NLMS: Whitener Wins an Eventful "Bubbatoberfest" Jimmy Rouse OCALA, Fla. - Oct. 15. The National Late Model Series (NLMS) Southern Tour returned to Bubba Raceway Park Saturday, and Mark Whitener lost and regained the lead twice before claiming the $3,000 win. Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. passed Whitener for the lead on lap five, only for it to be taken away after a lap 12 caution that flew for Dillon Wood and his broken rear-end. Lap 16 saw Casey Barrow spin and hit the tire barrier, ending his night. During the next few laps, it was shredded tires that took Tyler Ivey and Jeff Mathews to the back. Three laps later, Lloyd overtook Whitener for the lead again. A restart from caution saw David Clegg upo on his side and Travis Carter on two wheels, both nearly flipping but able to continue as after climbing the wall. After another pair of cautions, lead changed hands for good on lap 37 when Lloyd blew his engine. On lap 39, Hunter Peacock stopped on the track, setting up a green-white-checkered finish, extending the race to 41 laps, according to NLMS rules. Whitener took his fourth win of 2011 with Austin Kirkpatrick second ahead of Bo Allen and Rich Pratt. Tyler Ivey drove back up to the top five after his early misfortune. Brandon DeWitt survived to take sixth over Christian Augspurger and Jack Nosbisch, while self-professed "Worst Late Model Driver" Bubba Clem proved himself wrong with a run to ninth. Despite a DNF, Lloyd was credited with 10th.
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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)
A-Team Leaders from 1997-2011 (Click on link for complete rundown)
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