2017 DTWC results from October 21, 2017 at Portsmouth Raceway Park featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Tonight, it’s the final night of the 2017 DTWC. Additionally, the 2017 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship comes to a close.
View full 2017 DTWC results below.
All 3 championship contenders transferred into the A Main last night. Josh Richards starts 3rd, Bloomquist 4th and McCreadie 6th. McCreadie had spring steel come loose on his door last night, he was forced to make a trip to the pits. Richards also had issues, he climbed to 2nd in his final heat.
This race is the debut event for the Dirt Late Model Throwback weekend. All 12 LOLMDS regulars have appeared in throwback paint schemes from years past. But, it’s more than just the Lucas Oil drivers participating.
It’s the largest crowd ever at Portsmouth Raceway Park. Fireworks go off, we’re going racing.
B Main #1
Tim Dohm and Tyler Carpenter set row one in the first main of the night. Green, side by side in turn 1. Dohm takes the lead out of turn 2. Eddie Carrier Jr pulls even with Carpenter. They touch down the back. Carrier to 2nd.
Carrier is after the leader. Dohm slips on the highside of turn 4. Carrier is under him, new leader. Caution. Dohm will get the lead back.
Green, Devin Moran gets by Eddie Carrier Jr. Eddie is losing spots fast. Moran looks under Dohm, under braking in turn 3. They are even through the center but Dohm holds him off.
Lap 8, caution. Eddie Carrier Jr to the pits.
Green flag, Dohm gets jump. Too good, false start. Green, Jared Miley is around Moran, so is Carpenter. Smoke has started to appear from the back of Moran. He falls to 4th. Miley pulls even with the leader down the back.
He loses ground in turn 3. Miley is up in smoke in turn 4, from 2nd. He’s out, no caution.
Dohm has checked out, he wins B Main #1.
B Main #2
Gregg Saterlee and Hudson O’Neal lead the field to green. Green, Satterlee takes the lead out of turn 2. Don O’Neal drives it hard into turn 3. From the bottom to the top, catches the cushion. New leader.
Satterlee crosses under him in turn 1. Not enough, O’Neal holds the lead of the top.
Chris Ferguson is chasing down Satterlee. He through, move Ferguson to a transfer spot. Satterlee has issues in turn 1. O’Neal pulls off from the lead! Ferguson to the lead!
Green, Ferguson drives off and wins B Main #2. Dennis Erb Jr runs 2nd.
B Main # 3
Devin Gilpin and Jackie Boggs trail the pacs truck in the final B Main of the night. Green, false start. Green, false start #2.
Green, side by side up front. 3 wide for 5th. Zeigler was in the middle, they ran out of room. Zeigler slides to the inside. Thorsberry slides sideways at the top of turn 3. He parked, Lee Logan comes along with nowhere to go, he plows into the door. Drivers are ok.
Green, Gilpin to the lead in turn 1. Francis dives under Boggs in turn 3, he’s up to 2nd. But Eric Wells is coming.
Wells is all over Francis. He catches the cushion in turn 1 as Francis takes the bottom. He’s got a run, Francis leaves him room at the top. Side by side for 2nd in turn 3. Still side by side, 5 laps later. Wells finally confirms the position. Caution, expired engine at the back.
Green, caution. Green, Francis missed turn 1. They are going around him high and low. 3 wide off turn 4.
Gilpin holds off Wells to win the final B Main of the night.
Non- Qualifiers Race
Jackie Boggs wins the non qualifiers race. He’s elected to start the feature!
Main Event
Jonathan Davenport and Jimmy Owens lead the field to green. Richards and Bloomquist set row 2. Don O’Neal and Tim McCreadie in row 3. 100 laps around Portsmouth Raceway Park!
Green, Davenport leads out of turn 2. Jimmy Owens is still there. Owens to the bottom in turn 1. Davenport to the top. Side by side for the lead. Owens to the lead. Davenport powers back around on the outside.
Davenport hits a bump in the middle of turn 1-2. He has to lift. The car jumps off the bars and Owens drives by. Davenport sticks with the top and retakes the lead. Caution, lap 12.
Green, Davenport maintains the lead. Earl Pearson Jr and Owens fight for 2nd. Pearson takes it on the top. Owens tales it back. Lap 16, Hudson O’Neal is around. Caution. McCreadie to the pits, he was 7th. Bloomquist runs 4th and Richards 5th. McCreadie back out but to the tail.
Green, Davenport holds the lead. Trouble in turn 3, Boggs and Gilpin are stacked up. McCreadie comes to a stop, he might be involved.
McCreadie to the pits and back out, minor door damage. Meanwhile, Boggs is running into Gilpin in turn 3. Just a quick jolt, nothing hard. Nose to the door contact as they were still at the crash scene. Boggs exits the track.
Green, Bloomquist is sandwiched between the two #1 Rocket cars. He drives it deep into turn 1, slides up and takes the top away from Richards. McCreadie is at the back flying through the field. They stack up in front of him. More minor damage, caution.
