NASCAR driver Ross Chastain makes his late model debut at Cherokee Speedway
This weekend, it’s the home race for the NASCAR industry as the sport enters Charlotte Motor Speedway. Along the way, lies the dirt track of Cherokee Speedway.
View Cherokee Speedway results below.
On Thursday night, the XR Workin’ Man series unloaded in Gaffney, South Carolina. Ross Chastain joined the field to make his Late Show debut.
The car is fielded by Niece Motorsports. He was scheduled to debut several weeks prior to that with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. However, due to rain, this event was cancelled.
Now, the NASCAR star has gotten his chance to play in the dirt…
Cherokee Speedway
Race results
May 25, 2023
Lucas Oil Lite models
View the full 2023 results from the South Carolina dirt track below:
Practice
Hot Rolls – Combined: 1. 16-Ben Watkins, 00:15.318[14]; 2. 57 – Zach Mitchell 00:15.334[27]; 3. 8S-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.400[21]; 4. 18 – Bret Hamm, 00:15.403[32]; 5. 2- Dennis Franklin 00:15.485[25]; 6. 18P- Gray Barton, 00:15.493[23]; 7. 22- Will Rowland, 00:15.564[24]; 8.00 – Carson Ferguson, 00:15.568[33]; 9. 8B-Steve Banal, 00:15,590[12]; 10. 24D- Michael Brown, 00:15.602[15];
11. 57Y- Adam Yarborough, 00:15.634[19]; 12. 79 – Ross Biles, 00:15.644[20]; 13. 421 – Anthony Sanders, 00:15.730[31]; 14. 1 Ross Chastain 00:15.769[16]; 15. 70 – Jeff Smith, 00:15.970[9]; 16. 114- Jordan Koehler 00:16.067[10]; 17.6 – Matthew Nance 00:16.114[28]; 18. 55- Benji Hicks 00:16.166[6]; 19. 8 – Chris Chandler 00:16.184[26]; 20. 28- Taylor Bucket 00:16.584[29];
21. 01- Dylan Davis, 00:16.612[22]; 22. 77X – Jeremy Steele 00:16.696[3]; 23. 44D- Dalton Cook, 00:16.707[1]; 24. 42K-Cla Knight, 00:16.888[7]; 25. 18S-David Smith, 00:17.033[30]; 26. 42 – Doug Sanders, 00:17.108[11]; 27.45 – Mark Robinson, 00:17.501[13]; 28. 88-Trent Ivey, 00:17.591[5]; 29. 14-Landen Zakalowski, 00:17.888[17]; 30. 33- Jeremy Fowler 00:18.038[18]; 31. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:18.098[4]; 32. B4 – John Price 00:18.165[2]; 33. (DNS) 4-Kale Green, 00:18.165
Qualifying
Qualifiers – Group A (2 laps): 1. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:15.467[6]; 2. 114- Jordan Kohler, 00:15.528[10]; 3. 88 – Trent Ivey, 00:15.599[5]; 4. 42K-Cla Knight, 00:15.603[7]; 5. 44D- Dalton Cook 00:15.731[1]; 6. 16 – Ben Watkins, 00:15.828[14]; 7. 1 Ross Chastain, 00:15.843[16]; 8. 24D- Michael Brown, 00:15.850[15]; 9. 8B-Steve Banal 00:15.864[12]; 10. 70 – Jeff Smith 00:16.116[9];
11. B4 – John Price 00:16.159[2]; 12. 10- Jarrett Smith, 00:16.294[4]; 13.45 – Mark Robinson, 00:16.419[13]; 14. 42- Doug Sanders, 00:16.549[11]; 15. 4-Kale Green, 00:17.128[8]; 16. 14- Landin Zakalewski, 00:17.288[17]; 17. (DNS) 77X – Jeremy Steele 00:17.288
