Larson wins in Las Vegas, Richmond Raceway hosts 4th Annual Bluegrass Nationals – Motorsports Monday

Dillon Gaudet recaps the latest from the motorsports world

In the NASCAR playoffs you need little bit of luck to advance onto the next round and especially to advance to the championship. What better place to kick off the Round of 8 than the Gambling Capitol of the World? Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosted the South Point 400. Christopher Bell started on the pole position for this one but it didn’t take long until Kyle Larson took control. Larson ended up getting the lead late in the stage and captured the Stage 1 victory. Stage Two was eventual for Kyle Larson. Larson got loose in turn two and nearly spun out but thanks to a masterful piece of driving he was able to save. He recovered in a major way as well, coming back to win Stage 2. What a piece of driving by Larson. Onto to the final restart, both Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson had a great launch. All race long, Kyle Larson would get a fast start to a run. Christopher Bell, would eventually catch Larson late in the run. It took nearly 45 laps, but Bell ended up catching Larson at the end of the race. Kyle Larson was able to get the win, but only by 0.082 seconds! That is the 2nd closest finish in Las Vegas Motor Speedway history. With the win, Larson secures his spot in the Championship 4 for the NASCAR Championship race at Phoenix at the end of the end of the year. NASCAR heads to Homestead-Miami Speedway this coming weekend for the next race in the Round of 8.

To local racing now, Richmond Raceway had the track’s final event over the weekend. The 4th Annual Bluegrass Nationals took place Friday and Saturday evening. Michael Chilton won the Super Late Model Feature race on Friday night. Crab Orchard’s own Josh Hampton won the UMP Modifieds feature, while Buddy Brogan won the KDRA Super Stocks feature. Saturday Night was chilly with a few showers but that didn’t stop another night of racing. Chilton swept the weekend in the Super Late Models and brought home a total of $10,000. The KDRA Super Stocks had a big night Saturday night as well for the Lonnie Centers Memorial. Berea’s own Jimmy Robinson won the memorial race. Paris Kentucky’s Dennis Roberson won the UMP Modifieds feature.

-Full results from Richmond Raceway Friday night-

DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 97-Michael Chilton[1]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[3]; 3. 88-Greg Johnson[2]; 4. D8-Dustin Linville[4]; 5. 15-James Rice[6]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 7. 23-Tyler Hayes[7]; 8. 317-Blake Creech[11]; 9. B5-Jason Barrett[10]; 10. 11W-Jeff Watson[9]; 11. 2B-Matthew Norman[15]; 12. 59-Brian Wooldridge[17]; 13. 22-Joe Mayabb[14]; 14. 33-Dallas Miller[8]; 15. 72-PJ Simpson[12]; 16. 69-BJ Quinn[16]; 17. 96-Josh Vinyard[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Michael Chilton[2]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[1]; 3. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 4. 23-Tyler Hayes[5]; 5. 11W-Jeff Watson[4]; 6. 317-Blake Creech[6]; 7. 96-Josh Vinyard[8]; 8. 2B-Matthew Norman[9]; 9. 59-Brian Wooldridge[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Greg Johnson[1]; 2. D8-Dustin Linville[2]; 3. 15-James Rice[3]; 4. 33-Dallas Miller[6]; 5. B5-Jason Barrett[4]; 6. 72-PJ Simpson[5]; 7. 22-Joe Mayabb[7]; 8. 69-BJ Quinn[8]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 96V-Tanner English, 00:14.377[11]; 2. 88-Greg Johnson, 00:14.520[1]; 3. 97-Michael Chilton, 00:14.530[6]; 4. D8-Dustin Linville, 00:14.732[12]; 5. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:14.767[9]; 6. 15-James Rice, 00:14.794[2]; 7. 11W-Jeff Watson, 00:15.398[10]; 8. B5-Jason Barrett, 00:15.481[7]; 9. 23-Tyler Hayes, 00:15.643[16]; 10. 72-PJ Simpson, 00:15.697[5]; 11. 317-Blake Creech, 00:15.733[17]; 12. 33-Dallas Miller, 00:15.740[13]; 13. 59-Brian Wooldridge, 00:15.818[15]; 14. 22-Joe Mayabb, 00:15.928[4]; 15. 96-Josh Vinyard, 00:15.990[14]; 16. 69-BJ Quinn, 00:18.792[3]; 17. 2B-Matthew Norman, 00:19.253[8]

