BURNSIDE, Ky. – Jimmy Owens earned a $5,000 payday during the Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Northern and Southern Series Hall of Fame 40 Sunday evening at Lake Cumberland Speedway.
Owens would jump to the lead at the start of the feature event, with Jensen Ford, Michael Chilton, Devin Gilpin, and Dustin Linville giving chase. Tommy Bailey would work past Linville for the fifth position on lap three, while Owens would immediately stretch his lead.
Ford and Chilton would settle into a side-by-side battle for the second position, with Chilton gaining the spot on lap six, while Devin Gilpin would work under Ford for the third spot one circuit later. Owens would begin to work traffic on lap eleven and continued to drive away from the field, while Gilpin would chase down Chilton and take second position on lap 16.
Ford, Bailey, and Dustin Nobbe would begin a three-way battle for the fourth position, with Nobbe taking fifth from Bailey on lap 22. Owens would lap up to the sixth place car of Bailey by lap 27 and continue to cruise when the only caution of the event waved as the field worked lap thirty when Larry Greer made contact with the outside retaining wall in turn three and while Greer’s machine was being towed off the track, second place Gilpin would have to go to the work area and change a flat right-rear tire and return.
Owens would quickly motor away from the field on the restart, while Nobbe would take third Ford on lap 31, only to have Ford reclaim the third position on lap 36. However, there would be no one catch Owens and he would claim the win, with Chilton finishing second and Ford finishing third. Gilpin would work his way past Nobbe on the final lap to nip him for fourth and finish, with Nobbe settling for fifth.
The remainder of the top-10 finishers would be Bailey, Tristan Chamberlain, Derek Fisher, Ted Nobbe, and Gavin Schmidt.
The finish:
Jimmy Owens, Michael Chilton, Jensen Ford, Devin Gilpin, Dustin Nobbe, Tommy Bailey, Tristan Chamberlain, Derek Fisher, Ted Nobbe, Gavin Schmidt, Joe Bray, Larry Greer, Dustin Linville, Steve Godsey, Josh Hampton.