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Andy Loden took advantage of a restart on lap 80 of Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Old Glory 150 at Concord (NC) Speedway, passing Roger Lee Newton for a lead he would never give up to score his first PASS South super late model feature win. Ryan Blaney chased Loden to the checkers, with series point leader Preston Peltier third, Jimmy Weller fourth and John Stancill fifth.

Ryan Moore was fastest in Pro Photo Productions time trials with a lap of 15.726, nipping Preston Peltier (15.777) for fast time. Jimmy Weller (15.776), Justin Wakefield (15.810) Bobby Measmer (15.818) Roger Lee Newton (15.832), Brandon Ward (15.855) Loden (15.858) Blaney (15.890) and Kevin Love (15.948) timed in third through tenth in the 28 car field.

Newton snagged the number one starting spot when the top ten redraw was complete, with Moore to his outside. Loden took the green from the seventh starting spot.

Newton and Moore paced the field for the first half of the race and the pair led the field to the second half of the 150 lap feature just as they did when the first green flag fell. The field took a half way break for two tires and adjustments, and the action heated up when the green flag dropped.

Loden charged to the lead after restarting fourth behind Newton, Moore and Ryan Blaney. Blaney was the biggest threat to Loden over the final 75 laps but the three time Hickory Motor Speedway champ kept Blaney in his rear view mirror for the win.