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11th World Short Track Championship Features Thrill in Charlotte

 

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Former champions returned to glory, first-time winners battled through wild Features, and memorable moments were created throughout the night in Charlotte.

Winners included:
FOX Factory 604 Late Models – Jeremy Steele
MSD 602 Late Models – Steven Thompkins
Race City Performance 525 Late Models– Layton Sullivan
VP Racing DIRTcar 358 Modifieds – Billy Dunn
RaceQuip Street Stocks – Rod Tucker
COMP Cams Mini Stocks – Matt Gilbert
SRI Performance/Stock Car Steel Thunder Bombers – Stetsen Todd
DIRTVision Hornets – Newman Presnell
Summit Racing Equipment DIRTcar UMP Modifieds – Kyle Strickler
Hoosier Racing Tire Crate Modifieds – Ty Norder

 

All division recaps below: 

 

604 LATE MODELS: Jeremy Steele Becomes First-Time World Short Track Champion in FOX Factory Pro Late Models
By Spence Smithback


Jeremy Steele has placed his focus on the Super Late Model ranks in 2026, but that doesn't mean he forgot how to drive a Crate car.

The 2025 champion of the Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series added another major accolade to his resume on Saturday, winning the FOX Factory 604 Pro Late Model portion of the World Short Track Championship for the first time in his career.

The early portion of the Feature was a battle between a pair of South Carolinians in Steele and Kale Green, who held the top spot while Steele rode behind in second. As the halfway point approached, Steele found a line on the cushion he liked and ran down Green, making the winning move in Turn 3 on Lap 13 of 25.

A pair of cautions immediately after the pass kept Green in the game, but Steele held his own and never gave Green a chance to get back out front. As the finish neared and traffic became a factor, Trent Ivey got to second and began closing in on Steele. But Ivey's third World Short Track Championship victory in five years wasn't meant to be, as Steele made the right moves to stay out front and make his first visit to Victory Lane at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

"Ive ran second up here in two different cars, two different classes," Steele said. "I come up here every year and Trent and Dillon [Brown] kick my butt. John [Ruggiero Jr.], he's the best of them all, probably. He kicks my butt every year. This year, that car right there is awesome. Never sat in it before this weekend. Cameron Tribble and Andrew [Stewart] gave me the opportunity to drive it, I couldn't turn it down and here we are."

Steele was followed across the line by Ivey, Green, Layton Sullivan and Dillon Brown in an all-South Carolina top five.

RESULTS: Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1-Jeremy Steele[3]; 2. G4-Trent Ivey[8]; 3. 4-Kale Green[2]; 4. 2S-Layton Sullivan[17]; 5. 6B-Dillon Brown[6]; 6. 09-Ross Bailes[13]; 7. 8-Jensen Ford[5]; 8. 44-John Ruggiero Jr[1]; 9. 2C-Wyatt Coffey[15]; 10. 611-Koulten Herbert[4]; 11. 7A-Corey Almond[19]; 12. 6-Chase Blackwell[7]; 13. K7-Keaton Smith[24]; 14. 2A-Jason Altiers[10]; 15. 5Q-Colby Quick[18]; 16. 66D-Preston Dimsdale[9]; 17. 52-Chris Stowe[22]; 18. 2-Mitchell Childress[25]; 19. 4C-Ace Claborn[20]; 20. 67-Austin Yarbrough[11]; 21. 35-Dillon Daves[12]; 22. 8L-Joe Leavell[14]; 23. 75-Joey Whitaker[16]; 24. 22-Nathan Walker[23]; 25. 2M-Shawn Martin[26]; 26. J1-Jake Jackson[21]

602 LATE MODELS: Steven Thompkins Conquers Charlotte in MSD 602 Late Models
 By Spence Smithback
 

Steven Thompkins had only made a handful of starts this season prior to the World Short Track Championship, but he looked far from rusty.

The Grays Creek, NC native worked his way forward from sixth to the lead of the MSD 602 Late Model Feature and stayed there to win one of his home state's biggest events for the first time in his career.

At the start, 13-year-old Wyatt Coffey shot from third to the lead on the bottom of Turns 1 and 2 on the opening lap as he challenged for his maiden victory at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. The young Virginia driver looked to have the best car on the track, but his night came to an unscheduled end with seven laps complete when his engine expired while leading.

Coffey's misfortune handed the lead to Olivia Gentry Williams, another driver chasing Charlotte glory for the first time. Williams had her work cut out for her with both John Ruggiero Jr. – a five-time World Short Track Championship winner across multiple divisions – as well as Thompkins directly behind her on the restart, but the Newnan, GA native held the lead when the green flag flew.

Another yellow came soon after when Thompkins was running second, putting him on the outside of the front row when the race restarted with 11 laps to go. The top lane turned out to be the perfect place for the No. 22T car, as Thompkins ripped around the outside of Williams and took command. It was all Thompkins in the second half of the 20-lap main event, as the gap back to Williams was nearly a second when Thompkins took the checkers for his first win since March 29, 2025 at his former home track of Fayetteville Motor Speedway.

"We've had a monkey on our back every time we come here," Thompkins said. "We've qualified good, Heat raced good. Gotta draw a pill, man, it's just tough luck. We were here last year, not on the stage. Every time we've come down here, we've unloaded, we've been pretty good. I'll tell you what man, it just feels good to finally get it."

Williams finished second in her second World Short Track Championship appearance ahead of Dalton Jacobs in third, who earned his second podium finish in the event. Joey Baughman and Shun Oreo Thomas rounded out the top five.

RESULTS: Feature (20 Laps): 1. 22T-Steven Thompkins[6]; 2. 03-Olivia Gentry Williams[5]; 3. 7J-Dalton Jacobs[13]; 4. 45J-Joey Baughman[8]; 5. 99T-Shun Oreo Thomas[12]; 6. 20S-Trey Stamper[26]; 7. 14-Jeff Robinson[14]; 8. 25T-Dylan Thompson[9]; 9. 00-Preston Blalock[10]; 10. 00T-Kendal Tucker[11]; 11. J12-Jason Dickerson[15]; 12. 02-Danny Hurley[20]; 13. 82-Canaan Clobes[17]; 14. 17-Case Daniels[21]; 15. 99-Dale Durham[25]; 16. 28-Matthew Nance[24]; 17. 5-Robbie Gibson[22]; 18. 2-Dylan Warden[18]; 19. 27-Mike Davidson[16]; 20. 20-Isaiah Parker[23]; 21. 300-Bill Tesh[28]; 22. 25A-Jaedyn Altiers[27]; 23. 44-John Ruggiero Jr[7]; 24. 1J-Morghan Johnson[19]; 25. 2C-Wyatt Coffey[3]; 26. 17B-Biscuit Williams[2]; 27. 22-Nathan Walker[1]; 28. 51-Luke Clements[4]

 

525 LATE MODELS: Layton Sullivan Captures Elusive World Short Track Championship Win with 525 Late Models
 By Alex Nieten
 

Layton Sullivan is finally a World Short Track Championship winner.

The Gaffney, SC native has been trying to conquer The Dirt Track at Charlotte since the event launched in 2016. He’d come so close on multiple occasions. A podium at the 2019 Pro Late Model All-Star Invitational. A runner-up in the 2024 Pro Late Model Championship Feature. A fourth place finish earlier Saturday night with the Fox Factory 604 Pro Late Models.

No more waiting for Sullivan.

He finally got the job done on Saturday with the Race City Performance 525 Late Models. Sullivan lined up second and snatched the top spot by narrowly squeezing around Tyler Leach in Turn 2.

The job was far from over as he had to fend off not only Leach but also two-time World Short Track Championship winner Trent Ivey, who surged into second late. Ivey looked like he might have a shot in the closing laps as traffic slowed Sullivan, but the door never opened. Sullivan stayed ahead and finally grabbed a Charlotte checkered flag.

“I’m really just so proud of our guys and everybody who helps us,” Sullivan said. “We’ve got so many people here with us. I couldn’t be more proud. I had a really good car in that 604 Feature, and we kind of figured out what we needed to do to this one. The racetrack changed, and that changed the game. I didn’t expect that. I just did my best to hold them off. I just tried to minimize the mistakes. I’ve been coming to this thing since the first one, so this is freaking awesome.”

The victory came in Sullivan’s 14th overall World Short Track Championship Feature appearance as he can finally call himself a winner under the bright lights of Charlotte.

Trent Ivey fell just a spot shy of his third World Short Track Championship triumph, settling for runner-up.

Jordan Koehler wheeled from eighth to third to round out the podium.

Dillon Brown and Tyler Leach completed the top five.

RESULTS: Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2-Layton Sullivan[2]; 2. 28-Trent Ivey[5]; 3. 114-Jordan Koehler[8]; 4. 6-Dillon Brown[6]; 5. 05-Tyler Leach[1]; 6. 121-Blake Craft[9]; 7. 22-Russell Erwin[14]; 8. 8-Joe Leavell[12]; 9. 21B-Jamison McBride[4]; 10. 30-Tyler Bare[15]; 11. 28M-Justin Mintz[7]; 12. 71-Billy Thompson[16]; 13. 67-Bryan Mullis[10]; 14. 537-Jesse Rockett[17]; 15. P4-John Price[25]; 16. 57-Adam Yarbrough[11]; 17. 5J-Braden Jones[20]; 18. 7-Daniel Breuer[22]; 19. 4-Kale Green[23]; 20. 52-Timmy Mills[21]; 21. 18-Austin Mintz[19]; 22. 14-Baron McDowell[27]; 23. 07T-Larry Timms[24]; 24. 09-Michael Leach[13]; 25. 22T-Terry Caples Jr[28]; 26. D5-Justin Hobgood[18]; 27. 55-Matt Long[3]; 28. 42S-Anthony Sanders[26]

 

DIRTCAR 358 MODIFIEDS: Billy Dunn Dominates for 358 Modified Win in World Short Track Championship Debut
 By Alex Nieten
 

Add a World Short Track Championship Feature win to Billy Dunn’s résumé.

The Watertown, NY native opted to make his debut in The Dirt Track at Charlotte late season showcase with the VP Racing Fuels 358 Modifieds joining the card this year, and he made the most of his first trip to the event. 

Dunn absolutely dominated the 25-lap Feature on Saturday night. The 2013 Super DIRT Weekchampion lined up on the outside pole and rocketed around Chris Curtis on the opening circuit and left the field fighting for second. It didn’t take long for the No. 49 to check out. He quickly built a commanding advantage as the gap stretched to nearly seven seconds over the runner-up.

Lapped traffic slowed Dunn in the closing laps but still not nearly enough to present him with a challenge. The margin never dropped below six seconds as he motored to the finish line and Victory Lane in the “Queen City.”

“It was about as good of a car as you can get,” Dunn said of his machine. “I haven’t been here for World Finals in a Big Block in a while, but I still feel like I kind of knew what to expect with the track. I made just a few changes, and it was on rails.”

The win capped a nearly perfect week for Dunn as he made his first visit to The Dirt Track at Charlotte since 2019 when he competed with the Super DIRTcar Series. His only flaw was not laying down the fastest lap in qualifying by timing in second-quickest. After that, it was a Championship Feature win Thursday night, topping Friday’s Heat Race, and finally Saturday’s triumph in the finale.

