Skip Frey hittin' it hard at CJ Raceway. By feature time, the Ely, Iowa racer was unable to start his #3 on the grid. ( K.C. Rooney) Cornbelt Clash: Chad Simpson Three For Three in Iowa Trio Ryan Clark, series p.r. COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Ia. - July 28. Although the path he took to get there was a little different than the previous two days, the end result was the same as Chad Simpson drove to his third Dart Corn Belt Clash Late Model Series win in as many days when the tour made a stop at CJ Speedway. After strong runs in his qualifiers the previous two nights that led to a win and second place finish in the Fast Dashes, Simpson turned a fifth place heat race effort
A fifth place finish in your heat race usually isn't the winning ticket, but Chad Simpson managed to parlay a poor start into his fourth straight Cornbelt Clash win and his third in a mid-week trio of events. (Mike Ruefer)
Kurt and Kevin Kile (88) lead the early going at CJ Speedway, but Kurt lost his #77 off the top of the track top side while leading, and Kevin raced to a third place finish after giving up ground to another set of brothers, Chad and Chris Simpson. (Mike Ruefer)
First heat and Fast Dash winner Kurt Kile, who drew the #1 pill for the Fast Dash invert, took charge at the drop of the green from his pole position start in the 30-lap feature. Fellow front row starter Kevin Kile fell into the second spot while Jason Utter moved into contention after charging from a fourth row start. Utter made his way past Jeremiah Hurst and Kevin Kile for second just before the race's first stoppage on lap four. When racing resumed, Kurt Kile again paced the field with Utter pursuing as Simpson made his way into third. Simpson pulled to the outside of Utter as the pair ran side-by-side into turn one. Utter clipped a tractor tire on the inside of the corner, causing enough damage to end his night early. The incident, which brought out the second caution, put Simpson on Kile's
While unable to make much of an impact up front, #50 Denny Eckrich, #33 Nick Marolf, and #15 Justin Kay race hard for position back in the field. (K.C. Rooney) rear bumper for the lap six restart. Kile again held sway when the green flag waved as Simpson went to work on the leader. As the leaders completed the ninth circuit, Kile drifted high entering turn one and slipped off the top of the speedway. Although Kile collected his
For the second night straight, #32 Chris Simpson took the runner up finish to brother Chad, while #9 Tim Isenberg raced to Thursday's fourth place showing. (K.C. Rooney)
Rob Moss and #15 Justin Kay duel for position at CJ Speedway. (Mike Ruefer) #77, Simpson slipped past for the lead before Kile re-entered the track in second. Simpson survived another pair of stoppages to score the win, his fourth straight in the series and sixth of the season. Chris Simpson made a good run from his fifth row start to finish second, nearly a straightaway behind Chad. Kevin Kile ran third ahead of Tim Isenberg and Jeremiah Hurst.
Dubuque's Jeremiah Hurst chases Kevin Kile before picking up fifth at CJ Speedway. (Mike Ruefer)
Columbus Junction, Iowa's CJ Speedway awaits the Cornbelt Clash and its fans on Thursday. (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)
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.
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