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Jimmy Owens Wins Bad Boy 98 in Terrific Batesville Battle

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:16:44 +0000

LOCUST GROVE, AR (May 19, 2012) – The defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN finally got his breakthrough victory on Saturday Night at Batesville Motor Speedway, after having finished 2^nd seven times.

Owens fought off the challenges from Hall-of-Fame drivers, Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR and Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN to capture the Inaugural Bad Boy 98. The race paid $10,000 to win and Owens also claimed a 2012 Chevy Camaro from Mark Martin Chevrolet as his trophy. Moyer chased down Owens late in the race, but fell short of victory. Moyer did earn a $20,000 payday for second. Bloomquist came home third, followed by Wendell Wallace of Batesville, AR and Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN.

Moyer entered the race leading the nation, with ten feature wins, and was looking for his first-win in seven years at his home track. He grabbed the lead at the start of the 98-lap affair. O’Neal challenged him early on. Owens regrouped and passed O’Neal for second on lap nine, then quickly began gaining ground on the leader.

Owens set up Moyer for a few laps and eventually got by him for the lead on lap 12. Meanwhile Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA quickly made his way up to third. With 20 laps scored, the running order was Owens, Moyer, Birkhofer, O’Neal and Steve Francis of Ashland, KY in the top five.

On lap 24 Earl Pearson Jr.’s car went up in smoke heading into turn number one, causing a chain reaction wreck involving several cars. By lap 47 Bloomquist made it a three-way battle for the lead. Both Moyer and Bloomquist closed on Owens in heavy traffic, but a caution for Austin Hubbard on lap 70 cleared the track for Owens in the remaining 28 circuits. Owens pulled away on the restart as Moyer and Bloomquist battled hard for second.

Owens had a commanding lead with ten laps to go, but Moyer cut that deficit in half by five to go. Owens had to contend with traffic to the finish. Moyer sliced the lead to three-car lengths, but couldn’t get any closer as the two took the white flag. Moyer made one last stab at the lead, but Owens headed to the finish line for his first series win of 2012.

“I have to thank Mike Reece for giving me the opportunity to drive his car, the crew did a great job this weekend, we were geared up for the long run tonight and it paid off! To hold off two of the best drivers to ever race Late Models is quite an accomplishment,” said the 40-year-old Owens, who remains out in front of this year’s Lucas Oil Championship Points Standings.

“I have to thank all of my great sponsors Reece Monument Company, Gantte Appraisals, Sunoco Race Fuels, Red Line Oil, C&C Trucking, and Midwest Sheet Metal, it feels good to finally get back to Lucas Oil Victory Lane. With all the second-place finishes this year, we knew eventually we would get here, thanks to the fans for coming out tonight, and I am going to give this new car to my 3-year-old son Nathan, so he can drive it when he gets old enough,” said Owens, who drives a Bloomquist Race Cars Ford powered by a Cornett Racing Engine.

Owens was teamed with fan, Matt McRae of Quitman, AR and the 19-year-old will drive away with a new 2012 Ford Mustang from Mark Martin Ford. “I can’t believe it,” said McRae. “I am now the biggest Jimmy Owens fan.”

Completing the top ten were Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, WI; John Blankenship of Williamson, WV; Steve Francis of Ashland, KY; Jared Landers of Batesville, AR; and Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, AR.

In preliminary action, Billy Moyer set the Red Buck Cigars Fast Time amongst the 48 entrants with a lap of 13.011 seconds. Heat races were taken by: Billy Moyer, Don O’Neal, Jimmy Owens, and Steve Francis. Earl Pearson Jr. and Jesse Stovall won their respective B-Mains.

Next weekend the stars of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series head to the “DART Show Me 100.” The prestigious 20^th annual event will take place from May 25^th to 26^th. For more information on the crown-jewel “Show-Me 100” at the “Diamond of the Dirt Tracks”, Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO, log onto www.lucasoilspeedway.com.

