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WHEATLAND, MO (May 27, 2017) - Tim McCreadie took the lead on lap 30 from race-leader Jimmy Owens and then went on to win the 40-lap, Tribute to Don and Billie Gibson on Friday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. The event was co-sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Lucas Oil MLRA Series.

McCreadie's second full-year of running the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour has been off to a fruitful start. He claimed his third win of the season in the Sweeteners Plus, Penske Racing Shocks, Pro Power Racing Engines, Longhorn Chassis No. 39; it was also McCreadie's first ever win at Lucas Oil Speedway. Owens; who has eight career wins at the track; finished in second in his Ramirez Motorsports, E3 Spark Plugs, Boomtest Well Service, Durham Racing Engines, Rocket Chassis. Don O'Neal's Clint Bowyer Dirt Motorsports, Peak Antifreeze and Coolant, Clements Racing Engines, Club 29 entry finished third, with Scott Bloomquist and Josh Richards completing the top-five.

Darrell Lanigan led the first 14 laps of the race until Owens charged to the lead. Owens then ran the top line as McCreadie came from the outside of row number five using the bottom groove and closed the gap on the leader. McCreadie then chased down Owens and passed him on lap 30 to take the top spot. McCreadie withstood two cautions late in the race to take his car to victory lane by several car lengths at the end.

"I want to thank the Labonte family for putting faith in me to drive their cars. A Longhorn Chassis won here last night with Earl [Pearson] and we brought home the win tonight. From where we started and as good as the track was, I thought it would be tougher than it was. The car rolled through the corners at the beginning of the race and I was passing cars low and high, it handled like a dream."

"We showed a lot of speed tonight like last night. But when I got up there with Jimmy [Owens] I knew it would be tough to get by him. He runs so well here, if you can pass Owens here, then you have really done something special. This is my first win here and I will probably never get close to what he has done at this race track. To beat guys like Jimmy and [Don] O'Neal you must be near perfect to get it done. I just hope tomorrow night that we can run all 100 laps consistently, but you never know," said the 43-year-old driver.

Owens was all smiles afterwards even though he suffered a rare defeat at Lucas Oil Speedway. "We have had so much success here that it's hard to get down about getting beat tonight. He [McCreadie] was good, no doubt about it. For a guy to come from where he started, that says a lot about this race track tonight. It was a good hard race and I hope the fans enjoyed it. We just have the right set-up for this track and could run anywhere on it tonight."

"I had some miscommunication with my crew, I was running high and I should have gone down low where McCreadie was running. Anyway, I thought I could get back around him, but he was strong tonight and he deserved the win. We had a good points night again and should get a good starting spot here tomorrow night for the big show."

O'Neal charged late in the race to capture a third place finish. O'Neal started fifth and battled with Owens for the second spot towards the end of the race. "We had a good car tonight. The crew worked hard after last night, it was a good comeback as well. Tonight's B-Mains were awesome and I figured the feature would be the same way and it definitely did not disappoint."

Completing the top ten were Payton Looney, Earl Pearson Jr., Dennis Erb Jr., Mike Marlar, and Chris Simpson.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Friday, May 26th, 2017
Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson @ 25th Annual Show-Me 100
Lucas Oil Speedway - Wheatland, MO

Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Payton Looney / 15.558 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Darrell Lanigan / 15.703 seconds

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Payton Looney, Earl Pearson, Jr., Jack Sullivan, Randy Timms, Chase Junghans, Jonathan Rowan, Mason Zeigler, Jason Rauen, Tony Jackson, Jr., Wendell Wallace, Timothy Culp, Blonde Bomber Mitchell

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Dennis Erb, Jr., Scott Bloomquist, Billy Moyer, John Duty, Billy Moyer, Jr., Jonathan Davenport, Jeff Herzog, Scott Crigler, Boom Briggs, JC Wyman, Al Humphrey

