Great Weather, Huge Crowd and Packed Pits Make for one Phenomenal Mud Bog at The Pit at Virginia Motor Speedway

Great Weather, Huge Crowd and Packed Pits Make for one Phenomenal Mud Bog at The Pit at Virginia Motor Speedway

Jamaica, VA – The Pit at Virginia Motor Speedway hit the Trifecta this past Saturday with great weather, a huge crowd and an overflowing pit full of competitors for the 14th Annual Down and Dirty Run-A-Muck Mud Bog and Mud Sling presented by James River Equipment and Who’sYourDriver.org. The event was also sponsored by Aaron’s, Northern Neck Chevrolet, Atkins Petroleum & Propane, After Hours Fabrication, Collision One, Gary’s Transmission and Truckin Thunder. Winners in each class: Super Stock A and B – Mike Braswell in Braswell Construction; Modified A and B – Charlie Wood in Mudweiser; Pro Mod A and B – Trey Moody in That P.O.S.; Unlimited Bog – Denny Kerley in Rowdy Snoot in Rowdy Snoot; Unlimited X Tractor – Leslie Anderson in Mud Slay; Obstacle X – Ray Atkins in Haulin’ Gas; X Cut Dragster – Paul Palmer in The Show; XX Paddle Dragster – Dale Ellenberger in Touch of Madness. The Atkins Petroleum & Propane “King of the Hill” Double Down Bonus was offered again to anyone that could win both the A & B classes in the Super Stock, Modified or Pro Mod divisions. For the first time ever, it was done in all three divisions with Mike Braswell in Braswell Construction taking both Stock classes and Charlie Wood in Mudwesier taking the win in both Modified classes and Trey Moody in That P.O.S. sweeping the Pro Mod classes. Each driver received a $500 bonus for being the “King of the Hill”. Two drivers broke track records in their respective classes; Trey Moody in That P.O.S. broke the After Hours Fabrication Pro Mod B record with a 3.654 second run and Denny Kerley in Rowdy Snoot broke the Gary’s Transmission Unlimited Bog record with a 3.208 second run. Both received a $100 bonus in Tadpole’s Break the Record Challenge presented by E&E Caulking, Inc. Fans and competitors wanting a video of the day’s events can contact Sean Cook of Video Media Services (for video) at (804) 398-3838. The Pit at Virginia Motor Speedway is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The Speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area. To learn more about The Pit at Virginia Motor Speedway fans may call the Speedway office at (804) 758-1VMS or visit the mud bog’s web site at www.thepitatvms.com. MEDIA CONTACT: DAVE SEAY (804) 758-1867 OR (804) 357-7223 2018 Mud Bog Results Oct 13...

14TH Annual Run-A-Muck Mud Bog, Mud Sling Set for This Saturday Oct. 13th at The Pit

14TH Annual Run-A-Muck Mud Bog, Mud Sling Set for This Saturday Oct. 13th at The Pit

Jamaica, VA – To say that officials of The Pit at Virginia Motor Speedway are anxiously awaiting the running of the 14th Annual Run-A-Muck Mud Bog and Mud Sling presented by James River Equipment and WhosYourDriver.org would be an understatement. With the spring mud bog rained out officials, fans and competitors alike are all ready for some of the best mud bogging on the East Coast. There will be eleven classes of “Mud Maniacs” in action ranging from super stock to unlimited with cash payouts in all classes. Competitors are encouraged to visit www.thepitatvms.com for the rules packages and payouts. The Unlimited X Tractor and Obstacle X divisions will once again run a short course for time. Plans are to make a few changes to the course before October 13th. Not only will fans get to see hordes of trucks splashing through the 200 foot Mud Bog pit but they will also get the opportunity to see some of the regions best Mud Dragsters covering the 200 foot Mud Sling pit in under three seconds. The event will also include a car crushing monster truck freestyle show that will include three monster trucks and is sure to be a hit with adults and kids alike. Gates and registration will open at 9am with single eliminations for Super Stock A, B; Modified A (Small tire), B (Big Tire), Unlimited Bog, Unlimited X Tractor, Pro Modified A, Pro Modified B and X, XX classes beginning at 12 noon. Registration and inspection for all classes ends at 11:30pm. Rules for each class are now available at www.thepitatvms.com. Admission for the 13th Annual Down and Dirty Run-A-Muck Mud Bog and Mud Sling is Adults – $15, Children 11 – 17 years old – $12 and Children 10 and under FREE with paying adult. Competitors should visit www.thepitatvms.com to print off draw sheets and driver information sheets that must be filled out before going through for inspection. Additional sponsorship for the Run-A-Muck Mud Bog is provided by Aaron’s, Atkins Petroleum & Propane, After Hours Fabrication, Collision One, Gary’s Transmission and Truckin Thunder. The Pit at VMS is located on the grounds of Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway and is situated on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA. The Speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area. To learn more about The Pit Virginia Motor Speedway and the 14th Annual Run-A-Muck Mud Bog, Mud Sling fans may call the Speedway office at (804) 758-1VMS or visit the bog’s web site at www.thepitatvms.com....

