By Jack Smith

The 43 laps of green flag racing on the 3/8 mile Ocala Speedway had the fans breathless, but what was to follow was completely off the charts.

Ivedent Lloyd took the lead from Dillon Wood on lap 19, and despite challenges from Johnny Collins and Keith Nosbisch, it appeared the former Ocala track champion and crowd favorite was going to take the first leg of the All Star Championship.

A caution with 4 laps to go, brought out by Mark Whitener’s spin into the turn 3 wall, set the stage for the most dramatic finish in UDLMCS history. Dillon Wood was sitting in fourth behind Lloyd, Nosbisch and Collins when the green flag signaled the restart. By the last lap Wood had caught the leader, drove on the outside through turns 3 and 4, and swung the Bearden Oil/Power PokerClub.com sponsored #26 along the wall, outracing Lloyd to the checkered flag by less than a car length.

This was Dillon Wood’s first United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series win.

Listen to the 50 lap Feature Event and Post race interview- 26 minutes (www.karnac.com)

The full race report from Rick Anges will follow shortly.

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Finish – Start – Car# – Driver
1. 1 26 Dillon Wood
2. 5 07 Ivedent Lloyd
3. 4 5C Johnny Collins
4. 9 101 Keith Nosbisch
5. 19 17SS Shan Smith
6. 6 7F Jason Fitzgerald
7. 10 58 Shane Williams
8. 14 00B Russell Brown, Jr.
9. 11 17F Richard Ferry
10. 7 47 Tyler Ivey
11. 2 26B Adam Bedenbaugh
12. 3 32 Phillip Cobb
13. 13 12 Jack Nosbisch
14. 18 00R Wayne Reutimann Jr.
15. 15 0 Rich Pratt
16. 17 J17 Joe Kump
17. 16 79 Jason Kimball
18. 22 0¢ Andy Schell
19. 25 24 Dennis Williams
20. 35 23 Christian Augspurger
21. 12 33 Jeff Mathews
22. 8 5W Mark Whitener
23. 24 6 Clay Bedenbaugh
24. 21 16 Wayne Shugart
25. 20 53 John Rankin