Knoxville Raceway results for the $50,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals
Tonight, the three-day dirt late model show comes to a close in Knoxville, Iowa. $50,000 is up for grabs in the feature race at Knoxville Raceway. It’s the Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
View full Late Model Nationals results below from Knoxville Raceway.
Knoxville Late Model Nationals: Menu
Sept 16 | Sept 17 | Lineups | Sept 18
Tim McCreadie and Tyler Erb line up on the front row. The field lines up in a four wide salute for the Iowa racing fans. 100 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Late Model Nationals
Race Report
Green flag, McCreadie leads into turn one. He’s clear by three car lengths off turn two from Erb.
Lap 9, McCreadie has caught the tail of the field. He leads Erb by five car lengths.
Lap 11, McCreadie moves off the bottom for the first time to work lap traffic. Erb stays on the bottom and he drives by McCreadie as they race through lap traffic.
Lap 13, Jonathan Davenport has light smoke out of the back of his machine but he’s still on the gas.
Lap 22, Davenport slows and the caution is out. Davenport climbs from his car due to overheating issues.
Erb leads them into turn one. Marlar and McCreadie run side by side for 2nd, Marlar takes the spot on the cushion off turn two.
Lap 29, Tad Pospisil and Spencer Hughes tangle off turn two, caution.
Green, Erb leads into turn one. Marlar misses the bottom and slides up the banking and McCreadie pulls even for 2nd off turn two. McCreadie to 2nd.
Lap 40, Tyler Erb slows from the lead and the caution is out! The crew will change the rear gear under the yellow as this is also the fueling stop.
Fuel stop
Teams hit the pit lane and one crew member comes out to add fuel.
Green, McCreadie leads Marlar off turn two.
Lap 41, Marlar knocks the cushion in turn three. He powers to the right rear of McCreadie and clears him off turn four.
Lap 50, Tyler Erb is flying back to the front! He’s back to 14th after restarting at the tail.
Lap 54, McCreadie pulls back to the bumper of Marlar. They race through lap traffic.
Lap 60, Marlar opens the gap to four car lengths.
Lap 65, Tyler Erb is up to 9th. Weiss and Earl Pearson Jr run side by side for 3rd. Pearson works inside and clears him off turn two.
25 to go
Lap 75, Ricky Thornton Jr slows and the caution is out.
Green, Marlar leads McCreadie into turn one.
23 to go, Tyler Erb works to the outside of Hudson O’Neal for 5th off turn four.
20 to go, Weiss and Pearson Jr run side by side for 3rd. Erb is slowing closing on both of them but losing momentum after driving through the field.
15 to go, McCreadie closes to the bumper of Marlar in the battle for the win. McCreadie dives to the inside into turn three but Marlar slams the door shut.
11 to go, Marlar bobbles through the ruts on the cushion into turn three. McCreadie drives it deep to the bottom and clears him to take the lead off turn four.
Marlar fights back on the cushion. He slams the cushion, pulls even and clear. Marlar back to the lead!
8 to go, Marlar leads McCreadie by five car lengths.
5 to go, McCreadie pulls to within a car length. Marlar slides from the bottom to the top in turn four. He slams the cushion, rolls the ruts and opens the gap off turn four.
2 to go, Marlar by four car lengths over McCreadie.
1 to go, McCreadie jumps to the top for the first time.
Mike Marlar wins at Knoxville Raceway!
Knoxville Raceway
Race Results
September 18, 2021
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2021 results from the Knoxville, Iowa dirt track below.
Practice (B-Main Cars)
Hot Laps – B-Main 1 : 1. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:18.391[1]; 2. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:18.404[3]; 3. 29D-Spencer Diercks, 00:18.697[7]; 4. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:18.926[5]; 5. 51-Matt Furman, 00:19.314[6]; 6. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:19.329[2]; 7. 93-Mason Oberkramer, 00:19.488[8]; 8. 6H-Al Humphrey, 00:19.657[10]; 9. 33-Nick Marolf, 00:19.795[4]; 10. 10K-Shawn Kirwin, 00:19.843[9]
Hot Laps – B-Main 2 : 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:17.772[3]; 2. 59-Garrett Alberson, 00:18.444[2]; 3. 22M-Charlie McKenna, 00:18.480[5]; 4. 1X-Aaron Marrant, 00:18.620[7]; 5. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:18.695[11]; 6. 21M-Luke Merfeld, 00:18.795[6]; 7. 80-Allan Hopp, 00:19.042[8]; 8. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:19.102[1]; 9. 98-Jason Rauen, 00:59.990[4]; 10. 48-Tim Lance, 00:59.991[10]; 11. 10-Junior Coover, 00:59.993[9]
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (15 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[1]; 2. 45-Kyle Hammer[3]; 3. 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 4. 29D-Spencer Diercks[7]; 5. 30-Todd Cooney[5]; 6. 33-Nick Marolf[4]; 7. 93-Mason Oberkramer[8]; 8. 10K-Shawn Kirwin[9]; 9. 51-Matt Furman[6]; 10. 6H-Al Humphrey[11]; 11. (DNS) 14M-Reid Millard; 12. (DNS) 53-Andrew Kosiski
B-Main 2 (15 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[3]; 2. 59-Garrett Alberson[2]; 3. 22M-Charlie McKenna[5]; 4. 98-Jason Rauen[4]; 5. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[11]; 6. 80-Allan Hopp[8]; 7. 1X-Aaron Marrant[7]; 8. 21B-Rich Bell[1]; 9. 21M-Luke Merfeld[6]; 10. 48-Tim Lance[9]; 11. 10-Junior Coover[10]
Practice (A-Main Cars)
The following practice sessions were run ahead of the B-Mains. These drivers already transferred into the race based on points earned in the first two nights.
