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SOUTH BOSTON, VA. — Believe it or not, the chase for the 2010 division championships at South Boston Speedway will come to a close Saturday night when America’s Hometown Track hosts the GCR presents Spaulding Equipment Night 150.

Four division champions will be crowned at the close of Saturday night’s five-race program. The first event of the evening will get cranked up at 7 p.m.

The featured attraction of the evening will be a 150-lap race for the drivers in the NASCAR Whelen All American Late Model Stock Car Division. Also featured Saturday night will be an event for the Limited Sportsman Division, twin races for the Budweiser Pure Stock Division and a race for the Southern Vintage Modifieds.

On the heels of an eighth-place finish and a seventh-place performance in twin racing action for the NASCAR Whelen All American Late Model Stock Car Division last weekend, Justin Johnson has clinched his second straight championship entering Saturday night’s 150-lap race for the Late Model Stock Cars. Johnson has scored nine victories in 2010.

The chase for second place in the division remains up for grabs heading into Saturday night. Lee Pulliam swept victories in the twin races last weekend and has won four of the last six Late Model Stock Car events to grab the current runner-up spot in the standings. Pulliam, a five-time winner in 2010, leads third-place Stacy Puryear by 22 points heading into Saturday’s final points race.

Deac McCaskill is fourth in the standings and is nine points ahead of fifth-place David Latour.

Justin Snow enters the final points race for the Limited Sportsman Division with an 18-point cushion over second-place Tommy Peregoy. Danny Willis Jr. is third in the standings.

Jarrett Milam will carry an 18-point advantage over Joe Allred into the twin races for the Budweiser Pure Stock Division Saturday night. Randy Hupp owns the third spot in the championship chase.

When the Southern Vintage Modifieds hit the four-tenths asphalt for their final points race of the season, Darryl Lacks will begin with a 27-point advantage over second-place Donnie Lacks.

The rain date for Saturday’s racing action will be Sunday, Sept. 5.

Pit registration will begin at noon Saturday. Practice for all divisions will be held from 2:15 p.m. until 3:45 p.m. and qualifying time trials will get underway at 5:15 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for youths ages 7-12. Kids ages six and under are admitted free with a paying adult.

For more information visit the track’s Web site or phone the track at (434) 572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540.

- South Boston Speedway Press Release