Steve Casebolt Crowned 2013 Spring Nationals Champion Following Boyd's Postponement!

(May 17, 2013) The final points race of the inaugural 2013 Spring Nationals tour took place tonight at the Boyd's Speedway in Ringgold, Georgia. Sprinkles and light rain fell throughout the afternoon hours at the Chattanooga area facility, but a window of favorable weather allowed the thirty (30) cars in attendance to hot lap and qualify. Billy Ogle, Jr. laid down the quickest lap overall and in Group A during time trials at a 13.368, while Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. paced Group B with a lap of 13.451. Unfortunately, as the B-Mains were lining up, another rain shower fell over the oval and continued rain throughout the evening prompted a postponement of the $4,000 to win event.

A make-up date of Friday, May 24 has been established and the show will start from scratch, which will allow any new entrants next week. After polling the series regulars, the majority chose to make tonight the final points race of the season, which means that next Friday's duel will be non-points. All drivers in attendance tonight received an equal 50 show-up points. Following eight completed points events and two rain-outs, Steve Casebolt, of Richmond, Indiana, is the 2013 Spring Nationals Champion followed by Billy Ogle, Jr., David Payne, Stacy Boles, and Michael Chilton to round out the top five!

Final 2013 Spring Nationals Point Standings
1 - c9 Steve Casebolt - 1382
2 - 201 Billy Ogle, Jr. - 1352
3 - 8 David Payne - 1300
4 - 11 Stacy Boles - 1286
5 - 97 Michael Chilton - 1266
6 - 63 Josh Collins - 1240
7 - 30 Ryan King - 1210
8 - 13 George Mashburn - 1043
9 - 17m Dale McDowell - 946
10 - r1 Riley Hickman - 560
11 - 44 Chris Madden - 540
12 - 00 Johnny Chastain - 522
13 - x15 Shawn Chastain - 514
14 - 4 Mark Vineyard - 493
15 - 1 Vic Hill - 487

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Spring Nationals TAKE THREE on Friday May 24th at Boyd’s Speedway $4,000 to win

By Chris Tilley

BRASSTOWN, NC (May 19, 2013)—After twice being postponed because of flooding at the track (May 10) and being rained out (May 17), the Boyd’s Speedway/Spring Nationals Series event has been re-scheduled for this coming Friday Night May 24th paying $4,000 to win. This will be a complete make-up of the May 17th race that was rained out. The show will be re-started in its entirety. A complete show of Practice, Time Trials, B-Mains and the 40-lap feature will be rain plus a complete show for the support classes

The final Spring Nationals (Non-Points) event brings the series to the 1/3 mile banked clay oval of Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA for a visit to the track located on the Tennessee/Georgia State border on Friday Night May 24th. The event will pay $4,000 to win / $400 to start the 40-lapper at the track that started racing in 1952 and is currently promoted by Gar Dickson.

On Friday Night May 24th the Gates will open at 4:00 pm EST and racing begins at 7:00 pm. The Crate Late Models, A-Hobby and B-Hobby divisions will provide support on the evening’s racing card. Adult General Admission is $15.00 with Adult Pit Passes being $30.00. Boyd’s Speedway is located at 1481 Scruggs Road in Ringgold, GA 30736. Arm bands and tickets from the May 17th event will be good for this event. Also, entry fees from the last event will be carried over to this week’s event.

Further information can be obtained by calling (706) 891-6803 or visit www.boydsspeedway.net . A reminder to teams that Mufflers are mandatory, the SCH112530 and SCH112535 are required and no Dirt Pro Mufflers are allowed per track rules. More information can be viewed on the track’s website on their rules page. For the Boyd’s Speedway event, the following tire rule has been established: Hoosier 1350, 1600, LM 40 and American Racer 48, 56 only.

The final points race of the inaugural 2013 Spring Nationals tour took place May 17th at the Boyd's Speedway in Ringgold, Georgia. Sprinkles and light rain fell throughout the afternoon hours at the Chattanooga area facility, but a window of favorable weather allowed the thirty (30) cars in attendance to hot lap and qualify. Billy Ogle, Jr. laid down the quickest lap overall and in Group A during time trials at a 13.368, while Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. paced Group B with a lap of 13.451. Unfortunately, as the B-Mains were lining up, another rain shower fell over the oval and continued rain throughout the evening prompted a postponement of the $4,000 to win event.

After polling the series regulars, the majority chose to make tonight the final points race of the season, which means that next Friday's duel will be non-points. All drivers in attendance May 17th received an equal 50 show-up points. Following eight completed points events and two rain-outs, Steve Casebolt, of Richmond, Indiana, is the 2013 Spring Nationals Champion followed by Billy Ogle, Jr., David Payne, Stacy Boles, and Michael Chilton to round out the top five.

Further information on Ray Cook’s Spring Nationals Series can be obtained by logging on to the official series website located at www.southernnationalsseries.comor by calling Ray Cook at (828) 360-5353.

Boyd’s (May 24th) Purse (40 Laps): 1) $4000, 2) $2000, 3) $1400, 4) $800, 5) $700, 6) $675, 7) $650, 8) $625, 9) $600, 10) $580, 11) $560, 12) $540, 13) $520, 14) $500, 15) $480, 16) $460, 17) $440, 18) $420, 19) $400, 20) $400, 21) $400, 22) $400.

Final 2013 Spring Nationals Point Standings
1 - c9 Steve Casebolt - 1382
2 - 201 Billy Ogle, Jr. - 1352
3 - 8 David Payne - 1300
4 - 11 Stacy Boles - 1286
5 - 97 Michael Chilton - 1266
6 - 63 Josh Collins - 1240
7 - 30 Ryan King - 1210
8 - 13 George Mashburn - 1043
9 - 17m Dale McDowell - 946
10 - r1 Riley Hickman - 560

2013 Spring Nationals Series Schedule:
Fri March 15-Volunteer Speedway-Bulls Gap, TN-$4,000 to win Dale McDowell winner
Sat March 16-Volunteer Speedway-Bulls Gap, TN-$10,000 to win John Blankenship winner
Fri April 12-Tri-County Race Track-Brasstown, NC-$4,000 to win Casey Roberts winner
Sat April 13-Smoky Mountain Speedway-Maryville, TN-$6,000 to win Tommy Kerr winner
Thur April 18-201 Speedway-Sitka, KY-$4,000 to win Eddie Carrier Jr. winner
Fri April 19-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-$5,000 to win Rain Out
Sat April 20-Cleveland Speedway-Cleveland, TN-$5,000 to win Randy Weaver winner
Thur May 9-Duck River Speedway-Wheel, TN-$4,000 to win Tim McCreadie winner
Sat May 11-Dixie Speedway-Woodstock, GA-$6,000 to win Steve Casebolt winner
Fri May 24-Boyd’s Speedway-Ringgold, GA-$4,000 to win/$400 start (40 laps) NON POINTS