I-80 Speedway results from the final night of the $53,000 to win dirt race!
Tonight, the race weekend come to a close at I-80 Speedway. The Silver Dollar Nationals is a two-day show paying $53,000 to the race winner.
View full Silver Dollar Nationals results from I-80 Speedway below.
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The track is a 4/10 mile dirt oval. It’s located near Interstate 80 in Greenwood, Nebraska just outside of Omaha.
18 cars are already locked into the main event based on points earned on Friday night. Everyone else will be looking to fill out the field with transfer spots from a pair of B-Mains.
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The field is now set. Ricky Thornton Jr and Jimmy Owens set the front row for the main event. They pull out onto the race track.
The field lines up in a four wide salute for the Nebraska racing fans. 101 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Silver Dollar Nationals
Feature Report
Laps: 101
Green flag, Owens and Thornton Jr run even into turn one. Owens wins that battle on the outside lane.
Lap 5, Owens drops to the bottom. Ricky Thornton Jr runs side by side with Sheppard for 2nd.
Lap 12, Thornton Jr misses the bottom or it was a slider that didn’t work. Either way, Sheppard clears him on the outside of turn two.
Lap 14, Owens works heavy lap traffic. Sheppard has closed to his bumper.
Lap 15, Earl Pearson Jr is slow and the caution is out.
Green, Owens stumbles on the cushion into turn one. Both Sheppard and Thornton Jr look inside of him into turn one. They run three wide for the lead in turn two. Owens holds them off on the outside.
Lap 23, Owens zigs in and out of lap traffic. Sheppard is in pursuit.
Lap 37
Lap 37, Owens works to the right rear of the lap car of Colton Horner off turn two. The lap car pinches him and they rub fenders as Owens is nearly pushed into the outside wall. Owens checks up but he holds the lead.
This will be the fuel stop. The cars are stopped on the front stretch as crews add fuel only.
Green, Owens is slow into turn one yet again. Sheppard and Erb pounce. They run three wide for the lead once more off turn two. Owens holds the spot.
Car around in turn four. The caution is out.
Green, Owens leads as they run three wide for 2nd. Tyler Erb to 2nd.
Erb drives it deep on the bottom into turn one. He pulls ahead of Owens but can’t clear him off the corner.
Back in turn one, Erb slides Owens for the lead. This time it sticks, Erb leads.
Lap 50
Lap 50, Bobby Pierce started this race in 28th. He’s now just outside the top 10, glued to the cushion and moving forward. He’s the defending winner if this event.
Lap 55, Ben Schaller is slow and the caution is out.
Green, Erb leads. Owens and Chad Simpson battle for 2nd. Simpson completes the pass on the bottom.
Lap 60, Pierce has a flat tire! He just cracked the top 10. The caution is back out!
Green, Erb leads. He runs a defensive line off turn two as he washed up in the middle of the corner. Simpson has a run but not enough to make a run into turn three.
Lap 64, Owens is slow and the caution is out! Owens is out if the race.
Green, Simpson works to the right rear of Erb off turn two. They run even into turn three but Simpson has the momentum off the top. Chad Simpson to the lead!
Lap 70, Bronson is slow and the caution is back out.
Green, Simpson leads. Ricky Thornton Jr clears Sheppard for 2nd.
Lap 81
20 to go, Simpson leads as Sheppard rolls the cushion and retakes 2nd. Tim McCreadie has climbed to 4th. Bloomquist was one of the first cars to mske a pit stop, he’s climbed back into 10th.
14 to go, the leaders race through lap traffic. Simpson is rolling the bottom. Behind him, Sheppard is knocking the cushion and coming in a hurry.
They split lap traffic and Sheppard clears him off turn four! Sheppard leads.
5 to go, Sheppard is driving away.
Brandon Sheppard wins the Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway!
I-80 Speedway
Race Results
July 25, 2020
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2020 Lucas Oil results from the Nebraska dirt track below.
Hot Laps (B-Mains)
Hot Laps – B-Main 1 : 1. Chris Ferguson (19.134); 2. Johnny Scott (19.202); 3. Tad Pospisil (19.562); 4. Bill Leighton (19.577); 5. Tyler Bruening (19.713); 6. Jake Timm; 7. Stormy Scott; 8. Josh Leonard; 9. Shannon Babb; 10. Bobby Pierce; 11. Allan Hopp; 12. Joel Callahan;
Hot Laps – B-Main 2 : 1. Shane Clanton (17.991); 2. Terry Phillips (18.084); 3. Chris Simpson (18.335); 4. Colton Horner (18.344); 5. Cody Laney (18.379); 6. Dylan Schmer; 7. Ben Schmer; 8. Andrew Kosiski; 9. Kyle Strickler; 10. Jeremy Conaway; 11. Tyler Smith; 12. Jake Neal (DNS); 13. Tanner English (DNS); 14. Cory Dumpert (DNS):
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (14 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Chris Ferguson; 2. Tad Pospisil; 3. Bill Leighton; 4. Tyler Bruening; 5. Johnny Scott; 6. Shannon Babb; 7. Bobby Pierce; 8. Jake Timm; 9. Allan Hopp; 10. Stormy Scott; 11. Joel Callahan; 12. Josh Leonard; 13. Nick Deal (DNS); 14. Brian Kosiski (DNS);
B-Main 2 (12 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. Kyle Strickler; 2. Tanner English; 3. Shane Clanton; 4. Jake Neal; 5. Terry Phillips; 6. Chris Simpson; 7. Colton Horner; 8. Andrew Kosiski; 9. Ben Schaller; 10. Cody Laney; 11. Dylan Schmer; 12. Tyler Smith; 13. Jeremy Conaway; 14. Cory Dumpert;
Hot Laps (Transfer Cars)
These hot lap sessions are for cars that already transferred into the main event based on points earned on Friday night. These sessions were run directly after the B-Mains.
