Rougemont, North Carolina (June 22, 2026) – For the second consecutive Super Cup Stock Car Series event, it was not Chrissy Wallace top of the boards at the beginning of the day, but in the hunt and the key player once the green and checkered flags unfurled.

Harvey Harrison topped the practice charts in his No. 35 John 3:16 Ford during his first visit to Orange County Speedway since assisting his brother Joe Harrison Jr.’s efforts in what was then the NASCAR Busch Series in the 1980s. At the conclusion of the drivers meeting, the Renick, West Virginia competitor was then recognized for making his 100th career SCSCS start, becoming the fourth driver to reach such an elite club. A future release will further detail this accomplishment by the two-time series champion.

The trend of differing Pole Award drivers and cars continued into a fifth race weekend of 2026. “ShoTime” Mike scored his second career feat with a best of time of 15.449 seconds. The pilot of the No. 23 QuicShine99 / ShoTime Motorsports Chevrolet would draw the ensuing number one pill to start out front in the first of twin 50-lap main events.

An intense opening lap saw Damian Payton gain a slight advantage exiting the first pair of 19-degree banked corners, but it was the No. 19 Dan Althoff Trucking / JDH Engineering / J4 Truss / The Also-Ran Broadcast / CP Race Wear / MW Pressure Washing / D2 Motorsports Ford driven by Chrissy Wallace who made a daring move from the third starting position to go inside for the top spot entering turn three and coming back to the stripe.

From there, Wallace went unchallenged, aside from the hot weather conditions and the sun glare limiting the view in the final turns across the distance, coming away with her third consecutive win and fifth total of 2026. “ShoTime” Mike eventually worked his way by Payton for second, cut the margin that was once more than five seconds in half, but had to settle for a runner-up result without any yellow flags bunching the field together.

Harrison’s fast performance was limited to a fourth-place outcome due to a tire slowly going flat. Perhaps the best battle of the entire race occurred for fifth between Petersburg, West Virginia’s Brent Nelson in the No. 80 Precision Auto Collision / JEBCO / RAM Trucking / QH Design / Nelson Motorsports Chevrolet and Dylan Godinez who resides only couple hours away in Conover, North Carolina driving the No. 57 Ashton Racing Chevrolet. They dueled lap after lap with Nelson ultimately finishing in the top five.

Unfortunately, neither Nelson due to overheating concerns, nor Godinez with an electrical issue attempting to roll out of the pits, would be able to make the start for the second race.

For that green flag, Wallace redrew the number one to start at the front and accelerated to the lead immediately. Outside of her though, Harrison ended up spinning the tires initially, connecting with Payton’s ride and ending up backing into the wall in turn one. Payton came to pit road to fix some damage as well, putting “ShoTime” Mike in second for the next start.

Payton, who lives only 80 miles out in Winston-Salem, worked his car back by “ShoTime” Mike and set his sights on Wallace when another yellow flew for debris on lap nine. On the restart, “ShoTime” Mike managed to get to the front and led a lap, but Wallace and Payton would go back by the next time around.

For the next 20 or so circuits, Payton in the No. 64 Fauquier Stitch Studio / Donovan Asphalt Paving / Total Stormwater Solutions LLC / Blue Ridge Seafood Restaurant / McElligott Performance & Design / J&K Grounds Maintenance Chevrolet searched high and low to find a way by Wallace from Concord, North Carolina. During a couple instances it was close quarters for the top spot before Payton slightly lost ground and later spun on his own, setting up a 12-lap dash to the finish.

“ShoTime Mike” and Payton kept things close; however, it was Wallace keeping the lead for another evening sweep with her dad Mike Wallace on the radio as spotter on Father’s Day Weekend.

“The car came in really good and then the second race, Damian was, I don’t know, after the first two laps it was almost like he got go-go gadget motor and his tires he could run any line,” Wallace observed. “I felt like we were a little bit stronger on the low line and we could get past him. For one, I have to give him credit. Thank you so much to Damian for respecting me and racing me super clean. There were multiple times I knew he could have turned me. I enjoy racing with him and I’m sure if it went 10 more laps he would have been right back up there.”

“ShoTime” Mike held off Payton to finish second once again. Yellow Spring, West Virginia’s Larry Frame tied his best career effort of fourth in his first starts with the series since Shenandoah in April in the No. 80x Precision Auto Collision / Riverside Auto Parts / Nelson Motorsports Chevrolet. Harrison ultimately fell off the pace as a result of impairment to his machine from earlier but was still credited with fifth in the final order.

