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LUCAS OIL LATE MODELS SET FOR ILLINOIS DOUBLEHEADER

BATAVIA, OH (April 24, 2018) – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will make their presence known in the “Land of Lincoln” this weekend, returning to Tri-City Speedway and Macon Speedway for a pair of $12,000-to-win events.

The weekend doubleheader to wrap up the month of April will kick off on Friday, April 27 at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL, followed by an appearance at Macon Speedway in Macon, IL on Saturday, April 28. At both venues, the nation’s top dirt late model drivers are expected to challenge a strong field of local and regional standouts.

“Tri-City and Macon have a history of producing some of the most exciting events of the season,” said Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Director, Rick Schwallie. “The level of competition this season has been second-to-none. The Midwest has some of the toughest competitors anywhere in the country. Fans are in store for a very exciting weekend of racing.”

Tri-City Speedway is a 3/8-mile oval located just north of St. Louis, MO. The Busch 50 will include a complete program of: Miller Welders Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a 50-lap, $12,000-to-win main event. For more information, visit: www.tricityspeedway.net.

The action will shift to Macon Speedway on Saturday night for the highly-anticipated St. Louis U-Pic-A-Part 100. The 1/5-mile bullring is accustomed to some of the most thrilling, door-to-door racing action of the season. The event will feature Miller Welders Time Trials, Heat Races, and B-Mains, highlighted by a 100-lap, $12,000-to-win main event. To learn more, visit: www.maconracing.com.

Jonathan Davenport continues to set the pace in the Lucas Oil championship chase, 75-points ahead of defending National Champion, Josh Richards. With his recent success, Scott Bloomquist is now third, followed by Earl Pearson Jr. and Tim McCreadie rounding out the top five in championship standings.

Lucas Oil Championship Standings:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	POINTS	TRAIL BY
1	49	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville, GA	2120
2	1R	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	2045	-75
3	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN	2005	-115
4	1	Earl Pearson Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	1980	-140
5	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	1780	-340
6	71	Hudson O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	1745	-375
6	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	1745	-375
8	5	Don O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	1720	-400
8	32	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood, IL	1720	-400
10	40B	Kyle Bronson ®	Brandon, FL	1715	-405
11	14	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	1695	-425
12	22	Gregg Satterlee	Indiana, PA	1630	-490
13	1s	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, IL	1620	-500
14	25Z	Mason Zeigler ®	Chalk Hill, PA	1535	-585
15	28	Dennis Erb Jr.	Carpentersville, IL	1530	-590

Track Information:
Tri-City Speedway
Phone Number: 618-931-7836
Track Promoters: Kevin & Tammy Gundaker
Location: 5100 Nameoki Road, Granite City, IL 62040
Website: www.tricityspeedway.net

Macon Speedway
Phone Number 217-764-3000
Track Promoter: Bob Sargent
Location: 205 North Wiles, Macon, IL 62544
Website: www.maconracing.com

Tire Rule April 27th – 28th:
Left Rear/Fronts – Hoosier LM20
Right Rear – Hoosier LM20, LM40

*Must use the same set of 4 tires for Time Trials, Heat Races, and B-Main.
*For the A-Main, competitors may use a new right rear tire.
*Cutting and/or siping of any tire IS allowed.

Event Purse: 1. $12,000, 2. $5,500, 3. $3,500, 4. $2,750, 5. $2,250, 6. $1,800, 7. $1,500, 8. $1,300, 9. $1,200, 10. $1,100, 11. $1,075, 12. $1,050, 13. $1,025, 14. $1,000, 15. $1,000, 16. $1,000, 17. $1,000, 17. $1,000, 19. $1,000, 20. $1,000, 21. $1,000, 22. $1,000, 23. $1,000, 24. $1,000

For the latest breaking news concerning the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, including the latest series standings, 2018 tour schedule, driver information, and more visit the official website at: www.lucasdirt.com.

By Scott|2018-04-27T01:03:29-04:00April 27th, 2018|Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, National, Racing News|Comments Off

Pittman Goes Back-to-Back with Second Consecutive Win at Pevely

PEVELY, MO – April 21, 2018 – Daryn Pittman got underneath Sheldon Haudenschild to lead Lap 31 en route to his second consecutive World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series win of the weekend and second in a row at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, MO. Donny Schatz finished second and long-time race leader Sheldon Haudenschild completed the podium.

Donny Schatz won the Craftsman Club Dash and earned the pole of the 40-lap Feature alongside Ian Madsen. But it was Madsen who powered around Schatz to lead the opening circuit of the Feature. Sheldon Haudenschild used every bit of the racing surface to quickly take second from Schatz and begin chasing down Madsen for the lead. Just as Haudenschild was ready to make a move on Ian Madsen for the lead on the sixth circuit, the caution flew Ian’s older brother, Kerry, who was facing traffic on the backstretch.

Ian Madsen was able to turn under a pair of Sheldon sliders, before Haudenschild took command to lead Lap 8. As Haudenschild navigated heavy traffic, both Madsen and Pittman were able to erase Sheldon’s lead. Daryn Pittman made an eye-catching three-wide pass for the lead down the backstretch on Lap 13, only for it to be negated by a yellow for Cory Eliason.

As the rubber became more prominent on the racing surface, experience became a factor. Pittman and Schatz quickly closed in on Haudenschild for the lead. Haudenschild had a minor hiccup in turn one and missed the rubber by no more than a car length, but that was all Pittman needed as the 2013 Series Champion stuffed his Kasey Kahne Racing No.9 car underneath Haudenschild to take command down the backstretch. A couple laps later Haudenschild hiccupped in turn one again and Schatz was able to sneak by for second.

Ian Madsen’s top-five run came to an end with five laps remaining, due to a flat tire. A clear track ahead of Pittman allowed the veteran driver to hit his marks en route to his 74th career Outlaw victory.

“Man, this is starting to be fun again. It’s been a frustrating start to the season, but this car has been a blast to drive the past two nights,” Pittman said upon exiting his Ionomy sponsored KKR No.9 machine.

“This is the way we envisioned we would start the year. We are really happy with where we are at right now, this is why you never give up,” an enthusiastic Pittman added. Pittman eluded to the harder tire compound his team elected to go with before thanking his car owner, Kasey Kahne, and all of his sponsorship partners. When asked about the negated three-wide pass for the lead, Pittman said, “I thought that was the end of our chance to win it. This really was a great team win.”

Donny Schatz also went with a harder tire compound. “I was way too loose in the beginning and we had to pay the price, but we made it back it up. All in all, it was a great night,” Schatz said in good spirits.

After leading 22 laps, Sheldon Haudenschild had all the reason to be dejected, but that was not the case. “We definitely want to win these races, but we want to finish them too. I’m happy with a podium. The guys worked really hard after tearing a car up last night. I missed the rubber twice and I got passed twice,” Sheldon, who continues to sit second in the Series Point Standings, said.

David Gravel and Brad Sweet completed the all-Outlaw top five. Nine of the top ten were World of Outlaws regulars, including Brent Marks who came from 22nd to 10th, earning KSE Hard Charger honors. Indiana youngster Cale Thomas was the lone non-Outlaw regular in the top-ten, finishing eighth. Jason Sides set fast-time over the 44-car field for the first time this season.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series completes its three-race bullring weekend Sunday evening at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN. Another strong car count is expected, and all the action can be watched live on DIRTVision.com. Next week, the Outlaws ramp up its 40th Anniversary Celebration with three races in four days in Texas, capped off at the Series birthplace, Devil’s Bowl Speedway.

Abbreviated Results from Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55:

Feature (40 Laps): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [6][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [1][$5,500]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3][$3,200]; 4. 5-David Gravel [7][$2,800]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [4][$2,500]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [5][$2,300]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [8][$2,200]; 8. 91-Cale Thomas [14][$2,100]; 9. 26-Joey Saldana [15][$2,050]; 10. 19-Brent Marks [22][$2,000]; 11. 45-Paul McMahan [10][$1,500]; 12. 5C-Christopher Bell [12][$1,200]; 13. 99-Brady Bacon [16][$1,100]; 14. 41-Jason Johnson [13][$1,050]; 15. 11K-Kraig Kinser [23][$1,000]; 16. 24-Rico Abreu [17][$900]; 17. 21-Brian Brown [24][$800]; 18. 2M-Kerry Madsen [9][$800]; 19. 83-Cory Eliason [20][$800]; 20. 18-Ian Madsen [2][$800]; 21. 1S-Logan Schuchart [25][$]; 22. 21X-Carson Short [18][$800]; 23. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [19][$800]; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen [11][$800]; 25. 3-Sammy Swindell [21][$800] Lap Leaders: Ian Madsen 1-7, Sheldon Haudenschild 8-30, Daryn Pittman 31-40; KSE Hard Charger Award: 19-Brent Marks[+12]

Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 7S-Jason Sides, 10.764; 2. 5-David Gravel, 10.809; 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 10.828; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen, 10.861; 5. 18-Ian Madsen, 10.899; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman, 10.943; 7. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 10.998; 8. 21-Brian Brown, 11.011; 9. 24-Rico Abreu, 11.053; 10. 26-Joey Saldana, 11.092; 11. 3-Sammy Swindell, 11.105; 12. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 11.113; 13. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 11.225; 14. 1M-James Moughan, 11.256; 15. O1-Matt Vandervere, 11.342; 16. OO-Dane Lorenc, 11.348; 17. 51B-Joe Miller, 11.495; 18. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.503; 19. 9JR-Derek Hagar, 11.539; 20. 8S-Steve Short, 11.683; 21. 10P-Jim Perricone, 12.327

Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.808; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.961; 3. 91-Cale Thomas, 10.997; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.056; 5. 2-Shane Stewart, 11.059; 6. 5C-Christopher Bell, 11.061; 7. 45-Paul McMahan, 11.085; 8. 83-Cory Eliason, 11.094; 9. O5-Gary Taylor, 11.104; 10. 99-Brady Bacon, 11.156; 11. 19-Brent Marks, 11.207; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.248; 13. 21X-Carson Short, 11.452; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 11.506; 15. 64-Scotty Thiel, 11.514; 16. 13-Clyde Knipp, 11.554; 17. 25-Jacob Blackhurst, 11.896; 18. 5B-Chase Briscoe, 11.987; 19. 12-Robert Ballou, 11.994; 20. 79J-Jacob Patton, 12.153; 21. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman, 12.176; 22. 71M-Andy Bradley, 12.193

By Scott|2018-04-25T00:19:05-04:00April 25th, 2018|National, Racing News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Sheppard from 12th at Whynot Motorsports Park

MERIDIAN, MS– April 20, 2018– The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series returned to action on Friday evening at Whynot Motorsports Park for the first of two nights for the inaugural Queen City Shootout. This was the Series first race in 62 days due to several cancellations for weather, but Mother Nature finally showed some mercy and the 50-lap feature was worth the wait. The 2017 World of Outlaws champion Brandon Sheppard charged from 12th to collect his second win of the 2018 season.

“That was definitely not an easy one there. [Chris] Madden and Big Billy [Moyer] did a great job,” said Sheppard. “The track was really tricky tonight. The line kept changing all over the place. I could roll the middle there pretty good for a little bit, and then I could go to the bottom, and then I could move up, and then the middle got dirty there. We had a good car early, I think we just ran the wrong line in qualifying.”

The dominant New Berlin, IL driver qualified 21st overall earlier in the day which placed him fifth in his heat race. Sheppard was able to finish third in his heat which secured his transfer spot into the $10,000-to-win feature event. In the first lap of the race, Sheppard had remarkably gained four positions. By lap 13, Sheppard had bypassed Moyer for second and began chasing down pole-sitter and race-long leader, Madden. Known for his patient approach to taking over the lead position, Sheppard made the pass for the top spot on lap 41 when the perfect time arose.

“Well, I’m pretty sure it was hard to lead that race in the first half since like I said, the line was moving around all over the place,” continued Sheppard. “You know I could see where [Madden] was messing up a little bit. I found a little bit of a line there coming off of [turn] two, to where I could get up underneath him if he moved up again, and that’s what happened. Everything just worked out for us. We were really fortunate to be in a position to take the lead there.”

At the time, Madden was running around the bottom of the racetrack and slightly shifted his line up on the backstretch opening the door for Sheppard to charge through to command the lead. Madden continued to chase down Sheppard throughout the remaining laps in the feature. With five laps to go, the driver of Gray Court, SC headed to the top of the race track hoping to find the extra momentum he needed to reclaim the lead but while doing so, he opened the door for Moyer to steal second and was forced to settle for third.

“We just got too tight right there from about the middle of the race on and when I caught those lapped cars, and I couldn’t use the whole racetrack, I got in some trouble there,” said Madden. “I couldn’t stay down off of two over there and use the moisture like I could. I left the door open and Brandon was there to fill the spot. He was better than we were at the end of the race to steer around the bottom. We tried to go up top to get by Sheppard so we gave up second for third and that’s OK. We were trying to get the win instead of running second.”

“You just had to hit your marks perfect,” said Moyer. “We are happy to get a second here for sure. We had fun. We had a good racetrack. You know, we could move around on there, I thought it was a pretty neat deal.”

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series will return to the quarter-mile dirt track at Whynot Motorsports Park on Saturday for the finale of the inaugural Queen City Shootout.

Whynot Motorsports Park Abbreviated Results:

Craftsman Club Feature (50 Laps): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard [12]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer [3]; 3. 44-Chris Madden [1]; 4. 1x-Chub Frank [11]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar [8]; 6. 7-Rick Eckert [14]; 7. 18c-Chase Junghans [20]; 8. B1-Brent Larson [24]; 9. 14m-Morgan Bagley [13]; 10. 21jr-Billy Moyer [18]; 11. 1c-Chad Thrash [4]; 12. 116-Brandon Overton [23]; 13. 97-Cade Dillard [22]; 14. 54-David Breazeale [15]; 15. 18s-Jack Sullivan [9]; 16. 86-Rick Rickman [7]; 17. C8-Timothy Culp [25]; 18. 91-Tyler Erb [16]; 19. 6-Blake Spencer [26]; 20. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [19]; 21. 25-Shane Clanton [6]; 22. 90-Brian Rickman [2]; 23. 4-Michael Arnold [10]; 24. 22-Chris Ferguson [17]; 25. 77-Gavin Landers [5]; 26. 9-Devin Moran [21]

Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 21-Billy Moyer, 12.589; 2. 4-Michael Arnold, 12.661; 3. 21xxx-Neil Baggett, 12.694; 4. 1b-BJ Robinson, 12.755; 5. 25-Shane Clanton, 12.797; 6. 1c-Chad Thrash, 12.88; 7. 14z-Zack McMillan, 12.889; 8. 77-Gavin Landers, 12.898; 9. 18s-Jack Sullivan, 12.9; 10. 22-Chris Ferguson, 12.902; 11. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 12.914; 12. 10-Spencer Hughes, 12.953; 13. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 12.961; 14. 777-Jared Landers, 12.984; 15. 9-Devin Moran, 12.994; 16. 7-Rick Eckert, 13.053; 17. 116-Brandon Overton, 13.07; 18. 5-Jon Mitchell, 13.173; 19. 94-Austin Rettig, 13.22; 20. 6-Blake Spencer, 13.634

Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 86-Rick Rickman, 12.685; 2. 91-Tyler Erb, 12.709; 3. 90-Brian Rickman, 12.731; 4. 44-Chris Madden, 12.79; 5. 21jr-Billy Moyer, 12.881; 6. 97-Cade Dillard, 12.884; 7. B1-Brent Larson, 12.904; 8. 51m-Joey Moriarty, 12.929; 9. 54-David Breazeale, 12.941; 10. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 12.946; 11. 18c-Chase Junghans, 12.949; 12. 157-Mike Marlar, 12.961; 13. 3-Shay Knight, 13.02; 14. 6r-Robbie Stuart, 13.029; 15. C8-Timothy Culp, 13.149; 16. 44s-Dave Hess, 13.189; 17. 1x-Chub Frank, 13.26; 18. 15-Chris Smith, 13.323; 19. 99B-Boom Briggs, 13.594

PFC Fast Time Award: Billy Moyer, 12.589

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 21-Billy Moyer [1]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton [3]; 3. 18s-Jack Sullivan [5]; 4. 14m-Morgan Bagley [7]; 5. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [6]; 6. 14z-Zack McMillan [4]; 7. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [2]; 8. 9-Devin Moran [8]; 9. 94-Austin Rettig [10]; 10. 116-Brandon Overton [9]

Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 1c-Chad Thrash [3]; 2. 77-Gavin Landers [4]; 3. 4-Michael Arnold [1]; 4. 7-Rick Eckert [8]; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson [5]; 6. 777-Jared Landers [7]; 7. 1b-BJ Robinson [2]; 8. 10-Spencer Hughes [6]; 9. 5-Jon Mitchell [9]; 10. 6-Blake Spencer [10]

Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 90-Brian Rickman [2]; 2. 86-Rick Rickman [1]; 3. 1x-Chub Frank [9]; 4. 54-David Breazeale [5]; 5. 21jr-Billy Moyer [3]; 6. 18c-Chase Junghans [6]; 7. B1-Brent Larson [4]; 8. 3-Shay Knight [7]; 9. C8-Timothy Culp [8]; 10. 99B-Boom Briggs [10]

Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 44-Chris Madden [2]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar [6]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard [5]; 4. 91-Tyler Erb [1]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard [3]; 6. 6r-Robbie Stuart [7]; 7. 15-Chris Smith [9]; 8. 44s-Dave Hess [8]; 9. 51m-Joey Moriarty [4]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer: 1. 22-Chris Ferguson [2]; 2. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [1]; 3. 9-Devin Moran [7]; 4. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [5]; 5. 777-Jared Landers [4]; 6. 94-Austin Rettig [9]; 7. 10-Spencer Hughes [8]; 8. 6-Blake Spencer [12]; 9. 5-Jon Mitchell [10]; 10. 14z-Zack McMillan [3]; 11. 1b-BJ Robinson [6]; 12. 116-Brandon Overton [11]

Last Chance Showdown 2 ( 10 Laps): 1. 21jr-Billy Moyer [1]; 2. 18c-Chase Junghans [3]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard [2]; 4. B1-Brent Larson [5]; 5. 44s-Dave Hess [8]; 6. 6r-Robbie Stuart [4]; 7. 3-Shay Knight [7]; 8. 15-Chris Smith [6]; 9. C8-Timothy Culp [9]; 10. 99B-Boom Briggs [11]; 11. 51m-Joey Moriarty [10]

