PORT ROYAL, PA (August 27, 2020) - Tim McCreadie led wire-to-wire on Thursday Night at Port Royal Speedway to score his fifth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of 2020. He did so in dominating fashion on the first of three nights of racing at "The Palace of Speed."

Kyle Strickler equaled his best career LOLMDS finish by placing second ahead of current point leader, Jimmy Owens and Chris Ferguson. Open-wheel standout Kyle Larson came home fifth in his dirt late model debut.

While McCreadie went unchallenged, the race for second on back was hotly contested as Strickler moved into second on lap 18 but was too far behind McCreadie to make a late-race challenge. Larson held the third spot until the final corner when Owens got underneath of him. Larson got into the frontstretch wall and that enabled Owens and Ferguson to get by him at the finish.

McCreadie has now made his way to Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the third time in his last five starts.  "This is a new car. I think we have three wins, a second and a third with it. This is as close to home as I get. You could tell these fans are excited. I am happy. I hope I didn't make it too bad to watch, but it was fun. It's hard to lead here. I just figured I would live on  the cushion and if I got beat, that was the way it was going to be."

Strickler finished second to equal his runner-up finish in the Show-Me 100 last month. "We were on a little tire strategy tonight. We have struggled the last couple of weeks. This was a bare frame on Monday at Longhorn and we worked our tails off to get here and it paid off.  We were definitely a lot better tonight than we have been recently."

Owens was thankful for another podium finish. "We had a second place car tonight. We didn't have anything for McCreadie. I chose the inside on the last restart and I thought I could get a run on him [McCreadie] and maybe pull a slider or something on him gong into one. The high-side was the place to be and then we made that last lap run to get third."

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 Hudson O'Neal, Mason Zeigler, Brandon Sheppard, Shane Clanton, and Josh Richards.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 
Race Summary 
Rumble by the River - Round 1
Thursday, August 27th, 2020
Port Royal Speedway - Port Royal, PA

Lucas Oil Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Tim McCreadie / 18.545 seconds 
Fast Time Group B: Jimmy Owens / 18.373 seconds (overall)

Penske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer):  1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O'Neal[4]; 3. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[3]; 4. 22-Gregg Satterlee[5]; 5. 9H-Hayes Mattern[7]; 6. 2D-Dan Stone[9]; 7. 9T-Will Thomas[6]; 8. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 9. 12D-Doug Drown[8]; 10. (DNS) 05-Roy Deese Jr

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer):  1. 8-Kyle Strickler[2]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[1]; 3. 14-Josh Richards[3]; 4. 81E-Tanner English[4]; 5. 72-Michael Norris[5]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson[6]; 7. 17-Nick Dickson[9]; 8. 39T-Tim Smith Jr[8]; 9. 76-Andy Haus[7]

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 25-Shane Clanton[1]; 2. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[4]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 5. 06-Mike Lupfer[5]; 6. 1J-Boom Briggs[7]; 7. D19-Dillan Stake[8]; 8. 86B-Austin Berry[9]; 9. 20F-Trever Feathers[6]

Ohlins Shocks Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 3. 93-Bobby Pierce[3]; 4. 0E-Rick Eckert[5]; 5. 43A-Tyler Bare[9]; 6. 24-Dylan Yoder[6]; 7. 94M-Jason Miller[4]; 8. 2J-Jeff Rine[8]; 9. 7D-Drake Troutman[7]

MyRacePass Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 9-Devin Moran[2]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[3]; 3. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 4. 43-Jason Covert[4]; 5. 48-Colton Flinner[6]; 6. 22B-Brett Schadel[8]; 7. 32J-Shaun Jones[7]; 8. 15F-Scott Flickinger[5]; 9. (DNS) 25A-Andy Anderson

LORTV Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 6-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 3. 88-Trent Ivey[6]; 4. 4-Gary Stuhler[5]; 5. 66C-Matt Cosner[4]; 6. 55L-Donald Lingo Jr[2]; 7. 3W-Tim Wilson[8]; 8. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[7]; 9. (DNS) 2T-Kyle Lee

Tiger Rear Ends B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 81E-Tanner English[2]; 2. 72-Michael Norris[5]; 3. 22-Gregg Satterlee[1]; 4. 2D-Dan Stone[7]; 5. 9H-Hayes Mattern[4]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson[8]; 7. 76-Andy Haus[17]; 8. 20F-Trever Feathers[18]; 9. 2S-Stormy Scott[13]; 10. 1J-Boom Briggs[9]; 11. 17-Nick Dickson[11]; 12. 06-Mike Lupfer[6]; 13. 86B-Austin Berry[15]; 14. 9T-Will Thomas[10]; 15. 39T-Tim Smith Jr[14]; 16. (DNS) 1T-Tyler Erb; 17. (DNS) D19-Dillan Stake; 18. (DNS) 12D-Doug Drown; 19. (DNS) 05-Roy Deese Jr  

