Portsmouth Raceway Park results from July 1st 2017 featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Tonight, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series makes the first of three stops in Ohio this weekend. First up, Portsmouth Raceway Park in Portsmouth, OH.
The track is bad fast. A 3/8 mile dirt track near the riverbanks of the Ohio River.
Heat 1
Green flag on heat 1. Josh Richards drives out to an early lead. Steve Francis and Gregg Satterlee trail. Josh holds the gap. Caution, late. Richards will have to do it all over. He does. Richards wins heat 1.
Heat 2
Brandon Fouts jumps out to the lead early in heat 2. Bloomquist is going backwards. Darrell Lanigan slips under him in 1-2. Bloomquist is forced high in 3-4. The low side is the place to be, Bloomquist loses more positions after being forced high.
The next time in turn 1 the Bloomquist machine stalls completely. Shannon Thorsberry has nowhere to go, he gets into the back of Bloomquist. Caution. This same thing happened to Bloomquist at Magnolia.
Green. Owens is up to 2nd. Lanigan forces his way under Boggs. Down the back straight, Biggs turns left. He runs Lanigan to the infield grass. Spins himself out in the process. Unsure if he lost the car on exit and hard to catch it down the track or not.
Green. Fouts drives to the win in heat 2.
Heat 3
Green. Don O’Neal, RJ Conley and Tim McCreadie battle for the lead in turn 1. RJ pulls a slider, deep into turn 1. O’Neal lifts and dives under him on exit. O’Neal to the lead.
They stack up 3 wide on lap 2 at the entry of turn 1. Don O’Neal holds it on exit. McCreadie falls into 2nd. McCreadie tries to hang with O’Neal. He does but he’s going to come up short. Don O’Neal takes the heat 3 win.
No B-Main tonight. Everyone makes the feature. 60 laps around Portsmouth Raceway Park, in search of $12,000.
The point leader will start from the tail. Scott Bloomquist has pulled out the backup car after his crash in the heat race.
Main Event
Josh Richards and Brandon Fouts lead the field into turn 1. Richards takes the lead out of turn two on the bottom. Lap 2, caution.
Green, Josh Richards checks out. Owens is up to 2nd. He was gifted with an inside row restart. Fouts got stuck on the outside.
Lap 9, Josh Richards is in his own league. He’s nearly caught lapped traffic. Caution, Charlie Jude is slow on track.
Green. Tim McCreadie and Gregg Satterlee are both around Owens. This time Richards doesn’t run away. McCreadie runs right with him as they slice through traffic.
Lap 30, caution. Bloomquist and Hudson O’Neal are slow on track. They both hit the pits.
Green. Satterlee is around McCreadie. Caution. The zero is slow on track again. Bloomquist is having fuel and/or ignition issues. He swapped cars already. The backup is doing the same thing as the primary. He parks it.
Green. Richards checks out on the field again. McCreadie is stuck behind Satterlee. The #22 hits a bump in 1-2. McCreadie nearly gets by. He gets him the next lap, McCreadie to 2nd. Caution, Audie Swartz is around. Lap 39.
Green, Josh Richards is running right over the inside tire barriers at Portsmouth. Tim McCreadie is experimenting. The highside isn’t working.
Richards has 5 car lengths on McCreadie with 5 to go. But, he makes quick work of the lappers. Josh Richards moves off his regular line in the closing laps, slices through the lappers.
He untouchable, Josh Richards leads flag to flag at Portsmouth Raceway Park! McCreadie finished 2nd. Satterlee 3rd.
This is a big night in the points battle. The point leader, Bloomquist had a big gap heading into the night. However, 2nd and 3rd place in points finished 1st and 2nd tonight as Bloomquist parked it on the infield.
Next stop, July 2nd at Mansfield Motor Speedway. On July 3rd, the dirt late model tour makes the 3rd stop in Ohio at Muskingum County Speedway.