Points Top 25:

Pos.	Car	Driver	Total	Diff	Earnings
1	1	Brandon Sheppard	446	0	$30,450
2	44	Chris Madden	436	-10	$18,050
3	7	Rick Eckert	418	-28	$10,800
4	157	Mike Marlar	412	-34	$8,810
5	18c	Chase Junghans	412	-34	$7,760
6	1x	Chub Frank	406	-40	$8,190
7	25	Shane Clanton	382	-64	$8,700
8	116	Brandon Overton	378	-68	$4,410
9	14m	Morgan Bagley	368	-78	$3,590
10	B1	Brent Larson *R	366	-80	$3,140
11	9	Devin Moran	360	-86	$5,950
12	54	David Breazeale *R	352	-94	$3,550
13	91	Tyler Erb	352	-94	$4,100
14	21jr	Billy Moyer Jr	348	-98	$3,360
15	C8	Timothy Culp *R	338	-108	$2,970
16	22	Chris Ferguson *R	336	-110	$2,855
17	CJ1	Rusty Schlenk *R	320	-126	$2,380
18	17M	Dale McDowell	294	-152	$14,610
19	99B	Boom Briggs	290	-156	$1,290
20	0	Scott Bloomquist	290	-156	$13,500
21	1r	Josh Richards	286	-160	$9,050
22	39	Tim McCreadie	286	-160	$14,300
23	49	Jonathan Davenport	284	-162	$7,400
24	6	Blake Spencer	272	-174	$440
25	28	Dennis Erb	270	-176	$4,850

By Scott|2018-04-25T00:24:37-04:00April 25th, 2018|Late Models, National, Racing News|Comments Off

Queen City Shootout Moyer Beats Clanton in Photo Finish

MERIDIAN, MS– April 21, 2018– The “House of Hook” at Whynot Motorsports Park lived up to its name on Saturday evening for the finale of the Queen City Shootout. The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series’ 50 lap feature event saw multiple lanes of hooked-up racing. When the checkered flag waved for the final time of the evening, it was Billy Moyer Jr. who was the best of the field claiming his first World of Outlaws win of the 2018 season and third all-time Series win.

Moyer Jr. was overwhelmed with emotion as he climbed out of his car in Victory Lane. He explained to the crowd that at 5 p.m. he received a call saying that his daughter Hallie Rae Moyer (born on March 8, 2018) is not doing well. Receiving the call just one hour before the World of Outlaws were scheduled to hit the track for hot laps, Moyer Jr. explained he felt committed to finishing the night.

“This racing doesn’t mean anything. Right now, I’m thinking about my daughter,” said Moyer Jr. “I’m scatterbrained right now. I got a call at 5 o’clock and my mind is so far in left field I don’t really care about this race right now. I just want to get home to her. Man, they were with me here tonight. I want to make a living and to win, but I need to get back to Arkansas as quick as I can.”

The Batesville, AR driver placed second in Group A Qualifying, won his heat race, and drew the outside pole position for the Craftsman Club Feature. Moyer Jr. commanded the lead on the first lap, only to hand over the top spot once on lap 18 to Mississippi driver Brian Rickman. Chris Madden and Shane Clanton also challenged Moyer Jr. for the lead position but were unable to complete the pass. When the checkers fell, it was a photo finish with only 0.0645 separating Moyer Jr. from Clanton.

“Chris was doing all he could to win the race,” said Clanton. “That’s what we were just saying, ‘we’re here to win the race not to get second’ and he did all he could to get by him. Moyer went to block him and it gave me the opportunity to get in the bottom and I hit Chris a little bit but it’s alright, we were going for the win.”

“I guess it don’t look like we can do no better than third. You know we just keep going for the win there,” said Madden. “We come to win the races, not to run second. We took a shot at him there and if he didn’t move up on me there maybe I could’ve finished the pass. It just kind of killed my momentum and let the hole open for Shane to get back into second.

“Overall, we had a great car all weekend. We started 12th tonight and made it all the way up there to battle for the lead, at least for a little while. I think we can take this momentum here in our new ride and build on it and maybe it will play out good for us at the end of the year.”

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series returns to action next Thursday at Smoky Mountain Speedway for a night of practice followed by the doubleheader weekend, The Tennessee Tipoff on Friday and Saturday, April 27-28.

Craftsman Club Feature (50 Laps): 1. 21jr-Billy Moyer [2][$10,000]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton [4][$5,000]; 3. 44-Chris Madden [12][$3,000]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar [24][$2,500]; 5. 1-Brandon Sheppard [11][$2,000]; 6. 90-Brian Rickman [1][$1,700]; 7. 21-Billy Moyer [8][$1,400]; 8. 116-Brandon Overton [16][$1,300]; 9. 14m-Morgan Bagley [6][$1,200]; 10. 14z-Zack McMillan [10][$1,100]; 11. 97-Cade Dillard [22][$1,050]; 12. 91-Tyler Erb [7][$1,000]; 13. 7-Rick Eckert [15][$950]; 14. B1-Brent Larson [19][$900]; 15. 1c-Chad Thrash [20][$850]; 16. 99B-Boom Briggs [27][$110]; 17. 18c-Chase Junghans [25][$110]; 18. 18s-Jack Sullivan [18][$750]; 19. 86-Rick Rickman [5][$730]; 20. 54-David Breazeale [9][$700]; 21. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [14][$700]; 22. 9-Devin Moran [23][$700]; 23. 22-Chris Ferguson [13][$700]; 24. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [3][$700]; 25. C8-Timothy Culp [17][$700]; 26. 6-Blake Spencer [28][$110]; 27. 1x-Chub Frank [26][$110]; 28. 4-Michael Arnold [21][$700]

Hard Charger: 157-Mike Marlar[+20]

Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 21xxx-Neil Baggett, 12.271; 2. 21jr-Billy Moyer, 12.642; 3. 54-David Breazeale, 12.702; 4. 14z-Zack McMillan, 12.751; 5. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 12.754; 6. 21-Billy Moyer, 12.759; 7. 4-Michael Arnold, 12.764; 8. 18c-Chase Junghans, 12.767; 9. B1-Brent Larson, 12.787; 10. 777-Jared Landers, 12.788; 11. 99B-Boom Briggs, 12.825; 12. 51m-Joey Moriarty, 12.863; 13. 10-Spencer Hughes, 12.918; 14. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 12.942; 15. 22-Chris Ferguson, 12.954; 16. 6r-Robbie Stuart, 13.109; 17. 17-Billy Franklin, 13.146; 18. 9-Devin Moran, 13.189; 19. C8-Timothy Culp, 13.855; DNS. 15-Chris Smith, NT

Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 90-Brian Rickman, 12.271; 2. 25-Shane Clanton, 12.366; 3. 86-Rick Rickman, 12.462; 4. 44-Chris Madden, 12.541; 5. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 12.572; 6. 91-Tyler Erb, 12.644; 7. 97-Cade Dillard, 12.691; 8. 5-Jon Mitchell, 12.804; 9. 7-Rick Eckert, 12.85; 10. 1c-Chad Thrash, 12.855; 11. 3-Shay Knight, 12.88; 12. 116-Brandon Overton, 12.992; 13. 18s-Jack Sullivan, 12.996; 14. 157-Mike Marlar, 13.051; 15. 1x-Chub Frank, 13.086; 16. 1b-BJ Robinson, 13.146; 17. 94-Austin Rettig, 13.225; 18. 44h-Dave Hess, 13.33; 19. 6-Blake Spencer, NT

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [1]; 2. 14m-Morgan Bagley [3]; 3. 54-David Breazeale [2]; 4. 22-Chris Ferguson [8]; 5. 4-Michael Arnold [4]; 6. C8-Timothy Culp [10]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs [6]; 8. B1-Brent Larson [5]; 9. 10-Spencer Hughes [7]; 10. 17-Billy Franklin [9]

Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 21jr-Billy Moyer [1]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer [3]; 3. 14z-Zack McMillan [2]; 4. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [7]; 5. 777-Jared Landers [5]; 6. 15-Chris Smith [10]; 7. 9-Devin Moran [9]; 8. 18c-Chase Junghans [4]; 9. 51m-Joey Moriarty [6]; 10. 6r-Robbie Stuart [8]

Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 90-Brian Rickman [1]; 2. 86-Rick Rickman [2]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard [3]; 4. 7-Rick Eckert [5]; 5. 18s-Jack Sullivan [7]; 6. 94-Austin Rettig [9]; 7. 1x-Chub Frank [8]; 8. 3-Shay Knight [6]; 9. 97-Cade Dillard [4]; 10. 6-Blake Spencer [10]

Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 25-Shane Clanton [1]; 2. 91-Tyler Erb [3]; 3. 44-Chris Madden [2]; 4. 116-Brandon Overton [6]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar [7]; 6. 1c-Chad Thrash [5]; 7. 5-Jon Mitchell [4]; 8. 1b-BJ Robinson [8]; 9. 44h-Dave Hess [9]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer: 1. C8-Timothy Culp [3][-]; 2. B1-Brent Larson [7][-]; 3. 4-Michael Arnold [1][-]; 4. 18c-Chase Junghans [8][$110]; 5. 9-Devin Moran [6][$110]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs [5][$110]; 7. 10-Spencer Hughes [9][$110]; 8. 15-Chris Smith [4][]; 9. 51m-Joey Moriarty [10][]; 10. 6r-Robbie Stuart [12][$110]; 11. 777-Jared Landers [2][]; 12. 17-Billy Franklin [11][]

