Eventual winner Brad Looney (#14) goes racing with #18 Ronny Hollingsworth, #74 Jeremy Payne, and Terry Phillips at Brill's Motor Speedway. Phillips got by Hollingsworth late in the affair to claim second to Looney at the stripe (below). (Ron Mitchell)
MARS: Looney Dominant at Brill's Brian Garrison MEEKER, Okla. - June 3. Brad Looney of Republic, Mo. has served notice to the drivers of the MARS DIRTcar Series that he is serious about making a run at the 2011 series championship. Looney led nearly every lap of tonight’s 30 lap feature en route to his second victory of the season, with his first coming last Sunday at Monett Speedway in Monett, Mo. Looney raced side by side in the opening laps with polesitter Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, Ala. before making the pass for the lead on lap
Longtime competitors Dustin Mooneyham and #42 Brandon McCormick mix it up at Brill's. (Ron Mitchell) three. From there Looney was unchallenged as he extended his lead to six lengths over Hollingsworth. On lap 10, defending MARS champion Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo. got by Hollingsworth for second and set his sights on Looney. With heavy lap traffic in front of him, Phillips was able to get close to Looney, but not close enough to make the pass as Looney raced to the checkered flag. Jesse Stovall of Galena, Mo. and Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo. followed.
Brad Looney after the first of a pair of wins the Republic, Mo. ace would score over the weekend on the MARS tour. (Ron Mitchell)
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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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