Due to the potential of severe weather in the area with thunderstorms, lightning, high winds and flooding through the afternoon and into the evening, South Boston Speedway officials have canceled the Saturday night August 3 Davenport Energy Race Night event.
“Given the weather forecasts we have received from the national weather service and other weather outlets, it is in everyone’s best interest that we have made the decision to cancel tonight’s Davenport Energy Race Night event,” said South Boston Speedway General Manager Brandon Brown. “We invite everyone to come out and join us for our next scheduled event on Saturday night, August 17.”
Advance tickets purchased for Saturday night’s Davenport Energy Race Night event will be honored when NASCAR racing returns to South Boston Speedway on Saturday night, August 17 for the Sentara Health Race Night partnering with God’s Pit Crew event.
That event will be headlined by the Kenny Meadows Limited Sportsman Memorial Feature Race, a 50-lap race for the track’s Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division that will have the biggest winner’s prize and largest purse of the season for the division.
A $2,500 prize will be on the line for the winner, and there will be purse increases throughout the field. In addition, Eric Winslow and Roof Masters are posting a $250 Limited Sportsman Pole Award and Limited Sportsman competitor Bob Davis and Aqua Pros are posting a $250 Hard Charger Award for the feature. More bonuses and prizes will be announced later.
The race honors the late Kenny Meadows who passed away December 7, 2021 at age 56 due to COVID-19. Meadows was a life-long racing enthusiast who was crew chief for his son’s racing efforts and helped other teams throughout the years as well.
Six races are scheduled for the August 17 Sentara Health Race Night partnering with God’s Pit Crew event. In addition to the 50-lap Kenny Meadows Limited Sportsman Memorial Feature Race for the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division, there will be twin 75-lap races for the Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division, a 25-lap race for the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division, a 20-lap race for the Virginia State Police HEAT Hornets Division and a 25-lap race for the Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club to round out the night’s racing action.
Advance tickets for the Saturday, August 17 Sentara Health Race Night partnering with God’s Pit Crew event are priced at $12 each. Advance tickets may be purchased online on South Boston Speedway’s website, www.southbostonspeedway.com or by calling the speedway office at 434-572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540 during regular business hours.
Tickets at the gate on race day will be $15 each. Seniors ages 65 and older, military, healthcare workers, and students (with ID) can purchase tickets for $12 each at the gate on race day.
The event schedule for the Saturday, August 17 Sentara Health Race Night partnering with God’s Pit Crew event has registration and pit gates opening at 2 p.m. Practice will begin at 3:25 p.m. and run until 5:05 p.m. Frontstretch spectator gates will open at 3:30 p.m. and backstretch and trackside parking gates will open at 5:30 p.m. Qualifying is set for 6 p.m., pre-race ceremonies are slated for 6:45 p.m. and the first race of the night will get the green flag at 7 p.m.
The latest news and updates about the August 17 Sentara Health Race Night partnering with God’s Pit Crew event at South Boston Speedway and all of the speedway’s events can be found on the speedway’s website, www.southbostonspeedway.com, by calling the speedway office at 434-572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540 during regular business hours, and through the track’s social media channels.
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