Hot Laps – A-Main (Group A) : 1. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:18.602[2]; 2. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 00:18.633[16]; 3. 14-Josh Richards, 00:18.660[18]; 4. 66-Kyle Bronson, 00:18.698[17]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:18.875[1]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:19.026[12]; 7. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 00:19.091[5]; 8. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:19.159[8]; 9. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:19.279[9]; 10. 36-Logan Martin, 00:19.434[24]; 11. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:19.470[10]; 12. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:19.836[11]
Hot Laps – A-Main (Group B) : 1. 18J-Chase Junghans, 00:18.615[13]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:18.675[7]; 3. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:18.726[4]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:18.899[21]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:18.925[20]; 6. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 00:18.998[6]; 7. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:19.048[22]; 8. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:19.067[3]; 9. 1C-Chad Simpson, 00:19.225[14]; 10. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:19.484[15]; 11. 41-Jeremiah Hurst, 00:19.593[23]
Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals
Feature Race Results
September 18, 2021
A-Main (100 Laps – $50,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 157-Mike Marlar[3]
$50,700
2. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]
$25,800
3. 7W-Ricky Weiss[6]
$10,000
4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[7]
$9,550
5. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[5]
$7,500
6. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]
$7,700
7. 71-Hudson O’Neal[11]
$7,200
8. 14-Josh Richards[18]
$6,800
9. 32S-Chris Simpson[19]
$5,500
10. 1C-Chad Simpson[14]
$5,000
11. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[15]
$4,500
12. 66-Kyle Bronson[17]
$4,700
13. 18-Shannon Babb[20]
$3,500
14. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[9]
$4,200
15. 18J-Chase Junghans[13]
$3,300
16. 25-Shane Clanton[21]
$3,900
17. 20-Jimmy Owens[12]
$4,100
18. 16-Tyler Bruening[10]
$3,000
19. 8-Kyle Strickler[4]
$3,000
20. 59-Garrett Alberson[28]
$3,200
21. 45-Kyle Hammer[27]
$3,200
22. 11H-Spencer Hughes[16]
$3,700
23. 04-Tad Pospisil[22]
$2,700
24. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[25]
$2,900
25. 22M-Charlie McKenna[30]
$2,700
26. 49-Jonathan Davenport[8]
$3,300
27. 36-Logan Martin[24]
$2,500
28. 19R-Ryan Gustin[26]
$2,700
29. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[23]
$2,500
30. 48J-Jason Feger[29]
$2,700
Race Statistics
Entrants: 48
Lap Leaders: Tim McCreadie (Laps 1-10); Tyler Erb (Laps 11-39); Tim McCreadie (Lap 40); Mike Marlar (Laps 41-88); Tim McCreadie (Lap 89); Mike Marlar (Laps 90-100)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Mike Marlar
Arizona Sport Shirts CJC – Presented by DirtOnDirt Feature Winner: Mike Marlar
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Mike Marlar
Margin of Victory: 0.514 seconds
Stop Tech Brakes Cautions: Jonathan Davenport (Lap 21); Spencer Hughes, Tad Pospisil (Lap 27); Tyler Erb (Lap 40); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Lap 74)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Mike Marlar, Tim McCreadie, Ricky Weiss
Penske Shocks Top 5: Mike Marlar, Tim McCreadie, Ricky Weiss, Earl Pearson, Jr., Brandon Sheppard
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Josh Richards (Advanced 10 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Tim McCreadie
Hot Rod Processing Most Laps Led: Mike Marlar (59 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Earl Pearson, Jr.
Eibach Springs Rookie of the Race: Ricky Thornton Jr.
Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Tim McCreadie (Lap 1 – 18.902 seconds)
Fast Shafts Tough Break of the Race: Jonathan Davenport
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Josh Davis (Mike Marlar)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Race Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt DraftFastest in Hot Laps: Ryan Gustin (17.772 seconds)
Time of Race: 66 minutes 54 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Point Standings
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. Tim McCreadie
5675 | $247,755
2. Hudson O’Neal
5365 | $219,745
3. Jonathan Davenoport
5300 | $192,170
4. Kyle Bronson
5090 | $158,320
5. Jimmy Owens
5010 | $126,615
6. Tyler Erb
4995 | $211,745
7. Ricky Thornton Jr
4930 | $119,530
8. Josh Richards
4770 | $113,055
9. Shane Clanton
4750 | $103,340
10. Mike Marlar
4560 | $143,740
11. Earl Pearson Jr
4305 | $82,435
12. Stormy Scott
3640 | $67,710
13. Brandon Overton
2635 | $191,600
14. Spencer Hughes
2600 | $54,695
