Billy Moyer leads the "Cotton Pickin' 100" before #49 Jonathan Davenport caught him on a restart with 37 laps to go. (Scott Oglesby) 
Jonathan Davenport after his second late season win in Mississippi. Davenport won
Saturday's "Cotton Pickin' 100" at Magnolia Motor Speedway after last week's triumph in Whynot Speedway's "Fall
Classic". (Scott Oglesby)
"Fall Classic" Winner Davenport Owns Magnolia State After "Cotton Pickin'" Win
Davenport earned the pole slot in Friday's qualifying heat races and led the first 40 laps of Saturday's main event before Billy Moyer got around as the midpoint of the race approached. Moyer was able to maintain control up front through traffic until Scott Bloomquist got around Davenport and began ro reel in the leader, who had become mired behind Clint Smith, his #44 car glued to the bottom of the track.
Scott Bloomquist races past #54 David Breazeale and #777 Tyler Landers en route to fourth place. Landers hung tough for a seventh place showing. (Scott Oglesby)
Veteran Dale McDowell races the hub at Magnolia while teammate Tyler Landers finds a different route around the track. (Scott Oglesby) What may have been another showdown between the sport's two greatest titans over the years, Moyer and Bloomquist, took a different turn when Moyer tried Smith on the low side. The two machines touched and Smith went spinning, setting up the race's lone caution flag on lap 63. At the new green, Moyer led Bloomquist and Davenport, who saw an opening and blew past both to retake his lost lead, one he would keep for the final 37 circuits en route to his second $15,000 win in as many weeks. With the late restart, Shane Clanton found some extra ponies and raced past Dennis Erb, Birkhofer, Bloomquist, and finally Moyer to earn the second place finish in the late laps.
Eric Cooley pulls to the infield and gets a visit from retiring driver Chris Wall. The race ended early for both drivers. (Scott Oglesby) Magnolia Motor Speedway raffled off a Street Stock car to help ailing track announcer/official Ross Tingle. The car was being well-guarded. (Scott Oglesby)
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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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