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SUPR: Bagley Is First Repeater On New Season at USA Speedway

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STERLINGTON, La. — April 29. Rookie and series points leader Morgan Bagley of Longview, Texas, became the season's first repeat winner on the O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing Series tour Friday, grabbing a $2,000 victory at USA Speedway.

It initially appeared SUPR would have its fifth different winner of 2011, but Bagley passed Timothy Culp of West Monroe, La., at the halfway mark of the 40-lapper to win by a two-and-a-half second margin.

The second-place finish was also Culp's second in-a-row at the quarter-mile oval in northeast Louisiana. Culp nursed a leaking tire that was losing pressure the last few laps and barely held on over a charging Kevin Sitton of Baytown, Texas. Robbie Stuart of DeRidder, La., and Allen Tippen of Minden, rounded out the top five.

At the outset, the 20-car field bunched up in turn one with Allen Murray of San Antonio, Texas, and Wesley Chanler of Minden, La. making contact to bring out an immediate caution. Murray's machine was briefly airborne and both drivers retired.

Culp took the early lead over Sitton, Bagley, Tippen and Stuart but his pursuers kept him in check over the first 10 laps. At lap 14, a three-wide frontstretch race for the lead ensued with Culp barely holding on.

Bagley grabbed the second spot from Sitton two laps later and turned his focus to Culp. Bagley shot into the lead midway through the race while Culp and Sitton battled behind him.

A turn-four spin by Robbie Starnes of Baytown, Texas, brought out the second yellow on lap 24, and it took two tries to get going again after Troy Berdan's spin on the restart.

Bagley seized control on the restart, stretching his lead over Culp and Sitton. Sitton pressured Culp for second while Bagley motored away through lapped cars with five laps remaining.

Bagley flawlessly cleared the congestion on lap 38, bagging another victory at the track where he won his first Late Model event in March. Culp survived his deflating tire to edge the fast-approaching Sitton by almost one length.

RACE NOTES: Bagley's Rocket Chassis is powered by Wall 2 Wall Performance Engines and sponsored by P&W Sales & Oilfield Mfg., MSI Pumps, Valves & Manifolds, Mr. Frank Motorsports, 360 Motorsports, Club 29, Southern Transport, J&J Motorsports, Hyperco and Outerwears. ... Bagley slightly increased his series points lead over Timothy Culp by five points, going from 63 to 68. ... Robbie Stuart shook up the points by climbing six positions from 14th to eighth. ... The checkered flag flew on the 20-minute feature at 11:15 p.m.; the race was slowed by three cautions and 13 drivers finished on the lead lap. ... Jody Prince of Sibley, La., temporarily replaced Josh Danzy, in the Raymond Childress-owned No. F5 car; Danzy injured his back moving into a new home. ... Keith Strother of Oakdale, La., returned to the seat of a Dirt Late Model for the first time in almost six years. Strother's return would be short-lived though, as his car experienced mechanical failures from the very beginning, causing him to miss both, heat and consolation races. ... Darin Patrick of West Monroe, La., debuted his pink and black No. 21, but was hampered by a fuel pressure problems. ... Other drivers not making the feature: Jay Brunson, Brett Frazier, Paul Joyner and Derek Perkins. ... SUPR competitors return to action May 6-7 at Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, La., and Greenville (Miss.) Speedway. It will mark SUPR's first visit to Boothill since 2008 and first since the track was reconfigured to a short quarter-mile.

Apr. 29 - SUPR - USA Speedway
1) Morgan Bagley, 2) Timothy Culp, 3) Kevin Sitton, 4) Robbie Stuart, 5) Allen Tippen, 6) Robert Litton, 7) Nicholas Brown, 8) Ronny Adams, 9) Jody Prince, 10) Chris Holley, 11) Jeff Chanler, 12) Kennith Crowe, 13) David Mullins, 14) Robbie Starnes, 15) Troy Berdan, 16) Jesse Mills, 17) B.J. Robinson, 18) Butch Patton, 19) Allen Murray, 20) Wes Chanler

Heat winners (26 entries): Stuart, Sitton, Culp, Bagley.

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Scott James battles #13 Barry Doss in heat race action at Florence (Ky.) Speedway, but in the $2,000-to-win feature, the only thing anyone saw was the tail end of James' #81 car. (Roy Walker)

Ivedent Lloyd and Jeff Walker

After plenty of trash-talking via the electronic media between Jeff Matthews and Ivedent Lloyd last week, it was #21 Lloyd who got the final word as he reeled in #33 Matthews to win Friday's LM feature at Oclala, Fla.'s Bubba Raceway Park. (R.E. Wing)

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

Some fierce racing action at Lucas Oil speedway. (Chris Bork)

Craig Reece

Dalton, Ga.'s Craig Reece returned to Dixie Speedway Saturday and led all the way to win the Crate LM victory. (Steve Hixson)

Ray Guus Jr and Mike Murphy

Ray Guss Jr. races last week's Quad City Speedway winner, Mike Murphy, Jr. This time, it was advantage Guss. (Chris Damitz)

Lamar Scoggins

With a strong motor back into his mount, Veteran Lamar Scoggins claimed last Friday's Crate LM victory at Boyd's Speedway. (Steve Hixson)

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)

Ryan King 1

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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Mike Murphy Jr

Still riding his wave in Iowa, Mike Murphy, Jr. in early action before taking the main event win at Davenport last Friday. (Chris Damitz)



Jason Jameson at Moler RP
Jason Jameson ran a gauntlet to finally capture another win Friday night at Moler Raceway Park (see main page). (Roy Walker)

Chub Frank at Lernerville Speedway

After holding back a charge from Alex Ferree, Chub Frank drove home with a Friday night win at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (John Stivason) 
Bobby Pierce, Brett Sievert, and Mike Glynn

Bobby Pierce, Brett Sievert, and Mike Glynn race in a tight pack in Kankakee (Ill.) Speedway's "Crosstown Cup", but (below) it was ultimately Shawn Toczek (42) here racing the high side of Mike Provenzano, who sailed to the win. (Dan Simpson)

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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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