{"id":137600,"date":"2025-09-06T18:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/137600\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T18:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:01:07","slug":"south-bostons-late-model-championship-night-has-everything-a-fan-wants-short-track-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/137600\/","title":{"rendered":"South Boston\u2019s Late Model championship night has everything a fan wants \u2013 Short Track Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

The battle for the 2025 South Boston Speedway Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division championship can\u2019t get any closer or more intense than it is for seven-time South Boston Speedway champion Peyton Sellers and Trevor Ward, who is seeking his first championship.<\/p>\n

Their championship hopes what is one of the closest championship points battles in track history rests with the final points event of the season, the Halifax County Farm Bureau Championship Night event on Saturday night, September 6, and one last race, the 100-lap Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division race that headlines the night\u2019s four-race card.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s winner take all now,\u201d remarked Sellers, who is seeking a record-breaking eighth career South Boston Speedway championship. \u201cTrevor has had some bad luck throughout the season, and I\u2019ve had a few bad races, and here we are. The fans will get a good show.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ward entered the twin-race event on August 23 trailing Sellers by seven points. A win and a second-place finish by Ward coupled with finishes of fourth and fifth by Sellers created a tie for the track championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was unexpected,\u201d Ward said of the tie for the track championship. \u201cI knew being seven points down going into the event we were just trying to chip away at it (Sellers\u2019 point lead). It (the championship) will come down to that last checkered flag. It all comes down to who finishes in front of who. We\u2019ll walk out of here with our head up either way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sellers has a second-place finish, third-place finish, fourth-place finish and a fifth-place finish in his last four starts. For the season, the two-time NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champion has six wins, five pole awards and 13 top five finishes in his 17 starts.<\/p>\n

Ward appears to have a slight edge in momentum with two wins, a second-place finish and a 10th-place finish in his last four starts. For the season, Ward has six wins, 14 top five finishes and 15 top 10 finishes in his 17 starts.<\/p>\n

As far as pressure goes, Sellers sees it being similar to the August 23 event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not any more pressure than it was last week,\u201d he pointed out. \u201cWe\u2019re going to sleep the same next Saturday night regardless. The championship wasn\u2019t won or lost on the last night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ward said he isn\u2019t feeling pressured heading into Saturday night\u2019s 100-lap race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to race to win, and whatever happens, happens,\u201d he pointed out. \u201cI\u2019m happy just to be a part of it and knowing we have this prestigious of a battle going.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came into this season just wanting a South Boston Speedway win,\u201d Ward added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful having six wins. I hope we can check off another one championship night.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There is one other driver in the midst of the championship points chase \u2013 Landon Pembelton. Pembelton trails Sellers and Ward by eight points entering the 100-lap Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division race that will be the feature event of Saturday night\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

There are multiple scenarios in which Pembelton could win the championship, but they are more complex than the scenario facing Sellers and Ward. Among the three drivers, Pembelton has the best results in looking at each driver\u2019s last three starts. The Amelia, Virginia resident has a second-place finish, a third-place finish and a win in his last three starts.<\/p>\n

While Pembelton has a shot at the championship in the season\u2019s final points race he, too, says he is not feeling any pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is going to be a lot of fun,\u201d Pembelton said of Saturday\u2019s race. \u201cThe pressure really isn\u2019t on me, it\u2019s on those two guys. If we can keep bringing fast cars to the racetrack and qualify well, we\u2019ll get a good finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tentative race-day schedule has registration and pit gates opening at 2 p.m. and practice going from 3:25 p.m. to 5:05 p.m. Frontstretch grandstand gates open at 3:30 p.m. and backstretch and Turn 4 trackside parking gates open at 5:30 p.m. Qualifying starts at 6 p.m. and the first race of the night will get the green flag at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The racing airs on FloRacing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The battle for the 2025 South Boston Speedway Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division championship can\u2019t get…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99],"class_list":["post-137600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}