SOPHIA – Cory Rose won the 35-lap Challengers feature Saturday night at Caraway Speedway.
Rose held the pole position after qualifying and then briefly lost the lead to Enoch McNeil following a restart. But once Rose got back in the groove, he cruised to the victory.
McNeil finished second, followed by Daniel Schadt, Matthew Smith and Blake Shupe.
In UCARs, the winner was Sammy Bullins in the 15-lap race. The runner-up was Justin Smith, followed by Ron Mock, Blair Patterson and Jason Garwood.
Jon Morton won two different competitions.
Morton became a 10-time winner in 2023 in Bootleggers competition, with Jason Garwood in second place followed by Robbie Perkins and top qualifier Bentley Black.
In the Any Car Division, Morton navigated the 50-lap event to prevail in an 18-car field. All other drivers fell off the lead lap except for runner-up Brandon Collins.
The theme for the night was “Crashin Hackett’s Night of Destruction” and so other activities revolved around demolitions.
Allen Vance was deemed the winner of the “bowling with cars” exhibition and also won the school bus races. Buddy Allred was the top entrant in “figure-8 watermelon crawl” races. Jeff Ferree was tops in the trailer/boat race. Marty Coble was the winner of the Demolition Derby.
The next race night at the speedway comes Aug. 26 when Late Models, Challengers, Mini Stocks, UCARs, 602 Modifieds, Legends and Bandoleros will be on the card.
