Marlar Makes Quick Work of Knoxville Field on Friday Night

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KNOXVILLE, IA (September 28, 2012) – Scoring his first career win at Knoxville Raceway, Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN completed a 25-lap journey to the checkered flag, leading all the way. Marlar, who started third in the event, bolted to the lead on the opening circuit and never looked back in taking his second Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event of the season.

Steve Francis of Ashland, KY came home in second followed by Brady Smith of Solon Springs, WI; Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN; and Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, GA.

“I have to thank Norman Bryson for giving me this opportunity to drive his race car, we won the Hillbilly 100 after starting last and to come here tonight and win at Knoxville, it’s sweet, it is one of the historic tracks in racing and to bring this Rocket Chassis to victory lane here is something I will never forget.”

“The car took off great at the start, it felt like it kind of slowed down there a little bit at the end, but I guess I had a big enough of a lead, that it didn’t really matter, but it is something to work on for tomorrow night’s 100-lapper,” said the 34-year-old racer. “I have to thank my sponsors SEG, LLC, Keyser Mfg, Integra Shocks, VP Fuels, GW Performance, Clements Race Engines and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption for all of their support.”

Francis, who finished third on Thursday Night, finished one spot higher in Friday’s preliminary to set-up a good starting spot for Saturday’s $40,000 to win finale. “We have really run well here this week, there are a few things we need to tweak on the car to get it to turn better, it’s Barry’s (Wright) birthday today and I was hoping to bring home a victory for him said the driver of the Valvoline, Barry Wright Race Cars Chevrolet.

Smith, who won the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals event back in 2007 was happy with his run in the Big Red Motorsports, Team Zero by Bloomquist entry. “Oh we are real happy with everything tonight, Steve and I had a great race for second, but neither of us had anything for Mike, congrats to him for the victory.”

Completing the top ten were Red Buck Fast Qualifier Brian Shirley of Chatham, IL; Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN; Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL; Tyler Reddick of Corning, CA; and Jason Feger of Bloomington, IL.

In preliminary action, Scott Bloomquist set the Red Buck Fast Time amongst the 80 entrants, with a lap of 17.277 seconds. Brian Birkhofer, Jesse Stovall, Jimmy Mars, Billy Moyer, and Tyler Reddick won their respective Heat Races. Earl Pearson Jr. won the D-main; Frank Heckenast Jr. won the C-Main, and Brady Smith won the B-Main.

We will resume the 9th Annual Lucas Oil “Late Model Knoxville Nationals” at Knoxville Raceway tomorrow night in Knoxville, IA. The event will include Red Buck Time Trials, Heats, Last Chance Races, and another 25-Lap, $7,000-to-win A-Main! On Saturday, the weekend will be capped off with Last Chance Races and the 100-Lap, $40,000-to-win Main Event! For more information, log onto www.knoxvilleraceway.com.

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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Friday Night, September 28th, 2012
9th Annual Lucas Oil “Late Model Knoxville Nationals”
Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA

Wiles Driveshafts First Heat (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer):

1
99
Donnie Moran
2
14m
Morgan Bagley
3
5
Jared Landers
4
3s
Brian Shirley
5
25S
Chad Simpson
6
18e
Eric Wells
7
56e
Andy Eckrich
8
89
Mike Spatola
9
71
Don O'Neal
10
21b
Rich Bell
11
58e
Dave Eckrich
12
93
Jay Johnson
13
16b
Tyler Bruening
14
18J
Chase Junghaus
15
56w
Mike Wallace
16
33
Paul Glendenning


U. S. Steel Second Heat (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer):

1
99
Donnie Moran
2
14m
Morgan Bagley
3
5
Jared Landers
4
3s
Brian Shirley
5
25S
Chad Simpson
6
18e
Eric Wells
7
56e
Andy Eckrich
8
89
Mike Spatola
9
71
Don O'Neal
10
21b
Rich Bell
11
58e
Dave Eckrich
12
93
Jay Johnson
13
16b
Tyler Bruening
14
18J
Chase Junghaus
15
56w
Mike Wallace
16
33
Paul Glendenning


Simpson Performance Products Third Heat (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer):

1
1v
Will Vaught
2
2s
Brady Smith
3
20
Jimmy Owens
4
13
JR Hotovy
5
11h
Austin Hubbard
6
32C
Bobby Pierce
7
2a
John Anderson
8
15b
Brian Birkhofer
9
3E
Kevin Sather
10
25L
Steve Lance
11
15c
Curt Schroeder
12
22
Jill George
13
5m
Mike Fryer
14
28m
Jimmy Mars
15
56x
Chris Spieker
16
55
Duane Treadwell

HAWK Brakes Fourth Heat (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer):

