7/12/2025
Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series
Jordy Nipper storms to $5,000 payday in Gene Maine Memorial at Needmore Speedway
Norman Park, Ga. (July 12th, 2025) – Starting from the third-row, Jordy Nipper slowly made his way into the Top-3 and took the lead away from Wil Herrington on lap 19. Nipper led the final 22 circuits to collect the $5,000 payday in the sixth-annual Gene Maine Memorial. Herrington rallied from a mid-race spin to finish runner-up while Steven Roberts made it an all Georgia podium in third.
Sixth-Annual Gene Maine Memorial | STSDS Feature Finish
$5,000-TO-WIN | 40 Laps
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 1N-Jordy Nipper[5]; 2. 14-Wil Herrington[2]; 3. 111-Steven Roberts[3]; 4. 11-Allen Styck[4]; 5. 00-Russell Brown Jr[7]; 6. 26-Adam Bedenbaugh[8]; 7. 44D-Dalton Cook[1]; 8. 18-Matt Dooley[6]; 9. 6-Adam Boyd[9]; 10. 2-Hadley Greene[11]; 11. 03W-Morrie West[10]
OFFICIAL SUMMARY & RACE NOTES:
Fastest in Velocita USA Hot Laps – Wil Herrington
Fast Qualifiers in VP Racing Fuels Qualifying – Dalton Cook
Equiplinc Austion Sales Fast Time Award – Dalton Cook
FK Rod Ends Feature Winner – Jordy Nipper
Knowles Race Parts Hard Charger – Jordy Nipper
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NEXT EVENT: $10,000-to-win Danny Carswell & David Brackett Memorial at Penton (Ala.) Raceway on Friday night, July 25th & twin $2,525-to-win features at Talladega Short Track (Eastaboga, Ala.) on Saturday, July 26th.
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Article Credit: Jack Cofer | Dunewich on Dirt
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