Jamaica, VA – On one of the hottest days of the year the action on track was even hotter as Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway hosted the first visit by the Ultimate Super Late Models to the ½ mile speedplant in Jamaica, VA for the $10,000 to win Summer Heat 50.

Steve Shaver of Vienna, WV took over the top spot on lap 20 with an outside pass of Jamie Lathroum out of turn 2. Lathroum tried several times to get back past Shaver for the lead but each time Shaver help on to the spot and would go on to take the victory in the inaugural Summer Heat 50 and collected the $10,000 check.

“I know what the staff here at VMS is doing to get such a great track in temperatures like we had today but keep it up,” commented Shaver in victory lane.

“I really have to thank the Rumley’s they give me a great car to drive every time and Ihave to say I really love this facility,” added Shaver.

Following Shaver to the checkers were Jeremy Miller, Jamie Lathroum, Casey Roberts and Jonathan Davenport.

In other action Scott Adams of Chester, VA took home his second win of the season in the Victory Lap Late Models; in the Budweiser Modified 25 lap feature Travis LaRoque of Newburg, MD picked up his first victory; in the Truckin Thunder Sportsman 25 lap feature

Ross Bailes and Casey Roberts led the field to green with Bailes leading the first lap. On lap 2 Jamie Lathroum dove inside Bailes out of turn 4 and would take the lead by inches at the line. On lap five the race would encounter two caution flags, each restart Lathroum would choose the inside and keep the lead once under green.

On lap 6 Davenport got by Shaver for second and looked to be headed to the front but jumped the cushion on lap 10 and lost a bit of momentum. Davenport would gather it back up and reel in Lathroum and on lap 16 got to the outside to take the lead out of two. the lead was short lived as Lathroum battled back in turn 3 with the two making contact and Lathroum coming out with the lead and Shaver following to second.

Caution would come out on lap 19 when Ricky Elliott came to a stop in turn 3. On the restart Lathroum chose to start on the inside with Shaver to his outside. As the two raced into turn one Shaver powered around the outside of Lathroum and the two went door to door with Shaver taking the lead by inches at the line.

Lathroum stayed on the inside of Shaver as the two raced side by side for the next two laps before Shaver would finally secure the top spot. On lap 31 Jeremy Miller began looking inside Lathroum for second. On lap 34 Miller finally took second and worked to reel in the leader.

Shaver would keep a couple of car lengths between himself and Miller and would go on to take the checkers over Miller, Lathroum, Casey Roberts and Davenport.

In the Victory Lap Late Model 35 lap feature Scott Adams of Chester, VA got inverted to the pole of the feature with Derick Quade of Mechanicsville, MD to his outside and leading the field to green. Adams would lead the first lap followed closely by Quade, Davis Lipscmobe, Anthony Kincaid and Walker Arthur.

On lap 3 caution would come out for David Williams who suffered a flat tire and came to rest in turn 3. On the restart Quade would look inside Adams for the lead only to be turned away. The car on the move was Tim Shelton as he had worked his way to fifth from his fourteenth place starting position.

On the restart Adams and Quade went back to battling for the lead, every time Adams was up to the task and would hold on to the top spot. On alp 17 David Williams would his way back into the top five and went to working on Kincaid for fourth.

Williams quickly made his way to third and began a battle with Quade for second. While the Quade worked to keep Williams behind him for second Adams began to pull away and work lapped traffic.

With the battle behind him Adams would go on to get his second win of the season followed by Derick Quade, David Williams, Davis Lipscombe and Anthony Kincaid to the checkers.

In the Budweiser Modified 25 lap feature John Ferguson and Bret Hamilton led the field to green with Hamilton leading the first lap.

With all the action behind him Hamilton pulled away to a full straight lead. For the first fifteen laps the only thing to slow Hamilton were two cautions. On the restart on lap 15 Hamilton pulled away again with Page Harrison, John Ferguson, Brian Maxey and seventeenth starting Travis LaRoque battling for second.

On lap 19 Maxey worked inside Harrison in turn 2 as the two exited the corner they made contact with Maxey taking over second and Harrison falling back to third. On the next lap caution would come out when Maxey went for a spin in turn 1 with help from Harrison.

It would be Hamilton leading the last five laps and crossing under the checkers first for what was to be his first win of the season at VMS. But after crossing the scales Travis LaRoque was declared the winner when Hamilton came up light. Rounding out the top five were Brandon Galloway, Jimmy Duncan and Wayne Barricks.

In the Truckin Thunder Sportsman 25 lap feature Junior Carter and Todd Traylor would lead the field to green with Carter leading the first circuit. Walker Arthur quickly made his way to second and began pressuring Carter for the lead. Walker tried high and low trying to find away around Carter for the lead.