Qualifiers – Group B (2 laps): 1. 57- Zack Mitchell[10]; 2. 79 Ross Biles[3]; 3. 57Y- Adam Yarborough[2]; 4. 8S- Kyle Strickler[4]; 5. 22-Will Rowland[7]; 6.00- Carson Ferguson[16]; 7. 18P- Gray Barton[6]; 8.8 – Chris Chandler[9]; 9. 421 – Anthony Sanders[14]; 10. 2- Dennis Franklin[8];
11. 18S- David Smith[13]; 12. 6- Matthew Nance[11]; 13. 18- Bret Hamm[15]; 14. 01 Dylan Davis[5]; 15. 28- Taylor Buckett[12]; 16. 33- Jeremy Fowler[1]
Heat races
Exercise 1 (8 laps – top 5 progression): 1. 55- Benji Hicks[1]; 2. 88 – Trent Ivey[2]; 3. 44D- Dalton Cook[3]; 4. 8B- Steve Banall[5]; 5. B4 – John Price[6]; 6. 1-Ross Chastain[4]; 7. 45- Mark Robinson[7]; 8. 4-Cali Green[8]; 9. (DNS) 77X – Jeremy Steele
heat 2 (8 laps – top 5 lead) : 1. 42K Cla Knight[2]; 2. 16 – Ben Watkins[3]; 3. 114 – Jordan Kohler[1]; 4. 70 Jeff Smith[5]; 5. 24D- Michael Brown[4]; 6. 42- Doug Sanders[7]; 7. 10-Garrett Smith[6]; 8. 14- Landin Zakalewski[8]
Heat 3 (8 laps – Top 5 Advanced) : 1. 57- Zack Mitchell[1]; 2. 57Y- Adam Yarborough[2]; 3. 22-Will Rowland[3]; 4. 18P- Gray Barton[4]; 5. 421 – Anthony Sanders[5]; 6. 18 – Bret Hamm[7]; 7. 18S- David Smith[6]; 8. 28- Taylor Buckett[8]
Heat 4 (8 laps – Top 5 Advanced) : 1. 8S- Kyle Strickler[2]; 2. 79 Ross Biles[1]; 3.00- Carson Ferguson[3]; 4. 2- Dennis Franklin[5]; 5.8 – Chris Chandler[4]; 6. 6- Matthew Nance[6]; 7. 01 – Dylan Davis[7]; 8. 33- Jeremy Fowler[8]
B – Mainz
B-Main 1 (top 6 in advance): 1. 18 – Bret Hamm[2]; 2. 6- Matthew Nance[4]; 3. 42- Doug Sanders[3]; 4. 18S- David Smith[6]; 5. 28- Taylor Buckett[10]; 6. 45- Mark Robinson[5]; 7. 14- Landin Zakalowski[11]; 8. 4-Cali Green[9]; 9. 1-Ross Chastain[1]; 10.01 – Dylan Davis[8]; 11. 33- Jeremy Fowler[12]; 12. 10 – Garrett Smith[7]; 13. (DNS) 77X- Jeremy Steele
Dirt Dominator
Dirt Dominator 1: 1. 57- Zack Mitchell[5]; 2. 88 – Trent Ivey[3]; 3. 16 – Ben Watkins[4]; 4. 57Y- Adam Yarborough[6]; 5. 55- Benji Hicks[1]; 6. 79 Ross Biles[7]; 7. 42K- Nope Knight[2]; 8. 8S- Kyle Strickler[8]
Cherokee Speedway
Race results feature
XR series
May 25, 2023
position | car | driver | Start Pos
1. 79 Ross Biles[6]
2. 88 – Trent Ivey[2]
3. 70 – Jeff Smith[15]
4.00- Carson Ferguson[12]
5. 24D- Michael Brown[19]
6.2 – Dennis Franklin[16]
7. 57 – Zack Mitchell[1]
8. 18S- David Smith[24]
9. 114- Jordan Koehler[11]
10. 45- Mark Robinson[26]
11. 16- Ben Watkins[3]
12. 44D- Dalton Cook[9]
13. 57Y- Adam Yarborough[4]
14. 18P- Gray Barton[14]
15. 421 – Anthony Sanders[18]
16. 22-Will Rowland[10]
17.8 – Chris Chandler[20]
18. B4 – John Price[17]
19. 8S- Kyle Strickler[8]
20. 8B- Steve Banall[13]
21. 42- Doug Sanders[23]
22. 6- Matthew Nance[22]
23. 18 – Brett Hamm[21]
24. 55- Benji Hicks[5]
25. 28- Taylor Buckett[25]
26. (DQ) 42K-Cla Knight[7]