Reynolds, [5]; 6. 7+7-Jeff Solinger, [9]; 7. 21C-Davey Conley, [11]; 8. 44-Stephen Bryant, [10]; 9. 99-Charlie Hubbard, [8]; 10. 57-Curtis Barricks, [13]; 11. 16J-Raymond Throckmorton, [14]; 12. 68-Adam Hoegerl, [15]; 13. 48-Lance Grady, [1]; 14. 16-David Kendall, [12]; 15. 121-Bret Hamilton, [3]; 16. 10-Mark Parks, [2] Fast Qualifier: Hunter McClendon – 19.450 seconds, 92.540 mph Collision One Limited Stock Cars (25 laps): 1. 41-Cory Bradley, [2]; 2. 8-James Givens, [3]; 3. 25-Marty Coltrain, [11]; 4. 32M-Chris Champion, [9]; 5. 26-Stephanie Johnston, [6]; 6. 38-Caleb Carter, [12]; 7. 88-Jay Seward, [14]; 8. 47-Christian Sherr, [13]; 9. 4-Randy Hutchens, [5]; 10. 14-Ryan Hutchens, [8]; 11. 53-Travis Hopkins, [7]; 12. 08-Chad Champion, [1]; 13. 01-Trent Clemans, [4]; 14. 09-Jacob Buie, [10]; 15. 1-Will Clarke, [15] Fast Qualifier: 22.495 seconds, 82.020 mph...

Speedway to Host Essex Concrete Night This Saturday August 5

Jamaica, VA – After suffering its third rainout of the season this past Saturday Virginia Motor Speedway will return to racing this Saturday August 5th to host Essex Concrete Night and week 10 of the Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship weekly racing season featuring the Victory Lap Pro Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified and Collision One Limited Stock Car divisions. Admission price for adults is only $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. Competitor gates for Saturday July 8th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps. To enhance the fans racing experience the speedway has installed a short wave FM transmitter and all of the evening’s action can be heard at 95.5 FM. So bring your portable radio headset and enjoy hearing all the action. Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area....

Speedway Cancels Racing for Saturday July 29th; Essex Concrete Night Moved to next Saturday August 5th

Jamaica, VA – With heavy rains and a flood warning in the forecast officials have made the difficult decision to cancel racing activities for Saturday July 29, 2017 at Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway. It is the speedway’s third rainout of the season. “We hate to lose another race, but with the forecast calling for heavy rains and possible flooding we felt it was best to go ahead and cancel racing for tomorrow”, commented track General Manager Clarke Sawyer. The speedway will return to racing next Saturday August 5, 2017 to host Essex Concrete Night and week 11 of the Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship Weekly Racing season featuring the Victory Lap Pro Late Models, Budweiser Modifieds, Truckin Thunder Sportsman and Collision One Limited Stock Cars in action. Admission price for Adults $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. 16” coolers are welcomed but no glass is allowed. There is plenty of free lit parking and camping (no hookups) is allowed at no charge on a first come first served basis....

Speedway to Return to Racing Saturday July 29th to Host Essex Concrete Night

Jamaica, VA – The speedway will return to racing on Saturday July 29th to host Essex Concrete Night and week 9 of the Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship weekly racing season featuring the Victory Lap Pro Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified and Collision One Limited Stock Car divisions. Admission price for adults is only $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. Competitor gates for Saturday July 8th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps. To enhance the fans racing experience the speedway has installed a short wave FM transmitter and all of the evening’s action can be heard at 95.5 FM. So bring your portable radio headset and enjoy hearing all the action. Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area....

Justin Williams Scores Third Pro Late Model Win of Season; Shelton, Polevoy and Hutchens all Return to Victory Lane

