From the 69 RaceQuip Mid-East Street Stocks that entered the ninth annual World Short Track Championship, 18 drivers have locked a position into Saturday’s Championship Feature.
Through a set of six Heat races, Josh Hellams, Calob McLaughlin, Andrew Durham, Rod Tucker, Hank Taylor, and Bradley Weaver picked up the wins at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
Heat 1
Woodruff, SC driver Josh Hellams kicked off the Street Stock action with a green-to-checkered victory as he distanced himself from the field.
Rutherfordton, NC driver Jake Jackson followed suit behind Hellams to finish second, and Kade Langley, of Rock Hill, SC, had to charge his way up from an eighth-place starting spot to make the final transfer spot on the final lap of the Heat.
Heat 2
Cody Ussery led the field to the drop of the green flag, but his time at the front did not last long as a spin in Turn 2 shook up the lineup at the head of the pack.
The biggest beneficiary was Belmont, NC driver Calob McLaughlin, who took the lead on the only restart of the Heat to drive his way toward the Street Stock win.
Woodruff, SC driver Johnny Westmoreland finished second, and Clemson, SC driver Harley Holden finished in third to take the transfer spot.
Heat 3
Andrew Durham smoothly drove towards the Heat 3 win with no pressure affecting him. The Jonesville, NC driver led the field to the start, and never looked back once he was clear with the lead.
Joining Durham in Saturday night’s Feature includes second-place finisher Austin Brown of Union, SC, and Jeff Parsons of Union Grove, NC.
Heat 4
Rod Tucker knows how to get a win at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, and he is poised for another World Short Track Championship trophy after dominating in Heat 4.
The Greenville, SC driver took full control by leading every lap from starting in the pole position. Blake Bentley and Stephen Ford followed Tucker’s moves to grab the two remaining transfer spots.
Heat 5
Hank Taylor picked up a thrilling win in Heat 5 with a last-lap pass around Patrick Lyon.
Lyon, of Gastonia, NC, led every circuit until the final one, with Taylor, of Lancaster, SC, making a decisive pass around Lyon to better his odds at winning the Championship Feature.
Lyon finished second, and DuBois, PA driver Andrew Gordon finished in the third place transfer.
Heat 6
Bradley Weaver picked up the final Street Stock Heat win with ease in a flag-to-flag triumph to better his chances for glory on Saturday night.
Bostic, NC driver Steve Greene finished second, and Iron Station, NC driver Garrett Killman sent a hail mary pass around Brian Sipe on the final corner to bag the final transfer spot up for grabs.
UP NEXT: The RaceQuip Mid East Street Stocks return on Saturday, Nov. 2 for their 20-lap Feature to wrap up the ninth annual World Short Track Championship at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
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Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 101-Josh Hellams[1]; 2. JR1-Jake Jackson[2]; 3. 11-Kade Langley[8]; 4. 03-Matt Whitener[4]; 5. 81-Justin Barber[3]; 6. 9-Ronnie Mosley[6]; 7. 88-AJ Barker[5]; 8. 52-Andrew Register[7]; 9. 3-Tyler Meadows[9]; 10. 28Z-Zach Griggs[10]; 11. 66-Brandon Davis[11]; 12. 77-David Stone[12]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 83M-Calob McLaughlin[3]; 2. 0-Johnny Westmoreland[4]; 3. H3-Harley Holden[5]; 4. B4-Brandon Satterfield[2]; 5. 11M-Robbie Mooneyham[9]; 6. D1-David Lucas[8]; 7. 51-Bryant Rayfield[6]; 8. 5N-Nick Evans[7]; 9. T11-Tim Kilby[11]; 10. 00-Cody Ussery[1]; 11. 32B-Kris Bobo[10]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 06-Andrew Durham[1]; 2. 04B-Austin Brown[2]; 3. 44-Jeff Parsons[3]; 4. 18-Ricky Greene[4]; 5. 23-Ronald Rhodes[5]; 6. 55-Mike Manes[10]; 7. 6-Randy Benfield[11]; 8. 4-Aiden Ragland[7]; 9. 1B-Brandon Blair[6]; 10. 83-Travis Caviness[9]; 11. (DNS) 1M-Gary Miller Jr
Heat 4 (6 Laps): 1. 12-Rod Tucker[1]; 2. 18B-Blake Bentley[2]; 3. 99-Stephen Ford[3]; 4. 92-Tanner Fortune[4]; 5. 5-Hunter Denny[5]; 6. 13-Kayden Outlaw[8]; 7. 34-Cameron Young[7]; 8. 417-Cameron Martin[10]; 9. 55W-Jason Winne[11]; 10. 148-Joseph Diekemper[9]; 11. (DNS) 16-Tanner Rodonis
Heat 5 (6 Laps): 1. 5H-Hank Taylor[2]; 2. 01L-Patrick Lyon[1]; 3. 25-Andrew Gordon[12]; 4. 59-Brandon White[6]; 5. 84-Kyle Cooper[7]; 6. H8-Jasper Hooker[5]; 7. 47-Justin Kidd[3]; 8. 41X-Kerry Foster[11]; 9. 76-Devan Jones[8]; 10. 53-Eric Grant[9]; 11. 20T-Tony Parsons[10]; 12. (DNS) 15-Donovan Long
Heat 6 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Bradley Weaver[1]; 2. 39-Steve Greene[2]; 3. 32-Garrett Killman[6]; 4. KB8-Brian Sipe[3]; 5. 007-John Harper Livingston[7]; 6. 17-Brian Carswell[5]; 7. 57-Michael Wells[4]; 8. 61-Austin Rodonis[10]; 9. 12P-Keaton Price[8]; 10. 41-Robbie Disher[9]; 11. (DNS) J1-Chris Jackson; 12. (DNS) 85-Johnnie Hamilton
