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Batesville, Ark. racer Jared Landers at Tazewell Speedway before racing to
his second career Lucas Oil Late Model Series win. Landers held off Jonathan Davenport after a flag
to flag lead. (Thomas
Hendrickson)
Lucas Oil Series: Landers Lands Second Lucas Win in Flag-to-Flag
Run
James
Essex
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – June 3. Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark. led all the way in winning the Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned "Toyota of Knoxville 75" Friday at Tazewell Speedway. Landers earned
$10,00 for his second career late model victory in a hotly contested race. Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville,
Ga. finished a close second, followed by Jimmy Owens, Steve Francis, and 23rd starting Don
O’Neal.
Scott Bloomquist is greeted by Crew Chief Tommy Hicks after an altercation
with Frank Heckenast, Jr., that cost the Tennessee veteran three laps in the pits and trimmed
his Lucas Oil Series points lead to 15. (Thomas
Hendrickson)
Jared Landers led #49 Jonathan Davenport to a narrow one-two finish in Lucas Oil
Late Model Series action at Tazewell Speedway. Mike Marlar (36) was running a close third when his engine
expired with six to go. (Michael Moats)
“I don’t know what to say, except that the car was strong all night long, thanks to my crew they did a great job. Tommy Grecco is now my new crew chief, and to win here at Tazewell is just unbelievable,” said the 30-year-old Landers, who currently leads the Rookie of the Year chase for the series.
There was a massive pileup on the first lap included Davenport, Ray Cook, Scott
Bloomquist, Owens and Steve Casebolt resulted in a red flag. When the race resumed, Landers grabbed
the lead with Davenport in tow.
Moving toward the front after an early altercation,
Don O'Neal started 23rd and raced back to a fifth place finish at Tazewell. Young Tyler Reddick (#11) held his
own for sixth place. (Thomas
Hendrickson)
Mike Marlar followed in the third, chased by Francis and John
Blankenship. The top five remained the same until a caution came out on lap 24. Owens, who had
to restart on the tail because he went to the pits, was up to ninth in the running
order.
Landers maintained his lead as Davenport, Marlar and Francis all closed on
him. Francis dove to the inside of Marlar in the race for third as the top three ran door-to-door
Francis got caught behind Billy Ogle, Jr. who was exiting the track, causing Francis to loose several
spots.
Steve Francis battles #18 Eric Wells for position on his way to a confrontation with
the leaders from third place. (Thomas
Hendrickson)
With 25 laps to go, Landers was still out in front with Davenport and Marlar
putting the heat on him. Owens had climbed inside the top five after getting around Tyler Reddick
and was now hunting down the leaders. Marlar saw his night go up in smoke as his engine let go six laps from the
finish. Marlar slowed on the front stretch, bringing out the final caution of the race. This set up
a shootout to the finish between Landers, Davenport, and Owens.
Landers managed to withstand several challenges from Davenport and Owens, but beat the duo to the line for his first series win of the year. Bloomquist still holds the series points lead despite finishing three laps down with severe damage to his car. Owens is now just 15 points behind Bloomquist. 
An early melee' proved to be a game changer for some at Tazewell. Scott
Bloomquist's #0 survived, only to be caught in a later altercation that left him three laps down, and
#11 Tyler Reddick able to recover a sixth place showing. Jonathan Davenport (49) made repairs and rallied
to second, while #53 Ray Cook returned, but made a late exit. Only Steve Casebolt was unable to continue
after the wreck. (Michael Moats)
Tyler
Landers (Michael
Moats)
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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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