SOUTH BOSTON, VA
(June 6) - Kaz Grala took
the lead from Jared Fryar
for the final time with 32
laps to go and pulled away
to score his first career
Pro All Stars Series (PASS)
South Super Late Model win
Saturday night at South
Boston Speedway. Grala joins
Kyle Busch, Alex Haase, and
Christopher Bell as drivers
who have been able to take
Kyle Busch-owned Toyotas to
victory lane in PASS
competition.
"Man,
that was a blast, first PASS
race ever and it definitely
got hectic on those
restarts," said Grala
afterwards in victory lane.
"On the short run we were
pretty snug on corner entry
and free on exit, but it
only took a couple of laps
before it came back in. As
soon as the car came back in
we were able to hunt him
[Fryar] back down and get
under him. To sit on the
pole and win my first PASS
race is just awesome, I
would have never imagined
that."
Grala paced
qualifying with a lap of
93.288 miles per hour around
the 4/10 mile speedway and
would slot in second for the
start following the top 10
qualifiers redraw alongside
Fryar.
Fryar jumped
into the lead at the drop of
the green flag followed by
Grala and PASS South points
leader, Zane Smith, who was
seeking his third straight
series win. By lap 18, Grala
had erased Fryar's lead and
moved into the top spot
exiting turn four.
The
car on the move in the early
going belonged to
Martinsville, VA driver Trey
Jarrell. After starting
13th, Jarrell moved by Tate
Fogleman and into the top 10
on lap 21. Jarrell continued
to steadily make his way
through the field moving by
Spencer Davis into the top
five on lap 86.
The
first caution of the night
would not wave until lap 103
when the last car on the
lead lap driven by Robby
Lyons spun in turn two right
in front of Grala. Following
the restart, Grala continued
to lead, but all eyes were
focused on a furious battle
for fourth between Nick
Robinson, Jarrell, and 2012
South Boston Speedway
champion Matt Bowling, who
was making his first career
PASS South Super Late Model
start. With 37 laps to go,
Bowling and Jarrell made
contact entering turn one
sending both cars hard in to
the outside wall and out of
the race.
While under
caution, Smith pitted from
the third position due to an
overheating problem, but
would return to the race
prior to the next restart.
Back under green, Fryar made
an impressive move on the
high side to move around
Grala for the lead on lap
116. But, just two laps
later, Grala once again
powered by Fryar to retake
the lead. Veteran Clay
Rogers, making his first
start this season for the
Coulter Motorsports team,
took second from Fryar with
an aggressive move with 29
laps to go. Grala maintained
his advantage over Rogers to
take his first career PASS
South Super Late Model win.
Smith bounced back to finish
third over Fryar in fourth
and Brandon Ward in fifth.
Rounding out the top ten
were Robinson, Matt Craig,
Fogleman, Jody Measamer, and
Lyons.
Jr.
Motorsports teammates Josh
Berry and William Byron took
checkered flags in two wild
Twin 75s for the NASCAR Late
Model Stocks. Jessica Bean
captured a thrilling win in
the USAC Eastern Midget
feature over Chris Lamb and
Scott Hunter, while Dillon
Spain led every lap for the
Legends car win.
The
PASS South Super Late Models
and PASS Pro Late Models
will be in action once again
on Friday, June 19 at
Anderson Motor Speedway as
part of the Electric City
125.
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