Jamaica, VA – Justin Williams of Concord, VA returned to WhosYourDriver.org Victory Lane with a convincing win in the Victory Lap Pro Late Model divisions on MetroCast Business Services Night at Bill sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway. Williams grabbed the lead from Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville, VA on lap 11 and then held off a late charge by Tyler Bare of Rockbridge Baths, VA for his third win of the season. “It was a different kind of track tonight, I had to slow down from normal, I knew this was Tyler’s (Bare) kind of track and I saw he had made it back to second; the track tonight was more like it is going to be for the FASTRAK World Championship at the end of the year,” commented Williams in WhosYourDriver.org victory lane. Camden Testerman and Davis Lipscombe led the field to green with Lipscombe taking the lead out of turn 2. Lipscomeb would pace the field as Justin Williams closed the gap in second. Caution would fly on lap 9 for Tyler Bare, who had a flat right rear tire and stopped in turn 4. On the restart Williams jumped to the inside Davis heading into turn 1, the two raced side by side out of turn 4 where Williams grabbed the lead at the line. Once out front Williams pulled away. A couple of late race cautions closed the field up on Williams’s bumper but Bare was unable to take advantage of either restart. Williams would go on to score his third win of the season followed by Bare, Jared Powell, Davis Lipscombe and Brent Bordeaux the balance of the top five. In other action Joey Polevoy of Powhatan, VA held off Hunter McClendon of Williamsburg, VA for the Budweiser Modified win; in the Truckin Thunder Sportsman feature Tim Shelton of Fredericksburg, VA grab the lead on lap 8 and then cruised to the win and in the Collision One Limited Stock feature Ryan Hutchens of Providence Forge, VA survived being sent to the rear of the field racing his way back to the front for his third win of the season. The Budweiser Modified 30 lap feature was action packed as Joey Polevoy and Hunter McClendon swamped the lead several times over the final 15 laps of the feature. It didn’t take Polevoy long to grab the lead as he swept the outside of Lance Grady, who led the opening circuit, for the lead. On lap 16 McClendon got inside Polevoy to take the lead at the line. The two raced side by side with Polevoy using the high line and McClendon on the bottom with McClendon holding the lead each tie at the line. On lap Polevoy 21 Polevoy finally took back the lead at the line. McClendon tried several times over the remaining nine laps to take back to no avail as Polevoy would hold on for his fifth win of the season. Rounding out the top five were McClendon, Francis Jarelle, Lance Grady and Tim Schulte. In the Truckin Thunder Sportsman 30 lap feature fast qualifier and current point leader had to start eighth due to his two wins in a row. It only took 7 laps to get to the front and on lap 8 Shelton got inside Micheal Hayes for the lead. Once out front Shelton cruised to his fourth win of the season and third in a row. Chase Butler and Michael Hayes led the field to green with Hayes taking the lead as they led the field to turn 1. Shelton methodically picked off car after car to work his way to the front. On lap 7 Shelton dove under Hayes for the lead out of turn 4. Once out front Shelton would pull away from the field. Behind the leader the action was hot and heavy all the way back to tenth. But it was all Shelton as he cruised to his fourth win of the season. Rounding out the top five were Joe Weiss, Michael Hayes, Chad Beahr and Tyler Shipp. In the Collision One Limited Stock 25 lap feature Ryan Hutchens of Providence Forge, VA grab the