2018 Dirt Million results from Mansfield Motor Speedway featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series on August 25th, 2018
Tonight, the 2018 Dirt Million comes to a close. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event will be the highest paying event since the Eldora Million back in 2001.
View full 2018 Dirt Million results below.
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Hot Laps
Scott Bloomquist was quickest of the eight hot lap sessions with a 16.940. Josh Richards was quickest in dash hot laps with a 16.818.
Heat 1 – Report
Tyler Erb and Earl Pearson Jr trail the pace truck ahead of heat race number one. Green, they run even into turn 1. Erb slides from the bottom to the top, he wins the race off turn 2.
Pearson closes the gap in turn three. Erb drifts to the outside wall, Erb gets a better run off the bottom.
They head side by side back into turn 1. Erb holds him off on the outside.
The leaders rub lightly off turn 4. Pearson pushes off the bottom and runs through the cushion. He gathers it up but Erb has opened the gap back up.
Tyler Erb wins heat race number one!
Heat 2 – Report
Shannon Babb and Chad Simpson will lead them to the starting line in heat race number two. Green, Babb wins the race to the bottom. Simpson slots in behind. Caution.
Green, Ricky Thornton looks to the inside of Simpson for 2nd. Simpson doesnt know he’s there. They bang hard heading into turn 1. Simpson is slow off turn two with a flat, caution.
Green, Babb leads by several car lengths into turn 1. They battle for 2nd. Babb drives away to win heat race number two!
Heat 3 – Report
Chase Junghans and Kyle Bronson set the front row for heat race number three. Green, Junghans leads on the bottom. Bloomquist follows him through on the bottom.
Lap 2, Bloomquist hits a rut into turn 1 and bounces up the hill. Bronson and Pierce look to the inside. Pierce is around Bronson into turn 3. Bloomquist holds 2nd.
Chase Junghans maintains the gap. He wins heat race number three!
Heat 4 – Report
Brian Birkhofer and Jared Landers line up first ahead of heat race number four. Green, several false starts.
Green, Birkhofer noses ahead on the bottom into turn 1. Landers looks to the inside in turn 3. They both slide up the hill and catch the cushion. There might have been some contact there.
Birkhofer slides from the bottom to the top in turn. Landers looks low but can’t get the drive off.
Lap 2, the caution is out. Landers is in the wall down the back. I think the caution was out before Landers hit the wall. A car had a flat. Someone probably didn’t see the caution lights and got into the back of him. The red is out and Landers is done.
Green, Birkhofer opens a gap to Eckert. Birkhofer drives off to the win in heat four!
Heat 5 – Report
Frank Heckenast Jr and Max Blair trail the pace truck ahead of heat five. Green, Heckenast wins the race to the bottom. Blair is on the gas around the outside. Blair wins the race off turn 2 on the top!
Lap 4, Jimmy Owens has joined the battle. Owens looks to the inside of Heckenast. They make contact. Heckenast has a fender rub on the left front.
Owens takes the position. He sets sights on the race leader.
1 to go, Owens looks to the inside for the lead. Blair holds him off on the outside.
Max Blair wins heat five as the crowd erupts!
Heat 6 – Report
Dale McDowell and Chris Ferguson lead them to the flag stand for heat six. Green, McDowell leads by two car lengths into turn 1.
Lap 5, Ferguson heads to the cushion in turn 1. He comes off the corner right on the bumper of McDowell. McDowell opens the gap back up off turn 4.
McDowell wins heat race number six!
Heat 7 – Report
Brandon Sheppard and Gordy Gundaker line up on the front row for heat seven. Green, Sheppard leads into turn 1.
Lap 3, Gundaker has fallen all the way to the tail.
Sheppard drives away to win heat race number seven!
Heat 8 – Report
Gregg Satterlee and Dennis Erb Jr trail the pace truck ahead of the final heat race of the night. Green, Satterlee just the jump on Erb.
Satterlee drives away. He wins the final heat by 10 car lengths.
Dash – Report
Don O’Neal and Mason Zeigler set the front row in the Dirt Million Dash. This race win set the top eight positions for the main event later tonight.
Green, Don O’Neal slides from the bottom to the top in turn 1. Zeigler crosses him on the exit of turn 2.
