Saturday’s Krush 250 at South Boston Will Offer the Total Fan Experience

SOUTH BOSTON, VA……This year’s Krush 250 will be a total fan experience.
When folks arrive at South Boston Speedway on Saturday, November 14, they will be a part of an entertaining, exciting, family-friendly event featuring an all-star field of drivers.

Along with the action on track, the Krush 250 presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling Benefitting The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation will feature a little something for everyone.

And the fun begins right when you enter the gate.

Everyone who enters the gate will have and opportunity to win $500 from Green Top Sporting Goods. They’ll be able to scan an exclusive QR code and enter for a chance at a half-grand’s worth of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear.

In the midway directly outside the grandstands, there will be bounce houses available for kids to enjoy, among other activities.

But the experience is just beginning…

ON-TRACK AUTOGRAPH SESSION with SPECIAL GUESTS

Fans will be able to meet drivers and special guests face-to-face during an on-track autograph session from noon until 1 p.m. Special guests expected to participate include 2002 Daytona 500 Champion Ward Burton, and former South Boston Speedway Champion Lee Pulliam.

Also slated to be among the special guests are former NASCAR Cup Series standout Jeff Burton who is slated for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame next year and eight-time South Boston Speedway Champion Peyton Sellers.

During the autograph session, Maurice The Music, an outlaw country music singer-songwriter, will perform and will also sing The National Anthem during pre-race ceremonies. He is a former American Idol contestant and has appeared on stage with country music star Morgan Wallen.

Maurice has had over 20 million views online and has over 500,000 social media followers.

Veterans will be saluted as well. A Virginia National Guard vehicle will be part of the pre-race parade lap for a Toast To Veterans courtesy of Danville Distributing Company.

A PHENOMENAL FIELD OF DRIVERS

Some of the absolute best in Late Model Stock Car racing will compete in the 3rd Running of the Krush 250.

Of course, NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts standout Jeb Burton of Halifax, Virginia, will be in the field. Burton’s had solid outings in the first two Krush 250 events, finishing sixth in the inaugural event in 2024 and finishing fourth last year after winning the pole.

The stacked entry list also includes Kaden Honeycutt who, on Friday night, became the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion. Honeycutt has won the Krush 250 each of the last two years and has won three of the last four Late Model Stock Car races he has entered at South Boston Speedway – the 2026 Thunder Road Harley Davidson 200, the Krush 250 last November, and the 2025 zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour feature.

Carson Kvapil, who was a contender for the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series title and is a three-time zMAX CARS Tour champion, will be piloting the No. 32 entry for GoFAS racing.

South Boston Speedway 2026 Hitachi Energy Late Model Stock Car Division Champion Trevor Ward of Winston-Salem, North Carolina is entered. He earned four wins at South Boston Speedway this season and finished in the top five in all 20 of his starts enroute to earning his first career South Boston Speedway championship.

“I’m super excited,” Ward said of the opportunity to compete in the prestigious race. “It’s always a special event, and I think it’s going to be cool. Jeb, Ward and all of the people that put this race on do a super good job. It’s building up to be a really prestigious event. I hate I missed out last year, but I’m really grateful to have the opportunity to be able to race this year.”

Ward is aware of Honeycutt’s dominance of the race the past two years but says he and his team are ready for the challenge. He finished a close second behind Honeycutt in this year’s Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200.

“Obviously, Honeycutt is really good at what he does,” Ward pointed out. “I feel we, as a team, are where we need to be. It’s going to be a super-competitive field. We’ve got to prepare for 250 laps and the stage breaks. Our success is going to be oriented on our pit stops, race strategy and all the things that go into it. It’s a long race, and we’ll try to capitalize on the last 50 laps.”

Bobby McCarty will drive the No. 22 Nelson Motorsports entry. McCarty, who has 11 career Late Model Stock Car race wins at South Boston Speedway, won the CARS Late Model Stock Tour titles driving for Nelson Motorsports. Jared Fryar, who has won both a CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour and CARS Super Late Model Tour title, will drive the No. 12 entry for Nelson Motorsports.

Former CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour champion and four-time Southern National Motorsports Park champion Deac McCaskill, two-time NASCAR regional champion and five-time Langley Speedway champion Mark Wertz, Dylan Ward who won the 2026 Caraway Speedway championship, Brian Blevins, a former Newport Speedway and Lonesome Pine Speedway champion, Jacob Borst, who qualified second for last year’s event and has seven career Late Model Stock Car race wins at South Boston Speedway, and a pair of South Boston Speedway residents, Bruce Anderson and Trey Crews, are also among the race entrants.

Both Anderson and Crews have two career Late Model Stock Car race wins at South Boston Speedway. Crews finished fourth in the final Virginia Late Model Triple Crown standings.

An always up-to-date entry list can be found on the Krush 250 event page: www.southbostonspeedway.com/krush250.

Fans will also get a nostalgic look back to yesteryear as competitors in the Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club will take the track for a 25-lap race as a prelude to the day’s feature event.

LATE MODEL RACE FORMAT

Drivers competing in the 250-lap race will be battling for a huge pot of prize money. In addition to the winner’s prize of $12,000 the race will pay $1,000 to start, have a $1,200 prize on the line for the pole winner, and the leader at the end of Stages 1 and 2 will earn $500 apiece.

Three stages will make up the race. The first stage will end at or near lap 105 with a 10-minute break to follow. The second stage will end at or around lap 175, with a 10-minute break following. The third stage will consist of the remaining laps of the race.

TICKETS

Advance adult general admission tickets are $20 each. Adult general admission tickets on race day will be $25 each. Seniors, military/veterans, first responders, and students with ID may purchase general admission tickets for $20 each on race day. This event will also be included in South Boston Speedway’s season-long Trackside Parking events.

Advance tickets can be purchased at www.southbostonspeedway.com/krush250. They may also be purchased by calling the South Boston Speedway office at 434-572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540, or by visiting the South Boston Speedway office during regular business hours.

Event ticket sales will benefit The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit conservation and outreach organization founded by Ward Burton. The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation is celebrating 30 years of conservation this year. All ticket sale proceeds benefit the organization’s conservation and outreach programming.

SCHEDULE

The Saturday, November 14 Krush 250 race day schedule has frontstretch grandstand gates opening at 9:30 a.m. Practice for Late Model Stock Car competitors will run from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Practice for the Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club is slated from 10:30 a.m. until 10:55 a.m.

Turn 4 and backstretch trackside parking gates will open at 10:30 a.m. Single-car qualifying is slated for 11 a.m. An on-track driver autograph session is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Pre-race ceremonies and driver introductions are set for 1:30 p.m. The 25-lap race for the Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club will get the green flag at 2 p.m. with the Krush 250 Late Model Stock Car race to follow.

The latest news and updates about the November 14 Krush 250 presented by Rogers Heating & Cooling Benefitting The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation event and all South Boston Speedway events can be found on the speedway’s website, www.southbostonspeedway.com, by calling the speedway office at 434-572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540 during regular business hours, and through the track’s social media channels.

To learn more about the event ticket sales non-profit organization beneficiary, The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, please visit www.twbwf.com.
Fans unable to attend the Krush 250 in person can watch the event at racingamerica.tv with a Racing America TV subscription. The broadcast will be live at 11 a.m.

-Story by: Joe Chandler/South Boston Speedway
-Photo credit: Joe Chandler/South Boston Speedway