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Richmond, IN's Steve Casebolt held off the challengers and maneuvered his way through lapped traffic to take the 8th Annual Boone Coleman Memorial Gator 50 Saturday Night at Portsmouth Raceway Park.
Besides Casebolt, K.C. Burdette, Larry Holbrook, and Derek Richmond all claimed checkered flags in their respective divisions.
Saturday's Late Model Feature had a lot to offer, as the winner pocketed $5,000 and earned a provisional starting spot in this October's Dirt Track World Championship, which is valued at $2,000.
The large stakes brought out some big-time performances. Casebolt charged from seventh to claim the victory. Four-time Boone Coleman Memorial winner Jackie Boggs of Grayson, KY climbed from ninth to finish second. Parkersburg, WV's Colten Burdette moved up from eighth to second before eventually having to settle for third.
Wheelersburg's Josh Bocook started on the pole. The 2017 PRP champion would lead the first two laps before spinning in the middle of turns one and two. Luckily, the entire field managed to get by Bocook without any major collisions, however, both Doug Drown and Brandon Fouts sustained some body damage.
Drown, the outside polesitter, would finish in the top 10 but was never able to challenge for the lead. Fouts, who had won each of the past two Boone Coleman Memorials, would wind up falling out of the race and placing 17th.
After Bocook's mishap, the 2015 Gator 50 winner Rod Conley would inherit the lead. The Wheelersburg racer would keep his Rocket Chassis at the front of the field until lap 12 when Casebolt went by. Casebolt, a former Dream and Fred Dillow Memorial winner, would lead the remainder of the 50-lapper, but not without a catch-your-breath moment.
Casebolt struggled for nearly 10 circuits to clear Audie Swartz, who was the last car on the lead lap. Swartz protected the inside line, and Casebolt worked vigorously time and time again to clear him. The battle that raged between Casebolt and Swartz enabled Coleton Burdette to catch up, and with eight laps to go the trio of Casebolt, Swartz, and Burdette found themselves three-wide.
Casebolt finally got to the inside of Swartz with Burdette up on the rim. Casebolt would eventually clear the other two and hold on for the victory.
With two laps to go, Boggs would pass Burdette to take over the runner-up spot. Finishing behind Casebolt, Boggs, and Burdette were Rod Conley and fast-qualifier Shannon Thornsberry. R.J. Conley, Doug Drown, Delmas Conley, Kevin Wagner, and Ron Hinds II would round out the top 10.

Parkersburg, WV's K.C. Burdette led the Modified A-Main from flag to flag. The 2018 Modified Dirt Track World Championship winner was the class of the field. Brian Skaggs, Seth Daniels, Adam Stricker, and Dynamic Shock Service Fast Qualifier Austin Francis completed the top five. The rest of the top 10 was comprised of Davey Warnock, Mark Dickson, Matt Altiers, Craig Christian, and Ervin Vance.
The Limited Late Models presented a flurry of excitement in their heats and feature. Newark's Larry Holbrook took the win in the A-Main holding off stiff competition in the likes of John Melvin, Billy "The Rosemount Rocket" Staker, Evyian Terry, and Cameron Logan. That group finished first through fifth respectively.
Defending track champ Matt Melvin provided fans with plenty of entertainment, as he sliced and diced with his father, John, up at the front of the field before falling out of the race with four laps remaining.
Making up the rest of the top 10 were Kevin Terry, Charlie Mullett, Greg Thompson, Raymond Alley, and Matt Melvin.
Stout's Derek Richmond took the win in the Sport Mods. He passed Brennan Bobst for the lead with nine laps remaining.
For Richmond, it was his second victory of the season. Making up the remainder of the top 10 behind Richmond and Bobst were Cody Gifford, Derek Spencer, Jason Spillman, Branden Colley, Stevie Thornsberry, Jeremy Brady, Ray Lunsford, and Danny Hamilton Jr.
Portsmouth Raceway Park will be back in action this Saturday with a full program featuring Giovanni's Pizza Late Models, R.W. Rental & Supplies Modifieds, O'Reilly Auto Parts Limited Lates, and EMC2 Party Rentals & Inflatables/The Jump Zone Sport Mods. It will be Kids Night. All children ages 12 and under will receive free general admission tickets.
