Bloomquist Charges Through The Field At Eldora Speedway To Claim Fourth Career World 100 Victory
Tennessee Racer Overcomes Penalty to Score $47,000 Crown Jewel Triumph



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ROSSBURG, OH (September 6) - Nothing could stop Scott Bloomquist from claiming his fourth World 100 trophy Saturday night at Eldora Speedway. Not a lap-19 penalty that dropped him from the lead to the tail of the field. Not a steady Dale McDowell looking for an Eldora crown jewel sweep. And not slower traffic during the race's closing laps.

Mike Ruefer Photos

Bloomquist's No. 0 Sweet-Bloomquist machine was unstoppable at the historic half-mile oval as it carried the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer through the field for a $47,000 victory in the 44th running of the DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned event.

"I believe everybody got to witness the fastest race car in the world right there," Bloomquist, 50, of Mooresburg, Tenn., told the Eldora Speedway crowd, which for once was nearly unanimous in applauding a driver who usually polarizes fans. "We talked this week in the shop; I told everybody I was gonna win this race this weekend and here it is."

Advancing from his fifth starting spot, Bloomquist first took the lead from McDowell on lap 19 only to be penalized for an unapproved window net and sent to the tail of the field when the caution waved on the following lap.

That only made things more interesting.

Bloomquist stormed back to the front and retook the lead from McDowell on lap 72 of the 100-lap race. He continued his torrid pace through the remaining distance, again knifing through traffic until he crossed the finish line with a half-track advantage.



McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., settled for the runner-up finish while 22nd-starting Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., made a late charge to finish third. Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., and Matt Miller of Whitehouse, Ohio, rounded out the race's top five finishers.

Bloomquist was penalized for using a Lexan-supported window net. After opposing crew members protested that the piece could assist aerodynamics, officials ruled the window net was an unapproved device. It was removed from Bloomquist's car and he was sent to the tail of the field for the restart.

That didn't faze Bloomquist. Restarting in the 29th position, he quickly began his march back to the front. He worked his way into the top 15 by lap 35 and was up to eighth by halfway. He cracked the top five on lap 55 and after grabbing fourth a few laps later, was elevated to second when 21st-starting Mason Zeigler of Chalk Hill, Pa., spun while attempting to take the lead from McDowell on lap 61 and collected third-running Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis.

Bloomquist made sure the Eldora crowd new his plan under the ensuing caution by pumping his fist and making the cowabunga hand signal out of the driver's window of his race car as he drove down the front straightaway.

"The car was just so good and I was so confident," said Bloomquist, who scored his sixth consecutive top-10 finish in the World 100. "I knew there was plenty of laps left and I knew the car would work anywhere on the racetrack. Anyone that would try to run the bottom like I did, they could get in there, but as soon as they'd throttle they'd push out of it, which would just leave me the whole racetrack."

If not for Bloomquist, McDowell, 48, would have been the star of the show. Starting from the outside pole, he pulled his Team Dillon Racing Warrior ahead of polesitter Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., on the start of the race and controlled the early laps.



He gave up the lead after a lengthy side-by-side battle with Bloomquist, but was quickly reestablished to the point after Bloomquist's penalty. McDowell again pulled away through the race's middle portions until Zeigler began making his bid for the top spot.

McDowell was given a brief relive when Zeigler got into turn three too hard on lap 61 and spun his machine to avoid making contact with the leader. But that only cleared the way for Bloomquist to move to second for the restart and to eventually take the lead 11 laps later.

In falling one position short of his second World 100 victory, McDowell, who claimed a $100,000 payday in Eldora's Dirt Late Model Dream in June, missed out on becoming just the third driver to win both of Eldora's crown jewel events in the same season.

"I think I overworked my tire running that high side," McDowell said. "I was just free - just a little bit too free. But that's part of it. We'll go to work a little bit and try to come back here in June and repeat the Dream maybe."

Bloomquist's charge through the field was the main highlight on a night that featured plenty of passing around Eldora's high banks. Besides the charges by Bloomquist, Zeigler and Owens, Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., charged from 17th to ninth, Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., advanced from 29th to 10th and John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., moved from 32nd to 12th.

The racy track surface didn't go unnoticed by drivers, including the victor.



"This is the best Eldora I've ever seen," said Bloomquist, who claimed his first World 100 trophy in 1988. "I gotta take my hat off for everyone that worked on (the track). You can see it's from the top to the bottom wall. I know there was a few times I wasn't sure if I wasn't rubbing the inside wall with the left front."

