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LOCUST GROVE, AR (August 17, 2024) – Tim McCreadie won his second career Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel on Saturday Night at Batesville Motor Speedway. McCreadie took the lead on lap 66 when race leader Ricky Thornton Jr. was forced to pit for a flat tire. McCreadie then led the rest of the race holding off Jonathan Davenport to win the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event for the first time since 2008. McCreadie earned $50,000 out of the $150,000 purse for his 38th career series victory. It was also McCreadie’s first win for Mark Richards Racing, Rocket1, the team he started racing for in March. Davenport, who started 15th came through the field to finish second to McCreadie. Garrett Alberson rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third. Completing the top five were Ethan Dotson and Ricky Thornton Jr. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the second time this year McCreadie, the two-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Champion was exhausted after the 100-lap affair. “I don’t know what to say. It was a grueling race, beating the cushion down for that many laps is way quicker than it’s been since probably the last time I won here. Hats off to this Rocket1 team, it’s been a grind. I will tell you these guys haven’t had one bad day, if they did, I would never know it. They do have their faith in me, and I have my faith in them. I told people it’s going to take a little longer when you’ve got two strong-willed guys like me and Mark. It’s been a work in progress; he set down and built this new XR1.2. It’s been bad fast since we’ve got it off the truck,” said the Watertown, New York driver. Thornton led the first 41 laps until a caution slowed the action. On the restart Thornton and McCreadie exchanged slide jobs for the lead with McCreadie taking the point on lap 42. “I just had to put some pressure on Ricky. I mean I don’t know if I was clear or not, but I’ve had plenty of them thrown at me in the last three years where none of them were clear, so I figured well it’s 50 grand on the line. He’s [Thornton] won a lot of big races this year and I’ve got none so maybe I will tame it down next time, but I had to get to the lead as quick as possible because when he gets out there and gets cruising he’s so polished and he’s not going to make a mistake. I knew if we pushed him a little and he had a failure it was to our advantage,” said McCreadie. McCreadie held command of the race until traffic became an issue as Thornton caught McCreadie retaking the lead on lap 59. Thornton started to pull away extending his lead over McCreadie, but with 65 laps complete slowed down the backstretch with a flat right rear tire. Thornton would pit rejoining the field on the tail. As McCreadie inherited the lead back on a lap 66 restart he would now have to contend with Davenport, who had moved into second after starting on the inside of row number eight. Davenport, the Topless 100 winner in 2022, would put pressure on McCreadie. However, McCreadie would pull away in the final ten circuits to win the race by 1.970 seconds. “My guys gave me a really great car,” said Davenport. “They have been working hard and you know everybody out here works hard. Man, it was hot and it’s hard on us old guys. I will tell you that we just keep working at it. This was a brand-new car. I just wasn’t quite comfortable with it qualifying like I wanted it. In the heat race last night, I just chose the wrong lane on a restart so that put us in a B-main and we just had to claw our way back from there. We done some different stuff on tires just to make sure that we could go the entire distance tonight,” said Davenport, who along with McCreadie and Alberson never visited the hot pit to change tires during the race. “I wasn’t as good as Timmy though. I threw everything I had at him. The more I moved up on the racetrack the freer I would get.” Alberson came from ninth to round out the Big River Steel Podium. “I was a little nervous. I never felt that good early; I had to be way too conservative to take care of my tires. I was hoping this would play out. I knew the pace and the speed you could carry really wasn’t abrasive, but