Johnathon Ferguson closed out his first-ever week at Charlotte with a run from fourth to second.

Lance Willix rounded out the VP Racing Fuels 358 Modified podium.

Brian McDonald was the hard charger with a march from 10th to fourth, and polesitter Chris Curtis rounded out the top five.

RESULTS: Feature (25 Laps): 1. 49-Billy Dunn[2]; 2. 44-Johnathon Ferguson[4]; 3. 31-Lance Willix[3]; 4. 151KB-Brian McDonald[10]; 5. 35-Chris Curtis[1]; 6. 711X-Connor Crane[7]; 7. 18-Kalen Draper[8]; 8. 92-Andrew Buff[6]; 9. 58-Jessica Power[11]; 10. 47-Kreg Crooker[9]; 11. 21R-RJ Tresidder[5]; 12. 66W-Wallace Stacey[12]; 13. 92S-Dexter Stacey[13]; 14. 31CJ-CJ Castelletti[14]


STREET STOCKS: Rod Tucker Takes Second Mid-East Street Stocks Victory at World Short Track Championship
By Matt Skipper
 

Rod Tucker enjoys spending his Halloween at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

The Greenville, SC veteran put on a dominant performance in the RaceQuip Mid-East Street Stocks with his second division victory in the last three years at World Short Track Championship.

A win in his Heat race set the 31-year-old on the Pole Position for the 15-lap Feature, jumping out to the front spot as Jonathan Hinson and Ronnie Mosley followed his tracks to make a three-car gap ahead of the field.

As two cautions on Lap 5 and Lap 10 gave Hinson and Mosley an opportunity to close for the lead, Tucker grew his largest gap through the final three laps by crossing the twin checkered flags with a 2.13-second margin of victory.

Tucker’s win earned him a $2,000 payday and joined Mitchell Duvall and Ricky Greene as the only drivers to win multiple Street Stock Features at Concord, NC 3/8-mile oval. It’s a bittersweet win as he will sell his race-winning machine after leaving the property.

“Tonight’s a little bit bittersweet,” Tucker said. “We had some fellas come up here, they’re actually going to buy this car tonight when it leaves Victory Lane. We’ve run a lot of different brands over the years. We’re just wanting to get out and do our own thing. Just can’t thank all my guys enough.”

Hinson finished second, and Earl Petty rounded out the podium. Patrick Lyon charged forward 10 positions to finish fourth, and Blake Pryor cemented his night inside the top five.

RESULTS: Feature (15 Laps): 1. 12T-Rod Tucker[2]; 2. 4-Jonathan Hinson[1]; 3. 5-Earl Petty[6]; 4. 01L-Patrick Lyon[14]; 5. 78-Blake Pryor[12]; 6. 18-Dalton Peavy[9]; 7. 36-Jeff Parsons[7]; 8. 9S-Jessie Spradley[16]; 9. 04-Austin Brown[18]; 10. 92-Tanner Fortune[20]; 11. 11L-Kade Langley[23]; 12. 17-Jake Jackson[13]; 13. 52-Christian Patterson[24]; 14. 0W-Johnny Westmoreland[4]; 15. 00-Cody Ussery[17]; 16. 47-Mattison Hoots[11]; 17. M1-Dylan Lacey[8]; 18. 23-Ronald Rhodes[19]; 19. 32-Brandon Greene[26]; 20. 17H-Camden Harp[21]; 21. 83-Calob McLaughlin[5]; 22. 9-Ronnie Mosley[3]; 23. 34-Cameron Young[22]; 24. 55-Mike Manes[15]; 25. 6-Randy Benfield[27]; 26. 03-Matt Whitener[25]; 27. 7-Alan Benfield[28]; 28. 06-Andrew Durham[10]


MINI STOCKS: Matt Gilbert Becomes Holder of Most Monster Mini Stocks World Short Track Championship Feature Wins
 By Matt Skipper
 

Matt Gilbert triumphed over the scares of the COMP Cams Monster Mini Stocks on Halloween.

The four-time Monster Mini Stock Association champion added to his resume at World Short Track Championship by becoming the first three-time division Feature winner at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Saturday night.

Starting the 15-lap race from the outside of the second row, Gilbert immediately challenged front-row starters Logan Richey and Cody Keith, slotting into third as the top two began to stretch away from the field of 25 Monster Mini Stocks behind them.

While Keith took over the lead, Gilbert followed Keith’s shadow to get ahead of Richey for the runner-up spot and ran behind Keith’s No. 51 machine until the caution waved on Lap 7. On the double-file restart, Gilbert gained momentum faster than Keith and became the Feature’s newest leader.

Gilbert never relinquished the lead through the remaining eight laps around the Concord, NC 3/8-mile to become the all-time leader in the Monster Mini Stocks in the event along with a $2,000 check.

“I knew it was going to go green the rest of the way, it’s our luck every year,” Gilbert said. “Luckily, Ron, Cody and them was gonna drive us hard and clean, and I’m just glad to be able to pull off (Turn 3). You never would have imagined we won one of them like that, but we knew we had to go right off the bat.”

Keith finished second, and Richey took third to solidify the podium. Travis Mosley took a fourth-place finish, and Tack Brown completed Saturday’s Feature top five.

RESULTS: Feature (15 Laps): 1. 117-Matt Gilbert[4]; 2. 51-Cody Keith[2]; 3. 10-Logan Richey[1]; 4. 19-Travis Mosley[3]; 5. 4-Tack Brown[6]; 6. A47-Austin Bottoms[9]; 7. 96X-Tyler Riddle[7]; 8. 121W-JR Warren[11]; 9. 16-Robert Arch[23]; 10. 115-Jason Horne[18]; 11. E82-Enzo Dillon[5]; 12. 8J-Tyler Johnson[21]; 13. 84-Kyle Cooper[19]; 14. X-Kevin Cooper[14]; 15. H3-Harley Holden[22]; 16. 3-Barrett Bishop[10]; 17. 12-Matt Gerrin[25]; 18. 121-Jacob Kinder[24]; 19. 56-Nick Fulcher[20]; 20. B3-Damien Bryant[12]; 21. 3C-Allen Cantrell[26]; 22. 50B-Van Bryant[27]; 23. 15-Zach Lankford[13]; 24. 56A-Ken Appleton[17]; 25. 27-Adam Piercy[15]; 26. (DNF) 8-Dustin Bolin[8]; 27. (DNF) J2-Justin Timmons[16]; 28. (DNF) 26-Johnny Raines[28]


THUNDER BOMBERS: Stetsen Todd Wins Wild World Short Track Thunder Bomber Feature
 By Nick Graziano
 

For the past two years, Stetsen Todd has regretted letting a World Short Track Championship victory slip through his fingers. So, when another opportunity for a win presented itself Saturday night, he wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice.

The SRI Performance/Stock Car Steel & Aluminum Thunder Bomber Feature started in dramatic fashion with the front row colliding as they entered Turn 1, sending polesitter Bryson Sweatt spinning in front of the field. He was hit and flipped at the top of the turn as several other cars spun and piled into the wreck.

Once the field reset, the new front row had Austin Brown on the pole and Todd to his outside. They had a cleaner entrance into the first turn, leading to Todd charging by Brown to take the top spot.

Brown continued to fall after losing the lead, even spinning a lap later. That allowed Austin Holcombe to move into second and Cruz Mattison into third, where they would battle for the remainder of the Feature.

Several cautions put more stress on Todd’s reign out front, as Holcombe and Mattison threw attacks at him every restart. However, Todd proved to have the better car each time, pulling away in clean air. Mattison and Holcombe dueled lap after lap for the runner-up spot with Mattison winning that battle at the end.

Todd used his clean air advantage to earn his first World Short Track Championship victory during the 11th edition of the event at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

“Two years ago, we set Quick Time, won out Heat Race, led some of the race, and I let that one get away from me, and I was upset,” Todd recounted in Victory Lane as he started to get more emotional with every word.

“Just a blessing, man. I’ve started crying. I mean, this is what it’s all about. There are other races that pay bigger money, but this is what we, what I shoot for.”

RESULTS: Feature (15 Laps): 1. 19-Stetsen Todd[3]; 2. 05-Cruz Mattison[7]; 3. 8A-Austin Holcombe[5]; 4. 21-Nate Jackson[13]; 5. 82B-James Baker[22]; 6. 83-Ricky Bogan[20]; 7. 119-Justin Barber[15]; 8. 71-Donny Atkins[9]; 9. 04-Austin Brown[2]; 10. 135J-Trenten Jamieson[14]; 11. 47-Parker Guice[23]; 12. S4-Tyler Smith[27]; 13. 4S-Cory Skipper[10]; 14. P8-Christopher Patterson[25]; 15. 46-Bailey Hipp[4]; 16. 28-Bryson Guice[8]; 17. 88-Luke Doggett[6]; 18. S2-Garrett Sweatt[11]; 19. 4-Doug Penny[21]; 20. 13-Bundy Stowe[12]; 21. G41-Grant Burton[26]; 22. 44-Hunter Aiken[19]; 23. 9R-Ray Cagle Jr[16]; 24. 114-Jonathon Holcombe[24]; 25. (DNF) 45-Jamie Decker[28]; 26. (DNF) 43F-Jacob Funderburke[17]; 27. (DNF) S1-Bryson Sweatt[1]; 28. (DNF) 13P-Blake Pryor[18]


HORNETS: Newman Presnell Holds Off Hornets’ Nest For 7th World Short Track Title
 By Nick Graziano
 

Newman Presnell went on a run of six World Short Track Championship victories in his first seven starts at the event but had been shut out of Victory Lane in his last three starts.

He put himself in the position to end that streak Saturday night, starting on the pole of the 20-lap DIRTVision Hornet Feature at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

A hornets’ nest of 4-Cylinder stars starting behind him were poised to spoil that plan, though.

When the Feature commenced, Coby Lambert, who had yet to finish outside of Victory Lane at World Short Track, looked like Superman at the drop of the green, flying around the outside the first three rows, going from seventh to second in one turn.

While Presnell took the lead, Lambert used his video game run to pull even with the No. M34 car down the backstretch and then charge ahead to the lead off Turn 4.

Presnell wasn’t interested in letting Lambert gain any more distance, though. While the No. 33 could pull ahead down the straightaways, Presnell was able to charge into each corner, pulling side by side with his rival.

On Lap 7, Presnell threw his car deep enough into the corner in Turns 1 and 2 to clear Lambert and reclaim the lead. Once out front, he turned on the afterburners, putting yards between he and Lambert every lap.

By Lap 18, Presnell had a 3.5-second lead over Lambert, and had to watch it evaporate when the ProFabrication Caution Flag came out of cars stopped on track.

When the race resumed, “all hell broke loose.”

Presnell didn’t fire off strong on the restart, allowing Lambert to charge to his outside with momentum. The No. 33 looked to have a charge set to pull ahead of Presnell, but Casey Towell in the No. 11C gave Presnell a push off Turn 2, helping the No. M34 stay even with Lambert entering Turn 3.

