Though Justin Hicks crossed the finish line first on Saturday at Myrtle Beach Speedway, he was not crowned the winner of the final Southeast Limited Late Model Series Pro division event of the season.
Quietly, and almost unnoticed at the end of Saturday’s 14th annual John Blewett III Memorial North-South Shootout in memory of Charles Kepley, a rookie driver who had never sat behind the wheel of a tour-type modified before race weekend gutted out a top 10 finish at one of the toughest short tracks in the country.
Neither Matt Craig nor Ben Rowe were in contention for the win at all in Saturday’s Pro All Stars Series season-ending Mason Dixon Meltdown at Concord Speedway, but they both ran just well enough to claim championship trophies on Saturday afternoon.
Tyler Truex made his first laps around Concord Speedway in a tour-type modified during practice for Saturday’s 14th annual John Blewett III Memorial North South Shootout in memory of Charles Kepley.