Mike Marlar in his new Skyline Motorsports ride
Mike Marlar and Skyline Motorsports announced the news of their pairing less than a week ago then celebrated that news with a World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Model Series victory at The Dirt Track in Charlotte on Thursday night.
The Longhorn Chassis driver from Winfield, Tennessee earned $15,000 for his efforts on the track located in Concord, NC.
A total of 74 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Mike Marlar(15.117), 2. Chris Madden, 3. Cade Dillard, 4. Hudson O’Neal, 5. Nick Hoffman, 6. Tyler Erb, 7. Zack Mitchell, 8. Brian Shirley, 9. Mason Zeigler, 10. Tanner English
Group B Results- 1. Brandon Overton(15.091), 2. Ethan Dotson, 3. Dale McDowell, 4. Benji Hicks, 5. Spencer Hughes, 6. Ricky Thornton Jr., 7. Shane Clanton, 8. Daulton Wilson, 9. Donald McIntosh, 10. Chase Junghans
Heat 1 Results: 1. Mike Marlar, 2. Hudson O’Neal, 3. Zack Mitchell
Heat 2 Results: 1. Chris Madden, 2. Kyle Bronson, 3. Drake Troutman
Heat 3 Results: 1. Cade Dillard, 2. Bobby Pierce, 3. Mason Ziegler
Heat 4 Results: 1. Brandon Overton, 2. Shane Clanton, 3. Chase Junghans
Heat 5 Results: 1. Daulton Wilson, 2. Carson Ferguson, 3. Ricky Weiss
Heat 6 Results: 1. Dale McDowell, 2. Ricky Thornton Jr., 3. Garrett Smith
Last chance Showdown 1 Finish: 1. Brian Shirley, 2. Jonathan Davenport
Last Chance Showdown 2 Finish: 1. Tim McCreadie, 2. Benji Hicks
Last Chance Showdown 3 Finish: 1. Donald McIntosh, 2. Ethan Dotson
WoO Redraw Results: 1. Brandon Overton, 2. Mike Marlar, 3. Daulton Wilson, 4. Dale McDowell, 5. Cade Dillard, 6. Chris Madden
Feature Re-cap: On the initial attempt to start the race, a yellow flag waved for a multi-car wreck involving Clanton, Davenport, Thornton, McIntosh, Shirley, McCreadie, Ferguson, Troutman and Mitchell with each car receiving varying degrees of damage.
When the 35-lap feature finally got going, it was Marlar who blasted to the race lead ahead of Overton, McDowell, Junghans and Madden. After a brief battle with Overton, Marlar then pulled away. Further back, Madden moved by Junghans to take fourth.
A lap 8 caution for the slowing car of Troutman slowed the pace. On the restart, McDowell grabbed second away from Overton just before a yellow flag waved for a spin by English.
On the lap 9 restart, Overton regained second from McDowell. Further back, O’Neal moved to fifth. Marlar had pulled out to a lead of of almost two seconds over Overton and McDowell. However, Overton would close on Marlar as the lead machine began to encounter slower traffic.
Madden moved into third passing McDowell on lap 20 in the midst of a tight battle between those two drivers and O’Neal. O’Neal would take fourth from McDowell on lap 22.
Late in the race, Overton closed in on Marlar in traffic. The No. 76 took to the high side on the last lap in a bid to grab the race lead but the move backfired as Madden got by to grab second on the white flag lap.
Marlar began the World Finals weekend as he did last year by scoring a feature win.
Feature Results: 1. Mike Marlar, 2. Chris Madden, 3. Brandon Overton, 4. Hudson O’Neal, 5. Dale McDowell, 6. Daulton Wilson, 7. Kyle Bronson, 8. Cade Dillard, 9. Chase Junghans, 10. Tim McCreadie, 11. Ricky Thornton Jr., 12. Zack Mitchell, 13. Bobby Pierce, 14. Ryan Gustin, 15. Shane Clanton, 16. Jonathan Davenport, 17. Nick Hoffman, 18. Mason Zeigler, 19. Garrett Smith, 20. Ethan Dotson, 21. Brandon Sheppard, 22. Ricky Weiss, 23. Carson Ferguson, 24. Benji Hicks, 25. Brian Shirley, 26. Donald McIntosh, 27. Tanner English, 28. Drake Troutman
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