BATESVILLE, AR (August 20, 2020) - Tim McCreadie remains one the hottest drivers on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour as he passed race leader Jimmy Owens coming to the white flag. He held off Owens on the final lap to win Thursday Night's 30-lap preliminary event at Batesville Motor Speedway.

McCreadie, coming off a $50,000 win last Saturday Night at Florence Speedway, came from the fifth-starting spot for his fourth LOLMDS win of 2020. Owens finished in second followed by Dale McDowell, Earl Pearson Jr., and Billy Moyer Jr.

The race ran caution-free for all 30 laps and saw Owens do just as he did a week ago. He dominated the race for 3/4ths of the race, but a late race charge by McCreadie left Owens in the runner-up spot despite leading 28 of the 30 circuits.

In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the 19th time in his career, McCreadie continued his stretch of late race heroics. "It's tough to lead here late in the race. You've got a lot of lap traffic, but that's part of it. We got a good bite going into three and four and the car stuck enough to get around Jimmy [Owens]. It's amazing what's happened for our team in the last two weeks. I stayed out on the road with the guys after Florence and went down to Longhorn. We worked on some things this week. This deal is not easy. There are so many guys that can win each night. If you make a small mistake they are all over you."

Owens was happy with his results in tonight's Prelim A-Main. "We tried a couple of things tonight. This track is different than what we run on all year. We kept a steady pace and got into traffic. McCreadie went to the outside at the end and got around me. The car could move around pretty good out there until we got behind traffic."

McDowell is coming off a top five finish at Florence in the North-South 100 and said he can build on his podium finish tonight at BMS. "We haven't been here in 3 or 4 years. I am sure Shane will make some adjustments for tomorrow night. I was behind those two battling for the lead and I could see what they were doing, so that's something that might help us for tomorrow night and Saturday."

The winner's Donald and Gena Bradsher Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and is sponsored by Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Bilstein Shocks, VP Fuels, Sweeteners Plus, and D&E Marine.

Completing the top ten were Jonathan Davenport, Shane Clanton, Brandon Overton, Stormy Scott, and Spencer Hughes.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 
Race Summary 
28th Annual COMP Cams Topless 100 Prelim - Presented by Nutrien Ag
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Batesville Motor Speedway - Batesville, AR

Lucas Oil Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Jimmy Owens / 14.047 seconds (overall)
Fast Time Group B: Dale McDowell / 14.054 seconds 

Penske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer):  1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 1BJ-BJ Robinson[7]; 3. 18-Shannon Babb[6]; 4. C8-Timothy Culp[2]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 6. 26R-Ross Farmer[8]; 7. 50-Shanon Buckingham[3]; 8. 157-Mike Marlar[5]

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer):  1. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[2]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 4. 14M-Morgan Bagley[6]; 5. 21M-Billy Moyer Sr[4]; 6. 92M-Chad Mallett[5]; 7. 14G-Joe Godsey[7]; 8. 14R-Jeff Roth[8]

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 3. 14-Josh Richards[3]; 4. 12M-Wendell Wallace[5]; 5. 12C-Scott Crigler[4]; 6. 56C-Colton Horner[6]; 7. 13N-Derrick Nichols[8]; 8. 997-Travis Ashley[7]

Ohlins Shocks Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer):  1. 17M-Dale McDowell[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 3. 36-Logan Martin[3]; 4. 21XXX-Neil Baggett[4]; 5. 90-Brian Rickman[2]; 6. 86R-Rick Rickman[6]; 7. 12-Jamie Elam[7]; 8. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[8]

MyRacePass Heat Race #5 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[1]; 2. 11H-Spencer Hughes[5]; 3. 81E-Tanner English[3]; 4. 71-Robert Baker[4]; 5. 93-Mason Oberkramer[6]; 6. 78S-Steve Stultz[8]; 7. 5A-Austin Vincent[7]; 8. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]

NutrienAg Heat Race #6 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton[5]; 3. 44M-Chris Madden[3]; 4. 9-Devin Moran[4]; 5. 86-Kyle Beard[6]; 6. 11J-Drew Armstrong[2]; 7. 13-Joey Smith[7]; 8. (DNS) 48-Mike Myers

Tiger Rear Ends B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer):  1. C8-Timothy Culp[1]; 2. 12M-Wendell Wallace[3]; 3. 21M-Billy Moyer Sr[5]; 4. 14M-Morgan Bagley[2]; 5. 50-Shanon Buckingham[10]; 6. 12C-Scott Crigler[6]; 7. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 8. 92M-Chad Mallett[8]; 9. 56C-Colton Horner[9]; 10. 26R-Ross Farmer[7]; 11. 13N-Derrick Nichols[12]; 12. 14G-Joe Godsey[11]; 13. 157-Mike Marlar[13]; 14. 14R-Jeff Roth[14]; 15. (DNS) 997-Travis Ashley

FAST Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 21XXX-Neil Baggett[1]; 2. 9-Devin Moran[3]; 3. 86-Kyle Beard[6]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[14]; 5. 90-Brian Rickman[4]; 6. 11J-Drew Armstrong[9]; 7. 71-Robert Baker[2]; 8. 12-Jamie Elam[10]; 9. 78S-Steve Stultz[8]; 10. 5A-Austin Vincent[11]; 11. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[13]; 12. 13-Joey Smith[12]; 13. 93-Mason Oberkramer[5]; 14. 86R-Rick Rickman[7]; 15. (DNS) 48-Mike Myers

Lucas Oil Feature Finish (30 Laps): 