Presnell reclaimed the lead, but Towell followed him by Lambert and took his own shot at the leader on the final lap. The No. 11C darted underneath Presnell in Turn 1, allowing him to pull ahead down the backstretch.

When they entered Turn 3, Presnell kept his foot on the throttle, perfecting a slide job on Towell to reclaim the lead with the checkered flag ahead. Before Towell could try to counter his attack, Jeffrey Erb came charging into the corner, running into the side of Towell and getting him sideways.

With the calamity behind him, Presnell drove away with his first World Short Track Championship victory since 2024. Erb grabbed the runner-up spot, and Marc White snuck his way into third at the end.

“I didn’t want to see that caution; I know how the restarts here can be at Charlotte. They get a little wild,” Presnell said. “I felt like I had a pretty comfortable lead there. The car was handling great. Probably the best I’ve ever been here. Then the caution came out, and I didn’t want to see that. The outside got a good run on me there, and I couldn’t let them get in front of us. Then I had the push from behind and thought they’re all over me now. So, I just gotta settle in and see how this thing plays out; we don’t know what’s going to happen here.

“But dang. It was fun. I enjoyed it.

RESULTS: Feature (20 Laps): 1. M34-Newman Presnell[1]; 2. 777-Jeffrey Erb[10]; 3. 81M-Marc White[4]; 4. 11C-Casey Towell[5]; 5. 88-Joey Kelly[11]; 6. 58-Kason Bright[17]; 7. 33-Coby Lambert[2]; 8. 1-Justin Harris[7]; 9. 48-Kayden Presnell[13]; 10. 3C-Scott Cloninger[14]; 11. 41H-Bryson Harper[18]; 12. F1-Travis Lankford[8]; 13. 8-Gavin Bright[19]; 14. 39-Brian Barfield[12]; 15. 513-Greyson Coley[21]; 16. 44-Jordan Webb[15]; 17. 13-Trent Blackwell[23]; 18. 2L-Kylee Laws[16]; 19. 95-Jacob Bright[22]; 20. 212-Mitchell Coggins[20]; 21. 33W-Scootdog Wilson[9]; 22. 511-Bentley Caudle[25]; 23. 417X-Shannon Barnhill[26]; 24. 22-Phillip Gee II[24]; 25. 23-Lane Crow[6]; 26. N2-Jamie Massey[3]

 
DIRTCAR UMP MODIFIEDS: Kyle Strickler Dominates UMP Modifieds at Charlotte for Record Fifth World Short Track Championship
 By Jordan DeLucia

For the fifth time in his storied Dirt Modified career, Kyle Strickler is a World Short Track Champion.

The 43-year-old from Mooresville, NC, has been one of the brightest talents in Summit Racing Equipment DIRTcar UMP Modified action at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, winning the marquee event four times since its inception in 2016. Saturday night, he padded his all-time record again, leading the main event flag-to-flag for his fifth World Short Track Championship victory and an $8,000 grand prize.

For a driver who’s won at tracks from Pennsylvania to Florida, to Minnesota and back to “The Old North State,” does winning at home for the fifth time feel as special as it did the first?

“I think it feels more special, actually,” Strickler said. “When you’re getting older and you’re trying to make a name for yourself or whatever, the records and stuff that will last long, it’ll be hard to beat. That’s the stuff that’s really important to me.”

After qualifying halfway down the 27-car field on Thursday, Strickler rebounded for a Heat Race win from the fifth starting spot on Friday to give him an outside front row starting spot for Saturday’s main event.

From the drop of the green, Strickler put on a clinic around the 4/10-mile oval. He grabbed the lead from polesitter and Thursday’s fast qualifier Logan Roberson on the opening lap and never looked back, leading all 25 circuits and collecting the checkered flag without any serious challenge from his opponents.

“It took a little bit to knock the rust off, and I knew once the racetrack had slowed down, we’d be really good,” Strickler said. “We went back to our notebook and got everything right, and it played out perfect. We didn’t have to deal with a redraw or anything, and winning that second Heat Race I think put me in the preferred groove because when it starts to rubber, you can kinda run down that hill on the start there, and the guy on the inside is almost going uphill. So, I thought that I had the best starting spot.”

Virginia native Roberson crossed the finish line in second to record his best finish in the event, followed by Sportsman of the Year Award winner Chris Arnold in third, two-time Charlotte winner Taylor Cook in fourth and three-time Crate Modified event winner Austin Holcombe rounding out the top five.

RESULTS: Feature (25 Laps): 1. 8-Kyle Strickler[2]; 2. 5R-Logan Roberson[1]; 3. 99W-Chris Arnold[4]; 4. 21-Taylor Cook[7]; 5. 8A-Austin Holcombe[9]; 6. 00-Blake Tasker[5]; 7. 99-Cole Hilton[19]; 8. 6-Ryan Ayers[8]; 9. Z77-Austin Self[25]; 10. 46-Matt Crafton[26]; 11. 84-Ryan Toole[10]; 12. 28-Owen Lacey[15]; 13. 2A-Matt Altiers[14]; 14. 11-Troy Loomis[12]; 15. 9T-Mason Canter[27]; 16. 4M-Tim Monroe[17]; 17. 5-Jonathan Taylor[3]; 18. 7T-Evan Taylor[22]; 19. 93-Ken Martin[21]; 20. F5-Richard Clew[20]; 21. 7-Coleton Longwell[6]; 22. 59-Grayson Wells[11]; 23. 114-Jordan Koehler[23]; 24. 22-Russell Erwin[24]; 25. 05-Shannon Slaughter[18]; 26. 45-Cambridge Gann[13]; 27. 05A-Adam Favors[16]

 

CRATE MODIFIEDS: Ty Norder Declared Crate Modified World Short Track Champion After Top-3 Disqualified
 By Jordan DeLucia

After reaching Victory Lane for the first time with the Hoosier Racing Tire Mid-East Crate Modifieds in 2022, Ty Norder has added another World Short Track Championship trophy to his collection.

The 22-year-old from Mooresville, NC, crossed the finish line fourth in Saturday’s Crate Modified main event at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. However, after race winner Biscuit Williams, runner-up Daulton Wilson, and third-place Austin Holcombe were all disqualified during post-race engine inspection, Norder was declared the winner. His No. 2T Modified passed inspection, and he was awarded his second World Short Track Championship victory, along with the $2,000 grand prize.

“Man, if you’re right, you’re right, and if you’re wrong, you’re wrong,” Norder said following his inspection by Mid-East Racing officials. “We only had a fourth-place car tonight, which I don’t think with what’s going on here had anything to do with on the racetrack.”

Williams took the lead from the pole at the drop of the green flag and dominated the race, leading all 15 laps unchallenged to cross the finish line first with outside polesitter Wilson and fifth-starting Holcombe in third. Norder had worked his way up to fourth from the eighth starting spot by the checkered flag.

“We’ve had a pretty good year; this is my 12th win,” Norder said. “I’ve worked really hard, won 11 races before entering this weekend, and I really wanted to win Charlotte because of all my sponsors. Everybody’s hanging out and you can go see your friends, go talk to all your competitors, meet new people and build relationships with people.

“This is just unbelievable.”

RESULTS: Feature (15 Laps): 1. 2T-Ty Norder[8]; 2. 32-Garrett Killman[11]; 3. 04-Cole Wagoner[4]; 4. 5-Ethan Wilson[9]; 5. 59-Grayson Wells[10]; 6. 45-Cambridge Gann[22]; 7. 33-Cameron Martin[14]; 8. 83-Travis Caviness[19]; 9. 16-Daniel Allen[23]; 10. 50J-Joey Johnson[26]; 11. 25-Robert Poole[16]; 12. 72-Patrick Field[12]; 13. 23-Corey Gordon[7]; 14. 00B-Preston Blalock[27]; 15. 22P-Randy Pfaff[28]; 16. 117-Clay Shumake[20]; 17. 71K-Dennis Kirk[25]; 18. 93-Kenny Martin[18]; 19. (DNF) 31G-Stephen Pedulla[3]; 20. (DNF) 6-Ryan Ayers[24]; 21. (DNF) 2K-Taylor Kuehl[6]; 22. (DNF) 14-Jared Fryar[13]; 23. (DNF) 15-Ashton Johnson[15]; 24. (DNF) 05-Travis Covey[17]; 25. (DNF) 61-Cody DeMarmels[21] DQ. 121E-Biscuit Williams[1]; DQ. 2-Daulton Wilson[2]; DQ. 8A-Austin Holcombe[5] 

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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Hornet Feature Winners Crowned, Transfers Set During Day 2 of 11th World Short Track

 

 

CHRIS DOLACK

CONCORD, NC (Oct. 30, 2026) – A busy slate of racing was unleashed Friday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte’s 11th World Short Track Championship.

Heat Races for nine divisions, along with Features for the DIRTVision Hornets, sent nearly 500 race cars on the 4/10 mile. Drivers battled it out for transfer spots straight into Saturday evening’s Features while the rest face a longer day starting with Last Chance Showdowns in the afternoon that give competitors one final shot to make the main events.

DIRTVision Hornet Feature #1

Eighty-three DIRTVision Hornets were divided into four 15-lap Showdown Features, with the top-five from each transferring to Saturday’s main event. The first Showdown Feature produced a finish with a surprise winner – and not the one that took the checkered flag.

Scootdog Wilson was the star of the show, leading the way for the first 15 laps until his pace slowed, bringing the field to his rear bumper with five laps to go.

Six-time World Short Track winner Newman Presnell was the first to catch him. Timing his move, Presnell turned underneath Wilson through Turn 2 and then powered ahead of him off the corner. Wilson fought back, though, diving into Turn 1 to pull even with Presnell again.

They ran side by side for the final two laps, allowing three-time World Short Track winner Jonathan Sarratt to close and shock.

Entering Turn 1 for the final time, Wilson entered low, Presnell in the middle, and Sarratt drove around the outside of them both. He pulled away and was the first to see the checkered flag.

However, after post-race inspection, Sarratt was found to have an illegal camshaft, giving the win to Presnell. All other drivers moved up a spot.

RESULTS (Top 5 Transfer): Showdown Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. M34-Newman Presnell[3]; 2. 11C-Casey Towell[8]; 3. 33W-Scootdog Wilson[1]; 4. 48-Kayden Presnell[6]; 5. 58-Kason Bright[21]; 6. 13-Trent Blackwell[10]; 7. 4-Daniel Wright[13]; 8. 29-Darrell Moffatt[9]; 9. NC3-Nelson Cunningham[16]; 10. 11T-Tucker Quinn[17]; 11. 359-Michael Lambert[18]; 12. 11-Blake Pringle[4]; 13. 1W-Corey Harper[20]; 14. 417X-Shannon Barnhill[2]; 15. 34W-Justin Watts[11]; 16. 2-Kris Bobo[7]; 17. 313-Rick Dunmire[12]; 18. 89-Travis Boyea[15]; 19. 191G-Mike Slone[19]; 20. 2C-Tyler Capps[14]; 21. (DNS) 19-Willie Fowler; 22. (DQ) 311-Jonathan Sarratt[5]

DIRTVision Hornet Feature #2

“Hold on, I’m going to win this thing from fifth.”