Last Chance Showdown 2 ( 10 Laps): 1. 18s-Jack Sullivan [1][-]; 2. 1c-Chad Thrash [4][-]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard [9][-]; 4. 3-Shay Knight [7][$110]; 5. 94-Austin Rettig [3][$110]; 6. 44h-Dave Hess [10][$110]; 7. 1b-BJ Robinson [8][$110]; 8. 6-Blake Spencer [11][]; 9. 1x-Chub Frank [5][]; 10. 5-Jon Mitchell [6][$110]; 11. 157-Mike Marlar [2]

Points Top 25:

Pos.	Car	Driver	Total	Diff	Wins	Top 5’s	Top 10’s	Entered	Started	Earnings	Feature
1	1	Brandon Sheppard	586	0	2	4	4	4	4	$32,750	2300
2	44	Chris Madden	580	-6	0	4	4	4	4	$21,250	3200
3	157	Mike Marlar	554	-32	0	3	3	4	4	$11,510	2700
4	7	Rick Eckert	542	-44	0	1	3	4	4	$11,900	1100
5	25	Shane Clanton	528	-58	0	2	3	4	4	$14,000	5300
6	18c	Chase Junghans	528	-58	0	1	3	4	4	$7,870	110
7	116	Brandon Overton	512	-74	0	0	2	4	4	$5,760	1350
8	1x	Chub Frank	506	-80	0	1	2	4	4	$8,350	160
9	14m	Morgan Bagley	500	-86	0	0	2	4	4	$4,840	1250
10	21jr	Billy Moyer Jr	498	-88	1	1	2	4	4	$13,610	10250
11	B1	Brent Larson *R	488	-98	0	0	1	4	4	$4,290	1150
12	91	Tyler Erb	478	-108	0	0	1	4	4	$5,200	1100
13	9	Devin Moran	466	-120	0	0	1	4	4	$6,700	750
14	54	David Breazeale *R	462	-124	0	0	0	4	4	$4,250	700
15	22	Chris Ferguson *R	440	-146	0	0	0	4	4	$3,555	700
16	C8	Timothy Culp *R	438	-148	0	0	0	4	4	$3,695	725
17	CJ1	Rusty Schlenk *R	428	-158	0	0	0	4	4	$3,080	700
18	99B	Boom Briggs	408	-178	0	0	0	4	2	$1,400	110
19	14z	Zack McMillan	382	-204	0	0	1	4	1	$1,700	1150
20	6	Blake Spencer	372	-214	0	0	0	4	2	$550	110

By Scott|2018-04-25T00:10:27-04:00April 25th, 2018|Late Models, National, Racing News|Comments Off

O’Neil Stands Tall in Second Round of Rancho Milagro Short Track Shootout

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (April 21)–One week ago today, Jake O’Neil led all 40 laps en route to his career-first win with the United States Modified Touring Series and on Saturday night he repeated the feat with a wire-to-wire win at the Southern New Mexico Speedway during the second night of the Rancho Milagro Short Track Shootout.

While the other 25 feature racer starters swapped positions back and forth the entire 40-lap distance, O’Neil was checked out.

A caution with four laps remaining gave his pursuers some brief false hope as the 26-year-old from Tucson pulled away on the restart to put a second USMTS trophy in his case.

“I felt really good,” O’Neil said of his effort. “I knew the track was probably up top. Early on I tried the bottom over here (turn one) a little bit and it seemed pretty good but then I got lapped traffic there and kind of messed up. I was waiting to get past there and I messed up there. I just had to cool down a little bit and slow down to go faster.”

Since returning to action after a four-week layoff, the last four events for the USMTS have seen O’Neil garner two wins, a third and a runner-up finish which he recorded Friday night after starting 14th in his #0 LG2 by Owens machine.

“Jimmy Owens has been a big supporter of mine,” O’Neil added. “He’s taught me a lot the last few years, more so about race preparation than anything. We just have a really good program here; a really good hot rod.”

Las Cruces native Johnny Scott, who won last Friday’s race in Arizona, clawed his way from 13th to finish behind O’Neil at the checkered flag while defending USRA Modified track champion Bumper Jones claimed third after a furious scramble followed the lap-35 yellow flag.

Terry Phillips was fourth at the flagstand and 24 hours after his victory on his home track, Stormy Scott backed it up with a fifth-place result after starting 18th on the field.

Former USRA Modified national champion Jake Gallardo was sixth, Dereck Ramirez passed seven cars on his way to a seventh-place finish, Fito Gallardo earned an eighth-place paycheck, Rodney Sanders nabbed ninth and last year’s Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year, R.C. Whitwell, completed the top ten.

Fifty-five USMTS drivers strapped in to compete in Saturday’s program.

The Rancho Milagro Short Track Shootout continues Sunday with Anthony Sosa Roofing Late Models, Hacienda Carpet & Tile X-Mods, Casa Nissan Legends Cars and Sun Valley Hardware USRA Stock Cars joining the program for a third straight night.

Gates open at 3 p.m. with racing at 5 p.m. General admission is $15 or a family pack is just $35. Kids ages 10 and under get in free. Pit passes are $40.

For those unable to be there in person, every lap of every race in every division will be broadcast live on RacinDirt.com.

The Southern New Mexico Speedway is a high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located 11 miles west of Las Cruces at the Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Take exit 132, go left and take the frontage road south of I-10 heading west. For more information, call (575) 524-7913 or (505) 524-7913 or visit www.snmspeedway.com online. You can also check us out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/southernnewmexicospeedway and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/snmspeedway.

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts and Instagram at www.instagram.com/usmts or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv. Keep up to speed with everything USMTS by joining our email list at www.usmts.com/subscribe.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by Summit
Summit USMTS Southern Series powered by Production Jars
Rancho Milagro Short Track Shootout – Night 2 of 3
Southern New Mexico Speedway, Las Cruces, N.M.
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed and money won. The top 12 in heat race passing points advanced to the Summit Racing Equipment “A” Main with the top 8 redrawing for the first 8 starting spots.

SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (2) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (6) 9c Dillion Hill, Eunice, N.M.
4. (10) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (3) 33 Danny Martin, Republic, Mo.
6. (8) 24m Manuel Williams II (R), Fouke, Ark.
7. (5) 17 Rob Moseley, Los Lunas, N.M.
8. (7) 71 Jessie Hoskins (R), Longdale, Okla.
9. (9) 2G Troy Girolamo, Williston, N.D.
10. (4) 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas.

FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (4) 26 R.C. Whitwell, Tucson, Ariz.
3. (5) 49jr Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
4. (7) 1st Johnny Scott, Cameron, Mo.
5. (3) 3 Javier Zapien Jr., Horizon City, Texas.
6. (6) J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.
7. (9) 24w Mason Williams, Fouke, Ark.
8. (2) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (8) 14 Dawson Manicki (R), Las Cruces, N.M.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 4v Billy Vogel (R), West Fargo, N.D.
2. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Worthington, Minn.
3. (2) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas.
4. (6) 23 Adam Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
5. (7) 3 Tim Tharp, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (3) 24z Zane Ferrell (R), Hermitage, Ark.
7. (8) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
8. (9) 97 Julie Keeler, Farmington, N.M.
9. (5) 96 Dusty Riggs, Hatch, N.M.

MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (6) 23 Logan Robertson, Shamrock, Texas.
2. (3) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas.
3. (2) 24 Manuel Williams Sr. (R), Fouke, Ark.
4. (7) 65x Carlos Ahumada Jr. (R), Canutillo, Texas.
5. (1) 73 Jason Keeler, Farmington, N.M.
6. (9) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (8) 32 D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif.
8. (5) 39h Nick Herrera, Ruidoso Downs, N.M.
9. (4) 10 Roger Owens, El Paso, Texas.

VP RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (1) 0 Jake O’Neil (R), Tucson, Ariz.
2. (6) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (5) 19sb Lance Mari (R), Imperial, Calif.
4. (7) 3366 Ryan Gillmore (R), Springfield, Mo.
5. (8) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
6. (2) 18 Henry Valdez, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (3) 101 Butch Reid, Carlsbad, N.M.
8. (9) 32 Max Sadler, Springerville, Ariz.
9. (4) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.