The main event was slowed by four cautions. The first was the lap-19 yellow that waved when Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., slowed. Heat race winner Jackie Boggs of Grayson, Ky., slowed to bring out a lap-30 caution and Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., dropped from the fifth spot to cause a lap-53 yellow. The final caution was for Zeigler's lap-61 spin that collected Mars.

A-Main
1 5 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN $47,000
2 2 17M Dale McDowell Chickamauga, GA 15,000
3 22 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN 10,000
4 7 25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 7,500
5 9 3 Matt Miller Watertown, OH 6,000
6 4 7R Kent Robinson Bloomington, IN 5,000
7 8 1E Rick Eckert York, PA 4,000
8 15 22S Gregg Satterlee Rochester Hills, PA 3,500
9 17 75P Terry Phillips Springfield, MO 3,000
10 29 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL 2,500
11 3 44M Chris Madden Gray Court, SC 2,475
12 32 23 John Blankenship Williamson, WV 2,450
13 26 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR 2,425
14 25 6D Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA 2,400
15 27 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville, IL 2,375
16 16 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY 2,350
17 1 157 Mike Marlar Winfield, TN 2,325
18 13 12 Jason Hughes Westville, OK 2,300
19 20 5e Brandon Overton Appling, GA 2,275
20 19 1b Jeff Babcock Wayne, OH 2,250
21 24 71C R J Conley Wheelersburg, WV 2,225
22 21 25Z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill, PA 2,200
23 11 28M Jimmy Mars Menomonie, WI 2,175
24 18 1W Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR 2,150
25 10 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 2,125
26 28 25C Shane Clanton Locust Grove, GA 2,100
27 14 777 Jared Landers Batesville, AR 2,090
28 31 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 2,080
29 6 4B Jackie Boggs Grayson, KY 2,065
30 23 8L Dustin Linville Lancaster, KY 2,050
31 12 28C Eddie Carrier Jr Salt Rock, WV 2,025
32 30 18K Brandon Kinzer Allen, KY 2,000

B-Main #1
1 6D Jonathan Davenport (penalty drops to 3rd)
2 25Z Mason Zeigler
3 8L Dustin Linville
4 28 Dennis Erb Jr
5 18 Shannon Babb
6 57J Bub McCool
7 5 Don O'Neal
8 23B John Blankenship
9 11 Tyler Reddick
10 49 Brian Ruhlman
11 B5 Brandon Sheppard
12 32H Austin Hubbard
13 81JR Jason Riggs
14 11S Rusty Schlenk
15 116 Randy Weaver
16 15H Jon Henry
17 93 Jay Johnson
18 96 Tanner English
19 20D Doug Drown
20 21B Chris Brown
21 31 Nick Latham
22 19M Josh Adkins
23 10D Curtis Deisenroth
24 C9 Steve Casebolt
25 39 Tim McCreadie
dns 44 Earl Pearson Jr

B-Scramble #1
1 5 Don O’Neal
2 49 Brian Ruhlman
3 57J Bub McCool
4 116 Randy Weaver
5 11S Rusty Schlenk
6 20D Doug Drown
7 93 Jay Johnson
8 21B Chris Brown
9 19M Josh Adkins
10 31 Nick Latham
11 11 Tyler Reddick
12 96 Tanner English
13 10D Curtis Deisenroth

B-Main #2
1 20 Jimmy Owens
2 71C R J Conley
3 21 Billy Moyer
4 25C Shane Clanton
5 18K Brandon Kinzer
6 81S Brian Shirley
7 49C Chad Ruhlman
8 41 Brad Neat
9 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr
10 71R Rod Conley
11 7M Donald McIntosh
12 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
13 99M Devin Moran
14 4 Cody Mahoney
15 20H Jacob Hawkins
16 C8 Timothy Culp
17 18J Chase Junghans
18 20C Duane Chamberlain
19 18W Eric Wells
20 27 Rodney Melvin
21 32 Chris Simpson
22 1WC Wayne Chinn
23 17 Shannon Thornsberry
24 69 Jon Hodgkiss

B-Scramble #2
1 81S Brian Shirley
2 49C Chad Ruhlman
3 41 Brad Neat
4 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr
5 7M Donald McIntosh
6 71R Rod Conley
7 99M Devin Moran
8 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
9 20C Duane Chamberlain
10 18J Chase Junghans


