5.28.21 MLRA Late Models Results
Wheatland, MO (May 28, 2021) – It was a late night on Friday at the Lucas Oil Speedway, but when the final checkered flagged dropped shortly after 2AM Saturday morning on the “Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson”, it was Josh Richards standing on top in Cedar Creek Beef Jerky Victory lane.
Action for day number two of the 29th Annual Show-Me 100 weekend was action packed following the postponement of Thursdays program which forced officials to run back to back shows on Friday night. Ricky Thornton Jr. set the Illini Racing Supply Fast Time of the night in qualifying with a lap of 14.931 seconds, but it was Brian Shirley and Scott Bloomquist leading the field to the green from the front row.
From the on-set it was Shirley taking to the point from his DirtonDirt.com pole position over Bloomquist. Josh Richards would roll off from the sixth spot on the grid and wasted little time positioning himself into contention for the race lead. By lap six, the driver of the Clint Boyer Racing # 14 had positioned himself at the point and quickly began to pull away from the field in the 40 lap main event.
With Richards in command, Shirley and Bloomquist would go door-to-door for the runner-up spot with Bloomquist taking the position with 26 to go. The battle for second also allowed Shane Clanton to work his way into the mix, setting up a battle for podium position as the leaders caught lapped traffic just before the half-way point.
As the field completed lap 20, Ryan Gustin slowed on the front stretch and bought the field under the first StopTech Brakes caution of the race. On the restart, Bloomquist and Shirley would continue their battle for second as yet again Richards proved to be too much, quickly pulling away from the pack. Clanton would finally make his move for the runner up spot with just 14 laps to go.
On lap 27, the nights second caution would wave when 8th and 9th running Hudson O’Neal and Chase Junghans collided in turn one and two. Junghans would retire from the main event, while O’Neal would work his way back up to 14th at the finish. The nights final caution would wave with just five laps to go, when Rick Eckert slowed on the race track with a flat left rear tire.
The final five laps would be all Richards, as he was able to cruise to a 2.265 second victory over Clanton, scoring his second career win at the Lucas Oil Speedway along with the $6,000 pay day. Chris Ferguson who had issues following hot laps and missed time trials was able to charge from his 23rd spot on the grid to third at the line, easily collecting the Casey’s Hard Charger of the race award. Brandon Sheppard would finish in fourth while Kyle Bronson cracked the top five at the line to finish fifth.
“This team deserves to be up front,” stated Richards following his preliminary night victory. “We feel like we have been off the last couple of years from where I really want to be. I feel like if we can get some momentum, we can build on this. I was a little concerned with those late yellows, I feel like the right rear tire kind of greased-up a little on that long run. I was a little conservative on the corner entry, but after a couple of laps I could widen out my line.”
Following his second place run Clanton said, “I really needed the longer runs more than I needed those cautions. Those cautions at the end really hurt me. Overall, it was a good night, and it should put us in a good-starting spot tomorrow night.”
Show-Me 100: Saturday night will wrap up the weekend at the Lucas Oil Speedway with the running of the 29th Annual Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. Drivers not yet qualified will try to race their way into the Crown Jewel event through “B” Features. Following the consolation events one more chance will remain for one driver to win their way into the big show by winning the Midwest Sheet Metal Show-Me Challenge Race. The winner of this annual event will have the opportunity to walk away with $2,500 or start shot-gun on the field and race for the Show-Me 100 win.
Lucas Oil Speedway Contingencies “Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson” 5/28/21
Entrants—58
Lap Leaders—Brian Shirley (1-5), Josh Richards (6-40)
Stop Tech Brakes Cautions—Gustin (20), Junghans/O’Neal (27), Logan Martin (27), Eckert (35)
Casey’s “Hard Charger of the Race” – Chris Ferguson (+20)
DirtonDirt.com “Pole Award” – Brian Shirley
Dynamic Drivelines Crew Chief of the Race – Brian Leonberg
Gorsuch Performance Solutions “10th Place Finisher” – Earl Pearson Jr.
Hooker Harness “11th Place Finisher”—Mike Marlar
Illini Racing Supply “Fast Time Award” – Ricky Thornton Jr.
Midwest Sheet Metal “Points Leader Spoiler Challenge” –Tony Jackson Jr.