FAST Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 2 Transfer):  1. 0E-Rick Eckert[1]; 2. 43-Jason Covert[2]; 3. 4-Gary Stuhler[3]; 4. 43A-Tyler Bare[4]; 5. 66C-Matt Cosner[6]; 6. 48-Colton Flinner[5]; 7. 22B-Brett Schadel[8]; 8. 94M-Jason Miller[10]; 9. 32J-Shaun Jones[11]; 10. 3W-Tim Wilson[12]; 11. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[15]; 12. 15F-Scott Flickinger[14]; 13. 7D-Drake Troutman[16]; 14. 55L-Donald Lingo Jr[9]; 15. (DNS) 24-Dylan Yoder; 16. (DNS) 2J-Jeff Rine; 17. (DNS) 25A-Andy Anderson; 18. (DNS) 2T-Kyle Lee

Lucas Oil Feature Finish (30 Laps): 


Pos

Start

Car #

Competitor

Hometown

Pay

1

1

39

Tim McCreadie

Watertown, NY

$10,000 

2

3

8

Kyle Strickler

Mooresville, NC

$5,500 

3

2

20

Jimmy Owens

Newport, TN

$3,500 

4

10

22F

Chris Ferguson

Mt. Holly, NC

$2,750 

5

6

6

Kyle Larson

Elk Grove, CA

$2,250 

6

7

71

Hudson O'Neal

Martinsville, IN

$1,800 

7

9

25Z

Mason Zeigler

Chalk Hill, PA

$1,500 

8

16

1S

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin, IL

$1,300 

9

5

25

Shane Clanton

Zebulon, GA

$1,200 

10

15

14

Josh Richards

Shinnston, WV

$1,100 

11

21

72

Michael Norris

Sarver, PA

$1,075 

12

14

93

Bobby Pierce

Oakwood, IL

$1,050 

13

19

81E

Tanner English

Benton, KY

$1,025 

14

12

49

Jonathan Davenport

Blairsville, GA

$1,000 

15

22

43

Jason Covert

York Haven, PA

$950 

16

4

9

Devin Moran

Dresden, OH

$925 

17

13

21

Billy Moyer Jr

Batesville, AR

$900 

18

25

76

Andy Haus

Hamburg, PA

$875 

19

23

1T

Tyler Erb

New Waverly, TX

$850 

20

11

1

Earl Pearson Jr

Jacksonville, FL

$825 

21

17

40B

Kyle Bronson

Brandon, FL

$800 

22

18

88

Trent Ivey

Union, SC

$800 

23

24

2S

Stormy Scott

Las Cruces, NM

$800 

24

8

16

Tyler Bruening

Decorah, IA

$800 

25

20

0E

Rick Eckert

York, PA

$800 


Race Statistics
Entrants
: 55
Lap Leaders: Tim McCreadie (Laps 1 - 30)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Tim McCreadie
Margin of Victory: 7.111 seconds
Cautions: Rick Eckert (Lap 10); Debris (Lap 18)
Series Provisionals: Tyler Erb, Stormy Scott
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Track Provisionals: Andy Haus
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Tim McCreadie, Kyle Strickler, Jimmy Owens
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Michael Norris (Advanced 10 Positions) 
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jimmy Owens
Allstar Performance Most Laps Led: Tim McCreadie (30 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: Tim McCreadie (Lap #2 - 19.520 seconds)
STEEL-IT Tough Break of the Race: Rick Eckert
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Tim McCreadie
Time of Race: 16 minutes 22 seconds

Lucas Oil Point Standings:


Pos

Car #

Competitor

Hometown

Points

Pay

1

20

Jimmy Owens

Newport, TN

6430

$220,300 

2

39

Tim McCreadie

Watertown, NY

5875

$165,650 

3

49

Jonathan Davenport

Blairsville, GA

5775

$112,400 

4

14

Josh Richards

Shinnston, WV

5720

$97,175 

5

1T

Tyler Erb

New Waverly, TX

5655

$102,584 

6

25

Shane Clanton

Zebulon, GA

5415

$83,500 

7

9

Devin Moran

Dresden, OH

5345

$75,707 

8

40B

Kyle Bronson

Brandon, FL

5300

$77,525 

9

21

Billy Moyer Jr

Batesville, AR

5080

$65,425 

10

81E

Tanner English

Benton, KY

4960

$49,500 

11

1

Earl Pearson Jr

Jacksonville, FL

4870

$79,625 

12

50

Shanon Buckingham

Morristown, TN

4640

$55,350 

13

16

Tyler Bruening

Decorah, IA

4450

$32,875 

14

2s

Stormy Scott

Las Cruces, NM

4070

$28,400 


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