THORNBURG, V.A.- The zMAX CARS Tour made its northernmost stop on the 2024 schedule this past Saturday night (June 15), venturing up to Virginia’s Dominion Raceway.
Only the Late Model Stock cars were in action as the Pro Late Models remain on leave, but that didn’t mean there was any shortage of action. Much like last time out at Langley Speedway, there was hard racing throughout the night and quite a few feelings hurt.
Brenden ‘Butterbean’ Queen went wire-to-wire for the second time this year, scoring his second win of 2024 and seventh of his CARS Tour career. But Butterbean’s dominance wasn’t the only story from the night. Fans in attendance saw fantastic battles late in the running and even the return of a Late Model Stock car legend.
Here are three takeaways from the Mini’s Mission 125 at Dominion Raceway.
Another Butterbean Butt Whoopin’
For the second time in 2024 and fourth time in the past seven months, Butterbean led all 125-laps of a CARS Tour race.
This is becoming a common trend. When he and the No. 03 Lee Pulliam Performance team are at their best, they’re untouchable. Such was the case Saturday night at Dominion. Queen didn’t just lead the entire way. He was never really challenged.
“We like to give butt whooping’s right,” Queen said of the run. “It’s just Lee Pulliam Performance. People doubted him and I never did. When I signed there I told him there’s no other team I’d want to go drive a Late Model Stock car for. He’s the best I ever raced against and now getting to work with him is proving to everybody.
“His cars are bad to the bone. You don’t really see a lot of people leading every lap in this series anymore so I really don’t ever take it for granted, it’s very special. You like winning the close ones and you like winning the good battles but it’s always nice to dominate, too.”
The dominant performance started early in the afternoon. Queen laid down a blistering lap to win his second-consecutive pole at Dominion, breaking the Late Model Stock car track record in the process.
That was a sign of things to come. The fan favorite jumped to the lead at the drop of the green flag and never looked back. Nobody seemed to have anything for the No. 03, even when title hopeful Connor Hall made his way to second in the closing stages.
For the second race in a row, we had the two title favorites one-on-one at the front of the field. But this time…
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