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Diamond
Becomes Babb's Best Friend...
A
steady handed Shannon Babb emerges from his #18 after leading
green to checkers for a $40,000 performance in the Diamond
Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri Sunday
evening.
Delayed
an evening from the severe storms that plagued Southwest Missouri,
the event ran Sunday evening with heats, consy and the 100 lap
feature that saw Babb's Rocket head the field throughout the night
over some 80 entries.
With
Babb leaving the rest of the field behind, it left superstars such
as Billy Moyer #21 and Scott Bloomquist to entertain the fans in
door to door action.
Earl
Pearson Jr. debuted a Lucas Oil spotlighted red car at the the
sponsor's track for the Lucas Oil Series sanctioned event. (Rick
Schwallie Photos)
Tyler
Landers Back to Victory Lane...
Tyler
Landers (Tyler
Landers.com)
recorded his second Super Late Model win of the season Saturday
night at Duck River Speedway in Wheel, TN after coming from a
fifth place starting spot and a heated battle with veteran Jimmy
Nowlin.
With
last month's win Landers finds himself in a points battle with
Jeff Walker who finished third Saturday night. (Kim Griggs
Photo)
High-Flying,
Non-Stop NAS Action...
Trent
Letson #12 leaves the ballpark during Late Model Stock action
Friday night at North Alabama Speedway in a night filled with a
super tacky-glue like surface that seen numerous wrecks in both
Late Model Stock and Super Late Model Southern All Stars
sanctioned action.
The
remains of Letson's Late Model Stock after a violent flat landing
to his Late Model chassised car. Letson was unhurt in the wreck.
Southern
Delta area favorite Chris Wall was hurt in this Super Late Model
flip after this #71, above top photo moments before wreck, dug in
and began a series of rolls off the banking of the Tuscumbia, AL
track.
Track
and SAS series officials assist Wall out of his car. Late
transported to the local hospital for test, Wall was fitted with a
neck brace for journey back to his Louisiana home, where on Monday
Wall was told while no surgery would be required, his racing would
be on hold for a month as his vertebra recovers from the wreck.
Nick
Howell's Super Late Model #19 shows extensive damage after a wreck
with Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth.
Officials
restrain Hollingsworth (in helmet, right) and Nik Howell
(white/black driving suit left) after their wreck.
World
of Outlaw regular Shane Clanton #25 races Randy Weaver #116.
New
track record holder David Brazeale #54 works the topside on
Weaver.
Shane
Clanton took the $5,000 Southern All Stars Series win after
leading Weaver and Brazeale to the checkers. (Matt Heatherly
Photos)
Victor
Lee's Monumental Win...
Shown
above on Friday night en route to the weekly Super Late Model
feature win at Ponderosa (KY) Speedway, the defending Battle of
the Bluegrass Series champion validated his resume the following
night with a BoB Series win in the Hoosier Classic at Brownstown,
Indiana's fairgrounds track.
The
win was the first series win for his car owner Frank Revel and
Lee's first series win since a 2004 victory at Soggy Bottom
Raceway's BoB-sanctioned event. The duo paired last year to win
the BoB title despite their missing victory lane in the
competitive series. The Saturday night win across the border at
the historical track gave Lee his first series win of the season
again, despite being the points leader this season to date as well
as he. collected $3,000 for his winning of the 25th Annual Hoosier
Dirt Classic. (Derek Strader Photo)
 More
than Lucky...
After
winning his first career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series
National Touring event on Friday night at Southern Speedway in
Hattiesburg, MS, Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS plants a kiss on the
cheek of series Founder and Director Mike Vaughn, at right.
Lucky
Keeton of Toomsuba, MS in the #22 holds off the challenge of Hunter
Peacock of Macon, GA in the #12 during the NeSmith Crate Series
40-lap main event on Friday night at Southern Speedway. (Mike
Blevins Photos)
Gary
Stuhler's Winchester Win...
Gary
Stuhler would take a dominating $3000 win in the Lee Stultz
Memorial for Late Models Saturday nite at Winchester (VA)
Speedway.
Gary
Stuhler #90 used the high side to take the lead from Jamie
Lathroum #6.
Left,
Jeff Sweeney in Semi-Late victory lane after collecting his first
Semi-Late Model checkers of the season
Below,
Jeff Sweeney #17s used a high side pass of early leader Sam Crouch
392 to race to the checkers.
(Clifford
Dove Photos)
Hill
Finds Volunteer Victory Lane...
Vic
Hill had several strong road-trip runs, but no wins to show for
his efforts in 2008 until Saturday night when he took the short
trip to Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN and out dueled Jeff
Maupin for the Super Late Model win.
Maupin
in his Super Late Model #0 chases Hill for the win. The night
wasn't without checkers for Maupin however as he claimed the
Crate Late Model win in his entry below before the Super main.
(Randall
Perry Photos)
Dustin
Neat over English at Bardstown...
Dustin
Neat claimed the $2,000 to win Jerry Rucker Memorial Saturday night
holding off Terry English and Joey Daniels for the
victory.
Randy
Turpin had a spirited first handful of laps with Josh Lucas before
grabbing the lead to win the 20 lap Open Wheel Modified portion of
the nights racing action. (Bluegrass Speedshots Photos)
Blair
Takes NeSmith Saturday Win...
Jay
Blair #2x races NeSmith Crate Series points leader Chip Brindle
Saturday night at Blair's hometown track A-1 Raceway as Blair
recorded his first series win of the season in the Slindell, LA
event. Starting eight, Blair blasted past Brindle on lap 18 for
the lead and the led the final 33 laps for the win. (Mike
Blevins Photo)
Davenport
Beats Rain...
With
rain moving in fast, Tait Davenport wasted little time in moving
to the front to contend for the Crate Late Model win Saturday
night in his #18 at Soggy Bottom Raceway in Morgantown, Kentucky.
Davenport
in victory lane Saturday night. (Ed Hawkins
Photos)
Kelly
Warren Wins BoB...
Former
Battle of the Bluegrass Open Wheel Series champion Kelly Warren put
his #0 in the BoB victory lane Saturday night at Clinton County (KY)
Speedway for a $1,500 payday. (Clinton Co. Raceway Track Photo)
North
Georgia, Cleveland...
 It
was familiar and unfamiliar Friday and Saturday night at the Monty
Morrow promoted North Georgia Speedway where at left #16 Rick Hixson
recorded his third in a row Limited/Crate Late Model division win,
while Saturday night at Cleveland (TN) Speedway Kevin Gibson (above)
visited the Super Late Model victory circles for the first time this
season. (Nick Nicholson Photos)
Looney
At Monett...
Despite
some 80 cars a lil over an hour away, Monett (MO) Speedway had a
healthy turnout of Super Late Model Sunday night with the familiar
face of Brad Looney topping the feature event.
Local
racer Jesse Stovall takes his Moyer Chassis #00 for a three wide
try out Sunday night. (Ron Mitchell Photos)
Prelude
On Track to Sell-Out...
The
2008 version of NASCAR Cup on Dirt, aka the Prelude to the Dream,
appears to be headed toward a repeat sellout as ticket sales show
strength leading up to next Month's event. Read more in the Newswire
Here. (2007 File Photo/Getty Images)
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