Performance Bodies “Performer of the Race” –Josh Richards
Racing Junk “Hard Luck Award” –Ryan Gustin
StopTech Brakes “6th Place Finisher”- Scott Bloomquist
Sunoco “Rookie of the Race” –
Swift Springs “Move of the Race”— Shane Clanton
Wrisco Feature Winner– Josh Richards
Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson 40 Laps | 00:26:44.800
1. 14-Josh Richards[6]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton[5]; 3. 22F-Chris Ferguson[23]; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard[10]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 6. 0-Scott Bloomquist[2]; 7. 39-Tim McCreadie[8]; 8. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 9. 20-Jimmy Owens[12]; 10. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[18]; 11. 157-Mike Marlar[19]; 12. 59-Garrett Alberson[20]; 13. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[13]; 14. 71-Hudson O’Neal[24]; 15. 36-Logan Martin[16]; 16. 25S-Chad Simpson[14]; 17. 18-Shannon Babb[9]; 18. 0E-Rick Eckert[22]; 19. 2S-Stormy Scott[15]; 20. 66C-Matt Cosner[17]; 21. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[21]; 22. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[11]; 23. 18J-Chase Junghans[7]; 24. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]
B-Main 1 LINE-X 10 Laps | 00:03:33.703
1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 0E-Rick Eckert[2]; 3. 93-Mason Oberkramer[4]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 5. 94-Austin Rettig[6]; 6. 50-Kaeden Cornell[8]; 7. 99L-Scott Lewis[9]; 8. 43-Jeremy Grady[10]; 9. 7J-Jay Fields[12]; 10. (DNS) 15D-Justin Duty; 11. (DNS) 15L-Payton Looney; 12. (DNS) 7JR-Ryan Johnson; 13. (DNS) 11G-Gordy Gundaker
B-Main 2 UNOH 10 Laps | 00:04:14.227
1. 59-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[3]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 4. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[5]; 5. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 6. 12C-Scott Crigler[6]; 7. 49T-Jake Timm[4]; 8. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[8]; 9. 11R-Justin Reed[10]; 10. 14M-Reid Millard[9]; 11. L88-Larry Clawson[11]; 12. (DNS) 7W-Cole Wells; 13. (DNS) 23-Cody Holtkamp; 14. (DNS) 00S-Jesse Stovall
B-Main 3 MyRacePass 10 Laps | 00:05:15.193
1. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 4. 91P-Jason Papich[4]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[5]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner[8]; 7. 32S-Chris Simpson[6]; 8. 55-Chris Kratzer[7]; 9. 3W-Brennon Willard[12]; 10. 78S-Steve Stultz[10]; 11. 44W-David Webster[11]; 12. 1X-Aaron Marrant[9]; 13. (DNS) 6H-Al Humphrey
Heat 1 Penske Shocks 8 Laps | 00:02:50.330
1. 3S-Brian Shirley[5]; 2. 18J-Chase Junghans[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[6]; 5. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 6. 15D-Justin Duty[7]; 7. 15L-Payton Looney[3]; 8. 99L-Scott Lewis[9]; 9. 7JR-Ryan Johnson[8]
Heat 2 Summit Racing Equipment 8 Laps | 00:03:46.390
1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb[1]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott[4]; 4. 0E-Rick Eckert[5]; 5. 93-Mason Oberkramer[3]; 6. 94-Austin Rettig[6]; 7. 50-Kaeden Cornell[8]; 8. 43-Jeremy Grady[7]; 9. (DNS) 7J-Jay Fields; 10. (DNS) 11G-Gordy Gundaker
Heat 3 Simpson Race Products 8 Laps | 00:03:43.295
1. 25-Shane Clanton[1]; 2. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[4]; 3. 66C-Matt Cosner[2]; 4. 59-Garrett Alberson[3]; 5. 22F-Chris Ferguson[10]; 6. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[5]; 7. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[6]; 8. 14M-Reid Millard[7]; 9. L88-Larry Clawson[8]; 10. (DNS) 23-Cody Holtkamp
Heat 4 Ohlins Shocks 8 Laps | 00:03:45.374
1. 0-Scott Bloomquist[1]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 3. 25S-Chad Simpson[2]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[5]; 5. 49T-Jake Timm[6]; 6. 12C-Scott Crigler[9]; 7. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[4]; 8. 11R-Justin Reed[7]; 9. (DNS) 7W-Cole Wells; 10. (DNS) 00S-Jesse Stovall
Heat 5 Fast Shafts 8 Laps | 00:03:48.311
1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 36-Logan Martin[4]; 4. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[3]; 5. 71-Hudson O’Neal[5]; 6. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 7. 55-Chris Kratzer[7]; 8. 1X-Aaron Marrant[8]; 9. 44W-David Webster[9]; 10. (DNS) 6H-Al Humphrey
Heat 6 Lucas Oil 8 Laps | 00:03:43.626
1. 14-Josh Richards[1]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 3. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 5. 91P-Jason Papich[7]; 6. 32S-Chris Simpson[6]; 7. 4G-Bob Gardner[5]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[9]; 9. 3W-Brennon Willard[8]
Wheatland, MO (May 28, 2021) – Mother nature may have delayed night # 1 of the 29th Annual Show-Me 100, but for Tim McCreadie the 24-hour wait was worth it. The Watertown, New York driver wired the field to collect top honors in the “Cowboy Classic” portion of the crown jewel weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO.