On lap 18 Arthur peeked to Carter’s inside as they headed into turn 1 and then he whipped it to the outside and pulled along side Carter in turn 2. Down the backstretch Arthur wrestled the lead away and then never looked back to go on to the victory. Rounding out the top five were Junior Carter, John Kirby, Todd Traylor and Michael Hayes.

In the Collision One Limited Stock Car 20 lap feature nightcap Brandon Sandridge and Thomas Rose led the field to green. Two cautions would come out for wrecks by Joe Ender and then a multi car pileup in turn four before one lap could be completed.

Once under green Sandridge would lead the races first lap followed closely by Wesley Givens and James Givens.

On lap 9 Brett Adkins joined the battle for second and went outside James Givens in turn 2 and inside Wesley Givens in turn 3 to take the spot. On lap 10 the battle for the lead got intense as Sandridge, Adkisn and the two Givens traded paint for the top spot. On lap 12 Adkins, who started sixteenth, took over the top spot, a postion he would not give up as he went on to record his third win in a row. Rounding out the top five were James Givens, Wesley Givens, David Bowler and Ryan Toole.

Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway will take the weekend of July 30th off and return to action Saturday August 6th and host Pepsi, WXGM Night featuring four divisions of Virginia Army National Guard Dirt Series action. See the Victory Lap Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modifies and the Collision One Limited Stock divisions. Come experience the raw, pure excitement that is dirt racing!

Competitor gates for Saturday, August 6th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps. Divisions scheduled to race on Saturday August 6th: Victory Lap Late Models (35 Laps); Truckin Thunder Sportsman (25 Laps); Budweiser Modifieds (25 Laps); and the Collision One Limited Stock Cars (20 laps). All divisions will run Hot Lap Time Trials and Features.

Admission price for Adults $10, seniors (60+) $8; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $5, students 13 – 17 years old $7, children 7 to 12 $4 and children 6 and under admitted free. Pit passes for this special event will be $25.

To enhance the fans racing experience the speedway has installed a short wave FM transmitter and all of the evening’s action can be heard at 95.5 FM. So bring your portable radio headset and enjoy hearing all the action.

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Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway, an ASA Member Track, is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area.

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RACE RESULTS FOR SUMMER HEAT NIGHT, SATURDAY JULY 23, 2011:

ULTIMATE SUPER LATE MODEL SUMMER HEAT 50 (22 Entries):
Heat Race 1 (10 Laps):1. Ross Bailes, 2. Jamie Lathroum, 3. Jeremy Miller, 4. Steven Axtell Jr., 5. Mark Byram, 6. Ricky Weeks, 7. Booper Bare, 8. Matt Murphy

Heat Race 2: 1. Casey Roberts, 2. Ricky Elliott, 3. Chip Brindle, 4. Bo Feathers, 5. Brian Tavernner, 6. Tim Murphy, 7. David, Taylor

Heat Race 3: 1.Steve Shaver, 2.Jonathan Davenport, 3.Mike Gault, 4.Gary Stuhler, 5.Daniel Baggerly, 6.Alan Sagi, 7.Chris Feguson

Summer Heat 50 A Main: 1.Steve Shaver, 2.Jeremy Miller, 3.Jamie Lathroum, 4.Casey Roberts, 5.Jonathan Davenport, 6.Bo Feathers, 7.RickyWeeks, 8.Alan Sagi, 9.Chip Brindle, 10.Steven Axtell Jr., 11.Daniel Baggerly, 12.Ross Bailes, 13.Matt Murphy, 14.David Taylor, 15.Brian Tavernner, 16.Ricky Elliott, 17.Tim Murphy, 18.Mike Gault, 19.Gary Stuhler, 20.Mark Byram, 21.BooperBare, DNS: Chris Ferguson

FAST TIME: Jamie Lathroum – 17.657 seconds

JAMAICA, VA – April 17, 2011 – Steve Shaver’s plan worked to perfection in Sunday afternoon’s rain-delayed NAPA of King William ‘Commonwealth 100’ at Virginia Motor Speedway.

The 47-year-old veteran from Vienna, W.Va., grabbed the lead from Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., on lap three and never wavered for the remainder of the distance. He calmly conserved his tires while repelling a pair of threats en route to a World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory worth $25,050.

“Our goal was to get the lead early and just try to fend off any challenges, and that’s what we did,” said Shaver, who started fourth driving a Rocket car from the stable of North Carolina’s storied K&L Rumley team. “I just tried to aim for the brown (in the racetrack) and not spin the tires to keep from wearing them out.”