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. Ricky Thornton Jr (17.921); 2. Josh Richards (18.064); 3. Chad Simpson (18.147); 4. Tim McCreadie (18.152); 5. Earl Pearson Jr (18.177); 6. Shanon Buckingham (18.193); 7. Billy Moyer Jr (18.375); 8. Justin Zeitner (18.464); 9. Scott Bloomquist (18.648);
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. Brandon Sheppard (17.597); 2. Jimmy Owens (17.620); 3. Ricky Weiss (17.773); 4. Kyle Bronson (17.790); 5. Tyler Erb (17.838); 6. — (17.838); 7. Jonathan Davenport (17.954); 8. Chase Junghans (18.009); 9. Mason Zeigler (18.096); 10. Devin Moran (18.162);
Non-Qualifiers Feature
SS Showdown (20 Laps) : 1. Terry Phillips; 2. Colton Horner; 3. Jake Timm; 4. Cody Laney; 5. Johnny Scott; 6. Dylan Schmer; 7. Joel Callahan; 8. Jerrmy Conaway; 9. Tyler Smith; 10. Allan Hopp; 11. Josh Leonard; 12. Shannon Babb; 13. Chris Simpson; 14. Nick Deal (DNS); 15. Brian Kosiski (DNS);
Silver Dollar Nationals
Feature Race Results
July 25, 2020
A-Main (101 Laps – $53,000 to win):
Pos | Driver | Race Earnings
1. Brandon Sheppard
$53,000
2. Ricky Thornton Jr
$20,000
3. Chad Simpson
$10,000
4. Tim McCreadie
$7,700
5. Ricky Weiss
$6,000
6. Josh Richards
$6,300
7. Tyler Erb
$5,700
8. Jonathan Davenport
$5,700
9. Chris Ferguson
$4,400
10. Tanner English
$4,700
11. Scott Bloomquist
$3,900
12. Billy Moyer Jr
$4,500
13. Kyle Strickler
$3,700
14. Shanon Buckingham
$4,300
15. Shane Clanton
$4,200
16. Tyler Bruening
$3,400
17. Devin Moran
$4,000
18. Stormy Scott
$3,200
19. Justin Zeitner
$3,100
20. Ben Schaller
$3,000
21. Kyle Bronson
$3,650
22. Colton Horner
$5,700
23. Jimmy Owens
$3,850
24. Mason Zeigler
$2,800
25. Bobby Pierce
$2,750
26. Tad Pospisil
$2,700
27. Jake Neal
$2,650
28. Andrew Kosiski
$2,600
29. Bill Leighton
$2,550
30. Earl Pearson Jr
$3,300
31. Chase Junghans
$2,500
Race Statistics
Entrants: 46
Lap Leaders: Jimmy Owens (Laps 1 – 43); Tyler Erb (Laps 44 – 64); Chad Simpson (Laps 65 – 87); Brandon Sheppard (Laps 88 – 101)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Brandon Sheppard
Margin of Victory: 2.778 seconds
Cautions: Earl Pearson Jr. (Lap 15); Fuel Stop (Lap 40); Tanner English (Lap 42); Ben Schaller (Lap 55); Bobby Pierce (60); Jimmy Owens (Lap 64); Kyle Bronson (Lap 70)
Series Provisionals: Stormy Scott
High Point Provisional: Bobby Pierce
Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Track Provisionals: Andrew Kosiski, Ben Schaller
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Brandon Sheppard, Ricky Thornton Jr., Chad Simpson
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Tanner English (Advanced 12 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jimmy Owens
Allstar Performance Most Laps Led: Jimmy Owens (43 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Brandon Sheppard
Eibach Springs Rookie of the Race: Tanner English
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Durham Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket Chassis
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Danny White (Brandon Sheppard)
Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Jimmy Owens (Lap #16 – 18.0839 seconds)
STEEL-IT Tough Break of the Race: Jimmy Owens
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Ricky Thornton Jr.
Time of Race: 63 minutes 24 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Point Standings
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. Jimmy Owens
5250 | $145,050
2. Jonathan Davenport
4950 | $99,200
3. Josh Richards
4810 | $83,775
4. Tyler Erb
4785 | $89,250
5. Tim McCreadie
4730 | $83,350
6. Kyle Bronson
4590 | $67,375
7. Devin Moran
4550 | $65,532
8. Shane Clanton
4510 | $67,200
9. Billy Moyer Jr
4335 | $54,350
10. Tanner English
4240 | $41,625
11. Shanon Buckingham
4080 | $46,450
12. Earl Pearson Jr
3995 | $49,125
13. Tyler Bruening
3790 | $26,425
14. Hudson O’Neal
3355 | $30,075
15. Stormy Scott
3355 | $22,150