For the latest breaking news on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, log onto www.lucasdirt.com and be sure to follow the series at www.facebook.com/lucasdirt and www.twitter.com/#!/lucasdirt.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

Race Summary

Friday Night, May 18^th, 2012

“Bad Boy 98”
Batesville Motor Speedway – Batesville, MO

Red Buck Cigars Fast Time:

Billy Moyer / 13.011 seconds (Group A and Overall)

Jimmy Owens / 13.032 seconds (Group B)

Wiles Driveshafts First Heat (12 Laps- Top 4 Advance): Billy Moyer, Jack Sullivan, Dennis Erb, Jr., Scott Bloomquist, Terry Phillips, Eric Wells, Eric Jacobsen, Morgan Bagley, Ray Moore, Klint Byars, Jerry Lierly, Joseph Long

U. S. Steel Second Heat (12 Laps- Top 4 Advance): Don O'Neal, Jared Landers, Brian Birkhofer, Billy Moyer, Jr., John Blankenship, Jimmy Mars, Earl Pearson, Jr., Timothy Culp, RC Whitwell, Tanner English, Nick Black, John Anderson-DNS

Simpson Performance Products Third Heat (12 Laps- Top 4 Advance): Jimmy Owens, Shane Clanton, Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, Tyler Reddick, Stacy Taylor, Jesse Stovall, Duke Whiseant, Eric Turner, Chris Wall, Jon Kirby, Bill Frye, Tommy Weder

HAWK Brakes Fourth Heat (12 Laps- Top 4 Advance): Steve Francis, Wendell Wallace, Jonathan Davenport, Brad Neat, BJ Robinson, Austin Hubbard, AJ Diemel, Robert Baker, Jeff Chanler, Jeff Floyd, Brandon Smith, Shane Harris

JRi Shocks First B-Main (15 Laps – Top 3 Advance): Earl Pearson, Jr., Jimmy Mars, Morgan Bagley, Ray Moore, Klint Byars, Tanner English, RC Whitwell, Timothy Culp, Nick Black, Jerry Lierly, Eric Jacobsen, John Blankenship, Terry Phillips, Eric Wells, Joseph Long-DNS, John Anderson-DNS

PAC Racing Springs Second B-Main (15 Laps – Top 3 Advance): Jesse Stovall, Austin Hubbard, BJ Robinson, AJ Diemel, Robert Baker, Eric Turner, Jon Kirby, Shane Harris, Chris Wall, Tommy Weder, Stacy Taylor, Duke Whiseant, Jeff Chanler, Brandon Smith, Jeff Floyd-DNS, Bill Frye-DNS

Feature Finish – 98 Laps

FINISH	START	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN
1	2	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN
2	1	21	Billy Moyer	Batesville, AR
3	13	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN
4	8	6m	Wendell Wallace	Batesville, AR
5	3	71	Don O'Neal	Martinsville, IN
6	19	28m	Jimmy Mars	Menomonie, WI
7	25	23	John Blankenship	Williamson, WV
8	4	15	Steve Francis	Ashland, KY
9	7	5	Jared Landers	Batesville, AR
10	15	21JR	Billy Moyer, Jr.	Batesville, AR
11	14	11T	Tyler Reddick	Corning, CA
12	20	11h	Austin Hubbard	Seaford, DE
13	12	15d	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville, GA
14	9	28e	Dennis Erb, Jr.	Carpentersville, IL
15	24	18e	Eric Wells	Hazard, KY
16	10	18H	Ronny Lee Hollingsworth	Northport, AL
17	21	14m	Morgan Bagley	Tyler, TX
18	22	F5	BJ Robinson	Shreveport, LA
19	11	15b	Brian Birkhofer	Muscatine, IA
20	16	41n	Brad Neat	Dunnville, KY
21	5	1s	Jack Sullivan	Greenbrier, AR
22	6	25c	Shane Clanton	Fayetteville, GA
23	17	44	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL
24	18	00S	Jesse Stovall	Galena, MO

