Ben Watkins Scores Carolina Clash Victory Saturday At County Line Raceway
Story By: MARK HUEY / CAROLINA CLASH SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES – ELM CITY, NC – The Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series traveled to County Line Raceway located in Elm City, North Carolina on Saturday March 8th for the “Spring Sizzler” event paying $5,000 to win.
The event was also the 2025 season opener event for the Carolina Clash tour.
Two time Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series champion Ben Watkins of Rock Hill, South Carolina led flag to flag Saturday at County Line Raceway to score his fifteenth career victory with the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series worth $5,000.
Ethan Wilson, Adam Yarbrough, Bobby Liles, and Dalton Peavy rounded out the top five finishers. The fast qualifier of the event was Dustin Mitchell with a time of 13.939 seconds. B-Main winners included Brent Robinson and Austin Holcombe.
The hard Charger of the event was Jake Jackson (Started 21st / Finished 10th).
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 16-Ben Watkins[1]; 2. 15-Ethan Wilson[10]; 3. 57-Adam Yarbrough[7]; 4. L3-Bobby Liles[14]; 5. 9-Dalton Peavy[4]; 6. 3-Brent Robinson[11]; 7. 06-Christian Thomas[18]; 8. 5-Cy Nelms Jr[6]; 9. 1-Willie Milliken[19]; 10. J1-Jake Jackson[21]; 11. 13-Joe Radford[20]; 12. 215-Jamison McBride[8]; 13. 93-Donovan Jackson[15]; 14. 23R-Michael Rouse[5]; 15. 48-Hunter Kohn[9]; 16. 55-Benji Hicks[17]; 17. 23-Beckham Malone[13]; 18. 57Z-Landen Zakalowski[22]; 19. 03-David Yandle[23]; 20. 28B-Carson Brown[3]; 21. 18-Spencer Liggon[16]; 22. B3-Brian Strickland[24]; 23. 8A-Austin Holcombe[12]; 24. D8-Dustin Mitchell[2]
DNS – 19 Gavin Cowan
DNS – 28 Carl Vaughan
DNS – M1 William McDaniels
DNS – 77 Roger Lucas
DNS – 22 Michael Lee
Car Count: 29
Fast Qualifier: Dustin Mitchell
Feature Winner: Ben Watkins
B-Main 1 Winner: Brent Robinson
B-Main 2 Winner: Austin Holcombe
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 3-Brent Robinson[2]; 2. 23-Beckham Malone[3]; 3. 93-Donovan Jackson[1]; 4. 55-Benji Hicks[4]; 5. 1-Willie Milliken[7]; 6. J1-Jake Jackson[6]; 7. 19-Gavin Cowan[8]; 8. B3-Brian Strickland[5]; 9. 28-Carl Vaughan[9]; 10. M1-William McDaniels[10]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 8A-Austin Holcombe[1]; 2. L3-Bobby Liles[3]; 3. 18-Spencer Liggon[2]; 4. 06-Christian Thomas[4]; 5. 13-Joe Radford[6]; 6. 57Z-Landen Zakalowski[5]; 7. 03-David Yandle[7]; 8. 77-Roger Lucas[8]; 9. 22-Michael Lee[9]
Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 16-Ben Watkins[15]; 2. 28B-Carson Brown[14]; 3. 23R-Michael Rouse[11]; 4. 57-Adam Yarbrough[9]; 5. 48-Hunter Kohn[13]; 6. 93-Donovan Jackson[6]; 7. 3-Brent Robinson[7]; 8. 23-Beckham Malone[4]; 9. 55-Benji Hicks[8]; 10. B3-Brian Strickland[5]; 11. J1-Jake Jackson[10]; 12. 1-Willie Milliken[12]; 13. 19-Gavin Cowan[2]; 14. 28-Carl Vaughan[3]; 15. M1-William McDaniels[1]
Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. D8-Dustin Mitchell[8]; 2. 9-Dalton Peavy[4]; 3. 5-Cy Nelms Jr[5]; 4. 215-Jamison McBride[1]; 5. 15-Ethan Wilson[11]; 6. 8A-Austin Holcombe[9]; 7. 18-Spencer Liggon[13]; 8. L3-Bobby Liles[2]; 9. 06-Christian Thomas[7]; 10. 57Z-Landen Zakalowski[3]; 11. 13-Joe Radford[14]; 12. 03-David Yandle[10]; 13. 77-Roger Lucas[12]; 14. 22-Michael Lee[6]
