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SUPR: It's All Wall at Baton Rouge SUPR Stop

By Bryan Wimberley

BAKER, La. (April 18) — Chris Wall of Springfield, La., didn't disappoint Saturday in a rare return trip to his home track, rolling to a flag-to-flag victory on the O'Reilly Auto Parts Southern United Professional Racing tour. Wall pocketed $2,500 for the 50-lap victory at Baton Rouge Raceway, winning for his second straight visit to the quarter-mile oval, the last in April 2010.

Although Wall dominated most of the race, his victory over runner-up Chris Holley of Dayton, Texas, came in a two-lap dash to the checkers when an accident occurred after the leader took the white flag. Holley had a final shot for a surprise victory on the late-race restart, but right-rear tire wear limited how far he could push his car at the finish.

Holley crossed the line second ahead of Kennith Crowe of Port Allen, Ala., while SUPR points leader Morgan Bagley of Longview, Texas, and Allen Tippen of Minden, La., rounded out the top five.

Wall took the point at the outset, leading Crowe, Holley, Tippen and Late Model rookie Steven Whiteaker Jr. and building a two-second advantage in front of a cheering hometown crowd. Showing muscle early, Wall powered to nearly a straightaway lead as he entered lapped traffic after eight laps.

Drivers spread out on lap 10, trying to find their best racing lines. Crowe made up some ground on Wall, as Wall battled in the low groove through traffic. Once Wall negotiated traffic, it was right back to a commanding lead at lap 18.

Things heated up behind the leaders as Tippen and Bagley battled for fourth on lap 20. The first yellow flew on lap 21 when Nicholas Brown of Hodge, La., slowed.

Wall edged away on the restart and held a straightaway lead on Holley at the halfway mark. The second caution appeared when Whiteaker spun in turn two on lap 32.

Wall resumed his lead on the restart while Bagley challenge Crowe for third. Marlon Wild of Springfield, La., was on the move into sixth and reigning series champion Rob Litton of Alexandria, La., had cracked the top 10, recovering from his pre-race penalty of starting near the tail.
With 10 laps remaining, Wall was on cruise control with a five-second lead, but Whiteaker's turn-four spin brought out a lap-43 yellow.

With tire wear an issue as many frontrunners had low or flattened tires, Wall edged away again on the restart and had a comfortable lead at the white flag. But exiting turn four coming to the white, Wild spun in front of Litton to trigger a final yellow, setting up Wall's green-white-checkered victory.

RACE NOTES: Wall's MasterSbilt Race Car is powered by Wall 2 Wall Performance Engines and sponsored by Applicance Zone, C&M Gator Farm, Gator Trax Boats, X-Treme Graphics, Stuckey Enterprises Racing and Lucas Oil. ... The victory was Wall's 12th in the series, elevating him into the top 10 on the all-time SUPR win list. ... The green flag dropped on the feature at 11:15 p.m.; the race was slowed by four cautions and 10 drivers finished on the lead lap. ... Rob Litton started 17th and rallied to finish sixth; he was scheduled to start seventh but was penalized for arriving late to the starting grid. Kevin Sitton and Robbie Stuart were penalized likewise. ... Morgan Bagley increased his SUPR points lead by 27 over Timothy Culp. ... Modified ace Steven Whiteaker, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Texas, made his Late Model debut, driving a Gary Rollo-owned No. 17 car. ... After taking Easter weekend off, SUPR competitors return to action with an April 29-30 doubleheader at USA Speedway in Sterlington, La., and I-30 Speedway near Little Rock, Ark.

SUPR - Baton Rouge Raceway
(1) Chris Wall, (2) Chris Holley, (3) Kennith Crowe, (4) Morgan Bagley, (5) Allen Tippen, (6) Rob Litton, (7) Robbie Starnes, (8) Donald Watson, (9) Timothy Culp, (10) Marlon Wild, (11) Kevin Sitton, (12) Jason Polite, (13) Steven Whiteaker Jr, (14) Kevin Watts, (15) Robbie Stuart, (16) Joey Credidio, (17) Eric Neal, (18) Corie Herberger, (19) Nicholas Brown, (20) Derek Perkins. Heat race winners (among 20 cars): Crowe, Wall, Holley.

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Tim Senic and Chuck Harper

Fans at Markleysburg, Pa.'s Roaring Knob Motorsports Comlex were treated to dual LM features Saturday - one a makeup from a May 5th rainout.  (Above) Tim Senic challenges eventual regular feature winner Chuck Harper, while Jared Hawkins (below) claimed the makeup race. (Tommy Micheals)

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Jason Russell

Henley, Missouri's Jason Russell leads the way to Victory Lane in the ULMS Late Model feature at Lucas Oil Speedway Saturday. (Chris Bork)

Racing action at Lucas Oil Speedway

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Craig Reece

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Lamar Scoggins

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Lance Matthees at Deer Creek

Veteran racer Lance Matthees navigates Spring Lake, Minnesota's Deer Creek Speedway before taking Saturday's WISSOTA Late Model checkers. (Jason Durst)

Ccory Mahder and Greg Nippoldt

Racing hard at mid-pack, it's the dueling 55s of Cory Mahder (inside) and Greg Nippoldt at Deer Creek. (Jason Durst)

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Ryan King (above and below) swept both the Ltd. Late Model and Crate Late Model features Saturday at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tenn. (Chad Wells)

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Chub Frank at Lernerville Speedway

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Bobby Pierce, Brett Sievert, and Mike Glynn

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NALMS Suspends Remaining Season

In a statement released to the racing media Monday, Northern All All Stars Late Model Series (NALMS) owners Shawn Hall and Bob Mooney relased the following statement:

To all NALMS drivers and fans,

Northern Allstars Late Model Series regrets to inform all of our drivers and fans that as of today (May 14, 2012) we will suspend all series races for the remaining 2012 season. The primary reason for the decision to discontinue the series was mainly economics. Tracks, teams and fans are having a hard time these days with the cost of living in general. With the cost of fuel, parts, tires, tickets and lodging, many people just cannot afford to travel to our shows, so we feel it's best to stop for now and try to regroup for the 2013 season.

Our series needs to be able to have at least 18 to 20 shows to cover our cost of putting on these shows and our drivers point funds. With many tracks cutting back on their special events and other tracks just choosing not to have specials at all, it's has really cut our options for race tracks down to a very few unless you are willing to travel several hours away from the Central Illinois area, and that is not cost effective for the racing teams or fans.

In closing we would like to thank all of the drivers and fans whom have supported the series over the years and we hope to be able to come back with a bigger and better season for everyone in 2013.

A-Team Leaders from 1997-2011 (Click on link for complete rundown) 

2011 Scott Bloomquist
2010 Billy Moyer
2009 Josh Richards
2008 Jimmy Owens
2007 Scott Bloomquist
2006 Scott Bloomquist
2005 Steve Francis
2004 Don O'Neal
2003 Scott Bloomquist
2002 Don O'Neal
2001 Chub Frank
2000 Scott Bloomquist
1999 Billy Moyer
1998 Bart Hartman
1997 Billy Moyer
1996

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