Zeigler has a run down the back. He looks to the inside of O’Neal into turn 3. Zeigler slides him and catches the cushion off turn 4.
O’Neal crosses him off turn 4. O’Neal leads back into turn 1.
Don O’Neal wins the dash!
Main Event – Report
Dirt Million
The main event is up next. The race winner will hit the road with at least $200,000. Don O’Neal and Mason Zeigler will lead them to the starting line. Four wide salute for the Ohio dirt track racing crowd and we’re off!
Green flag, Don O’Neal gets the jump. O’Neal hits the cushion and leads off turn two.
O’Neal opened the gap early. Mason Zeigler and Ricky Weiss have begun to chase him back down.
Lap 7, the yellow is out. Devin Moran has come to a stop in turn two.
Green, Don O’Neal heads for the cushion in turn 1. Weiss drives to the bottom. They run even off turn two. O’Neal holds him off in turn three.
Lap 9, same thing. Weiss has a run off turn two. He looks to the inside in turn three, new leader.
Lap 14, the yellow is out. Carpenter heads to the pit area.
Green, Weiss leads. Babb hits the cushion in turn 1. He’s around Marlar for 2nd. Babb has a run on the leader! He takes the position off turn 4. New leader, it’s Shannon Babb.
Lap 18, caution number three. Don O’Neal is slow on the track. Bloomquist heads to the pit area. Casebolt and Hoffman get new rubber as well.
Green, Babb leads. Marlar holds 2nd.
Lap 19, big crash in turn 1! Davenport, Lanigan, Junghans, Ferguson, Pearson Jr and more are involved. Davenport is on the hook as everyone else drives to the pits.
Green, Babb leads into turn one. Marlar holds off Richards for 2nd. Bloomquist is back up to 13th.
Lap 29, the fifth caution of the night. Pearson is slow on track.
Green, Sheppard and Weiss fight for space on the restart. Babb leads Marlar into turn 1. Pierce works around Richards to claim 3rd.
Lap 31, the yellow is out. Satterlee came to a stop on the track. Zeigler heads for the pit area.
Green, Babb leads Marlar. Richards reclaims 3rd.
Lap 50, Babb leads Marlar by 5 car lengths. He’s working lap traffic.
Lap 51, the red flag is out. Medical attention is needed in the flag stand. “Okay let’s do this, I’m back and still alive. It was a mud clod, it’s still all over my glasses,” Kenny the flagman says as he stands up.
Pearson, Casebolt, Dennis Erb and Lanigan head for the pits.
Green, Babb leads into turn 1. Pierce runs 3rd, he’s the only car in the top 6 making the cushion work.
Lap 63, Ferguson is slow. The caution is back out. Bloomquist has a flat right rear. He returns to the pits.
Green, Babb leads Marlar. These two continue to check out on the field. Owens is working the bottom, he’s around Pierce.
Lap 65, Nick Hoffman is around in turn 4. Bloomquist is on the brakes to avoid it, he lightly tags the outside wall.
Green, Babb leads. Owens gets a better restart than Marlar, he takes 2nd well before turn 1. Marlar and Pierce make contact. Heavy damage on the left rear of Marlar, he remains 3rd.
25 to go, Owens is all over Shannon Babb for the lead. Owens looks low off turn two. Babb holds him off.
Owens runs high in turn 3. He uses that to carry momentum off turn 4. Owens looks to the inside heading into turn 1. Owens slides him and takes the lead!
Lap 80, Marlar is slow on track. The caution is out. Richards pulled into the pits moments earlier.
Green, Owens leads Pierce. Caution, Tyler Erb is around.
Green, Owens has a problem! Flames are coming out of the exhaust pipe. Pierce is all over him. Owens is slow off turn 4! Pierce takes the lead!
Lap 85, Pierce is driving away from the field. He‘s taking a low entry into turn 1. He then pushes all the way up the hill until he slams the cushion off turn two. The car jumps violently each time. He’s doing that every lap and driving away.
Lap 89, Sheppard is slow on track. The caution is out again. Babb heads for the pit area.
Green, Pearson looks low into turn 1. He runs even with Pierce of turn two.
Pearson slides him in turn 3. Pierce is on the gas early around the top. Pierce slips between Pearson and the wall to hold the position around the top.
