Southern Ohio Closes May Strong, Prepared For June
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(Wheelersburg, Ohio)
The Southern Ohio Speedway located in Wheelersburg Ohio has seen a very turbulent 2016 season thus far for the storied facility. In recent weeks. weather has become more cooperative and the track along with it’s competitors have returned to doing the thing they do the best, and that is racing. The track closed out the month of May with with the tracks much awaited “Open Wheel Night” which saw the AMRA Modifieds, OVSCA Sprint Cars and more all do battle under the hot 90 degree afternoon!
“It was another great feature race in the AMRA Modified feature that took a crazy turn at the end. It was an intense battle for the lead from the start between Brian Skaggs and Travis Dickson. Dickson made the pass on Skaggs on lap four and pulled out to a sizeable lead. In a race with few cautions the race spread out with Dickson leading Skaggs second, and Eric Hatfield third. With a couple laps to go, cars started slowing as out of nowhere rain started falling on the speedway! The field came to complete the checkered with Travis Dickson taking his first career SOS feature win! Brian Skaggs finished second with Eric Hatfield third, Adam Colley fourth, and Steve Cruse fifth. Skaggs and Hatfield won heat races” – SOS Officials
Also scoring wins throughout the evening would be Bryan Nuckles in the OVSCA main event, Jeff Taylor in the 305 A-Main, Emily Jordan in the Sport Mod feature and Robert Piquet winning the evenings Enduro event.
The Southern Ohio Speedway will return to racing this coming Friday night with their “Meet the Drivers” night, which will allow fans to meet their favorite competitors in an evening that will see racing in all regular classes. The track will be off June 10th but will continue the month of June on the 17th with the “baseball night” featuring racing in all regular classes. The month of June will lead up to the final event of the month on June 24th, which will be the 4th Annual “Southern Showdown” which will include a $2,000 to win STARS Late Model special!