Hot Laps 1 (2 Laps): 1. 97-Michael Chilton, 00:13.912[6]; 2. 88-Greg Johnson, 00:14.527[1]; 3. 15-James Rice, 00:14.669[2]; 4. 72-PJ Simpson, 00:15.842[5]; 5. 69-BJ Quinn, 00:17.876[3]; 6. 22-Joe Mayabb, 00:18.189[4]

Hot Laps 2 (2 Laps): 1. 96V-Tanner English, 00:14.491[5]; 2. D8-Dustin Linville, 00:14.553[6]; 3. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:14.673[3]; 4. 11W-Jeff Watson, 00:15.560[4]; 5. B5-Jason Barrett, 00:15.673[1]; 6. 2B-Matthew Norman, 00:15.830[2]

Hot Laps 3 (2 Laps): 1. 33-Dallas Miller, 00:15.549[1]; 2. 317-Blake Creech, 00:15.703[5]; 3. 23-Tyler Hayes, 00:15.975[4]; 4. 96-Josh Vinyard, 00:16.456[2]; 5. 59-Brian Wooldridge, 00:16.502[3]

DIRTCAR UMP MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2H-Josh Hampton[2]; 2. 33Z-Zach Powers[5]; 3. 25-Dennis Roberson[4]; 4. 26-Kyle Cochran[1]; 5. C8-Jimmy Crabtree[3]; 6. 17-Tyler Rigsby[6]; 7. 29-Layne Rogers[7]; 8. 17K-Kenneth Clemmons[8]; 9. (DNS) 18-David Adams; 10. (DNS) 74-Bobby Begley

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Kyle Cochran[3]; 2. C8-Jimmy Crabtree[1]; 3. 33Z-Zach Powers[2]; 4. 29-Layne Rogers[5]; 5. (DNS) 18-David Adams

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2H-Josh Hampton[2]; 2. 25-Dennis Roberson[1]; 3. 17-Tyler Rigsby[3]; 4. 17K-Kenneth Clemmons[5]; 5. 74-Bobby Begley[4]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. C8-Jimmy Crabtree, 00:15.878[3]; 2. 25-Dennis Roberson, 00:15.957[4]; 3. 33Z-Zach Powers, 00:16.111[8]; 4. 2H-Josh Hampton, 00:16.127[6]; 5. 26-Kyle Cochran, 00:16.151[9]; 6. 17-Tyler Rigsby, 00:16.215[5]; 7. 18-David Adams, 00:16.374[7]; 8. 74-Bobby Begley, 00:17.406[10]; 9. 29-Layne Rogers, 00:17.594[2]; 10. 17K-Kenneth Clemmons, 00:17.633[1]

KDRA SUPER STOCKS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 15B-Buddy Brogan[7]; 2. 57-Chad Barrett[4]; 3. 1-Bartley Grant[6]; 4. 14-Steven Harp[5]; 5. 20-Glen Hounshell[14]; 6. 62-Daniel Stamper[8]; 7. 11-Robbie Gadd[15]; 8. 58-Logan Preston[13]; 9. 428M-TJ Smith[11]; 10. 57B-Donald Barrett[3]; 11. 11K-Matthew King[9]; 12. 57C-Colton Collins[10]; 13. 13R-Johnny King[17]; 14. 35-Blake Brown[1]; 15. 199-Connor Stewart[16]; 16. 24C-Jimmy Robinson[2]; 17. 12-Trey Chastain[12]; 18. 74-Matthew Jones[18]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 58-Logan Preston[2]; 2. 20-Glen Hounshell[3]; 3. 11-Robbie Gadd[1]; 4. 199-Connor Stewart[4]; 5. 13R-Johnny King[5]; 6. 74-Matthew Jones[6]; 7. 15-Colby Taylor[7]; 8. (DNS) 17-Jeremy Creech; 9. (DNS) 00-Lee Stuppy; 10. (DNS) 0X-Chase McWhorter; 11. (DNS) 28B-Jimmy Bailey

