Racing is a historic backdrop of South Boston. Names have begun and careers have been born here. Friday, April 29th more history was made as speed set a new standard. It happened in 12 seconds.

That’s all it took for Charlie Schultz to set a lap record at SoBo. It was a thing to see. A bit weird, but still a thing.

Those Sprint cars are quick! They are light and have gobs of power and the big, angled wings look off balance and a bit fragile. Somehow, it all works. Schultz made it work turning laps and marking a record time of 12.051 seconds.

We weren’t there to see a lap record. However, we haven’t seen the the Sprints before so as an aside, perhaps we were.

These things run hot and fast. They average 3 seconds per lap faster than the late models that run at SoBo. The races are short at 30 laps. Drivers are on edge constantly as they are so light and fast they want to slide and you can see them working the steering wheel constantly. The potential for danger was addressed by the staff and officials by closing off some areas usually open to fans.

All in all, the Friday show went off well with the Sprints putting in a good preview for the Saturday action which had the late models on with an expanded event. For Friday, the results and photos are below.

Pure Stock

1st Nathan Crews #3
2nd Scott Phillips #66
3rd BJ Reaves #11

Limited Sportsman

1st Kyle Barnes #00
2nd Chris Donnelly #47
3rd Jason Myers #17

Hornets

1st Jared Dawson #01
2nd Dylan Davis #63
3rd Jason DeCarlo #54

MSR Sprint Cars

1st Bobby Santos, III #22A
2nd Charlie Schultz #9S
3rd Jacob Dolinar #48

USAC Eastern Midgets

1st Neal Allison #10
2nd Brady Allum #87
3rd Joe Liguori #1

PHOTOS – April 29, 2022 – Sentara American Sprints