Lucas Oil Series: Bloomquist Completes Independence Weekend Sweep at Muskingum Co. James Essex
ZANESVILLE, Oh. – July 3. Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. completed the
weekend sweep in the State of Ohio for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series with Sunday’s Bvictory in the
"Budweiser 50" event at Muskingum County Speedway. Bloomquist held off Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn.
and Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla. for the second night in a row to secure his eighth series win of the
season.
“The car was really great again tonight, it’s great to come to tracks like this
that is raceable and you can pass on. There was plenty of passing all night long here, the track was
smooth and we could race anywhere on it,” said Bloomquist, who recorded the 33rd LOLMDS win of his
career.
“I never saw Jimmy’s nose there at the end so I knew I had it, the traffic was
pretty hairy out there, but everyone raced each other clean and I hope the fans enjoyed the show. After the
month we have had to win two of these Lucas Oil races in a row against tough competition, I may give the crew a
few days off before we head to Columbus (Miss.) next weekend,” said Bloomquist, who now has 510 career
victories.
Bloomquist, who started fourth, grabbed the lead from Jared Landers on lap
four. Bloomquist held a several second lead over what turned out to be a great battle for second between
Owens and Pearson. Owens moved into second on lap 13, taking the spot from Landers, but he fell as much as
12 lengths behind Bloomquist at one point during the race.
In the last ten laps of the race, Owens closed to within a car length on two
occasions as Bloomquist was battling heavy lapped traffic. Owens was unable to get a full run on the
outside to pass Bloomquist, as Bloomquist held off Owens to cut Owens’ points lead to 70 points
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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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