Jamie Perry Powers to Win in Night #2 of Bubba Army Winter Nationals at Bubba Raceway Park

Ocala, FL - Jamie Perry piloted his Powell Motorsports sponsored entry to his first ever NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series victory on night #2 of the Bubba Army Winter Nationals at Bubba Raceway Park. Perry overtook pole sitter Devin Dixon on lap 19 and was never seriously challenged as he led the remaining laps crossing under the Sunoco Race Fuels checkered flag 2.258 seconds ahead of Danville, Kentucky driver Victor Lee who made a late race charge to the front for the runner up position. Perry's victory comes against some of the stoutest competition assembled, as his #P4 machine has been the model of consistency during the first two nights of Bubba Army Winter Nationals competition staying at the top of the speed charts and being able to finish their as well.

Devin Dixon set fast time in the #58 Big Frog Motorsports/Dave's Towing Rocket besting the field of 43 drivers with a lap time of 15.206 seconds. That would earn him the inside front row starting spot for the 40 lap, $2,000 to win feature event. The Bubba Raceway Park track crew, with help from track owner Bubba Clem, continually massaged the 3/8-mile gumbo surface making sure that competitors had a ultra-racy surface come feature race time. Fans and competitors would not be disappointed.

Dixon would lead the field to the green flag as cars quickly spread out battling for positions throughout the field. Third starting Perry was in a battle amongst the top 5 early in the race. Dixon would quickly catch the back of the field and begin to have to work lapped traffic. As he moved to the outside to clear a lapped car exiting turn 4, he made contact with the outside wall taking away half of the rear spoiler on the 58 machine. As the race progressed, Perry reeled in Dixon as lapped traffic came into play for all the front running cars. Perry would pull alongside Dixon at the exit of turn 3, and then use a power move after slight contact with Dixon to take over the top spot. Perry would go virtually unchallenged for the remaining 20 laps in route to the $2,000 payday.

Victor Lee and Thursday night's feature winner Brandon Sheppard waged their own battle to finish inside the top 5. Ninth starting Sheppard carefully maneuvered through the field, but the late charging Lee would deny him the runner-up spot with Sheppard crossing the finish line in 3rd. Dixon would hold on to finish in the 4th spot, with Brandon, Florida's Kyle Bronson rounding out the top 5.

Drivers will now turn their attention to Saturday's 100 lap, $10,000 to win Chevrolet Performance World Championship. Chevrolet Performance Pole Qualifying, Heat Races, and B-Mains will take place to set the field. The top 12 drivers from Thursday and Friday combined points that do not transfer to the World Championship will go to a Last Chance Qualifier for a final shot to make the big race. Driver's Meeting is scheduled for 6:15 P.M. with Hot Laps to follow.

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Feature Finish Results

Pos

Car #

Driver Name

1

P4

Jamie Perry 

2

6

Victor Lee

3

17B

Brandon Sheppard

4

58

Devin Dixon

5

40B

Kyle Bronson

6

RJ1

Mike Pegher

7

12

Doug Horton

8

14

Tyler Clem

9

111

Max Blair

10

2

Dennis "Rambo" Franklin

11

5

Mark Whitener

12

117

Jake Teague

13

30

Tyler Bare

14

71

Hudson O'Neal

15

33

Jeff Matthews

16

47

Justin Williams

17

17

Logan Roberson

18

56jr

Colton Horner

19

88

Trent Ivey

20

5

Ronnie Johnson

21

21

Ivedent Lloyd Jr. 

22

22

Austin Burns

23

71

Pierce McCarter

24

87

Walker Arthur

Entries: 43
Fast Qualifier: Brand Sheppard - 15.206
Provisionals: None
Lead Changes: 1
Lap Leaders: Dixon - 1-19, Perry - 20-40
Cautions: 0
Margin of Victory: 2.258 seconds
Time of Race: 31 minutes, 5 seconds
NEXT RACE:  January 28th - Chevrolet Performance World Championship - Bubba Raceway Park, Ocala, FL - $10,000 to win, 100 laps

Qualifying Results

Group A

Pos

Car #

Driver Name

Time

1

58

Devin Dixon

15.206

2

P4

Jamie Perry

15.322

3

12

Doug Horton

15.329

4

117

Jake Teague

15.346

5

17B

Brandon Sheppard

15.366

6

2

Dennis "Rambo" Franklin

15.408

7

71

Pierce McCarter

15.410

8

33

Jeff Matthews

15.519

9

7

Corey Almond

15.572

10

5

Ronnie Johnson

15.655

11

87

Walker Arthur

15.706

12

47

Justin Williams

15.843

13

15

Jason Britton

15.953

14

22

Austin Burns

15.978

15

1

Connor Meade

16.023

16

19

Marcus Minga

16.077

17

51M

Mark Steube

16.101

18

147

Hunter Carrol

16.172

19

101

Forrest Trent

16.293

20

9

Geraid Gault

16.582

21

0

Ryan Scott

16.656

Qualifying Results

Group B

Pos

Car #

Driver Name

Time

1

5

Mark Whitener

15.664

2

6

Victor Lee

15.707

3

88

Trent Ivey

15.734

4

30

Tyler Bare

15.815

5

40B

Kyle Bronson

15.816

6

21

Ivedent Lloyd Jr.

15.838

7

56jr

Colton Horner

15.840

8

RJ1

Mike Pegher

15.854

9

17

Logan Roberson

15.883

10

9

Will Thomas

15.943

11

7

Shan Smith

15.967

12

02

Keith Nosbisch

15.968

13

14

Tyler Clem

16.011

14

111

Max Blair

16.017

15

5

Mark Heatherly

16.033

16

71

Hudson O'Neal

16.094

17

311

Ken Monahan

16.100

18

6

Blake Spencer

16.179

19

21J

Jamie Wrightsman

16.530

20

12S

Briand Swank

16.592

21

0F

Troy Frazier

16.601

22

J17

Joe Kump

16.924

 

B-Main Finishes(Top 6 Transfer to Feature):

B-Main 1 - 1. Bronson, 2. Pegher, 3. Blair, 4. Teague, 5. McCarter, 6. Johnson, 7. Smith, 8. Monahan, 9. Minga, 10. Trent, 11. Kump, 12. Swank, 13. Britton

B-Main 2 - 1. Franklin, 2. Clem, 3. Bare, 4. O'Neal, 5. Horner, 6. Williams, 7. Thomas, Meade, 8. Carroll, 9. Scott, 10. Almond, 11. Wrightsman

B-Main 3 - 1. Sheppard, 2. Matthews, 3. Roberson, 4. Lloyd, 5. Arthur, 6. Burns, 7. Nosbisch, 8. Spencer, 9. Frazier, 10. Steube, 11. Gault

 

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