Hello and Happy Monday!

The two sites with the highest pavement Late Model participation this weekend were Wake County Speedway in Raleigh, N.C., and the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Both were under the Championship Auto Racing Series sanctioning, and they have prominent spots in this week's Monday Digest.

Wake County held its annual zMax CARS Late Model Stock Tour event, with an overflow field for the second straight year. Conner Jones rebounded from a fuel problem late in that 175-lapper around the quarter-mile bullring. The midrace highlights included several run-ins involving polesitter Mini Tyrrell and Doug Barnes Jr. (the race amazingly stayed under green for a big after Tyrrell's airborne moment; image from FloRacing).

In the Pacific time zone, the Pro and Limited Late Models of the Spears CARS Tour West visited Vegas, with familiar winners in Keelan Harvick and Jeff Peterson. Haley Constance took top honors at Evergreen Speedway in Washington, and Sam Solari grabbed one for the second straight week at Stockton 99 Speedway in California.

Outside of the season opener for Pro Late Models at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, won by Brett Robinson, and a couple of support-division-highlighted shows at Montgomery, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., most of the rest of the action was in the Eastern time zone. Celebrations there were held for Hudson Canipe, Jake Finch, Dylan Ward, Brad Housewright, Josh Sage (omitting him earlier is the reason for the revised release) and others.

Results for all of these and other races, plus story links from a few and photos from a few more, are below. All photos on these releases are hyperlinked if the photographer has a website or other online presence. All of the advertisements are also hyperlinked.

Scroll down to see it all. In our Wednesday Winners edition we'll go more in depth with Robinson from Nashville, plus look at the newest Carolina Pro Late Model Series race winner, and two more stories from the Carolinas: a new number for Dylan Ward, and a new destination for Zack Franks.

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Above: Conner Jones (44) performs a victory lap after the zMax CARS Late Model Stock Tour event at Wake County Speedway. This was Jones' fourth win in the series and first since joining the Carroll Speedshop team. (Daniel Vining photo)

—zMAX CARS LATE MODEL STOCK TOUR

—Wake County Speedway, Raleigh, N.C.

—March 28

Delta Heating & Cooling 175: 1. Conner Jones; 2. Chase Burrow; 3. Landen Lewis; 4. Brandon Pierce; 5. Landon Huffman; 6. Caden Kvapil; 7. Tate Fogleman; 8. Clay Jones; 9. Aiden King; 10. Sam Butler; 11. Treyten Lapcevich; 12. Mason Diaz; 13. Carson Brown; 14. Parker Eatmon; 15. Doug Barnes Jr.; 16. Brandon Lopez; 17. Jake Bollman; 18. Carson Loftin; 19. Ronnie Bassett Jr.; 20. Jared Fryar; 21. Mini Tyrrell; 22. Chad McCumbee; 23. Carson Haislip; 24. Jace Hale; 25. Carter Langley; 26. Daniel Vuncannon.

Lap leaders: Haislip 1, Tyrrell 2-94, Barnes 94-103, Tyrrell 104, Barnes 105, Tyrrell 106, Conner Jones 107-108, Kvapil 109-158, Conner Jones 159-167, Huffman 168-170, Clay Jones 171, Conner Jones 172-175 • Cautions: 9 • Fast qualifier (of 33 drivers): Tyrrell, 12.058 seconds

Racing America

Short Track Scene

Below: Chase Burrow, shown signing an autograph before the Delta HCP 175 at the bullring in Raleigh, N.C., finished second for his best CARS result since June. (photo courtesy Jason Stanley Racing)



Above: The crowd was huge for the Carolina Pro Late Model Series and ARCA Menards Series East at Hickory Motor Speedway. (Tim Packman photo)

—CAROLINA PRO LATE MODEL SERIES

—Hickory Motor Speedway, Newton, N.C.

—March 28

Cook Out 75: 1. Hudson Canipe; 2. Dexter Canipe III; 3. T.J. Moon; 4. Talon Pelfrey; 5. Sheldon Clay; 6. Trey Jerrell; 7. Andon Mendenhall; 8. Palmer Haag; 9. E.J. Tamayo; 10. Terri Crider; 11. Tony Cosentino; 12. Xavier Diaz; 13. Jonah Cullen; 14. Ray Minieri; 15. Tyler Church; 16. Cleon LaFrance.

Lap leaders: H.Canipe 1-4, Haag 5-16, H.Canipe 17-55 • Cautions: 4 • Fast qualifier: Crider, 14.686 seconds

ARCA Menards Series East: 1. Tristan McKee; 2. Max Reaves; 3. Isaac Kitzmiller; 4. Derek Kneeland; 5. Nick Tucker; 6. Landon Shane Huffman; 7. Dystany Spurlock; 8. Jackson McLerran; 9. Craig Pellegrini Jr.; 10. Austin Vaughn; 11. Esteban Rodriguez; 12. Hunter Deshautelle; 13. George Siciliano; 14. Nate Moeller; 15. Connor Hall; 16. Quinn Davis; 17. Michael Maples; 18. Brian Barbarow; 19. Toby Blanton; 20. Brian Weber; 21. Matt Kemp; 22. Dustin Hillenburg; 23. Tim Monroe.

