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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.04.2020 - 9:14 am
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Casey Roderick breaks through and scores his first All American 400 win,
pulling away from Chandler Smith at the end for the victory. The win was
sweet redemption for the Georgia racer after he had one of the strongest
cars in the race last year but got caught several laps down after an
issue and never could make them up. Roderick had never finished better
than his seventh place run in 2019 in this iconic race before he picked
up the win here in his sixth attempt at it dating back to 2008. This was
Roderick's first win in any series since June 2018.

This was the first year that the All American 400 was a points race for
the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Super Late Model Tour. The event was a
combination race this year for CARS, the ARCA CRA Super Series Powered
by JEGS, ARCA Midwest Tour, and the Southern Super Series presented by
Sunoco. This led to a starting grid that was five cars larger than the
2019 race which was just an exhibition.

The All American 400 was only 300 laps this year since the race was run
in companion with a 100-lap CRA JEGS All-Stars Tour presented by
Chevrolet Performance series race. Stephen Nasse pulled double duty and
won that race over Nashville local Michael House amid a 32-car starting
field.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.04.2020 - 9:28 am
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For the first two-thirds of this race Derek Thorn had the car to beat
with Carson Hocevar seemingly his only competition. Thorn shot from
fourth place into the lead by the end of the second lap and was
dominating the race until a lap 203 restart where Hocevar got a run at
him on the outside in Turn 4. The two made contact and it ended in a
crash with Thorn spinning out and both cars in trouble all the way down
the front stretch to Turn 1. Thorn retired his #43 on the spot while
Hocevar briefly took the lead under yellow despite massive front end
damage but only managed to make a few slow laps before he had to park
his #14.

With Thorn and Hocevar on the hauler Corey Heim took the lead with
Chandler Smith and Casey Roderick in pursuit. Roderick took the lead
from Heim just before the motor went south in Heim's entry, ending his
night and setting up the Roderick vs. Smith duel for the win. The last
caution came with 33 to go for a spin by Jeremy Pate. Smith got past
Roderick on the restart but Roderick passed him back four laps later and
set sail for victory lane after that. Roderick credited a good mid-race
adjustment to his car's shocks with giving his #25 Toyota the speed it
needed to get the win.

Stephen Nasse finished third in the main event. With Pate dropping out a
few laps after his spin it allowed Nasse to pounce and best him for the
Southern Super Series championship.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.04.2020 - 9:57 am
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The battle for the CARS Super Late Model Tour championship came right
down to the final race with the large starting grid full of talented,
non-series regulars making the title fight wide open. Matt Craig came
into this race with an 18-point lead on Sammy Smith and 28-point edge on
Kodie Conner. Craig finished 10th and won the championship as a result
as Smith's KBM entry fell out with an overheating issue. Conner put his
beautiful orange-and-black tiger-livered #45 on the pole and his
eight-place finish was enough to list him past Smith into second in the
final standings.

U.S. Short Track Nationals winner Trevor Noles was third in CARS points
coming into this race, just 22 off the lead so within striking distance
of winning the championship, and was entered to compete in this one but
was oddly not present. I could find no reason online for his absence here.


  4.   Anonymous posted:
  11.05.2020 - 3:40 pm
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A shame for Thorn, he was running second in the JEGS PLM race too when
he dropped out. Glad to see he can smoke em in the southeast too. He has
all but swept the Spears tour races this year in the west, he even
already mathematically clinched that championship with one race left still


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.07.2020 - 7:42 pm
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Kodie Connor and his team almost didn't enter this race due to a lack of
funds. They got some together late, entered the race, won the pole, and
had a great run.


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