CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (October 18, 2024) – A first-time winner that foreshadowed Sunday’s results of the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 secured the victory in Saturday’s HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Petty’s Garage race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In his HSR NASCAR Classic debut, Adam Boatman broke through for the victory in Saturday’s 16-lap feature race in his 2018 No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
Boatman’s Chevy carries the same Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 and HendrickCars.com livery as the more contemporary Camaro of NASCAR superstar Kyle Larson drove to victory in Sunday’s Bank of America 400 on the same Charlotte ROVAL circuit.
Reflecting Larson’s dominating drive a day later, Boatman captured both overall and Pro-class honors on Saturday. He shared the victory lane podium with former NASCAR star “Front Row” Joe Nemechek who finished second in Pro and overall in his 2007 No. 47 Chevrolet Silverado prepared by Nemechek Motorsports & Engineering.
A third Pro-class competitor, Camden Murphy, completed the overall podium with a third-place showing in his 2013 No. 46 Toyota Camry.
The SCB class victory went to Matt Tift in his 2006 No. 57 Dodge Charger along with a solid fourth-place overall finish that edged out two Pro-class competitors and the SCA division winner.
Ryan Gemmell completed the top five in his Pro-division Nemechek Motorsports & Engineering 2009 No. 6 Toyota Camry. Gemmell took the checkered flag one spot ahead of Justin Marks, the former NASCAR national series driver who is now best known as the owner and founder of top NASCAR Cup series team Trackhouse Racing. Marks crossed the line sixth in his second race of the season in the Petty’s Garage 2006 No. 45 Victory Junction Dodge Charger.
Going a perfect three-for-three on the season, Patrick Womack finished seventh overall and first again in the SCA class on the ROVAL in his 2014 No. 11 Toyota Camry campaigned in its prime by Joe Gibbs Racing and Denny Hamlin. Womack also captured SCA honors in the HSR NASCAR Classic series debut race at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) in August and last month at Watkins Glen.
The Charlotte weekend’s final winner was Scott Dolfi, who joined Nemechek as the only Classic Stock Car Truck (SCT) competitors in the race. With Nemechek competing in the Pro division, Dolfi scored his second SCT class NASCAR Classic win in a row in his 2016 No. 4 Chevrolet Silverado. Dolfi’s Chevy pickup was driven in contemporary NASCAR Truck Series competition by Nemechek’s son, John Hunter Nemechek.
The younger Nemechek also put in some HSR NASCAR Classic track time in Charlotte, running some of the weekend’s preliminary sessions at the wheel of his Dad’s 2007 No. 87 Toyota Camry.
In addition to the classics in competition, nearly two dozen vintage and historic Stock Cars from the last 75 years took to the track for some parade lap of their own as well as being on display all weekend.
Eligible HSR NASCAR Classic stock cars include those built to previous NASCAR rule book specifications for Cup, Xfinity, Truck and ARCA competition. Current editions of the rules-eligible cars in each series, such as the Cup series Generation 7 chassis, are not eligible in NASCAR Classic competition.
Next up on the HSR NASCAR Classic schedule is the season-ending HSR Classic Sebring 12 Hour weekend at Sebring International Raceway, December 4 – 8. For more information, please visit the official HSR Classic Sebring 12 event page by clicking here.
Meanwhile, HSR’s full-season schedule of endurance and sprint race competition continues in two weeks with the 10th Anniversary HSR Classic Daytona 24 Hour at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), October 30 – November 3. For more information, please visit the official HSR Classic Daytona 24 event page by clicking here.
About HSR: Now an IMSA property, Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) was formed in the mid-1970s with an event at Road Atlanta. There was one goal then and it remains true today: to celebrate the race cars from the past. As a “time machine” of sights and sounds, HSR provides a venue for competitors and spectators alike to share in the wonderful history and excitement created by the cars that competed at race tracks around the world. HSR currently sanctions 10 vintage and historic racing events at some of the world’s most renowned race tracks, including Road Atlanta, Sebring International Raceway, Daytona International Speedway and more. The complete schedule and full event information can be found on HSR’s website at www.HSRRace.com. Look for the HSR Channel on YouTube and follow HSR on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HSRrace/
Photos courtesy of Joe Ciferno
