Shannon Babb continued to build a head of steam on the Summer Nationals tour with another win at Peoria Speedway Wednesday. (Mike Ruefer) Scores Peoria Speedway Triumph, Boosts Point Lead Jeff Adams PEORIA, Ill. - July 6. Shannon Babb won his third UMP Summernationals race of 2011 and his third career Peoria Speedway Summernationals win Wednesday as the “Hell Tour” rolled through Central Illinois on a hot, muggy summer evening. Wes Steidinger jumped to the lead from his pole position and immediately dove to the bottom of the race track as second generation driver Scott James of
Shannon Babb bttles #81 Scott James in traffic before taking over the lead and racing to he Summer Nationals win at Peoria Speedway. (Drew England) Lawrenceburg, Ind., began to drive the top of the track. James got a run off turn two on lap four, and took the lead down the backstretch. Babb sat in third, but was pressured heavily by a rim-riding Jeep Van Wormer until Van Wormer jumped the cushion on lap four. A lap five caution for Jack Sullivan slowed the field, and on the restart Babb began to pressure Steidinger for second. Babb kept poking his nose under Steidinger for the next five laps until he finally got by Larry Reikert-owned car for second on lap 10.
Matt Miller and #55 Jeep Van Wormer race for position before Miller drove his #7 McCullough Motorsports car to third place. (Mike Ruefer) James began to encounter lapped traffic on lap 15, and Babb began to close the gap. Babb had closed onto James' back bumper by lap 22 and made the pass coming out of turn four on lap 24 as James slid to the middle trying to get by the lapped car of Mike Provenzano. Babb encountered lapped traffic again on lap 33, but James could never make the pass and ended up in second, .488 seconds behind Babb at the checkered flag. Jameswas followed by Matt Miller of Waterville, Oh., Steidinger, and Van Wormer. “I had to work the middle there in traffic because the bottom was getting blocked”, said Babb in victory lane. “It’s always easier to be second in those situations in traffic. I was just waiting for my chance. Scott slipped up there a little in 3, and I jumped to the bottom and got by him. I want to thank all of the fans for coming out and supporting us in this heat”
While #81 Scott James moved to second place at Peoria, Polesitter West Steidinger slipped, but still drove a solid race to take fourth. (Mike Ruefer)
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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)
A-Team Leaders from 1997-2011 (Click on link for complete rundown)
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