Logan Roberson Holds off Late Charge by Michael Brown for $20,000 FASTRAK World Championship Victory

Logan Roberson Holds off Late Charge by Michael Brown for $20,000 FASTRAK World Championship Victory

Jamaica, VA – Logan Roberson of Waynesboro, VA has been the bridesmaid on eight FASTRAK sanctioned events, that was until tonight when he took home the biggest win of his career on the biggest stage in Pro Late Model racing, the $20,000 to win FASTRAK World Championship. Roberson grab the lead from Jenson Ford of Piney Flatts, TN and looked to have the race under control. Roberson would lose the lead to Michael Brown of Bufford, SC in traffic on lap 52 but would power back to the lead on the next circuit. Roberson would keep Brown at bay to take home the 2018 FASTRAK World Championship. “I don’t know what to say, me and my dad work our butts off in the shop at night to come here to do this, to get my first FASTRAK win against all these good guys, man I don’t know I am crying like a baby, I am just so excited, we are just a small funded team but we got it done tonight” commented a very emotional Logan Roberson in WhosYourDriver.org victory lane. Rounding out the top five were Michael Brown, Tyler Bare, 2017 World Champion Ross Bailes and Matt Long. Jensen Ford, Tyler Bare, Logan Roberson and Brett Hamm picked up heat race wins. Kyle Lukon and Corey Almond were the B Main winners and Chris Blackwell scored the win in the non-qualifiers race. Jensen Ford and Logan Roberson led the 31 car field to green with Ford grabbing the lead out of turn 2. Roberson would get by Ford on lap 4 out of turn 4 to take the lead. Roberson stretched his lead out over Tyler Bare by 10 car lengths until lap the leaders began to work traffic. On lap 20 Bare got inside Roberson out of turn 2 and looked to have a run good enough to take the lead only to have caution come out for a car stopped in turn 4. On the restart Roberson pulled away from the now battle for second between Bare and Michael Brown. On lap 23 Brown swept the outside of bare to take second and set out to catch Roberson. Two laps later the leaders began working traffic and Brown closed on Roberson’s bumper but the battle for the lead was thwarted by a caution on lap 31. On the restart Roberson once again pulled away until he began to run into lapped traffic again. Brown finally got back to Roberson bumper and on lap 51 got inside Roberson for the lead. Roberson would quickly regain the lead on the next corner with a strong move out of turn 2. A final caution on lap 54 tightened the field back on Roberson bumper for the restart. Roberson was able to hold off Brown over the final six laps to score his first FASTRAK win and the biggest win of his career. Following Roberson to the checkers were Brown, Bare, Ross Bailes and Matt Long to round out the top five. The 2018 Aaron’s Dirt Series Championship weekly racing season at Virginia Motor Speedway has concluded. The next event will be the 14th annual Run-A-Muck Mud Bog and Mud Sling over at The Pit at Virginia Motor Speedway on Saturday October 13th. Eleven divisions will compete at the state-of-art mud bog facility. Three monster trucks will be on hand for a bone crushing monster truck freestyle show. For more information visit www.thepitatvms.com. Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area. Race fans can go to www.vamotorspeedway.com to view the complete schedule Virginia Motor Speedway’s 2017 season, find detailed event information, get the latest news, and get complete ticket and camping information. In addition, fans can get social with Virginia Motor Speedway by following @vamotorspeedway on Twitter, clicking “Like” at www.facebook.com/VaMotorSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/VaMotorSpeedway. MEDIA CONTACT: DAVE SEAY (804) 758-1867 OR (804) 357-7223 RACE RESULTS FASTRAK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY JAMES RIVER EQUIPMENT – SATURDAY OCTOBER 6, 2018: FASTRAK Pro Late Model World Championship (60 Laps): 1. 17R-Logan Roberson, [2]; 2. 79-Michael Brown, [5]; 3. 30-Tyler Bare, [3]; 4. 87B-Ross Bailes, [9]; 5. 55L-Matt Long, [24]; 6. 21H-Benji Hicks, [18]; 7. 69-Justin Williams, [7]; 8. 75-Brett Hamm, [4]; 9. 01P-Travis Pennington, [12]; 10. 88-Trent Ivey, [22]; 11. 00F-Carson Ferguson, [20]; 12. 2-Dennis Franklin, [19]; 13. 4-Matthew Nance, [10]; 14. 7A-Corey Almond, [26]; 15. 184-Kyle Lukon, [25]; 16. 92-Nick Davis, [29]; 17. 0F-Troy Frazier, [27]; 18. 39-Henry Hornsby III, [28]; 19. 6-Chris Blackwell, [31]; 20. K1-Kerry King, [23]; 21. 71-Davis Lipscombe, [13]; 22. 21B-Billy Beachler, [21]; 23. 09C-Ches Chester, [8]; 24. 87-Walker Arthur, [17]; 25. 03-Stephen Childress, [30]; 26. 47-Matt Quade, [15]; 27. 27-Andrew Durham, [16]; 28. 12U-Brandon Umberger, [6]; 29. 3-Kenny Peeples, [11]; 30. 6D-Dillon Brown, [14]; 31. 83-Jensen Ford, [1] Heat 1 (10 laps – Top 6 to A Main) – 1. 83-Jensen Ford, [2]; 2. 79-Michael Brown, [1]; 3. 87B-Ross Bailes, [4]; 4. 71-Davis Lipscombe, [3]; 5. 87-Walker Arthur, [5]; 6. 21B-Billy Beachler, [6]; 7. 184-Kyle Lukon, [8]; 8. 45-Sommey Lacey, [10]; 9. 52-Bryan Benton, [13]; 10. 09-Brad Rigdon, [12]; 11. 123-Samuel Bryant, [9]; 12. 41-Terry Cregger, [7]; 13. 74-Mike Franklin, [11] Heat 2 (10 laps – Top 6 to A Main) – 1. 30-Tyler Bare, [1]; 2. 69-Justin Williams, [2]; 3. 3-Kenny Peeples, [4]; 4. 47-Matt Quade, [3]; 5. 2-Dennis Franklin, [6]; 6. K1-Kerry King, [5]; 7. 0F-Troy Frazier, [10]; 8. 92-Nick Davis, [8]; 9. 6-Chris Blackwell, [7]; 10. 12A-Ryan Adams, [12]; 11. 72-Charles Shawver, [13]; 12. 0R-Richard Frazier, [11]; 13. 2P-Jared Powell, [14]; 14. 252-Will Pritchard, [9] Heat 3 (10 laps – Top 6 to A Main) – 1. 17R-Logan Roberson, [2]; 2. 12U-Brandon Umberger, [3]; 3. 4-Matthew Nance, [6]; 4. 6D-Dillon Brown, [1]; 5. 21H-Benji Hicks, [8]; 6. 88-Trent Ivey, [4]; 7. 7A-Corey Almond, [5]; 8. 39-Henry Hornsby III, [7]; 9. 03-Stephen Childress, [12]; 10. 74S-Kevin Scott, [10]; 11. D52-Brad Basey, [15]; 12. 01-Matt Glanden, [9]; 13. 13-Ray Miller, [11]; 14. 12C-Cody Cubbage, [13]; (DNS) 21S-Steve Hassell, Heat 4 (10 laps – Top 6 to A Main) – 1. 75-Brett Hamm, [2]; 2. 09C-Ches Chester, [1]; 3. 01P-Travis Pennington, [4]; 4. 27-Andrew Durham, [6]; 5. 00F-Carson Ferguson, [3]; 6. 55L-Matt Long, [5]; 7. 5S-Hunter Stinnett, [7]; 8. 38-Nick Love, [12]; 9. 77-Brian Hankins, [13]; 10. 08-Tyler Dettor, [11]; 11. 66X-Matt Tarbox, [10]; 12. 2B-Michael Bland, [9]; (DNS) 8-Joe Pete, B Feature 1 (15 laps – Top 3 to A Main) – 1. 184-Kyle Lukon, [1]; 2. 0F-Troy Frazier, [2]; 3. 92-Nick Davis, [4]; 4. 6-Chris Blackwell, [6]; 5. 