Shaver pulled away following the race’s 11th and final caution flag on lap 73. He crossed the finish line 4.722 seconds – nearly a full straightaway – ahead of Mooresburg, Tenn.’s Scott Bloomquist, who slipped his self-built Team Zero car by Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., for the runner-up position on lap 98.

Lanigan, who led last year’s inaugural Commonwealth 100 until slowing with a flat tire just nine laps from the finish, offered Shaver a brief mid-race challenge but settled for a third-place finish in his Rocket mount. Francis fell to fourth at the checkered flag after starting from the outside pole and leading laps 1-2 in his Barry Wright car and ninth-starter Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., completed the top five in the Barry Wright house car.

Shaver and his veteran team – led by Rumley family patriarch Lee Roy and his son Kevin – had the perfect combination for a half-mile oval that stayed surprisingly racy on a breezy, sun-splashed afternoon. The race was pushed to the daylight hours on Sunday after wet and stormy weather overran the area on Saturday night.

“Typically this place is hard on tires – even at night – and we thought with it being a daytime race we could possibly have to pit two or three times,” said Shaver, who registered his fourth career WoO LMS A-Main triumph. “So our strategy was to start out mid-range in (tire) compound and try to stay up front and out of trouble as long as we could.

“The plan was for my guys in the pits to make a decision on whether we should pit by trying to look at the tires when I’d go by real slow (under caution). If it got to the point where they couldn’t see the cross-grooves, they were gonna pull me in and we’d make a tire change.”

But tire wear never became a problem for Shaver, who had plenty of rubber left to reach Victory Lane at VMS for the first time in his career.

“I wasn’t spinning the tires any and the car worked great where I didn’t have to slide it sideways, and we were able to make our first (tire) choice go the full hundred,” said Shaver. “Francis showed me his nose once (on lap 40) and Lanigan showed me his once too (on lap 67), but my car steered fine and I was able to just pull right back to where I needed to be.

“It was all because of the work the guys did on the track,” he continued. “Whatever they did, they gave us a great daytime racetrack. I can’t remember being on a better daytime track. It was fun to run on. You could get up there in the rough stuff and run a little bit or you could get back down in the smooth.”

Shaver was especially proud to deliver a major-money win to the Rumley family, which has been fielding race cars for more than 50 years. The 70-something Lee Roy Rumley built the powerful engine bolted in Shaver’s mount.

“They’re great people and it’s just been so much fun to race with them since last year,” said Shaver, who swept a WoO LMS doubleheader driving for the Rumleys last year at West Virginia Motor Speedway. “We’re all on the same page. We just want to race about 40 times and have fun doing it – and so far, we’ve been having a lot of fun.”

The 47-year-old Bloomquist, meanwhile, was on the move in the closing laps, passing Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., for fourth on a lap-72 restart and Francis for third on lap 93 before finally grabbing second from Lanigan with the two-to-go signal out. But his hard-compound tires came on too late to give him a shot at Shaver.

Bloomquist, who started fifth, conceded that he was outfoxed in the rubber-selection game in his first Commonwealth 100 appearance.

“The promoter said that he had a surprise for us today and I didn’t really know what that meant. I think I kind of do now,” Bloomquist said with a smile following the race. “The racetrack really took a long time before it laid down. I would have bet the farm that those guys (Shaver) wouldn’t finish on those tires. My right-front and left-rear (tires) were harder than (Shaver’s) right-rear, so...we had three hard tires. He went quite a bit softer than I dreamed would make it, and it made it.

“(Shaver) still had quite a bit of rubber left and could run a little bit longer. Obviously they knew a little more than I did.”

Lanigan, 40, fell short in his bid for a third consecutive WoO LMS victory. He appeared primed to erase memories of his near-miss in last year’s Commonwealth 100 when he advanced from the sixth starting spot to second by lap 55, but he couldn’t maintain Shaver’s pace.

“I just got so loose,” said Lanigan, whose early-season struggle with lower-back pain was recently diagnosed definitively as a fractured tailbone. “I actually thought I was getting a flat because the car got so loose, so I kind of backed off to try to make it to the end.”

Francis, 43, finished fourth driving a car that he didn’t even have on the track for the first time all weekend until he lined up for the 100-lapper. Mechanical trouble that developed during Sunday’s hot laps in his Tim Logan-owned car forced him to pull out his own machine, which he had reserved for backup duty at VMS.

Under WoO LMS rules for two-day shows, however, Francis was allowed to keep his outside-pole starting position despite switching cars.

Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., who won last year’s Commonwealth 100, finished sixth after a rollercoaster race that saw him start from the pole position but fade out of the top 10 by mid-race. Rick Eckert of York, Pa., ran in the top 10 throughout the distance and placed seventh; 18 th-starter Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., rallied to finish eighth – and maintain his WoO LMS points lead – after being involved in a multi-car tangle on lap nine; Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., was ninth in NASCAR star Clint Bowyer’s car; and Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., finished 10th after starting 26th.

Feger, who set fast time on Friday night but had to run a B-Main to qualify for the Commonwealth 100, climbed as high as fourth in his first-ever start at VMS. But a lap-98 scrape with Madden as they battled for fifth place sent Feger into a 360-degree spin in turn two – and on to a disappointing 14 th-place finish.

Sunday’s program was capped by the 30-lap ‘Rumble on the River’ Non-Qualifiers’ Race, which Brad Neat of Dunnville, Ky., led from wire-to-wire to pocket a $3,000 consolation prize after falling one spot short of transferring to the Commonwealth 100 in a B-Main on Friday night.

The next action for the WoO LMS is a Midwestern doubleheader on April 29 at Hartford (Mich.) Speedway and April 30 at Bluegrass Speedway in Bardstown, Ky.

For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Results of WoO Late Model Series NAPA of King William ‘Commonwealth 100’ at Virginia Motor Speedway (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):

1. (4) Steve Shaver/100 $25,050

2. (5) Scott Bloomquist/100 $12,725

3. (6) Darrell Lanigan/100 $7,650

4. (2) Steve Francis/100 $6,150

5. (9) Jonathan Davenport/100 $5,000

6. (1) Chris Madden/100 $4,250

7. (8) Rick Eckert/100 $3,850

8. (18) Josh Richards/100 $3,550

9. (11) Dale McDowell/100 $3,000

10. (26) Chub Frank/100 $2,650

11. (3) Austin Hubbard/100 $2,400

12. (7) Jason Covert/100 $2,250

13. (14) Earl Pearson Jr./100 $2,225

14. (19) Jason Feger/100 $2,250

15. (24) Tim Fuller/100 $2,200

16. (16) Shane Clanton/100 $2,150

17. (20) Clint Smith/100 $2,140

18. (25) Brent Robinson/100 $2,080

19. (21) Bub McCool/100 $2,070

20. (22) Jamie Lathroum/100 $2,060

21. (12) Jared Landers/100 $2,050

22. (23) Tim McCreadie/99 $2,190

23. (10) Brian Birkhofer/72 $2,030

24. (15) Jimmy Mars/70 $2,020

25. (17) Jeremy Miller/66 $2,010

26. (13) Frankie Heckenast Jr./41 $2,000

* Earnings include cash contingency award bonuses

Time of Race: 1 Hr., 3 Mins., 33.268 Secs.

Margin of Victory: 4.722 Secs.

Yellow Flags: 11 (Laps 9, 9, 16, 26, 28, 55, 57, 67, 70, 72, 73)

Lap Leaders: Francis (1-2); Shaver (3-100)

Provisional Starters: McCreadie, Fuller (WoO); Robinson (earliest entry); Frank (track)

Rookie of the Race: Pat Doar ($250)

Results of ‘Rumble on the River’ Non-Qualifiers Race (30 laps): 1. Brad Neat ($3,000); 2. Keith Jackson ($2,000); 3. Pat Doar ($1,500); 4. Vic Coffey ($1,200); 5. Walker Arthur ($1,000); 6. Roland Mann ($800); 7. John Lobb ($700); 8. Kenny Pettyjohn ($600); 9. Darryl Hills ($500); 10. Jill George ($400); 11. Jeff Pilkerton ($300); 12. Ricky Elliott ($300) – DNS: Ron Davies, Chad Ruhlman, Dale Hollidge, Jimmy Owens, Kerry King

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Contingency Award Winners:

Arizona Sports Shirts ($100 apparel certificate to 22nd fastest qualifier): Tim Fuller

Armor All (one case of product to highest-finishing non-WoO team in A-Main w/decal): Steve Shaver

Comp Cams ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Steve Shaver

Comp Cams (certificate to 10th place in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Chub Frank

Eibach Springs (one free spring to each B-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Bub McCool/Walker Arthur

JE Pistons ($50 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Rick Eckert

JE Pistons (one set of Pro Seal rings to 11th-place or next highest w/decal, redeemable w/next purchase of one complete set of rings): Jason Covert

JE Pistons (one set of Pro Seal rings to 21st-place or next highest w/decal, redeemable w/next purchase of one complete set of rings): Tim McCreadie