Lap leaders: Reaves 1-185, McKee 186, Reaves 187, McKee 188-200 • Cautions: 7 • Fast qualifier: Reaves, 15.036 seconds

(Look for more in this week’s Wednesday Winners release)

Below: Polesitter Max Reaves (18) and eventual winner Tristan McKee emerge ahead of a three-wide battle with Landon Shane Huffman at the front of the ARCA Menards Series East field at the historic bullring near Hickory, N.C. (image from FloRacing)

Above: Corey Deuser (14) and Jackson Boone (7) battle ahead of eventual winner Brett Robinson at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. (Jeff Ames photo)

—SPECIAL PRO LATE MODEL EVENT

—Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tenn.

—March 28

Opening Night: 1. Brett Robinson; 2. Jackson Boone; 3. Corey Deuser; 4. Hunter Wright; 5. Mason Walters; 6. Weston Marthaler; 7. Cole Williams; 8. Anthony Bello; 9. Daniel Bolden; 10. Chase Johnson; 11. Davey Coble; 12. John Bradley; 13. Ben Mack; 14. Taylor Corum; 15. Mark Day; 16. Conner Poppelwell; 17. Michael Bolden; 18. Aidan Potter.

Lap leaders: Deuser 1-34, Boone 35-75, Robinson 76-122 • Cautions: 3 • Fast qualifier: Robinson, 18.801 seconds

Limited Late Model: 1. Dylan Jones; 2. Michael Pannell; 3. Joshua Pierce; 4. Steven Shaw; 5. Dwayne Hudson; 6. Carl Porter Jr.; 7. Nicholas Formosa; 8. Dustin Williams; 9. Johnathan Dishman; 10. Zach Long; 11. Jeff Belt; 12. Tony Signoracci; 13. James Jordan; 14. Buddy Moody.

Racing America

(Look for more in this week’s Wednesday Winners release)

—SPECIAL PRO LATE MODEL EVENT

—Cordele Motor Speedway, Cordele, Ga.

—March 28

Spring Nationals: 1. Jake Finch; 2. Cody Martell; 3. Cole Denton; 4. Garrett Gumm; 5. Stuart Dutton; 6. Ryan Herbert; 7. J.T. Chastain; 8. Tim Laurent.

Lap leaders: Martell 1-45, Finch 46-75 • Cautions: 1 • Fast qualifier: Finch, 16.067 seconds

Racing America

Above: Josh Sage and his crew, including support-class driver Rich Gleason, celebrate a victory at Shadybowl Speedway. (Koty Geyer/KG Media)

—VORE’S WELDING HRA LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN

—Shadybowl Speedway, DeGraff, Ohio

—March 29

Cabin Fever 50: 1. Josh Sage; 2. Ryan Fleming; 3. Zach Stacy; 4. Cassten Everidge; 5. Cody Scott; 6. Don Mahaffey Jr.; 7. Aaron Timmerman; 8. Billy Hutson; 9. Jason Timmerman; 10. Chris Munson; 11. Kent Carson; 12. Tyler Mahaffey; 13. Matthew Parsons; 14. Chris Munson; 15. Tyler Parsons; 16. Carson Lucas; 17. Jess Drook; 18. Jacob Muncy; 19. Steve Hursey.

Lap leaders: Fleming 1-36, Sage 37-50 • Cautions: 6 • Red flag: 1 • Fast qualifier: Sage, 13.574 seconds

Above: The Pro Late Models of polesitter and eventual winner Keelan Harvick (62) and his teammate Vito Cancilla (27) sit on the front row of the Spears CARS Tour West grid at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (photo courtesy Rackley WAR Racing)

—SPEARS CARS TOUR WEST

—Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nev.

—March 28

Pro Late Model: 1. Keelan Harvick; 2. Dylan Cappello; 3. Taylor Mayhew; 4. Vito Cancilla; 5. Kyle Keller; 6. Linny White; 7. Jaron Giannini; 8. Eric Schmidt; 9. Aubree Cristiani; 10. James Hamlin; 11. Jayden Johnson; 12. Robby Sawyer; 13. Scott Sanchez; 14. Alex Lessor; 15. Bobby Hodges; 16. Bristol Borneman; 17. Billy Coles; 18. Brad Clarke; 19. Darren Clayton; 20. Cody Dempster; 21. Austin Herzog; 22. Ryan Phipps; 23. Hayden Hoogeveen; 24. Marc Groskreutz.