1
1v
Will Vaught
2
2s
Brady Smith
3
20
Jimmy Owens
4
13
JR Hotovy
5
11h
Austin Hubbard
6
32C
Bobby Pierce
7
2a
John Anderson
8
15b
Brian Birkhofer
9
3E
Kevin Sather
10
25L
Steve Lance
11
15c
Curt Schroeder
12
22
Jill George
13
5m
Mike Fryer
14
28m
Jimmy Mars
15
56x
Chris Spieker
16
55
Duane Treadwell


Wiles Driveshafts Fifth Heat (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer):

1
18
Shannon Babb
2
25
Jason Feger
3
11T
Tyler Reddick
4
7R
Kent Robinson
5
31u
Jason Utter
6
32S
Chris Simpson
7
58X
Ray Guss, Jr.
8
98
Jason Rauen
9
5d
John Duty
10
93m
Ray Moore
11
24
Ryan Unzicker
12
72
John Mason
13
20x
Jake Meier
14
7
Chad Chenoweth
15
14w
Dustin Walker

                                   
JRi Shocks B-Main (15 Laps – Top 4 Transfer):

1
50
Denny Eckrich
2
15b
Brian Birkhofer
3
99JR
Frank Heckenast, Jr.
4
2a
John Anderson
5
28e
Dennis Erb, Jr.
6
23
John Blankenship
7
18e
Eric Wells
8
11h
Austin Hubbard
9
25S
Chad Simpson
10
89
Mike Spatola
11
51
Matt Furman
12
32C
Bobby Pierce
13
56e
Andy Eckrich
14
58X
Ray Guss, Jr.
15
31u
Jason Utter
16
48
Tim Lance
17
71
Don O'Neal
18
32S
Chris Simpson
19
98
Jason Rauen
20
42c
Terry Casey
21
58e
Dave Eckrich
22
6s
Jesse Stovall

PAC Racing Springs C-Main (15 Laps – Top 4 Transfer): 


1
21
Billy Moyer
2
71
Don O'Neal
3
58e
Dave Eckrich
4
21JR
Billy Moyer, Jr.
5
5d
John Duty
6
90
Lance Matthees
7
21b
Rich Bell
8
1m
Rob Moss
9
36
Jeff Larson
10
9t
Tim Isenberg
11
16b
Tyler Bruening
12
20x
Jake Meier
13
3E
Kevin Sather
14
78
Rick Wendling
15
1QT
Brian Diede
16
72
John Mason
17
25L
Steve Lance
18
15c
Curt Schroeder
19
56x
Chris Spieker
20
3x
Skip Frey
21
93
Jay Johnson
22
22
Jill George
23
93m
Ray Moore
24
24
Ryan Unzicker

JRi Shocks First D-Main (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer):

1
16b
Tyler Bruening
2
36
Jeff Larson
3
56x
Chris Spieker
4
20x
Jake Meier
5
18J
Chase Junghaus
6
55
Duane Treadwell
7
19L
Scott Lewis
8
7
Chad Chenoweth
9
14w
Dustin Walker
10
56w
Mike Wallace
11
44zo
Alonzo Grosse
12
22m
Charlie McKenna
13
10c
Junior Coover
14
33
Paul Glendenning


Feature Finish – 25 Laps

FINISH
START
CAR #
DRIVER NAME
HOMETOWN
1
3
5b
Mike Marlar
Winfield, TN
2
5
15
Steve Francis
Ashland, KY
3
6
2s
Brady Smith
Solon Springs, WI
4
7
20
Jimmy Owens
Newport, TN
5
10
15d
Jonathan Davenport
Blairsville, GA
6
8
3s
Brian Shirley
Chatham, IL
7
11
0
Scott Bloomquist
Mooresburg, TN
8
18
44
Earl Pearson, Jr.
Jacksonville, FL
9
9
11T
Tyler Reddick
Corning, CA
10
12
25
Jason Feger
Bloomington, IL
11
16
57J
Bub McCool
Vicksburg, MS
12
22
15b
Brian Birkhofer
Muscatine, IA
13
4
7R
Kent Robinson
Bloomington, IN
14
14
18
Shannon Babb
Mowequa, IL
15
13
1v
Will Vaught
Crane, MO
16
2
14m
Morgan Bagley
Tyler, TX
17
19
39
Tim McCreadie
Watertown, NY
18
23
99JR
Frank Heckenast, Jr.
Frankfort, IL
19
1
15R
Mark Burgtorf
Quincy, IL
20
17
5
Jared Landers
Batesville, AR
21
15
99
Donnie Moran
Dresden, OH
22
24
2a
John Anderson
Omaha, NE
23
21
50
Denny Eckrich
Tiffan, IA
24
20
13
JR Hotovy
Hartford, MI

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