The highlighted event of the evening this coming Saturday will be the Annual Todd Galloway Memorial, formerly The Limited Late Model Extravaganza, presented by Premier Precast Products. For more details, log on to www.portsraceway.com.

Late Models A-Main 50 laps | 00:14:50.505

1. C9-Steve Casebolt, 14:23.700[7]; 2. 4B-Jackie Boggs, 14:30.500[9]; 3. 44CB-Colten Burdette, 14:29.397[8]; 4. 71R-Rod Conley, 14:31.810[3]; 5. 17-Shannon Thornsberry, 14:40.719[6]; 6. 71C-RJ Conley, 14:35.134[4]; 7. 12-Doug Drown, 14:42.102[2]; 8. 71-Delmas Conley, 14:47.865[11]; 9. 33-Kevin Wagner, 14:50.505[13]; 10. 57-Ron Hinds II, 14:36.342[15]; 11. 1-Audie Swartz, 14:38.416[14]; 12. 159-Avery Taylor, 14:47.376[16]; 13. 10K-Jake Keaton, 14:42.186[12]; 14. 26-Josh Hall, 14:34.533[18]; 15. 11-Darren Kattine, 14:28.218[17]; 16. 94-Randy Ross, 14:38.544[19]; 17. 81-Brandon Fouts, 05:02.972[5]; 18. B1-Josh Bocook, 05:00.253[1]; 19. 9F-Mark Frazier, 04:43.223[10]; 20. 32A-Robert Starret, 05:02.899[21]; 21. K73-Kevin Mullett, 04:56.242[20]
   Heat 1 8 laps | 00:02:41
2. C9-Steve Casebolt, 02:41.773[1]; 2. 4B-Jackie Boggs, 02:44.839[3]; 3. 71-Delmas Conley, 02:46.247[5]; 4. 33-Kevin Wagner, 02:49.717[4]; 5. 57-Ron Hinds II, 02:50.329[6]; 6. 11-Darren Kattine, 02:55.050[7]; 7. 94-Randy Ross, 02:56.134[8]; 8. 32A-Robert Starret, 02:48.184[9]; (DNS) C7-Kenny Christy, 02:48.184
   Heat 2 8 laps | 00:06:11
3. 44CB-Colten Burdette, 06:11.343[2]; 2. 9F-Mark Frazier, 06:13.001[1]; 3. 10K-Jake Keaton, 06:17.248[3]; 4. 1-Audie Swartz, 06:18.367[6]; 5. 159-Avery Taylor, 06:19.546[5]; 6. 26-Josh Hall, 06:20.921[4]; 7. K73-Kevin Mullett, 06:26.564[8]; 8. 73B-Austin Mullett, 01:27.921[7]
   Qualifying
4. 17-Shannon Thornsberry, 00:14.898[19]; 2. 12-Doug Drown, 00:14.914[4]; 3. 71C-RJ Conley, 00:14.968[3]; 4. 71R-Rod Conley, 00:14.987[11]; 5. 81-Brandon Fouts, 00:15.126[14]; 6. B1-Josh Bocook, 00:15.215[15]; 7. C9-Steve Casebolt, 00:15.241[5]; 8. 9F-Mark Frazier, 00:15.325[12]; 9. C7-Kenny Christy, 00:15.336[8]; 10. 44CB-Colten Burdette, 00:15.365[23]; 11. 4B-Jackie Boggs, 00:15.381[6]; 12. 10K-Jake Keaton, 00:15.456[21]; 13. 33-Kevin Wagner, 00:15.532[2]; 14. 26-Josh Hall, 00:15.655[17]; 15. 71-Delmas Conley, 00:15.698[18]; 16. 159-Avery Taylor, 00:15.777[7]; 17. 57-Ron Hinds II, 00:15.927[20]; 18. 1-Audie Swartz, 00:16.135[1]; 19. 11-Darren Kattine, 00:16.569[22]; 20. 73B-Austin Mullett, 00:16.603[10]; 21. 94-Randy Ross, 00:16.869[9]; 22. K73-Kevin Mullett, 00:17.117[16]; 23. 32A-Robert Starret, 00:17.924[13]
