InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the $12,000-to-win John Bradshaw Memorial Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event at Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City, KY on Friday evening, September 4, 2020. The updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter and @RichardAllenIDR on Instagram).
These updates are brought to you by Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn. The next event there will be the Fall Nationals Opener featuring a $5,000-to-win Schaeffer’s Oil Fall Nationals race along with Limited Late Models, Sportsman Late Models and Kajun Mini-Stocks.
***Cell reception can be a bit spotty at Ponderosa so updates might be limited as a result***
General Information:
Weather is expected to be warm with little to no chance for rain.
Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 7:00pm.
This is a 50-lap race paying $12,000-to-win.
Jimmy Owens currently leads the LOLMDS standings ahead of Tim McCreadie, Jonathan Davenport, Josh Richards and Tyler Erb.
Tim McCreadie won this race last year.
Owens and McCreadie have combined to win five of the last seven LOLMDS features with Mike Marlar(Florence) and Kyle Larson(Port Royal) winning the others.
Tonight’s start has been pushed back. Drivers meeting at 7:30.
7:30- Hot laps underway
Photos: I often post photos and/or short videos on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account and my @RichardAllenIDR Instagram account if you would like to take a look.
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Live Updates:
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Car Count: 30 cars
Drivers Here: 1- Earl Pearson Jr., 1- Tyler Erb, 1G- Ryan King, 1G- Devin Gilpin, 2- Stormy Scott, 4G- Kody Evans, 8- Kyle Strickler, D8- Dustin Linville, 9- Devin Moran, 9G- Larry Greer, 11B- Tommy Bailey, 11H- Jared Hawkins, 12- Jason Jameson, 13w- David Webb, 16- Tyler Bruening, 16R- Justin Ratliff, 17- Zack Dohm, 18- David Seibers, 20- Jimmy Owens, 21jr- Billy Moyer Jr., 25- Shane Clanton, 39- Tim McCreadie, 40B- Kyle Bronson, 49- Jonathan Davenport, 57- Cameron Marlar, 71- Hudson O’Neal, 81- Tanner English, 97- Michael Chilton, 157- Mike Marlar
Qualifying Results: Drivers will be divided into two groups for qualifying.
Group A Results- 1. Davenport (13.696), 2. Erb, 3. Clanton, 4. Moyer Jr, 5. Dohm, 6. M Marlar, 7. Chilton, 8. Moran, 9. Linville, 10. Hawkins
Group B Results- 1. Webb(13.743), 2. Strickler, 3. Owens, 4. O’Neal, 5. Pearson, 6. Bronson, 7. Richards, 8. Gilpin, 9. English, 10. McCreadie
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Davenport, 2. Clanton, 3. Dohm, 4. Chilton, 5. Linville, 6. King, 7. Bailey, 8. Seibers
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Davenport, 2. Dohm, 3. Clanton, 4. Linville … Chilton
*Contact between Davenport and Clanton on the start causes Clanton to brush the wall. Dohm dogged Davenport all the way.
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Erb, 2. Moyer Jr, 3. Marlar, 4. Moran, 5. Hawkins, 6. Jameson, 7. Evans
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Moyer, 2. Marlar, 3. Erb, 4. Hawkins … Moran
*Moyer got the jump on the initial start. Marlar passed Erb for second just before halfway then closed on Moyer for a near photo finish at the line.
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Webb, 2. Owens, 3. Pearson, 4. Richards, 5. English, 6. Scott, 7. C Marlar, 8. Greer
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Owens, 2. Webb, 3. English, 4. Richards … C Marlar
*Owens took the lead on the start. Lap 1 caution for Pearson. English passed Richards for third on lap 3.
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Strickler, 2. O’Neal, 3. Bronson, 4. Gilpin, 5. McCreadie, 6. Bruening, 7. Ratliff
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Strickler, 2. Bronson, 3. McCreadie, 4. O’Neal … Gilpin
*Strickler led all the way.
B-Main Results: There will be one B-main races with the top-6 transferring to the feature.
B-main Finish- 1. Chilton, 2. C Marlar, 3. Moran, 4. Gilpin, 5. Jameson, 6. Pearson
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Davenport, 2. Owens, 3. Moyer Jr, 4. Strickler, 5. Dohm, 6. Webb, 7. Marlar, 8. Bronson, 9. Clanton, 10. English, 11. Erb, 12. McCreadie, 13. Linville, 14. Richards, 15. Hawkins, 16. O’Neal, 17. Chilton, 18. C Marlar, 19. Moran, 20. Gilpin, 21. Jameson, 22. Pearson
10:40- The 10 minute call has been made.
10:49- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $12,000.
10:57- Four wide!
10:58- Green flag!
Lap 10 caution free so far. Davenport leads Owens, Moyer, Webb, Dohm.
Lap 14 caution. Davenport, Owens, Moyer, Webb, Dohm, Strickler
Halfway- Davenport leads Owens, Moyer, Dohm, Marlar, McCreadie
Lap 38 caution for Linville. Still Davenport leading Owens, Moyer, Dohm, Marlar, McCreadie, Strickler
Lap 46 caution for Clanton. Owens faded on the last restart. Davenport leads Moyer, Marlar, Dohm, McCreadie, Owens, Erb, Strickler, O’Neal, Bronson
Feature Results: 1. Davenport, 2. Moyer, 3. Marlar, 4. Dohm, 5. McCreadie, 6. Erb, 7. Owens, 8. Strickler, 9. O’Neal, 10. Bronson, 11. English, 12. Richards
Tim McCreadie won this race in 2019