Author: Shane Walters
Josh Richards Photos
Portsmouth Raceway Park
July 1st 2017
Qualifying
Portsmouth Raceway Park
July 1st 2017
Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Brandon Fouts / 14.377 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Josh Richards / 14.259 seconds
Heat 1
Portsmouth Raceway Park
July 1st 2017
Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, All Transfer): Josh Richards, Steve Francis, Gregg Satterlee, Ben Adkins, Earl Pearson, Jr., Rod Conley, Craig Wolford, Boom Briggs
Heat 2
Portsmouth Raceway Park
July 1st 2017
FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, All Transfer): Brandon Fouts, Jimmy Owens, Darrell Lanigan, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Jackie Boggs, Chris Shannon, Shannon Thornsberry, Scott Bloomquist
Heat 3
Portsmouth Raceway Park
July 1st 2017
Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, All Transfer): Don O’Neal, Tim McCreadie, Dennis Erb, Jr., Hudson O’Neal, RJ Conley, Jason Montgomery, Audie Swartz, Charlie Jude
Main Event
Portsmouth Raceway Park
July 1st 2017
Feature Finish (60 Laps):
| FINISH | START | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN | EARNINGS |
| 1 | 1 | 1R | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | $12,900 |
| 2 | 6 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | $6,200 |
| 3 | 7 | 22 | Gregg Satterlee | Rochester Mills, PA | $4,300 |
| 4 | 8 | 14 | Darrell Lanigan | Union, KY | $3,450 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Don O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $3,050 |
| 6 | 5 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | $2,600 |
| 7 | 15 | 71c | RJ Conley | Wheelersburg, OH | $1,500 |
| 8 | 4 | 15 | Steve Francis | Bowling Green, KY | $2,000 |
| 9 | 11 | 10C | Eddie Carrier, Jr. | Salt Rock, WV | $1,200 |
| 10 | 2 | 81F | Brandon Fouts | Kite, KY | $1,100 |
| 11 | 16 | 71R | Rod Conley | Wheelersburg, OH | $1,075 |
| 12 | 12 | 71 | Hudson O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $1,750 |
| 13 | 22 | 99B | Boom Briggs | Bear Lake, PA | $1,725 |
| 14 | 9 | 28E | Dennis Erb, Jr. | Carpentersville, IL | $1,700 |
| 15 | 18 | 21m | Jason Montgomery | Jackson, OH | $1,000 |
| 16 | 13 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | $1,800 |
| 17 | 24 | 10 | Audie Swartz | Minford, OH | $1,000 |
| 18 | 23 | 0 | Scott Bloomquist | Mooresburg, TN | $2,000 |
| 19 | 10 | B7 | Ben Adkins | West Portsmouth, OH | $1,000 |
| 20 | 20 | 17T | Shannon Thornsberry | Martin, KY | $1,000 |
| 21 | 17 | 9s | Chris Shannon | Bethel, OH | $1,000 |
| 22 | 14 | 4B | Jackie Boggs | Grayson, KY | $1,000 |
| 23 | 21 | CJ1 | Charlie Jude | Inez, KY | $1,000 |
| 24 | 19 | 36 | Craig Wolford | St. Louisville, OH | $1,000 |
Race Statistics
Entrants: 24
Lap Leaders: Josh Richards (Laps 1 – 60)
Cautions: Craig Wolford (Lap 2); Charlie Jude (Lap 9); Scott Bloomquist (Lap30); Scott Bloomquist (Lap 32); Eddie Carrier Jr. (Lap 39)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: n/a
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Wrisco Feature Winner: Josh Richards
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Boom Briggs (Started: 22nd; Finished: 13th; Advanced 9 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Scott Bloomquist
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Race: RJ Conley
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Josh Richards
Hot Rod Processing Rookie of the Race: Gregg Satterlee
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Durham Racing Engines
Ohlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket Chassis
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Randall Edwards (Josh Richards)
Fastest Lap of the Race: Josh Richards (Lap # 4 – 15.394 seconds)
Safecraft Most Laps Led: Josh Richards (60 Laps)
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Josh Richards
Time of Race: 33 minutes 04 seconds
Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings:
As of July 1st, 2017
| POS | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN | POINTS | EARNINGS |
| 1 | 0 | Scott Bloomquist | Mooresburg, TN | 3885 | $126,525 |
| 2 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | 3805 | $103,700 |
| 3 | 1R | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | 3780 | $99,700 |
| 4 | 5 | Don O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | 3570 | $72,925 |
| 5 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | 3480 | $81,750 |
| 6 | 14 | Darrell Lanigan | Union, KY | 3415 | $56,275 |
| 7 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | 3370 | $66,575 |
| 8 | 28E | Dennis Erb, Jr. | Carpentersville, IL | 3315 | $52,450 |
| 9 | 22 | Gregg Satterlee | Rochester Mills, PA | 3145 | $49,025 |
| 10 | 15 | Steve Francis | Bowling Green, KY | 3085 | $40,375 |
| 11 | 71 | Hudson O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | 2865 | $33,875 |
| 12 | 99B | Boom Briggs | Bear Lake, PA | 2815 | $32,525 |
*Points are unofficial until Close of Business on the Tuesday following Race Day*
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