Race Statistics

Entrants: 48

Lap Leaders: Billy Moyer (Laps 1 – 11); Jimmy Owens (Laps 12 – 98)

Caution Flags: Jimmy Mars (Lap 13); Shane Clanton (Lap 19); Earl Pearson Jr., Austin Hubbard, Tyler Reddick, Jesse Stovall (Lap24); Austin Hubbard (Lap 70); Brian Birkhofer (Lap 75)

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: Eric Wells, John Blankenship

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Emergency Provisional: none

Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: John Blankenship (Started 24^th; Finished 7^th; Advanced 18 positions)

Allstar Performer of the Race: Scott Bloomquist

Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Jimmy Owens

ASi Racewear Challenge Finisher: Jimmy Owens

Quarter Master Rookie of the Race: Austin Hubbard

COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing Engines

Ohlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Bloomquist Race Cars

Sweet Mfg Crew Chief of the Race: Chris Fox (Jimmy Owens)

Time of Race: 47 minutes 37 seconds

Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	POINTS
1	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	2670
2	71	Don O'Neal	Martinsville, IN	2470
3	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN	2390
4	15	Steve Francis	Ashland, KY	2305
5	44	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	2285
6	15d	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville, GA	2205
7	11T	Tyler Reddick	Corning, CA	2180
8	5	Jared Landers	Batesville, AR	2155
9	28e	Dennis Erb, Jr.	Carpentersville, IL	2090
10	23	John Blankenship	Williamson, WV	2070
11	11h	Austin Hubbard	Seaford, DE	2050
12	18e	Eric Wells	Hazard, KY	2035

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

Bad Boy 98 Feature Finish

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:47:18 +0000

Feature Finish:

Owens
Moyer
Bloomquist
Wallace
O’Neal

Mars
Blankenship
Francis

Landers

MoyerJR
Reddick

Hubbard

Davenport
Erb
Wells

Hollingsworth

Bagley

Robinson

Birkhofer
Neat

Sullivan

Clanton

Pearson

Stovall

Feature Line Up

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:42:41 +0000

Feature Line Up:
Moyer-Owens;

O’Neal-Francis;

Sullivan-Clanton;

Landers-Wallace;

Erb-Hollingsworth;

Birkhofer-Davenport;

Bloomquist-Reddick;
MoyerJR-Neat;

Pearson-Stovall;
Mars-Hubbard;

Bagley-Robinson;
Wells-Blankenship

B-Main 2 Finish

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:42:28 +0000

B-Main 2 Finish:

Stovall

Hubbard

Robinson

Diemel

Baker

Turner

Kirby

Harris

Wall

Weder

Taylor

Whiseant

Chanler

Smith

B-Main 1 Finish

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:25:35 +0000

B-Main 1 Finish:

Pearson

Mars

Bagley

Moore

English

Byars

Whitwell

Culp

Black

Lierly
Jacobsen

Blankenship

Phillips

Wells

Moyer and Owens on Front Row for Bad Boy 98 at Batesville

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:36:36 +0000

LOCUST GROVE, AR (May 18, 2012) – Hall of Famer, Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR and Defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN will make-up the front row for Saturday Night’s, Inaugural Bad Boy 98 at Batesville Motor Speedway. Moyer and Owens won the first and third heats to claim the honors.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event drew 48 cars to the Mooney Starr promoted event. The event was scheduled to run last year, but heavy rains forced the event to be re-scheduled for 2012. The winner of Saturday Night’s Bad Boy 98 will win $10,000 and a new 2012 Chevrolet Camaro. The second place finisher in the race will take home $20,000.

Joining Moyer and Owens as heat race winners on Friday Night were the hottest driver on the LOMDS tour, Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN and Steve Francis of Ashland, KY. A total of 16 cars made the feature lineup through Friday’s four heat race prelims.