12A-Ryan Adams, [8]; 6. 72-Charles Shawver, [10]; 7. 52-Bryan Benton, [5]; 8. 74-Mike Franklin, [13]; 9. 45-Sommey Lacey, [3]; 10. 41-Terry Cregger, [11]; 11. 123-Samuel Bryant, [9]; 12. 09-Brad Rigdon, [7]; 13. 0R-Richard Frazier, [12]; (DNS) 252-Will Pritchard, B Feature 2 (15 laps – Top 3 to A Main) – 1. 7A-Corey Almond, [1]; 2. 39-Henry Hornsby III, [3]; 3. 03-Stephen Childress, [5]; 4. 77-Brian Hankins, [6]; 5. 74S-Kevin Scott, [7]; 6. 08-Tyler Dettor, [8]; 7. 38-Nick Love, [4]; 8. 66X-Matt Tarbox, [10]; 9. D52-Brad Basey, [9]; 10. 5S-Hunter Stinnett, [2]; 11. 01-Matt Glanden, [11]; 12. 2B-Michael Bland, [12]; 13. 13-Ray Miller, [13]; 14. 12C-Cody Cubbage, [14] Non-Qualifiers Race (20 Laps) – 1. 6-Chris Blackwell, [1]; 2. 77-Brian Hankins, [2]; 3. 08-Tyler Dettor, [5]; 4. 74S-Kevin Scott, [4]; 5. 72-Charles Shawver, [21]; 6. 12A-Ryan Adams, [3]; 7. 52-Bryan Benton, [6]; 8. 74-Mike Franklin, [8]; 9. 09-Brad Rigdon, [16]; 10. 66X-Matt Tarbox, [7]; 11. 0R-Richard Frazier, [18]; 12. 38-Nick Love, [11]; 13. 123-Samuel Bryant, [14]; 14. 41-Terry Cregger, [12]; 15. 45-Sommey Lacey, [10]; 16. 2B-Michael Bland, [17]; 17. 12C-Cody Cubbage, [20]; (DNS) D52-Brad Basey, ; (DNS) 01-Matt Glanden, ; (DNS) 13-Ray Miller, ; (DNS) 5S-Hunter Stinnett, Group A Qualifying – 1. 79-Michael Brown, 00:18.341[11]; 2. 30-Tyler Bare, 00:18.450[22]; 3. 83-Jensen Ford, 00:18.486[24]; 4. 69-Justin Williams, 00:18.494[25]; 5. 71-Davis Lipscombe, 00:18.495[7]; 6. 47-Matt Quade, 00:18.534[21]; 7. 87B-Ross Bailes, 00:18.584[28]; 8. 3-Kenny Peeples, 00:18.585[13]; 9. 87-Walker Arthur, 00:18.621[3]; 10. K1-Kerry King, 00:18.767[9]; 11. 21B-Billy Beachler, 00:18.786[8]; 12. 2-Dennis Franklin, 00:18.859[15]; 13. 41-Terry Cregger, 00:18.866[5]; 14. 6-Chris Blackwell, 00:18.892[2]; 15. 184-Kyle Lukon, 00:19.023[14]; 16. 92-Nick Davis, 00:19.026[12]; 17. 123-Samuel Bryant, 00:19.053[4]; 18. 252-Will Pritchard, 00:19.076[20]; 19. 45-Sommey Lacey, 00:19.101[1]; 20. 0F-Troy Frazier, 00:19.127[19]; 21. 74S-Kevin Scott, 00:19.137; 22. 74-Mike Franklin, 00:19.184[16]; 23. 0R-Richard Frazier, 00:19.194[26]; 24. 09-Brad Rigdon, 00:19.269[27]; 25. 12A-Ryan Adams, 00:19.324[10]; 26. 52-Bryan Benton, 00:19.372[23]; 27. 72-Charles Shawver, 00:19.380[6] Group B Qualifying – 1. 6D-Dillon Brown, 00:18.261[17]; 2. 09C-Ches Chester, 00:18.262[12]; 3. 17R-Logan Roberson, 00:18.366[2]; 4. 75-Brett Hamm, 00:18.376[15]; 5. 00F-Carson Ferguson, 00:18.407[18]; 6. 88-Trent Ivey, 00:18.453[19]; 7. 01P-Travis Pennington, 00:18.519[8]; 8. 7A-Corey Almond, 00:18.578[20]; 9. 55L-Matt Long, 00:18.678[26]; 10. 4-Matthew Nance, 00:18.712[7]; 11. 27-Andrew Durham, 00:18.841[1]; 12. 39-Henry Hornsby III, 00:18.899[11]; 13. 5S-Hunter Stinnett, 00:18.941[9]; 14. 21H-Benji Hicks, 00:18.986[25]; 15. 8-Joe Pete, 00:19.079[23]; 16. 01-Matt Glanden, 00:19.083[14]; 17. 2B-Michael Bland, 00:19.113[24]; 18. 74S-Kevin Scott, 00:19.137[4]; 19. 66X-Matt Tarbox, 00:19.221[10]; 20. 13-Ray Miller, 00:19.304[22]; 21. 08-Tyler Dettor, 00:19.309[16]; 22. 12U-Brandon Umberger, 00:19.398[5]; 23. 03-Stephen Childress, 00:19.431[6]; 24. 38-Nick Love, 00:19.636[21]; 25. 12C-Cody Cubbage, 00:19.822[27]; 26. 77-Brian Hankins, 00:19.889[13]; 27. 21S-Steve Hassell, 00:21.955[3] Over-All Fast Qualifier: Dillon Brown – 18.261 seconds Entrants: 55...

