BATESVILLE, Ark. — Tim McCreadie remains one the hottest drivers on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour as he passed race leader Jimmy Owens coming to the white flag to win Thursday’s preliminary event at Batesville Motor Speedway.
McCreadie, coming off a $50,000 win at Florence Speedway, came from the fifth-starting spot for his fourth LOLMDS win of the season.
Owens finished in second followed by Dale McDowell, Earl Pearson Jr., and Billy Moyer Jr.
The race ran caution-free for all 30 laps and saw Owens out front until McCreadie’s late-race charge.
“It’s tough to lead here late in the race. You’ve got a lot of lap traffic, but that’s part of it,” McCreadie explained. “We got a good bite going into three and four and the car stuck enough to get around Jimmy [Owens]. It’s amazing what’s happened for our team in the last two weeks. I stayed out on the road with the guys after Florence and went down to Longhorn. We worked on some things this week. This deal is not easy. There are so many guys that can win each night. If you make a small mistake they are all over you.”
Owens was happy with second.
“We tried a couple of things tonight,” he said. “This track is different than what we run on all year. We kept a steady pace and got into traffic. McCreadie went to the outside at the end and got around me. The car could move around pretty good out there until we got behind traffic.”
The finish:
Tim McCreadie, Jimmy Owens, Dale McDowell, Earl Pearson Jr., Billy Moyer Jr., Jonathan Davenport, Shane Clanton, Brandon Overton, Stormy Scott, Spencer Hughes, Shannon Babb, Chris Madden, Tyler Erb, Kyle Bronson, Timothy Culp, Tanner English, Devin Moran, Josh Richards, B.J. Robinson, Logan Martin, Kyle Beard, Billy Moyer Sr., Wendell Wallace, Neil Baggett.