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LOCUST GROVE, AR (August 17, 2012) – Steve Francis of Ashland, KY and Chris Madden of Gaffney, SC will make up the front row for Saturday Night’s 20th Annual COMP Cams Topless at Batesville Motor Speedway. Both drivers won their respective heat races in Friday Night’s preliminary action for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.<\/p>\n
Francis captured Wiles Driveshafts heat race number one as he got by race leader, Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN with two laps to go. Bloomquist got boxed in behind a lapped car heading into turn number three and Francis took full advantage by zipping past the Red Buck Cigars Fast Qualifier. Bloomquist finished second followed by 4-time Topless 100 winner, Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR and first-time Topless 100 starter Todd Hall of Charleston, MO.<\/p>\n
In the U. S. Steel heat number two, Jared Landers of Batesville, AR inherited the lead when racer leader, Tyler Reddick of Corning, CA broke an axle tube and flipped in turn number four. Reddick, who was dominating the heat race escaped uninjured in the incident. Landers, the 2010 Topless 100 winner then ran off to capture the win. He will start third in tomorrow night’s main event.\u00a0\u00a0 Former Topless 100 champ, Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, GA finished second to Landers, followed by John Blankenship of Williamson, WV and Morgan Bagley of Longview, TX.<\/p>\n
In the Simpson Performance Products heat number three, Chris Madden stormed to the top spot and led all the way. Madden had to hold his breath on the final lap of the 12-lap event when traffic nearly allowed second-place running Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, IL to get by him. Babb finished second to Madden, with Will Vaught of Crane, MO and Wendell Wallace of Batesville, AR taking third and fourth to advance to the main event.<\/p>\n
The fourth and final Hawk Performance heat race saw the top two in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship Points Standings go head-to-head, with Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN and Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN starting on the front row. O’Neal got the jump at the start and led all 12 laps to secure the fourth starting spot on Saturday Night. Owens, the current series points leader finished second followed by Jesse Stovall of Galena, MO and Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, AR.<\/p>\n
In preliminary action, Scott Bloomquist set the Red Buck Cigars Fast Time amongst the 44 entrants, with a lap of 12.798 seconds. Chris Madden set the fastest time in Group B with a time of 12.841 seconds. Steve Francis, Jared Landers, Chris Madden, and Don O’Neal won their respective Heat Races.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow night at the COMP Cams Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR, there will be B-Mains, and the 100-lap, $40,000 to win, COMP Cams Topless 100 to cap off an exciting weekend of premier dirt late model racing. For more information, check out www.batesvillemotorspeedway.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the latest breaking news on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, log onto www.lucasdirt.com<\/a> and be sure to follow the series at www.facebook.com\/lucasdirt<\/a> and www.twitter.com\/#!\/lucasdirt<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series<\/p>\n Race Summary<\/p>\n Friday Night, August 17th, 2012 Batesville Motor Speedway – Batesville, AR<\/p>\n Red Buck Cigars Fast Time Group A: Scott Bloomquist \/ 12.798 seconds<\/p>\n Red Buck Cigars Fast Time Group B: Chris Madden \/ 12.841 seconds<\/p>\n Wiles Driveshafts First Heat (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer): Steve Francis, Scott Bloomquist, Billy Moyer, Todd Hall, Klint Byars, Robbie Stuart, Terry Phillips, Chris Wall, Shane Harris, Chris Huckabay, Billy Moyer, Jr.<\/p>\n U. S. Steel Second Heat (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer): Jared Landers, Dale McDowell, John Blankenship, Morgan Bagley, Eric Wells, Shawn Knuckles, Curtiss Cook, Kyle Beard, Tyler Reddick, Odie Green, Travis Mosley<\/p>\n Simpson Performance Products Third Heat (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer): Chris Madden, Shannon Babb, Will Vaught, Wendell Wallace, Brandon Smith, Robert Baker, Neil Baggett, Jason McBride, Tommy Surrett, Keith Lawson, Braden Mitchell<\/p>\n HAWK Brakes Fourth Heat (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer): Don O’Neal, Jimmy Owens, Jesse Stovall, Jack Sullivan, Earl Pearson, Jr., Jonathan Davenport, Jon Mitchell, Jeff Chanler, Timothy Culp, Jon Kirby, BJ Robinson<\/p>\n <\/p>\n JRI Shocks – “B” MAIN #1 LINE UP (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer)<\/p>\n DRIVER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INSIDEOUTSIDE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRIVER<\/p>\n Klint Byars\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5bx\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 18e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eric Wells<\/p>\n Robbie Stuart\u00a0 6r\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14JR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shawn Knuckles<\/p>\n Terry Phillips\u00a0\u00a0 75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 601\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Curtiss Cook<\/p>\n Chris Wall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 71w\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 86\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kyle Beard<\/p>\n Shane Harris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0H\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11T\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tyler Reddick<\/p>\n Chris Huckabay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 88\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15x\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Odie Green<\/p>\n Billy Moyer, Jr.21JR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31m\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Travis Mosley<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PAC Racing Springs – “B” MAIN #2 LINE UP (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer)<\/p>\n DRIVER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INSIDEOUTSIDE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRIVER<\/p>\n Brandon Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 115\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 44\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Earl Pearson, Jr.<\/p>\n Robert Baker\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17mx\u00a0\u00a0 15d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jonathan Davenport<\/p>\n Neil Baggett\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21x\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5m\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jon Mitchell<\/p>\n Jason McBride77m\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11c\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeff Chanler<\/p>\n Tommy Surrett27s\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Timothy Culp<\/p>\n Keith Lawson\u00a0\u00a0 60\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11k\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jon Kirby<\/p>\n Braden Mitchell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BJ Robinson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LOCUST GROVE, AR (August 17, 2012) – Steve Francis of Ashland, KY and Chris Madden of Gaffney, SC will make up the front row for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,3,59,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-front-page-news","category-lucas-oil-late-model-dirt-series","category-race-results"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13048,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13045\/revisions\/13048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n20th Annual COMP Cams “Topless 100”<\/p>\n