Tim Huddleston of Agoura Hills got the monkey off his back at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale on Saturday night.

The defending champion in the NASCAR Auto Club Late Models series had gone 10 starts since the 2007 season without celebrating a win.

Huddleston held off the challenge on the last lap by Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills to win the 40-lap feature.

Huddleston won by 0.309 seconds over Joanides. San Diego's Colin Fleming, a racing teammate of Huddleston, finished third. Andrew Myers of Huntington Beach, the points leader, had his five-race win streak snapped and finished eighth.

Chad Kelly of Calabasas captured the Pure Stocks Figure 8s race in defeating Lawndale's Ken Michaelian and his brother, Harry.

Chino's Tommy Agosta celebrated his first Pure Stocks victory. Ken Michaelian was second, 9.595 seconds behind the winner. Mike Colato Jr. of Chatsworth was third. Kelly, the points leader, was sixth.

Bryan Harrell of Riverside earned his third consecutive Vista Paints Super Stocks victory. In the 35-lap race, Harrell held off Greg Crutcher of Covina over the last 10 laps. Cherry Valley's Ken Brown was third.

Dan Pachella of Signal Hills and Bill Altfather of Los Altos tied for the demolition derby win in a nine-car event.

Saturday's racing features the AC Delco Super Late Models, King Taco Super Trucks, Justice Brothers Mini Stocks, Legend cars and D&D Construction Bandoleros.

Ventura Raceway: The Ventura County Fairgrounds track will be dark on Saturday night.

Racing returns on June 7 with the Ventura Racing Association Sprint Cars, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifies, Junior Midgets and Mini Dwarfs.

Information: http://www.venturaraceway.com.

Perris rained out: Perris Auto Speedway racing was rained out last Saturday.

Perris racing returns June 7. Sunday's USAC/CRA program at Tulare's Thunderbowl was also canceled because of inclement weather. Cory Kruseman and the series drivers will visit Santa Maria Speedway on June 14. Kruseman has three wins this season and leads in points with 591. Santa Maria's Danny Sheridan has two wins and returns to his old stomping grounds.

Information: http://www/usacracing.com.

Tradition continues: There's good news for racing fans of Long Beach. The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach and the Indy Racing League, the sanctioning body for the IndyCar Series, have agreed to a five-year contract that will have the cars and stars of the IndyCar Series racing on the streets of Long Beach beginning next year through 2013.

"In 2009, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will celebrate our 35th year with a new era," said Jim Michaelian, president and CEO of the GPALB. "Needless to say, we're extremely happy that the IndyCar Series will continue our tradition of being America's greatest street race.

"And we're delighted that many great drivers will be returning to our streets, like Helio Castroneves, who won our race in 2001, and Tony Kanaan and Scott Dixon, both of whom competed here often. They'll line up with rising stars like Danica Patrick, Graham Rahal, Will Power and Marco Andretti to again offer our fans the best racing weekend in California."

Earlier, the GPALB and the city of Long Beach announced an agreement to conduct open-wheel racing through 2015, with an additional five-year option.