LITTLE VALLEY - In one of the closest super late model finishes in recent memory, Ron Davies of Warren edged his brother, Dutch, by a short nose to win the 30- lap Super Late Model feature before at Little Valley Speedway on Saturday night.

Ron Davies took the lead at the outset from the outside of the front row, outdigging pole-sitter Bob Close. Following a lap one spin by Bump Hedman, Davies surrendered the lead to Mike Knight on lap two, but regained it on a lap four restart. While this was going on, Dutch Davies was working his way forward from seventh, claiming second on lap 14 and then steaming by Ron on the low side to take command on lap 15.

From there a classic high-low battle ensued with Dutch clinging to the bottom, and Ron, as is his wont, rim-riding around the outside. As that scenario developed, Knight began to pressure Ron for second. While Ron pulled away from Knight, he came upon the slower car of Al Brewer, who was occupying the space he needed.

That set up the pivotal event of the race. With Dutch driving away and Ron stymied behind Brewer, Knight brought out the caution when he slammed the turn two wall.

That set up a six-lap shootout, with Dutch and Ron the top two, followed by Chad Ruhlman, who was strong all night, and Bob Close.

When the race resumed, Dutch dove to the bottom while Ron climbed to the top and the race was on. With Dutch determined to bottom feed, Ron careened around the outside, tempting fate on every lap as the marbles and the wall loomed ever so close. He pulled alongside, but Dutch was able to keep his momentum down low. On lap 29 Ron pulled alongside once again in turn three, but that time when they emerged the distance between them was considerable shorter. On the final lap Ron once again made a move coming out of turn four and the two drag raced to the line with Ron just getting his nose in front as they crossed the stripe.

Ruhlman took third, followed by Close, and Hedman, who came from the rear after the early spin.

The BRP Can Am 360 late models raced the Brock Young Memorial, a prestigious race dedicated to a young racer who died tragically several years ago. The race paid $1422 to win. Fittingly, a close friend of the family, Steve Dixon, emerged victorious, keeping Dixon unbeaten at Little Valley this year with three straight wins.

Dixon took the lead from Scooter Pangrazio on lap 11 of a crash-laden event, avoiding the carnage all around him in the process. From there he outgunned, Pangrazio, who surrendered second to Jeff Chesebro on the final lap of the race, shortened from the scheduled 20 laps to 15 when a quick rain shower descended on the track. Larry Knowles and Brian Kotarski completed the top five.

In other action, Randy Hall wired the field from the outside pole to win the 20-lap E-Mod feature, easily outdistancing Brent Rhebergen, who grabbed second from Brad Wall on the final straightaway. Heat winner Vic Vena finished fourth, with Dan Davies completed the top five.

Justin Baxter took the lead early in the 15-lap street stock race and cruised over the finish line first, followed by Andy Michael, Jason Dobson, Adam Sixt and Adam Ashcroft. Unfortunately for Baxter and Dobson, they were disqualified for not having the required scatter shield or blanket on their transmissions, a serious safety breech, giving the win to Michael, his second in a row, and moving Sixt to second, Ashcroft to third, Chris Austin to forth, and Butch Talbot to fifth in the final accounting.

Finally, Steve Mowrey came from 10th to win the 10-lap mini-stock feature going away.

Super Late Models

Ron Davies, Dutch Davies, Chad Ruhlman, Bob Close, Bump Hedman, Jeff Hoffman, Greg Oakes, Ed Carley, Mickey Wright, John Lacki, Brent Rhebergen, Al Brewer, Tim Schram, Jason Dupont, Mike Knight, Shane Clanton, John Haggerty, Ron Baker, Brad Mesler, Todd Sweet, Jon Law, and Dan Stives. Heat winners were Ron Davies, Knight, and Law.

360 Late Models

Steve Dixon, Jeff Chesebro, Scooter Pangrazio, Larry Knowles, Brian Kotarski, Brian Knowles, Bryce Davis, Jr. Peters, Dave Dubois, Jason Knowles, Neil Patterson, Mike Wonderling, Quinn Sutherland, Don Krug, John Lichy, Jim Johnson, Mikey Wonderling, Jason Boyle, Jon Waters, Jon Rivers, Jeremy Wonderling, Greg Galligan, Dave Miller, Derek Boyle, Bob Close, and Bruce Miller. DNQ- Matt Bove, Jr. Green, Tom Schnars, and Cecil LaBaron. Heat winners were Kotarski, Mikey Wonderling, and Pangrazio. B Main winner was Sutherland.

E-Mods

Randy Hall, Brent Rhebergen, Brad Wall, Vic Vena, Dan Davies, Tim

Peterson, Tim Rockwell, Craig Bedell, Jeff Johnson, Kyle Bedell, Justin Tatlow, Mark Gilbert, Mike Eschrich, Nathan Hill, and Brian Fardink. DNS- Darren Tarabori, Tim Walden, and Jeremy Bucktooth. Heat winners were Rockwell and Vena.

Street Stocks

Andy Michael, Adam Sixt, Adam Ashcroft, Chris Austin, Butch Talbot, Rob Stromecki, Josh Wilcox, Cliff Johnson Jr., Shane Wolfer, Jason Schoonmaker, Jeff Woodard, Barry Tingue, Andrew Eastman, Nathan Arnold, Steve Sklar, Kyle Bradigan, Rich Wojtowicz, Tim Bruce, and Mark Loveland. DNS- Dan Giboo. DQ- Baxter and Dobson. Heat winners were Baxter, Talbot, and Dobson.

Mini Stocks

Steve Mowrey, Brad Ullmann, Jim Gallaway, Levi Watson, Nick Snayczuk, Brian Kunselmann, Dave Lowe Jr., Michael Miller, Kurt Goodell, and Paul Bidwell. Heat winner was Mowrey.