lead from Corey Bradley of Hopewell, VA on lap 17 and went on to grab his third win of the season. It wasn’t easy as Hutchens was sent to the back of the field after making contact with James Givens on lap 2. It took Hutchens four laps to get to the bumper of Corey Bradley the leader. The two raced side by side for nearly 13 laps with Bradley able to hold Hutchens off at each attempt. On lap 16 Hutchens got to the outside of Bradley in turn three and was able to grab the lead at the line. One out front Hutchens maintained a comfortable lead and went on to score the victory followed by Bradley, Ernie Dettbarn, James Givens and Randy Hutchens rounding out the top five. The Speedway will return to racing on Saturday July 29th and host week 9 of the Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship weekly racing action featuring the Victory Lap Pro Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified and Collision One Limited Stock Car divisions. Admission price for adults is only $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. Competitor gates for Saturday July 15th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps. Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area. Race fans can go to www.vamotorspeedway.com to view the complete schedule Virginia Motor Speedway’s 2017 season, find detailed event information, get the latest news, and get complete ticket and camping information. In addition, fans can get social with Virginia Motor Speedway by following @vamotorspeedway on Twitter, clicking “Like” at www.facebook.com/VaMotorSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/VaMotorSpeedway. MEDIA CONTACT: DAVE SEAY (804) 758-1867 OR (804) 357-7223 RACE RESULTS METROCAST BUSINESS SERVICES NIGHT – SATURDAY JULY 15, 2017: Victory Lap Pro Late Models (35 Laps): 1. 2-Justin Williams, [5]; 2. 30-Tyler Bare, [6]; 3. 47-Matt Quade, [14]; 4. 2*-Jared Powell, [4]; 5. 71-Davis Lipscombe, [2]; 6. 40-Brent Bordeaux, [7]; 7. 66X-Matthew Tarbox, [8]; 8. 17-Camden Testerman, [1]; 9. 5J-Darrell Dowell, [9]; 10. 7W-Ray Spiggle III, [13]; 11. 38-Nicolas Love, [12]; 12. 28-Carl Vaughan, [11]; 13. 16-Brett Adkins, [10]; 14. 7A-Corey Almond, [3]; – RESULTS NOT OFFICIAL PENDING REVIEW Fast Qualifier: Tyler Bare – 18.937 seconds, 95.05 mph Truckin Thunder Sportsman (30 laps): 1. 55-Tim Shelton, [8]; 2. 43J-Joe Weiss, [5]; 3. 22-Michael Hayes, [2]; 4. 1-Chad Beahr, [4]; 5. 25-Tyler Shipp, [7]; 6. 11-Chase Butler, [1]; 7. 0-Chase Burrow, [13]; 8. 01-Tommy Upshaw, [10]; 9. 9-Steve Causey, [6]; 10. 16-Brett Adkins, [3]; 11. 06-Gary Wheaton III, [12]; 12. 71-Savannah Nickens, [16]; 13. 14-Sean Owens, [11]; 14. 12-Rusty Steele, [17]; 15. 92-Kacey Gordon, [15]; 16. 80-Alan Morgan, [18]; 17. 21J-Curtis Mason, [14]; 18. 91-James Snead, [9] Fast Qualifier: Tim Shelton – 21.006 seconds, 85.69 mph Budweiser Modifieds (30 laps): 1. 51-Joey Polevoy, [2]; 2. 33-Hunter McClendon, [3]; 3. 01-Francis Jarelle III, [5]; 4. 48-Lance Grady, [1]; 5. 10S-Tim Schulte, [6]; 6. 21C-Davey Conley, [9]; 7. 7+7-Jeff Solinger, [8]; 8. 44-Stephen Bryant, [7]; 9. 99-Charlie Hubbard, [10]; 10. 68-Adam Hoegerl, [11]; 11. 10-Mark Parks, [4]; 12. 16-David Kendall, [12]; 13. 16J-Raymond Throckmorton, [13] Fast Qualifier: Mark Parks – 19.848 seconds, 90.69 mph Collision One Limited Stock Cars (25 laps): 1. 14-Ryan Hutchens, [5]; 2. 41-Cory Bradley, [1]; 3. 10-Ernie Dettbarn, [2]; 4. 8-James Givens, [6]; 5. 4-Randy Hutchens, [4]; 6. 25-Marty Coltrain, [7]; 7. 01-Trent Clemans, [10]; 8. 38-Caleb Carter, [11]; 9. 08-Chad Champion, [3]; 10. 14B-Brandon Bowler, [9]; (DNS) 26-Stephanie Stallings, ; (DNS) 32M-Chris Champion, ; (DNS) 59-Robbie Hutchens, Fast Qualifier: James Givens – 23.145 seconds, 77.77 mph...

