Austin Hubbard scores Pro Late Model victory at VMS

It’s been since the 2008 season Limited Late Model Champion Austin Hubbard of Bridgeville, Del., has visited Virginia Is For Racing Lovers victory lane at Virginia Motor Speedway (VMS). This time Hubbard did it in the Victory Lap Pro Late Model division.

Hubbard would grab the lead from his outside starting position on the lead flag to pick up the win and also take over the points lead.

“It feels so good to be back in victory lane here, it feels like a family reunion. This track has been the raciest track in the country this year, with two and three wide the norm,” said Hubbard in Virginia Is For Racing Lovers victory lane.

It may show in the results that Hubbard led every lap and that it was a cake walk, but that was not the case, as Matthew Hildebrand reeled in Hubbard with five laps to go. Once Hubbard saw the nose of Hildebrand’s nose, he increased the pace to keep his slim lead all the way to the checkers. Rounding out the top five were Hildebrand, Ray Love Jr., Jeremy Pilkerton, and Chuck Bowie.

The speedway will take the Independence Day weekend off and return to racing Saturday, July 9, and host Gloucester S.T.A.R. Kids Night and week four of Dirt Series Championship weekly racing. The night will feature all four of the speedway’s weekly divisions in action.

Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a half-mile dirt oval track located on U.S. 17, eight miles north of Saluda in Jamaica.