Ryan Clark ALLISON, Ia. - July 27. Chad Simpson broke free from a tussle with Dave Eckrich late to score the victory in the 25-lap Dart Corn Belt Clash Late Model Series presented by Cen-Pe-Co Lubricants feature at Highway 3 Raceway. Polesitter Eckrich took command at the drop of the green while fellow front row starter Rob Moss settled into second. Simpson, who started outside the third row, worked around Tim Isenberg and Chris Simpson before dropping to the low side to challenge Moss and Justin Mitchell.
He made his bid for second by the third lap, then set his sights on Eckrich, who built a sizable lead.
Jason Utter raced to fifth place at Highway 3 Raceway, while 377 Kurt Kile was able to muster only a mid-pack finish. (K.C. Rooney) higher. Eckrich and Simpson swapped the top spot midway through the event, however Eckrich appeared to be running the preferred lane as he fought off Simpson's persistent challenges. As the leaders navigated turns one and two on lap 18, Simpson powered beneath Eckrich and was able to take over the lead as they exited turn two.
Jason Rauen and #22 Jill George in preliminary action at Highway 3 Raceway. (K.C. Rooney)
Jill George's day came to a smokey end and kept her from starting the main event at Highway 3 Raceway. (K.C. Rooney) He then pulled away from the field to score his third straight series win and fifth of the season. Chris Simpson worked past Eckrich with a handful of laps to go to finish second. Eckrich ran third ahead of Tim Isenberg and Jason Utter. Jason Rauen won the fast dash, then drew the #7, inverting the top seven finishers for the feature lineup. Heat winners were Rauen and Chad Simpson.
Rob Moss and Kevin Kile race for position back at mid-field at Highway 3 Raceway. (K.C. Rooney)
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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)
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)
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)
Henley, Missouri's Jason Russell leads the way to Victory Lane in the ULMS Late Model feature at Lucas Oil Speedway Saturday. (Chris Bork)
Some fierce racing action at Lucas Oil speedway. (Chris Bork)
Dalton, Ga.'s Craig Reece returned to Dixie Speedway Saturday and led all the way to win the Crate LM victory. (Steve Hixson)
Ray Guss Jr. races last week's Quad City Speedway winner, Mike Murphy, Jr. This time, it was advantage Guss. (Chris Damitz)
With a strong motor back into his mount, Veteran Lamar Scoggins claimed last Friday's Crate LM victory at Boyd's Speedway. (Steve Hixson)
Veteran racer Lance Matthees navigates Spring Lake, Minnesota's Deer Creek Speedway before taking Saturday's WISSOTA Late Model checkers. (Jason Durst)
Racing hard at mid-pack, it's the dueling 55s of Cory Mahder (inside) and Greg Nippoldt at Deer Creek. (Jason Durst)
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)
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 ran a gauntlet to finally capture another win Friday night at Moler
Raceway Park (see main page). (Roy
Walker)
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 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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