Walker Arthur scored a $15,000 payday with the FASTRAK Late Model Series win Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway. Photo courtesy FASTRAK Media
Walker Arthur held off Dennis “Rambo” Franklin over the final six laps of Saturday night’s FASTRAK Racing Series Dirt Late Model feature on Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, VA to win the $15,000 “World Championship of Pro Late Model Racing.”
Arthur became the twelfth different winner of the event in its twelve year history. The win was a career best effort for Arthur.
“I hated to cut Rambo off,” Arthur said in victory lane. “On that last restart I heard him digging down there so I had to steal that line or he was going to beat me coming to the white flag. I hated to do it but I believe he would have done it to me. I’m not sure but I think he would have.”
Arthur and Mark Parks led the 24 car field to green, with Parks taking the early lead. Over the next four laps, Arthur tried high and low to get by Parks, but each time Parks slammed the door to hold on to the lead.
On Lap five, the battle for second went three wide in turns 1 and 2, with Arthur rocketing around the outside of Parks and Kenny Compton, Jr. to briefly take the lead. As the two drove into turn 4, Compton slid under Arthur to grab the lead. On lap 11, the first caution of the event flew for a slowing Jensen Ford in turn 2.
On the restart, Arthur swept out of turn 2 with the lead and began to pull away. On lap 21, Franklin got by Compton for second and caught Arthur in traffic. Moments later, the caution flew again, this time for Daniel Baggerly, who suffered a mechanical failure in turn 2.
Back under green, Arthur had worked his lead out to a four car length advantage over Franklin and Matt Long. Behind them, Tim Dohm and Tyler Bare battled for fourth. With ten laps to go, Arthur held a six car length advantage over Franklin.
With the laps winding down Franklin worked every groove on the track to try and close on the leader. On lap 51, Arthur began to run into slower traffic, allowing Franklin and Long to close in on him.
Caution flew again on lap 54 for a spin by night one winner Corey Gordon. The caution came out again on the restart after Rick Williams had an engine expire on the front stretch.
On the final restart, Franklin jumped to the inside of Arthur heading into three. The two raced side-by-side back to the finish line for the next four laps, with Arthur holding the lead by inches. Coming to the white flag, Arthur and Franklin dove back into turn three door to door. Heading into turn 4, Arthur cut off Franklin’s line coming out of turn. The move was just enough to keep Franklin behind him, as Arthur went on to take the win by .484 seconds.
Franklin finished in second, with Long in third, Dohm in fourth and Dillon Brown in fith.
Up next for the FASTRAK Late Models is the Georgia State Championships at Lavonia Speedway in Lavonia, GA on Nov. 13-14. For more info, visit FASTRAKRacing.com.
FASTRAK Late Model Series
Virginia Motor Speedway – Jamaica, VA
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1. 87-Walker Arthur
2. 2F-Dennis Franklin
3. 25-Matt Long
4. A1-Tim Dohm
5. 6-Dillon Brown
6. 30-Tyler Bare
7. 8-Ron Parker
8. 7P-Mark Parks
9. 18-T.J. Salango
10. 12M-Ryan Montgomery
11. 24S-Jimmy Schiltz
12. 12U-Brandon Umberger
13. 24N-Matthew Nance
14. 28-Aaron Barley
15. 71-Davis Lipscombe
16. 84-Kyle Lukon
17. 12W-Rick Williams
18. 23-Corey Gordon
19. 210-Kenny Compton, Jr.
20. 16-Daniel Baggerly
21. 2*-Jared Powell
22. 8H-Daniel Hill
23. 83-Jensen Ford
24. 11-David Smith
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