NLMS: Stone Rolls to Second Straight at Little Valley Dave Sully LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. - July 2. Dan Stone, from Thompson, Pa., made his five-hour tow a rewarding one, as he blitzed the field in winning the F"reedom Daze" 30-lap ULMS Late Model Feature and collected a $4,000 check at Little Valley Speedway on Saturday. Stone, who won the previous night at Tri City in similar fashion, jumped to the front at the drop of the green from the outside pole, winning a drag race with Mike Knight to the first turn. From there, he blasted out to a commanding lead he never relinquished in the caution-free event, leaving the rest of the field to battle for the runner-up spot. The main combatants for second were Knight, Bump Hedman, and Boom Briggs, who sparred for much of the race before, Hedman ultimately claimed the spot on lap 24, with Briggs eventually dropping back. While this was going on, Stone, an infrequent visitor to Little Valley, and who has never had much success at the fast half mile, buried that memory as he drew out to a straightaway lead. At the finish, it was Stone well in front, followed by Hedman, Knight, David Scott, who made a spirited run from 11th, and Jason Dupont, to complete the top five. Of his new-found success at Little Valley, Stone observed, “That win last night at Tri-City was a huge confidence booster. Sometimes a lot of racing is psychological. You go out there, you know your car’s good, and you just drive it. Tonight the car was pretty good in the heat. We just made a couple small changes there. We just had a lot of confidence going from last night. I think that was the biggest thing.” He added, “I was just trying to take my time with the lap cars. I’ve lost a good many races being too pushy with lap cars. The car was just phenomenal. I could drive high and low. I was glad it went green to checkers. With that cone in the middle of the front stretch, you’ve got to watch yourself on the restarts. A guy could sneak up on you.”
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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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