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Hello again!
This Friday Features edition looks back at the two major pavement Late Model events from last weekend: the UARA Ken Hyatt Memorial at Auburndale Speedway, and the zMax CARS Tour doubleheader at Southern National Motorsports Park.
In addition to a photo gallery from each event (Auburndale pace car view photo from Tyler Sontag on the cover image), we have a close-up from each show. From Winter Haven, Fla., Nicholas Naugle came home second to give a boost to the Southern efforts of the Canadian visitor. Naugle has plans to stick around in the Southeast and run the ASA STARS National Tour race at Five Flags Speedway and the Rattler 250 at South Alabama over the rest of March.
The pleasant surprise of the CARS twinbill at the oval near Kenly, N.C., was London McKenzie. The teenager's CARS debut found him finishing third in the Pro Late Model race and holding that position for a good while in the Late Model Stock Car feature until some tire issues set in on his effort.
There's one more story included in these pages. Hickory Motor Speedway boss Kevin Piercy has some new help on his staff: Texas native and former Houston Motorsports Park and Mobile International Speedway promoter Gina Knowles.
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