Scott James got an early challenge from #18 Shannon Babb before James got away to the Summer Nationals win at Highland Speedway and Babb gave up second to Mark Burgtorf. (Drew England) DirtCar Summer Nationals: James Cops Second Straight at Highland Kellen Burns HIGHLAND, Ill. - June 22. Scott James is making the most of the DirtCar Summer Nationals "Hell Tour", surging to his second consecutive win worth $5,000 Wednesday night at Highland (Ill.) Speedway. The driver from Lawrenceburg, Ind., drove the Scott Riggs owned #81 to the win over Quincy, Ill. native Mark Burgtorf, who challenged late in the 40-lap
Mark Burgtorf rallied past Shannon Babb to capture a second place finish in Summer Nationals action at Highland, Ill. (Drew England) main event. The win will extend James' point lead over third finishing Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., who challenged James early on. James also won a heat race after starting on the pole courtesy of a quick time effort in group five of time trials. Tim Lance of Bloomfield, Ill., would finish the night in the fourth spot after a heat win earlier in the night while overall fast timer and third heat race winner Doug Drown of Wooster, Ohio rounded out the top five. %20-%20car%20-%20Jimmy%20Dearing.jpg "Scott James at Highland Speedway")
Scott James races to his second straight Sumer Nationals win at Highland (Ill.)
Speedway. (Jimmy Dearing)
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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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