JAMAICA, Va. – It’s been since the 2008 season since 2006 Limited Late Model champion Austin Hubbard has visited victory lane at Virginia Motor Speedway, this time Hubbard did it in the Victory Lap Pro Late Model division.
Hubbard would grab the lead from his outside starting position on would lead flag to flag to pick up the win and also take over the points lead.
“It feels so good to be back in victory lane here, it feels like a family reunion,” Hubbard said. “This track has been the raciest track in the country this year, with two and three wide the norm.”
It may show in the results that Hubbard led every lap and that it was a cake walk, but that was not the case, as Matthew Hildebrand reeled in Hubbard with five laps to go. Once Hubbard saw the nose of Hildebrand, he increased the pace to keep his slim lead all the way to the checkers. Rounding out the top five were Hildebrand, Ray Love, Jr., Jeremy Pilkerton, and Chuck Bowie.
It only took four laps for Tim Shelton to work his way from eighth to the lead in the Truckin Thunder Sportsman 25 lap feature. Shelton passed Steve Causey on lap 4 and never looked back to take his third win in a row and third in a row.
In the Budweiser Modified 25 lap feature Rick Hulson worked his way from his seventh place starting position to take the lead on lap 13 from then leader Brent Bordeaux . Hulson never looked back.
Twelve hours before visiting Virginia Is For Racing Lovers victory lane in the Collision One Limited Stock Car 20 lap feature, Johnny Brooks was in the hospital emergency room for something in his eye and kidney stones. That didn’t keep him from holding off Brian Maxey for his first victory of 2022.
The Finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 38B-Austin Hubbard[2]; 2. 96-Matthew Hildebrand[1]; 3. 08-Ray Love Jr[3]; 4. 8-Jeremy Pilkerton[4]; 5. 14C-Chuck Bowie[12]; 6. 51-Jerry Barker[6]; 7. 10-Matt Ashworth[10]; 8. 71-Davis Lipscombe[7]; 9. 29H-Vaughan Haywood[11]; 10. 38-Nicolas Love[5]; 11. 0-Chase Burrow[9]; 12. 37-Bud Stinson[14]; 13. 28-Tyler Dettor[8]; 14. 1-Jaden Kern[13]