That’s what Jamie Massey told himself on a restart with three laps to go and the leaders ahead of him.

Massey started fifth in the 15-lap Feature and patiently worked his way forward.

Justin Harris was the class of the field for two-thirds of the race. He grabbed the lead on the first lap from his outside pole starting position and refused to let it go. Avery White kept pressure on him in the first five laps, including a slide job attempt in Turns 3 and 4, but Harris had the better run off the corner.

White faded after a restart on Lap 6, losing second to Massey and third to Joey King. He eventually retired from the Feature during a caution on Lap 12 after making contact with Bentley Caudie.

When the race resumed, Massey talked himself up to “hold on,” throwing his No. N2 car to the top lane and drove around Harris to take the lead.

From there, he drove away while a four-wide battle to secure a top-five transfer spot raged on behind him.

“I told them, I told everybody down there (in the lower pit area), I was going to win this thing for Kenny Harris," Massey said. "There was nobody going to beat me on that last restart. I had Kenny riding with me. Kenny is my step-father-in-law; he means the world to me. This win is for him.”

RESULTS (Top 5 Transfer):  Showdown Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. N2-Jamie Massey[5]; 2. 1-Justin Harris[2]; 3. 88-Joey Kelly[7]; 4. 44-Jordan Webb[10]; 5. 8-Gavin Bright[6]; 6. 511-Bentley Caudle[3]; 7. 513-Greyson Coley[21]; 8. B6-Wayne Taylor[14]; 9. 21-Brandon Greene[15]; 10. 87X-Josh Cody[12]; 11. 41-Gage McFadden[4]; 12. 01-TJ Hill[16]; 13. 2W-Bradley Williams[8]; 14. 122-Ashley Parker[17]; 15. 18-Phillip Taylor[11]; 16. 27M-Keitha Martin[19]; 17. 78-Ethan Fowler[9]; 18. 327-Warren Hill[18]; 19. 18M-Joshua McKinney[13]; 20. (DNS) 211-Drew Banks; 21. (DQ) 81-Avery White[1]

DIRTVision Hornet Feature #3

Since joining the DIRTVision Hornet division last year, Coby Lambert has yet to see what finishing a race outside of Victory Lane looks like.

The Gaffney, SC driver picked up where he left off, taking the lead on the first lap and holding it to the end. He won by nearly three seconds to pick up his third straight World Short Track Championship victory.

“We’ve been working on this thing the last two weeks trying to find problems; we found a bunch,” Lambert said after winning the Feature. “Still lacking on the motor side, but I think we’ll be alright this weekend. Hopefully we can capitalize tomorrow and run away with it.”

RESULTS (Top 5 Transfer):  Showdown Feature 3 (15 Laps): 1. 33-Coby Lambert[1]; 2. 23-Lane Crow[2]; 3. 777-Jeffrey Erb[3]; 4. 3C-Scott Cloninger[9]; 5. 41H-Bryson Harper[4]; 6. 95-Jacob Bright[6]; 7. 22-Phillip Gee II[12]; 8. 145-Braydon Lancaster[5]; 9. 21A-Adam Asbill[11]; 10. 28-Tyler Langley[13]; 11. 135-Carson Taylor[15]; 12. C2-Caden Massey[10]; 13. 31M-Danielle Myers[8]; 14. 96-Kevin Brazell[16]; 15. 4T-Tyler Smith[17]; 16. 20-Daniel Reynolds[7]; 17. 4Z-Isaiah McClure[14]; 18. 328-Chris Gardner[18]; 19. 1C-Brad Cox[20]; 20. A53-Austin Haskin[19]

DIRTVision Hornet Feature #4

Marc White is a World Short Track Championship veteran, having participated in the event for seven years, including the first edition in 2016. In that time frame, he’s finished second twice, but never visited Victory Lane.

That changed Friday night.

Travis Lankford led most of the Feature with White consistently on his tail. He turned that consistency into a shot at glory by the halfway point of the Feature. Building a run lap after lap, White used a run off Turn 2 to propel him ahead of Lankford going into Turn 3.

Lankford tried to fight back on a late restart, but White kept his foot to the floor and drove his No. 81M Hornet to Victory Lane for the first time.

“I’ve been racing over here since the first one of these; I’ve finished third, second, fifth; I’ve never won one,” White said after picking up his first World Short Track Championship win. “I said when I went out there, we had a good car, I knew the car was good, I knew the high side was going to work for us, and that’s where I usually run here. That’s where I put it, and it stuck. It’s awesome.”

RESULTS (Top 5 Transfer): Showdown Feature 4 (15 Laps): 1. 81M-Marc White[2]; 2. F1-Travis Lankford[1]; 3. 39-Brian Barfield[5]; 4. 2L-Kylee Laws[7]; 5. 212-Mitchell Coggins[8]; 6. 91Z-Zack Slone[11]; 7. 44S-Randy Shaw[19]; 8. 5T-Reggie Twing[12]; 9. 2B-Addison Bragg[15]; 10. 1B-Brandyn Warren[13]; 11. 151-DJ Moffatt[16]; 12. 121-Kayden Murray[10]; 13. 22G-Michael Grogan[6]; 14. 84-Michael Lawson[9]; 15. 214-Eric McGahee[3]; 16. 3W-Tristen Woody[4]; 17. 1T-Dale Bennett[20]; 18. 15-Kenneth Colf[14]; 19. 4H-Austin Hatton[17]; 20. 48L-Carson Laws[18]

COMPLETE HEAT RACE RESULTS

Fox Factory Crate Racin’ USA 604 Late Models (Top 3 Transfer):

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-John Ruggiero Jr[1]; 2. 6-Chase Blackwell[3]; 3. 09-Ross Bailes[2]; 4. 7A-Corey Almond[6]; 5. 52-Chris Stowe[5]; 6. 2-Mitchell Childress[4]; 7. 10-Dylan Davis[7]; 8. (DNS) 01-Logan Hendrick

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Jeremy Steele[1]; 2. 66D-Preston Dimsdale[2]; 3. 2C-Wyatt Coffey[3]; 4. 62-Jason Alexander[5]; 5. 34B-Caiden Black[6]; 6. 96-Lucas Adams[7]; 7. 2M-Shawn Martin[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Jensen Ford[1]; 2. 67-Austin Yarbrough[3]; 3. 2S-Layton Sullivan[2]; 4. 22-Nathan Walker[4]; 5. 12-Randy Pinnix[7]; 6. 82-Gary Dillon[6]; 7. 22L-Chance Lay[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Kale Green[1]; 2. G4-Trent Ivey[2]; 3. 8L-Joe Leavell[3]; 4. 4C-Ace Claborn[6]; 5. 11-Joey Warren[5]; 6. 24T-Jody Wilson[4]; 7. 17SD-Stanton Davis[7]; 8. 618-Kevin Wilson[8]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 611-Koulten Herbert[2]; 2. 2A-Jason Altiers[4]; 3. 75-Joey Whitaker[3]; 4. 116-Randy Weaver[5]; 5. 34-Brian Nethers[7]; 6. D5-Isaac Rountree[6]; 7. K7-Keaton Smith[1]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 6B-Dillon Brown[1]; 2. 35-Dillon Daves[4]; 3. 5Q-Colby Quick[2]; 4. J1-Jake Jackson[3]; 5. 66-Jody Knowles[7]; 6. 89-Timmie Harrelson[5]; 7. 4Z-Zack Loe[6]

VP Racing DIRTcar 358 Modifieds (All Transfer):

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 92-Andrew Buff[1]; 2. 35-Chris Curtis[2]; 3. 44-Johnathon Ferguson[5]; 4. 711X-Connor Crane[3]; 5. 47-Kreg Crooker[4]; 6. 58-Jessica Power[6]; 7. 92S-Dexter Stacey[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Billy Dunn[1]; 2. 21R-RJ Tresidder[3]; 3. 31-Lance Willix[6]; 4. 18-Kalen Draper[2]; 5. 151KB-Brian McDonald[5]; 6. 66W-Wallace Stacey[7]; 7. (DNS) 31CJ-CJ Castelletti

MSD Mid-East 602 Late Models (Top 3 Transfer):

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 22T-Steven Thompkins[2]; 2. 44-John Ruggiero Jr[1]; 3. 7J-Dalton Jacobs[3]; 4. 1J-Morghan Johnson[5]; 5. 14L-Blake Lyons[6]; 6. 6-Clay Blackwell[4]; 7. 46-Zack Clark[7]; 8. 12S-Ethan Simpson[8]; 9. (DNS) 20S-Trey Stamper

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 22-Nathan Walker[3]; 2. 25T-Dylan Thompson[2]; 3. J12-Jason Dickerson[4]; 4. 28B-Jeff Queen[9]; 5. 25A-Jaedyn Altiers[5]; 6. 55-Giovanni Baker[8]; 7. 5-Robbie Gibson[1]; 8. 75-Joey Whitaker[7]; 9. 87-Gary Bumgarner[6]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 51-Luke Clements[1]; 2. 00T-Kendal Tucker[2]; 3. 82-Canaan Clobes[4]; 4. 5W-Jody Wilson[3]; 5. 20-Isaiah Parker[5]; 6. 300-Bill Tesh[6]; 7. 1-Brady Cornett[7]; 8. 11-Gabe Miles[8]; 9. (DNS) 73-Taylor Lufkin

Heat 4 (6 Laps): 1. 2C-Wyatt Coffey[3]; 2. 45J-Joey Baughman[4]; 3. 14-Jeff Robinson[1]; 4. 02-Danny Hurley[2]; 5. 611-Koulten Herbert[9]; 6. 12-Randy Pinnix[6]; 7. 01JT-Johnny Stovall[8]; 8. 7G-Harvey Gregory[7]; 9. 37C-Colby Curtis[5]

Heat 5 (6 Laps): 1. 03-Olivia Gentry Williams[1]; 2. 00-Preston Blalock[2]; 3. 27-Mike Davidson[4]; 4. 99-Dale Durham[6]; 5. 94-Brayden Chavous[9]; 6. 1P-Christian Pitts[5]; 7. 10-Evan Garvy[7]; 8. 14M-Baron McDowell[3]; 9. (DQ) 28-Matthew Nance[8]

Heat 6 (6 Laps): 1. 17B-Biscuit Williams[1]; 2. 99T-Shun Oreo Thomas[4]; 3. 2-Dylan Warden[2]; 4. 9-John Marshall Pursley[8]; 5. 17-Case Daniels[5]; 6. 29-Dale Moore[3]; 7. 777-Zack Staley[6]; 8. 37-Tommy Eastridge[7]

Summit Racing Equipment DIRTcar UMP Modifieds (All Transfer):

