Josh Putnam took the top down and sailed around Summertown, Tennessee's Thunderhill Raceway last weekend to win a $4,000 event. (Connie Putnam )
Josh Putnam at Thunderhill Raceway. (Connie Putnam) Putnam Routs "Topless Brawl" Field at Thunderhill Thanks to Connie Putnam SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. - Sept. 24. Thunderhill Raceway played host to unsanctioned $4,000-to-win "Topless Brawl" Late Model event Saturday, and with 27 teams registered in for the 40-lap main event, Josh Putnam, of Florence, Alabama, led flag to flag. Rain delayed the proceedings after hot laps, and just as the cars were coming to the infield for qualifying. After the track was re-sealed and another round of hot laps, Putnam set fast time overall with a 11.726-second lap to earn
Corey Posey gets under Murphreesboro, Tenn.'s Tony Morris, but the Alabama driver would fail to make it stick and had to settle for fourth behind Morris at the finish. (Connie Putnam)
Chuck Proctor maintained second throughout the Thunderhill, but he was unable to mount a serious challenge on the leader. (Connie Putnam) the front row start. Also locked in from qualifying were north Middle Tennessee ace Chuck Proctor, Tony Morris, Seth McCormack, David Brannon and Mark Fields. Daniel Miller and Ben Kittrell captured heat wins to set the field. Putnam chose to start the feature on the outside front row, and despite a multi-groove track allowed passing thoughout the middle part of the field, there were few changes inside the top five and few challenges to Putnam as he was able to maintain a solid lead from green to checkered.
After starting back in 11th and reaching sixth place, #56 David Gentry gets a challenge from seventh running Daniel Miller. (Connie Putnam)
Brad Skinner and #01 Ben Kitrell duel for eighth place at Thunderhill Raceway. (Connie Putnam) Just three cautions slowed the pace down before Putnam finally crossed the finish ahead of Proctor. Morris finished third after holding off pressure from fourth place Corey Posey. Fields claimed fifth, while David Gentry came from 11th to sixth after getting some heat from seventh finishing Daniel Miller. Brad Skinner advanced from 13th to eighth.
Steven Ashby and #98 Hickerson go door-to-door at Thunderhill. (Connie Putnam)
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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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