PRODUCTION JARS HEAT RACE #6 (8 laps):
1. (1) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.
2. (7) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (2) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
4. (3) 88r A.J. Vasquez (R), Garden City, Mich.
5. (6) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas.
6. (4) 202 Robbie Chiles, Hooper, Colo.
7. (8) 7 Wayne McCleskey, Tucson, Ariz.
8. (5) 8c Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
9. (9) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (18 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (3) 1st Johnny Scott, Cameron, Mo.
2. (2) 49jr Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (4) 3366 Ryan Gillmore (R), Springfield, Mo.
4. (14) 32 D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif.
5. (8) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas.
6. (7) 88r A.J. Vasquez (R), Garden City, Mich., Hughes/Farris, $90.
7. (21) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M., GRT/AOS, $90.
8. (15) 17 Rob Moseley, Los Lunas, N.M., BillsBuilt/MotorMachine, $90.
9. (1) 9c Dillion Hill, Eunice, N.M., GRT/Victory, $90.
10. (16) 97 Julie Keeler, Farmington, N.M., DeVilbiss/Harter, $90.
11. (18) 39h Nick Herrera, Ruidoso Downs, N.M., GRT/ChevPerf, $75.
12. (9) 33 Danny Martin, Republic, Mo., Hoffman/ChevPerf, $75.
13. (6) 23 Adam Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan., VanderBuilt/Speedway, $90.
14. (5) 24 Manuel Williams Sr. (R), Fouke, Ark., Bandit/Kraft, $90.
15. (22) 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas, MBCustoms/Barnett, $90.
16. (19) 2G Troy Girolamo, Williston, N.D., Rocket/Baxter, $90.
17. (17) 71 Jessie Hoskins (R), Longdale, Okla.
18. (20) 96 Dusty Riggs, Hatch, N.M., Shaw/Karl, $90.
19. (11) J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M., GRT/Boles, $90.
20. (13) 24w Mason Williams, Fouke, Ark., Shaw/Best, $75.
21. (10) 73 Jason Keeler, Farmington, N.M., LG2/Harter, $90.
22. (12) 18 Henry Valdez, Las Cruces, N.M., GRT/AOS, $90.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (17 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (6) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (3) 65x Carlos Ahumada Jr. (R), Canutillo, Texas.
3. (17) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
5. (13) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
6. (2) 19sb Lance Mari (R), Imperial, Calif.
7. (21) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
8. (15) 101 Butch Reid, Carlsbad, N.M., LG2/Lunsford, $90.
9. (4) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas, DeVilbiss/ARE, $90.
10. (11) 24z Zane Ferrell (R), Hermitage, Ark.
11. (12) 202 Robbie Chiles, Hooper, Colo., GRT/Chiles, $90.
12. (20) 10 Roger Owens, El Paso, Texas, D&M/JRM, $90.
13. (16) 32 Max Sadler, Springerville, Ariz., LG2/King, $90.
14. (1) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M., Shaw/BMS, $90.
15. (18) 8c Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo., GRT/Cornett, $90.
16. (14) 7 Wayne McCleskey, Tucson, Ariz., Shaw/Black, $75.
17. (7) 3 Tim Tharp, Las Cruces, N.M., MBCustoms/Durham, $90.
18. (9) 3 Javier Zapien Jr., Horizon City, Texas, Gonzalez/Extreme, $75.
19. (19) 14 Dawson Manicki (R), Las Cruces, N.M., DirtWorks/Snelling, $90.
20. (8) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M., LG2/Dynamic, $90.
21. (10) 24m Manuel Williams II (R), Fouke, Ark., Bandit/Kraft, $90.

SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 0 Jake O’Neil (R), Tucson, Ariz., LG2/Cornett, 40, $3325.
2. (13) 1st Johnny Scott, Cameron, Mo., VanderBuilt/Durham, 40, $2000.
3. (3) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $1200.
4. (7) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Durham, 40, $1290.
5. (18) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., VanderBuilt/Mullins, 40, $1080.
6. (2) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M., LG2/ProPower, 40, $700.
7. (14) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/Cornett, 40, $875.
8. (5) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M., LG2/ProPower, 40, $500.
9. (10) 20 Rodney Sanders, Worthington, Minn., MBCustoms/Hatfield, 40, $720.
10. (9) 26 R.C. Whitwell, Tucson, Ariz., Shaw/ChevPerf, 40, $400.
11. (15) 49jr Jake Timm, Winona, Minn., MBCustoms/Sput’s, 40, $640.
12. (12) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M., AOS/AOS, 40, $350.
13. (25) 19sb Lance Mari (R), Imperial, Calif., MRT/Yeoman, 40, $325.
14. (17) 3366 Ryan Gillmore (R), Springfield, Mo., Hoffman/ChevPerf, 40, $300.
15. (23) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., MBCustoms/Hill, 40, $560.
16. (20) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, VanderBuilt/Sput’s, 40, $555.
17. (6) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M., MBCustoms/ProPower, 40, $300.
18. (16) 65x Carlos Ahumada Jr. (R), Canutillo, Texas, GRT/BMS, 40, $500.
19. (11) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas, MBCustoms/KPE, 40, $300.
20. (22) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., MBCustoms/ChevPerf, 40, $550.
21. (19) 32 D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif., LG2/ChevPerf, 40, $300.
22. (21) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas, AOS/TNT, 40, $300.
23. (8) 23 Logan Robertson, Shamrock, Texas, MBCustoms/Knowles, 40, $500.
24. (26) 24z Zane Ferrell (R), Hermitage, Ark., MBCustoms/ASI, 40, $500.
25. (4) 4v Billy Vogel (R), West Fargo, N.D., MBCustoms/Sput’s, 30, $300.
26. (24) 71 Jessie Hoskins (R), Longdale, Okla., Longhorn/PerfAuto, 18, $300.

(R) = Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year contender

Lap Leader: O’Neil 1-40.
Total Laps Led: O’Neil 40.
Margin of Victory: 1.040 seconds.
Time of Race: 17 minutes, 24.802 seconds (2 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Schott, Ferrell, Hoskins, Mari.
Eibach Spring Forward Award: Schott (advanced 22 positions).
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: S. Scott (started 18th, finished 5th).
Entries: 55.
Next Race: Sunday, April 22, Southern New Mexico Speedway, Las Cruces, N.M.
USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup Points: O’Neil 612, J. Scott 573, Ramirez 562, S. Scott 551, Schott 539, Phillips 534, Sanders 517, VanderBeek 500, Timm 473, Duvall 417.
Summit USMTS Southern Series Points: J. Scott 612, Ramirez 519, Sanders 518, S. Scott 500, Duvall 485, Cade Dillard 464, Ahumada 455, Robertson 443, Ferrell 419, Ethan Dotson 394.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: O’Neil 612, Ahumada 575, Ethan Dotson 462, Vogel 414, Ferrell 374.
USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: Durham 77, Sput’s 66, Cornett 64, ChevPerf 58, Mullins 48.
USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: VanderBuilt 87, MBCustoms 84, Hughes 62, GRT 60, LG2 53.

Contingency Awards:
American Racer – Whitwell.
Beyea Custom Headers – R. Jones.
BSB Manufacturing – Shannon.
Champ Pans – S. Scott.
Deatherage Opticians – Ray.
E3 Spark Plugs – B. Jones.
Edelbrock – Vogel.
Eibach – Schott.
Fast Shafts – R. Jones.
FK Rod Ends – S. Scott.
Forty9 Designs – Gillmore, Houston.
GRT Race Cars – Boles.
Hooker Harness – Mari.
Integra Shocks & Springs – Ahumada.
Jerovetz Motorsports Racing Parts – Schott.
Keyser Manufacturing – Whitwell.
KSE Racing Products – Sanders.
Maxima Racing Oils – O’Neil.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – Vasquez.
Out-Pace Racing Products – VanderBeek.
QA1 – Houston.
RacerWebsite.com – Ray.
Real Racing Wheels – all non-qualifiers.
RHRSwag.com – Robertson.
Simpson Performance Products – J. Gallardo.
Swift Springs – O’Neil, B. Jones.
Sybesma Graphics – O’Neil.
Tire Demon – Timm.
VP Racing Fuels – O’Neil.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Robertson.
Wilwood Disc Brakes – Ramirez.

By Scott|2018-04-24T23:52:35-04:00April 24th, 2018|National, Racing News|Comments Off

Dominant Davenport Rules Hagerstown – Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

HAGERSTOWN, MD (April 21, 2018) – Jonathan Davenport drove-away from the field on Saturday night at to win the 37th Annual Stanley Schetrompf Classic. The current championship points leader became the eleventh different victor in eleven appearances by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Hagerstown Speedway.

Davenport withstood the challenges of defending track champion Kyle Lee, and Scott Bloomquist early on en route to his fourth series win of the year. Bloomquist held off numerous charges by young Tyler Bare, who was competing in only the third Super Late Model race of his career. Bare ultimately settled for third in his first career LOLMDS start. McCreadie was fourth with Rookie of the Year hopeful, Mason Zeigler completing the top five.

“Man, all the credit goes to my crew. They are awesome. Jason and Tyler do a great job, and Kevin [Rumley] is back there working all the time. This was a new car last week, so we’ve got two wins in three races now. It’s definitely a good piece,” said the 34-year-old in Lucas Oil Victory Lane.

“Thanks to Lance Landers and Steve Martin of Crop Production Services for giving me this opportunity. I was definately getting tighter and tighter at the end. The track was taking a little bit of rubber especially through three and four. Thanks to all the fans for coming out tonight. This one’s for Big C [Carlton Lamm]. Everybody is still thinking about his family. It’s great to win here.”

Bloomquist survived a battle at the end with Bare and McCreadie to bring home another good points night. “Our car was good all night, Jonathan was really good as well. I didn’t know who was driving the 43A car, but we had a good battle there. Another podium finish isn’t bad, we will take it and head to Port Royal tomorrow night.”

Bare held his own against the nation’s top drivers. “These guys in front of me, they are the best of the best. We had a great run. I got into Scott [Bloomquist] once there and he just took off from there. This is only my third super race that I have run. We have run a bunch of crate races. Thanks to Brian Klinedinst for giving me an opportunity to drive his car. We’ll try it again at Port Royal tomorrow night.”