Activities on Saturday Night, May 19^th at Batesville Motor Speedway will get underway with aDirt Racing Outreach program at 5 PM, followed by a driver’s autograph session from 6:15-6:45 PM. The drivers meeting will take place at 7 PM. On track action will kick off with hot laps at 7:30 PM, followed by a pair of 12-lap B-mains. Following the B-Mains, 24 lucky race fans will be drawn at random for a chance to win a 2012 Ford Mustang from Mark Martin Ford. Each of the 24 fans will be paired with one of the drivers in the Bad Boy 98 feature, whoever is paired with the winner of the race will win the Ford Mustang.

For more information on the Bad Boy 98, log onto www.batesvillemotorspeedway.net.

For the latest breaking news on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, log onto www.lucasdirt.com and be sure to follow the series at www.facebook.com/lucasdirt and www.twitter.com/#!/lucasdirt.

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Race Summary

Friday Night, May 18^th, 2012

“Bad Boy 98”
Batesville Motor Speedway – Batesville, MO

Red Buck Cigars Fast Time:

Billy Moyer / 13.011 seconds (Group A and Overall)

/ seconds (Group B)

JRI Shocks - "B" MAIN #1 LINE UP
DRIVER	INSIDE	OUTSIDE	DRIVER
Terry Phillips	75	23	John Blankenship
Eric Wells	18e	28m	Jimmy Mars
Eric Jacobsen	5J	44	Earl Pearson, Jr.
Morgan Bagley	14m	C8	Timothy Culp
Ray Moore	93m	96T	RC Whitwell
Klint Byars	5b	96	Tanner English
Jerry Lierly	7L	17	Nick Black
Joseph Long	37	2a	John Anderson

PAC Racing Springs – "B" MAIN #2 LINE UP
DRIVER	INSIDE	OUTSIDE	DRIVER
Stacy Taylor	27	F5	BJ Robinson
Jesse Stovall	00S	11h	Austin Hubbard
Duke Whiseant	A1	58	AJ Diemel
Eric Turner	33x	17m	Robert Baker
Chris Wall	71w	11c	Jeff Chanler
Jon Kirby	11k	F1	Jeff Floyd
Bill Frye	66	115	Brandon Smith
Tommy Weder	02	0H	Shane Harris

"A" MAIN LINE UP, Prior To B-Main Results
DRIVER	INSIDE	OUTSIDE	DRIVER
Billy Moyer	21	20	Jimmy Owens
Don O'Neal	71	15	Steve Francis
Jack Sullivan	1s	25c	Shane Clanton
Jared Landers	5	6m	Wendell Wallace
Dennis Erb, Jr.	28e	18H	Ronny Lee Hollingsworth
Brian Birkhofer	15b	15d	Jonathan Davenport
Scott Bloomquist	0	11T	Tyler Reddick
Billy Moyer, Jr.	21JR	41n	Brad Neat

B-Main 2 Line Up

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:04:58 +0000

B-Main 2 Line Up:

Taylor-Robinson;

Stovall-Hubbard;

Whiseant-Diemel;

Turner-Baker;

Wall-Chanler;

Kirby-Floyd;

Frye-Smith;

Weder-Harris

B-Main 1 Line Up

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:03:58 +0000

B-Main 1 Line Up:
Phillips-Blankenship;

Wells-Mars;

Jacbosen-Pearson;

Bagley-Culp;

Moore-Whitwell;

Byars-English;

Lierly-Black;

Long-Anderson

Heat 4 Finish

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:02:51 +0000

Heat 4 Finish:

Francis

Wallace

Davenport

Neat

Robinson

Hubbard

Diemel

Baker

Chanler

Floyd

Smith

Harris

Heat 3 Finish

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:56:14 +0000

Heat 3 Finish:

Owens

Clanton

Hollingsworth

Reddick

Taylor

Stovall

Whiseant

Turner

Wall

Kirby

Frye

Weder