Dustin Linville picked up a victory in Ponderosa's Red Clay Bash.
What won the race: Polesitter Dustin Linville of Bryantsville, Ky., charged to the front of the field at the drop of the green flag, leading all 30 laps for a $3,000 victory in Ponderosa Speedway's Southern Nationals Bonus Series-sanctioned Red Clay Bash.
Key notes: The race makes Linville's seventh victory on the 2015 season and second of the holiday weekend. He collected a $4,000 payday in Thursday's Spring Nationals makeup event at 201 Speedway. ... The race was slowed by a single caution. ... Ponderosa hosted the second of four bonus races at four venues apart of the Revelution Race Cars Iron Man Speedweek. Richmond Raceway will host Saturday's event, with the four-race tour closing at Tazewell Speedway on Sunday.
Winner's sponsors: Linville's Swartz Race Car has a Bullock Race Engine and carries sponsorship from Johnny Maco Electric, Mulligan Plumbing, Graphic Impressions, 4B Motorsports, Pinetop Motors, Paul Benton Auto Body, Travis Short Racing, Crane Time, Turbo Start, Cookie Monster Power Plants, Linville’s Finish Carpentry, Linville Construction, Bruce and Vicki Barnes and Schaeffer Oil.
Points chase: Entering the weekend, David Payne of Murphy, N.C., had 744 points to lead Austin Smith (720).
Car count: 23
Fast qualifier: Dustin Linville
Time: 13.726 seconds
Polesitter: Dustin Linville
Heat race winners: Dustin Linville, Michael Chilton, Justin Rattliff, , , , ,
Next series race: September 6, Tazewell Speedway (Tazewell, TN) $4,400