Top 3 to the World 100
4-11 to one of two B-Features

Heat #1  
1 4 4B Jackie Boggs
2 9 25F Jason Feger
3 1 12 Jason Hughes
4 3 28 Dennis Erb Jr
5 5 23B John Blankenship
6 10 5 Don O'Neal
7 13 19M Josh Adkins
8 7 B5 Brandon Sheppard
9 11 11S Rusty Schlenk
10 17 96 Tanner English
11 8 20D Doug Drown
12 16 42M McKay Wenger
13 15 95J Jerry Bowersock
14 18 35 Tommy Bailey
15 19 5* Bryant Dickinson
16 2 14M Morgan Bagley
17 12 80 Greg Johnson
18 14 1V Vic Hill
19 6 1B Jeff Babcock
dns 18G Andrew Gordon

Heat #2  
1 7 0 Scott Bloomquist
2 4 1E Rick Eckert
3 11 777 Jared Landers
4 15 57J Bub McCool
5 1 6D Jonathan Davenport
6 13 25Z Mason Zeigler
7 12 31 Nick Latham
8 16 49 Brian Ruhlman
9 17 10D Curtis Deisenroth
10 9 15H Jon Henry
11 5 39 Tim McCreadie
12 10 93 Jay Johnson
13 3 32H Austin Hubbard
14 6 5E Brandon Overton
15 18 45H Don Hammer
16 20 14H Rodney Hamblin
17 2 15B Brian Birkhofer
18 19 3G Brian Gray
19 14 87A Walker Arthur
20 8 201 Billy Ogle Jr

Heat #3  
1 5 7R Kent Robinson
2 9 3 Matt Miller
3 2 22S Gregg Satterlee
4 4 11 Tyler Reddick
5 1 44 Earl Pearson Jr
6 11 8L Dustin Linville
7 7 21B Chris Brown
8 3 18 Shannon Babb
9 6 116 Randy Weaver
10 15 C9 Steve Casebolt
11 14 81JR Jason Riggs
12 8 89 Mike Spatola
13 17 54 David Breazeale
14 10 48L Tim Lance
15 16 29W Jason Welshan
16 12 9R Curtis Roberts
17 18 71J JT Conley
18 20 30K Scott Knepley
19 19 33 Don Gordon
20 13 51M Mack McCarter

Heat #4  
1 2 44M Chris Madden
2 4 32P Bobby Pierce
3 6 29 Darrell Lanigan
4 12 20 Jimmy Owens
5 3 71C R J Conley
6 7 21 Billy Moyer
7 9 4 Cody Mahoney
8 5 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr
9 10 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
10 13 99M Devin Moran
11 18 C8 Timothy Culp
12 14 25L Steve Lance Jr
13 11 3N Ross Nicastri
14 17 15S Dan Schlieper
15 1 1N Casey Noonan
16 16 3C Charlie LaPlant
17 15 61 George Lee
18 19 16S Tim Sabo
19 8 19R Ryan Gustin
20 20 4C Ernie Cordier

Heat #5  
1 3 17M Dale McDowell
2 6 28M Jimmy Mars
3 10 75P Terry Phillips
4 4 25C Shane Clanton
5 7 18W Eric Wells
6 9 18K Brandon Kinzer
7 8 49C Chad Ruhlman
8 13 7M Donald McIntosh
9 14 18J Chase Junghans
10 2 17 Shannon Thornsberry
11 18 69 Jon Hodgkiss
12 11 85D Mark Dotson
13 17 22 Cecil Eunice
14 16 14 Terry Wolfenbarger
15 1 00 Randy Korte
16 5 15 Steve Francis
17 12 71 Delmas Conley
18 15 11R James Rice
dns 26 Bill Lewis
dns 54N Chris Nash

Heat #6  
1 2 157 Mike Marlar
2 1 28C Eddie Carrier Jr
3 4 1W Wendall Wallace
4 3 81S Brian Shirley
5 5 20C Duane Chamberlain
6 6 41 Brad Neat
7 7 71R Rod Conley
8 17 27 Rodney Melvin
9 12 20H Jacob Hawkins
10 8 32 Chris Simpson
11 10 1WC Wayne Chinn
12 9 33A Aaron Scott
13 14 17S Jim Shereck
14 13 360 Brett Wyatt
15 11 55 Jeep VanWormer
16 15 11D Brian Diveley
17 16 11AS Austin Smith
dns 83 Scott James
dns 24HR Ron McQuerry
dns 76 Butch Kruckeberg

Davenport & Miller Claim 25-Lap Victories During Eldora Speedway’s Second Night Of World 100 Preliminary Action



DIRTcar Racing
ROSSBURG, Ohio (September 5) - Jonathan Davenport and Matt Miller added their names to the list of likely contenders for Eldora Speedway's coveted World 100 globed trophy by claiming $5,000 victories Friday evening during the second night of preliminary action for the 44th annual World 100.