The winner’s Lance Landers Motorsports-owned Longhorn Chassis has an Andy Durham engine under the hood. The sponsors include: Crop Production Services, Spartan Mowers, Valvoline, ASC Warranty, Penske Shocks, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Midwest Sheet Metal, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

Completing the top ten were Earl Pearson Jr., Gregg Satterlee, Darrell Lanigan, Kyle Lee, and Don O’Neal.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Saturday, April 21st, 2018
37th Annual Stanley Schetrompf Classic
Hagerstown Speedway – Hagerstown, MD

Miller Welders Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Jonathan Davenport / 18.735 seconds (overall)
Fast Time Group B: Kenny Moreland / 19.260 seconds

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Jonathan Davenport, Tyler Bare, Mason Zeigler, Alex Ferree, Jason Covert, Bryan Bernheisel, Dan Stone, Andy Anderson, Carder Miller, Trever Feathers-DNS

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Scott Bloomquist, Kyle Bronson, Matt Cosner, Tim McCreadie, Hudson O’Neal, Dennis Erb, Jr., Dylan Yoder, Michael Maresca, Justin Kann

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Kyle Lee, Kenny Moreland, Bobby Pierce, Austin Hubbard, Gary Stuhler, Kyle Lear, Scott Palmer, Chad McClellan, Brian Booze, Tim Wilson

QA1 Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Gregg Satterlee, Jimmy Owens, Darrell Lanigan, Dan Angelicchio, Don O’Neal, Josh Richards, Earl Pearson, Jr., Cody Gray, Reese Masiello

Penske Racing Shocks B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Hudson O’Neal, Jason Covert, Bryan Bernheisel, Dennis Erb, Jr., Trever Feathers, Andy Anderson, Dan Stone, Dylan Yoder, Michael Maresca, Carder Miller, Justin Kann-DNS

FAST Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Don O’Neal, Earl Pearson, Jr., Kyle Lear, Josh Richards, Scott Palmer, Gary Stuhler, Chad McClellan, Brian Booze, Tim Wilson, Cody Gray, Reese Masiello

Lucas Oil Feature Finish (50 Laps):

FINISH	START	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	EARNINGS
1	1	49	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville, GA	$13,000
2	3	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN	$6,300
3	5	43A	Tyler Bare	Rockbridge Baths, VA	$3,500
4	15	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	$3,450
5	9	25Z	Mason Zeigler ®	Chalk Hill, PA	$2,350
6	20	1	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	$2,600
7	4	22	Gregg Satterlee	Indiana, PA	$2,200
8	12	14	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	$2,000
9	2	2T	Kyle Lee	Mercersburg, PA	$1,200
10	18	5	Don O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$1,900
11	8	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	$1,875
12	23	1R	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	$2,050
13	16	14A	Dan Angelicchio	Mt. Pleasant, PA	$1,025
14	10	32	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood, IL	$1,700
15	13	4	Alex Ferree	Valencia, PA	$1,000
16	24	28	Dennis Erb, Jr.	Carpentersville, IL	$1,000
17	21	119	Bryan Bernheisel	Jonestown, PA	$1,000
18	11	66c	Matt Cosner	Ridgeley, WV	$1,000
19	7	40B	Kyle Bronson ®	Brandon, FL	$1,700
20	6	24m	Kenny Moreland	Waldorf, MD	$1,000
21	25	20F	Trever Feathers	Stephens City, VA	$1,000
22	19	72C	Jason Covert	York Haven, PA	$1,000
23	14	11	Austin Hubbard	Bridgeville, DE	$1,000
24	17	71	Hudson O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$1,700
25	22	151	Kyle Lear	Severna Park, MD	$1,000

Race Statistics
Entrants: 38
Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1 – 50)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport
Margin of Victory: 3.437 seconds
Cautions: Jason Covert (Lap 13); Hudson O’Neal (Lap 20)
Series Provisionals: Josh Richards, Dennis Erb Jr.
Series Emergency Provisionals: N/A
Hagerstown Speedway Provisional: Trever Feathers
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Earl Pearson Jr. (Advanced 14 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jonathan Davenport
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Earl Pearson Jr.
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Jonathan Davenport
Hot Rod Processing Rookie of the Race: Mason Zeigler
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Durham Racing Engines
Ohlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Jason Durham (Jonathan Davenport)
Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Lap #1 – 20.4854 seconds)
STEEL-IT Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport (50 Laps)
Dirty Girl Racewear Farthest Traveler: Kyle Bronson
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Jonathan Davenport
Time of Race: 24 minutes 35 seconds

Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	POINTS	EARNINGS
1	49	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville, GA	1920	$59,450
2	1R	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	1815	$51,425
3	1	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	1760	$38,150
4	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN	1755	$45,425
5	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	1620	$20,700
5	1s	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, IL	1620	$42,150
7	5	Don O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	1595	$23,225
8	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	1570	$20,575
9	40B	Kyle Bronson ®	Brandon, FL	1560	$32,425
10	71	Hudson O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	1555	$24,075
11	32	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood, IL	1525	$18,200
12	14	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	1490	$15,850
13	22	Gregg Satterlee	Indiana, PA	1470	$19,975
14	28	Dennis Erb, Jr.	Carpentersville, IL	1400	$15,550
15	25Z	Mason Zeigler ®	Chalk Hill, PA	1355	$11,000

*Points are unofficial until Close of Business on the Tuesday following Race Day*

By Scott|2018-04-24T23:04:36-04:00April 24th, 2018|Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, National, Racing News, Series|Comments Off

Lucas Oil Late Models Return to Action

BATAVIA, OH (March 12, 2018) – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will resume competition this week with a visit to Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, OH on Friday, March 16th – followed by Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, IN on Saturday, March 17th.

A strong contingent of local and regional standouts are expected to battle the elite drivers of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in the 4th Annual Buckeye Spring 50. The event will feature a complete program of: Miller Welders Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a 50-lap, $12,000-to-win main event. The Open Wheel Modifieds will compete for $1,000-to-win.

For tickets and more information, visit: www.atomicspeedway.net.

Brownstown Speedway will host the John Jones Auto Group 21st Annual Indiana Icebreaker on Saturday, March 17th. Located inside the Jackson County Fairgrounds – the 1/4-mile dirt oval is accustomed to thrilling, edge of your seat racing action, lap-after-lap. A complete program of Miller Welders Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains and a 50-lap, $12,000-to-win main event is on tap for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Modifieds and Super Stocks will also be in action on Saturday, March 17th.

To purchase advance tickets or find more information, visit: www.brownstownspeedway.com.

Lucas Oil Championship Standings:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	POINTS	TRAIL BY
1	49	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville, GA	1160
2	1R	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	1110	-50
3	40B	Kyle Bronson	Brandon, FL	1005	-155
4	1	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	985	-175
5	1s	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, IL	970	-190
6	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	930	-230
7	71	Hudson O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	875	-285
8	22	Gregg Satterlee	Indiana, PA	855	-305
9	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	850	-310
10	28	Dennis Erb, Jr.	Carpentersville, IL	825	-335
11	116	Brandon Overton	Evans, GA	820	-340
12	5	Don O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	815	-345
13	14	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	810	-350
14	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN	805	-355
15	32	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood, IL	795	-365
16	91	Tyler Erb	New Waverly, TX	760	-400
17	99B	Boom Briggs	Bear Lake, PA	755	-405
18	B1	Brent Larson	Lake Elmo, MN	730	-430
19	25Z	Mason Zeigler	Chalk Hill, PA	715	-450
20	14m	Morgan Bagley	Gladewater, TX	630	-530

Atomic Speedway
Phone Number: 740-703-9749
Tracks Promoter: Brad McCown
Location: 2535 Blain Hwy, Waverly, OH 45690
Website: www.atomicspeedway.net

Tire Rule for Atomic Speedway March 16th:
Left Rear/Fronts – Hoosier Rib 28.5 – 1300
Right Rear – Hoosier 01, 04

*Must use the same set of 4 tires for Time Trials, Heat Races, and B-Main.
*For the A-Main, competitors may use 2 new rear tires.
*Cutting and/or siping of any tire IS allowed.

Brownstown Speedway
Phone Number: 812-358-5332
Tracks Promoter: Jim Price
Location: 476 East CR 100, Brownstown, IN 47220
Website: www.brownstownspeedway.com

Tire Rule for Brownstown Speedway March 17th:
Left Rear/Fronts – Hoosier Rib 28.5 – 1350
Right Rear – Hoosier 03, LM40

*Must use the same set of 4 tires for Time Trials, Heat Races, and B-Main.
*For the A-Main, competitors may use 2 new rear tires.
*Cutting and/or siping of any tire IS allowed.

