Carolina Clash: Cook Claims Second Straight Clash Win at Wythe Series report RURAL RETEAT, Va. - Sept. 17. Ray Cook left Rural Retreat Virginia Saturday with a $4000 Carolina Clash victory, the XS Power Batteries Fastest Qualifier Award, and a new track record. During qualifying Cook set a blistering time of 16.082 on his second lap to set a new track record - the third time this season the track record has been broken following Jonathan Davenport in July and Chris Madden on the first of September. At the drop of the green Cook battled second fastest Kenny Compton, Jr. through the first turn and pulled out to an early lead. Compton was followed by Dennis Franklin, Tim Allen, and Ray Tucker before, on lap nine, the first caution flag flew as the 14 car of David Taylor slammed the outside wall off turn four. Cook was directly behind Taylor and nearly got caught up in the incident. On the Delaware double file restart, Compton maintained control of the second spot over Frankllin, Tucker, and Autry, but Jeff Smith was on the move as he moved up to the seventh spot by lap 12, and up to sixth by lap 21, when Craig Shuffield's night came to an end as he made hard contact with the inside retaining wall down the back stretch. As the laps started to wind down, Compton began to close the gap running Cook down and looking for grip on the bottom grove. On lap 38, the caution flew for the last time to set up a green, white, and checkered, and on the restart, Compton gave one last bid trying to overtake Cook, but Cook held on to take his second Carolina Clash victory in a row. Cook and Compton were still followed by Franklin, with Smith reaching fourth ahead of Tucker. In the JE Pistons Roush/Yates "Chase for the Championship", Compton moved to the point, overtaking Franklin by two points. Luke Roffers held onto the third spot in the chase with his sixth place finish, and Smith holds onto fourth place. Mike Gault moved into the fifth position with his seventh place finish, starting 14th on the grid and gaining seven spots en-route to take the Safety Kleen Hard Charger of the Race Award.
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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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