ROUGEMONT – Two races, two different winners.

David Triplett, Jr. of Durham snapped a short winless drought and Timothy Peters of Providence returned to his winning ways in twin 100-lap races for the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Late Model Stock Car Division Saturday night at Orange County Speedway.

The events were the featured attractions of the Bumpass Motors/Dodge 275.

Triplett sat on the outside of the front row for the opening race and snatched the lead from pole position winner Jason Gullie of Durham on the opening circuit.

He went on to lead the rest of the way, securing his third triumph of the season and snapping a string of subpar finishes. The win was the first for Triplett, a five-time pole position winner this season, since May 25.

"It’s good to start up front and finish up front," Triplett said after the race. "We’ve been qualifying up front, but then not getting good finishes. It’s nice to be back here (Victory Lane) tonight.

"I want to give respect to the guys on my crew," Triplett added. "They’ve been behind me 110 percent. It’s been so disappointing to qualify that good and not finish that good."

At the end of the first race, Triplett opened an envelope, which had been sealed prior to the race. Inside was a unique inversion format.

The top six drivers in the first race were inverted, horseshoe style, for the second 100-lap event.

That meant that the winner started outside of row three, the runner-up outside of row two and the third-place finisher outside on the front row. The fourth-place finisher started from the pole, while the fifth-place finisher started inside on the second row and the sixth-place runner in the first race started inside on the third row.

Peters, who entered the night as the division’s points leader at the track and also as the leader in the Southeastern Coastal Regional standings, earned the pole spot for the second race by finishing fourth in the opener.

Despite several heated challenges from eventual runner-up Deac McCaskill of Benson, Peters led all 100 laps to secure his eighth win of the campaign.

Earlier this season, Peters had reeled off six straight wins, five of which counted in the points, before being knocked out of Victory Lane for two straight events.

"I can’t say enough about this team," Peters said. "They have worked hard all year long. We had to work hard for this one and we got the luck of the draw."

McCaskill finished second in both races and managed to challenge both race winners for the lead position at times. He nearly worked around Peters on several occasions before settling back in line.

"I’m not going to win a race by taking anybody out," McCaskill said. "I think I had a pretty fast car, but being out front here means a whole lot. Finishing second twice tonight isn’t too bad.

"The car was just too loose at the end," McCaskill added. "But, it gave the fans a good show. That’s two weeks in a row that we’ve had killer races here."

Wayne Grubb of Mechanicsville, Va., who is second in the points race at Orange County Speedway behind Peters, finished third in the first race.

"The track seems like its getting tougher and tougher to pass every race," Grubb said. "I don’t know if that’s because of the heat or not."

Gullie, who earned the pole position for the night with a qualifying lap of 14.559 seconds, wound up finishing fifth in the opening race, just behind Peters.

Gullie claimed the pole despite arriving at the track late and having little time to practice.

"The guys on the crew deserve all the credit," Gullie said. "They worked hard to get the car right for me and I just went out there and qualified it."

Barry Beggarly of Pelham, a winner one week earlier, placed sixth in the opening race, while Ronald Hill of Rougemont finished seventh and Chad Mason of Richmond, Va. claimed the eighth spot.

Chuck Lawson of Providence was ninth in the opening event and he was the final driver on the lead lap.

Jeff Owens of Hillsborough rounded out the top 10 in the opening race.

Triplett rallied from his sixth starting spot in the nightcap and finished third behind the front two cars of Peters and McCaskill.

"I really think I had the fastest car here tonight," Triplett said. "The inversion just kind of messed us up. It would have been nice to start up front."

Beggarly secured a fourth-place finish in the second race, while Gullie was fifth for the second straight event.

Grubb slipped to a sixth-place finish in the second event, while Mason was seventh and Lawson took the eighth spot.

Beau Foust of Charlotte, who suffered damage to his car in the first race of the evening, recovered with a modified-looking ride to take ninth place in the nightcap, just ahead of Danny Willis, Jr. of Cluster Springs, Va., who was making his first appearance of the season at Orange County Speedway.

All of the top 10 drivers were on the lead lap at the end of the second race.

The win and fourth-place finish by Peters enabled him to stretch his current points lead at Orange County Speedway to an impressive 46-point bulge over Grubb. Prior to Saturday night, Peters was nursing a very slim lead in the regional standings over Jamie Caudill, who competes at Southern National Speedway in Kenly.

"Winning the regional title would be nice," Peters said. "But, the main goal for this team is being the track champion here at Orange County."

McCaskill is third in the standings, 56 points behind Grubb and 18 ahead of fourth-place Triplett.

Beggarly moved up to fifth place in the standings, 28 points ahead of Ryan Gray, who slipped to sixth place with finishes of 15th and 14th on Saturday.

In the first race, Gray pitted the Chevrolet owned by Sandy Stigall of Roxboro after 31 laps with engine problems. He hopped in Owens’ car for the second race, but had to bring it in with mechanical woes after just 24 circuits.

The opening race was slowed by three caution periods, two of which came out for spins involving Tom Raley of North Beach, Md.

A turn four accident on lap 17, which collected, Foust, Willis and Josh Baker of Durham, also required a caution period.

Three cautions also slowed the second race of the evening. Two of the yellow flags came out for debris on the track, while the third caution was displayed after Baker and Willis got together in turn four midway through the race.

The third and final caution period set up a two-lap dash to the wire. Peters, who had held off McCaskill’s attempts throughout the race, managed to do so for the final two circuits as well.