Huddleston in the hunt

Tim Huddleston of Agoura Hills won the NASCAR Late Model race, his third of the year, and Andrew Myers saw his championship chances disappear Saturday night at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale.
Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills held on to his lead in the Late Model standings by finishing second to Huddleston. Joanides entered the race with a four-point lead over Huddleston and a 12-point lead over Myers. With the win, Huddleston trails Joanides by two points.
Myers, a driver from Newport Beach, was sent to the back of the field for colliding with pole sitter Lindsey King, then assessed a stop-and-go penalty for rough driving. Myers finished 16th.
King, a driver for Huddleston's High Point Racing team, was also sent to the back of the 25-car field for colliding with Myers, but she worked her way back to eighth place at the end.
King became the first woman to win a Late Model race at the track the last time the Late Models raced two weeks ago. She started on the front row, in second, and led every lap of the 40-lap race.
She was on the front row again for Saturday night's race, this time on the pole, and Joanides was the one who put her there.
Joanides set the fastest lap in qualifying. But the starting order was randomly determined and the first six cars were inverted, putting King on the pole and Joanides in sixth.
"She got one free pass tonight," Joanides said. "I've been too nice to her I guess."
In the race King won two weeks ago, Joanides finished second and tried to pass her on a couple of occasions. He said afterward it's probably a good thing he wasn't able to pass her because if he did, he would have been the most hated driver at the track.
Benny Moon, another driver for High Point Racing, made his final start at Irwindale. He will return to race for High Point Racing at Las Vegas and Tucson Raceway Park in Arizona. Beau Debard will be in the High Point Racing car for the next Late Model race at Irwindale. Ryan Kaplan, who is racing in USAC, will finish the season in Moon's car at Irwindale.