A total of 58 drivers checked in to do battle in the co-sanctioned event featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) and the Lucas Oil MLRA after heavy rains on Thursday forced the postponement of the annual kick-off event. The Cowboy Classic honors the late Allen “Cowboy” Chancellor who was the former owner and promotor of the Lucas Oil MLRA Series.
Brandon Sheppard started off his night strong by snagging the Illini Racing Supply Fast Time Award with his 15.678 second lap. Sheppard followed that up with a heat race win that placed him on the DirtonDirt.com Pole for the start of the 45 lap main event alongside of Scott Crigler.
At the drop of the green flag McCreadie wasted no time in flexing his muscle showing the field that he would have the car to beat. Sheppard battle side-by-side on the initial circuit with McCreadie who started on the inside of row #2, but T-Mac had the lead by half a car length when the duo crossed the line to complete lap number one. McCreadie didn’t have much time to distance himself from the field before the events one and only StopTech Brakes caution waved on lap seven as Earl Pearson Jr. slow exiting turn number four.
The field restarted with McCreadie showing the way over Sheppard and Bobby Pierce. The “Smooth Operator” who started in fifth, found his way into the runner-up spot and began to chase down the race leader towards the midpoint of the main event. The leaders would encounter their first dose of lapped traffic with 23 laps remaining, and it appeared that may have been the break that Pierce needed to overtake McCreadie for the win.
However, McCreadie used the lapped traffic to his advantage, and was able to pull away from Pierce who would end up surrender the second spot to a hard charging Hudson O’Neal with just 14 laps to go. McCreadie would go on to take his Longhorn Chassis to victory lane, collecting the $6,000 pay day by 1.225 seconds over O’Neal. Pierce completed the podium run in third, while Sheppard and Josh Richards rounded out the top five.
The win marks McCreadie’s third all time under the MLRA banner and 24th all time with the LOLMDS. Following the main event McCreadie commented on the win in saying, “You are always worried about being boxed in at this place when you are going through traffic. When you see Pierce and Hudson on the board, those two don’t take laps off. I knew the best shot I had was to not wait around in traffic. I got beat a month ago by JD by being a little too cautious at the end of the race. I wasn’t going to let that happen again. This is an amazing weekend out here for Memorial Day and to have our car all dressed up by being Patriotic. If you see anybody from the military give them a thanks.”
“The car felt pretty good out there this evening,” stated O’Neal following his runner up finish. “By the time I got to second everybody was pretty much spread out. Not that I was any faster than Timmy, but I would have liked a chance to clear out the lap traffic and take a shot on him at the end. It took me about 15 laps to really get going.”
Up Next: Action continues on Friday night with round # 2 as the “Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson” takes center stage at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks. A second full show consisting of time trials, heats, B-mains, and a $6,000 to win “A” Main will be on tap serving as a final chance for drivers to score points to establish the line-up for Saturday nights $30,000 to win Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com.
Lucas Oil Speedway Contingencies “Cowboy Classic” 5/28/21
Entrants—58
Lap Leaders—(Tim McCreadie 1-45)
Stop Tech Brakes Cautions—(Earl Pearson Jr., lap 7)
Casey’s “Hard Charger of the Race” – Jimmy Owens (+15)
DirtonDirt.com “Pole Award” – Brandon Sheppard
Dynamic Drivelines Crew Chief of the Race – Philip Snellen
Gorsuch Performance Solutions “10th Place Finisher” – Scott Bloomquist
Hooker Harness “11th Place Finisher”—Ricky Thornton Jr.
Illini Racing Supply “Fast Time Award” – Brandon Sheppard
Midwest Sheet Metal “Points Leader Spoiler Challenge” –Tony Jackson Jr.
Performance Bodies “Performer of the Race” –Tim McCreadie
Racing Junk “Hard Luck Award” –Earl Pearson Jr.