we were just keeping them so hot. I tried to pace myself and tried to let them other guys do their racing and man I am so proud of this Roberts Motorsports team. I love this track, it’s so tricky, so fast and so cool. Congrats to Timmy and Rocket1 they have been working hard for this.” The winner’s Mark Richards Racing, Rocket Chassis is powered by a Durham Racing Engine and sponsored by Valvoline, Seubert Calf Ranches, Petroff Towing, Franklin Enterprises, Performance Grading, Ace Metal Works, Stiles Marine and Maintenance, Gunter’s Honey, Fox Shocks, and Sunoco Race Fuels. Completing the top ten were Hudson O’Neal, Carson Ferguson, Boom Briggs, Dale McDowell, and Devin Moran. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (15 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 54-David Breazeale[2]; 2. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[3]; 4. 12E-Jamie Elam[7]; 5. 18-Matt Cooper[6]; 6. 86-Kyle Beard[15]; 7. 66-Eli Ross[9]; 8. 41-Bryce Clark[5]; 9. 24-Jake Elam[10]; 10. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 11. USA1-Devon Andrews[13]; 12. 7S-Jeff Sloan[18]; 13. 3N-Nathan Brown[16]; 14. 997-Travis Ashley[19]; 15. 7J-Ryan Johnson[14]; 16. 111-Max Blair[1]; 17. F15-Peyton Foster[17]; 18. 88-Chance Mann[12]; 19. (DNS) 91-Chris Jones UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (15 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[1]; 2. C8-Timothy Culp[3]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 4. 17-Jarret Stuckey[6]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[14]; 7. 11-Jon Kirby[5]; 8. 47-Chandler Petty[10]; 9. 93-Cory Lawler[12]; 10. 1AU-Joe Chalmers[7]; 11. 1S-Brandon Smith[11]; 12. 5V-Austin Vincent[9]; 13. 90-Josh Farris[16]; 14. 27-Lynn Irwin[17]; 15. 2C-Charlie Cole[8]; 16. 78-Henry Gustavus[15]; 17. 15-Nathan Stewart[13]; 18. (DNS) 1G-Bryan Glaze; 19. (DNS) 33-Steven Crocker 32nd Annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel Feature Finish (100 Laps): Race Statistics Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings: LOCUST GROVE, AR (August 16, 2024) – For the second year in a row Ricky Thornton Jr. won the Friday Night preliminary event for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Batesville Motor Speedway. The race kicked off the weekend for the $50,000 to win Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel on Saturday Night. Dale McDowell, the defending Topless 100 champion finished second followed by Tim McCreadie, Mike Marlar, and Hudson O’Neal. Thornton held the lead for all 30 laps, collecting $5,000 for his second win for the Koehler Motorsports team and crew chief, Chris Madden, a former Topless 100 winner in 2019. It was Thornton’s 13th series win of the season and the 41st of his career, breaking a tie with Earl Pearson Jr. for fifth place on the all-time series win list. McDowell ran second the entire distance as he attempts to become the first driver in the 32-year-history of the Topless 100 to win in back-to-back years. Thornton, who will start from the pole on Saturday night is seeking his first career win in the crown jewel event. “For some reason, I am really good here early in the week. I felt like we were better tonight than what we typically are. I don’t know, I think we just need to work on our stuff to get a little better for these long features. The setup on the car is weird, it’s way different than I have ever driven. Thanks to the guys for getting the car ready this week while I was running a pavement midget car. It’s nice to hop back in it and have some speed. Hopefully tomorrow it will start off just as muddy and I hope the racing can be just as good.” McDowell, a two-time winner of the event came home in second, trailing Thornton by 0.705 seconds at the finish. “We hope we can take advantage of a good starting spot tomorrow night. I am sure they will do some different things to the track and that’ll throw us some curves before the feature. The biggest thing is just getting yourself in a position and get your car fast enough. I think Ricky was comfortable out front over the last 15 laps of the race. It was a bad day for our camp with Scott [Bloomquist] being gone. We are right there on the property, so hopefully we can get a win tomorrow night for that bunch up