Jason Myers (4), Jake Crum (12), Daniel Yates (18) and Jeremy Gerstner (55) battle for position as they speed into the second turn during the Oct. 14 SMART Modified Tour race at South Boston Speedway.
Layne Riggs (62), Deac McCaskill (08) and Carson Kvapil (8) lead the field into the first turn during pace laps of the Oct. 7, CARS Tour late model stock car feature race at South Boston Speedway.
South Boston Speedway officials have announced updates to the track’s 2024 season schedule including a special event to kick off the season.
The speedway’s Saturday, March 23 season-opening event will feature the stars and the high-horsepower open-wheel cars of the SMART Modified Tour. Races for the track’s Late Model Stock Car division and Hornets division will also be part of that event.
“We’re looking forward to kicking off our 2024 season with a huge event,” said South Boston Speedway General Manager Brandon Brown. “The SMART Modified Tour always puts on a great show, and when you pair them with our Sentara Health Late Models and Virginia State Police Heat Hornets, our fans are going to be treated to an incredible show to start the year. The level of competition on the SMART Modified Tour is at an all-time high, and the series has had great, exciting races over the years here at South Boston Speedway. Our Sentara Health Late Model Stock Car Division and Virginia State Police HEAT Hornets Division will kick off their chase for the 2024 division championships in style, too.”
South Boston Speedway will go under the lights for the first time in 2024 Saturday, April 13 to host its NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series opener featuring the track’s four NASCAR-sanctioned racing divisions, the Late Model Stock Car, Limited Sportsman, Pure Stock, and Hornets divisions.
“There will be a lot of excitement as we bring our four NASCAR-sanctioned racing divisions together for the first time in 2024,” Brown said. “We saw a high level of competition and a lot of great racing throughout our four divisions last season, and everyone is excited and looking forward to see what is in store for 2024.”
The track’s four NASCAR-sanctioned racing divisions will return to action the following weekend, Saturday, April 20. It will be the first of two occasions when the track will host events on back-to-back weekends.
NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series racing will return to South Boston Speedway Saturday, May 4. Due to a schedule change, the speedway will host a NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series event a week later, on Saturday, May 11. That will be the second instance of events on back-to-back weekends.
The May 11 event is an event that was originally scheduled for May 18.
“After the announcement of the NASCAR Cup Series schedule we learned May 18 was the date NASCAR set for the All-Star Race Weekend at North Wilkesboro Speedway,” Brown said.
“With the tremendous popularity and interest that surrounds the NASCAR All-Star Race and its accompanying events each year, we felt it would be in everyone’s best interest to move our event off of that weekend and host it a week earlier.”
The track’s annual CARS Tour event that had been held in October in previous years, is moving to mid-September. The track will host the CARS Tour Saturday, Sept. 14, and will feature the CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car Tour and the CARS Tour Pro Late Model Tour. A support class might be added as part of that event.
“The CARS Tour will again bring some of the most exciting action and personalities in Late Model racing to South Boston Speedway,” Brown said. “We’re thrilled to continue our relationship with the CARS Tour and bring another incredible event to our fans next year.”
Highlights of the 2024 season include the track’s showcase pre-Fourth of July 200-lap NASCAR Late Model Stock Car event, the first race of the Virginia Late Model Triple Crown, Saturday, June 29 and a 150-lap race for the Late Model Stock Car division on Championship Night Saturday, Aug. 31.
The season-opening event featuring the SMART Modified Tour on March 23, the 200-lap kickoff race of the Virginia Late Model Triple Crown June 29, the Championship Night event Aug. 31 and the CARS Tour event Sept. 14 comprise the track’s four special events for the 2024 season.
In another schedule update, the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience has scheduled two visits to South Boston Speedway, the first Sunday, April 21 and the second Saturday, Oct. 5.