Both podium finishers had a few comments about their night as well as their race with the winner from their own perspective.

“My night was pretty good,” the Denver, North Carolina driver recapped. “I raced with some good Super Cup stock cars. The one that beat us, not a Super Cup car. I’m happy and my car is going home in one piece. I did bounce it off the wall in the first race. My fault, pushing it too hard, but all in all it isn’t torn up. I feel bad for Harvey and those guys. Maybe we’ll get some things straightened out around here and it will be a little more fun.”

Payton stopped once more for adjustments during the last yellow in a final attempt to move up from his third-place restart position.

“It’s crazy we were as fast as we were because we had a parachute on the right side. It sucks to get torn up that bad any weekend, but glad we were able to push through it, make some headway, and actually be competitive and challenge for the lead. Made some adjustments throughout and made it better. I gave it everything I had. Tried running the bottom, the top, trying to cross her up, and all kinds of stuff. Got squeezed to the wall once I did get to the outside and couldn’t do anything from there.”

Wallace now holds a commanding 150-point lead in the season-long race for the SCSCS championship. There will be more than a month off for competitors to regroup and turn focus to the next event, a return for a second straight year to Ona Speedway on Saturday, August 1st as part of the Putnam County Bank Throwback Classic.

During the break there will be stories recapping the first half of the season and previewing what’s to come and once published they can be found on the Super Cup Stock Car Series official website supercupstockcarseries.com, on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter (@SCSCSRacing), Instagram (SCSCS_Racing), and https://www.youtube.com/SCSCSRacing.

Wallace Passes and Outruns Her Mentor for Carteret County Speedway Sweep

Swansboro, North Carolina (June 9, 2026) – The Super Cup Stock Car Series had the fans on their feet in their inaugural appearance by the Crystal Coast at Carteret County Speedway on Saturday night. With many learning the characteristics of the 0.4-mile oval for the first time, it ended up being two drivers with prior experience at the Swansboro, North Carolina facility setting the pace.

Qualifying did not start off on the best foot for one competitor, as leader for much of final practice Dylan Godinez lost brakes entering turn one on the second lap, slapping the driver side of the No. 57 Ashton Racing Chevrolet with the outside wall. The young driver was okay; however, damage from the impact to the frame of the ride ended the day early.

Five-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner Jeremy Mayfield was making his SCSCS debut and put the No. 19m Don Doster Painting / Dan Althoff Trucking / MW Pressure Washing / D2 Motorsports Chevrolet top of the charts with a best time of 17.379 seconds. This marked the fourth different driver and fourth unique car to win a Pole Award in as many events in 2026.

Starting straight up from qualifying, second in series points Damian Payton took the green flag outside of Mayfield. Leader in the season-long standings Chrissy Wallace lined up third and was up to second by the opening lap. She then advanced inside of Mayfield, a two-time past winner at Carteret County Speedway in past years, only four laps into the first 50-lap main event. Mayfield fought a loose condition allowing Wallace to increase to a somewhat comfortable gap to take her third victory of the 2026 season. The win and passes also earned the Concord, North Carolina driver five bonus points upon claiming the Hard Charger honors.

Payton, Renick, West Virginia’s Harvey Harrison, and series newcomer Roger Stivenson from Kittanning, Pennsylvania rounded out the top five in the No. 08 Dixon/s Service Company / Winners Circle Auto Service Chevrolet.

Inverting the lead lap finishers from the first race, Payton brought the field to speed in the concluding feature under the lights. It was Mayfield who fought on the outside though and led at the stripe. A lap later Wallace worked under Payton for the runner-up position.

The only yellow and ensuing red flag of the evening occurred when nearby Wilmington, North Carolina’s Tom Toby, who took the wheel of the aforementioned No. 08 for the second race, hit the tire barrier cushioning some of the blow with the outside wall exiting turn one. The first-time driver to the series was okay, but significant cosmetic damage was sustained and his night was over.

During the stoppage, Harrison came to the pits for various adjustments to the No. 35 John 3:16 Ford. The two-time champion lost a lap in the first main event and during the time between races elected to make a gear change, thanks to a borrowed gear from Mayfield and the D2 Motorsports group.

