First Look at Entry List for Protect Your Melon - Buckle Up SpeedFest

NOTE: SpeedFest is now scheduled to take place on Friday, January 17. Click here to learn more about the rescheduling.

A field of 25 Super Late Models awaits this weekend at Cordele Motor Speedway for Protect Your Melon - Buckle Up SpeedFest, while more than 20 Pro Late Models are entered for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour 100-lap feature.

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NASCAR Cup Series drivers Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain are among the Super Late Model competitors in the race co-sanctioned by the ASA/CRA Super Series and ASA Southern Super Series. Elliott is a three-time winner in the SpeedFest Super Late Model contest, while Chastain makes the jump to the Super Late Model division after finishing second to Stephen Nasse in last year's Pro Late Model race.

They'll be going against some of the best in Super Late Model racing, including Bubba Pollard and his three-straight victories in SpeedFest entering 2025. Along with a victory in 2016, Pollard won SpeedFest in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Stephen Nasse won last year's Pro Late Model feature, and has once again entered the Super Late Model portion in search of his first SpeedFest SLM victory.

Other standouts such as two-time Oxford 250 winner Cole Butcher, World Crown 300 winner Michael Hinde, multi-time Super Late Model champion Matt Craig and many more are also part of the field.

Several drivers are making their first start in the SpeedFest Super Late Model event, including Late Model newcomers and veterans alike. Drivers making their SpeedFest Super Late Model debut include Gavan Boschele, Carson Brown, Hudson Bulger, Dylan Fetcho, George Gorham, Harrison Halder, John Holtger, Colby Howard, Chase Pinsonneault, Blaise Rutherford.

As for the Pro Late Models, 21 cars are currently entered for the 100-lap event. Many of those drivers are seeking a first major win in Late Model competition.

A handful of competitors are attempting double-duty in both the Super Late Models and Pro Late Models, including Cole Butcher, Michael Hinde, Hudson Bulger and Blaise Rutherford. Along with his World Crown victory last fall, Hinde is a former SpeedFest Pro Late Model winner.

The full entry lists for both races can be viewed below.

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-Photo credit: Will Bellamy

SpeedFest Entry Lists

Super Late Models

Pro Late Models