NOVEMBER 24, 2024 - - - Bubba Roling, of Clay Hill, Florida, recorded the seventh Late Model feature victory of his 2024 campaign over the November 22-23 weekend during the ‘Early Bird 50’ at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Georgia! On Friday night in 602 qualifying, Bubba went fourth quickest overall during the time trial session prior to landing a heat race triumph. He then started from the pole position in Saturday’s 30-lapper and beat Grayson Ott, Brayden Johnson, Mario Gresham, and John Baker to the checkered flag to bag the $2,500 first place prize money!
In 604 Late Model action with the Crate Racin’ USA Late Model Series, Bubba laid down the quickest time in his group during Friday’s qualifying session and he later picked up another heat race win. After rolling off third on the grid in the 13th Annual ‘Early Bird 50’ on Saturday evening, Bubba scrubbed the outside wall while racing hard with Cody Overton. He slipped back to as far as ninth in the running order before salvaging a solid sixth place performance in the 50-lap affair behind only $10,000 victor Joseph Brown, Cody Overton, Mark Whitener, Trent Ivey, and Trynt Lloyd.
The “Ghost” was officially placed second in the final version of the Crate Racin' USA $100,000 Challenge behind only Jimmy Thomas and now sits third in overall series points! Full results from the entire ‘Early Bird 50’ weekend can be found online by visiting www.raceneedmorespeedway.com.