three races at Motor Mile Speedway last May and he looked to have that "May Magic" going again as he found himself in the lead of the second twin race after the two leaders had trouble. Once in the lead, it was no easy task for the young driver to stay there as he had Justin Johnson nipping on his heels the whole way as the two raced nose to tail and side by side for much of the race.

Late in the race, a caution waved just as Johnson had passed Lemons by a fender at the start-finish line and that would set up two tries at a green, white, checkered finish and that would prove to be a problem for Lemons as his tire was going down. Lemons would drop to a finish outside of the top ten, but he served noticed that May would be the month that he would put himself back in contention for victories on the highly competitive 4/10 mile track.

Lemons was ready to prove that once again as twin features were on tap once again on May 15th and Lemons had come prepared to grab his first win of the season at Motor Mile. Lemons, as always was among the fastest cars on Friday in testing and again in practice during the day, Saturday and he was able to back that up with a solid qualifying effort in third. From the drop of the green flag, Lemons could tell that he had a car that could compete for the win if things fell his way and after disposing of the second place car and taking the position himself, he set his sights on the leader.

Long green flag runs in the 100-lap race would keep Lemons at bay from the leader however, but this time there would be no cut tire and no mechanical problems as Lemons drove to his car home to a second place finish. Lemons was hoping to get another shot at a win in the later twin race, but Mother Nature intervened and rained out the second race of the night.

"Man, I was really looking forward to that second race," said a smiling Lemons. "I knew we'd have a good car for that race, but we'll take our second place finish and go home. We're inching closer to winning up here again, but this place is tough and I know second here is as good as a win anywhere else."

Lemons competes in a Marlowe Racing Chassis powered by a Cox Racing Engine and the up-and-coming driver is supported by; Lemons Backhoe, Summit Construction and Colonial LP Gas, but is also still seeking full-time sponsorship for this season. Lemons will be off this weekend, but next weekend on Saturday, May 29th he'll return to the site of his early season victory at South Boston Speedway for twin features and then he'll return to Motor Mile on Saturday, June 5th.

"I hate that we're off from Motor Mile this weekend, because I feel like we are close to getting a win up there," stated Lemons. "But, going back to South Boston will be good too, we got us a win earlier this season and I really think we can be up front right off the truck. Hopefully we can go up there next weekend and get us another win."

For more information on Tommy Lemons, Jr. or Lemons Motorsports visit the teams website www.tommylemonsjr27.com or contact RACE22 Driver Management at (276) 613-4208.