Pos

Start

Car #

Competitor

Hometown

Pay

1

5

39

Tim McCreadie

Watertown, NY

$5,000

2

1

20

Jimmy Owens

Newport, TN

$3,000

3

2

17M

Dale McDowell

Chickamauga, GA

$2,000

4

4

1

Earl Pearson Jr

Jacksonville, FL

$1,500

5

3

21

Billy Moyer Jr

Batesville, AR

$1,250

6

9

49

Jonathan Davenport

Blairsville, GA

$1,000

7

12

25

Shane Clanton

Zebulon, GA

$950

8

6

76

Brandon Overton

Evans, GA

$900

9

15

2S

Stormy Scott

Las Cruces, NM

$850

10

10

11H

Spencer Hughes

Meridian, MS

$800

11

13

18

Shannon Babb

Moweaqua, IL

$700

12

18

44M

Chris Madden

Gray Court, SC

$600

13

8

1T

Tyler Erb

New Waverly, TX

$600

14

11

40B

Kyle Bronson

Brandon, FL

$600

15

19

C8

Timothy Culp

Prattsville, AR

$600

16

16

81E

Tanner English

Benton, KY

$600

17

22

9

Devin Moran

Dresden, OH

$550

18

17

14

Josh Richards

Shinnston, WV

$500

19

7

1BJ

BJ Robinson

Bossier City, LA

$500

20

14

36

Logan Martin

West Plains, MO

$500

21

24

86

Kyle Beard

Trumann, AR

$500

22

23

21M

Billy Moyer Sr

Batesville, AR

$500

23

21

12M

Wendell Wallace

Batesville, AR

$500

24

20

21XXX

Neil Baggett

Columbus, MS

$500


Race Statistics
Entrants
: 48
Lap Leaders: Jimmy Owens (Laps 1 - 28); Tim McCreadie (Laps 29 - 30)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Tim McCreadie
Margin of Victory: 0.986 seconds
Cautions: none
LOLMDS Series Provisionals: n/a
CCSDS Series Provisionals: n/a
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Tim McCreadie, Jimmy Owens, Dale McDowell
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Stormy Scott (Advanced 6 Positions) 
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jimmy Owens
Allstar Performance Most Laps Led: Jimmy Owens (28 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Jimmy Owens
Eibach Springs Rookie of the Race: Tanner English
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Philip Snellen (Tim McCreadie)
Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Jimmy Owens (Lap #2 - 15.0191 seconds)
STEEL-IT Tough Break of the Race: Neil Baggett
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Jimmy Owens
Time of Race: 8 minutes 11 seconds

COMP Cams Topless 100 - Presented by Nutrien Ag Point Standings:


Pos

Car #

Competitor

Hometown

Points

1

39

Tim McCreadie

Watertown, NY

250

2

20

Jimmy Owens

Newport, TN

240

3

17m

Dale McDowell

Chickamauga, GA

230

4

1

Earl Pearson Jr

Jacksonville, FL

210

5

21

Billy Moyer Jr

Batesville, AR

205

6

49

Jonathan Davenport

Blairsville, GA

200

7

25

Shane Clanton

Zebulon, GA

195

8

76

Brandon Overton

Evans, GA

190

9

2s

Stormy Scott

Las Cruces, NM

185

10

11H

Spencer Hughes

Meridian, MS

180

11

18

Shannon Babb

Moweaqua, IL

175

12

44M

Chris Madden

Gray Court, SC

170

13

1T

Tyler Erb

New Waverly, TX

165

14

40B

Kyle Bronson

Brandon, FL

160

15

C8

Timothy Culp

Prattsville, AR

155

16

81E

Tanner English

Benton, KY

150

17

9

Devin Moran

Dresden, OH

145

18

14

Josh Richards

Shinnston, WV

140

19

1BJ

BJ Robinson

Bossier City, LA

135

20

36

Logan Martin

West Plains, MO

130

21

12M

Wendell Wallace

Batesville, AR

125

22

21M

Billy Moyer Sr

Batesville, AR

125

23

86

Kyle Beard

Trumann, AR

125

24

21xxx

Neil Baggett

Columbus, MS

125

25

14M

Morgan Bagley

Gladewater, TX

120

26

20RT

Ricky Thornton Jr

Adel, IA

120

27

50

Shanon Buckingham

Morristown, TN

115

28

86B

Brian Rickman

Columbus, MS

115

29

12C

Scott Crigler

Alton, MO

110

30

11J

Drew Armstrong

Alexander, AR

110

31

16

Tyler Bruening

Decorah, IA

105

32

71

Robert Baker

Alexander, AR

105

33

92M

Chad Mallett

Greenbrier, AR

100

34

48

Jamie Elam

Senatobia, MS

100

35

56C

Colton Horner

Katy, TX

95

36

78S

Steve Stultz

Peoria, AZ

95

37

26R

Ross Farmer

Glenwood, AR

90

38

5A

Austin Vincent

Moody, MO

90

39

13N

Derrick Nichols

Warren, AR

85

40

22H

Daniel Hilsabeck

Earlham, IA

85

41

14G

Joe Godsey

Edinburgh, IN

80

42

13

Joey Smith

Pomona, MO

80

43

14R

Jeff Roth

Bentonville, AR

75

44

57

Mike Marlar

Winfield, TN

75

45

93

Mason Oberkramer

Broseley, MO

75

46

86R

Rick Rickman

Columbus, MS

75

47

997

Travis Ashley

Batesville, AR

50

48

48

Mike Myers

Ruleville, MS

50