Benji Hicks Holds Off Late Charge by Tyler Bare to Score the $5000 FASTRAK World Challenge Victory; World Championship Tonight October 6

Benji Hicks Holds Off Late Charge by Tyler Bare to Score the $5000 FASTRAK World Challenge Victory; World Championship Tonight October 6

Jamaica, VA – Benji Hicks from Mt. Airy, NC claimed the biggest win of his career, leading flag to flag and picking up the $5000 FASTRAK World Challenge presented by WhosYourDriver.org payday. Hicks would have to hold off a late charge in traffic by Tyler Bare of Rockbridge Baths, VA to go on to take the victory. “All the glory goes to God, it means so much to our team to get a win in this special pink and black throwback scheme on the car. Mom is a two-time breast cancer survivor, and this is the last scheme dad ran in 2015,” commented Hicks in WhosYourDriver.org victory lane. Brett Hamm, Logan Roberson, Benji Hicks and Matt Long picked up heat race wins. Corey Almond would pick up the B-Main win. Brett Umerger would set overall fast time in qualifying with a lap of 19.061 seconds. Brett Hamm and Benji Hicks would lead the 30-car field to green with Hicks rocketing to the lead with an aggressive outside pass out of turn 2. Once out front, Hicks began to put distance between himself and the battle for second. It didn’t take long before the four and five wide action picked up throughout the field. The events first of eight yellow flags would come out on lap 9 when Derrick Shaw and Ryan Adams got together on the front stretch ending Shaw’s night with front end damage. Hick’s would hold off charges throughout the race by Hamm, Tyler Bare, Logan Roberson and Matt Long all snapping at the back of his Longhorn chassis. After a lap 11 caution Hamm would jump the cushion in turn 2, on the restart, allowing Bare to get inside for second. Hamm would retake the position on the next circuit. Hicks and Hamm both would have a close call when Tony Frazier spun in front of the leaders trying to stay on the lead lap. Once back under green it didn’t take long for Hicks, Hamm, Bare, Logan Roberson and Matt Long to get into lapped traffic. Bare would get by Hamm for second and would set out to catch Hicks. By lap 28 Bare was on Hicks bumper as they worked traffic. Just as Bare got under Hicks to challenge for the lead caution fell for the final time with a car coming to a stop in turn 4. On the final restart Bare tried to get under Hicks in turn 1 only to have Hicks power off turn 2 to keep his lead. Hicks would go on to grab the $5000 victory with Bare, Hamm, Roberson and Long rounding out the top five. The win was Hicks third 2018 win on the FASTRAK Racing Series powered by Chevrolet Performance tour, 6th overall FASTRAK touring win and the biggest win in his pro late Model career to date. The special moment before post-race victory interviews was the whole crew kneeling down on the driver side of the cockpit #21 and Tony Hicks car owner, crew chief and most of all Father to Benji Hicks Racing leading them in a word of inspiration and prayer, you could hear them proudly testify before the post-race formalities’, “Glory goes to God, Amen”. The speedway host the $20,000 to win FASTRAK World Championship presented by James River Equipment tonight, October 6, 2018. Spectator gates open at 4pm with on track action beginning at 5:30pm with practice. Admission for Saturday’s FASTRAK World Championship are adults $35, senior and military $25, students (11-17) $15 and children 10 and under free. Bring your Friday night ticket stub and receive $5 off your Saturday general admission ticket. Discount is not good for pit passes. Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area....