Rusty Schlenk races ahead of Zach Olger in a flag-to-flag rout of the ALMS field at Mt. Pleasant Speedway. (Steve Datema) ALMS: Schlenk Holds Off Jeep For Mt. Pleasant Win Jeremy Dickman, track p.r. MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — Rusty Schlenk grabbed an early lead and never looked back en route to the win in Friday's third annual "Woof Classic" for the ALMS tour's first visit of the season. The race is run in memory of Mt. Pleasant Speedway Promotional Director Bill Long’s father. After the heat races were completed, the 22-car ALMS feature field was headed up by three-time Mt. Pleasant Speedway champion Justin Robinson of Shepherd, Mich., and 1999 champion Jeff Kohn of Sheridan, but Schlenk went to the front and pulled out to a sizeable lead. Jeep Van Wormer of Pinconning, Mich. moved up to second.
Brian Ruhlman battles #0 Zack Olger for fourth position at Mt. Pleasant Speedway. (Jim Denhamer) Running in sixth place midway through the race, David Hilliker's car broke and came to a stop up against the turn four wall, and later in the race, Dona Marcoullier's #6m got a bit off the track in turn four while in third place and rolled his car. Marcoullier walked away from the rollover.
Jeep Van Wormer and #25 Jeff Kohn chased Rusty Schlenk to the checkered flag in AMS action at Mt. Pleasant Speedway. (Jim Denhamer)
Jon Henry reels in #13 JR Hotovy on his way from a 21st starting position to sixth at the wire. (Jim Denhamer) Several laps later the checkered flag would fly and Schlenk would cap off his record-setting night with the Sunoco American Late Model Series “Woof Classic” victory, holding off Van Wormer, Jeff Kohn, Brian Ruhlman, and Zack Olger. Jon Henry of Ada, Ohio, made his way from a 21st starting spot to finish sixth ahead of 22nd starting Justin Robinson. With 27 ALMS teams making the trip to the three-eighths mile dirt track, Schlenk blew around the track in a scorching time of 14.04 seconds to set a new Mt. Pleasant Speedway track record, bettering the old mark of 14.06 set in 2009 by Zack Olger.
Rusty Schlenk at Mt. Pleasant Speedway. (Jim Denhamer)
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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
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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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