Cherokee Speedway Results – July 7, 2017 – Lucas Oil Dirt Series

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Qualifying
Scott Bloomquist set overall pole speed in Group A at 15.328.

Brandon Overton set quick time in Group B qualifying at 15.408.

Hudson O’Neal had issues on his warmup lap. He couldn’t get going. On his hot lap, he put it in the wall. Looked mechanical.

Heat 1
Scott Bloomquist and Johnny Pursley lead heat 1 to green. Josh Richards and Don O’Neal line up on row 2. Tim McCreadie starts last.

Bloomquist to lead. O’Neal is around Richards. Pursley is in trouble. Caution.

Green. Richards is around O’Neal. Tim McCreadie is moving through the field on the bottom. Bloomquist wins heat 1.

Heat 2
Last nights winner, Chris Ferguson and Ross Bailes set the front row in heat 2. Green. Ferguson slides to the top, Bailes has to checkup. That allows Earl Pearson to diamond off the exit and slip under him out of turn 2.

The next lap, Bailes comes back. Same move in reverse. Bailee back up to 2nd. He hangs with Ferguson but it’s not enough. Ferguson wins heat 2.

Heat 3
Brandon Overton and Jonathan Davenport lead heat 3 to green.

Davenport and Overton run side by side into turn 1. Not sliders involved.

Overton gets around him on the bottom. Davenport runs it deep on the inside of turn 1. He pulls even.

They continue to run side by side. 1 lap, 2 laps. Davenport finally pulls clear of him on the inside at the exit of turn 4. Right in front of the crowd. They were fairly excited.

Davenport wins heat 3.

Heat 4
Jimmy Owens and Boom Briggs setup the first row in the 4th and final heat. Owens gets the jump on the field.

Boom Briggs back to third. He has more pressure behind him but he gathers it up and sets sights on 2nd. Briggs re-claims 2nd but Owens is gone. Jimmy Owens takes the win in heat 4.

B Main
Tim McCreadie slides Darrell Lanigan in turn 1. He takes the lead and drives off to the win.

Main Event
The field gets set for 50 laps around Cherokee Speedway. Off in the distance, lightning strikes.

Scott Bloomquist and Chris Ferguson lead the field into turn 1. Jonathan Davenport slips by the both of them out of turn 2. New leader, the crowd erupts.

The field runs along the bottom in 3-4. Bumper to bumper, no passing there. The action is in turns 1-2. Multiple grooves there.

Bloomquist is beginning to run down Davenport. He’s back to his bumper. Caution. Lap 19.

Green. Josh Richards to the outside of Bloomquist. The zero is caught by surprise, he’s forced to get out of the gas, completely. The car drops off the bars as the field drives by Bloomquist off turn 2. Bloomquist falls outside to 4th. Move Richards to 2nd.

Josh Richards is all over the back bumper of Jonathan Davenport for the lead. But it’s going to be hard to pass.

Meanwhile, Behind the leader, Brandon Overton is trying to make things very exciting. He’s the only one bouncing it off the cushion.

He prefers the low side, but he’ll go high to make a pass. He’s the only one doing it. As everyone else runs low and through the middle in 1-2 he claims a lane to himself.

Move Overton around Bloomquist for 3rd. But he’s not done. Josh Richards is next. As Richards rides in the tire tracks of Davenport, Overton goes back to the top.

He’s even with Richards, side-by-side. Jonathan Davenport drifts up the track on the exit of turn 2. Possibly trying to take the line away? Overton diamonds the center of turn 2. He drives down the banking, to the middle. 3 wide at the exit of turn 2 for the lead.

Overton carries the momentum all the way down the back-straight. New leader in turn 3, Brandon Overton.

This time, Overton stays up top. He’s took the lead there, he’s going to stay there. The rest of the field continues to run the bottom.

Trouble turn 1! Jonathan Davenport is heading backwards into turn 1. He loops it, slides backwards and spinning up the banking. It whips around and hits the wall with the front end. Davenport is done. I have no idea how that happened.

Just a few laps to go. The field will get another shot at Overton. Overton clears the field on the restart. No challengers. But Overton has a tire going down! Slow leak. Just one lap to go. Nearly flat tire, he continues to pull away.

Brandon Overton wins at Cherokee Speedway and puts on a thrilling show for the South Carolina crowd!

The winner, Brandon Overton, pulls into victory lane. The left rear tire is on the rim. He pulls off the helmet, climbs from the car and reveals his ‘Days of Thunder’ face. Dust and dirt cover the face of the winner in victory lane. That’s awesome, old school victory lane at the dirt track in South Carolina.

Tomorrow night is the final night of the weekend tour. Saturday night, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series heads to Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN. Following tomorrow night’s program in Tennessee, the drivers get a week off.