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5R-Logan Roberson[1]; 2. 99W-Chris Arnold[6]; 3. 21-Taylor Cook[3]; 4. 84-Ryan Toole[7]; 5. 45-Cambridge Gann[8]; 6. 05A-Adam Favors[9]; 7. 99-Cole Hilton[4]; 8. 7T-Evan Taylor[2]; 9. Z77-Austin Self[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Kyle Strickler[5]; 2. 00-Blake Tasker[1]; 3. 6-Ryan Ayers[6]; 4. 59-Grayson Wells[7]; 5. 2A-Matt Altiers[2]; 6. 4M-Tim Monroe[8]; 7. F5-Richard Clew[9]; 8. 114-Jordan Koehler[3]; 9. 46-Matt Crafton[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Jonathan Taylor[1]; 2. 7-Coleton Longwell[3]; 3. 8A-Austin Holcombe[2]; 4. 11-Troy Loomis[7]; 5. 28-Owen Lacey[4]; 6. 05-Shannon Slaughter[8]; 7. 93-Ken Martin[9]; 8. 22-Russell Erwin[5]; 9. 9T-Mason Canter[6]

Race City Performance 525 Late Models (Top 3 Transfer):

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Tyler Leach[2]; 2. 28M-Justin Mintz[1]; 3. 09-Michael Leach[3]; 4. 18-Austin Mintz[6]; 5. 23-Michael Rouse[4]; 6. 2W-Justin Williams[7]; 7. 66-Jody Knowles[9]; 8. B18-Aaron Weed[8]; 9. 42S-Anthony Sanders[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Matt Long[2]; 2. 121-Blake Craft[4]; 3. 30-Tyler Bare[7]; 4. 7-Daniel Breuer[6]; 5. 26-Dalton Hodge[5]; 6. 00-Brandon Dockery[1]; 7. 22T-Terry Caples Jr[3]; 8. (DNS) 371-Drew Benfield; 9. (DNS) 444-Teddy Musgrave

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Layton Sullivan[1]; 2. 57-Adam Yarbrough[2]; 3. 537-Jesse Rockett[3]; 4. 4-Kale Green[6]; 5. 15-Matthew Duggins[4]; 6. 187-David McCoy[5]; 7. 32-Larry Blankenship[7]; 8. (DNS) 4P-Preston Dimsdale

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dillon Brown[2]; 2. 114-Jordan Koehler[1]; 3. 22-Russell Erwin[3]; 4. 03-Oliver Gentry[4]; 5. 5J-Braden Jones[5]; 6. 29-Brett Grube[8]; 7. 28S-Scott Shirey[6]; 8. 228-William Russell III[7]; 9. (DNS) D8-Dustin Mitchell

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Trent Ivey[2]; 2. 67-Bryan Mullis[4]; 3. 71-Billy Thompson[1]; 4. 10-Daniel Parker[5]; 5. J12-Jason Dickerson[3]; 6. 14-Baron McDowell[6]; 7. 95-Connor Morgan[8]; 8. (DNS) 84-Steve Banal

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 21B-Jamison McBride[2]; 2. 8-Joe Leavell[3]; 3. D5-Justin Hobgood[5]; 4. 52-Timmy Mills[6]; 5. 07T-Larry Timms[4]; 6. 45-Nathan Dallas[7]; 7. 07-Samuel Brian Ledbetter[8]; 8. P4-John Price[1]

RaceQuip Mid-East Street Stocks (Top 3 Transfer):

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 83-Calob McLaughlin[1]; 2. 36-Jeff Parsons[2]; 3. 17-Jake Jackson[4]; 4. 21-Robert Poole[5]; 5. 13-Brian Carswell[3]; 6. 17T-Landon Totherow[6]; 7. 38D-Jeff Davis[7]; 8. 0-Jesse Troutman[8]; 9. 29-Cain Cunningham[9]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 5-Earl Petty[6]; 2. 18-Dalton Peavy[1]; 3. 55-Mike Manes[4]; 4. 23-Ronald Rhodes[2]; 5. 34-Cameron Young[3]; 6. 32-Brandon Greene[7]; 7. 28Z-Zach Griggs[8]; 8. 5L-Matthew Linker[5]; 9. 78D-Joey Dillard[9]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 0W-Johnny Westmoreland[1]; 2. 47-Mattison Hoots[5]; 3. 00-Cody Ussery[4]; 4. 7K-Brandon Kinard[6]; 5. 3-Tyler Meadows[2]; 6. B4-Brandon Satterfield[3]; 7. 20G-Chub Gunter[8]; 8. 41X-Kerry Foster[7]

Heat 4 (6 Laps): 1. 9-Ronnie Mosley[1]; 2. M1-Dylan Lacey[3]; 3. 01L-Patrick Lyon[4]; 4. 92-Tanner Fortune[2]; 5. 11L-Kade Langley[6]; 6. 2-Bradley Weaver[5]; 7. 6-Randy Benfield[7]; 8. B51-Bryant Rayfield[9]; 9. 7-Alan Benfield[8]

Heat 5 (6 Laps): 1. 4-Jonathan Hinson[1]; 2. 06-Andrew Durham[2]; 3. 9S-Jessie Spradley[3]; 4. 52-Christian Patterson[5]; 5. 77H-Brent Hodges[4]; 6. 76-Carson Floyd[9]; 7. 51-David Stone[8]; 8. 26-Brian Squires[6]; 9. 6W-Mark Wilbanks[7]

Heat 6 (6 Laps): 1. 12T-Rod Tucker[1]; 2. 78-Blake Pryor[4]; 3. 04-Austin Brown[3]; 4. 17H-Camden Harp[6]; 5. 03-Matt Whitener[5]; 6. 50-Everette Dunlap[9]; 7. 1B-Brandon Blair[7]; 8. 12F-Jason Floyd[8]; 9. 1-Damion Patton[2]

Hoosier Racing Tire Mid-East Crate Modifieds (Top 3 Transfer):

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Mack Coxe[6]; 2. 23-Corey Gordon[1]; 3. 14-Jared Fryar[4]; 4. 1G-Grayson Keaton[3]; 5. 00B-Preston Blalock[7]; 6. 45-Cambridge Gann[2]; 7. 42-Joseph Galloway[8]; 8. 42X-Michael Selig[9]; 9. 3J-Jaycob Johnson[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 04-Cole Wagoner[2]; 2. 5-Ethan Wilson[3]; 3. 15-Ashton Johnson[5]; 4. 83-Travis Caviness[7]; 5. 22-Tommy Gregor[6]; 6. 50J-Joey Johnson[4]; 7. 42D-Cole Duncan[8]; 8. 71K-Dennis Kirk[1]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[2]; 2. 32-Garrett Killman[1]; 3. 05-Travis Covey[4]; 4. 16-Daniel Allen[5]; 5. 3-Blake Hedrick[3]; 6. B7-Drew Benfield[6]; 7. 22P-Randy Pfaff[7]; 8. 29-Tristin Adams[8]

Heat 4 (6 Laps): 1. 31G-Stephen Pedulla[1]; 2. 2T-Ty Norder[2]; 3. 33-Cameron Martin[5]; 4. 117-Clay Shumake[4]; 5. 99-Greg Dellinger[3]; 6. 1V-Cody Verbos[6]; 7. 16X-Frank Bowyer[7]; 8. 52-George Proctor[8]

Heat 5 (6 Laps): 1. 8A-Austin Holcombe[2]; 2. 59-Grayson Wells[3]; 3. 25-Robert Poole[1]; 4. 61-Cody DeMarmels[4]; 5. 04T-Kaleb Toole[8]; 6. 50D-Everette Dunlap[5]; 7. 54-Keith Hart[6]; 8. 41-Mike Lemley[7]

Heat 6 (6 Laps): 1. 121E-Biscuit Williams[1]; 2. 72-Patrick Field[5]; 3. 93-Kenny Martin[4]; 4. 7-Gary Jarrett[6]; 5. 95-Brandon Woodcock[3]; 6. 50-Ronnie Covey[7]; 7. 6-Ryan Ayers[2]; 8. (DNS) 15W-Morgan Widener

SRI Performance Monster Thunder Bombers (Top 3 Transfer):

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 88-Luke Doggett[1]; 2. 05-Cruz Mattison[2]; 3. 21-Nate Jackson[3]; 4. 44-Hunter Aiken[4]; 5. 135-Travis Jamieson[5]; 6. 71R-Eddie Ray[10]; 7. 115-Jason Edmonds[6]; 8. 7X-Jessie Richardson Jr[9]; 9. 82B-James Baker[7]; 10. (DNS) 6-Ryan Howard

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 19-Stetsen Todd[2]; 2. 28-Bryson Guice[5]; 3. 135J-Trenten Jamieson[7]; 4. 78-Hunter Funderburke[1]; 5. BB2-Jesse Wall[6]; 6. 45-Jamie Decker[8]; 7. 61-Eric Hill[10]; 8. 14W-Russell Williford[4]; 9. G41-Grant Burton[3]; 10. 483-Hannah Wall[9]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 04-Austin Brown[1]; 2. 71-Donny Atkins[2]; 3. 119-Justin Barber[5]; 4. 47-Parker Guice[3]; 5. 9M-Will Markham Jr[6]; 6. M1-Tim Moretz[8]; 7. 16-Benny Peeler[7]; 8. 8-Shane Gosnell[9]; 9. P8-Christopher Patterson[4]

Heat 4 (6 Laps): 1. S1-Bryson Sweatt[2]; 2. 4S-Cory Skipper[3]; 3. 9R-Ray Cagle Jr[1]; 4. S4-Tyler Smith[4]; 5. 83-Ricky Bogan[6]; 6. 08-Phillip Wilson[5]; 7. 6M-Dylan Montgomery[9]; 8. 14-Jason Ledford[7]; 9. 27-Ronald Pope[8]; 10. (DNS) 17S-Stephen Newsome

Heat 5 (6 Laps): 1. 46-Bailey Hipp[1]; 2. S2-Garrett Sweatt[4]; 3. 43F-Jacob Funderburke[3]; 4. 01-Cole Dockery[2]; 5. 37M-Randy Cantrell[6]; 6. 60-Phillip Benfield[9]; 7. 175-Josh McAbee[7]; 8. 33M-Bubba Kolb[5]; 9. 75-Jackson Thomasson[10]; 10. 8W-Chris Williams[8]

Heat 6 (6 Laps): 1. 8A-Austin Holcombe[1]; 2. 13-Bundy Stowe[2]; 3. 13P-Blake Pryor[3]; 4. 17-Drake Baldwin[7]; 5. 18D-Riley Dunford[5]; 6. 114-Jonathon Holcombe[8]; 7. 4-Doug Penny[4]; 8. 0-Jerry Mckeel Jr[6]; 9. (DNS) 3-Luke Clements

COMP Cams Monster Mini Stocks (Top 5 Transfer):

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 10-Logan Richey[1]; 2. 4-Tack Brown[4]; 3. A47-Austin Bottoms[5]; 4. 15-Zach Lankford[7]; 5. 56A-Ken Appleton[11]; 6. 16-Robert Arch[3]; 7. 23-Danny Henning[8]; 8. 933-Michael Hill[9]; 9. 01-Jason Jennings[6]; 10. 38-Vince Sanford[12]; 11. 50B-Van Bryant[10]; 12. 12-Matt Gerrin[2]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 51-Cody Keith[1]; 2. 96X-Tyler Riddle[2]; 3. 3-Barrett Bishop[3]; 4. X-Kevin Cooper[4]; 5. 115-Jason Horne[11]; 6. 8J-Tyler Johnson[5]; 7. 77-Dillon Smith[7]; 8. 11-James Harrelson[9]; 9. 5H-Bryan Harrelson[8]; 10. 26-Johnny Raines[6]; 11. 12M-Kenneth Melton[10]; 12. (DNS) 86-Lynn Guest

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 19-Travis Mosley[1]; 2. 8-Dustin Bolin[3]; 3. 121W-JR Warren[2]; 4. 27-Adam Piercy[11]; 5. 84-Kyle Cooper[7]; 6. H3-Harley Holden[5]; 7. 121-Jacob Kinder[10]; 8. 67-Jackie Holden[6]; 9. 14-Stacy Brock[9]; 10. 9R-William Roebuck[4]; 11. (DNS) 9-Roscoe Corder

Heat 4 (6 Laps): 1. 117-Matt Gilbert[1]; 2. E82-Enzo Dillon[2]; 3. B3-Damien Bryant[3]; 4. J2-Justin Timmons[5]; 5. 56-Nick Fulcher[7]; 6. 3C-Allen Cantrell[6]; 7. 95-Kevin Atwell[4]; 8. 21-Jarrett Warren[8]; 9. 123-Connor Keaton[10]; 10. 5-Jack Jordan[9]; 11. (DNS) 115C-Kevin Jefferys

UP NEXT: The 11th World Short Track Championship concludes with Feature action for all 10 divisions on Saturday, Oct. 31. How can you get tickets? By clicking here or at the front gate.