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Blake Brown[1]; 2. 57-Chad Barrett[3]; 3. 15B-Buddy Brogan[5]; 4. 57C-Colton Collins[4]; 5. 11-Robbie Gadd[6]; 6. 199-Connor Stewart[7]; 7. 15-Colby Taylor[2]; 8. (DNS) 0X-Chase McWhorter

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24C-Jimmy Robinson[1]; 2. 14-Steven Harp[3]; 3. 62-Daniel Stamper[4]; 4. 428M-TJ Smith[5]; 5. 58-Logan Preston[6]; 6. 13R-Johnny King[7]; 7. 17-Jeremy Creech[2]; 8. (DNS) 28B-Jimmy Bailey

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57B-Donald Barrett[1]; 2. 1-Bartley Grant[2]; 3. 11K-Matthew King[3]; 4. 12-Trey Chastain[4]; 5. 20-Glen Hounshell[7]; 6. 74-Matthew Jones[6]; 7. 00-Lee Stuppy[5]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 35-Blake Brown, 00:16.106[19]; 2. 24C-Jimmy Robinson, 00:16.343[7]; 3. 57B-Donald Barrett, 00:16.626[13]; 4. 15-Colby Taylor, 00:16.640[15]; 5. 17-Jeremy Creech, 00:16.673[21]; 6. 1-Bartley Grant, 00:16.699[20]; 7. 57-Chad Barrett, 00:16.803[4]; 8. 14-Steven Harp, 00:16.879[2]; 9. 11K-Matthew King, 00:16.971[12]; 10. 57C-Colton Collins, 00:17.053[3]; 11. 62-Daniel Stamper, 00:17.212[5]; 12. 12-Trey Chastain, 00:17.215[6]; 13. 15B-Buddy Brogan, 00:17.216[22]; 14. 428M-TJ Smith, 00:17.290[14]; 15. 00-Lee Stuppy, 00:17.428[1]; 16. 11-Robbie Gadd, 00:17.440[16]; 17. 58-Logan Preston, 00:18.010[9]; 18. 74-Matthew Jones, 00:18.149[11]; 19. 199-Connor Stewart, 00:18.398[23]; 20. 13R-Johnny King, 00:18.433[18]; 21. (DNS) 20-Glen Hounshell; 22. (DNS) 0X-Chase McWhorter; 23. (DNS) 28B-Jimmy Bailey

-Full results from Richmond Raceway Saturday night-

DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 97-Michael Chilton[1]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[3]; 3. D8-Dustin Linville[2]; 4. 88-Greg Johnson[5]; 5. 15-James Rice[6]; 6. B00-Josh Henry[7]; 7. B5-Jason Barrett[11]; 8. 11-Daniel Dial[9]; 9. 11W-Jeff Watson[13]; 10. 33-Dallas Miller[10]; 11. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[4]; 12. 23-Tyler Hayes[14]; 13. 33B-Joe Brewer[16]; 14. 59-Brian Wooldridge[15]; 15. 22-Joe Mayabb[17]; 16. 69-BJ Quinn[18]; 17. 96-Josh Vinyard[12]; 18. 317-Blake Creech[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Michael Chilton[1]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[2]; 3. 88-Greg Johnson[4]; 4. B00-Josh Henry[3]; 5. 11-Daniel Dial[6]; 6. B5-Jason Barrett[5]; 7. 11W-Jeff Watson[7]; 8. 59-Brian Wooldridge[8]; 9. 22-Joe Mayabb[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. D8-Dustin Linville[1]; 2. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[2]; 3. 15-James Rice[3]; 4. 317-Blake Creech[8]; 5. 33-Dallas Miller[7]; 6. 96-Josh Vinyard[6]; 7. 23-Tyler Hayes[5]; 8. (DNS) 33B-Joe Brewer; 9. (DNS) 69-BJ Quinn

