The opening race of the 2023 Virginia Late Model Triple Crown, the Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 at South Boston Speedway, takes the green flag Saturday night shortly after 7 p.m. ET on FloRacing.
The race, in its 17th edition, annually draws the region’s top Late Model Stock Car competitors for 200 laps of intense competition. This year is no different.
Headlining the list of entries is defending Virginia Late Model Triple Crown champion Peyton Sellers. The two-time NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champion is also a two-time winner of the Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 after winning the race in 2018 and 2019.
Only one other previous race winner is entered Saturday, that being Bobby McCarty (2021). The driver from Madison, North Carolina is fresh off his first CARS Tour victory in more than a year at Dominion Raceway and will be looking to carry that momentum into Saturday’s race at South Boston.
Other notable entries include defending NASCAR Advance Auto Pars Weekly Series national champion Layne Riggs, North Wilkesboro CARS Tour winner Brenden Queen, defending CARS Late Model Stock Tour champion Carson Kvapil, 2021 ValleyStar Credit Union 300 winner Landon Pembelton, weekly South Boston contender Carter Langley, defending Hickory Motor Speedway track champion Landon Huffman, defending Langley Speedway Hampton Heat winner Jared Fryar and 2016 ValleyStar Credit Union 300 victor Mike Looney.
Below is the full entry list for Saturday’s Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 at South Boston Speedway.
| Car No. | Driver | Hometown |
| 0 | Landon Pembelton | Amelia, Va. |
| 01 | Camden Gullie | Durham, N.C. |
| 01W | George Waldrop | North Chesterfield, Va. |
| 2 | Austin Thaxton | South Boston, Va. |
| 2BP | Brandon Pierce | Oak Ridge, N.C. |
| 03 | Brenden Queen | Chesapeake, Va. |
| 4 | Kyle Dudley | Roanoke, Va. |
| 04 | Ronnie Bassett Jr. | Winston-Salem, N.C. |
| 5 | Carter Langley | Zebulon, N.C. |
| 5S | Eddie Slagle | Powhatan, Va. |
| 05 | Mason Bailey | Richmond, Va. |
| 6 | Bobby McCarty | Madison, N.C. |
| 8 | Carson Kvapil | Mooresville, N.C. |
| 9 | Michael Rogers | Midlothian, Va. |
| 14 | Jared Fryar | Trinity, N.C. |
| 15 | Logan Clark | Mechanicsville, Va. |
| 17M | Jason Myers | Hurt, Va. |
| 17S | Stacy Puryear | South Boston, Va. |
| 19 | Jessica Cann | Trinity, N.C. |
| 21 | Lanie Buice | Locust Grove, Ga. |
| 22 | Landon Huffman | Claremont, N.C. |
| 25 | Jacob Borst | Elon, N.C. |
| 26 | Peyton Sellers | Danville, Va. |
| 28 | Jason Barnes | Stony Creek, Va. |
| 31 | Aaron Donnelly | Montross, Va. |
| 32 | Zack Miracle | Indian Trail, N.C. |
| 33 | Kenny Forbes | Bullock, N.C. |
| 40 | Brian Thomas | Henderson, N.C. |
| 57 | Eddie Johnson | Midlothian, Va. |
| 74 | Ronald Hill | Rougemont, N.C. |
| 77 | Blake Stallings | Danville, Va. |
| 77W | Trevor Ward | Winston-Salem, N.C. |
| 87 | Mike Looney | Stuart, Va. |
| 90 | Terry Carroll | Williamsburg, Va. |
| 91 | Justin Carroll | Williamsburg, Va. |
| 95 | Sam Yarbrough | Myrtle Beach, S.C. |
| 99 | Layne Riggs | Bahama, N.C. |