Mark Bias photo
Lucas Oil Series: Bloomquist Over Owens in Portsmouth "River Days Rumble"
James
Essex
PORTSMOUTH, Oh. - Sept. 3. Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. withstood
all of Jimmy Owens’ challenges to win the "Pepsi 50 River Days Rumble" on Saturday at Portsmouth Raceway
Park. Owens started 22nd and finished just behind Bloomquist at the stripe. He was followed by 14th
starter, Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., Brad Neat of Dunnville, Ky., and Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt
Rock, W.V.
Scott Bloomquist catches race-long leader Scott James (83) before finally taking control with less than ten to go in the annual "River Days Rumble Saturday at Portsmouth Raceway Park. (Mark Bias)
Scott James grabbed the lead at the start of the $10,000 to win race. He was
in control for most of race, holding a good-sized lead through traffic. A heated race for second place was
going on between last year’s winner, Dale McDowell and Bloomquist, who eventually seized the spot.
Bloomquist then caught James as the two ran side-by-side for a dozen laps with
Bloomquist leading for the first time on lap 39. A lap later it was James at the stripe. Then a caution
came out for a flat tire on Ray Cook’s car. On the restart, Bloomquist gained the point in turn two as
James’ left rear tire went flat forcing the final caution of the race.
Rod Conley won the fast time award at Portsmouth. (Mark
Bias)
This set up a nine-lap shootout between Bloomquist and Owens. On the
restart Bloomquist led Owens, but Owens closed right on Bloomquist’ rear with five laps to go. Bloomquist
changed his line on the track to prevent Owens from stealing the win away from him. He went on for his 11th
series win of 2011. The win for Bloomquist cut Owens’ points lead to 110.
“The track was great all night, we started in the fourth row and it only took a
couple of laps to get to the front,” said Bloomquist, who earned career win number 514 with the
triumph. “You could run anywhere on this track. We had a real good race there with Scott [James], we ran
side-by-side without
Chris Wilson loses an engine early on at Portsmouth. (Mark
Bias)
touching, I don’t know if he thought I got into him or what, it was accidental if
I even did. Then he had the flat and went out. Holding off Jimmy there at the end was tough because he was
coming on strong from where he started.”
Bloomquist in his Bloomquist Race Cars Ford is sponsored by Roush-Yates, Base
Racing Fuels, Ohlins, Miller Brothers Construction and Sweet Manufacturing.
Owens came into the event with a 130-point lead over Bloomquist and was excited
with his finish. “I just started too far back, the car was great at the end, but Scott was just a little
bit better,” said the driver of the Mike Reece-owned, Reece Monument Company, Bloomquist Race Cars Ford.
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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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