Get to Know the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown 2016
The Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown invite list was recently released from the DHSTS Race Coordinator, Buck Reuss. It is full of drivers that Langley Speedway fans should know well and some new names. Lee Pulliam, Josh Berry, William Byron, Peyton Sellers, and Matt Bowling are a few of the out of towners that have raced at Langley recently. It is looking like it will be a fantastic race for a great cause.
I asked Buck a couple questions about the DHSTS to get a look into the race that a lot of us are looking forward to.
For an ‘in short” answer, we look for the facilities in close proximity to RIR and hope the local race fans and racers are ready to make it a terrific show year after year.
The initial invitee list is built between NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Div. I National Points, the NWAAS Virginia State Points, NWAAS Virginia Track points, a couple of NASCAR D4D drivers and winners of the Virginia Triple Crown races. Then the competitors of the previous year’s race are re-invited. Beyond that I take requests for additional invitations and will go through a process looking at their qualifications before passing drivers through for an invitation.
The purse for the DHSTS is set at 36 entries for the feature race. This was designed between NASCAR and DHF. And at the moment we at DHF are working with Race Director for the DHSTS Shayne Laws (since 2010) on determining race day procedure for qualifying and or heat races.
With some details to still be ironed out and possibly more invitations to be sent out look to The Weekly Racer for updates through the racing off-season!
| DHSTS Re-Invite of 2015 LMSC Competitors |
| Blake Stallings |
| Brayton Haws |
| Brian Pemberton |
| Bruce Anderson |
| Bugs Hairfield |
| CE Falk |
| Chad Finchum |
| Coleman Pressley |
| Dalton Saregeant |
| Davin Scites |
| Dude Gibbs |
| Dustin Storm |
| Eddie Johnson |
| Garrett Campbell |
| Josh Berry |
| Kaz Grala |
| Kyle Plott |
| Myatt Snider |
| Payton Ryan |
| Peyton Sellers |
| Quinn Houff |
| Travis Swaim |
| William Byron
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| NASCAR D4D Drivers |
| Natalie Decker |
| Colin Cabre
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| NWAAS NATIONAL CHAMPION |
| Lee Pulliam
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| Next 5 from NWAAS National Standings |
| Thomas Tillson Jr. |
| Taylor Holdaway |
| Jimmy Zachorias |
| Keith Rocco |
| Ryan Preece |
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NWAAS Virginia Top 5 |
| Matt Bowling |
| Greg Edwards |
| Danny Edwards Jr. |
| Mark Wertz |
| Brenden Queen |
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3 from the Hampton Heat 200 |
| Matt Waltz |
| Tyler Ankrum |
| Nick Smith
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| Virginia Track Points 3 from each
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| South Boston Speedway |
| Austin Thaxton |
| Juan Garcia |
| Bobby McCarty
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| Langley Speedway |
| Conner Hall |
| Tyler Hughes |
| Michael Hardin
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| Motor Mile Speedway |
| GR Waldrop |
| Tommy Lemons Jr. |
| Craig Stallard
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| Additional Drivers for 2016 |
| Burt Myers (NWSMT) |
| George Brunnhoelzl |
| Andy Seuss |
| Gray Gaulding |
| Taylor Sticklin |
| Dalton Saregeant |
| Sergio Pena |
| Devon Amos |
| David Garbo |
| Payton Ryan |
| Macy Causey |
| Todd Gilliland |
| Justin T Carroll |
| Craig Eastep |
