[Wayne Davis]

Screven Ga.........Australian Rohan Beasley picked his biggest win of his career Saturday at the 3rd Annual Gator"DIRT"Nationals at Gamecock Speedway..Beasley started 7th and maintain that position for most of the the race just keeping his nose clean while the top 6 in front was battling it out from the wave of the green flag. Ty Tilton jumped to a quick lead with young Kyle Craker all over him followed by Weir and Nocelle.

Caution comes out as Scott Anderson tags the front straight wall. On the restart Tilton and Craker come together leaving Tilton on the sidelines and Crake not stopping on the track was able to continue as he inherited the lead. Lap 14 it is Scotty Weir taking to the point as the 3 leaders battled side by side into turn 3 with 2 lap cars making it 5...yes 5 wide and Weir coming out on top. Craker, Weir, Gerke, Beck, Nocella all over each other, sometimes 4 wide on the 5th mile of Redd Griffins Gamecock Speedway.

Lap 29 sees caution 3 for a spin then after restart on Lap 31 with less then 10 laps to go for $5000.00 hell breaks loose going into 3...4-5-6 no 8 cars involved with 3 going over. All but 1 car was able to restart. After the red flag getting the line up was difficult at best. Racer wanting their spot back as they circled the 5th mile "Ring of Fire". Finally on the restart look who finds himself at the point...Lovable Bear Rohan Beasley..held of all challengers on the huggy pole just as Chet Johnson did at Terre Haute USAC race in "86 in his 1 and only USAC win.

WOW what some great racing both days. There were a few hi-cups but we will give the very 1st race at Gamecock Speedway and A-.

The deal is done 4th Annual 2018 Gator"DIRT"Nationals will be part of 2018 Screven Motorsports Complex Paying a NEW record $5000.00 to win $500.00 to start. The absolute biggest purse for Division II midget racing in the world. Two preliminary races will up from $500 to win to $1000 each.

DIVISION II midget racing's 2018 Gator"DIRT"Nationals Feb. 15 (practice) 16-17, 2018

Preliminary night:

Friday Heats:

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Scotty Weir (#10), 2. Joey Moughan (#D33), 3. Kyle Craker (#76n), 4. Frank Beck (#92), 5. Johnny Murdock (#0), 6. Scott Anderson (#47), 7. Ron Coleman (#44), 8. Tad Segars (#0r)

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ty Tilton (#42), 2. Nick Daugherty (#14D), 3. Adam Taylor (#7T) , 4. Eric Heydenreich (22x) 5. Nikki Carroll (#5n), 6. John Heydenreich (#22H) 7. Micheal Prine (#26) 8. Adam Pierson (#76E)

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rohan Beasley (#14B), 2. Anthony Nocella (#29), 3. Calvin Carroll (#24), 4. Chette Gerke (#11c), 5. Otto Scrape (#W3), 6. Kobe Allison (#22), 7. Terry Becker (#45), 8. Josh Wall (#62)

Qualifier 1: (20 laps) 1. 42, 2. 11c, 3. 14D, 4. 14B, 5. D33, 6. 5n, 7. 47, 8. w3, 9. 26, 10. 45, 11. 62, 12. 22, 13. 76e

Qualifier 2: (20 laps) 1. 76n, 2. 92, 3. 10, 4. 29, 5. 7T, 6. 0, 7. 44, 8. 22x, 9. 22H, 10. 24, 11. 0r, 12. 5


Saturday:
Seymour Racing Performance Race Of Champions (5 laps): 1. Kobe Allison (22) $500.00 2. Anthony Nocella (29) 3. Rohan Beasley (14B) 4. Frank Beck (92) 5. Adam Pierson (76e) 6. Michael Prine (26)


(American Racing Tire B-Main cancelled due to threat of rain)


Lucas Oil Southern States Midget Series Gator"DIRT"Nationals presented by Atlantic Powder Coating of Jacksonville Fla.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rohan Beasley 17b (7), 2. Johnny Murdock 0 (10), 3. Chette Gekre 11c (3), 4. Frank Beck 92 (5), 5. Eric Heydenreich 22x (20), 6. Nick Daugherty 14D (6) , 7.Adam Pierson 76e (25) , 8. Anthony Nocella 29 (8), 9. Scotty Weir 10 (4), 10. Ron Coleman 44 (11) , 11. John Heydenreich 22H (17), 12. Otto Scrape W3 (15), 13. Terry Becker 45 (21), 14. Kyle Craker 76n (2), 15. Nikki Carroll 5n (9), 16. Calvin Carrol 24D (21), 17. Joey Monghan D33 (12), 18. Adam Taylor 7T (14), 19. Tad Segars 0r (23), 20. Micheal Prine 26 (18) 21. Ty Tilton 42 (1), 22. Kobe Allison 22 (16), 23. Scott Anderson 47 (13) 24. Bob Jordan 5 (24), 25. Josh Wall 62 (22)


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Tilton, 7-14 Craker, 15- 21 Weir, 22- 26 Craker, 26 - 31 Weir, 32-40 Rohan Beasley

HARD CHARGER: Adam Pierson(25th-7th)

[Aces&Eights]

Wow, what a race! Congrats to Rohan Beasley on his victory.

[Wayne Davis]

Originally Posted by Aces&Eights Wow, what a race! Congrats to Rohan Beasley on his victory.

That it was for sure!!

[Wayne Davis]

Can not thank Bob East and Brad Noffsinger enough for all the help and advice this weekend to make this as good of event as it is becoming... It went very smooth for the most part of the entire weekend...A couple on track incidents in the A that left a few angry. Racing was hard, fast and furious with 25 cars on a 1/5th mile track for $5,000.00 to win. Hope all ya'll have a great 2017 and support your series and or local race track