Lap 18, green flag. Davenport moves to the bottom. He deep in lapped traffic Sheppard is closing. He’s there, they race 3 wide through lappers. Satterlee in the middle. Sheppard takes the lead on the bottom.
Bloomquist is up to 3rd. Caution for Sattlerlee, lap 41. Owens to the pits
Green, Owens has crashed in turn 1. Fender debris all over the wall. He takes it to the pits again.
Green, Sheppards holds the lead. Pearson and Bloomquist battle side by side for 2nd. Pearson wins the battle. Stack up in turn 2, caution. McCreadie is up to 13th.
Green, Pearson is in trouble in turn 4. Caution, he hits the pits. Bloomquist to 2nd. Richards is 3rd.
Green, lap 46. Out of nowhere, Josh Richards has found a new gear. He just drove it 30 feet deeper than Bloomquist in turn 1. On the gas the whole time, he lost no ground on exit. It wasn’t a slide.
He’s on Brandon Sheppard’s bumper. Back to turn 1, same move. Richards is clear by 2 car lengths on the exit of turn 2. He moves back to the bottom. Caution.
Green, lap 53. Bloomquist to 2nd. McCreadie is 3 wide for 10th. First he was 3 wide in the middle, now the bottom. McCreadie is coming to the front. He turned up the volume when Richards took the lead. McCreadie is up to 7th. Caution.
Green, Richards still leads. Bloomquist is within 5 car lengths. They’ve caught lapped traffic. Bloomquist begins to close the gap. Caution, lap 83, Ferguson is slow.
Green, Sheppard gets by Bloomquist. The #18 is fading fast. Davenport is all over his back bumper. Trouble. Bloomquist has a flat, he nearly spins in turn 3. Caution. McCreadie might have a flat left rear but we’re going green.
Green, McCreadie spins in turn 1. Caution, lap 92. McCreadie to the pits and back out.
Green, Richards is out front and driving away from Sheppard. McCreadie’s nose has rolled under the left front tire.
Josh Richards wins the 2017 DTWC at Portsmouth Raceway Park! It’s the biggest win of his career as Josh Richards pockets $100,000. He’s also the 2017 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Champion!
Author: Shane Walters
Victory Lane Quotes
Josh Richards: “I have to collect my thoughts right now. I can’t thank everyone enough for this opportunity. I made a tough decision last year to switch teams. We didn’t know what was going to happen. We started the year off well, and then we went to a bunch of new tracks and kind of fell off a little. We struggled a little bit, but so did those other guys. We got on a hot streak in July though.”
“Coming into this weekend we felt pretty good and I know Scott [Bloomquist] and Timmy [McCreadie] did too. Thanks to Best Performance Motorsports, Eric and Kelly Brock for giving me this opportunity.
It’s been a crazy year.”
“Randall Edwards has done such a great job as crew chief. There are so many people behind this team and that supported me. I felt everything in the last four or five laps. I have been through this scenario enough to know. I knew the tires were slipping away, but fortunately they held up to the end.”
Brandon Sheppard: “We had a pretty good car. Josh got around me on that restart and he did a good job out in front. I look up to him a lot. I drive for his dad. It’s been a dream come true driving for Mark [Richards], we have had a great year. Being able to learn from Josh has been great. We would have liked to get the win tonight, but there’s nobody else I’d like to finish second to than Josh.”
Jonathan Davenport: “Congrats to Josh and Brandon on their run tonight. We were good early on. I just don’t have this place down pat yet for some reason. We keep getting closer.”
B Main #1 Results
DTWC – Portsmouth
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
1. Tim Dohm; 2. Tyler Carpenter; 3. Kyle Bronson; 4. Devin Moran; 5. Delmas Conley; 6. Kyle Hardy; 7. Steve Stollings; 8. Chris Hackett; 9. Craig Wolford; 10. Clint Kennan; 11. Kirk Phillips; 12. Jared Miley; 13. Jason Jameson; 14. Eddie Carrier Jr; 15. Josh Bocook; 16. Robbie Scott; 17. Shane Hitt;
B Main #2 Results
DTWC – Portsmouth
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
1. Chris Ferguson; 2. Dennis Erb Jr; 3. Jason Covert; 4. Dale McDowell; 5. Boom Briggs; 6. Tyler Erb; 7. Jason Feger; 8. Dave Hornikel; 9. Audie Swartz; 10. Hudson O’Neal; 11. Gregg Satterlee; 12. Billy Staker; 13. Darrell Lanigan; 14. Jason Montgomery; 15. Larry Holbrook; 16. Jeff Arnold;
B Main #3 Results
DTWC – Portsmouth
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
1. Devin Gilpin; 2. Eric Wells; 3. Jackie Boggs; 4. Steve Francis; 5. RJ Conley; 6. Mark Frazier; 7. Michael Brown; 8. Lee Logan; 9. Colton Flinner; 10. Kevin Wagner; 11. Byron Meeks; 12. Brandon Fouts; 13. Charlie Jude; 14. Mason Zeigler; 15. Shannon Thornsberry; 16. Ronnie Whitt;