The LOLMDS returns to Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, IL on July 14th. The field will will be racked again, in Missouri, on July 15th at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Author: Shane Walters

Brandon Overton Photos
Cherokee Speedway
July 7th, 2017 – Lucas Oil Dirt

Qualifying – Group A
Cherokee Speedway
July 7th, 2017 – Lucas Oil Dirt

1. Scott Bloomquist (15.328); 2. Chris Ferguson; 3. Johnny Pursley; 4. Tim McCreadie; 5. Ross Bailes; 6. Josh Richards; 7. Earl Pearson Jr; 8. Don O’Neal; 9. Steve Francis; 10. Tyler Millwood; 11. Dennis Erb Jr; 12. Gregg Satterlee; 13. Anthony Sanders; 14. Doug Sanders; 15. Hudson O’Neal;

Qualifying – Group B
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1. Brandon Overton (15.408); 2. Jimmy Owens; 3. Jonathan Davenport; 4. Boom Briggs; 5. Michael Brown; 6. Casey Roberts; 7. Darrell Lanigan; 8. GR Smith; 9. Brent Dixon; 10. Donald Bradsher; 11. Josh Langley; 12. Kyle Pierce; 13. Dennis Franklin; 14. Ryan Crane;

Heat 1
Cherokee Speedway
July 7th, 2017 – Lucas Oil Dirt

1. Scott Bloomquist; 2. Josh Richards; 3. Don O’Neal; 4. Steve Francis; 5. Tim McCreadie; 6. Gregg Satteree; 7. Johnny Pursley; 8. Doug Sanders;

Heat 2
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1. Chris Ferguson; 2. Ross Bailes; 3. Earl Pearson Jr; 4. Dennis Erb Jr; 5. Tyler Millwood; 6. Hudson O’Neal; 7. Anthony Sanders;

Heat 3
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1. Jonathan Davenport; 2. Brandon Overton; 3. Michael Brown; 4. Brent Dixon; 5. Darrell Lanigan; 6. Dennis Franklin; 7. Josh Langley;

Heat 4
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July 7th, 2017 – Lucas Oil Dirt

1. Jimmy Owens; 2. Boom Briggs; 3. Donald Bradsher; 4. GR Smith; 5. Casey Roberts; 6. Kyle Pierce; 7. Ryan Crane;

B Main
Cherokee Speedway
July 7th, 2017 – Lucas Oil Dirt

1. Tim McCreadie; 2. Darrell Lanigan; 3. Casey Roberts; 4. Tyler Millwood; 5. Dennis Franklin; 6. Gregg Satterlee; 7. Johnny Pursley; 8. Josh Langley; 9. Anthoney Sanders; 10. Ryan Crane; 11. Hudson O’Neal; 12. Kyle Pierce;

Main Event
Cherokee Speedway
July 7th, 2017 – Lucas Oil Dirt

Feature Finish (50 Laps):

FINISH	START	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	EARNINGS
1	6	116	Brandon Overton	Evans, GA	$10,000
2	5	1R	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	$6,300
3	4	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	$4,300
4	1	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN	$3,850
5	7	87	Ross Bailes	Clover, SC	$2,250
6	9	5	Don O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$2,600
7	11	1	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	$2,300
8	13	15	Steve Francis	Bowling Green, KY	$2,000
9	10	24d	Michael Brown	Pageland, SC	$1,200
10	17	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	$1,800
11	14	1d	Brent Dixon	Elberton, GA	$1,075
12	15	28E	Dennis Erb, Jr.	Carpentersville, IL	$1,750
13	22	22	Gregg Satterlee	Rochester Mills, PA	$1,825
14	8	99B	Boom Briggs	Bear Lake, PA	$1,700
15	16	22*	GR Smith	Statesville, NC	$950
16	23	71	Hudson O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$1,625
17	12	93	Donald Bradsher	Burlington, NC	$900
18	2	49	Jonathan Davenport	Williamson, SC	$975
19	3	22F	Chris Ferguson	Mount Holly, NC	$850
20	20	31T	Tyler Millwood	Kingston, GA	$825
21	24	9	Johnny Pursley	Clover, SC	$800
22	18	14	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	$1,500
23	19	101	Casey Roberts	Toccoa, GA	$800
24	21	2F	Dennis Franklin	Gaffney, SC	$800

Race Statistics

Entrants: 29
Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1 – 40); Brandon Overton (Laps 41 – 50)
Cautions: Darrell Lanigan (Lap 3); Chris Ferguson (Lap 19); Jonathan Davenport (Lap 46)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: Hudson O’Neal
Miller Welders Fast Time Provisional: Johnny Pursley
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Wrisco Feature Winner: Brandon Overton
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Gregg Satterlee (Started: 22nd; Finished: 13th; Advanced 9 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Josh Richards
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Scott Bloomquist
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: Longhorn Chassis
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Randall Edwards (Josh Richards)
Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Lap #3 – 16.4806 seconds)
Safecraft Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Scott Bloomquist
Time of Race: 25 minutes 25 seconds

Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	POINTS	EARNINGS
1	1R	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	4685	$123,200
2	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN	4665	$137,450
3	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	4575	$114,375
4	5	Don O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	4325	$82,800
5	1	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	4260	$91,050
6	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	4145	$76,875
7	14	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	4035	$64,625
8	28E	Dennis Erb, Jr.	Carpentersville, IL	3970	$59,300
9	22	Gregg Satterlee	Rochester Mills, PA	3915	$65,150
10	15	Steve Francis	Bowling Green, KY	3815	$48,925
11	71	Hudson O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	3620	$47,700
12	99B	Boom Briggs	Bear Lake, PA	3505	$39,900

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

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