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WHEATLAND, MO (July 16, 2016) Jared Landers won his second Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event of the season on Saturday Night at Lucas Oil Speedway, the site of his first win back in May. Landers was the third different leader of the race. He took the lead on lap 13 and then held off a furious three-lap challenge from several drivers at the end of the race to take the win in the CMH Diamond Nationals. The event was co-sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Midwest Latemodel Racing Association.

After winning the Show-Me 100 at Lucas Oil Speedway back on Memorial Day Weekend, Jimmy Owens captured another podium finish, ending as the night's runner-up. Jonathan Davenport came from seventh to finish third. Tim McCreadie was fourth, and Scott Bloomquist came home in fifth.

Just over 24 hours earlier, Jared Landers had gone end over end in a series of flips at Tri-City Speedway during Time Trials. "Scott [Bloomquist] builds an awesome race car, after what happened last night when I flipped, our team brought out the back-up car and had a Top-Ten finish last night. Our team is extremely thankful to back that up here tonight and with this win."

"I thought to myself, just be patient. Stick to the line, and don't try too hard. I stuck the right rear in one of those holes, and I figured if I needed to just slow down and set a good pace. I am usually the guy trying to blast to the lead. We have had some good runs and had a good chance to win the Show-Me back in May. My crew, Jason, and Jake have put together a great car that can run in the rough."

Landers' Sweet-Bloomquist, Andy Durham Racing Engines-powered entry is sponsored by Crop Production Services, Mark Martin Automotive, ASC Warranty, Bad Boy Mowers, and Penske Shocks."

Owens owns several wins at LOS and was happy with his second place finish. "We had a really good hot rod tonight. Our hats are off to Jared [Landers] and his crew, they did a great job tonight. Coming back to win tonight after what happened to him last night says a lot about them [the Landers Team]. Keeping this E3 Spark Plugs, Cheap Cars, Barry Wright Race Car up front is thanks to my crew. We had a great car tonight, but we came up just a little bit short."

Davenport earned his first podium finish since May by claiming the third spot. "There was probably a little bit of attrition that helped us out tonight. We never gave up; we are still quite a bit off on the car. We are missing something somewhere. It's been a while since we've had a top three finish. Everybody goes through a slump. Kevin [Rumley] and I will put our heads together. We are getting a little better. We have got to build back up. We are now looking forward to I-80 next weekend."

Completing the top ten were Brandon Sheppard, Tyler Erb, Earl Pearson Jr., Jake O'Neil, and Jesse Stovall.

In preliminary action, Robert Baker set the overall Miller Welders Fast Time (Group A) amongst the 41 entrants, with a lap of 15.300 seconds. Clay Daly set the fastest time in Group B with a time of 15.514 seconds. Brandon Sheppard, Tim McCreadie, Jared Landers and Jimmy Owens won their respective heat races. Dave Eckrich and Brandon Overton won their respective B-Mains.

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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Saturday, July 16th, 2016
CMH Diamond Nationals
Lucas Oil Speedway - Wheatland, MO

Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Robert Baker / 15.300 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Clay Daly / 15.514 seconds

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Brandon Sheppard, Scott Bloomquist, Jake O'Neil, Robert Baker, Randy Timms, Jason Papich, Don O'Neal, Bryon Allison, Rob Hail, Jon Binning, JC Wyman

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Tim McCreadie, Jonathan Davenport, Tad Pospisil, Earl Pearson, Jr., Dave Eckrich, Terry Phillips, Brad Looney, Dennis Erb, Jr., Tommy Weder, Josh Poe

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Jared Landers, Clay Daly, Tony Jackson, Jr., Tyler Erb, Payton Looney, Austin Siebert, Scott Crigler, RC Whitwell, Billy Moyer, Jr., Colton Flinner

QA1 Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Jimmy Owens, Billy Moyer, Brantlee Gotschall, Jim Shereck, Brandon Overton, Jesse Stovall, Darrell Lanigan, Mark Dotson, Reid Millard, Jacob Magee

Fast Shafts B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Dave Eckrich, Randy Timms, Don O'Neal, Jason Papich, Dennis Erb, Jr., Tommy Weder, Terry Phillips, Brad Looney, Bryon Allison, Rob Hail, JC Wyman, Jon Binning-DNS, Josh Poe-DNS