Tyler Bare Scores Third Pro Late Model Victory in Convincing Fashion; McClendon Scores Career First win in Modifieds; Shelton and Hutchens Return to Victory Lane

Jamaica, VA – 2015 Victory Lap Pro Late Model Champion Tyler Bare of Rockbridge Baths, VA left no doubt in anyone’s mind that he is a contender for this year’s championship with a very convincing win in the Pro Late Model 35 lap feature at Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway. Bare would sweep the outside of Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville, VA out of turn 2 to take the lead on lap 3. Once out front Bare was able to fend off a couple of challenges for the top spot from Corey Almond of Appomattox, VA in the later stages of the race to score his third win of the season. “This Rocket XR1 performed flawlessly tonight, I can’t thank my crew enough for giving me such a hot rod, commented Bare in WhosYourDriver.org victory lane. Lipscombe and Bare led the field to green with Libscombe taking the lead heading into turn 1 with Bare right on his bumper. On the next circuit Bare rocketed around the outside of Lipscombe out of turn 2 for the lead, one he would never relinquish. Behind his the battle all race long was for the second spot as Almond, Justin Williams, Matt Quade and Lipscombe took turns in the runner up spot. Defending Champion and current point leader Williams brought out the first caution with a flat right rear tire that would send him to pit road. Williams would work his way back to fourth but could not get to the front to challenge for the lead. Two late cautions allowed Almond to make a run at bare but each time the leader was up to the task and held on to take the win. Rounding out the top five were Corey Almond, Matt Quade, Justin Williams and Davis Lipscombe. On other action Hunter McClendon of Williamsburg, VA picked up his career first Budweiser Modified win holding off defending Champion and current point leader Joey Polevoy of Powhatan, VA. In the Truckin Thunder Sportsman feature Tim Shelton of Fredericksburg, VA grabbed the lead from Chad Beahr of Mechanicsville, VA on lap five and then held off Brett Atkins of Gloucester, VA for his second win in a row and in the Collision One Limited Stock feature Ryan Hutchens of Providence Forge, VA drove inside Chad Champion of Bumpass, VA on lap six to grab the lead and go on to score his second win of the season. In the Truckin Thunder Sportsman 30 lap feature Chad Beahr and Tyler Shipp led the field to green with Beahr taking command of the lead out of turn 2 and a four wide battle behind him for second. Tim Shelton would work his way to his bumper by lap 5 and get by for the lead out of turn 4. Once out front Shelton held a commanding lead until Brett Atkins worked his way to second. Over the remaining 20 laps Shelton would have to work to keep Atkins behind him. Shelton would go on to scor his second win of the season followed by Atkins, Joe Weiss, Chad Beahr and Steve Causey rounding out the top five. Hunter McClendon and Lance Grady would lead the Budweiser Modified field to green with McClendon leading the first circuit in his first race of the season. While McClendon held Grady at bay current point leader Joey Polevoy worked his way to third and by lap 11 was looking to get by Grady for second. On lap 13 Polevoy would sweep around Grady for second and set his sights on McClendon. Over the remaining 17 laps Polevoy would try several lines to try and get by for the lead. Each time McClendon would hold him off and go on to score his career first victory. Rounding out the top five were Polevoy, Lance Grady, Mark Parks and Tim Schulte. In the Collision One Limited Stock Car 25 lap feature David Bowler and Cory Bradley led the field to green with third place starter Chad Champion getting by to lead the first lap. Champion would pace the field until Ryan Hutchens would get inside Champion in turn 1 to take the lead. Once out front Hutchens would cruise to his second win of the season followed by James Givens, David Bowler and Corey Bradley rounding out the top five. The Speedway will return to racing on Saturday July 15th and host MetroCast Night and week 8 of the Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship weekly racing action featuring the Victory Lap Pro Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified and Collision One Limited Stock Car divisions. Admission price for adults is only $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. Competitor gates for Saturday July 15th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps. Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area. Race fans can go to www.vamotorspeedway.com to view the complete schedule Virginia Motor Speedway’s 2017 season, find detailed event information, get the latest news, and get complete ticket and camping information. In addition, fans can get social with Virginia Motor Speedway by following @vamotorspeedway on Twitter, clicking “Like” at www.facebook.com/VaMotorSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/VaMotorSpeedway. MEDIA CONTACT: DAVE SEAY (804) 758-1867 OR (804) 357-7223 RACE RESULTS – SATURDAY JULY 8, 2017: Victory Lap Pro Late Models (35 Laps): 1. 30-Tyler Bare, [2]; 2. 7A-Corey Almond, [3]; 3. 47-Matt Quade, [4]; 4. 2-Justin Williams, [8]; 5. 71-Davis Lipscombe, [1]; 6. 17-Camden Testerman, [6]; 7. 40-Brent Bordeaux, [5]; 8. 28-Carl Vaughan, [9]; 9. 5J-Darrell Dowell, [7]; 10. 23M-John McClellan, [10] Fast Qualifier: Justin Williams – 18.300 seconds, 98.360 mph Truckin Thunder Sportsman (30 laps): 1. 55-Tim Shelton, [6]; 2. 16-Brett Adkins, [5]; 3. 43J-Joe Weiss, [4]; 4. 1-Chad Beahr, [1]; 5. 9-Steve Causey, [3]; 6. 25-Tyler Shipp, [2]; 7. 01-Tommy Upshaw, [9]; 8. 91-James Snead, [12]; 9. 11-Chase Butler, [16]; 10. 0-Chase Burrow, [15]; 11. 06-Gary Wheaton III, [14]; 12. 88-Bill Coada, [7]; 13. 92-Kacey Gordon, [11]; 14. 22-Michael Hayes, [8]; 15. 12-Rusty Steele, [17]; 16. 80-Alan Morgan, [18]; 17. 21J-Curtis Mason, [10]; 18. 71-Savannah Nickens, [13] Fast Qualifier: Tim Shelton – 21.268 second, 84.630 mph Budweiser Modifieds (30 laps): 1. 33-Hunter McClendon, [1]; 2. 51-Joey Polevoy, [8]; 3. 48-Lance Grady, [2]; 4. 10-Mark Parks, [9]; 5. 10S-Tim Schulte, [11]; 6. 7+7-Jeff Solinger, [6]; 7. 01-Francis Jarelle III, [7]; 8. 29B-Josh Roberson, [16]; 9. 44-Stephen Bryant, [12]; 10. 11-Chase Butler, [10]; 11. 21C-Davey Conley, [13]; 12. 99-Charlie Hubbard, [4]; 13. 99W-Chris Arnold, [3]; 14. 112-Mike Reynolds, [5]; 15. 01X-Danielle Alford, [17]; 16. 16-David Kendall, [14]; 17. 68-Adam Hoegerl, [15] Fast Qualifier: Joey Polevoy – 20.184 seconds, 89.180 mph Collision One Limited Stock Cars (25 laps): 1. 14-Ryan Hutchens, [4]; 2. 08-Chad Champion, [3]; 3. 8-James Givens, [8]; 4. 23-David Bowler, [1]; 5. 41-Cory Bradley, [2]; 6. 01-Trent Clemans, [9]; 7. 38-Caleb Carter, [15]; 8. 4-Randy Hutchens, [7]; 9. 14B-Brandon Bowler, [10]; 10. 32M-Chris Champion, [5]; 11. 59-Robbie Hutchens, [13]; 12. 09-Jacob Buie, [11]; 13. 25-Marty Coltrain, [6]; 14. 88-Jay Seward, [18]; 15. 1-Will Clarke, [17]; 16. 26-Stephanie Stallings, [12]; 17. 18-John Hankins Jr, [14]; 18. 39-Cole Johnston, [16] Fast Qualifier: James Givens – 22.422 seconds, 80.280 mph (New division Track Record)...