Event Purse: 1. $12,000, 2. $5,500, 3. $3,500, 4. $2,750, 5. $2,250, 6. $1,800, 7. $1,500, 8. $1,300, 9. $1,200, 10. $1,100, 11. $1,075, 12. $1,050, 13. $1,025, 14. $1,000, 15. $1,000, 16. $1,000, 17. $1,000, 18. $1,000, 19. $1,000, 20. $1,000, 21. $1,000, 22. $1,000, 23. $1,000, 24. $1,000

By Scott|2018-03-13T17:01:55-04:00March 13th, 2018|National, Racing News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off

Kennedy Blows Through Traffic for Night 1 ASCS 360 Sprint Win at East Bay Raceway Park

Gibsonton, FL (2/15/2018) – Thomas Kennedy took the lead on lap 1 and while rarely challenged from behind, the Winnipeg, Manitoba quickly found his struggle with lapped traffic he rapidly encountered during night 1 of the ASCS King of the 360’s Championship at the 42nd Annual Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park. Kennedy paid tribute to the local short tracks near his home for his experience and uncanny ability to effortlessly handle 2 and 3 wide traffic, which was the only impediment that threatened to slow down his incredible performance leading to his night one victory.

While it was hard to take your focus away from Kennedy as he totally held the crowd breathless, there was additional extremely entertaining racing from Mark Smith, Tim Schaeffer, Terry McCarl, and Robbie Stillwagon that was a performance unto itself. They each took turns with “slide-jobs” that kept crowd on their feet and the finish in question until the final laps.
Local Florida drivers Danny Martin, Jr and AJ Maddox maneuvered their way through the extremely tight field for a 6th and 8th place finish respectively, while Max Strambaugh from Chilicothe, OH slotted his 16B in-between the two for a solid 7th place finish. Travis Rilat and Wayne Johnson rounded out the top 10.

Lithia, FL driver Robbie Smith was also in control from the beginning in his 25 Lap Mini-Sprint A-Main Feature. Similar to the ASCS 360 Sprints, the most intense battle was behind the leader as Matt Carr, Jim Young and Whitey Kidd all swapped positions before they settled for 2nd, 3rd and 4th, while Smithsburg, MD driver Cameron Morral driver rounded out the top 5.

ASCS 360 Sprints and Mini-Sprint action gets back underway tomorrow with Hot Laps beginning at 6pm and racing starting promptly at 7:00.

ASCS 360 Sprints A-Main Results:
Feature (25-Laps):
1. 21k – Thomas Kennedy; 2. 1M – Mark Smith; 3. 49X – Tim Shaffer; 4. 24 – Terry McCarl; 5. 89 – Robbie Stillwaggon; 6. 24M – Danny Martin Jr; 7. 16B – Max Stambaugh; 8. 3A – Aj Maddox; 9. 1 – Travis Rilat; 10. 2C – Wayne Johnson; 11. 20B – Cody Bora; 12. 43 – Derek Hagar; 13. 24D – Danny Sams Iii; 14. 4 – Danny Smith; 15. 10G – Terry Gray; 16. 17W – Harli White; 17. 28 – Phil Gressman; 18. 61 – Parker Evans; 19. 22G – Johnny Gilbertson; 20. 16M – Justin Hoffman; 21. 28C – John Carney; 22. 82 – Matt Kurtz; 23. 7S – Jason Sides; 24. 77x – Alex Hill

ASCS 360 Sprints Heat Race Winners:
Heat Race 1. 49X – Tim Schaeffer; Heat Race 2. 1 – Travis Rilat; 3. 89 – Robbie Stillwagon; 4. 1M – Mark Smith

Mini-Sprint A-Main Results:
Feature (25 Laps):
1. 66 – Robby Hoffman; 2. 93 – Matt Carr; 3. 8 – Jim Young; 4. 46 – Whitey Kidd, III; 5. 880 – Cameron Morral; 6. 28 – Conner Morrell; 7. 68T – Tyler Walton; 8. 17 – Austin Craddock; 9. 86 – Russ Heider; 10. 11S – Ian Schroeder; 11. 67 – David Hall; 12. 30 – John Crowder; 13. 3Z – Terry Peters; 14. 5 – Justin Rabon; 15. 20J – Jagger Parker; 16. 51 – Jeremy Finegan; 17. 45 – Kenny Brewler; 18. 1 – Freddie McCall, Jr; 19. 97 – Luke Thomas; 20. 3J – Bryant Paver; 21. 64 – Adam Barnes, DNS; 22. 3 – Micha McCall, DNS; 23. 5 – Jordan Howey, DNS

By Scott|2018-02-16T08:56:17-05:00February 16th, 2018|East Bay Raceway Park, National, Racing News|Comments Off

Davenport Finally Captures First Gator Trophy at DIRTcar Nationals

BARBERVILLE, FL– Feb. 12, 2018– Jonathan Davenport dominated the first night of Late Model competition at the 47th annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park by leading flag-to-flag for all 30 laps of the feature event. Davenport smiled from ear-to-ear holding his first ever Gator trophy in Victory Lane at the historic half-mile.

“You don’t know how much this gator [trophy] means to me,” said Davenport. “I’ve been wanting one of these things for so long. We’ve been close a few times but we’ve never got it done. This one here is definitely for my crew. We stayed up all night last night. We put a new body on this thing. We changed motors. We went all through the car. It was raining on us and we were soaking wet… Winning here is unbelievable. It sure is.”

Davenport, of Blairsville, GA, started on the pole for the event and never looked back. Despite two cautions, the driver of the No.49 owned by Lance Landers was never seriously challenged for the lead spot. Chris Madden of Gray Court, SC was the only driver to reach the bumper of Davenport throughout the race.

“It rubbered up so catching somebody and passing them is a different thing to do here,” said Madden. “We had a good car once we went low in one and two but I didn’t even realize it until two [laps] to go so I dove down there and I was able to carry some speed off the corner there.

“So maybe I should’ve made the charge down there a little earlier and tried to move around a little more sooner than I did,” Madden continued. “But overall, for the first night out with this team, with a new car from Barry [Wright] and a new power plant from Clements. All and all I think we’ve done a good job.”

Clanton and Madden swapped for second and third once throughout the race but the Georgia Bulldog was only able to hold on to the spot for two laps before the No. 44 Barry Wright House Car reclaimed the position for the remainder of the race.

“We are just glad to be here in sunny Florida as cold as it has been back at the house, it feels good to get down here. Mother Nature laid off tonight and gave us the night to race. Hopefully she is calmer the rest of the week and we can race five more nights. It is consistency here that matters so hopefully we get back in Victory Lane and keep it up front.”

The DIRTcar Late Models return to the track on February 13 for their second and final night of competition during the 12-day short track event before the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series takes center stage on Feb. 14-17.

Additional Race Notes:

Mike Marlar claimed quick time during qualifying with a 16.293 lap time at the World’s Fastest Half-Mile
The two cautions during the feature including one on lap 6 for Chase Junghans who slowed on the track and on lap 12 for Dennis Erb Jr. who spun in turn four and suffered right rear cosmetic damage
The DIRTcar Racing Modifieds completed a seven-night stretch of DIRTcar Nationals competition concluding with the crowning of the Big Gator Champion, Nick Hoffman. The entire Modified event took place before the Late Models hit the track for hot laps because of the threat of rain.
Donny Schatz won the Sprint Car Big Gator Championship and Nick Hoffman won the Modified Big Gator Championship. Both drivers entered into Late Model competition.

DIRTcar Late Model Results:

Feature (30-Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport; 2. 44-Chris Madden; 3. 25-Shane Clanton; 4. 0-Scott Bloomquist; 5. 157-Mike Marlar; 6. 17M-Dale McDowell; 7. 16-Tyler Bruening; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson; 9. 54-David Breazeale; 10. 7-Rick Eckert; 11. 116-Brandon Overton;12. 15-Donny Schatz; 13. 1-Brandon Sheppard; 14. 9-Devin Moran; 15. 72-Mike Norris; 16. B1-Brent Larson; 17. 2-Nick Hoffman; 18. OF1-Coleby Frye; 19. 28-Dennis Erb Jr; 20. C8-Timothy Culp; 21. 22s-Brian Shirley; 22.1star-Chub Frank; 23.31-Tyler Millwood; 24. 18c-Chase Junghans;

Last Chance Showdown 1: 1. 1star-Chub Frank; 2. 22s-Brian Shirley; 3. OF1-Coleby Frye; 4. 18c-Chase Junghans; 5. 7mm-Michael Maresca; 6. 11B-Stacy Boles; 7. 84-Austin Smith; 8. 16H-Mike Hammerle; 9. 14z-Zack McMillan; 10. 12-Jason Jameson; 11. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk; DNS. C02-Mark Whitener;

Last Chance Showdown 2: 1. 15-Donny Schatz;2. 2-Nick Hoffman;3. B1-Brent Larson;4.31-Tyler Millwood;5. 2c-Joey Coulter;6. 21jr-Billy Moyer Jr;7. 27-Jeff Beyers; 8. 6-Blake Spencer; 9. 14r-Reid Millard; 10. 7F-Jason Fitzgerald; DNS.115-Trey Beene; DNS. 91-Tyler Erb;

Heat 1: 1.44-Chris Madden; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson; 3. 7-Rick Eckert; 4. 72-Mike Norris; 5. OF1-Coleby Frye; 6. 7mm-Michael Maresca; 7. 1star-Chub Frank; 8. 14z-Zack McMillan; 9. 22s-Brian Shirley; 10. 84-Austin Smith.