If you can’t make it to The Dirt Track at Charlotte, how can you watch every lap of the World Short Track Championship finale? Live on DIRTVision. 

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Dalton Jacobs, Billy Dunn Kick Off 11th World Short Track With Thursday Victories

Emily Schwanke



CONCORD, NC (Oct. 29, 2026) – The 11th World Short Track Championship kicked off Thursday night with 469 cars getting timed laps around The Dirt Track at Charlotte, and two lucky divisions taking part in Championship Features.

The 10 participating divisions – COMP Cams Monster Mini Stocks, DIRTVision Hornets, FOX Factory 604 Late Models, Hoosier Racing Tire Crate Modifieds, MSD 602 Late Models, Race City Performance 525 Late Models, RaceQuip Street Stocks, SRI Performance Thunder Bombers, Summit Racing Equipment DIRTcar UMP Modifieds, and VP Racing DIRTcar 358 Modifieds – qualified to set up Friday’s Heat Race lineups, and then, by luck of the World Short Track Championship wheel, the 602 Late Models and DIRTcar 358 Modifieds were chosen to compete in Championship Features.

MSD MID-EAST 602 LATE MODEL FEATURE

Dalton Jacobs became the newest winner at The Dirt Track at Charlotte with a statement performance to open the 11th edition of World Short Track Championship.

The Reidsville, NC native opened the three-day weekend with a $600 payday after dominating 15 laps in the MSD Mid-East 602 Late Models, setting the tempo for his sixth career event visit.

Danny Hurley and Jacobs set the front row for the field of 20 Late Models to take the green flag, with Jacobs using momentum on the outside to take the top spot over Hurley as Biscuit Williams followed Jacobs on the high side to secure the runner-up spot.

As the hornet’s nest of Late Models fought for position around the 3/8-mile oval, Jacobs extended the lead with each lap turned. By Lap 5, Jacobs amassed a two-second lead, then grew to 4.6 seconds at the halfway mark.

Behind Jacobs, Jason Dickerson challenged for second, and the Creedmore, NC driver took over as the 23-year-old leader powered to a 6.2-second advantage for his first win at his home state track.

“It’s really important to get them extra 15 laps there to get an advantage on the competition,” Jacobs said. “We got a really good racecar, so we gotta figure out something in the Heat Race, get up front, see if we can win the Heat so we can start up front and be alright.”

RESULTS: Feature (15 Laps): 1. 7J-Dalton Jacobs[2]; 2. J12-Jason Dickerson[8]; 3. 02-Danny Hurley[1]; 4. 17B-Biscuit Williams[3]; 5. 22-Nathan Walker[5]; 6. 1J-Morghan Johnson[16]; 7. 51-Luke Clements[20]; 8. 25T-Dylan Thompson[6]; 9. 25A-Jaedyn Altiers[12]; 10. 22T-Steven Thompkins[17]; 11. 300-Bill Tesh[7]; 12. 03-Olivia Gentry Williams[13]; 13. 777-Zack Staley[11]; 14. 99-Dale Durham[15]; 15. 5-Robbie Gibson[18]; 16. 2-Dylan Warden[19]; 17. 00-Preston Blalock[10]; 18. 00T-Kendal Tucker[4]; 19. 14-Jeff Robinson[9]; 20. 44-John Ruggiero Jr[14]

VP RACING DIRTCAR 358 MODIFIED FEATURE

Making its World Short Track debut, the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series got an early taste of Feature laps, running one of the 15-lap Championship Features.

Showing fans what the popular Northeast division is all about, the field went green to checkered with no interruptions.

Billy Dunn, the 2021 DIRTcar 358 Modified Series champion from Watertown, NY, led the field to the green and reigned supreme for all 15 laps. By Lap 4, he already had a 2.5-second lead over second-place Brian McDonald.

Behind him, Lance Willix was on the move forward from his seventh starting position. However, once he got to fourth, his progress stalled there. Andrew Buff, who set Quick Time in Qualifying, was the hard charger in the race, going from 13th to eighth.

Dunn ended the Feature with a 3.2-second lead to pick up his first win at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

“We have a really good car, but clean air here is everything,” Dunn said. “Fortunate for that. We have a little bit of work to do to catch up to the 92, he’s got us by a little bit (in Qualifying). But really happy with where we’re at. In clean air, we’re as good as anybody. Just need to follow it up with another really good run tomorrow.”

RESULTS: Feature (15 Laps): 1. 49-Billy Dunn[1]; 2. 151KB-Brian McDonald[2]; 3. 47-Kreg Crooker[3]; 4. 31-Lance Willix[7]; 5. 58-Jessica Power[4]; 6. 35-Chris Curtis[8]; 7. 711X-Connor Crane[10]; 8. 92-Andrew Buff[13]; 9. 21R-RJ Tresidder[9]; 10. 92S-Dexter Stacey[11]; 11. 18-Kalen Draper[14]; 12. 44-Johnathon Ferguson[6]; 13. 31CJ-CJ Castelletti[12]; 14. 66W-Wallace Stacey[5]

QUALIFYING RESULTS

525 Late Models
Group A | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 28M-Justin Mintz, 16.005[25]; 2. 00-Brandon Dockery, 16.023[17]; 3. 2-Layton Sullivan, 16.043[20]; 4. 05-Tyler Leach, 16.110[8]; 5. 55-Matt Long, 16.145[13]; 6. 57-Adam Yarbrough, 16.219[23]; 7. 09-Michael Leach, 16.260[16]; 8. 22T-Terry Caples Jr, 16.311[1]; 9. 537-Jesse Rockett, 16.338[10]; 10. 23-Michael Rouse, 16.351[5]; 11. 121-Blake Craft, 16.361[22]; 12. 15-Matthew Duggins, 16.377[14]; 13. 42S-Anthony Sanders, 16.397[11]; 14. 26-Dalton Hodge, 16.397[21]; 15. 187-David McCoy, 16.423[15]; 16. 18-Austin Mintz, 16.434[19]; 17. 7-Daniel Breuer, 16.447[4]; 18. 4-Kale Green, 16.458[18]; 19. 2W-Justin Williams, 16.652[7]; 20. 30-Tyler Bare, 16.718[2]; 21. 32-Larry Blankenship, 16.939[6]; 22. B18-Aaron Weed, 17.622[3]; 23. 371-Drew Benfield, 17.622[12]; 24. 4P-Preston Dimsdale, 17.622; 25. 52-Timmy Mills, 17.622; 26. (DQ) 66-Jody Knowles, 16.393[24]; 27. (DQ) 444-Teddy Musgrave, 16.538[9]

Group B | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 114-Jordan Koehler, 15.848[18]; 2. 71-Billy Thompson, 15.919[24]; 3. P4-John Price, 15.974[19]; 4. 6-Dillon Brown, 16.038[17]; 5. 28-Trent Ivey, 16.127[3]; 6. 21B-Jamison McBride, 16.127[8]; 7. 22-Russell Erwin, 16.153[22]; 8. J12-Jason Dickerson, 16.157[4]; 9. 8-Joe Leavell, 16.210[21]; 10. 03-Oliver Gentry, 16.212[23]; 11. 67-Bryan Mullis, 16.232[11]; 12. 07T-Larry Timms, 16.317[2]; 13. 5J-Braden Jones, 16.338[15]; 14. 10-Daniel Parker, 16.348[9]; 15. D5-Justin Hobgood, 16.412[5]; 16. 28S-Scott Shirey, 16.498[1]; 17. 14-Baron McDowell, 16.499[7]; 18. 52-Timmy Mills, 16.545[26]; 19. 228-William Russell III, 16.724[10]; 20. 84-Steve Banal, 16.825[13]; 21. 45-Nathan Dallas, 16.918[14]; 22. 29-Brett Grube, 17.487[6]; 23. 95-Connor Morgan, 17.773[16]; 24. 07-Samuel Brian Ledbetter, 17.773[12]; 25. 4P-Preston Dimsdale, 17.773[25]; 26. (DQ) D8-Dustin Mitchell, 16.878[20]

602 Late Models
Group A | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 44-John Ruggiero Jr, 16.876[25]; 2. 5-Robbie Gibson, 17.011[8]; 3. 51-Luke Clements, 17.036[11]; 4. 22T-Steven Thompkins, 17.198[13]; 5. 25T-Dylan Thompson, 17.226[5]; 6. 00T-Kendal Tucker, 17.236[2]; 7. 7J-Dalton Jacobs, 17.253[20]; 8. 22-Nathan Walker, 17.299[10]; 9. 5W-Jody Wilson, 17.328[1]; 10. 6-Clay Blackwell, 17.373[21]; 11. J12-Jason Dickerson, 17.450[26]; 12. 82-Canaan Clobes, 17.485[9]; 13. 1J-Morghan Johnson, 17.550[15]; 14. 25A-Jaedyn Altiers, 17.613[14]; 15. 20-Isaiah Parker, 17.629[18]; 16. 14L-Blake Lyons, 17.684[24]; 17. 87-Gary Bumgarner, 17.726[19]; 18. 300-Bill Tesh, 17.828[22]; 19. 46-Zack Clark, 17.903[23]; 20. 75-Joey Whitaker, 18.024[6]; 21. 1-Brady Cornett, 18.043[7]; 22. 12S-Ethan Simpson, 18.144[12]; 23. 55-Giovanni Baker, 18.258[3]; 24. 11-Gabe Miles, 18.757[17]; 25. 20S-Trey Stamper, 18.757[4]; 26. (DQ) 28B-Jeff Queen, 17.643[16]

