NASHVILLE – All eyes were on Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Thursday night (June 27) as Josh Berry and Ross Chastain joined the Pro Late Model regulars in the Battle of Broadway 150.
The event was sanctioned by the JEGS CRA All-Stars Series, a special non-points event for the Pro Late Model series.
Both drivers have deep ties with the Music City, Berry being a native to the area and Chastain driving for Trackhouse Racing, a team with a big presence in the Nashville area.
While both drivers scored top fives, it was Trey Craig who scored the $10,000 payday and the Nashville guitar at night’s end, winning the event.
“Really, the guitar means more to me than the $10,000,” Craig told Frontstretch post-race. “I’ve been trying to come to this track for the past 10 years, been searching for a guitar and finally got one. It means a whole lot more than that $10,000 does.”
Craig took the lead from Chase Johnson on lap 61 and never looked back, pacing the field for the remainder of the night relatively unchallenged. He lost the lead on a late restart, but a caution negated the change in position.
“On that first restart, I knew the No. 55 didn’t take tires like we just did,” Craig said. “He was in front, I knew that he had kind of been running a little bit back. In my mind, that first restart I was like this should be kind of an easy pass, an easy overtake.”
“Went off into the corner, got shoved up into the third groove and it was a handful. I was like, man, this is over now. When they called it back I was like, OK, we’ve got a shot. I had to make up for it and make sure I came out of turn 2 with the lead.”
While Craig was saved by the called off restart, it was Chastain and Berry who for a moment looked to be running first and second exiting turn 4.
For Berry, it was a sort of homecoming, even if he had never actually turned a lap at the Fairgrounds. A fifth at nights end was all he could manage in the Dylan Fetcho Racing No. 4.
“It was really fun,” Berry said. “Just a fun week all together. Obviously I wanted to be a little bit better than fifth. But first time here, first working with these guys, it was a lot of fun. They did a great job, the car was really solid the whole time.
“Really I just needed to get a race under my belt, kind of figure out what I needed. Overall, it was a good day, top five and didn’t tear…
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