Stephen Nasse Adds World Crown 300 to Growing Resume

Stephen Nasse added another marquee win to his incredible resume on Saturday night, dominating the Cohen Law Group World Crown 300 at Cordele Motor Speedway.

With the win,Nasse joins rarefied air as the only driver to win the Snowball Derby, Winchester 400, All American 400 and World Crown over the course of a career.

While Nasse was the class of the field for most of the evening, he had plenty of challenges throughout the 300-lap feature race. First, Nasse and Bubba Pollard exchanged the lead several times in the race’s first 100 laps before Pollard fell by the wayside with a mechanical issue.

Defending World Crown 300 champion Jake Garcia also led laps and pressured Nasse late, but pulled off the track after 273 laps. Finally, a late-race restart gave Colin Allman a shot at the win.

Still, Nasse held off Allman to add another feather in his cap.

“It definitely took a lot of luck for this one,” said Nasse in victory lane. “We got the right breaks at the right time and made it to the end. These Anthony Campi guys are just so good. They’re really the best in the business. I’m lucky to be here driving it. We do have some work to do with the car. I know I’m never truly happy out there.

“This is another big crown jewel for me to check off. It means a lot for me and my family, my sister and nephews that couldn’t be here. I’m missing them, for sure.”

While Nasse was strong on restarts, he didn’t particularly enjoy seeing any of them, especially the final caution that gave Allman a shot at the win.

“I didn’t feel like [the restarts] were my friend, really. Colin had me worried at the end. He’s a really good driver, and a clean one. I appreciate him for that. It was a crazy race. We definitely dodged a bullet there with some of those fast cars. It would have been an exciting finish if they were still in it, but hey. I’ll take the win.

Allman settled for a second-place finish, coming close to a career-defining win.

“I was going to give it all I had,” Allman said. “We lined up second there. We had a good restart. I tried to be even with him going into one. I don’t know if he spun the tires a little bit. I got a little ahead of him. I guess I almost cleared him coming down the front that first run.

“My car just didn’t have enough sidebite in it to be able to hang with them and Jake. We made it a lot better all night. We took some pretty big swings during pit stops and made it a lot better from that first run. I think we fell back to sixth or something like that.”

With a third-place finish, Spencer Davis claimed the ASA Southern Super Series championship for 2026. Davis is the first driver to win the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing Super Late Model championship and the ASA Southern Super Series championship in the same season.

While Saturday’s race was a struggle at times for Davis, he accomplished the main objective of claiming the SSS title.

“We didn’t have the day we wanted,” said Davis. “We qualified almost outside the top 10 there. This GMS Race Cars, NEXUS Racing, Surf USA Mobile machine was really, really good on the long runs. We just lacked a little bit on the short runs. I thought with that last restart with 10 to go or so, we were going to have something. Colin and Nasse were mixing it up, and we were there but not good enough.

“We came down here wanting to win this championship and be on the front straightaway. We accomplished both, and that’s all you can ask for.”

Davis holds up the SSS title as one of the most impressive accomplishments in his career.

“The Southern Super Series is the hardest Super Late Model Series around. Any time somebody comes, we still run up front. There are a lot of good straight-rail racers, a lot of good big car racers that have moved on. I’m just happy to be part of it.”

Jake Finch finished fourth, with Justin Crider rounding out the top five.

While the points-paying season is over for the ASA Southern Super Series, two more non-points races await on the schedule to conclude 2026. The Southern Super Series will co-sanction both the All American 400 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and the Florida Governor’s Cup at New Smyrna Speedway.

-Photo credit: Ultimate Lap Photo

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