Keyser MFG B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Brandon Overton, Jesse Stovall, Darrell Lanigan, Austin Siebert, Payton Looney, RC Whitwell, Mark Dotson, Scott Crigler, Colton Flinner, Jacob Magee, Reid Millard, Billy Moyer, Jr.-DNS

Feature Finish (60 Laps):


FINISH

START

CAR #

DRIVER NAME

HOMETOWN

EARNINGS

1

2

777

Jared Landers

Batesville, AR

$12,700

2

4

20

Jimmy Owens

Newport, TN

$6,300

3

7

6

Jonathan Davenport

Mount Airy, NC

$4,500

4

3

39

Tim McCreadie

Watertown, NY

$3,450

5

5

0

Scott Bloomquist

Mooresburg, TN

$3,150

6

1

B5

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin, IL

$2,500

7

14

91

Tyler Erb

New Waverly, TX

$1,500

8

15

1

Earl Pearson, Jr.

Jacksonville, FL

$2,100

9

9

J0

Jake O'Neil

Tucson, AZ

$1,200

10

20

00

Jesse Stovall

Billings, MO

$1,100

11

8

21

Billy Moyer

Batesville, AR

$1,075

12

21

5

Don O'Neal

Martinsville, IN

$1,850

13

23

28E

Dennis Erb, Jr.

Carpentersville, IL

$1,725

14

12

4G

Brantlee Gotschall

Nevada, MO

$1,000

15

17

58E

Dave Eckrich

Oxford, IA

$1,000

16

11

04

Tad Pospisil

Norfolk, NE

$1,000

17

26

91P

Jason Papich

Nipomo, CA

$1,000

18

22

15L

Darrell Lanigan

Union, KY

$1,700

19

24

75

Colton Flinner

Allison Park, PA

$1,100

20

19

5T

Randy Timms

Wheatland, OK

$1,000

21

10

56

Tony Jackson, Jr.

Lebanon, MO

$1,000

22

6

32B

Clay Daly

Salinas, CA

$1,000

23

25

75P

Terry Phillips

Springfield, MO

$1,000

24

13

17m

Robert Baker

Alexander, AR

$1,000

25

18

76

Brandon Overton

Evans, GA

$1,000

26

16

17s

Jim Shereck

St. Charles, MO

$1,000

Race Statistics
Entrants: 41
Lap Leaders: Brandon Sheppard (Lap 1); Tim McCreadie (Laps 2 - 12); Jared Landers (Laps 13 - 60)
Cautions: Clay Daly (Lap 36); Randy Timms (Lap 42); Jason Papich (Lap 43); Debris (Lap 57)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: Dennis Erb Jr.; Colton Flinner
Lucas Oil Midwest Latemodel Racing Association Provisionals: Terry Phillips; Jason Papich
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Wrisco Feature Winner: Jared Landers
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Jesse Stovall (Started: 20th; Finished: 10th; Advanced 10 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Scott Bloomquist
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Jonathan Davenport
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Jared Landers
Hot Rod Processing Rookie of the Race: Colton Flinner
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Andy Durham Racing Engines
Ohlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Sweet-Bloomquist Race Cars
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Jason Durham (Jared Landers)
Fastest Lap of the Race: Jared Landers (Lap #5 - 15.9273 seconds)
Most Laps Led: Jared Landers (48 Laps)
PFC Brakes Tough Break Award: Jim Shereck
Time of Race: 33 minutes 7 seconds

Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings:


POS

CAR #

DRIVER NAME

HOMETOWN

POINTS

EARNINGS

1

0

Scott Bloomquist

Mooresburg, TN

5105

$223,075

2

6

Jonathan Davenport

Mount Airy, NC

4825

$155,800

3

777

Jared Landers

Batesville, AR

4625

$101,925

4

B5

Brandon Sheppard

New Berlin, IL

4560

$83,425

5

39

Tim McCreadie

Watertown, NY

4435

$70,975

6

28E

Dennis Erb, Jr.

Carpentersville, IL

4285

$62,650

7

15L

Darrell Lanigan

Union, KY

4250

$69,050

8

5

Don O'Neal

Martinsville, IN

4230

$71,625

9

20

Jimmy Owens

Newport, TN

4160

$102,675

10

1

Earl Pearson, Jr.

Jacksonville, FL

4055

$64,675

11

15F

Steve Francis

Bowling Green, KY

3880

$46,175

12

75

Colton Flinner

Allison Park, PA

2905

$19,575

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