   DASH 6 laps | 00:02:08
5. B1-Josh Bocook, 02:08.090[1]; 2. 12-Doug Drown, 02:09.002[5]; 3. 71R-Rod Conley, 02:10.687[3]; 4. 71C-RJ Conley, 02:11.341[4]; 5. 81-Brandon Fouts, 02:11.922[2]; 6. 17-Shannon Thornsberry, 02:13.004[6]
   Modified A-Main 20 laps | 00:06:34.154
6. 44-K.C. Burdette, 06:14.187[1]; 2. 20S-Brian Skaggs, 06:16.232[2]; 3. S21-Seth Daniels, 06:16.285[3]; 4. 68-Adam Stricker, 06:17.066[6]; 5. 11-Austin Francis, 06:19.213[9]; 6. 44W-Davey Warnock, 06:22.665[14]; 7. 0-Mark Dickson, 06:24.229[12]; 8. 2A-Matt Altiers, 06:24.402[15]; 9. 35C-Craig Christian, 06:24.367[18]; 10. P20-Ervin Vance, 06:26.326[7]; 11. 43K-Kevin Hall, 06:25.115[19]; 12. 75-Eric Berry, 06:23.561[10]; 13. 2-Anthony Slusher, 06:27.657[20]; 14. 11*-Kyle Moore, 06:32.338[16]; 15. 5-Jess Hartman, 06:34.154[11]; 16. 10L-Nathon Loney, 04:21.962[5]; 17. 11JS-Josh Scott, 01:37.185[8]; 18. 12R-Jeremy Rayburn, 00:57.650[4]; 19. J3-Jody Puckett, 00:57.650[17]; (DNS) 7-Doug Adkins, 00:57.650
   B-Main 1 8 laps | 00:10:36.875
7. J3-Jody Puckett, 10:36.875[1]; 2. 43K-Kevin Hall, 10:38.195[4]; 3. H24-Cody Hunley, 10:39.577[2]; 4. B75-Brayden Berry, 10:40.635[12]; 5. 88-Rusty Hawes, 10:45.704[9]; 6. A85-Brandon Hutchinson, 10:46.049[5]; 7. 53X-Mike Davis, 10:52.095[11]; 8. 35-Tony DeHart, 01:43.018[3]; 9. 26-Jason Bilyeu, 01:43.752[7]; 10. 5D-Mike Drake, 01:43.886[6]; (DNS) 11S-Tyler Smith, 01:43.886; (DNS) 33-Kenneth Aldridge, 01:43.886
   B-Main 2 8 laps | 00:05:04.885
8. 35C-Craig Christian, 05:04.885[2]; 2. 2-Anthony Slusher, 05:05.571[1]; 3. 9F-Brian Sammons Jr, 05:06.787[5]; 4. B5-Brian Sammons, 05:06.995[3]; 5. 13R-Peter Ripato, 05:08.640[9]; 6. 7T-Tommy McClain, 05:08.717[7]; 7. X7-Jeremy Lewis, 05:09.781[6]; 8. 1T-Tom Taylor, 05:13.548[11]; (DNS) 42-James Grigsby, 05:13.548; (DNS) 66-Steve Hass, 05:13.548; (DNS) 3-Chase Hunley, 05:13.548; (DNS) X-Jason Montgomery, 05:13.548
   Heat 1 8 laps | 00:04:26.494
9. 44-K.C. Burdette, 04:26.494[3]; 2. 10L-Nathon Loney, 04:27.217[4]; 3. 11-Austin Francis, 04:28.602[1]; 4. 7-Doug Adkins, 04:30.073[5]; 5. J3-Jody Puckett, 04:30.627[2]; 6. 35-Tony DeHart, 04:31.318[6]; 7. A85-Brandon Hutchinson, 04:32.224[9]; 8. 26-Jason Bilyeu, 04:32.725[8]; 9. 88-Rusty Hawes, 04:34.577[7]; 10. 53X-Mike Davis, 03:58.023[10]
   Heat 2 8 laps | 00:03:07.576
