4/18/2026
Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series
Wil Herrington captures Southern Thunder opener at Cochran Motor Speedway
Cochran, GA (April 18, 2026) – Wil Herrington captured the Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series opener in front of a packed hometown crowd at Cochran (Ga.) Motor Speedway. After charging from third to first in his heat race to earn the pole, Wil Herrington led all 50 laps of the feature to keep the $10,000 payday in Georgia. Mark Whitener and Kyle Bronson completed the podium in the series opener.
Complete results from Saturday's feature can be found below…
Southern Thunder Feature (50 Laps): 1. 14-Wil Herrington[1]; 2. 5-Mark Whitener[4]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[9]; 4. 12-Ashton Winger[7]; 5. 16W-Ben Watkins[8]; 6. 212-Josh Putnam[13]; 7. 24-Payton Stevenson[17]; 8. 18X-Michael Page[16]; 9. 66K-Dylan Knowles[6]; 10. 388-Jackson Hise[5]; 11. 44D-Dalton Cook[12]; 12. 3-Caleb Gay[15]; 13. 17SR-Brody Smith[3]; 14. 78-Matthew Brocato[20]; 15. 23-Beckham Malone[14]; 16. 48-Hunter Kohn[10]; 17. 57Z-Landen Zakalowski[21]; 18. 19M-Brenden Smith[2]; 19. 4-Rye Faulk[19]; 20. 00-Russell Brown Jr[18]; 21. 16-Ross Bailes[11]; 22. X75-Dan Cox[22]
NEXT EVENT: The Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series will return to action in a few weeks at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway for a $10,000-to-win show on Saturday, May 9th.
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