Loden visibly thought that he had been driven dirty by Mercer for the top spot as after the race he unloaded a hard hit on his fellow driver on the

each other face to face. The situation was able to be contained.

Unofficially Mercer collected the win with Loden second, UARA-STARS regular, Jamie Yelton third, Coleman Pressley fourth and Todd Goble finishing fifth.

Complete LMSC Results:
1 - Andy Mercer #10
2 - Andy Loden #29
3 - Jamie Yelton #8
4 - Coleman Pressley #59
5 - Todd Goble #42
6 - Brit Anderson #70
7 - Joey Coulter #02
8 - James Goff #33
9 - Kurt Crosbie #88
10 - Roger Powell #01
11 - Sam Watts #25
12 - Sean Ballantine #99
13 - Tyler Church #29X

In other racing around the region ...

Ace Speedway - Speedy Faucette's dominance came to an end on Friday night as his seven race win streak was broken by none other than two-time and defending track champion, Rodney "High Plains Drifter" Cook. Cook didn't dominate the race, but after getting by Dustin Rumley for the lead it was obvious that Faucette had nothing for him despite a late race caution that bunched the field up. Cook took the win with Faucette second thus collecting the $200.00 bounty money. Rumley finished third. UARA-STARS Melling Select Rookie of the Year contender, Dillon Smith, who has struggled on the tour this season just coming off of dirt and jumping straight into the UARA-STARS Late Model Series, ran the race on Friday night in anticipation of the UARA race on Friday, August 1st. Cook also declared in victory lane that he would compete against the UARA regulars in the race next week. Scotty Warren finished fourth with Jesse Ingle III rounding out the top five finishers.

Caraway Speedway - Jerame Donley making an unusual appearance at Caraway took the pole and dominated the 75-lap race that feature a slim 10 car field. Donley bested semi-regular Randy Burnett and point leader and six-time winner, Randy Benson. Last weeks winner, Mack Little finished fourth with Brad Brinkley rounding out the top five. Southern National regular, Corey Strickland, who has won several races this season and last at SNRP finished sixth.

Concord Motorsport Park - ASA Southeast Super Late Models cancelled for July 26th with Late Model Stock Car racing returning on August 2nd with twin 35-lap races and a 40-lap Limited Late Model race.

Franklin County Speedway - The ISCARS competed this weekend at Franklin County Speedway and the Late Models had another much deserved rest. LMSC will return to the track on August 2nd and 9th before the UARA-STARS roll into the track on August 16th.

Greenville Pickens Speedway - Make it EIGHT wins in a row and TEN on the season for Marty Ward at GPS. Ward has been just plain dominant in a season that started out with Coleman Pressley dominating and now Pressley is gone to Hickory and Ward is ripping through the competition easily. Anthony Anders gave Ward a little fight for the top spot, but to no avail as he settled for second with Randy Hawkins third, Kenneth Headen fourth and Johnny Hightower was the fifth place finisher.

Hickory Motor Speedway - Feature story above from Hickory Motor Speedway's wild night of racing.

Langley Speedway - Another Nick Smith disqualification leads the headlines from the most recent night of racing action from Langley Speedway. Smith, who was dq'ed earlier this season at Langley and again dq'ed at South Boston Speedway, then was the victor of the Hampton Heat 200 at Langley Speedway on Saturday, July 12th and was able to keep the win passing tech on this night. On July 26th Smith again crossed the finish line first, but again found himself disqualified after the tech process played out. Danny Edwards, Jr. was then awarded the win after his second place finish with Greg Edwards second, CE Faulk third, Mark Wertz fourth and Doug Warren fifth. Langley Speedway boasted a 17-car field last night for the race, a very strong car count.

Lonesome Pine Raceway - Brian Blevins took home the win in the Late Model Stock Cars over a 14-car field at Lonesome Pine Raceway in Coeburn, VA.  Blevins shared victory lane on this night with his grandfather, Paul Shull, who took home the win in the Charger division.  Blevins was followed to the finish line by Royce Peters, Robbie Ferguson, Josh Hale and polesitter, Nate Monteith.

Motor Mile Speedway - Philip Morris took the win in the first 75-lap race to add to his huge win total with his rival, Davin Scites taking the win in the second 75-lap race. Morris was handed the victory in race number one when Mike Looney encountered electrical problems. Looney finished third behind UARA-STARS regular, Curtis Truex, Jr. with Jason Mitcham fourth and Tommy Lemons, Jr. fifth. Pole sitter in race number, Chad Harris led over 25 laps, but encountered problems and finished a disappointing 29th. In race number two, Scites started on the pole and dominated the race winning over Morris, who finished second. Truex was third, Looney fourth and Harris bounced back from race number one problems to finish fifth. Kelly Kingery had a strong night finishing sixth in both of the twin races.

Music City Motorplex - No racing this week, Racing Returns August 2nd.

Myrtle Beach Speedway - No Late Models racing this week. Next Late Model race on August 2nd.

Newport Speedway - No Late Model Stocks this week. In Limited Late Models Wayne Webb and Sonny Leatherwood shared twin victories. Rusty Webb took the win in the Super Late Models. LMSC Racing returns next Saturday night, August 2nd. Update from last weeks LMSC race, Junior Franks got the victory over Kaleb Pressley, Burt Cable, Jeff Myers and Jackie Buckner with a field of 13 cars.

Orange County Speedway - A purse cut that was eventually paid, a driver boycott and other rumors flying around about Orange County Speedway saw the track post a season worst eight car field for the July 26th event. Two of the tracks regulars, Jon Denning and Ronald Hill were found last night at South Boston Speedway, leaving Orange County hurting for cars. Despite the low car count 150-laps of action took to the track with David Triplett, Jr. taking the win over points leader, Stacy Puryear. Terry Dease, Leigh Caruthers and Ryan Gray completed the top five finishers.

Southern National Raceway Park - Track website unclear on the upcoming races for the Kenly, NC facility. New track owner, Del Richards is working hard to make plans for the completion of the season with Super Late Models returning. More info is to follow.

South Boston Speedway - Deac McCaskill won the pole and led flag

back straight away according to sources in attendance. Loden's car showed the damage as he rolled into the victory lane area where he would be interviewed for finishing second. All heck broke loose in victory lane as Mercer pulled in and the teams had a chance to see

to flag in winning his second feature of the season at SoBo. McCaskill, who scored his first win in the Bailey's 200 back on July 3rd, was followed to the line by Wayne Ramsey, Justin Johnson, Dustin Storm and Ronald Hill. 16-cars started the race at SoBo, a strong field for this time of the year.

Tri-County Motor Speedway - Thanks to the new track photographer Debra Slater-Manter, who is also the track photographer at Hickory Motor Speedway we are now going to able to bring you a little news from Tri-County Motor Speedway. Lee Tissot got another victory this past Friday night bested a good field of cars. RA Brown finished second, Andy Loden third, Kevin Leicht fourth and Jesse LeFevers fifth.