Austin Hubbard completed the best two night stretch of his young racing career with his second straight AMS win at Lincoln, Pa. (Gary Shrey) Appalachian Mt. Speedweek: Hubbard Returns to AMS Victory Lane at Lincoln series report LINCOLN, Pa. - June 8. He's only a teenager, but he's a World of Outlaws late model regular, and now the 2011 Appalachian Mountain Late Model Speedweek points leader after claiming his second win in as many nights in the 40-lap feature at Lincoln Speedway Wednesday. The 19-year-old Laurel, Delaware driver, Austin Hubbard drew the pole, took the lead off the second turn of the opening lap, and led the entire way to claim the $7,000 top prize, $2,000 of which was provided by the Grinestaff family and Superior Homes as part of the fourth annual "Chargin' Charlie Grinestaff Memorial". "This car has just been amazing all week," said Hubbard upon exiting his Reliable Painting/Trinity Transport/Salisbury Door & Hardware/Virginia Motor Speedway #19 in victory lane, "The crew and all the rest of us have been working so hard. It's just nice when something finally pays off because I know I've definitely crashed a lot of stuff in my day...so it's nice to be on the other end of the deal." Only lapped traffic slowed him down, and Hubbard's final margin of victory was 1.35 seconds over second place Dan Stone. Opening night Speedweek winner Jimmy Mars finished third, followed by outside front-row starter Devin Friese and Gettysburg's Jeremy Miller. "That's awesome," said Hubbard about the $7,000 top prize, "That's definitely one of the biggest paying races I've ever won. I'm glad to take it." Fast time in time trials over the 39-car field was set by Rick Eckert with a one-lap time of 16.162 seconds (83.529 MPH). Eckert came to a stop on the backstretch of the opening lap and was done for the night.
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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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