10. 20S-Brian Skaggs, 03:07.576[1]; 2. 68-Adam Stricker, 03:08.893[3]; 3. 75-Eric Berry, 03:10.952[2]; 4. 44W-Davey Warnock, 03:11.310[4]; 5. 2-Anthony Slusher, 03:13.563[6]; 6. B5-Brian Sammons, 03:14.193[5]; 7. 9F-Brian Sammons Jr, 03:14.830[8]; 8. 7T-Tommy McClain, 03:17.161[9]; 9. 13R-Peter Ripato, 03:17.398[7]; 10. 1T-Tom Taylor, 02:26.310[10]
    Heat 3 8 laps | 00:11:24.299
11. S21-Seth Daniels, 11:24.299[3]; 2. P20-Ervin Vance, 11:25.493[1]; 3. 5-Jess Hartman, 11:26.811[6]; 4. 2A-Matt Altiers, 11:27.264[2]; 5. H24-Cody Hunley, 11:28.097[7]; 6. 43K-Kevin Hall, 11:28.950[5]; 7. 5D-Mike Drake, 10:36.003[9]; 8. 11S-Tyler Smith, 05:17.613[8]; 9. 33-Kenneth Aldridge, [10]; 10. B75-Brayden Berry, [4]
    Heat 4 8 laps | 00:07:24.815
12. 12R-Jeremy Rayburn, 07:24.815[2]; 2. 11JS-Josh Scott, 07:25.572[5]; 3. 0-Mark Dickson, 07:26.066[1]; 4. 11*-Kyle Moore, 07:26.866[7]; 5. 35C-Craig Christian, 07:27.447[10]; 6. 42-James Grigsby, 07:27.916[8]; 7. X7-Jeremy Lewis, 07:28.167[4]; 8. 66-Steve Hass, 07:11.181[9]; 9. 3-Chase Hunley, 04:47.220[6]; (DNS) X-Jason Montgomery, 04:47.220
    Qualifying
13. 11-Austin Francis, 00:16.306[15]; 2. 20S-Brian Skaggs, 00:16.356[5]; 3. P20-Ervin Vance, 00:16.373[7]; 4. 0-Mark Dickson, 00:16.531[17]; 5. J3-Jody Puckett, 00:16.572[6]; 6. 75-Eric Berry, 00:16.619[8]; 7. 2A-Matt Altiers, 00:16.621[1]; 8. 12R-Jeremy Rayburn, 00:16.643[26]; 9. 44-K.C. Burdette, 00:16.643[40]; 10. 68-Adam Stricker, 00:16.663[18]; 11. S21-Seth Daniels, 00:16.667[34]; 12. X-Jason Montgomery, 00:16.716[10]; 13. 10L-Nathon Loney, 00:16.743[29]; 14. 44W-Davey Warnock, 00:16.983[3]; 15. B75-Brayden Berry, 00:17.003[36]; 16. X7-Jeremy Lewis, 00:17.019[12]; 17. 7-Doug Adkins, 00:17.070[20]; 18. B5-Brian Sammons, 00:17.075[21]; 19. 43K-Kevin Hall, 00:17.095[14]; 20. 11JS-Josh Scott, 00:17.123[4]; 21. 35-Tony DeHart, 00:17.129[27]; 22. 2-Anthony Slusher, 00:17.147[25]; 23. 5-Jess Hartman, 00:17.272[23]; 24. 3-Chase Hunley, 00:17.296[2]; 25. 88-Rusty Hawes, 00:17.304[28]; 26. 13R-Peter Ripato, 00:17.307[13]; 27. H24-Cody Hunley, 00:17.315[35]; 28. 11*-Kyle Moore, 00:17.369[33]; 29. 26-Jason Bilyeu, 00:17.388[24]; 30. 9F-Brian Sammons Jr, 00:17.408[19]; 31. 11S-Tyler Smith, 00:17.497[32]; 32. 42-James Grigsby, 00:17.522[22]; 33. A85-Brandon Hutchinson, 00:17.533[38]; 34. 7T-Tommy McClain, 00:17.632[39]; 35. 5D-Mike Drake, 00:18.396[37]; 36. 66-Steve Hass, 00:18.410[30]; 37. 53X-Mike Davis, 00:18.782[11]; 38. 1T-Tom Taylor, 00:18.842[31]; 39. 33-Kenneth Aldridge, 00:20.719[9]; 40. 35C-Craig Christian, 00:20.719[16]
