Story By: ELDORA SPEEDWAY – ROSSBURG, OH – Mike Marlar built a nearly 5-second lead in the main event only to lose it to hard charging Hudson O’Neal in the races later stages.
But a flat tire on O’Neal’s machine would eventually hand the lead back to Marlar and he would go on to seal the $23,023 victory.
O’Neal put on a show Tuesday night during feature. However, his night ended in heartbreaking fashion.
Tim McCreadie came home in second with Tanner English, Jonathan Davenport and Brandon Sheppard completing the top five.
Race Results
Event Box Score
Late Models A-Feature – (50)Laps
1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[8]; 3. 96V-Tanner English[17]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard[10]; 6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[7]; 7. 76-Brandon Overton[15]; 8. 7W-Ricky Weiss[19]; 9. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 10. 6-Kyle Larson[9]; 11. 99M-Devin Moran[21]; 12. 1-Hudson O’Neal[5]; 13. 18-Shannon Babb[11]; 14. 40B-Kyle Bronson[13]; 15. 9-Nick Hoffman[2]; 16. 2S-Stormy Scott[12]; 17. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]; 18. 11-Austin Kirkpatrick[14]; 19. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[16]; 20. 7-Ross Robinson[20]; 21. 7R-Kent Robinson[22]; 22. 11H-Spencer Hughes[18]
Qualifying 1: 1. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.223[27]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:15.226[1]; 3. 1-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.238[22]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.321[2]; 5. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:15.367[17]; 6. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:15.382[25]; 7. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.440[12]; 8. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.505[3]; 9. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.513[11]; 10. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 00:15.519[4]; 11. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.568[7]; 12. 12J-Jason Jameson, 00:15.570[8]; 13. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.588[23]; 14. 21-Billy Moyer Sr, 00:15.623[15]; 15. 8S-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.623[9]; 16. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:15.659[19]; 17. C4-Freddie Carpenter, 00:15.825[14]; 18. 99M-Devin Moran, 00:15.915[5]; 19. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:15.921[24]; 20. 4G-Kody Evans, 00:15.946[21]; 21. 114-Jordan Koehler, 00:15.955[10]; 22. 36-Logan Martin, 00:15.973[13]; 23. RH21-Gregg Haskell, 00:16.007[16]; 24. 4-Travis Stemler, 00:16.018[26]; 25. 95J-Jerry Bowersock, 00:16.146[18]; 26. 48-Tim Lance, 00:16.147[20]; 27. 21H-Robby Hensley, 00:16.147[6]
Qualifying 2: 1. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:15.470[6]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.672[16]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.686[1]; 4. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.738[10]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.748[13]; 6. 7R-Kent Robinson, 00:15.762[26]; 7. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.839[11]; 8. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.880[22]; 9. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.979[17]; 10. 11-Austin Kirkpatrick, 00:16.119[18]; 11. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:16.222[8]; 12. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:16.224[14]; 13. 49T-Jake Timm, 00:16.264[19]; 14. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:16.347[15]; 15. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:16.363[3]; 16. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles, 00:16.380[20]; 17. 63-Terry Rushlow, 00:16.549[5]; 18. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:16.608[24]; 19. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:16.647[9]; 20. 39H-Mike Hildebrand, 00:16.711[12]; 21. 99B-Greg Belyea, 00:16.846[4]; 22. 8-Rob Anderzack, 00:16.986[27]; 23. 56-BJ Gregory, 00:17.073[7]; 24. 29-Clint Keenan, 00:17.089[21]; 25. 12-Doug Drown, 00:17.157[2]; 26. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:17.785[25]; 27. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 00:17.785[23]
Late Models Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 4. 7W-Ricky Weiss[4]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley[7]; 6. 36-Logan Martin[8]; 7. 7T-Drake Troutman[6]; 8. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 9. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[9]
Late Models Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 6-Kyle Larson[2]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 5. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[5]; 6. C4-Freddie Carpenter[6]; 7. 4G-Kody Evans[7]; 8. RH21-Gregg Haskell[8]; 9. 48-Tim Lance[9]
Late Models Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 1-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb[2]; 3. 96V-Tanner English[3]; 4. 99M-Devin Moran[6]; 5. 8S-Kyle Strickler[5]; 6. 114-Jordan Koehler[7]; 7. 12J-Jason Jameson[4]; 8. 4-Travis Stemler[8]; 9. 21H-Robby Hensley[9]
Late Models Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 3. 11-Austin Kirkpatrick[4]; 4. 49T-Jake Timm[5]; 5. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[6]; 6. 12-Doug Drown[9]; 7. 8-Rob Anderzack[8]; 8. 86-Kyle Beard[7]
Late Models Heat #5 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[5]; 5. 81-Jason Riggs[4]; 6. 39H-Mike Hildebrand[7]; 7. 30-Todd Cooney[9]; 8. 63-Terry Rushlow[6]; 9. 56-BJ Gregory[8]
Late Models Heat #6 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[1]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 3. 11H-Spencer Hughes[3]; 4. 7R-Kent Robinson[2]; 5. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[6]; 6. 93-Cory Lawler[4]; 7. 29-Clint Keenan[8]; 8. 99B-Greg Belyea[7]
Late Models B-Feature #1 – (10)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 7W-Ricky Weiss[1]; 2. 99M-Devin Moran[3]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 5. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[5]; 6. 4G-Kody Evans[11]; 7. 7T-Drake Troutman[10]; 8. 8S-Kyle Strickler[6]; 9. 114-Jordan Koehler[9]; 10. 36-Logan Martin[7]; 11. 12J-Jason Jameson[12]; 12. 21H-Robby Hensley[18]; 13. C4-Freddie Carpenter[8]; 14. 48-Tim Lance[17]; 15. RH21-Gregg Haskell[14]; 16. 58-Garrett Alberson[13]; 17. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[16]; 18. 4-Travis Stemler[15]
Late Models B-Feature #2 – (10)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 7-Ross Robinson[2]; 2. 7R-Kent Robinson[3]; 3. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[4]; 4. 49T-Jake Timm[1]; 5. 12-Doug Drown[7]; 6. 81-Jason Riggs[5]; 7. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[6]; 8. 29-Clint Keenan[12]; 9. 30-Todd Cooney[11]; 10. 93-Cory Lawler[9]; 11. 86-Kyle Beard[13]; 12. 10-Garrett Smith[16]; 13. 8-Rob Anderzack[10]; 14. 39H-Mike Hildebrand[8]; 15. 56-BJ Gregory[17]; 16. 99B-Greg Belyea[15]; 17. 63-Terry Rushlow[14]