Group B | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 14-Jeff Robinson, 16.847[10]; 2. 03-Olivia Gentry Williams, 16.995[3]; 3. 17B-Biscuit Williams, 17.090[14]; 4. 02-Danny Hurley, 17.093[2]; 5. 00-Preston Blalock, 17.093[19]; 6. 2-Dylan Warden, 17.186[12]; 7. 2C-Wyatt Coffey, 17.189[18]; 8. 14M-Baron McDowell, 17.291[26]; 9. 29-Dale Moore, 17.369[20]; 10. 45J-Joey Baughman, 17.394[8]; 11. 27-Mike Davidson, 17.442[23]; 12. 99T-Shun Oreo Thomas, 17.539[16]; 13. 37C-Colby Curtis, 17.670[22]; 14. 1P-Christian Pitts, 17.676[21]; 15. 17-Case Daniels, 17.833[4]; 16. 12-Randy Pinnix, 17.996[25]; 17. 99-Dale Durham, 18.076[24]; 18. 777-Zack Staley, 18.080[17]; 19. 7G-Harvey Gregory, 18.316[6]; 20. 10-Evan Garvy, 18.418[15]; 21. 37-Tommy Eastridge, 19.250[9]; 22. 01JT-Johnny Stovall, 20.831[1]; 23. 28-Matthew Nance, 20.831[7]; 24. (DQ) 9-John Marshall Pursley, 17.187[11]; 25. (DQ) 611-Koulten Herbert, 17.385[5]; 26. (DQ) 94-Brayden Chavous, 17.721[13]

604 Late Models
Group A | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 44-John Ruggiero Jr, 16.170[11]; 2. 1-Jeremy Steele, 16.233[19]; 3. 8-Jensen Ford, 16.325[16]; 4. 09-Ross Bailes, 16.343[22]; 5. 66D-Preston Dimsdale, 16.383[2]; 6. 2S-Layton Sullivan, 16.409[21]; 7. 6-Chase Blackwell, 16.464[8]; 8. 2C-Wyatt Coffey, 16.509[9]; 9. 67-Austin Yarbrough, 16.542[18]; 10. 2-Mitchell Childress, 16.543[17]; 11. 2M-Shawn Martin, 16.572[4]; 12. 22-Nathan Walker, 16.583[12]; 13. 52-Chris Stowe, 16.656[13]; 14. 62-Jason Alexander, 16.667[15]; 15. 22L-Chance Lay, 16.714[1]; 16. 7A-Corey Almond, 16.769[10]; 17. 34B-Caiden Black, 16.793[7]; 18. 82-Gary Dillon, 16.839[20]; 19. 10-Dylan Davis, 16.855[14]; 20. 14A-Lucas Adams, 17.228[5]; 21. 12-Randy Pinnix, 17.236[3]; 22. 01-Logan Hendrick, 17.236[6]

Group B | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 4-Kale Green, 16.304[7]; 2. K7-Keaton Smith, 16.323[15]; 3. 6B-Dillon Brown, 16.358[10]; 4. G4-Trent Ivey, 16.386[12]; 5. 611-Koulten Herbert, 16.441[21]; 6. 5Q-Colby Quick, 16.443[18]; 7. 8L-Joe Leavell, 16.558[14]; 8. 75-Joey Whitaker, 16.577[5]; 9. J1-Jake Jackson, 16.579[4]; 10. 24T-Jody Wilson, 16.665[20]; 11. 2A-Jason Altiers, 16.694[8]; 12. 35-Dillon Daves, 16.750[2]; 13. 11-Joey Warren, 16.754[9]; 14. 116-Randy Weaver, 16.919[1]; 15. 89-Timmie Harrelson, 16.966[17]; 16. 4C-Ace Claborn, 17.069[16]; 17. D5-Isaac Rountree, 17.081[13]; 18. 4Z-Zack Loe, 17.102[6]; 19. 17SD-Stanton Davis, 17.134[11]; 20. 34-Brian Nethers, 17.143[3]; 21. 66-Jody Knowles, 17.616[22]; 22. 618-Kevin Wilson, 18.223[19]

Crate Modifieds
Group A | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 23-Corey Gordon, 18.331[3]; 2. 71K-Dennis Kirk, 18.451[25]; 3. 32-Garrett Killman, 18.466[24]; 4. 45-Cambridge Gann, 18.530[7]; 5. 04-Cole Wagoner, 18.574[22]; 6. 2K-Taylor Kuehl, 18.665[13]; 7. 1G-Grayson Keaton, 18.697[20]; 8. 5-Ethan Wilson, 18.738[5]; 9. 3-Blake Hedrick, 18.773[4]; 10. 14-Jared Fryar, 18.776[9]; 11. 50J-Joey Johnson, 18.792[11]; 12. 05-Travis Covey, 18.797[8]; 13. 3J-Jaycob Johnson, 18.813[6]; 14. 15-Ashton Johnson, 18.857[16]; 15. 16-Daniel Allen, 18.877[18]; 16. 2-Mack Coxe, 18.894[12]; 17. 22-Tommy Gregor, 18.992[1]; 18. B7-Drew Benfield, 18.996[14]; 19. 00B-Preston Blalock, 19.087[10]; 20. 83-Travis Caviness, 19.114[2]; 21. 22P-Randy Pfaff, 19.174[19]; 22. 42-Joseph Galloway, 19.217[17]; 23. 42D-Cole Duncan, 19.554[21]; 24. 29-Tristin Adams, 19.587[15]; 25. 42X-Michael Selig, 19.587[23]

Group B | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 31G-Stephen Pedulla, 18.221[13]; 2. 25-Robert Poole, 18.325[19]; 3. 121E-Biscuit Williams, 18.351[18]; 4. 2T-Ty Norder, 18.462[8]; 5. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 18.536[4]; 6. 6-Ryan Ayers, 18.622[1]; 7. 99-Greg Dellinger, 18.724[20]; 8. 59-Grayson Wells, 18.746[22]; 9. 95-Brandon Woodcock, 18.859[16]; 10. 117-Clay Shumake, 18.903[5]; 11. 61-Cody DeMarmels, 18.967[7]; 12. 93-Kenny Martin, 18.976[11]; 13. 33-Cameron Martin, 19.075[15]; 14. 50D-Everette Dunlap, 19.155[14]; 15. 72-Patrick Field, 19.194[3]; 16. 1V-Cody Verbos, 19.220[23]; 17. 54-Keith Hart, 19.323[17]; 18. 7-Gary Jarrett, 19.369[6]; 19. 16X-Frank Bowyer, 19.454[2]; 20. 41-Mike Lemley, 19.584[21]; 21. 50-Ronnie Covey, 19.861[12]; 22. 52-George Proctor, 20.117[24]; 23. 04T-Kaleb Toole, 23.340[9]; 24. 15W-Morgan Widener, 23.341[10]

DIRTcar 358 Modifieds
Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 92-Andrew Buff, 16.683[12]; 2. 49-Billy Dunn, 16.835[9]; 3. 35-Chris Curtis, 16.924[3]; 4. 18-Kalen Draper, 16.974[10]; 5. 711X-Connor Crane, 17.033[14]; 6. 21R-RJ Tresidder, 17.082[4]; 7. 47-Kreg Crooker, 17.119[7]; 8. 31CJ-CJ Castelletti, 17.172[1]; 9. 44-Johnathon Ferguson, 17.196[8]; 10. 151KB-Brian McDonald, 17.240[5]; 11. 58-Jessica Power, 17.499[13]; 12. 31-Lance Willix, 17.502[2]; 13. 92S-Dexter Stacey, 17.518[6]; 14. 66W-Wallace Stacey, 17.561[11]

DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 5R-Logan Roberson, 16.530[12]; 2. 00-Blake Tasker, 16.590[6]; 3. 5-Jonathan Taylor, 16.627[2]; 4. 7T-Evan Taylor, 16.657[16]; 5. 2A-Matt Altiers, 16.672[17]; 6. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 16.702[23]; 7. 21-Taylor Cook, 16.711[5]; 8. 114-Jordan Koehler, 16.749[9]; 9. 7-Coleton Longwell, 16.783[27]; 10. 99-Cole Hilton, 16.837[21]; 11. 46-Matt Crafton, 16.846[15]; 12. 28-Owen Lacey, 16.910[8]; 13. Z77-Austin Self, 16.923[11]; 14. 8-Kyle Strickler, 16.964[19]; 15. 22-Russell Erwin, 16.978[26]; 16. 99W-Chris Arnold, 17.092[10]; 17. 6-Ryan Ayers, 17.285[20]; 18. 9T-Mason Canter, 17.347[1]; 19. 84-Ryan Toole, 17.477[14]; 20. 59-Grayson Wells, 17.552[3]; 21. 11-Troy Loomis, 17.558[24]; 22. 45-Cambridge Gann, 17.578[18]; 23. 4M-Tim Monroe, 17.580[4]; 24. 05-Shannon Slaughter, 17.648[13]; 25. 05A-Adam Favors, 17.951[22]; 26. F5-Richard Clew, 18.063[7]; 27. (DQ) 93-Ken Martin, 19.847[25]

Hornets
Group A | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 33W-Scootdog Wilson, 20.627; 2. 81-Avery White, 20.815[41]; 3. 417X-Shannon Barnhill, 20.851[19]; 4. 1-Justin Harris, 20.868[1]; 5. M34-Newman Presnell, 20.875[24]; 6. 511-Bentley Caudle, 20.947[36]; 7. 11-Blake Pringle, 20.975[28]; 8. 41-Gage McFadden, 21.065[4]; 9. 311-Jonathan Sarratt, 21.068[18]; 10. N2-Jamie Massey, 21.070[29]; 11. 48-Kayden Presnell, 21.089[33]; 12. 8-Gavin Bright, 21.128[40]; 13. 2-Kris Bobo, 21.133[32]; 14. 88-Joey Kelly, 21.160[31]; 15. 11C-Casey Towell, 21.173[9]; 16. 2W-Bradley Williams, 21.265[2]; 17. 29-Darrell Moffatt, 21.322[37]; 18. 78-Ethan Fowler, 21.334[27]; 19. 13-Trent Blackwell, 21.385[21]; 20. 44-Jordan Webb, 21.405[3]; 21. 34W-Justin Watts, 21.405[11]; 22. 18-Phillip Taylor, 21.409[15]; 23. 313-Rick Dunmire, 21.437; 24. 87X-Josh Cody, 21.527[26]; 25. 4-Daniel Wright, 21.559[25]; 26. 18M-Joshua McKinney, 21.626[23]; 27. 2C-Tyler Capps, 21.636[30]; 28. B6-Wayne Taylor, 21.691[35]; 29. 89-Travis Boyea, 21.751[34]; 30. 21-Brandon Greene, 21.760[20]; 31. NC3-Nelson Cunningham, 21.875[16]; 32. 01-TJ Hill, 21.940[12]; 33. 11T-Tucker Quinn, 22.185[8]; 34. 122-Ashley Parker, 22.484[6]; 35. 359-Michael Lambert, 22.578[14]; 36. 327-Warren Hill, 22.701[5]; 37. 191G-Mike Slone, 26.595[22]; 38. 27M-Keitha Martin, 39.819[10]; 39. 1W-Corey Harper, 39.819[13]; 40. 211-Drew Banks, 39.819[7]; 41. 58-Kason Bright, 39.819[39]; 42. 513-Greyson Coley, 39.819[17]; 43. 19-Willie Fowler, 39.819[38]

