Photo Credit: Mike Holtsclaw/On Pit Road
After five exciting heat races and many torn up racecars, the starting lineup for the VA is for Racing Lovers 300.
- Chad Finchum
- Tommy Lemons Jr.
- Matt Waltz
- Phillip Morris
- Bruce Anderson
- Timothy Peters
- Brandon Brown
- Lee Pulliam
- Brodie Kostecki
- Deac McCaskill
- B.J. Mackey
- Ryan Stiltner
- Wayne Ramsey
- Dillon Bassett
- David Roberts
- David Garbo Jr.
- Dude Gibbs
- C.E. Falk III
- Nick Smith
- Dennis Setzer
- Bryan Reedy
- Matt Bowling
- Adam Long
- Ronnie Bassett
- Ryan Glenski
- Dustin Ramsey
- R.D. Smith
- Alex Yontz
- Myatt Snider
- Ryan Wilson
- Brenden Queen
- Tony Keen
- Garrett Campbell
- Thomas Scott
- Wesley Falk
- Hayden Woods
- Blake Stallings
- Mack Little III
- Dennis Holdren
- Giles Thornton
- Scott Lancaster
- Davin Scites
As the driver introductions were about to begin, Chad Finchum commented on his day so far, “It was a complete dream come true, couldn’t wish for nothing better but to be in victory lane at the end of the night with hardly any damage or maybe none at all, so I never thought that my third trip to Martinsville in the late model stocks that we would have this much success, but I can’t thank everybody enough.”
Heartbreak of the night was for Annabeth Barnes. After having trouble in qualifying and in her heat race, she started 36th in the last chance qualifier. To get in the feature she would have to make it to the top-10. After a hard fought race she found herself in 12th with two laps to go. Knowing that her car was rolling the outside well, and that most drivers were trying to protect the inside, she chose the outside lane for the restart. Cars bottled up, however, and took away her chance to make it. Barnes commented after the race, “On the last restart we were 12th and I really, really thought we got it. I don’t know if we got brake checked or I heard they got bottled up on that last restart but that ended us. I feel like if that wouldn’t have happened… we were rolling the outside like nobody else could, nobody could roll the outside like we could and then if I would have just had somebody get up on the restart like I was ready to, I think we would be in the race right now.”
The field is set, and the most excitement is yet to come for 42 of the best late model racers around the country.