Heat 2: 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening; 3. 17M-Dale McDowell; 4. 9-Devin Moran; 5.18c-Chase Junghans; 6. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk; 7. 11B-Stacy Boles; 8. 12-Jason Jameson; 9. 16H-Mike Hammerle; DNS. C02-Mark Whitener;

Heat 3: 1. 25-Shane Clanton; 2. 0-Scott Bloomquist; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr; 5. 7F-Jason Fitzgerald; 6. 15-Donny Schatz; 7. 31-Tyler Millwood; 8. 21jr-Billy Moyer Jr; 9. 2c-Joey Coulter; 10. 91-Tyler Erb;

Heat 4: 1. 54-David Breazeale; 2. 157-Mike Marlar; 3. C8-Timothy Culp; 4. 116-Brandon Overton; 5. B1-Brent Larson; 6. 2-Nick Hoffman; 7. 6-Blake Spencer; 8. 27-Jeff Beyers; 9. 115-Trey Beene; 10. 14r-Reid Millard.

Group A Qualifying: 1. 44- Chris Madden 17.138; 2. 40B- Kyle Bronson17.269; 3. 72- Mike Norris 17.324; 4.7- Rick Eckert 17.838;5. 1star- Chub Frank 17.846; 6. 14z- Zack McMilla18.127; 7. OF1- Coleby Frye 18.156; 8. 22s -Brian Shirley 18.322; 9. 84- Austin Smith 18.388; 10. 7mm- Michael Maresca 18.846;

Group B Qualifying: 1.49-Jonathan Davenport,16.658; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening,17.037; 3. 17M- Dale McDowell,17.352; 4. 9- Devin Moran, 17.355; 5. 18c-Chase Junghans, 17.361; 6. CJ1- Rusty Schlenk, 17.421; 7. 12- Jason Jameson, 17.604; 8. 11B- Stacy Boles, 17.616; 9. 16H- Mike Hammerle, 18.874; 10. C02- Mark Whitener, NT

Group C Qualifying: 1. 25- Shane Clanton, 16.312; 2. 7F- Jason Fitzgerald, 16.314; 3. 1- Brandon Sheppard,16.478; 4. 0- Scott Bloomquist, 16.563; 5. 21jr- Billy Moyer Jr, 16.827; 6. 15- Donny Schatz, 16.849; 7. 28- Dennis Erb Jr, 17.014; 8. 91- Tyler Erb, 17.097; 9. 2c- Joey Coulter, 17.329; 10. 31- Tyler Millwood, 18.258

Group D Qualifying: 1. 157- Mike Marlar, 16.293; 2. 54- David Breazeale, 16.510; 3. C8- Timothy Culp, 17.082; 4. B1- Brent Larson, 17.103; 5. 116- Brandon Overton, 17.225; 6. 2- Nick Hoffman, 17.623; 7. 6- Blake Spencer, 17.658; 8. 115- Trey Beene, 18.024; 9. 27- Jeff Beyers, 18.179; 10. 14r- Reid Millard, 18.978

By Scott|2018-02-13T17:07:34-05:00February 13th, 2018|DIRTcar, National, Racing News, Volusia Speedway Park|Comments Off

Strickler Wins The Money; Hoffman Wins His Third Consecutive DIRTcar Nationals Title

BARBERVILLE, FL — Feb. 11, 2018 — The $5,000-to-win Big Gator Championships for the ironmen of the 47^th Annual DIRTcar Nationals, the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds was on Monday, February 12^th. For the past seven days, the Modifieds have raced every night of the week as their marathon week of races within the DIRTcar Nationals came to an end. Two-time defending DIRTcar Nationals Champion, Nick Hoffman came into the night needing to finish fourth or better to claim his third straight DIRTcar UMP Modifieds Gator Championship. Hoffman would go on to finish second to Big Gator Championship Feature winner, Kyle Strickler who earned a $5,000 payday while Hoffman won his third straight DIRTcar Nationals title.

“We had a good racecar all week long. We battled some adversity earlier in the week with the car falling off the trailer. But we never finished out of the top three the whole time. We didn’t win the Championship, but we got the Big Gator for winning five grand,” Smiled the 33-year-old driver of the #8 Longhorn Chassis entry. “We’ve been surrounded by Elite cars are week long. But we never gave up. These guys are just so good, but the results showed how good we are too. It takes some long hours to do this. It’s nice though to put this Longhorn ahead of all those Elites, especially tonight.” Added the driver originally from Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. For the week, Strickler won, finished second and third twice each.

For Hoffman, the 25-year-old driver who is originally from Belleville, IL, the driver of the #2 Elite Chassis entry would become the first driver in DIRTcar Nationals history to win three championships in the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds. “Man, this is so awesome. To win a Big Gator is pretty special no matter how many times you do it. These are so hard to come by and to do this three years in a row says a lot about this car and this team. There’s so many people that make this happen and I truly can’t thank everyone enough.” Through the week, Hoffman recorded three wins as well as two seconds and a third to win the DIRTcar Nationals title by 13 points (458-443) over Strickler.

NASCAR Xfinity Series star, Justin Allgaier and Zeke McKenzie brought the stellar 28-car field to Chief Starter, Dave Farney’s green flag. It would be McKenzie shooting out to the early lead while Allgaier and the rest of the pack scrambled for position. McKenzie would extend his lead early in the event as Nick Hoffman, who started eighth, quickly worked his way into the top five by following fellow fourth row starter, Kyle Strickler, who started seventh. By Halfway, Strickler and Hoffman were second and third and slowly reeling in the race long leader, McKenzie.

On lap 16, Strickler was able to slip past McKenzie to take over the top spot as Hoffman also followed him through to grab second. The two drivers who both now call Mooresville, NC home, pulled away from the rest of the field and began slicing through lapped traffic while in the midst of their battle for the $5,000 payday. Strickler would lose Hoffman in traffic, but Hoffman was able to get through it to set up a late battle with Strickler. As the laps clicked off, both drivers got away from everyone, but it would be Strickler who would fight off a late charge from Hoffman to secure his second Gator of the week, his fourth career win at Volusia Speedway Park and first Big Gator trophy.

Hoffman settled for second but would officially clinch his third consecutive DIRTcar Nationals title. Will Krup rounded out the podium finishers in third. Two-time Gator winner this week, Tyler Nicely finished fourth as Allgaier completed the top five. Ryan Ayers scored his best finish of the week in sixth as Mark Whitener, two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion, Matt Crafton, opening night winner, David Stremme and Jason Beaulieu rounded out the top-10.

The DIRTcar Late Models continue Late Model week on Tuesday, February 13^th before the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series finish out the week over the last four nights from February 14-17^th. The Super DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds take over for the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and begin their stretch of five nights of racing also on Tuesday, February 13^th and will also close out the 47^th Annual DIRTcar Nationals.

For more information about the 47^th annual DIRTcar Nationals and to order tickets, please call: 1 (844) DIRT-TIX or log onto the DIRTcar Nationals website located at: dirtcarnationals.com. You can also follow the DIRTcar Nationals by visiting the Social Media outlets. Just search for “DIRTcar Nationals” on both Facebook and Twitter for the very latest updates.

DIRTcar UMP Modified Results:

Feature (30-Laps): 1. 8- Kyle Strickler; 2. 2 – Nick Hoffman; 3. K9 – Will Krup; 4. 25-Tyler Nicely; 5. 7- Justin Alligaier; 6. 6a – Ryan Ayers; 7. 5 – Mark Whitener; 8. 88- Matt Crafton; 9. 35- David Stremme; 10. 90- Jason Beaulieu; 11. 96m – Mike McKinney; 12. 67 – Garrett Stewart; 13. 36 – Kenny Wallace; 14. 24z- Zeke McKenzie; 15. 17T – Tyler Evans; 16. 99H – Justin Haley; 17. 9- Ken Schrader; 18. 49- Brian Ruhlman; 19. 1- Blake Spalding; 20. 2×4 – Chase Collins; 21. 23- Ryan Cripe; 22. 18L- Michael Long; 23. 15c – Jamie Carter; 24. 14c – Rick Conoyer; 25. 4 – Rick Arms; 26. 77- Ray Bollinger; 27. 61 – Allen Weisser; 28. 22T – Tony Anderson.

Last Chance Showdown 1: 1. 67- Garrett Stewart; 2. 1. Blake Spalding; 3. 01- Brendan Rassell; 4. 22T – Tony Anderson; 5. 14c- Rick Conoyer; 6. 13- Todd Souza; 7. 71N- Will Norris; 8. 96-Matthew Johnson; 9. D4- Dave Jamison; 10. 27-Frank Paladino; 11. 45-Will Long; 12. 11T-Dugan Thye; 13. 07-Jeff Thomas; 14. 4s-Craig Shaw; 15. 85E- Jesse Stange; 16. 11N- Gene Nicholas; 1. 27G – Jason Garver; 17. 6B- Dave Baldwin.

Last Chance Showdown 2: 1. 49- Brian Ruhlman, 2. 9- Ken Schrader, 3. 17T- Tyler Evans, 4. 3- Steve Stevenson, 5. 15- Joey Miller, 6. 2J- Troy Johnson, 7. A1- Gary Bentley, 8. 54- Larry Burkins, 9. 99H- Justin Haley, 10. 21- Sean Monaghan. DNS: 71 Jessie Hoskins, 10T Dustin Thayer, 6P Marvin Barton

By Scott|2018-02-13T17:04:21-05:00February 13th, 2018|DIRTcar, National, Racing News, Volusia Speedway Park|Comments Off

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