Group B | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 33-Coby Lambert, 20.747[24]; 2. F1-Travis Lankford, 20.851[8]; 3. 23-Lane Crow, 20.863[36]; 4. 81M-Marc White, 20.865[21]; 5. 777-Jeffrey Erb, 20.967[37]; 6. 214-Eric McGahee, 20.973[20]; 7. 41H-Bryson Harper, 21.036[25]; 8. 3W-Tristen Woody, 21.127[3]; 9. 145-Braydon Lancaster, 21.166[9]; 10. 39-Brian Barfield, 21.207[7]; 11. 95-Jacob Bright, 21.292[38]; 12. 22G-Michael Grogan, 21.336[12]; 13. 20-Daniel Reynolds, 21.350[16]; 14. 2L-Kylee Laws, 21.350[28]; 15. 31M-Danielle Myers, 21.358[22]; 16. 212-Mitchell Coggins, 21.397[23]; 17. 3C-Scott Cloninger, 21.415[18]; 18. 84-Michael Lawson, 21.462[14]; 19. C2-Caden Massey, 21.574[26]; 20. 121-Kayden Murray, 21.618[4]; 21. 21A-Adam Asbill, 21.638[30]; 22. 91Z-Zack Slone, 21.715[31]; 23. 22-Phillip Gee II, 21.763[19]; 24. 5T-Reggie Twing, 21.801[32]; 25. 28-Tyler Langley, 21.860[29]; 26. 1B-Brandyn Warren, 21.861[27]; 27. 4Z-Isaiah McClure, 21.963[13]; 28. 15-Kenneth Colf, 21.986[15]; 29. 135-Carson Taylor, 22.062[17]; 30. 2B-Addison Bragg, 22.090[6]; 31. 96-Kevin Brazell, 22.109[5]; 32. 151-DJ Moffatt, 22.380[33]; 33. 4T-Tyler Smith, 22.530[35]; 34. 4H-Austin Hatton, 22.823[11]; 35. 328-Chris Gardner, 57.536[10]; 36. 313-Rick Dunmire, 57.536[2]; 37. A53-Austin Haskin, 57.536[34]; 38. 48L-Carson Laws, 57.536[39]; 39. 33W-Scootdog Wilson, 57.536[1]

Monster Mini Stocks
Group A | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 10-Logan Richey, 19.862[4]; 2. 51-Cody Keith, 19.969[11]; 3. 12-Matt Gerrin, 20.133[16]; 4. 96X-Tyler Riddle, 20.145[12]; 5. 16-Robert Arch, 20.253[22]; 6. 3-Barrett Bishop, 20.261[24]; 7. 4-Tack Brown, 20.277[17]; 8. X-Kevin Cooper, 20.432[20]; 9. A47-Austin Bottoms, 20.537[10]; 10. 8J-Tyler Johnson, 20.560[2]; 11. 01-Jason Jennings, 20.579[23]; 12. 26-Johnny Raines, 20.589[5]; 13. 15-Zach Lankford, 20.663[18]; 14. 77-Dillon Smith, 20.678[9]; 15. 23-Danny Henning, 20.932[21]; 16. 5H-Bryan Harrelson, 20.964[15]; 17. 933-Michael Hill, 21.083[1]; 18. 11-James Harrelson, 21.140[6]; 19. 50B-Van Bryant, 21.253[7]; 20. 12M-Kenneth Melton, 21.261[19]; 21. 56A-Ken Appleton, 21.311[3]; 22. 115-Jason Horne, 21.311[13]; 23. 38-Vince Sanford, 21.311[8]; 24. 86-Lynn Guest, 21.311[14]

Group B | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 19-Travis Mosley, 19.684[3]; 2. 117-Matt Gilbert, 19.965[8]; 3. 121W-JR Warren, 20.021[5]; 4. E82-Enzo Dillon, 20.030[9]; 5. 8-Dustin Bolin, 20.233[2]; 6. B3-Damien Bryant, 20.239[4]; 7. 9R-William Roebuck, 20.340[14]; 8. 95-Kevin Atwell, 20.440[6]; 9. H3-Harley Holden, 20.572[1]; 10. J2-Justin Timmons, 20.625[12]; 11. 67-Jackie Holden, 20.646[18]; 12. 3C-Allen Cantrell, 20.672[22]; 13. 84-Kyle Cooper, 20.688[17]; 14. 56-Nick Fulcher, 20.691[7]; 15. 9-Roscoe Corder, 20.729[19]; 16. 21-Jarrett Warren, 20.769[13]; 17. 14-Stacy Brock, 20.780[10]; 18. 5-Jack Jordan, 20.873[11]; 19. 121-Jacob Kinder, 20.911[21]; 20. 123-Connor Keaton, 21.037[20]; 21. 27-Adam Piercy, 28.418[15]; 22. 115C-Kevin Jefferys, 28.418[16]

Street Stocks
Group A | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 83-Calob McLaughlin, 18.595[22]; 2. 18-Dalton Peavy, 18.688[19]; 3. 0W-Johnny Westmoreland, 18.707[25]; 4. 36-Jeff Parsons, 18.739[23]; 5. 23-Ronald Rhodes, 18.751[13]; 6. 3-Tyler Meadows, 18.759[9]; 7. 13-Brian Carswell, 18.762[18]; 8. 34-Cameron Young, 18.870[21]; 9. B4-Brandon Satterfield, 18.905[15]; 10. 17-Jake Jackson, 18.909[11]; 11. 55-Mike Manes, 18.967[26]; 12. 00-Cody Ussery, 19.043[6]; 13. 21-Robert Poole, 19.103[7]; 14. 5L-Matthew Linker, 19.116[12]; 15. 47-Mattison Hoots, 19.213[20]; 16. 17T-Landon Totherow, 19.288[17]; 17. 5-Earl Petty, 19.425[3]; 18. 7K-Brandon Kinard, 19.427[5]; 19. 38D-Jeff Davis, 19.504[14]; 20. 32-Brandon Greene, 19.796[4]; 21. 41X-Kerry Foster, 19.884[1]; 22. 0-Jesse Troutman, 19.944[16]; 23. 28Z-Zach Griggs, 20.118[8]; 24. 20G-Chub Gunter, 20.186[2]; 25. 29-Cain Cunningham, 22.382[10]; 26. 78D-Joey Dillard, 22.382[24]

Group B | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 9-Ronnie Mosley, 18.381[18]; 2. 4-Jonathan Hinson, 18.443[2]; 3. 12T-Rod Tucker, 18.585[15]; 4. 92-Tanner Fortune, 18.636[7]; 5. 06-Andrew Durham, 18.678[8]; 6. 1-Damion Patton, 18.757[27]; 7. M1-Dylan Lacey, 18.772[10]; 8. 9S-Jessie Spradley, 18.822[4]; 9. 04-Austin Brown, 18.899[1]; 10. 01L-Patrick Lyon, 18.930[22]; 11. 77H-Brent Hodges, 18.944[21]; 12. 78-Blake Pryor, 19.013[26]; 13. 2-Bradley Weaver, 19.033[17]; 14. 52-Christian Patterson, 19.035[24]; 15. 03-Matt Whitener, 19.054[12]; 16. 11L-Kade Langley, 19.194[25]; 17. 26-Brian Squires, 19.209[9]; 18. 17H-Camden Harp, 19.258[20]; 19. 6-Randy Benfield, 19.286[5]; 20. 6W-Mark Wilbanks, 19.429[13]; 21. 1B-Brandon Blair, 19.500[6]; 22. 7-Alan Benfield, 19.808[23]; 23. 51-David Stone, 20.310[19]; 24. 12F-Jason Floyd, 20.455[3]; 25. B51-Bryant Rayfield, 20.616[11]; 26. 76-Carson Floyd, 20.617[16]; 27. (DQ) 50-Everette Dunlap, 18.878[14]

Thunder Bombers
Group A | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 88-Luke Doggett, 20.023[4]; 2. 78-Hunter Funderburke, 20.183[8]; 3. 04-Austin Brown, 20.202[26]; 4. 05-Cruz Mattison, 20.221[11]; 5. 19-Stetsen Todd, 20.235[5]; 6. 71-Donny Atkins, 20.349[1]; 7. 21-Nate Jackson, 20.349[9]; 8. G41-Grant Burton, 20.358[2]; 9. 47-Parker Guice, 20.403[16]; 10. 44-Hunter Aiken, 20.408[25]; 11. 14W-Russell Williford, 20.440[17]; 12. P8-Christopher Patterson, 20.455[21]; 13. 135-Travis Jamieson, 20.472[29]; 14. 28-Bryson Guice, 20.480[19]; 15. 119-Justin Barber, 20.532[15]; 16. 115-Jason Edmonds, 20.557[20]; 17. BB2-Jesse Wall, 20.557[13]; 18. 9M-Will Markham Jr, 20.558[10]; 19. 82B-James Baker, 20.573[27]; 20. 135J-Trenten Jamieson, 20.581[12]; 21. 16-Benny Peeler, 20.627[28]; 22. 6-Ryan Howard, 20.689[14]; 23. 45-Jamie Decker, 20.691[7]; 24. M1-Tim Moretz, 20.914[23]; 25. 7X-Jessie Richardson Jr, 21.016[6]; 26. 483-Hannah Wall, 21.122[22]; 27. 8-Shane Gosnell, 21.250[3]; 28. 71R-Eddie Ray, 21.311[18]; 29. 61-Eric Hill, 23.485[24]

Group B | Hot Lap / Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 9R-Ray Cagle Jr, 20.180[6]; 2. 46-Bailey Hipp, 20.220[1]; 3. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 20.233[27]; 4. S1-Bryson Sweatt, 20.239[18]; 5. 01-Cole Dockery, 20.295[20]; 6. 13-Bundy Stowe, 20.298[19]; 7. 4S-Cory Skipper, 20.308[29]; 8. 43F-Jacob Funderburke, 20.357[25]; 9. 13P-Blake Pryor, 20.373[4]; 10. S4-Tyler Smith, 20.400[3]; 11. S2-Garrett Sweatt, 20.503[28]; 12. 4-Doug Penny, 20.615[2]; 13. 08-Phillip Wilson, 20.648[5]; 14. 33M-Bubba Kolb, 20.666[16]; 15. 18D-Riley Dunford, 20.722[13]; 16. 83-Ricky Bogan, 20.723[8]; 17. 37M-Randy Cantrell, 20.755[10]; 18. 0-Jerry Mckeel Jr, 20.848[22]; 19. 14-Jason Ledford, 20.875[11]; 20. 175-Josh McAbee, 20.889[9]; 21. 17-Drake Baldwin, 20.897[14]; 22. 27-Ronald Pope, 20.963[15]; 23. 8W-Chris Williams, 21.003[26]; 24. 114-Jonathon Holcombe, 21.088[21]; 25. 6M-Dylan Montgomery, 21.091[24]; 26. 60-Phillip Benfield, 21.369[12]; 27. 3-Luke Clements, 21.369[7]; 28. 17S-Stephen Newsome, 21.369[17]; 29. (DQ) 75-Jackson Thomasson, 20.043[23]

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