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 97-Michael Chilton, 00:15.080[5]; 2. D8-Dustin Linville, 00:15.229[16]; 3. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.344[11]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:15.369[2]; 5. B00-Josh Henry, 00:15.515[1]; 6. 15-James Rice, 00:15.525[3]; 7. 88-Greg Johnson, 00:15.709[17]; 8. 33B-Joe Brewer, 00:15.718[6]; 9. B5-Jason Barrett, 00:15.726[18]; 10. 23-Tyler Hayes, 00:15.749[9]; 11. 11-Daniel Dial, 00:15.841[13]; 12. 96-Josh Vinyard, 00:15.913[4]; 13. 11W-Jeff Watson, 00:15.941[8]; 14. 33-Dallas Miller, 00:16.021[12]; 15. 59-Brian Wooldridge, 00:16.025[7]; 16. 317-Blake Creech, 00:16.159[15]; 17. 22-Joe Mayabb, 00:16.494[10]; 18. 69-BJ Quinn, 00:17.774[14]

Hot Laps 1 (2 Laps): 1. 97-Michael Chilton, 00:15.126[5]; 2. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:15.249[2]; 3. B00-Josh Henry, 00:15.343[1]; 4. 15-James Rice, 00:15.381[3]; 5. 33B-Joe Brewer, 00:15.830[6]; 6. 96-Josh Vinyard, 00:16.394[4]

Hot Laps 2 (2 Laps): 1. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.077[5]; 2. 33-Dallas Miller, 00:15.423[6]; 3. 11W-Jeff Watson, 00:15.588[2]; 4. 23-Tyler Hayes, 00:15.705[3]; 5. 22-Joe Mayabb, 00:15.912[4]; 6. 59-Brian Wooldridge, 00:16.056[1]

Hot Laps 3 (2 Laps): 1. 88-Greg Johnson, 00:14.890[5]; 2. D8-Dustin Linville, 00:15.308[4]; 3. 11-Daniel Dial, 00:15.499[1]; 4. B5-Jason Barrett, 00:15.524[6]; 5. 317-Blake Creech, 00:15.605[3]; 6. (DNS) 69-BJ Quinn

DIRTCAR UMP MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 25-Dennis Roberson[2]; 2. 2H-Josh Hampton[1]; 3. 18-Zach Powers[3]; 4. 17-Tyler Rigsby[6]; 5. 26-Kyle Cochran[4]; 6. C8-Jimmy Crabtree[5]; 7. 29-Layne Rogers[7]; 8. 17K-Kenneth Clemmons[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2H-Josh Hampton[2]; 2. 25-Dennis Roberson[1]; 3. 18-Zach Powers[3]; 4. 26-Kyle Cochran[4]; 5. C8-Jimmy Crabtree[5]; 6. 17-Tyler Rigsby[7]; 7. 29-Layne Rogers[6]; 8. 17K-Kenneth Clemmons[8]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 25-Dennis Roberson, 00:16.381[4]; 2. 2H-Josh Hampton, 00:16.397[6]; 3. 18-Zach Powers, 00:16.407[3]; 4. 26-Kyle Cochran, 00:16.581[1]; 5. C8-Jimmy Crabtree, 00:16.731[2]; 6. 29-Layne Rogers, 00:16.900[7]; 7. 17-Tyler Rigsby, 00:17.093[8]; 8. 17K-Kenneth Clemmons, 00:17.895[5]

