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Another Sweep for Wallace in SCSCS Inaugural Orange County Appearance

Rougemont, North Carolina (June 21, 2026) – For the second consecutive Super Cup Stock Car Series event, it was not Chrissy Wallace top of the boards at the beginning of the day, but in the hunt and the key player once the green and checkered flags unfurled.

Harvey Harrison topped the practice charts in his No. 35 John 3:16 Ford during his first visit to Orange County Speedway since assisting his brother Joe Harrison Jr.’s efforts in what was then the NASCAR Busch Series in the 1980s.  At the conclusion of the drivers meeting, the Renick, West Virginia competitor was then recognized for making his 100th career SCSCS start, becoming the fourth driver to reach such an elite club.  A future release will further detail this accomplishment by the two-time series champion.

The trend of differing Pole Award drivers and cars continued into a fifth race weekend of 2026.  “ShoTime” Mike scored his second career feat with a best of time of 15.449 seconds.  The pilot of the No. 23 QuicShine99 / ShoTime Motorsports Chevrolet would draw the ensuing number one pill to start out front in the first of twin 50-lap main events.

An intense opening lap saw Damian Payton gain a slight advantage exiting the first pair of 19-degree banked corners, but it was the No. 19 Dan Althoff Trucking / JDH Engineering / J4 Truss / The Also-Ran Broadcast / CP Race Wear / MW Pressure Washing / D2 Motorsports Ford driven by Chrissy Wallace who made a daring move from the third starting position to go inside for the top spot entering turn three and coming back to the stripe.

From there, Wallace went unchallenged, aside from the hot weather conditions and the sun glare limiting the view in the final turns across the distance, coming away with her third consecutive win and fifth total of 2026.  “ShoTime” Mike eventually worked his way by Payton for second, cut the margin that was once more than five seconds in half, but had to settle for a runner-up result without any yellow flags bunching the field together.

Harrison’s fast performance was limited to a fourth-place outcome due to a tire slowly going flat.  Perhaps the best battle of the entire race occurred for fifth between Petersburg, West Virginia’s Brent Nelson in the No. 80 Precision Auto Collision / JEBCO / RAM Trucking / QH Design / Nelson Motorsports Chevrolet and Dylan Godinez who resides only couple hours away in Conover, North Carolina driving the No. 57 Ashton Racing Chevrolet.  They dueled lap after lap with Nelson ultimately finishing in the top five.

Unfortunately, neither Nelson due to overheating concerns, nor Godinez with an electrical issue attempting to roll out of the pits, would be able to make the start for the second race.

For that green flag, Wallace redrew the number one to start at the front and accelerated to the lead immediately.  Outside of her though, Harrison ended up spinning the tires initially, connecting with Payton’s ride and ending up backing into the wall in turn one.  Payton came to pit road to fix some damage as well, putting “ShoTime” Mike in second for the next start.

Payton, who lives only 80 miles out in Winston-Salem, worked his car back by “ShoTime” Mike and set his sights on Wallace when another yellow flew for debris on lap nine.  On the restart, “ShoTime” Mike managed to get to the front and led a lap, but Wallace and Payton would go back by the next time around.

For the next 20 or so circuits, Payton in the No. 64 Fauquier Stitch Studio / Donovan Asphalt Paving / Total Stormwater Solutions LLC / Blue Ridge Seafood Restaurant / McElligott Performance & Design / J&K Grounds Maintenance Chevrolet searched high and low to find a way by Wallace from Concord, North Carolina.  During a couple instances it was close quarters for the top spot before Payton slightly lost ground and later spun on his own, setting up a 12-lap dash to the finish.

“ShoTime Mike” and Payton kept things close; however, it was Wallace keeping the lead for another evening sweep with her dad Mike Wallace on the radio as spotter on Father’s Day Weekend.

“The car came in really good and then the second race, Damian was, I don’t know, after the first two laps it was almost like he got go-go gadget motor and his tires he could run any line,” Wallace observed.  “I felt like we were a little bit stronger on the low line and we could get past him.  For one, I have to give him credit.  Thank you so much to Damian for respecting me and racing me super clean.  There were multiple times I knew he could have turned me.  I enjoy racing with him and I’m sure if it went 10 more laps he would have been right back up there.”

“ShoTime” Mike held off Payton to finish second once again.  Yellow Spring, West Virginia’s Larry Frame tied his best career effort of fourth in his first starts with the series since Shenandoah in April in the No. 80x Precision Auto Collision / Riverside Auto Parts / Nelson Motorsports Chevrolet.  Harrison ultimately fell off the pace as a result of impairment to his machine from earlier but was still credited with fifth in the final order.

Both podium finishers had a few comments about their night as well as the winner from their own perspective.

“My night was pretty good,” the Denver, North Carolina driver recapped.  “I raced with some good Super Cup stock cars.  The one that beat us, not a Super Cup car.  I’m happy and my car is going home in one piece.  I did bounce it off the wall in the first race.  My fault, pushing it too hard, but all in all it isn’t torn up.  I feel bad for Harvey and those guys.  Maybe we’ll get some things straightened out around here and it will be a little more fun.”

Payton stopped once more for adjustments during the last yellow in a final attempt to move up from his third-place restart position.

“It’s crazy we were as fast as we were because we had a parachute on the right side.  It sucks to get torn up that bad any weekend, but glad we were able to push through it, make some headway, and actually be competitive and challenge for the lead.  Made some adjustments throughout and made it better.  I gave it everything I had.  Tried running the bottom, the top, trying to cross her up, and all kinds of stuff.  Got squeezed to the wall once I did get to the outside and couldn’t do anything from there.”

Wallace now holds a commanding 150-point lead in the season-long race for the SCSCS championship.  There will be more than a month off for competitors to regroup and turn focus to the next event, a return for a second straight year to Ona Speedway on Saturday, August 1st as part of the Putnam County Bank Throwback Classic.

During the break there will be stories recapping the first half of the season and previewing what’s to come and once published they can be found on the Super Cup Stock Car Series official website supercupstockcarseries.com, on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter (@SCSCSRacing), Instagram (SCSCS_Racing), and https://www.youtube.com/SCSCSRacing.

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