MARS: Erb Takes the Throne at "Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic" at Clarksville CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Mar. 12. Dennis Erb, Jr., of Carpentersville, Ill., dueled Friday night winner Ronnie Johnson for half the distance, then Arkansas veteran Wendell Wallace late in the race, to win Saturday's "Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic" 40-lap MARS Series event at Clarksville Speedway.
Further back, Wendell Wallace had taken a cue from Johnson and sailed the high side until finally getting by Ryan Unzicker and Terry English for third by lap 15 and beginning to reel in the leaders, who had battled each other into heavy traffic at the rear of the field. With some clear track, Wallace was finally able to challenge Erb on the top side by lap 18. Within a couple of laps, Erb was back on top.
Dennis Erb, Jr. races Friday night winner Ronnie Johnson (outside) before taking home his win in the MARS-sanctioned "Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic" on Saturday. (Jimmy Dearing) With 15 to go, Johnson lost just a second of momentum as he moved low on the track and clipped an infield cone, and Wallace was able to nudge ahead. Over the next few laps, the top five finally began to separate themselves for the first time. With five laps remaining, however, Erb found his Bloomquist Race Car mired in heavy traffic, racing side by side at times, and Wallace was able to pull to within two lengths. The track cleared somewhat for the last couple of circuits, and Erb was able to ease away to four-length win over Wallace.
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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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