(May 17, 2013) The final points race of the inaugural 2013 Spring Nationals tour took place tonight at the Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, Georgia. Sprinkles and light rain fell throughout the afternoon hours at the Chattanooga area facility, but a window of favorable weather allowed the thirty (30) cars in attendance to hot lap and qualify. Billy Ogle, Jr. laid down the quickest lap overall and in Group A during time trials at a 13.368, while Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. paced Group B with a lap of 13.451. Unfortunately, as the B-Mains were lining up, another rain shower fell over the oval and continued rain throughout the evening prompted a postponement of the $4,000 to win event.

A make-up date of Friday, May 24 has been established and the show will start from scratch, which will allow any new entrants next week. After polling the series regulars, the majority chose to make tonight the final points race of the season, which means that next Friday’s duel will be non-points. All drivers in attendance tonight received an equal 50 show-up points. Following eight completed points events and two rain-outs, Steve Casebolt, of Richmond, Indiana, is the 2013 Spring Nationals Champion followed by Billy Ogle, Jr., David Payne, Stacy Boles, and Michael Chilton to round out the top five!

Final 2013 Spring Nationals Point Standings
1 – c9 Steve Casebolt – 1382
2 – 201 Billy Ogle, Jr. – 1352
3 – 8 David Payne – 1300
4 – 11 Stacy Boles – 1286
5 – 97 Michael Chilton – 1266
6 – 63 Josh Collins – 1240
7 – 30 Ryan King – 1210
8 – 13 George Mashburn – 1043
9 – 17m Dale McDowell – 946
10 – r1 Riley Hickman – 560
11 – 44 Chris Madden – 540
12 – 00 Johnny Chastain – 522
13 – x15 Shawn Chastain – 514
14 – 4 Mark Vineyard – 493
15 – 1 Vic Hill – 487

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