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Don O'Neal, Shannon Babb, Justin Duty, Jon Mitchell, Jeremy Grady, BJ Robinson, Jesse Stovall, Dave Eckrich, Tim Manville, Tanner Mullens, Logan Martin

QA1 Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Darrell Lanigan, Joey Moriarty, Jared Landers, Brantlee Gotschall, Austin Rettig, Mike Stadel, Bobby Pierce, Shannon Scott, Jim Shereck, Bob King, Jason Sivils

ASi Racewear Heat Race #5 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Jimmy Owens, Tim McCreadie, Chris Simpson, Gregg Satterlee, Terry Phillips, Garrett Alberson, Chandler Petty, Mason Oberkramer, Hudson O'Neal, Cole Wells Daniel Jessen

DirtOnDirt.com Heat Race #6 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Mike Marlar, Josh Richards, Steve Francis, Rodney Sanders, Chad Simpson, Jake O'Neil, Bryon Allison, Gavin Landers, Will Vaught, Evan Hubert, Cliff Morrow

Penske Racing Shocks B-Main #1 Finish (15 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): Mason Zeigler, John Duty, Randy Timms, Jason Rauen, Chase Junghans, Billy Moyer, Jr., Jonathan Davenport, Timothy Culp, Jeff Herzog, Tony Jackson, Jr., JC Wyman, Boom Briggs, Blonde Bomber Mitchell, Jonathan Rowan, Wendell Wallace, Scott Crigler, Al Humphrey-DNS

Fast Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (15 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): Austin Rettig, Jesse Stovall, Bobby Pierce, Brantlee Gotschall, Jeremy Grady, Tim Manville, Logan Martin, Jon Mitchell, Jim Shereck, Dave Eckrich, Tanner Mullens, Mike Stadel, BJ Robinson, Shannon Scott, Jason Sivils, Bob King-DNS

BadBoy Mowers B-Main #3 Finish (15 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): Gregg Satterlee, Rodney Sanders, Chad Simpson, Terry Phillips, Jake O'Neil, Garrett Alberson, Mason Oberkramer, Chandler Petty, Hudson O'Neal, Cole Wells, Gavin Landers, Bryon Allison, Daniel Jessen, Will Vaught-DNS, Evan Hubert-DNS, Cliff Morrow-DNS

Feature Finish (40 Laps):


FINISH

START

CAR #

DRIVER NAME

HOMETOWN

EARNINGS

1

10

39

Tim McCreadie

Watertown, NY

$6,000

2

4

20

Jimmy Owens

Newport, TN

$3,000

3

5

5

Don O'Neal

Martinsville, IN

$2,000

4

9

0

Scott Bloomquist

Mooresburg, TN

$1,500

5

12

1R

Josh Richards

Shinnston, WV

$1,250

6

1

15P

Payton Looney

Republic, MO

$1,000

7

7

1

Earl Pearson, Jr.

Jacksonville, FL

$950

8

3

28E

Dennis Erb, Jr.