Sportsman Division to Migrate to New Tire

Jamaica, VA – After several conversations with Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic the Truckin Thunder Sportsman division will be migrating to the Hoosier D21 from the D35. With the D35 tire being discontinued after the 2017 season coupled with a lack of inventory the decision was made to go ahead and make the move to the new tire this season. “We never like to make a change in the middle of the season but with the growth of the division we thought it was best to make the move rather than possibly get to a point of no inventory for the D35,” commented Virginia Motor Speedway General Manger Clarke Sawyer. Drivers will be asked to hang around after the driver’s meeting to discuss the transition plan for the tires....

Speedway to Return to Racing Saturday July 8th

Jamaica, VA – The speedway will return to racing on Saturday July 8th to host week 7 of the Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship weekly racing season featuring the Victory Lap Pro Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified and Collision One Limited Stock Car divisions. Admission price for adults is only $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. Competitor gates for Saturday July 8th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps. To enhance the fans racing experience the speedway has installed a short wave FM transmitter and all of the evening’s action can be heard at 95.5 FM. So bring your portable radio headset and enjoy hearing all the action....

Speedway to Host Northern Neck Chevrolet Night This Saturday June 10th

Jamaica, VA – This Saturday June 10th Virginia Motor Speedway will host Northern Neck Chevrolet Night and week 5 of the Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship weekly racing action featuring the Victory Lap Pro Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified and Collision One Limited Stock Car divisions. After almost a month off the speedway’s weekly racers are ready to get back to the track for some exciting racing and the championship chase’s couldn’t be closer. Admission price for adults is only $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. Competitor gates for Saturday April 22nd will open at 3pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps. To enhance the fans racing experience the speedway has installed a short wave FM transmitter and all of the evening’s action can be heard at 95.5 FM. So bring your portable radio headset and enjoy hearing all the action. Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area....

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