First Look at All American 400 Entry Lists
Special from Speed51.com – The second of three end-of-year crown jewels is closing in. Top Super Late Model drivers from all areas of the country are set to converge on Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway for the All American 400 next weekend, October 30-November 1.
This year’s All American 400 will see a different format. The event will revert back to a 300-lap race for the Super Late Models and 100-lap event for the Pro Late Models, which was last used in 2013. Both the Super and Pro Late Models have pulled in strong lists of entries with just over a week until All American 400 weekend.
One former race winner is entered for the All American 400. Donnie Wilson will look to add a second guitar to his collection while fielding another entry for Chandler Smith, who looks for redemption after having a possible win stripped away from him in the final laps one year ago.
Southern Super Series and CARS Super Late Model Tour points leaders Jeremy Pate and Matt Craig have both entered for the race as they look to clinch series championships in the 300-lap finale. Pate faces a tight points battle with former Winchester 400 winner Stephen Nasse and Alabama 200 winner Jake Garcia for the Southern Super Series title.
Meanwhile, Craig is in a battle of his own with Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Sammy Smith and Pinty’s U.S. Short Track Nationals winner Trevor Noles for the CARS Tour title, all of which are entered for the All American 400.
Carson Hocevar enters the event as perhaps the hottest driver in all of short track racing. The Michigan native has scored a multitude of major wins in 2020, with the most recent coming in the 49th Running of the Winchester 400 just over a week ago.
The West Coast will send a contingent of racers, led by multi-time SRL Southwest Tour champion Derek Thorn. Fellow California racers Kyle Neveau and Bob Lyon will join Thorn from the Golden State, while defending Northwest Super Late Model champion Trevor Cristiani and Colorado racer Cody Dempster will make their first starts in the crown jewel.
The ARCA Midwest Tour is set to make their first appearance at the All American 400 in a non-points setting, with Austin Nason and Gabe Sommers leading the way. Wisconsin barnstormer Jeff Storm is set to make his first All American 400 appearance since 2008.
The Northeast will also have a presence at this year’s event, with Mike Hopkins entered. The Maine driver is the defending PASS National Champion.
Former Nashville track champion Willie Allen will once again add a local flavor to the crown jewel. Other drivers entered include Hunter Robbins and Daniel Dye with the Southern Super Series, Kodie Conner and Jeff Batten with the CARS Super Late Model Tour, and former ARCA/CRA Super Series champion Greg Van Alst, Brandon Oakley, Mason Keller and Trever McCoy with CRA, as well as Jennerstown Speedway track champion Albert Francis.
The Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Pro Late Model champion will be crowned during the weekend, with Cole Williams holding a four-point lead over Dylan Fetcho going into the finale. Stephen Nasse, Derek Thorn and Trever McCoy are the three drivers who are currently entered for both events, while reigning All American 400 champion Mason Mingus and Winchester 400 polesitter Cayden Lapcevich also entered for the Pro Late Model portion of the All American 400.
More entries are expected to roll in for both division as it gets closer to All American 400 race weekend. Drivers like Bubba Pollard and former track champion Jackson Boone could very well file entries in that time, while other drivers like Brittney Zamora have publicly expressed their intent to compete but have yet to file an entry on the Super Late Model side. With the Pro Late Models, current points runner-up Dylan Fetcho has yet to enter but is expected to be in attendance.
Full entry lists for both divisions can be found below.
Stay tuned to Speed51.com for more information regarding All American 400 weekend.
-Story by: Koty Geyer, Speed51 National Correspondent – Twitter: @kgeyer3
-Photo Credit: Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway
All American 400 Super Late Model Entries:
2 Donnie Wilson
14H Carson Hocevar
14N Austin Nason
15H Mike Hopkins
15S Gabe Sommers
18 Hunter Robbins
21 Jeremy Pate
22N Trevor Noles
22O Brandon Oakley
24 Cody Dempster
25 Jeff Storm
26A Willie Allen
26 Chandler Smith
29 Mason Keller
33 Albert Francis
35 Jake Garcia
35 Greg Van Alst
43D Daniel Dye
43T Derek Thorn
44 Bob Lyon
45 Kodie Connor
49 Jeff Batten
51N Stephen Nasse
51S Sammy Smith
54 Matt Craig
71 Kyle Neveau
88 Trever McCoy
90 Trevor Cristiani
All American 400 Pro Late Model Entries:
2 Joey Strode
14 David Coble
16 Cayden Lapcevich
17 Chuck Tuck
18 Chase Burda
22 Evan Shotko
27 Joe Ross
29 Hunter Wright
33 Wes Griffith Jr.
43 Dakota Stroup
43T Derek Thorn
46 Cole Williams
51 Stephen Nasse
53 Zachary Tinkle
55 Charlie Keeven
55H Bennie Hamlett
62 William Hale
63 Tracy Green
83 J.P. Crabtree
84 Mason Mingus
88 Trever McCoy
91 Dylan Bates
114 Mike Murray