Carpentersville, IL

$900

9

6

157

Mike Marlar

Winfield, TN

$850

10

16

32C

Chris Simpson

Oxford, IA

$800

11

18

15

Steve Francis

Bowling Green, KY

$700

12

13

18X

Jack Sullivan

Greenbrier, AR

$600

13

24

20x

Rodney Sanders

Happy, TX

$600

14

19

25Z

Mason Zeigler

Chalk Hill, PA

$600

15

2

14

Darrell Lanigan

Union, KY

$600

16

23

00

Jesse Stovall

Billings, MO

$600

17

14

777

Jared Landers

Batesville, AR

$600

18

15

21

Billy Moyer

Batesville, AR

$600

19

11

18

Shannon Babb

Mowequa, IL

$600

20

20

94

Austin Rettig

Sikeston, MO

$600

21

21

22

Gregg Satterlee

Rochester Mills, PA

$600

22

17

15x

Justin Duty

Portland, OR

$600

23

8

51M

Joey Moriarty

Phoenix, AZ

$600

24

22

5d

John Duty

Portland, OR

$600


Race Statistics  

Entrants: 67
Lap Leaders: Darrell Lanigan (Laps 1 - 13); Jimmy Owens (Laps 14 - 29); Tim McCreadie (30 - 40)
Cautions: Mason Zeigler (Lap 32); Darrell Lanigan (Lap 33)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: n/a
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Wrisco Feature Winner: Tim McCreadie
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Rodney Sanders (Started: 24th; Finished: 13th; Advanced 11 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Scott Bloomquist
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Josh Richards
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Jimmy Owens
Hot Rod Processing Rookie of the Race: Gregg Satterlee
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Pro Power Racing Engines
Ohlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Phillip Snellen (Tim McCreadie
Fastest Lap of the Race: Darrell Lanigan (Lap #1 - 15.9852 seconds)
Safecraft Most Laps Led: Jimmy Owens (15 Laps)
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Payton Looney
Time of Race: 16 minutes 43 seconds
   
Saturday, May 27, 2017 Line-Ups:

Penske Racing Shocks B-Main #1 Line Up (15 Laps, Top 2 Transfer):


Jesse Stovall

0

777

Jared Landers

Chase Junghans

18J

33T

Tim Manville

Chad Simpson

25

94

Austin Rettig

Justin Duty

15x

71

Hudson O'Neal

Jim Shereck

17s

77

Gavin Landers

Jon Mitchell

5M

99B

Boom Briggs

Evan Hubert

9E

56R

Jonathan Rowan

Bryon Allison

1A

99c

Cliff Morrow

Daniel Jessen

17J

 

 


Fast Shafts B-Main #2 Line Up (15 Laps, Top 2 Transfer):


Logan Martin

36

18

Shannon Babb

Jason Rauen

98

5T

Randy Timms

Joey Moriarty

51M

5d

John Duty

Terry Phillips

75P

43

Jeremy Grady

Shannon Scott

4F

88

Wendell Wallace

Tanner Mullens

20T

1V

Will Vaught

Cole Wells

10W

12

Scott Crigler

Bob King

45

6H

Al Humphrey

Larry Jones

99J

 

 


Bad Boy Mowers B-Main #3 Line Up (15 Laps, Top 2 Transfer):


Jack Sullivan

18x

58

Dave Eckrich

Brantlee Gotschall

4G

56

Tony Jackson Jr.

Garrett Alberson

F5

49

Jonathan Davenport

BJ Robinson

1b

c8

Timothy Culp

Mason Oberkramer

93

R5

Chandler Petty

Jeff Herzog

11H

J0

Jake O'Neil

JC Wyman

4W

b29

Blonde Bomber Mitchell

Mike Stadel

81s

0x

Jason Sivils

Tanner Kellick

3K

 

 


Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 - presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com Feature Line Up:


Tim McCreadie

39

20

Jimmy Owens

Earl Pearson Jr.

1

0

Scott Bloomquist

Mike Marlar

157

15P

Payton Looney

Darrell Lanigan

14

25z

Mason Zeigler

Don O'Neal

5

32c

Chris Simpson

Steve Francis

15

20x

Rodney Sanders

Josh Richards

1R

32

Bobby Pierce

Dennis Erb Jr.

28e

22

Gregg Satterlee

Billy Moyer

21

21JR

Billy Moyer Jr.

B-Main 1

1st

1st

B-Main 2

B-Main 3

1st

2nd

B-Main 1

B-Main 2

2nd

2nd

B-Main 3

LOLMDS Provisional

1

2

LOLMDS Provisional

MLRA Provisional

1

2

MLRA Provisional

LOLMDS Emergency

1

2

LOLMDS Emergency

Midwest Sheet Metal Challenge

Winner

Provisional

Past Show-Me 100 Winner