Shane Clanton drives his new Capitol Race Car to his first win with the brand in Saturday's "Shamrock 100" at Cleveland Speedway. (Thomas Hendrickson)
Locust Grove, Ga.'s Shane Clanton after Saturday's "Shamrock 100" at Cleveland Speedway. (Thomas Hendrickson) Southern All Stars: Clanton Checks Out For Shamrock Victory at Cleveland CLEVELAND, Tenn. - Mar. 12. A dominant Shane Clanton raced to a $10,000 win in Saturday's 16th annual "Shamrock 60" at Cleveland Speedway. The , Locust Grove, Ga. veteran led all 60 laps in a race that saw few cautions to interrupt his blistering pace. The win was also the first for fellow Georgia resident Marshall Green, who saw his new Capitol Race car of his own design sitting in Victory Lane for the first time.
Todd Morrow races second ahead of #8 David Payne before Payne made a move for the position in the only significant pass inside the top five. (Michael Moats)
Jake Knowles chases Alabama veteran Bo Shirley (111) before Shirley was taken out in a wreck with another car. (Thomas Hendrickson) With 38 entries on hand, Dale McDowell grabbed fast time honors with his 14.836-second lap, but was unable to stop the fleet Clanton in the first heat race. With the feature green, Clanton left the fight for second, with Todd Morrow and David Payne the initial players. Payne battled his way into the spot just before a lap five caution fpr a tangle involving Randy Weaver and Jeff Franklin, along with Shawn Chastain, Tommy Kerr, and Jake Knowles. Franklin's ride aggainst the outside wall took his race car out of the hunt.
Jeff Franklin gets up onto the wall after contact from #116 Randy Weaver, ending Frankin's night early. (Michael Moats)
Back under way, passing continued to be difficult on the dusty track, and with Clanton sailing to the win, the top five remained the same as Payne put in his best ever Shamrock showing in second, ahead of Morrow and Jimmy Owens. McDowell completed the top five after holding off young driver William Thomas.
Jimmy Owens and #22 William Thomas race side by side before ultimately finishing fourth and sixth, respectively. (Thomas Hendrickson)
Riley Hickman chases #53 Ray Cook and rookie Tanner Works at Cleveland before Works got tangled with Bo Shirley. (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)
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