MADERA, Calif. – Carlos Vieira scored his first MAVTV-televised Nut Up Pro Late Model victory on Saturday night at Madera Speedway, earning $5,000 during the season opener that ended with a a five-lap shootout to close the 100-lap feature. Jason Aguirre snaked through into second on the restart, then clamped down on Vieira for the lead. Aguirre led Austin Herzog, Nascimento, Vieira, and Erickson as the top-five when the scheduled halfway break arrived eight laps early on lap 42. Vieira went to the outside, storming past Aguirre to the lead on lap 78. Vieira picked the inside of Erickson for the final restart with five laps remaining. Erickson led lap 96 by .042 seconds before swinging wide into turn one to allow Vieira to lead lap 97. The race went into the break on lap 32 with McClenny credited as the leader ahead of Kiemele.

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