When racing resumed, Wallace increased the pressure on her teammate, maneuvering under Mayfield right before halfway. Throughout the ensuing laps, Mayfield continued putting on the pressure, trying to find a way back by, adding to the suspense for those watching in the stands. In the end, the driver of the No. 19 Dan Althoff Trucking / JDH Engineering / J4 Truss / The Also-Ran Broadcast / CP Race Wear / MW Pressure Washing / D2 Motorsports Chevrolet held off the Owensboro, Kentucky native to sweep the night.

For the final feature, she had her father Mike Wallace, race winner last time out at Hickory spotting for her.

“That second race is the hardest race I’ve driven all year,” Wallace indicated. “Whenever dad came across the radio telling me Jeremy is a half car back, he’s coming, run 10 hard laps, but to be able to beat him and knowing the success he’s had here over the years, to me that’s a huge accomplishment. I was waiting to hear ‘nose inside’. It’s awesome to be able to race somebody like Jeremy to where even coming out of the corner in the center, you can touch a fender if you need to and you’re not going to get wrecked. You’re going to come out side by side still racing aggressively, and I love that.

Wallace had special guest SSGT Zach Muscianese riding along with a windshield banner in recognition for his service. At a track where she had previously raced once and struggled but quickly became a fan favorite, it was gratifying to get the job done, passing and outrunning a racer she has looked up to.

“Jeremy from the get-go, he and (his wife) Shana both have been my biggest supporters and Jeremy has been a big mentor and has helped critique my driving to make me a better driver.”

For the second time on this evening, Mayfield had to settle for a runner-up result.

“We were good the second race,” Mayfield explained. “We pulled out to a lead there and the caution came out. It got a little loose at the end but it wasn’t anything like it was the first race. She just got under me a little bit, and I was like, okay, I’ll try to get her back and I couldn’t. The good thing about it though is I knew we had to be putting on a good show. You could lay paper between us just about all the way around.”

“I’m very proud and that’s why she is driving this car. I know she can do it, she can get the job done, and now she needed that last little bit, straighten your shirt up here and we’re good.”

Assisting fellow competitors with the learning curve, Mayfield knows the competition is bound to increase for visits years into the future at Carteret County Speedway.

“You can’t come out here the first time and outrun people that have been here before. This place is tough in its own way because if you don’t have anybody to explain a couple little things here and there that you have to do, it’s just about finessing the throttle and driving it smooth.”

For the second race in a row, Payton rounded out the podium finishers, ahead of Harrison once more.

“I think how we ran today was fair,” the driver of the No. 64 Fauquier Stitch Studio / Donovan Asphalt Paving / Total Stormwater Solutions LLC / Blue Ridge Seafood Restaurant / McElligott Performance & Design / J&K Grounds Maintenance Chevrolet commented. “We made a lot of adjustments and continued to go in the right direction. I struggled to get around this place and it’s a new aspect to me with it being flat. I’m used to banking everywhere I’ve raced. I’m pretty good at going to the outside and not having that ability here is tough.”

Payton and more will have that opportunity in two weeks when the series makes yet another debut appearance at the fast and wide Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina on Saturday, June 20th. Wallace now holds a 100-point advantage going into the races at the 3/8-mile oval where a number of competitors are planning their return.

More information can be found on the Super Cup Stock Car Series official website supercupstockcarseries.com, on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter (@SCSCSRacing), Instagram (SCSCS_Racing), and https://www.youtube.com/SCSCSRacing.

SCSCS Racers to Undertake Orange County Speedway for First Time Prior to Brief Summer Break

Statesville, North Carolina (June 18, 2026) – It has been quite the early ride to start off 2026 for the Super Cup Stock Car Series with four events and seven races all being graced with glorious weather conditions in a span of nine weeks. Two more races at yet another new location for a majority of the competitors will pose quite the entertaining evening for fans in the Piedmont region this Saturday.

Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina will be presenting “Dad Day at the Speedway” as part of Father’s Day weekend in which all dads get into the spectator gates for a discounted rate of $15. Originally on the property of a dirt oval built in the early 1960s, the current layout was configured in 1983 and has hosted numerous touring series over the recent decades, including what is now the NASCAR O’Reilly Series.

Known as “America’s Fastest 3/8-Mile Track”, wide and sweeping corners with multiple grooves across the steep 19-degree banking as well 16 degrees on the straightaways will present intense jockeying for every position possible. In a flip of the switch where the first couple events were surfaces that the current points leader had never raced, this will be the third consecutive venue in which Chrissy Wallace has been before with moderate past success.