MSD Ignition ($75 cash to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Scott Bloomquist

MSD Ignition ($25 cash to last-place in A-Main or next lowest w/decal): Tim McCreadie

Ohlins Pole Award ($50 cash to fast qualifier or next highest w/decal): Scott Bloomquist

Quartermaster ($100 product certificate to A-Main winner or next highest w/decal): Steve Shaver

Quartermaster ($50 product certificate to 5th-place or next highest w/decal): Jonathan Davenport

Quartermaster ($25 product certificate to 15th-place or next highest w/decal): Tim Fuller

R2C Performance ($100 certificate to highest-finishing driver w/decal or $100 cash if race winner is using R2C filter and decal is displayed): Darrell Lanigan

STP ($50 cash to 2nd-place in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Steve Francis

Superflow Dynos ($50 cash to 7th-place in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Josh Richards

VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash to winner of Heat 1 or next highest w/decal): Chris Madden
VP Racing Fuels ‘Nice Jugs Award’ (one five-gallon plastic fuel jugs to fastest qualifier who does not make the A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jimmy Owens

WIX Filters ($50 cash to 13th-place in A-Main or next highest w/decal): Jason Feger

Wrisco Aluminum (Three sheets of aluminum to A-Main winner w/decal): Steve Shaver

Super Sweep

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (March 12) — Talk about a super sweep. Steve Shaver of Vienna, W.Va., completed a sweep of the two-race Super Bowl of Racing VII at Golden Isles Speedway, earning another $10,000 victory Saturday in a weekend of racing postponed from the first weekend in February.

After leading all 50 laps of Friday's feature, this time the third-starting Shaver overtook race-long leader Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., on the 26th lap Saturday and led the rest of the way in the K&L Rumley Enterprises Rocket Chassis.

Shaver, who said in victory lane his car handled even better Saturday than it did Friday, totaled $20,000 during the weekend of unsanctioned racing at the 4/10-mile oval for the North Carolina-based team.

Eighth-starting Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., rallied to finish second in Saturday's main event. Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., a winner in Super Bowl action each of the previous four seasons, was shut out this year and settled for third place in the finale. Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., started and finished fourth while McCool rounded out the top five finishers.

Fast qualifier Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C. — who had to start on the tail because he switched to a backup car after right-rear suspension issues leading late in the first heat race — rallied to finish sixth. Polesitter Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., dropped back a few spots early and ended up finishing seventh.

McCool started outside the front row and took command early over Davenport and Scott Creel while Shaver held the fourth spot. As the frontrunning pack worked through lapped traffic, McCool struggled to get by Mike Nasworthy, and Shaver moved to the outside groove and advanced to the second spot after about 20 laps of the 50-lapper.

With McCool still hampered by traffic, Shaver made the winning move one lap past the halfway point, taking command as he exited turn two and raced down the Golden Isles backstretch.

Shaver got a little breathing room but also faced traffic, allowing Francis to burst into contention and put some head on Shaver. Francis nearly pulled alongside Shaver in turns one and two before Shaver used a slower car as a pick to stretch his lead in the final few laps.

The feature was slowed by five cautions, all for single-car incidents.

Notes: Shaver's Rocket Chassis is sponsored by Styers Curbing and GPS. ... Scott Creel of Franklinton, La., started fifth and flirted with the lead in the early laps, but he slipped over the cushion in turns three and four and fell from contention. ... Fourth-finishing Jonathan Davenport ran a backup car after being involved in a lap-46 accident Friday. ... Casey Roberts, in the same wreck, also went to a backup but struggled, finished 23rd. ... Of the 24 entrants, two were newcomers: Casey Barrow and Brad Neat, while Stephen Castleberry and Mitch Fulford didn't return after Friday's action.

Super Bowl of Racing VII: (1) Steve Shaver, (2) Steve Francis, (3) Scott Bloomquist, (4) Jonathan Davenport, (5) Bub McCool, (6) Chris Madden, (7) Jared Landers, (8) Dan Schlieper, (9) Clint Smith, (10) Brian Reese, (11) Scott Creel, (12) Johnny Pursley, (13) Tyler Ivey, (14) Earl Pearson Jr., (15) Mike Nasworthy, (16) Casey Barrow, (17) Dale Hammond, (18) Brad Neat, (19) Donald Bradsher, (20) Brian Nuttall Jr., (21) Brent Dixon, (22) Jordy Nipper, (23) Casey Roberts, (24) Mike Collins. Fast qualifier (among 24 cars): Madden, 15.330 seconds. Heat race winners: Landers, McCool, Shaver, Davenport.