Bloomquist Back In Victory Lane.... All Southern Top 5 In Midwest

  • Saturday, August 17, 2019
  • Steve Hixson
Hall of Fame racer Scott Bloomquist
Hall of Fame racer Scott Bloomquist
Hall of Fame racer Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tn., captured the 30-lap preliminary feature on the eve of the 27th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 - Presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions on Friday night at the Batesville Motor Speedway at Locust Grove, Ark. 
  
The 600th event in the Lucas Oil series history saw a battle for the lead between Bloomquist and his Team Zero teammate Chris Madden go down to the finish as Bloomquist held off Madden.
Madden entered the race with a three-race LOLMDS win streak. With their 1-2 finish on Friday night, Madden and Bloomquist will make up the front row for the $40,000-to-win crown jewel event on Saturday night. 
  
Bloomquist; who missed over three months of racing earlier this season due to injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident; won for his all-time series leading 94th time over teammate Madden (SC), Jonathan Davenport (GA), Shanon Buckingham (TN), and Mike Marlar (TN) - all from the South.
 
Bloomquist has won the Topless 100 event five times already in his storied career. 
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