Back in turn 1, Pierce slams the cushion. The car jolts to the right and Pearson leads on the bottom. They come off turn two nose to tail.
Pearson opens the gap. Pierce closes it again. Pierce looks low but can’t make it stick.
Pearson wins the Dirt Million at Mansfield Motor Speedway!
View full 2018 Dirt Million race results below.
Racing from last night setup the lineups for tonight’s heat races and the Dash. The heat races below are essentially LCQ races with just the winner transferring into the Dirt Million.
Heat 1 – Results
Dirt Million
8 Laps: Winner transfers
1. Tyler Erb; 2. Earl Pearson Jr; 3. Nick Hoffman; 4. Dan Angelicchio; 5. Chris Simpson; 6. Billy Moyer Jr;
Heat 2 – Results
Dirt Million
8 Laps: Winner transfers
1. Shannon Babb; 2. Ricky Thornton Jr; 3. Doug Drown; 4. Zack Dohm; 5. Chub Frank; 6. Chad Simpson; 7. Mike Wonderling; 8. Tyler Horst; 9. Steve Sabo;
Heat 3 – Results
Dirt Million
8 Laps: Winner transfers
1. Chase Junghans; 2. Scott Bloomquist; 3. Bobby Pierce; 4. Kyle Bronson; 5. Brandon Overton; 6. Austin Rettig; 7. Dave Hornikel; 8. Ryan Scott;
Heat 4 – Results
Dirt Million
8 Laps: Winner transfers
1. Brian Birkhofer; 2. Rick Eckert; 3. Matt Irey; 4. Dave Hess Jr; 5. Chris Hackett; 6. Jason Miller; 7. Jared Landers;
Heat 5 – Results
Dirt Million
8 Laps: Winner transfers
1. Max Blair; 2. Jimmy Owens; 3. Frank Heckenast Jr; 4. Kent Robinson; 5. Jared Miley; 6. Mike Maresca; 7. Nick Davis; 8. Ben Mott;
Heat 6 – Results
Dirt Million
8 Laps: Winner transfers
1. Dale McDowell; 2. Chris Ferguson; 3. Eddie Carrier Jr; 4. Ryan Markham; 5. Jackie Boggs; 6. Colton Flinner; 7. Russ Frohnapfel;
Heat 7 – Results
Dirt Million
8 Laps: Winner transfers
1. Brandon Sheppard; 2. Steve Casebolt; 3. RJ Conley; 4. Tyler Carpenter; 5. Ryan Unzicker; 6. Gordy Gundaker;
Heat 8 – Results
Dirt Million
8 Laps: Winner transfers
1. Gregg Satterlee; 2. Dennis Erb Jr; 3. Jeep VanWormer; 4. Zachary McMillan; 5. Jason Feger; 6. Boom Briggs;
Dash – Results
Dirt Million
8 Laps: Race finish sets the top 8 positions for the Dirt Million main event
1. Don O’Neal; 2. Mason Zeigler; 3. Ricky Weiss; 4. Devin Moran; 5. Josh Richards; 6. Mike Marlar; 7. Jonathan Davenport; 8. Darrell Lanigan;
B Main 1 – Results
Dirt Million
1. Earl Pearson Jr; 2. Nick Hoffman; 3. Doug Drown; 4. Ricky Thornton Jr; 5. Zack Dohm; 6. Dan Angelicchio; 7. Billy Moyer Jr; 8. Chub Frank; 9. Tyler Horst; 10. Steve Sabo; 11. Chris Simpson; 12. Mike Wonderling;
B Main 2 – Results
Dirt Million
1. Scott Bloomquist; 2. Bobby Pierce; 3. Rick Eckert; 4. Dave Hess Jr; 5. Matt Irey; 6. Kyle Bronson; 7. Jason Miller; 8. Austin Rettig; 9. Dave Hornikel; 10. Chris Hackett; 11. Ryan Scott; 12. Brandon Overton;
B Main 3 – Results
Dirt Million
1. Jimmy Owens; 2. Chris Ferguson; 3. Frank Heckenast Jr; 4. Eddie Carrier Jr; 5. Jared Miley; 6. Ryan Markham; 7. Kent Robinson; 8. Jackie Boggs; 9. Mike Maresca; 10. Nick Davis; 11. Colton Flinner; 12. Ben Mott;
B Main 4 – Results
Dirt Million
1. Dennis Erb Jr; 2. Steve Casebolt; 3. Jeep VanWormer; 4. RJ Conley; 5. Tyler Carpenter; 6. Jason Feger; 7. Zachary McMillan; 8. Ryan Unzicker; 9. Boom Briggs; 10. Gordy Gundaker;