there our hearts go out to the entire Bloomquist family.” McCreadie, who was scheduled to start from the pole but was penalized a row on the initial start of the race rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third. “It’s always a judgment call. I might have gone a little early, but I was in the rubber. It’s part of the thing. My right rear was in the rubber the cars outside are in the rubber so it’s always going to look way worse than that and then Dale couldn’t take off on the next restart because he’s scared to death to do it. It’s just kind of the way it works next time I just won’t start as early.” The winner’s Bobby and Jessica Koehler, Koehler Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Capital Waste, Traffic Control System Services, Ultimate Towing and Recovery, Ultimate Motorsports and RV Park, Rogers Realty and Auction Company, Inc., Hoker Trucking, Coltman Farms, Sunoco Race Fuels, D&E Outside Services, and Five Star Metal Buildings. Completing the top ten were Scott Crigler, Devin Moran, Ethan Dotson, Garrett Alberson, and Tyler Stevens. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Allstar Performance Time Trials Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 3. 54-David Breazeale[2]; 4. 7T-Drake Troutman[3]; 5. 11-Jon Kirby[9]; 6. 18-Matt Cooper[5]; 7. 66-Eli Ross[6]; 8. 90-Josh Farris[8]; 9. 78-Henry Gustavus[7] Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 5. 1AU-Joe Chalmers[9]; 6. 1S-Brandon Smith[6]; 7. 93-Cory Lawler[7]; 8. 27-Lynn Irwin[8]; 9. 1G-Bryan Glaze[4] Earnhardt Technologies Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O'Neal[1]; 2. 777-Jared Landers[4]; 3. 111-Max Blair[2]; 4. C8-Timothy Culp[3]; 5. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 6. 24-Jake Elam[7]; 7. 15-Nathan Stewart[8]; 8. 7J-Ryan Johnson[5]; 9. 7S-Jeff Sloan[9] Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[1]; 2. 74-Ethan Dotson[2]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 4. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[4]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 6. 2C-Charlie Cole[8]; 7. 5V-Austin Vincent[7]; 8. 88-Chance Mann[6]; 9. F15-Peyton Foster[9] Lucas Oil Heat Race #5 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 2-Tyler Stevens[3]; 3. 99B-Boom Briggs[2]; 4. 1B-BJ Robinson[4]; 5. 17-Jarret Stuckey[5]; 6. 41-Bryce Clark[6]; 7. 47-Chandler Petty[8]; 8. 3N-Nathan Brown[7]; 9. USA1-Devon Andrews[9] Lucas Oil Heat Race #6 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 12-Scott Crigler[2]; 2. 93F-Carson Ferguson[1]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson[3]; 4. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 5. 86-Kyle Beard[5]; 6. 91-Chris Jones[6]; 7. 12E-Jamie Elam[7]; 8. 997-Travis Ashley[8]; 9. (DNS) 33-Steven Crocker Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 7T-Drake Troutman[1]; 3. C8-Timothy Culp[3]; 4. 11-Jon Kirby[4]; 5. 18-Matt Cooper[7]; 6. 1AU-Joe Chalmers[5]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 8. 66-Eli Ross[10]; 9. 24-Jake Elam[9]; 10. 1S-Brandon Smith[8]; 11. 93-Cory Lawler[11]; 12. 15-Nathan Stewart[12]; 13. 7J-Ryan Johnson[15]; 14. 78-Henry Gustavus[16]; 15. 27-Lynn Irwin[14]; 16. 7S-Jeff Sloan[18]; 17. 90-Josh Farris[13]; 18. (DNS) 1G-Bryan Glaze UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1B-BJ Robinson[2]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[1]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[4]; 4. 41-Bryce Clark[8]; 5. 17-Jarret Stuckey[5]; 6. 12E-Jamie Elam[12]; 7. 2C-Charlie Cole[7]; 8. 5V-Austin Vincent[10]; 9. 47-Chandler Petty[11]; 10. 91-Chris Jones[9]; 11. 88-Chance Mann[13]; 12. USA1-Devon Andrews[17]; 13. 3N-Nathan Brown[14]; 14. F15-Peyton Foster[16]; 15. 86-Kyle Beard[6]; 16. 6-Clay Harris[3]; 17. (DNS) 997-Travis Ashley; 18. (DNS) 33-Steven Crocker Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel Prelim Night Feature Finish (30 Laps): Race Statistics Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel Point Standings: Fast Shafts B-Main 1 15 Laps | Top 3 transfer to A Feature | Line-ups UNOH B-Main 2 15 Laps | Top 3 transfer to A Feature | Line-ups Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel A-Main 100 Laps | Line-ups |
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