What won the race: Surviving two red flags and a caution-filled 60-lapper, polesitter Chase Edge of Lafayette, Ala., led all the way to earn $5,000 Saturday in the NeSmith-sanctioned Showdown on the Coast for Crate Late Models.

Key notes: Runner-up Ronnie Johnson drove the BruceBilt house car to a runner-up finish. ... A lap-46 pileup included half the field among nearly a dozen stoppages; Devin Dixon, Cory Hedgecock, Walker Arthur and Scott Dedwylder were among those involved. ... Crate Late Models were on the undercard of a $10,000-to-win event for the NeSmith Street Stock Series won by Texan Chris Brown. ... Golden Isles also hosted its local Late Model division among other classes on a night when rain pushed the action well past midnight.

On the move: Runner-up Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn., started 10th; Scott Dedwylder of Vossburg, Miss., started 23rd and finished ninth.

Winner's sponsors: Edge's No. 18 is sponsored by Allstar Graphix and Jeff Dodgen Logging.

Points chase: Heading to Golden Isles, Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, Tenn., had 1,220 points to lead Scott Dedwylder (1,180) and Chase Edge (1,120).

Car count: 32

Fast qualifier: Chase Edge

Time: 16.318 seconds

Polesitter: Chase Edge

Heat race winners: Chase Edge, Russell Brown Jr., Mark Whitener

Consolation race winners: Henry Carter

Next series race: October 21, Talladega Short Track (Eastaboga, AL) $2,000