(Meridian, MS – August 18, 2024) Chad Thrash has once again cemented his legacy in the world of Street Stock racing with an impressive victory at the 12th Annual Southern Street Stock Nationals, held at Whynot Motorsports Park. This win marks Thrash’s third career victory in this prestigious event, and his third in just four years, adding to his previous triumphs in 2021, and 2022.
Thrash delivered an outstanding performance throughout the weekend, finishing with a perfect record. He started the weekend as the fastest qualifier, won his Qualifier’s Feature, and capped it all off with a commanding win in the Main Event. Thrash led an astonishing 46 of the 50 laps, with the only laps not under his control being the four laps led by Travis Marsh.
The event also showcased remarkable performances from several other drivers. Justin McRee made a notable comeback as the “Hard Charger,” climbing an impressive 26 positions from 34th to finish 8th. Neil Baggett also made a significant charge, moving up 23 spots from 33rd to 10th.
2024 Southern Street Stock Nationals Results:
A Feature 1: 1. 1C-Chad Thrash[1]; 2. 11H-Spencer Hughes[7]; 3. 19M-Clayton Miller[12]; 4. 82B-Logan Bright[4]; 5. 9M-Corey Neil Jr[2]; 6. 9-Oakley Johns[13]; 7. 232-Jamey Boland[10]; 8. 1S-Justin Mcree[34]; 9. 27G-Jason Garver[20]; 10. 45-Neil Baggett[33]; 11. 13S-Bryce Sheasby[8]; 12. X2C-Travis Marsh[3]; 13. 1H-TJ Herndon[22]; 14. 99X-Dallon Murty[27]; 15. 3H-Wyatt Hill[31]; 16. 12-Brian Rickman[28]; 17. 521-Mickey Trosclair[6]; 18. 77-Michael Santangelo[17]; 19. SOSX-William Nastasi[36]; 20. 44-Luke Bennett[30]; 21. 2-Jaxon Moore[32]; 22. 12T-Rod Tucker[24]; 23. 915-Dalton Peavy[23]; 24. 05-Caiden Jackson[26]; 25. 20-Stacy Herron[35]; 26. 3-Shay Knight[9]; 27. 45M-Hayden Moran[15]; 28. 22H-Brandon Hill[16]; 29. 21-Ivedent Lloyd[14]; 30. G4-Shelby Sheedy[19]; 31. 2S-Andrew Stone[18]; 32. 12C-Clayton Kilgore[11]; 33. 1-Joshua L Arabie[29]; 34. 8V-Bubba Vandygriff[25]; 35. 6-Carl Kilgore IV[5]; 36. 25-Parker Cloud[21]
Last Chance Qualifier: 1. 3H-Wyatt Hill[2]; 2. 007-John Harper Livingston[6]; 3. 18B-Brandon McDowell[4]; 4. 19T-RICHIE TASSIN[1]; 5. 24T-MARK THORNE[9]; 6. 5-Blake Comer[3]; 7. J3-Joe Hamm[18]; 8. 14-Megan Erwin[13]; 9. 1S-Justin Mcree[17]; 10. 64-John Bryant[14]; 11. 603-REECE LABORDE[22]; 12. 1PB-Payton Brown[20]; 13. 77T-Mutt Trotter[15]; 14. 22-Josh Hartman[7]; 15. 3D-Hunter Duncan[16]; 16. 04-Austin Brown[12]; 17. 32B-Jared Wagster[23]; 18. 57R-Michael Rawls[19]; 19. 1D-Noah Daspit[10]; 20. (DNS) 68-Cody Allen; 21. (DNS) 2-Jaxon Moore; 22. (DNS) B33-Keenan Vandygriff; 23. (DNS) 142-Kody Miller
Additionally, the evening included three non-qualifier races, where Bubba Christian, Donovan Long, and Luke Rutter each secured victories in their respective features.
Non Qualifier 1: 1. 04C-Bubba Christian[4]; 2. 27-Tommy Lowery[2]; 3. 17T-Casey Towell[1]; 4. 35-Darrell Hartman[11]; 5. 11E-Adam Elliott[17]; 6. 53S-Jonathan Scott[8]; 7. 26-Mat Hartman[3]; 8. 99-Josh Moreland[5]; 9. 75H-Stephen Hohlbaugh[12]; 10. 2J-Jason Dukes[7]; 11. 24F-Bryan Foreman[14]; 12. 57-Arlis Holemon[9]; 13. (DNS) N1-Dale Nelson; 14. (DNS) 10-Hunter Runions; 15. (DNS) 8-Wyatt Parker; 16. (DNS) 75-Brian Carswell; 17. (DNS) SOSX-William Nastasi; 18. (DNS) D1-Cody Chism
Non Qualifier 2: 1. 15L-Donovan Long[1]; 2. 97-Parker Price[11]; 3. 151-Gary Sutton[8]; 4. 52-Adam Burch[3]; 5. 10T-Anthony Thoman[5]; 6. 20R-Tom Rioux[15]; 7. 24-Justin Scarberry[2]; 8. 22C-Terry Caples Jr[12]; 9. (DNS) 45-Neil Baggett; 10. (DNS) 20-Stacy Herron; 11. (DNS) C55-Shannon Price; 12. (DNS) 15-Trevor Woodard; 13. (DNS) B4-Brandon Satterfield; 14. (DNS) 83-Randy Lovell; 15. (DNS) 12L-Josh Lucas; 16. (DNS) 68R-Toby Reeves
Non Qualifier 3: 1. 18R-Luke Rutter[1]; 2. 327-Cadden Price[4]; 3. 74-Chase Pennington[14]; 4. 30-Patrick Gray[3]; 5. 2T-Ryan Touchberry[9]; 6. 17K-Chris Keiffer[6]; 7. 72-Matthew Lothrop[8]; 8. 22J-Jason Laborde[13]; 9. 18M-Austin Moye[5]; 10. (DNS) 11-Brent Smith; 11. (DNS) 1M-Bo Minor; 12. (DNS) 7-Tony Cruse; 13. (DNS) 62-Rex Rutter; 14. (DNS) 148-Joseph Diekimper; 15. (DNS) 18-Cole Stringer; 16. (DNS) 10H-John Herron
Here is the full list of Southern Street Stock Nationals winners:
2013-Rodney Wing
2014-Calvin Cook
2015-Calvin Cook
2016-Michael Blade
2017-David Gentry
2018-Richie Stephens
2019-Justin McRee
2020-David Showers
2021-Chad Thrash
2022-Chad Thrash
2023-Hayden Moran
2024-Chad Thrash
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Article Credit: Cody Earley