SOUTH BOSTON, Va. — Connor Corridor says profitable South Boston Speedway‘s Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 the previous two years was particular. How about three in a row?
“I really feel like three would simply be the cherry on prime,” Corridor mentioned. “I really feel that might be a fairly large assertion.”
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The opportunity of profitable the race for the third straight 12 months has lured Corridor to return to South Boston Speedway for the twentieth operating of the Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 on Saturday night time, June 27. He might be driving the No. 22 Nelson Motorsports entry, the identical one he drove to victory in his first triumph within the occasion.
“Becoming a member of again up with Nelson Motorsports was a no brainer,” Corridor remarked. “The largest aim was profitable the 200 as a result of I really feel like aside from Lee (Lee Pulliam, who received the race six years in a row) I’m the one person who perhaps has a chance of profitable it 3 times in a row.
“I assumed it could be one thing cool to go after,” added Corridor, “in order that led me to asking Barry (Nelson Motorsports workforce proprietor Barry Nelson) and issues occurred proper.”
Nelson mentioned having Corridor again behind the wheel is a superb match for his workforce.
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“Connor‘s nearly like household,” Nelson identified. “He needed to come back again and have me present a automotive for him to race at South Boston. I mentioned ‘I‘m in for that.‘ I advised him I‘ll do what I might to assist him.
“It simply feels proper,” Nelson added. “We‘ve had a variety of success, and a variety of laughs, and cried a bit of bit.”
Connor Corridor, driver of the No. 22 Late Mannequin Inventory Automobile, throughout the Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 for the 2024 Virginia Late Mannequin Triple Crown at South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia on June 29, 2024. (Susan Wong/NASCAR)
Corridor‘s first win within the Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 got here when he was racing full-time with Nelson Motorsports. Nelson feels Corridor has as an important shot to offer his workforce one other Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 win.
“I‘ve all the time mentioned I don‘t go to a race observe, and I don‘t assume I can win,” Nelson identified. “I‘m a aggressive particular person. I coached baseball for 20 years with school youngsters. I by no means walked right into a baseball area that I don‘t assume I can win. You‘ve received to have that angle. You‘ve received to be ready and have the precise angle, the precise items and the motive force. It‘s a mixture of issues.”
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Corridor‘s 2024 Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 win with Nelson Motorsports was a dramatic one. A tire concern after qualifying compelled Corridor to begin on the rear of the sphere. He rallied all through the race, selecting off one automotive after one other, and finally edged Trevor Ward for the win.
“It was simply a type of days the place every little thing went proper,” Corridor defined. “We had a very, actually good automotive and received to the highest. I believe I received to fifth or sixth by midway and was capable of loosen up a bit of bit and go to work. The automotive was turning effectively, and I used to be capable of make it work. Issues went the precise approach and we discovered ourselves up entrance.”
Corridor was enveloped in a wholly completely different race within the 2025 Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200. Driving the No. 88 for JR Motorsports, the two-time NASCAR nationwide champion began final 12 months‘s race within the prime 5 and needed to battle a number of drivers together with Matt Waltz and Tate Fogleman all through the 200-lap occasion.
“Final 12 months was only a utterly completely different fashion of race than the 12 months prior, in order that was enjoyable for me,” Corridor remarked. “It felt like Craftsman Truck Sequence racing. I used to be operating the highest on one finish and the underside on one other, and in every single place simply making an attempt to remove traces and what not.”
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Corridor‘s focus is on profitable the primary two races of the Virginia Late Mannequin Triple Crown offered by FloRacing — the June 27 Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 at South Boston Speedway and the July 25 operating of the Hampton Warmth 200 at his residence observe, Larry King Regulation‘s Langley Speedway.
“Our effort is on the primary two races of the Triple Crown,” Corridor famous. “I don‘t know if I will make the third race. That‘s to be decided at a later date. Proper now, I‘m going to attempt to win each 200s, after which see the place we stand going into Martinsville.”
Connor Corridor, driver of the No. 88 Late Mannequin Inventory Automobile, celebrates in victory lane, after profitable the Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 for the 2025 Virginia Triple Crown at South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia on June 28, 2025. (Ted Malinowski/NASCAR)
Corridor identified that followers is not going to need to miss the Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 at South Boston Speedway.
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“South Boston‘s among the best services within the nation for brief observe racing,” he famous. “They do rather a lot for fan hospitality and ensuring it‘s an important occasion, a good time, whether or not you’re a fan or a driver. It‘s simply tremendous racy by the top of it, and I believe it‘s a very enjoyable race to look at and see the way it all shakes out.”
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The twentieth operating of the Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 on Saturday night time, June 27 is the opening race of the Virginia Late Mannequin Triple Crown offered by FloRacing, and is South Boston Speedway‘s showcase occasion.
Headlining the four-race Thunder Street Harley-Davidson 200 occasion is a 200-lap race for the observe‘s Hitachi Power Late Mannequin Inventory Automobile Division paying $10,000 to win. The winner will obtain a assured beginning place within the ValleyStar Credit score Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway in September.
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Additionally included are a 40-lap race for the Budweiser Restricted Sportsman Division, a 20-lap race for the Southside Disposal Pure Inventory Division and a 15-lap race for the Greenback Common Hornets Division.
There might be an on-track driver autograph session, and a colourful fireworks present will gentle up the night time sky after the ultimate race of the night time.
Grownup advance tickets are priced at $20 every. Grownup admission on the gate on race day is $25. Seniors ages 65 and older, veterans and army personnel, first responders, healthcare staff and college students with ID could buy tickets for $20 every on the gate on race day. Youngsters ages 12 and beneath are admitted free.
The June 27 race day schedule has pit gates opening at 11 a.m., frontstretch spectator gates opening at 11:30 a.m., and follow starting at 1 p.m. Backstretch and Flip 4 parking gates are set to open at 3:30 p.m. Qualifying will begin at 3:35 p.m., and an on-track driver autograph session might be held from 5 p.m. till 6 p.m. Pre-race ceremonies are set for six:30 p.m. and the primary race will get the inexperienced flag at 7 p.m.
