LUCAMA, NC – Mini Tyrrell closed out night two of the 17th Thanksgiving Classic presented by Solid Rock Carriers by scoring the victory in a thrilling Limited Late Model feature.
The 13-year-old driver from Manassas, Virginia held back challenges from Clay Jones, Jacob Borst and Paul Williamson to score the win in the 75 lap Limited Late Model feature – the biggest of his career to-date.
“It was such an amazing win,” an emotional Tyrrell said in victory lane. “We lost a good friend who was pretty much a brother to me and Monday’s his birthday, so this one’s for him. I know he was riding with me the whole time. I was praying to him with five to go to get me to the end of this thing and, sure enough, we did.”
Tyrrell’s victory comes on the heels of a second-place finish in Friday night’s Dash for Cash. More importantly, Tyrrell was able to close the deal when the race was on the line.
“I couldn’t ask for a better weekend,” Tyrrell remarked. “I’ve learned a lot. Being able to race with some of these guys who are veterans here and work their tails off at this track and coming down here for my third time and being able to pull off something like this is pretty amazing. I’ve had such a learning experience as I grow and I look forward to coming back here next year.”
Clay Jones rebounded from a mid-race penalty to finish in second while Jacob Borst, Paul Williamson and Jason Myers rounded out the top-five.
Other winners: Gary Ledbetter, Jr. (Street Stock), Wil Smith (Mini Stock), Chris Johnson (Southern Lightning Modifieds), Wayne Goss (Any Car), Tommy Jackson, Jr. (Legend) and Emily Day (Bandolero).
Sunday will conclude the 17th Thanksgiving Classic with the 200 lap Late Model Stock Car feature and the 125 lap Super Late Model race. Green flag racing gets under way with the Last Chance Qualifier in Late Model Stocks at 12pm. Any Car racing will also take place after the Super Late Model race before the Late Model Stock Car race closes out the weekend.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
LIMITED LATE MODEL
- Mini Tyrrell
- Clay Jones
- Jacob Borst
- Paul Williamson
- Jason Meyers
- Justin Gill
- Karl Budzevski
- Tyler Horne
- Joshua Yeoman
- Alex Fleming
- Alex Champion
- Dustin Yeoman
- Robert Arch
- Eric Winslow
- Jamie York
- Chris Elliott
- Gerald Benton
- Rusty Daniels
- Kevin Jefferys
- Akinori Ogata – DNS
- Wayne Goss – DNS
STREET STOCK
- Gary Ledbetter Jr.
- Michael O’Brien
- Gary Ledbetter Sr.
- Gerald Benton
- Curtis Pebbles
- Jeff Melton
- Austin Somero
- Mike Cooper
- Christopher Conner -2
- Brandon Manning -2
- Adam Welch -2
- Justin Brown -2
- Mark Simpson OUT
- James Horner OUT
- Tommy Smith OUT
U-CAR
- Brandon Allen
- Robert Arch
- James Stroud
- Neil Mason
- Steve Sullivan
- EJ Kenny
- David Wiggins
- Timothy Smith
- BJ Anderson OUT
- Kris Kurtz OUT
- Eric Sinkbein OUT
- Andrew Jackson OUT
- Bill Mozingo OUT
BANDOLERO
- Emily Day
- Cameron Murray
- Matthew Gurganus
- Jacob Bradley
- Jacob Derrick
- Peyton Lee
- Autumn Weaver
- Jacob O’Neal
- Kaleb Bradley
- Ethan Johnson
- Ayden Millette
LEGENDS
- Tommy Jackson Jr.
- Will Bristle
- Dillon Spain
- Caleb Day
- Alec Webb
- Mason Diaz
- Lee Jordan
- Chris Stancil
- Caleb Heady
- Zack Brown
- Conner Jones
- Ryan Senter
- Emily Day
- Josh Kurtz -1
- Justin Mitchell OUT
- Brad Hancock DQ
MINI STOCK
- Wil Smith
- Lee Kozikowski
- Michael Rouse
- Brandon Clements
- Lee Horner
- Ronnie Jones
- Aaron Crumpler
- Chuck Wall
- Travis Miller
- Stephen Sanders
- Doug Rembold
- Shane Canipe -1
- TJ Dillon -1
- Robert Arch -1
- Chris Hales -2
- Adam Thomas -8
- Jesse Jones OUT
- Chris Ivory OUT
- Andy Newsome OUT
- Robert Strmiska DQ
SOUTHERN LIGHTNING MODIFIEDS
- Chris Johnson
- Hunter Slayton
- Shawn Balluzzo
- Tyler Davis
- Kyle Wood
- Eric Fowlkes
- Austin Thaxton
- Jimmy Humblet
- Jamie Sample
- Chris Humblet
- Bubba Johnston
- Adam Medek
- Warren Lipford
- DJ Huffman
- Wayne McGee OUT
- Ryan Pritt OUT
- Curtis Hughes OUT
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