Golden Isles Speedway
Roberts completes sweep at Golden Isles
By Kelley Carlton
O'Reilly Southern All StarsBRUNSWICK, Ga. (Sept. 27) — Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga., fought off 12th-starting Randle Chupp of Troutman, N.C., at Golden Isles Speedway to earn $5,000 and complete a weekend sweep at Golden Isles Speedway. Roberts won Saturday's O'Reilly Southern All Star feature one day after his $3,000 victory on the sister series, the O'Reilly SAS East tour.
“We just had a great car all weekend long," Roberts said. “I knew Randle was coming there late in the race. When we had that restart and I heard them tell him to commit high or low I knew he had really come through the field and we would have to run hard to hold him off. But we were able to do it.”
Roberts every lap from his pole position to outrun Chupp, who was up to third midway through the race and survived a near-spin in turn four in the closing laps that briefly dropped him back to fourth. Jeremy Faircloth of Swainsboro, Ga., finished second followed by Dillon Wood of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., and Shane Riner of Guyton, Ga.
Notes: Roberts drives a Victory Circle Chassis with a Randy Clary Racing Engine and sponsorship from Cushman Paint and Body, Starrette Trucking, Sid’s Trim and Fit, Concept Graphics, PPM Racing Products, Simpson, Schaeffer Racing Oils and Wa-Don Bert Transmission. ... SAS points leader Ivedent Lloyd Jr. had engine problems in hot laps, but his closest pursuer in the points, fellow Floridian Jason Fitzgerald, let Lloyd use his backup car. Lloyd finished 10th to extend his points lead over Fitzgerald, who was 16th. ... Next up for the Southern All Stars is an Oct. 4 event at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., paying $5,000 to the winner.
O'Reilly SAS @ Golden Isles: (1) Casey Roberts, (2) Randle Chupp, (3) Jeremy Faircloth, (4) Dillon Wood, (5) Shane Riner, (6) Brent Dixon, (7) Tyler Ivey, (8) Monk Gulledge, (9) Chesley Dixon, (10) Ivedent Lloyd Jr., (11) Shon Flanary, (12) Dion Deason, (13) Derek Ellis, (14) Lee Sutton, (15) Wayne Shugart, (16) Jason Fitzgerald, (17) Anthony Hill, (18) Brandon Cameron, (19) Michael Akeson, (20) Chris Madden, (21) Chris Buckaloo, (22) Homer Leonard. Fast qualifier: Roberts.