KDRA SUPER STOCKS
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 24C-Jimmy Robinson[4]; 2. 15-Buddy Brogan[5]; 3. 1-Bartley Grant[6]; 4. 57C-Colton Collins[8]; 5. 75-Travis Preston[10]; 6. 101-Allen Hackworth[11]; 7. 52H-Harley Ellison[9]; 8. 57B-Donald Barrett[20]; 9. 95-Gary Rahe Jr[16]; 10. 314-Blaise Frasure[17]; 11. 14-Steven Harp[12]; 12. 35-Blake Brown[1]; 13. 115-Colby Taylor[3]; 14. 17S-Jason Hall[7]; 15. 20-Glen Hounshell[14]; 16. 62-Daniel Stamper[15]; 17. 51X-Pete Wright[2]; 18. 11K-Matthew King[19]; 19. (DNS) 24-Jeremy Howard; 20. (DQ) 12-Trey Chastain[13]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Trey Chastain[1]; 2. 20-Glen Hounshell[2]; 3. 62-Daniel Stamper[4]; 4. 95-Gary Rahe Jr[3]; 5. 314-Blaise Frasure[14]; 6. 24-Jeremy Howard[12]; 7. 89-Logan Preston[9]; 8. 16C-Zach Howell[16]; 9. 57-Chad Barrett[5]; 10. 428M-TJ Smith[7]; 11. 18-Thomas Scenters[13]; 12. 57B-Donald Barrett[11]; 13. 99-Joey Funk[6]; 14. (DNS) 11K-Matthew King; 15. (DNS) 17-Jeremy Creech; 16. (DNS) 01-Dennis Roberson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Blake Brown[1]; 2. 24C-Jimmy Robinson[2]; 3. 17S-Jason Hall[3]; 4. 75-Travis Preston[4]; 5. 12-Trey Chastain[5]; 6. 62-Daniel Stamper[8]; 7. 428M-TJ Smith[9]; 8. 17-Jeremy Creech[6]; 9. 18-Thomas Scenters[10]; 10. (DNS) 16C-Zach Howell

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51X-Pete Wright[2]; 2. 15-Buddy Brogan[1]; 3. 57C-Colton Collins[4]; 4. 101-Allen Hackworth[3]; 5. 20-Glen Hounshell[5]; 6. 57-Chad Barrett[6]; 7. 11K-Matthew King[9]; 8. 57B-Donald Barrett[7]; 9. 314-Blaise Frasure[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 115-Colby Taylor[1]; 2. 1-Bartley Grant[5]; 3. 52H-Harley Ellison[7]; 4. 14-Steven Harp[6]; 5. 95-Gary Rahe Jr[8]; 6. 99-Joey Funk[3]; 7. 89-Logan Preston[9]; 8. 24-Jeremy Howard[2]; 9. (DNS) 01-Dennis Roberson

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 35-Blake Brown, 00:16.403[14]; 2. 15-Buddy Brogan, 00:16.538[16]; 3. 115-Colby Taylor, 00:16.541[5]; 4. 24C-Jimmy Robinson, 00:16.728[21]; 5. 51X-Pete Wright, 00:16.813[8]; 6. 24-Jeremy Howard, 00:16.824[9]; 7. 17S-Jason Hall, 00:16.831[28]; 8. 101-Allen Hackworth, 00:16.883[12]; 9. 99-Joey Funk, 00:16.889[11]; 10. 75-Travis Preston, 00:16.910[3]; 11. 57C-Colton Collins, 00:16.915[24]; 12. 01-Dennis Roberson, 00:17.014[13]; 13. 12-Trey Chastain, 00:17.025[23]; 14. 20-Glen Hounshell, 00:17.030[17]; 15. 1-Bartley Grant, 00:17.051[22]; 16. 17-Jeremy Creech, 00:17.071[10]; 17. 57-Chad Barrett, 00:17.090[2]; 18. 14-Steven Harp, 00:17.106[18]; 19. 16C-Zach Howell, 00:17.108[4]; 20. 57B-Donald Barrett, 00:17.110[26]; 21. 52H-Harley Ellison, 00:17.188[19]; 22. 62-Daniel Stamper, 00:17.227[25]; 23. 314-Blaise Frasure, 00:17.304[15]; 24. 95-Gary Rahe Jr, 00:17.348[1]; 25. 428M-TJ Smith, 00:17.371[7]; 26. 11K-Matthew King, 00:17.421[27]; 27. 89-Logan Preston, 00:17.436[20]; 28. 18-Thomas Scenters, 00:18.022[6]