Main Event Results
DTWC – Portsmouth
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Feature Finish (100 Laps):
| FINISH | START | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN | EARNINGS |
| 1 | 5 | 1R | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | $100,800 |
| 2 | 4 | 1S | Brandon Sheppard | New Berlin, IL | $20,000 |
| 3 | 1 | F1 | Jonathan Davenport | Williamston, SC | $10,000 |
| 4 | 9 | 157 | Mike Marlar | Winfield, TN | $7,000 |
| 5 | 14 | 11H | Jared Hawkins | Fairmont, WV | $5,000 |
| 6 | 15 | 17D | Zack Dohm | Cross Lanes, WV | $3,500 |
| 7 | 16 | 1* | Chub Frank | Bear Lake, PA | $3,200 |
| 8 | 11 | 116 | Brandon Overton | Evans, GA | $3,000 |
| 9 | 23 | 14 | Darrell Lanigan | Union, KY | $3,500 |
| 10 | 21 | 26 | Dennis Erb, Jr. | Carpentersville, IL | $3,200 |
| 11 | 20 | 28C | Tyler Carpenter | Parkersburg, WV | $2,450 |
| 12 | 6 | 18 | Scott Bloomquist | Mooresburg, TN | $3,400 |
| 13 | 10 | 71R | Rod Conley | Wheelersburg, OH | $2,350 |
| 14 | 24 | 71HU | Hudson O’Neal ® | Martinsville, IN | $3,100 |
| 15 | 28 | B1 | Josh Bocook | Wheelersburg, OH | $2,250 |
| 16 | 22 | 18E | Eric Wells | Hazard, KY | $2,200 |
| 17 | 8 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | $2,950 |
| 18 | 27 | 81F | Brandon Fouts | Kite, KY | $2,100 |
| 19 | 18 | 22F | Chris Ferguson | Mount Holly, NC | $2,075 |
| 20 | 7 | 71 | Don O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $2,860 |
| 21 | 13 | C9 | Steve Casebolt | Richmond, IN | $2,050 |
| 22 | 2 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | $2,840 |
| 23 | 3 | 28 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | $2,830 |
| 24 | 17 | 6T | Tim Dohm | Cross Lanes, WV | $2,020 |
| 25 | 26 | 15 | Steve Francis | Bowling Green, KY | $810 |
| 26 | 25 | 22 | Gregg Satterlee ® | Rochester Mills, PA | $800 |
| 27 | 19 | 1G | Devin Gilpin | Columbus, IN | $2,000 |
| 28 | 12 | 240 | Doug Drown | Wooster, OH | $2,000 |
| 29 | 29 | 4B | Jackie Boggs | Grayson, KY | $2,000 |
Race Statistics
Entrants: 67
Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1 – 34); Brandon Sheppard (Laps 35 – 46); Josh Richards (Laps 47 – 100)
Cautions: Gregg Satterlee (Lap 12); Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Fouts (Lap 16); Devin Gilpin, Jackie Boggs, Hudson O’Neal, Tim McCreadie, Brandon Overton (Lap 16); Gregg Satterlee (Lap 18); Jimmy Owens, Gregg Satterlee (Lap 40); Jimmy Owens (Lap 42); Tim Dohm (Lap 45); Earl Pearson Jr. (Lap 46); Jimmy Owens (Lap 53); Tyler Carpenter (Lap 67); Chris Ferguson (Lap 83); Scott Bloomquist (Lap 92); Tim McCreadie (Lap 92)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: Darrell Lanigan, Hudson O’Neal
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Emergency Provisionals: Gregg Satterlee, Steve Francis
Wrisco Feature Winner: Josh Richards
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Darrell Lanigan (Started: 23rd; Finished: 9th; Advanced 14 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Tim McCreadie
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Mike Marlar
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Josh Richards
Hot Rod Processing Rookie of the Race: Hudson O’Neal
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: Jonathan Davenport (Lap #31 – 15.3499 seconds)
Safecraft Most Laps Led: Josh Richards (54 Laps)
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Jonathan Davenport
Time of Race: 79 minutes 28 seconds
Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings:
| POS | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN | POINTS | EARNINGS |
| 1 | 1R | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | 8345 | $321,050 |
| 2 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | 8280 | $286,550 |
| 3 | 0 | Scott Bloomquist | Mooresburg, TN | 8230 | $268,925 |
| 4 | 5 | Don O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | 7675 | $165,935 |
| 5 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | 7665 | $169,365 |
| 6 | 14 | Darrell Lanigan | Union, KY | 7495 | $138,950 |
| 7 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | 7400 | $141,145 |
| 8 | 28e | Dennis Erb, Jr. | Carpentersville, IL | 6985 | $108,100 |
| 9 | 71 | Hudson O’Neal ® | Martinsville, IN | 6915 | $104,310 |
| 10 | 22 | Gregg Satterlee ® | Rochester Mills, PA | 6795 | $123,835 |
| 11 | 15 | Steve Francis | Bowling Green, KY | 6610 | $86,640 |
| 12 | 99B | Boom Briggs ® | Bear Lake, PA | 5910 | $68,100 |
*Points are unofficial until Close of Business on the Tuesday following Race Day*
Related: 2017 DTWC starting lineups
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