Main Event – Results
Dirt Million
100 Laps: $202,939 to win
(Purse: $405,879)
1. Earl Pearson Jr
$203,739
2. Bobby Pierce
$41,287
3. Gregg Satterlee
$20,993
4. Ricky Weiss
$12,176
5. Scott Bloomquist
$8,917
6. Brandon Sheppard
$7,711
7. Steve Casebolt
$7,305
8. Dale McDowell
$6,899
9. Darrell Lanigan
$7,397
10. Max Blair
$6,494
11. Mike Marlar
$6,494
12. Tyler Erb
$6,088
13. Shannon Babb
$5,885
14. Dennis Erb Jr
$6,382
15. Brian Birkhofer
$5,479
16. Tyler Horst
$5,276
17. Jimmy Owens
$5,873
18. Chris Ferguson
$4,870
19. Josh Richards
$5,464
20. Ben Mott
$4,424
21. Nick Hoffman
$4,383
22. Matt Irey
$4,302
23. Mason Zeigler
$4,939
24. Jonathan Davenport
$4,958
25. Chase Junghans
$4,058
26. Don O’Neal
$4,858
27. Tyler Carpenter
$4,058
28. Devin Moran
$4,058
Race statistics
Entrants: 77
Lap Leaders: Don O’Neal (Laps 1 – 9); Ricky Weiss (Laps 10 – 15); Shannon Babb (Laps 16 – 76); Jimmy Owens (Laps 77 – 82); Bobby Pierce (Laps 83 – 91); Earl Pearson Jr. (Laps 92 – 100)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Earl Pearson Jr.
Margin of Victory: 0.904 seconds
Cautions: Devin Moran (Lap 7); Tyler Carpenter (Lap 14); Don O’Neal (Lap 18); Chris Ferguson, Jonathan Davenport, Chase Junghans, Earl Pearson Jr. (Lap 19); Earl Pearson Jr. (Lap 29); Medical Assessment in Grand Stand (Lap 51); Chris Ferguson (Lap 63); Nick Hoffman (Lap 66); Mike Marlar (Lap 80); Tyler Erb (Lap 81); Brandon Sheppard (Lap 89)
Dirt Million Reward Points Provisionals: Ben Mott; Tyler Carpenter; Tyler Horst; Matt Irey
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Bobby Pierce (Advanced 20 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jonathan Davenport
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Brandon Sheppard
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Earl Pearson Jr.
Hot Rod Processing Rookie of the Race: Mason Zeigler
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Ohlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Black Diamond Chassis
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Garrett Alberson (Earl Pearson Jr.)
Fastest Lap of the Race: Ben Mott (Lap #62 – 15.8578 seconds)
STEEL-IT Most Laps Led: Shannon Babb (61 Laps)
Dirty Girl Racewear Farthest Traveler: Tyler Erb
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Don O’Neal
Time of Race: 81 minutes 58 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship Standings
Pos | Driver
Points | Earnings
1. Jonathan Davenport
6560 | $225,558
2. Scott Bloomquist
6405 | $197,202
3. Josh Richards
6365 | $144,489
4. Earl Pearson Jr
6165 | $332,314
5. Tim McCreadie
6070 | $114,675
6. Bobby Pierce
6000 | $162,857
7. Jimmy Owens
5980 | $106,433
8. Don O’Neal
5960 | $108,708
9. Hudson O’Neal
5825 | $121,325
10. Darrell Lanigan
5490 | $85,979
11. Gregg Satterlee
5435 | $100,068
12. Mason Zeigler
5335 | $66,489
13. Dennis Erb Jr
5225 | $56,662
14. Kyle Bronson
5210 | $72,875
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Related: 2018 Dirt Million Driver Reward Points (Final)
Related: Mansfield Motor Speedway Results: July 1, 2018