“I ran there a couple times for Robby Hamke (son of the late and noted car builder Robert Hamke) in a Late Model,” the Concord, North Carolina driver indicated. “Didn’t sit on the pole and didn’t win, but the best finish we wound up with there was third.”

Wallace, who collected both checkered flags two weeks back at Carteret County Speedway, added her thoughts on strategy and positive predictions.

“Another one of those tracks that saving your tires and not driving over your head is something you’ve got to be smart at. It’s going to be another good one. Definitely feel like at Orange County we can run side by side and I’m sure with Damian (Payton) and Harvey (Harrison) we’ll all be battling.”

This will be the third new track in a row for Damian Payton, who will be making the short 80-mile commute from his garage in Winston-Salem.

“It’s a lot closer to home, so I’m looking forward to it,” the current runner-up in points with one victory in 2026 expressed. “I don’t really know what to expect there, but we’re going to bring everything we’ve got.”

It will be a milestone reached for third in points Harvey Harrison. The two-time series champion from Renick, West Virginia makes his 100th career start in the first of twin races and will be joined by top five points drivers, fellow Mountain State past champion Brent Nelson loaded for bear and North Carolina resident Dylan Godinez also expected in the mix.

Another home state competitor motivated to contend is “ShoTime” Mike, a Pole Award and twice a race winner in 2025, making his second appearance of the year. More participants such as West Virginia’s Larry Frame are planning to be back in action with additional drivers, a few of whom might have prior experience at OCS, intending to make preparations to be ready for Saturday. In all, there will be little room for error with one of if not the largest fields anticipated of 2026.

An optional early practice will be held at the cost of $25 per car from 1:30 until 3:00 p.m. on race day with the first of two official rotating sessions beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Grandstands for the facility easily accessible from Southern Virginia, Triad and Research Triangle Park as well as the hub of stock car racing in North Carolina will swing open at 5:30 p.m. Qualifying takes place during the 6:00 p.m. hour and racing commences at 7:00 p.m. with Vintage Sportsman, Chargers, Pure Stocks, Late Model Stock Cars, and Mod 4s also in competition in addition to the races for the Super Cup Stock Car Series.

General admission is $20 with seniors admitted for $15 and children 10 and under only $2.

More information can be found on the Super Cup Stock Car Series official web site supercupstockcarseries.com with interactive updates throughout race days and in between available on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter (@SCSCSRacing), Instagram (SCSCS_Racing), and https://www.youtube.com/SCSCSRacing.

SCSCS Goes to the Beach; Inaugural Carteret County Speedway Visit up Next

Statesville, North Carolina (June 3, 2026) – The first of two maiden trips to tracks within the Tar Heel state during the month of June for the Super Cup Stock Car Series takes place this Saturday. Carteret County Speedway is only minutes from the Crystal Coast and competitors and their families have been making beach plans around nearby Emerald Isle in addition to the action that is going to take place on the 4/10-mile oval on race day.

Dubbed “America’s Nicest Short Track”, the facility located in Swansboro, North Carolina opened its current layout in 2015 featuring a full-service restaurant in the infield, adjacent campground, and decorative touches all over to be seen. Challenges will also be presented to race teams navigating the extremely flat two-degree banking in the corners.

Points leader Chrissy Wallace is the only known series regular with prior experience at Carteret County, finishing in the top five there with another series in the past. Drivers closest in the points such as Winston-Salem, North Carolina resident Damian Payton and Renick, West Virginia’s Harvey Harrison will look to adapt quickly with the handling of their cars to a unique set of track characteristics.

Multiple teams may arrive early and take advantage of the optional practice session being offered on Friday from 4:00 through 7:00 p.m. at a low price of $40 per car and driver with no charge for crew members or spectators. On race day, as part of the “School’s Out” themed event, spectator gates open at 5:00 p.m. in time for qualifying with a driver meet and greet for fans scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

The first green flag flies at 7:00 p.m., including twin races for the Super Cup Stock Car Series ready to put on a show. An exciting variety is offered during the evening’s racing program, additionally featuring Champ Karts, Bombers, four-cylinder U-Cars, and the classic East Coast Flathead Ford organization. All festivities will be streamed live for Ultra Broadcasting subscribers.

General admission is $15 with discounts available at the gate for active duty and retired military. Bringing the entire family is encouraged, as not only are kids ages 6-10 admitted for $5 with free admission for kids 5 and under, but during intermission there is opportunity for them to participate or root on their peers in the “Juice Box” races.