Huddleston brings out the Blue Laser for Indian Guides night at Toyota Speedway

The odds were a little against Tim Huddleston, a driver from Agoura Hills, in the NASCAR Super Late Model race at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night.
He entered his Late Model car in the Super Late Model race for Indian Guides night at the track.
The car was down on horsepower, but not on effort.
Huddleston brought home a ninth-place finish in the second of two Super Late Model races at the track, quite a noble effort for the car he calls the Blue Laser.

Huddleston wins Late Model race at Irwindale

Tim Huddleston of Agoura Hills won the NASCAR Late Models race and closed within two points of the lead in the Late Model standings at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale.
Huddleston, the reigning Late Model champion at the track, won his fourth race of the season. It was also his fourth win in the past five races in the Late Model division at the track.
Mike Johnson of Covina was second, followed by Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills in third. Joanides is the leader in the Late Model Division. He has two Late Model wins, but hasn’t won since April 25. Joanides is also the leader in the Super Late Model division at the track.
R.J. Johnson won his third straight NASCAR Super Trucks Series race after having shock problems in qualifying. His crew replaced the rear shocks on his truck after qualifying. Johnson started fourth and worked his way to the front after a tense battle with Grant Hebner for the lead.
It was Johnson’s fourth win in the past five Super Trucks races at Irwindale.
Hebner, a rookie driver from Fallbrook, held on for second. Ron Peterson from Riverside was third.
Pat Mintey Jr. of Quartz Hill, the leader in the Super Trucks standings, was fourth. Bill Sedgwick, one of the original drivers in the NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series, was fifth. Sedgwick, who is the crew chief for the car driven by Ontario’s Jason Bowles in the NASCAR Camping World Series West, was making his first start of the season in the Super Trucks division at Irwindale.
Donny St. Ours of Upland made a last-lap pass on Ryan Reed of Bakersfield to win the Legends Cars race. It was the third win of the season for St. Ours and his third in the past four races at the track. Chad Schug of Oak Hills was third.
Brandon Toy of Bakersfield, the leader in the Legends Cars standings at Irwindale, had a bad points night. He completed only nine laps and finished 23rd.
Ken Michaelian of Lawndale won his third race in a row in the NASCAR Classic Stocks. It was his seventh win in eight races at the track this season.
Tommy Agosta of Chino was second followed by Mike Colato Jr. of Chatsworth.

Huddleston wins three in a row at Irwindale

Tim Huddleston of Agoura Hills won his third NASCAR Late Model race in a row at Toytota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night. All of a sudden, Huddleston, the reigning Late Model champion at the track, is closing in on the lead in the Late Model standings.
Huddleston is eight points behind Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills, the leader in the Late Model standings at Irwindale. Joanides finished sixth in the race on Saturday night.
In other races, Jeremiah Wagner of Las Vegas won the ASA Speed Truck Challenge race. He was followed by Randel King of Riverside in second and Cole Carbrera of Exeter in third.
Daryl Scoggins of Sunland won his third straight NASCAR Mini Stocks race. He leads the Mini Stocks standings by eight points over Tyler Rogers of Riverside. Rogers won the first two races of the Mini Stocks season at Irwindale.
Donny St. Ours of Upland won the Legends Cars race. It was his first win in the Legends Cars division at the track. Brandon Toy of Bakersfield leads the Legends Cars standings at Irwindale. He finished seventh in the race on Saturday night.
Dalton Kuhn of San Marcos won the South West Tour Truck Series race. He was followed by Jeff Williams of Newbury Park in second and Ronnie Davis Jr. of Whittier in third.

Huddleston wins second straight NASCAR Late Model race at Irwindale

Tim Huddleston of Agoura Hills won his second race in a row in the NASCAR Late Model division at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night.
Huddleston, the reigning Late Model champion at the track, got off to a bit of a slow start, trails Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills, by 18 points in the Late Model standings.
Joanides, who has won two Late Model races at Irwindale this year, finished third in the race on Saturday night.
Ken Michaelian of Lawndale won the Classic Stocks race. It was his fifth win in six Classic Stock races at the track.
Larry Cerquettini of Redlands won his fourth Super Stocks race in a row at Irwindale.

Huddleston wins his first race of the season at Irwindale

Tim Huddleston, a driver from Agoura Hills, won the NASCAR Late Model race at Toyota Speedway on Saturday night. It was his first win of the season. The reigning Late Model champion at the track has gone winless in four straight races.
Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills, the leader in the Late Model standings at Irwindale, was third. He has two wins in the Late Models. Joanides is also the leader in the Super Late Model standings at the track. He has four wins in six races.
Mike Johnson, a driver from Long Beach, was second in the Late Model race.
There were 21 cars in the Late Model race, down from 28 cars two weeks ago and down from 32 cars on opening night.
Among the drivers not entered in the race was Andrew Myers from Carlsbad. He won a NASCAR Late Model race on April 11 at Irwindale. But track officials parked him two weeks ago for rough driving.
Tommy Agosta of Chino snapped the four-race winning streak of Ken Michaelian in the NASCAR Classic Stocks. Michaelian won the first four Classic Stocks races at the track this year, plus a Classic Stocks figure eights race.
Daryl Scoggins of Sunland won his second straight race in the NASCAR Mini Stocks division. He finished ahead of Tyler Rogers, a driver from Riverside, and Kevin Bernhardt of Fontana.
Dennis Tarlton won the DriveTech Late Models race.

Nick Joanides 2-for-2 at Irwindale

Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills won the NASCAR Late Model race at Irwindale. It was his second win at the track this season. He won the NASCAR Super Late Model race at the track last weekend on opening night.
Joanides is the reigning Super Late Model champion at the track. He was the runner-up in the Late Model standings at Irwindale last year.
Tim Huddleston, a driver from Agoura Hills, finished second in the Late Model race, followed by Andrew Myers of Carlsbad. Huddleston won the Late Model championship at Irwindale the past two seasons. Myers said he is only racing a partial schedule in the Late Model division at Irwindale. He also races on the NASCAR Camping World Series West.
For a video interview of Joanides after the race, click here.