LUCAMA, NC – Jared Fryar dominated in Wednesday night’s I-95 Showdown feature at Southern National Motorsports Park.
Fryar qualified on the pole and never gave up the lead during the 125-lap Ultra Racing Association (URA) Late Model Stock Car race – a race which ran caution free. After the race, Fryar said it was the first time he’s ever won a race with this level of dominance.
“That was probably the first race in my career I’ve run green to checkered in 125 laps,” Fryar said. “Once I got out there, I set the pace I wanted to and just kept going and kept getting away from them. I just wanted to maintain that lead and hope a caution didn’t come out but was predicting a caution would come out around five to go. I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t a sitting duck on a restart. Luckily, it didn’t come out. Things worked out perfect for us.”
While the action was from second on back, Fryar had plenty of fun out front.
“I expected some people to come and go but I guess our car was so good, it stayed digging the whole time,” Fryar continued. “It was really good and I was able to do everything I wanted to with it. It was nerve-wracking though. After halfway, I was just taking care of it as best I could.”
Doug Barnes, Jr. methodically raced his way to the runner-up finish.
“I was saving in the beginning and then, you know, when I started rolling and the race had a green flag look, I knew I needed to take what I could get,” Barnes said. “I was just taking what the car would give me and the car was taking a lot more than everybody else’s car. I didn’t feel like I was wearing anything out. I just ran out of laps. When he had clean track and I had clean track, we were two-tenths better but damn lapped cars wouldn’t get out of the way.”
Matt Cox, who won the first round of the I-95 Showdown in the Icebreaker at Florence Motor Speedway in February, finished third.
“We had a pretty good racecar tonight,” Cox stated. “We haven’t been here in a long time, didn’t have a lot of notes. We missed it a little bit in the race. We were good, not terrible. Wish we could have made some small adjustments before the race in hindsight but it’s a good night for night one. It’s in one piece and we’ll tweak on it and try to get a little better the next couple nights.”
Andrew Grady finished fourth while Tyler Matthews rounded out the top-five.
The INEX Legend Car feature, which had 22 drivers take the green flag, also ran wire-to-wire with Ryan Zima scoring the win over Scotty Benford and Cody Carlton.
“It’s different to come here on a Wednesday,” Zima said. “I haven’t been here since the $25k race [in December 2024]. It feel good to come back on a Wednesday too, normally I’m here on a Saturday. That was definitely fun to come here and win.”
Rylan Speight (45) makes the pass for the win coming to the white flag while Thomas Burbage (3) battled the lapped car of Brody Zacharias (07)
Rylan Speight held off Landon Burbage in a thrilling Bandolero finish while David Bernier, Carson Sherman and Brody Zacharias rounded out the top-five.
SpeedWeek at Southern National Motorsports Park continues on Thursday night with Late Models, Legends and Bandoleros.
Unofficial Results
Late Model Stock Car – 125 laps
|
Finish |
Start |
Car no. |
Competitor |
Hometown |
|
1 |
2 |
14 |
Jared Fryar |
Trinity, NC |
|
2 |
7 |
88 |
Doug Barnes JR |
Forest Hill, MD |
|
3 |
4 |
51C |
Matt Cox |
Little River, SC |
|
4 |
5 |
1 |
Andrew Grady |
Youngsville, NC |
|
5 |
9 |
63 |
Tyler Matthews |
Richlands, NC |
|
6 |
10 |
2 |
Ryan Wilson |
Randleman, NC |
|
7 |
1 |
98 |
Cody Kelley |
Hartsville, SC |
|
8 |
12 |
95 |
Sam Yarbrough |
Myrtle Beach, SC |
|
9 |
8 |
54 |
Michael Fose |
Jacksonville, VA |
|
10 |
17 |
9 |
John Goin |
Scottsville, VA |
|
11 |
15 |
16R |
Rusty Daniels |
Grantsboro, NC |
|
12 |
18 |
16 |
Casey Kelley |
|
|
13 |
20 |
51 |
Anthony Bello |
Newtown, CT |
|
14 |
6 |
71B |
Jake Bollman |
Huntington Beach, CA |
|
15 |
14 |
6 |
Nathan Lyons |
Fort Worth, TX |
|
16 |
11 |
44 |
Dylan Newsome |
Goldsboro, NC |
|
17 |
13 |
2B |
Lanie Buice |
Locust Grove, GA |
|
18 |
19 |
8 |
Cassidy Kiett |
Hickory, NC |
|
19 |
3 |
15 |
Ryan Joyner |
Lucama, NC |
|
20 |
16 |
5 |
Mason Bailey |
Richmond, VA |
|
DNS |
21 |
50 |
Ross Dalton |
Greensboro, NC |
Legend Car – 25 laps
|
Finish |
Start |
Car no. |
Competitor |
Hometown |
|
1 |
1 |
4W |
Ryan Zima |
Cleveland, NC |
|
2 |
3 |
51 |
Scotty Benford |
Swansboro, NC |
|
3 |
2 |
11 |
Cody Carlton |
Camden, NC |
|
4 |
4 |
22C |
Chase Burgeson |
Yucaipa, CA |
|
5 |
5 |
9 |
Brody Rhodes |
Bladenboro, NC |
|
6 |
9 |
17P |
Josiah Phillips |
Blacklick, OH |
|
7 |
7 |
12 |
Colton Hale |
Manteca, CA |
|
8 |
6 |
117 |
Nathan Williams |
Sparta, NC |
|
9 |
12 |
5X |
Jesse Martinez |
West Palm Beach, FL |
|
10 |
8 |
19 |
Maddox Hooper |
Primm Springs, TN |
|
11 |
11 |
19B |
Jacob Bradley |
Rockwell, NC |
|
12 |
10 |
34 |
Trent Dillard |
Wasila, AK |
|
13 |
15 |
28 |
Oliver Missner |
Emerald Isle, NC |
|
14 |
14 |
27 |
Diego Mendeztorres |
Lucama, NC |
|
15 |
17 |
80 |
Paityn Feyen |
Johnstown, CO |
|
16 |
13 |
80H |
Art Hahn |
Hartford, WI |
|
17 |
20 |
T2 |
Camden Truett |
Myrtle Beach, SC |
|
18 |
19 |
29W |
Aaron Wilmot |
Hammond, NY |
|
19 |
18 |
316 |
Kaedin Ridenhour |
Linden, NC |
|
20 |
16 |
72 |
Dylan Abramo |
Fort Mill, SC |
|
21 |
21 |
13 |
Bret Hicks |
Palmyra, VA |
|
DNS |
22 |
48 |
Mason Weakley |
Virginia Beach, VA |
Bandolero – 15 laps
|
Finish |
Start |
Car no. |
Competitor |
Hometown |
|
1 |
1 |
45 |
Rylan Speight |
Emerald Isle, NC |
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
Landon Burbage |
Washington, NC |
|
3 |
3 |
30 |
David Bernier |
Middleboro, MA |
|
4 |
4 |
9 |
Carson Sherman |
Loganville, GA |
|
5 |
5 |
07 |
Brody Zacharias |
Moorseville, NC |
