SYLVANIA, Ga. — Brandon Overton continued his winning ways on Saturday night as he dominated the 53-lap Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals feature at Screven Motor Speedway, pocketing $10,053 for his efforts.
This would be Overton’s 17th Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals victory, third-straight and fourth of the season.
Overton would take the lead at start while Ross Bailes would fall into the runner-up slot, with Pearson Lee Williams, Mark Whtener and John Henderson following. Overton and Bailes would quickly put distance on the rest of while Williams and Whitener would battle for third.
Overton would stretch his lead over Bailes by lap five and would begin working lapped traffic on lap 10 and this would allow Bailes to close the distance between himself and Overton. However, the first caution of the race would be displayed on lap fourteen when Jimmy Sharpe Jr. would slow in turn four.
The restart would see the caution again reappear when Michael Page would slow in turn two. Once action resumed, Overton and Bailes would remain first and second, with Williams, Whitener and Cla Knight battling three-wide for third, with Williams holding the spot, while Knight would go to fourth, and shuffle Whitener back to fifth.
Overton would quietly pull away from Bailes once again until the next caution appeared for Jake Knowles on lap 21 who started slowing down the front-stretch and into turn one.
This restart would again see Overton and Bailes remain first and second, while another three-wide battle ensued for third, this time with Whitener, Knight, and 12th-place starting Chris Madden, with Whitener holding third, while Madden would go to the fourth position, and Knight now riding in fifth.
Two tours later, the final caution of the event would appear for Wil Herrington after he spun his machine in turn four. Overton would again get a great restart, while Bailes and Whitener would battle for the second position, with Whitener grabbing the position away from Bailes.
Overton would extend his lead over Whitener until Overton would start working slower traffic again by lap forty and Whitener would begin to close in on Overton. However, Overton would work slower traffic masterfully during the final circuits of the contest and see the checkered flags wave first, with Whitener settling for runner-up honors, while Bailes would come home in the third position.
Madden and Knight would complete the top five finishers.
The finishers:
Brandon Overton, Mark Whitener, Ross Bailes, Chris Madden, Cla Knight, John Baker, Pearson Lee Williams, Wil Herrington, Trent Ivey, Jeff Smith, Donald McIntosh, Matthew Nance, John Henderson, Ahnna Parkhurst, Scott Shirey, Brian Connor, Larry Grube, Jake Knowles, Zack Mitchell, Dalton Polston, Tyler Millwood, Jimmy Sharpe Jr., Mike Akeson.