    Limited Late Model A-Main 15 laps | 00:04:57.315
14. L19-Larry Holbrook, 04:30.944[1]; 2. 81-John Melvin, 04:31.737[2]; 3. 7S-Billy Staker, 04:33.699[3]; 4. 58-Evyian Terry, 04:33.679[5]; 5. 68-Cameron Logan, 04:37.796[7]; 6. M1-Kevin Terry, 04:41.372[9]; 7. 73-Charlie Mullett, 04:41.686[14]; 8. 4B-Greg Thompson, 04:57.315[6]; 9. 14-Raymond Alley, 04:35.082[11]; 10. 81M-Matt Melvin, 03:18.855[4]; 11. A17-Alan Salisbury, 01:51.054[8]; 12. 10M-Mike Meyers, 01:49.199[10]; 13. 3-Brian Thomas, 00:37.781[12]; (DNS) 45-Russ Frohnapfel, 00:37.781
    Heat 1 8 laps | 00:06:22.589
15. L19-Larry Holbrook, 06:22.589[3]; 2. 7S-Billy Staker, 06:24.436[7]; 3. 58-Evyian Terry, 06:24.674[4]; 4. 68-Cameron Logan, 06:26.518[6]; 5. M1-Kevin Terry, 06:27.126[2]; 6. 14-Raymond Alley, 06:28.900[1]; 7. 45-Russ Frohnapfel, 01:01.964[5]
    Heat 2 8 laps | 00:03:07.534
16. 81-John Melvin, 03:07.534[3]; 2. 81M-Matt Melvin, 03:09.822[6]; 3. 4B-Greg Thompson, 03:11.514[2]; 4. A17-Alan Salisbury, 03:12.130[4]; 5. 10M-Mike Meyers, 03:12.700[5]; 6. 3-Brian Thomas, 03:14.595[7]; 7. 73-Charlie Mullett, 03:16.937[1]
    Sport Mod A-Main 15 laps | 00:24:55.143
17. 34-Derek Richmond, 24:55.143[7]; 2. 24B-Brennan Bobst, 25:00.588[1]; 3. 88G-Cody Gifford, 25:01.192[5]; 4. 25S-Derek Spencer, 25:03.511[2]; 5. 44-Jason Spillman, 25:04.260[3]; 6. 11B-Branden Colley, 25:05.252[11]; 7. 8D-Stevie Thornsberry, 25:06.946[12]; 8. B9-Jeremy Brady, 25:10.313[16]; 9. 19RL-Ray Lunsford, 23:53.115[15]; 10. 99-Danny Hamilton Jr, 22:18.348[10]; 11. 99X-Dillon Hamilton, 18:22.452[14]; 12. 12N-Rick Neace, [13]; 13. 24Z-Zack Pendleton, [9]; 14. 13-Adam Jordan, [8]; 15. 19W-Brandon Walker, [6]; 16. 14-Joe McClain, [4]; (DNS) 55-Kasey Black, ; (DNS) 96-Derek McIntosh,
    Heat 1 8 laps | 00:06:33.421
18. 24B-Brennan Bobst, 06:33.421[2]; 2. 44-Jason Spillman, 06:33.795[3]; 3. 88G-Cody Gifford, 06:34.931[5]; 4. 34-Derek Richmond, 06:35.336[9]; 5. 24Z-Zack Pendleton, 06:35.722[6]; 6. 11B-Branden Colley, 06:38.396[1]; 7. 12N-Rick Neace, 06:47.185[4]; 8. 19RL-Ray Lunsford, 06:47.621[8]; (DNS) 96-Derek McIntosh, 06:47.621
    Heat 2 8 laps | 00:11:41.157
19. 25S-Derek Spencer, 11:41.157[2]; 2. 14-Joe McClain, 11:42.301[4]; 3. 19W-Brandon Walker, 11:43.008[3]; 4. 13-Adam Jordan, 11:43.312[5]; 5. 99-Danny Hamilton Jr, 11:45.036[7]; 6. 8D-Stevie Thornsberry, 11:45.503[6]; 7. 99X-Dillon Hamilton, 11:48.837[1]; 8. B9-Jeremy Brady, 11:55.285[8]; 9. 55-Kasey Black, 06:21.598[9]