StopTech Brakes “6th Place Finisher”- Ryan Gustin
Sunoco “Rookie of the Race” –Jake Timm
Swift Springs “Move of the Race”— Tim McCreadie
Wrisco Feature Winner– Tim McCreadie
Cowboy Classic 45 Laps | 00:18:32.828
1. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[6]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[5]; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 5. 14-Josh Richards[9]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 7. 20-Jimmy Owens[22]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[8]; 9. 2S-Stormy Scott[15]; 10. 0-Scott Bloomquist[7]; 11. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[12]; 12. 12C-Scott Crigler[2]; 13. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[11]; 14. 25-Shane Clanton[24]; 15. 18B-Shannon Babb[10]; 16. 49-Jonathan Davenport[19]; 17. 22F-Chris Ferguson[16]; 18. 157-Mike Marlar[21]; 19. 40B-Kyle Bronson[14]; 20. 0E-Rick Eckert[20]; 21. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[13]; 22. 49T-Jake Timm[23]; 23. 3S-Brian Shirley[17]; 24. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[18]
B-Main 1 LINE-X 10 Laps | 00:05:22.000
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 3. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[4]; 4. 50-Kaeden Cornell[3]; 5. 15D-Justin Duty[5]; 6. 91P-Jason Papich[6]; 7. 18J-Chase Junghans[7]; 8. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[8]; 9. 1X-Aaron Marrant[10]; 10. 3W-Brennon Willard[12]; 11. 7J-Jay Fields[11]; 12. 6H-Al Humphrey[9]; 13. 44W-David Webster[14]; 14. (DNS) 15L-Payton Looney
B-Main 2 UNOH 10 Laps | 00:03:31.746
1. 0E-Rick Eckert[2]; 2. 49T-Jake Timm[1]; 3. 00S-Jesse Stovall[3]; 4. 59-Garrett Alberson[7]; 5. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[4]; 6. 25S-Chad Simpson[5]; 7. 32S-Chris Simpson[6]; 8. 94-Austin Rettig[8]; 9. 78S-Steve Stultz[10]; 10. 11R-Justin Reed[11]; 11. 43-Jeremy Grady[12]; 12. 55-Chris Kratzer[9]; 13. (DNS) 7JR-Ryan Johnson
B-Main 3 MyRacePass 10 Laps | 00:05:49.055
1. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton[1]; 3. 93-Mason Oberkramer[3]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 5. 36-Logan Martin[7]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner[6]; 7. 7W-Cole Wells[8]; 8. 66C-Matt Cosner[9]; 9. 99L-Scott Lewis[10]; 10. L88-Larry Clawson[11]; 11. 14M-Reid Millard[13]; 12. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[4]; 13. 23-Cody Holtkamp[12]
Heat 1 Penske Shocks 8 Laps | 00:02:32.000
1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 0-Scott Bloomquist[3]; 3. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[2]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 5. 50-Kaeden Cornell[5]; 6. 15D-Justin Duty[8]; 7. 18J-Chase Junghans[7]; 8. 6H-Al Humphrey[9]; 9. 7J-Jay Fields[10]; 10. (DNS) 15L-Payton Looney
Heat 2 Summit Racing Equipment 8 Laps | 00:03:24.000
1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 14-Josh Richards[4]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 5. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[6]; 6. 91P-Jason Papich[5]; 7. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 8. 1X-Aaron Marrant[9]; 9. 3W-Brennon Willard[10]; 10. 44W-David Webster[8]
Heat 3 Simpson Race Products 8 Laps | 00:04:13.000
1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 4. 49T-Jake Timm[3]; 5. 00S-Jesse Stovall[5]; 6. 25S-Chad Simpson[7]; 7. 59-Garrett Alberson[8]; 8. 55-Chris Kratzer[9]; 9. 11R-Justin Reed[6]
Heat 4 Ohlins Shocks 8 Laps | 00:03:43.000
1. 12C-Scott Crigler[2]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 4. 0E-Rick Eckert[5]; 5. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[4]; 6. 32S-Chris Simpson[6]; 7. 94-Austin Rettig[7]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[8]; 9. 43-Jeremy Grady[9]; 10. 7JR-Ryan Johnson[10]
Heat 5 Fast Shafts 8 Laps | 00:05:15.000
1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 18B-Shannon Babb[1]; 3. 22F-Chris Ferguson[4]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[5]; 5. 93-Mason Oberkramer[3]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 7. 36-Logan Martin[7]; 8. 66C-Matt Cosner[8]; 9. L88-Larry Clawson[9]; 10. 14M-Reid Millard[10]
Heat 6 Lucas Oil 8 Laps | 00:04:59.000
1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[4]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 5. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[5]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner[7]; 7. 7W-Cole Wells[6]; 8. 99L-Scott Lewis[9]; 9. 23-Cody Holtkamp[8]