Steel Block Bandits: Roberson Is Baddest Bandit at Eastside Series report WAYNESBORO, Va. - Sept. 9. Greg Roberson prevailed as 24 teams signed in for the Steel Block Bandits event at Eastside Speedway Friday for the first night of a Shenandoah Valley Doubleheader, along with Natural Bridge Speedway on Saturday. After setting fast time and winning one of three heat races, Roberson charged from the pole position into the lead with fervor over Joey Leavell, who took second ahead of Booper Bare as the first lap was completed. The caution quickly came out on lap four due to an incident involving Billy Beachler and Petey Coffey. From this point on, the final 36 laps clicked off without a yellow flag. Roberson restarted with a vengeance and jumped into a lead that would continue to build. Joey Leavell separated himself from third place Bare as the field blistered the track at high speed. Lapped traffic would not be a problem for the fleet machine of Greg Roberson as he sliced through several back of the pack battles. Much of the top group stayed the same throughout the first half of the event, but as the race moved past halfway, Bare began to fade from third and would be passed just past halfway by David Watts and in the subsequent laps by Rick Singleton. With eight laps to go, SIngleon assumed the final step of the podium as he moved into third, bypassing Watts. Gerald Davis had also assumed the top five in the waning laps. When the checkered flag flew it was Greg Roberson tying Kyle Merkel for second most wins in series history, taking his third career Bandits victory, and first of the season. Joey Leavell of Waynesboro, took a strong second with Singleton holding third, and David Watts and Gerald Davis rounded out the top five. Walker Arthur took a quiet but a strong points finishing sixth by one position over second place man in points, Bare who was seventh at the line over Trever Feathers, Andy Fries, and Matt Howsare.
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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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