Lap leader: Harvick 1-24, Cancilla 25-34, Harvick 35-125 • Cautions: 5 • Red flag: 1 • Fast qualifier: Harvick, 14.522 seconds

Limited Late Model: 1. Jeff Peterson; 2. Cody Brown; 3. Kenna Mitchell; 4. Jay Juleson; 5. Christian Bazen; 6. Donald Witkowski; 7. Skyler Schoppe; 8. Chris Jackson; 9. Joey Iest; 10. David Quartaro; 11. Byron Borneman; 12. Chris Monez; 13. A.J. Hintsala; 14. Shelden Cooper; 15. Nash Youngren; 16. Brian Pannone; 17. Brendan Ruzbarsky; 18. Tanner Huddleston; 19. Johnny Spilotro; 20. Kellen Keller; 21. Amilleo Thomson; 22. Ryan Pannone.

Lap leaders: Mitchell 1-19, Peterson 20-100 • Cautions: 8 • Red flag: 1 • Fast qualifier: Mitchell, 15.497 seconds

Short Track Scene (Pro LM)

Short Track Scene (Limited LM)

(Look for more in this week’s Friday Features release)

Below: Eventual winner Jeff Peterson (51) battles fast qualifier Kenna Mitchell ahead of Skyler Schoppe (7) and Christian Bazen in Limited Late Model action sponsored by oil company Terrible Herbst. (Sal Sigala Jr. photo)

Above: Jeff Campbell earned his first Late Model Sportsman victory at Montgomery Motor Speedway since 2024. (David Kranak/ Impact Zone Photos)

—ALABAMA

—Montgomery Motor Speedway

March 28 Late Model Sportsman: 1. Jeff Campbell; 2. Bobby Reuse; 3. Jeff Thomson; 4. J.R. Hartley; 5. Chris Wagner

March 28 Outlaw Stock: 1. Jeremy Williams; 2. Timothy Watson; 3. Tanner Arms; 4. Jesse Dutilly; 5. Jake Daniels

—CALIFORNIA

—Stockton 99 Speedway

March 28 Pro Late Model: 1. Sam Solari; 2. Danny Devore; 3. Mason Beghtel; 4. Tony Vincent; 5. Dylan Powell

Track report

—FLORIDA

—Five Flags Speedway

March 27 Outlaw Stock: 1. Timothy Watson; 2. Logan Boyett; 3. Dustin Smith; 4. Kody Brusso; 5. Keith Thorpe

Track report

Racing America

—NORTH CAROLINA

—Caraway Speedway

March 28 Limited Late Model: 1. Dylan Ward; 2. Thomas Beane; 3. Coy Beard; 4. Heath Causey; 5. Camden Thomas

(Look for more in this week’s Wednesday Winners release)

—SOUTH CAROLINA

—Anderson Motor Speedway

March 27 Limited Late Model Twin I: 1. David Roberts; 2. R.A. Brown; 3. Justin Southerlin; 4. Zack Franks; 5. Jacob Schneider

March 27 LLM Twin II: 1. Zack Franks; 2. Neil Meredith; 3. Justin Southerlin; 4. Jacob Schneider; 5. R.A. Brown

—Florence Motor Speedway

March 28 Limited Late Model: 1. Casey Kelley; 2. Cody Kelley; 3. Jamie Weatherford; 4. Michael Grooms; 5. Truett Miranda

—TENNESSEE

—Kingsport Speedway

March 28 Late Model Sportsman: 1. Brad Housewright; 2. Derek Lane; 3. Brad Teague; 4. Bruce Crumbley; 5. Lexi Arnold

—WASHINGTON

—Evergreen Speedway

March 28 Pro Late Model: 1. Haley Constance; 2. Chad Fitzpatrick; 3. Naima Lang; 4. Chase Gardner; 5. Doug Bennett

Right: Brad Housewright swept both of the Late Model features at Kingsport, Tenn. Results of the second twin feature were not made available. (Randall Perry/ RPM Racing Photos)

Right: Haley Constance gets greeted by her sister Brooklyn after winning the Pro Late Model season opener at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Wash. (Erick Huertas photo)

Below: Sam Solari lifts his nephew Leland after winning his second straight Pro Late Model feature at the quarter-mile in Stockton, Calif. (Jessica McAnelly/ Jessie's Fast Photos)

Above: Ashton Higgins (9) and eventual winner and defending track champion Brad Housewright (88) lead Derek Lane (28) and the rest of the Late Models into turn one to kick off the Kingsport Speedway season. (Randall Perry/RPM Racing Photos)

Below: The field of Spears CARS Tour West Limited Late Models makes its first lap at speed at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Polesitter Kenna Mitchell (7) leads eventual winner Jeff Peterson (51), defending track champion Cody Brown (88) and many others in the Terrible's Showdown. (Greg Toumassian/ Greg's Treads Motorsport Media)

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