Brad Pounds after his win in
Saturday's second night of Bakersfield Speedway's "Bud Nationals". (Tom Macht)
Clay Daly, Mike Johnson, and Nick Bartels slug it out on the
second night of the Bakersfield Speedway / West Coast Shootout "Budweiser Nationals" last Saturday.
Daly finished sixth and claimed the series title by ten markers over fourth finishing Bartels.
(Tom Macht)
West Coast Shootout: Pounds
Knocks Down "Budweiser Nationals" Final at Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Oct. 8. The West Coast Late Model Shootout Series settled
its accounts Saturday with the second night of the "Budweiser Nationals". Brad Pounds came home with the
$3,000 payday, while Clay Daly finished sixth and put the wraps on his series championship by a ten-point
margin over third generation driver Nick Bartels.
Jason Papich earned the pole position inside of Rob Sanders for the start, but
before the first lap was officially on the books, Papich spun in front of local driver John Lowery, who
drove over the nose of Papich's car. Lowery survived the incident to become the new polesitter, while a
disappointed Papich had to call it a night.
The spoils of victory come Brad Pounds' way after his win on the second night of the Budweiser Nationals at Bakersfield Speedway. (K.C. Rooney)
John Lowery races Mike Kirby at Bakersfield before spinning his car from the lead. (K.C. Rooney)
With the race
restarting, Sanders jumped out in front of Lowery and Mike Kirby, while Pounds and Andy Obertello fought it out
for fourth place. Obertello initially prevailed in that duel, then got by Kirby for third before the first
officlal race caution flew on lap ten for a spun Larry Childress.
With the restart, Kirby continued to slip as Mike Johnson and Bobby Hogge pushed him to fifth place. Ahead of them, Pounds got back around Obertello to grab third. Up front, Lowery passed Sanders for the lead on lap 16, and Pounds soon followed into second.
Early leader Robert Sanders races Bobby Hogge for second before taking the spot for good at the end of Saturday's event. Friday night winner Hogge had to settle for third. (K.C. Rooney)
Nick Bartels and #7 Mike Johnson race for fourth place at Bakersfield. (Tom Macht)
For the second night in a row, Lowery saw his hopes for a win dashed with an untimely spin - this time
from the lead. Pounds inherited the lead with Sanders and Hogge in pursuit, and over the next few laps would
build a solid advantage. A spin by Tommy Malcolm with three to go would erase Pounds' lead, but the restart saw
Pounds drive away unchallenged to the $3,000 win.
The victory brought Pounds' winnings to $5,500 on the evening as he claimed the earlier Open Wheel Modified main event. 
Veteran Bill Bartels and #75 Tommy Malcolm race for position at Bakersfield. (Tom Macht)
Brad Pounds takes the checkered flag at the finish of the "Budweiser Nationals" at Bakersfield. (Tom Macht)
A quiet Bakersfield Speedway before Saturday night's invasion of the West Coast LM Shootout teams. (K.C. Rooney)
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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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