Young Brandon Sheppard following his NALMS win at Lincoln Speedway on Friday. (Mike Ruefer) NALMS: Sheppard Sails to First Series Win Mike Ruefer LINCOLN, Ill. - May 27. Dodging the rain that has plagued most of the racing season so far this year, The NALMS had a fast and furious race at Lincoln Speedway on Friday night as second generation driver Brandon Sheppard led all the way to the $2,000 win. The front row for the feature was the father Steve Sheppard and son Brandon, who quickly set the ground pounding pace. Brandon darted out front and from that point, it was the chase toward the checkered flag.
Steve Sheppard started his #5s on the front row alongside son Brandon, but would have to settle for third after giving up a spot to #24 Ryan Unzicker. (Mike Ruefer)
Cornbelt Clash regular Jake Meier made his first appearance at Lincoln Speedway and posted a satisfying seventh, but the drive of the night may have been young Bobby Pierce's from the rear of the field to fourth place in his Pierce Race Cars #32. (Mike Ruefer) Ryan Unzicker, having another strong run, had his work cut out for the night and passed Steve Sheppard to finish second. Steve Sheppard held on for third in the "Shepps Speedway’ sponsored hot rod. The drive of the night belonged to Bobby Pierce, who transferred to the A Main from the B Main, then stormed the field and worked the black gummy track to perfection for fourth.
Donnie Walden slides under #75 Billy Drake on his way to a fifth place showing at Lincoln. (Mike Ruefer) Donnie Walden was pretty in pink for fifth. IMCA regular Mark Burgtorf from Quincy, Illinois had a strong night with his open motor program for sixth, and Iowa’s Corn Belt Clash regular Jake Meier dug out a seventh place finish for his first time in an Illini UMP series event. The wild ride of the night went to Dillan White in heat race three. White rolled his race car while racing hard with Steve Smith. His black #54 left the track broken and part dangling, but he walked away unhurt.
Dillan White gets upset while racing for position in a heat race at Lincoln, setting off a flip (below) that left his #54 car mangled. (Mike Ruefer)
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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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