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PORTSMOUTH, OH (October 14, 2016) - In preliminary action on Friday night at Portsmouth Raceway Park - competitors in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series raced in two rounds of Heat Races.

In heat one of round one, Jackie Boggs came from the fourth starting spot to take the win. In heat race number two of round one Rod Conley, like Boggs came from the fourth starting spot to get the victory. In heat three of round one it was Pittsburgher 100 winner, Josh Richards taking the lead on the first lap and leading the entire race for the win. Scott Bloomquist blasted from his sixth starting spot to win heat four. In heat five of round one Kentucky upstart Brandon Fouts led all the way for the win. Dale McDowell took the lead at the start of sixth heat and never looked back as he dominated the race for the win. Another former DTWC winner, Rick Eckert ran away with heat number seven in round one. In the eighth and final heat of round one, Nick Hoffman came from the fourth starting spot to take the lead early on as he coasted to the win.

In round two, the intensity picked up as all heat eight races were contested until the final laps. In heat one Doug Drown raced to the win. Billy Gullion won the second heat. Dale McDowell came from last to win heat three. In heat four it was Tyler Carpenter picking up the win. LOLMDS regular Tim McCreadie took the lead at the start of heat five and went on to claim the win. Gregg Satterlee took the win in the sixth heat. Earl Pearson Jr. backed up his first round performance by winning heat number seven. In the final heat of the night, Chub Frank held on for the victory.

In preliminary action, Jackie Boggs, Rod Conley, Josh Richards, Scott Bloomquist, Brandon Fouts, Dale McDowell, Rick Eckert, and Nick Hoffman won their respective first round heat races. Doug Drown, Steve Francis, Dale McDowell, Tyler Carpenter, Tim McCreadie, Gregg Satterlee, Earl Pearson Jr., and Chubb Frank won their respective second round heat races.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Friday, October 14th, 2016
36th Annual Rhino AG Dirt Track World Championship - Presented by Optima Batteries
Portsmouth Raceway Park - Portsmouth, OH

Eibach Springs FIRST ROUND Heat Race #1 Finish: Jackie Boggs, Earl Pearson, Jr., Shannon Thornsberry, Ben Adkins, Ethan Burgess, Greg Johnson, Cameron Logan, Tyler Erb, Jason Montgomery, Steve Prince

FK Rod Ends FIRST ROUND Heat Race #2 Finish: Rod Conley, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Gregg Satterlee, Matt Irey, Dustin Linville, Tim Dohm, Jason Feger, Nick Bocook, Michael Lake, Jacob Curnutte

Simpson Performance Products FIRST ROUND Heat Race #3 Finish: Josh Richards, Dennis Erb, Jr., Jonathan Davenport, Chris Ferguson, Brandon Sheppard, RJ Conley, Tim McCreadie, Mason Zeigler, Steve Casebolt, Dave Hornikel

QA1 FIRST ROUND Heat Race #4 Finish: Scott Bloomquist, Shannon Babb, Darrell Lanigan, Andrew Reaume, John Melvin, Ryan Markham, Steve Stollings, Russ Frohnapfel, Mathew Chapman, Billy Staker

Eibach Springs FIRST ROUND Heat Race #5 Finish: Brandon Fouts, Don O'Neal, Stephen Breeding, Tyler Carpenter, Michael Meyers, Austyn Mills, Kirk Phillips, Boom Briggs, Devin Moran, Evyian Terry-DNS

FK Rod Ends FIRST ROUND Heat Race #6 Finish: Dale McDowell, Steve Francis, Jason Covert, Eric Wells, Hudson O'Neal, Colten Burdette, Robbie Scott, Delmas Conley, Brad Malcuit, Chris Combs

ASi Racewear FIRST ROUND Heat Race #7 Finish: Rick Eckert, Jimmy Owens, Corey Conley, Craig Wolford, Bobby Pierce, Billy Gullion, Lee Logan, Shon Flanary, Danny Wilson, Byron Meeks

DirtOnDirt.com FIRST ROUND Heat Race #8 Finish: Nick Hoffman, Zack Dohm, Brandon Overton, Jason Jameson, Doug Drown, Chris Hackett, Chub Frank, Colton Flinner, Erick Christian

Eibach Springs SECOND ROUND Heat Race #1 Finish: Doug Drown, Devin Moran, Mason Zeigler, Shon Flanary, Jacob Curnutte, Byron Meeks, Russ Frohnapfel, Tyler Erb, Chris Combs

FK Rod Ends SECOND ROUND Heat Race #2 Finish: Steve Francis, Billy Gullion, Rick Eckert, Brad Malcuit, Ben Adkins, Jason Feger, Boom Briggs, Steve Stollings, Dave Hornikel, Chris Hackett

Simpson Performance Products SECOND ROUND Heat Race #3 Finish: Dale McDowell, Colton Flinner, Jason Covert, Bobby Pierce, Cameron Logan, Michael Meyers, Billy Staker, Steve Casebolt , Tim Dohm -DNS, Evyian Terry-DNS

QA1 SECOND ROUND Heat Race #4 Finish: Tyler Carpenter, Jimmy Owens, Eric Wells, Ethan Burgess, Rod Conley, Brandon Overton, Mathew Chapman, Dennis Erb, Jr., Shannon Babb, Brandon Fouts-DNS

Eibach Springs SECOND ROUND Heat Race #5 Finish: Tim McCreadie, Darrell Lanigan, Josh Richards, Delmas Conley, Nick Hoffman, Jackie Boggs, Michael Lake, John Melvin, Lee Logan, Kirk Phillips

FK Rod Ends SECOND ROUND Heat Race #6 Finish: Gregg Satterlee, Chris Ferguson, Jonathan Davenport, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Don O'Neal, Ryan Markham, Zack Dohm, Robbie Scott, Craig Wolford, Jason Montgomery-DNS

ASi Racewear SECOND ROUND Heat Race #7 Finish: Earl Pearson, Jr., RJ Conley, Dustin Linville, Colten Burdette, Jason Jameson, Stephen Breeding, Nick Bocook, Andrew Reaume, Steve Prince, Danny Wilson

DirtOnDirt.com SECOND ROUND Heat Race #8 Finish: Chub Frank, Scott Bloomquist, Brandon Sheppard, Greg Johnson, Matt Irey, Corey Conley , Erick Christian, Austyn Mills, Shannon Thornsberry, Hudson O'Neal

Fast Shafts B-Main #1 Line Up (20 Laps, Top 2 Transfer):

Keyser MFG B-Main #2 Line Up (20 Laps, Top 2 Transfer):

Sunoco Race Fuels B-Main #3 Line Up (20 Laps, Top 2 Transfer):

Feature Line Up (100 Laps):