Fastrak: Smith Continues Dominance at Wythe Raceway Series report RURAL RETREAT, Va.– Sept. 2. In Friday’s opening round of the Dirt Late Model "Super Nationals" at Wythe Raceway, Inman, South Carolina’s David Smith was a picture of perfection. Smith,the current FASTRAK Southeastern/Mideast Touring Divisions point leader, cruised to quick time and then led all 40 laps on the fast Virginia half-mile. At the drop of the green flag, Smith sailed into the lead while a three-wide battle for second ensued between Travis Blackwell, Jake Eaton and Jensen Ford, with Blackwell able to cover the position as the field completed lap one. However Eaton and Ford continued to battle for third, swapping the spot back and forth over the next several laps. As the night’s first yellow flag appeared for Ford’s flat front tire, Smith’s nearly half-straightaway lead was erased, but with the green back in the air, Smith quickly dispensed with Blackwell and again drove away from the field. Back through the field, Brandon Umberger began a high-side charge to the front. Umberger rolled by Eaton for fourth and began to reel Blackwell in. Matt Long also mounted a late race charge, breaking into the top five just after the halfway point. Umberger continued to pressure Blackwell until he was finally able to cover the position with nine laps remaining. The hometown driver set after Smith and began to cut into his margin. With the white flag in the air, Umberger had cut it down to three lengths, but Smith’s margin was just too much to overcome and Umberger was forced to settle for second. “The double-file restarts make it interesting for the fans but it makes it a pretty scary for us, particularly when you are leading," Smith said after the race. "You really have to get up on the wheel and be on it for every restart. It went our way tonight, but it could have just as easily went the other way. Tonight was a great win for us.”
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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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