Tim McCreadie Makes Late Race Pass For Lucas Oil LM Dirt Win At I-80 & $30K Payday

Story By: LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES – GREENWOOD, NE – Tim McCreadie made a daring pass on race leader Jimmy Owens on lap 78 to win the Al Belt Custom Homes I-80 Nationals on Saturday Night at I-80 Speedway. McCreadie earned $30,000 for his sixth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt series win of the season.

Owens, the current LOLMDS Point Leader, finished in second followed by Ricky Thornton Jr., Josh Richards, and Kyle Strickler.

Richards grabbed the lead at the start of the event and led the first six laps until Brandon Overton wrestled the lead from him. Overton’s lead was short-lived as Richards charged back around him to regain the top spot. Richards held the point until third place starting Owens took over the lead of the race.

McCreadie got to second place, around Richards on lap 59. With Owens in front, two cautions came out on laps 64 and 70, which kept the field bunched up. With ten laps to go, the final restart saw Owens keep a steady pace ahead of McCreadie, but McCreadie suddenly bolted ahead of Owens as the duo were working lap 77. McCreadie held the lead until the checkered flag came out.

McCreadie’s 21st career LOLMDS win came over Owens by .872 seconds at the finish. “It’s hard to lead here. I began to diamond off one and two pretty good. My crew signaled to me that the 20 car was running hard through the middle in three. I had a little bit of run off of four and I figured if I am going to slide Jimmy Owens I had better clear him, because he doesn’t hit anybody on the track. My hat is off to the 20 team, they have been making us pay all year long. It’s an honor to run behind him for most of the year because he is a class act.”

Owens led laps 38 through 77, but finished second to McCreadie. Owens will still maintain a healthy point lead heading to Brownstown Speedway next weekend. “We put on a good show for the fans. With the cautions, it just let those guys catch up to us and gave Timmy a shot for the lead. He cleared me and he passed me good. The consistency we have had all year has been awesome. We have been very fortunate this year for sure.”

Thornton, who finished second in the Silver Dollar Nationals back in July at I-80, earned another podium finish on Saturday Night. “We were good. I was running around the top and I moved around a little bit. I really didn’t want that last yellow. As long as we keep running like this everybody will be excited.”

The winners Paylor Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and is sponsored by Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Bilstein Shocks, VP Fuels, Sweeteners Plus, D&E Marine, and Racing for Heroes.

Completing the top ten were Brandon Sheppard, Hudson O’Neal, Kyle Bronson, Ryan Gustin, and Tyler Erb.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Optima Batteries I-80 Nationals – Presented by General Tire
Saturday, September 19th, 2020
I-80 Speedway – Greenwood, NE

Tiger Rear Ends B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 1C-Chad Simpson[3]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott[4]; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[2]; 5. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 6. 98J-Jason Rauen[8]; 7. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 8. 98-Ben Schaller[9]; 9. 43-Jeremy Grady[12]; 10. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 11. 3C-Mike Collins[11]; 12. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[13]; 13. 29D-Spencer Diercks[10]; 14. (DNS) 6D-Dylan Schmer

FAST Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 777-Jared Landers[3]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[4]; 4. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 5. 62-Justin Zeitner[6]; 6. 81E-Tanner English[1]; 7. 53-Andrew Kosiski[8]; 8. 14J-Jake Neal[12]; 9. 14M-Reid Millard[10]; 10. L88-Larry Clawson[11]; 11. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[9]; 12. 10C-Junior Coover[13]; 13. 56-Chris Spieker[5]; 14. (DNS) 112-Tyler Smith

Non-Qualifiers Race Finish (10 Laps, Winner Choice to Transfer): 1. 14J-Jake Neal[6]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[1]; 3. 62-Justin Zeitner[2]; 4. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[9]; 5. 98-Ben Schaller[5]; 6. 98J-Jason Rauen[3]; 7. 56-Chris Spieker[16]; 8. 53-Andrew Kosiski[4]; 9. 14M-Reid Millard[8]; 10. 10C-Junior Coover[14]; 11. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[12]; 12. 3C-Mike Collins[11]; 13. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[13]; 14. L88-Larry Clawson[10]; 15. 43-Jeremy Grady[7]; 16. (DNS) 29D-Spencer Diercks; 17. (DNS) 6D-Dylan Schmer; 18. (DNS) 112-Tyler Smith

Lucas Oil Feature Finish (80 Laps):

Pos	Start	Car #	Competitor	Hometown	Pay
1	4	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	$30,700
2	3	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	$18,900
3	11	20RT	Ricky Thornton Jr	Adel, IA	$10,000
4	1	14	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	$7,800
5	6	8	Kyle Strickler	Mooresville, NC	$6,000
6	12	1S	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin, IL	$5,000
7	19	71	Hudson O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$4,600
8	18	40B	Kyle Bronson	Brandon, FL	$5,100
9	10	19R	Ryan Gustin	Marshalltown, IA	$4,200
10	22	1T	Tyler Erb	New Waverly, TX	$4,700
11	7	9	Devin Moran	Dresden, OH	$4,600
12	14	32S	Chris Simpson	Oxford, IA	$3,800
13	21	1C	Chad Simpson	Mt. Vernon, IA	$3,700
14	26	1	Earl Pearson Jr	Jacksonville, FL	$4,400
15	15	49	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville, GA	$4,500
16	27	81E	Tanner English	Benton, KY	$4,100
17	5	25	Shane Clanton	Zebulon, GA	$4,000
18	28	16	Tyler Bruening	Decorah, IA	$3,900
19	30	04	Tad Pospisil	Norfolk, NE	$3,100
20	20	777	Jared Landers	Winston-Salem, NC	$3,000
21	2	76	Brandon Overton	Evans, GA	$2,900
22	8	29V	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	$2,800
23	16	18J	Chase Junghans	Manhattan, KS	$2,700
24	13	32	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood, IL	$2,600
25	9	44M	Chris Madden	Gray Court, SC	$2,575
26	23	2S	Stormy Scott	Las Cruces, NM	$2,550
27	17	21M	Billy Moyer Sr	Batesville, AR	$2,525
28	31	98	Ben Schaller	Omaha, NE	$2,500
29	29	14J	Jake Neal	Omaha, NE	$2,500
30	25	99JR	Frank Heckenast Jr	Frankfort, IL	$2,500
31	24	21	Billy Moyer Jr	Batesville, AR	$3,200