Under a warm mix of sun and clouds on Saturday, the Greenville-Pickens Speedway opened their gates for round two of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action on Saturday night, and when it was all over, a first-time winner sat in “Double Aught Bryan Ramey Victory Lane” as the headlining Limited Late Model 75-lap feature was won in dominating fashion by one fast female, Tasha Kummer.

The Limited Late Model division is running regularly at the historic short track for the first time in 2016. Colby Howard qualified fastest for the second straight week, so he began the race from the front row alongside the No. 35 of Tasha Kummer.

Last week’s winner Luke Sorrow started third next to his sister-in-law Taylor Sorrow.

Howard took the lead at the outset but Kummer drove by him early in the race as he fell all the way back to seventh in the first seven laps.

Green flag conditions stayed until lap 22 when the No. 44 of Brian Burns got crossed up and spun between the first and second turns. By this time, Howard had moved back up to ride in the fifth spot behind last week’s winner Luke Sorrow. Over the next fifty laps Kummer pulled out to a full second advantage as she had her No. 35 perking on this night.

Root stayed in second being hounded by Taylor Sorrow until the no. 92 finally passed Root on lap 54. Luke Sorrow also slipped by Root into third and then passed his sister-in-law with just nine circuits left to take over the runner up spot and set sail after leader Kummer.

It didn’t appear Luke had the car to close the gap but on lap 71 everything changed when Burns spun into the wall hard, bringing out the race’s third yellow.

This set up a five-lap shootout at the Greenville-Pickens corral as Luke Sorrow would now restart on the outside of Kummer and have a chance at the lead and a second straight win.

It was not to be.

Kummer shot back out front on the restart and was never challenged again as she scored her first career victory in a flawless performance. Luke Sorrow finished second, Taylor Sorrow third, Andrew Cordell finished fourth and Bob Root kept his ’16 top five streak alive with a fifth place finish.

Limited Late Models:
1 – Tasha Kummer #35
2 – Luke Sorrow #9
3 – Taylor Sorrow #92
4 – Andrew Cordell #33
5 – Bob Root #28
6 – Phillip Peters #1
7 – Colby Howard #16
8 – Greg Welborn #0
9 – Brad Burns #44
10 – Dillon Houser #11
11 – RJ West #16