JEFFREY PETERSON REMAINS PERFECT AT THE BULLRING WITH LATE MODEL WINS
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (April 12, 2026) – California’s Jeffrey Peterson continued his extended Vegas residence in The Bullring victory lane, extending his 2026 Star Nursery Late Model record to a perfect eight-for-eight victories with a sweep of Saturday’s Twin 40s. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway NASCAR Regional action also featured Street & Factory Stocks, Mini Stocks, INEX Terrible’s Legends, and INEX Terrible’s Bandoleros competing. Photo by Barry Ambrose
2025 champion Cody Brown topped Peterson in qualifying with the duo sharing the front row for the opening 40-lap affair. Brown led the first two laps before Peterson drove underneath him in turn four to lead lap three. The sole caution of the event flew on lap 13 for Jacob Anderegg spinning in turns three and four.
Peterson dominated the final 27 circuits to top Brown, fellow Southern California driver Scott Youngren, Johnny Spilotro, and Ryder Juarez.
An eight car invert changed up the order for the start of the second 40-lap race. Chris Jackson led the way with the other No. 77 car of Spilotro in pursuit. Spilotro then seized the top spot on lap four. Peterson was part of an exciting scramble for second, moving past Brown on lap nine. Peterson then tracked down and passed Spilotro for the top spot on the backstretch on lap 16. Peterson led the way to the finish followed by Brown, Spilotro, Youngren, and Juarez.
The NASCAR Street and Factory Stocks had an action packed battle for 30-laps with Bill Paddack, Jr. prevailing. The top-three Street Stocks ran in a tight formation with Paddack, Kyle Jacks, and Don Geary racing bumper to bumper. Carl Duryee lost fluid into turn one for a caution on lap 14. Paddack spun but was able to rejoin with the lead.
Geary stormed into second on the restart underneath Jacks. Jacks battled back to retake the position on lap 22 in turn three. The duo then collided into turn one for a caution on lap 25, sending both drivers to the rear. Paddack led the final five laps while Jacks and Geary came back to finish second and third. Bobby Schumacher earned his first Factory Stocks win while finishing sixth overall.
Glendora, Calif.’s Bory Molina topped the NASCAR Mini Stocks in a 30-lap main event. Points leader Ben Williams charged from ninth on the grid to within a few car lengths of Molina at the finish. Melissa Lurkins was third followed by dash winner Austin Tognotti and Jeff Wahrer.
INEX Terrible’s Legends action saw back and forth battling throughout the top-five before Oak Hills, Calif.’s Daniel O’Donnell took control of the race for the final time on lap 16 to drive to victory. Plano, Texas’ Andy Hulcy led lap one before Albuquerque’s Sean Salazar, the points leader and Friday INEX winner, led the second lap. O’Donnell and Salazar dueled before O’Donnell make the decisive pass for the lead just before the halfway point. Salazar settled for second ahead of Hulcy. Spencer Gallagher won a battle with Tanner Ash for the fourth position as well.
A super-sized field of 22 INEX Terrible’s Bandoleros raced in another fast-paced main event, this time going 20-laps. Braxon Garcia of Lodi, Calif. gave The Bullring fans yet another California victor when he claimed the coveted win. Austin French led the way as the field darted in and out of lapped traffic. Garcia took advantage of the traffic to nab P1 on the eighth lap of the race. French finished second followed by Dylan Mancini, Malcom Mancias, and Friday winner Beau Paddack rounded out the top-five.
The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway resumes action on May 2 with the Nevada Racing Heroes Night, featuring Twin 38 lap Star Nursery Late Model features in tribute to Scott Gafforini.
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NASCAR Star Nursery Late Models
Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 51-Jeffrey Peterson[2]; 2. 88X-Cody Brown[1]; 3. 45-Scott Youngren[3]; 4. 77-Johnny Spilotro[4]; 5. 97-Ryder Juarez[6]; 6. 77J-Chris Jackson[5]; 7. 6-AJ Hintsala[8]; 8. 14A-Jacob Anderegg[7]
Feature 2 (40 Laps): 1. 51-Jeffrey Peterson[6]; 2. 88X-Cody Brown[5]; 3. 77-Johnny Spilotro[3]; 4. 45-Scott Youngren[4]; 5. 97-Ryder Juarez[2]; 6. 77J-Chris Jackson[1]; 7. 14A-Jacob Anderegg[8]; 8. 6-AJ Hintsala[7]
NASCAR Street / Factory Stocks
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 60-Bill Paddack Jr[1]; 2. 4-Kyle Jacks[6]; 3. 45-Don Geary[2]; 4. 64-Mike McKearn[3]; 5. 12-Kyle Turner[5]; 6. 09F-Bobby Schumacher[9]; 7. 11F-Rob Pfaffly[8]; 8. 21F-Dallas Simonette[7]; 9. 8F-Carl Duryee[10]; 10. (DNS) 69-Vinny Raucci Sr
NASCAR Mini Stocks
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 71M-Bory Molina[10]; 2. 24-Ben Williams[9]; 3. 24L-Melissa Lurkins[8]; 4. 29-Austin Tognotti[4]; 5. 11-Jeff Wahrer[6]; 6. 33-Luis Rivera[1]; 7. 21-Kaycee Frost[3]; 8. 18-Nathan Phillips[2]; 9. 9-Noah Cobillas[5]; 10. 4X-Cecilia Williams[7]
INEX Terrible’s Legends
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11-Daniel O’Donnell[3]; 2. 17SP-Sean Salazar[2]; 3. 13HM-Andy Hulcy[1]; 4. 23-Spencer Gallagher[4]; 5. 11YL-Tanner Ash[5]; 6. 3-Ace Bowen[6]; 7. 24H-Andrew Hitchcock[9]; 8. 14T-Amilleo Thomson[7]; 9. 5J-Jhett Phipps[10]; 10. 54SP-Caitlyn Ford[8]; 11. 25M-Ryan Ford[11]; 12. 5-Greg Martin[12]
INEX Bandoleros
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 57E-Braxton Garcia[5]; 2. 9-Austin French[3]; 3. 17M-Dylan Mancini[1]; 4. 99-Malcolm Mancias[2]; 5. 7-Beau Paddack[8]; 6. 5T-Tucker Webster[9]; 7. 7X-Jeff Connors[6]; 8. 57-Broxton Campos[10]; 9. 95-Isaiah Johnson[13]; 10. 6-Kyro Phipps[12]; 11. 77-Evan Johnson[11]; 12. 28R-Mariyah Solomon[7]; 13. 0-Casey Piplic[14]; 14. 88-Celine Spurlock[17]; 15. 27-Cyrus Spurlock II[16]; 16. 27T-Maison Albright[15]; 17. 25-Hayden Piplic[18]; 18. 5TT-Aubrey Cheadle[20]; 19. 6E-Karson Orth[21]; 20. 11-Auroara Pfaffaly[22]; 21. 74-Quinn Piplic[19]; 22. 2-Cru Bowen[4]
2026 LVMS Bullring Schedule (Subject to Change)
May 2 – NASCAR Nevada Racing Heroes Night
Jun. 6 – NASCAR Military and First Responders Night
Jun. 20 – NASCAR Night of Fire Championship Finale with Fireworks Show!
Oct. 2 – Star Nursery Battle at The Bullring featuring CARS Tour West and ARCA Menards Series West
Nov. 14 – CARS Tour West
NOTE: 2026/27 Schedule kicks off Friday October 2