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With the event's 120-car field split in half by time-trial results, Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., led every lap of the first of two Twin 25-lap DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned A-Mains to claim his first career Eldora Speedway victory. Miller, the Whitehouse, Ohio, driver who won Eldora's Dirt Late Model Dream in 2005, took the lead on lap 13 of the second A-Main and led the remaining distance to add another accomplishment to his stellar Eldora Speedway resume.

Davenport and Miller will both attempt to parlay their impressive preliminary performances into a crown jewel triumph when Eldora host the $47,000-to-win World 100 finale on Saturday.

Both drivers were tested in claiming their Friday night victories. After advancing from third to first on the opening lap of the feature for odd-numbered qualifiers, Davenport withstood a mid-race challenge from Eldora veteran Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., amid traffic, and later pulled away after a late-race restart.

The victory was a welcomed breakthrough for Davenport, who has been plagued by poor luck in his recent trips to Eldora.

"This is definitely big. Even though it's against half the field, we held off one of the fastest guys here all weekend," said Davenport, who drives the AES Racing Longhorn Chassis for car owners Kevin and Lee Roy Rumley. "It was good for us to get this win and finally get the monkey off our back we've had for so long here at these big races."

Bloomquist, a three-time World 100 winner, settled for second with fellow former World 100 winners Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., taking third and fourth respectively. Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., was fifth.

In claiming the main event for even-numbered qualifiers, Miller had to outduel retiring driver and cancer survivor Randy Korte of Highland, Ill., who was gunning for an emotional victory in his final visit to the historic half-mile oval. The two front-row starters put on a thrilling performance with Miller holding off a resurgent Korte in the closing laps.

"My buddy Randy there, I know it's his last time and I hate to take it from him," said Miller, who drives a Rick Delong-owned Rocket Chassis. "But it's a race and we need it as bad as he does."

Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., ran just behind Miller and Korte for most of the race in finishing third, while R.J. Conley of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., rounded out the top five.



With Saturday night's six 15-lap Dream heat races aligned by each driver's best lap time from the two rounds of qualifying, Jeff Babcock's fast time on Friday earned him overall fast time honors for the World 100 weekend. Babcock of Wayne, Ohio, and second-fast qualifier Brandon Overton of Appling, Ga., are guaranteed starting spots in Saturday's World 100 A-Main thanks to the two provisionals that go to the two fastest qualifiers who fail to make the A-Main through a heat race or last chance race.

Babcock's fast time earned him a visit to the Eldora stage during Friday's program to spin the inversion wheel. It stopped on '6,' setting up a 36-car invert and leaving Babcock starting sixth in a heat race that will transfer the top-three finishers to the World 100.

The World 100 weekend will conclude on Saturday night with World 100 heat races, last chance races and the 100-lap, $47,000-to-win A-Main. The first heat is scheduled to get under way at 7 p.m.

A-Main #1
1 6D Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA
2 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN
3 15B Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA
4 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR
5 44M Chris Madden Gray Court, SC
6 21JR Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
7 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville, IL
8 28C Eddie Carrier Jr Salt Rock, WV
9 32 Chris Simpson Oxford, IA
10 17M Dale McDowell Chickamauga, GA
11 99M Devin Moran Dresden, IA
12 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN
13 25Z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill, PA
14 116 Randy Weaver Crossville, TN
15 28M Jimmy Mars Menomonie, WI
16 41 Brad Neat Dunnville, KY
17 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr Orland Park, IL
18 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA
19 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
20 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
21 20C Duane Chamberlain Richmond, IN
22 1B Jeff Babcock Wayne, OH
23 55 Jeep VanWormer Pinconning, MI
24 81S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL

A-Main #2
1 3 Matt Miller Watertown, OH
2 00 Randy Korte Highland, IL
3 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY
4 71C R J Conley Wheelersburg, WV
5 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY
6 23B John Blankenship Williamson, WV
7 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
8 5E Brandon Overton Appling, GA
9 11 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA
10 18W Eric Wells Hazard, KY
11 22S Gregg Satterlee Rochester Hills, PA
12 21B Chris Brown Longview, TX
13 75P Terry Phillips Springfield, MO
14 20D Doug Drown Wooster, OH
15 7R Kent Robinson Bloomington, IN
16 25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
17 25C Shane Clanton Locust Grove, GA
18 49C Chad Ruhlman Beamus Point, NY
19 89 Mike Spatola Manhattan, IL
20 27 Rodney Melvin Benton, IL
21 31 Nick Latham Winchester, OH
22 51M Mack McCarter Gatlinburg, TN
23 1W Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR
24 44 Earl Pearson Jr Jacksonville, FL

B-Main #1
1 32P Bobby Pierce
2 55 Jeep VanWormer
3 20 Jimmy Owens
4 8L Dustin Linville
5 1E Rick Eckert
6 5 Don O'Neal
7 157 Mike Marlar
8 71R Rod Conley
9 18K Brandon Kinzer
10 1V Vic Hill
11 12 Jason Hughes
12 25L Steve Lance Jr
13 11AS Austin Smith
14 42M McKay Wenger
15 87A Walker Arthur
16 71J JT Conley
17 3C Charlie LaPlant

B-Main #2
1 18 Shannon Babb
2 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr
3 20C Duane Chamberlain
4 201 Billy Ogle Jr
5 57J Bub McCool
6 20H Jacob Hawkins
7 777 Jared Landers
8 18J Chase Junghans
9 15H Jon Henry
10 1N Casey Noonan
11 11R James Rice
12 15S Dan Schlieper
13 69 Jon Hodgkiss
14 11D Brian Diveley
15 4 Cody Mahoney
16 10D Curtis Deisenroth
17 35 Tommy Bailey

B-Main #3
1 75P Terry Phillips
2 21B Chris Brown
3 31 Nick Latham
4 19M Josh Adkins
5 45H Don Hammer
6 32H Austin Hubbard
7 96 Tanner English
8 71 Delmas Conley
9 49 Brian Ruhlman
10 14 Terry Wolfenbarger
11 17 Shannon Thornsberry
12 48L Tim Lance
13 33A Aaron Scott
14 80 Greg Johnson
15 81JR Jason Riggs
16 16S Tim Sabo
17 24HR Ron McQuerry
18 18G Andrew Gordon
19 14H Rodney Hamblin

B-Main #4
1 89 Mike Spatola
2 51M Mack McCarter
3 27 Rodney Melvin
4 85D Mark Dotson
5 17S Jim Shereck
6 C8 Timothy Culp
7 11S Rusty Schlenk
8 9R Curtis Roberts
9 1WC Wayne Chinn
10 14M Morgan Bagley
11 95J Jerry Bowersock
12 3G Brian Gray
13 61 George Lee
14 22 Cecil Eunice

Heat #1
1 0 Scott Bloomquist
2 15B Brian Birkhofer
3 1B Jeff Babcock
4 1E Rick Eckert
5 55 Jeep Van Wormer
6 18 Brandon Kinzer
7 11 Austin Smith
8 87 Walker Arthur
9 42 McKay Wenger
10 33 Don Gordon

Heat #2
1 5E Brandon Overton
2 22S Gregg Satterlee
3 11 Tyler Reddick
4 21B Chris Brown
5 81JR Jason Riggs
6 31 Nick Latham
7 18G Andrew Gordon
8 33A Aaron Scott
9 49 Brian Ruhlman
10 16S Tim Sabo

Heat #3
1 44M Chris Madden
2 21 Billy Moyer
3 116 Randy Weaver
4 32P Bobby Pierce
5 20 Jimmy Owens
6 5 Don O'Neal
7 29W Jason Welshan
8 25L Steve Lance Jr
9 26 Bill Lewis
10 71J JT Conley

Heat #4
1 29 Darrell Lanigan
2 18W Eric Wells
3 1W Wendell Wallace
4 75P Terry Phillips
5 71 Delmas Conley
6 17 Shannon Thornsberry
7 45H Don Hammer
8 80 Greg Johnson
9 24HR Ron McQuerry
10 93 Jay Johnson

Heat #5
1 28 Dennis Erb Jr
2 32 Chris Simpson
3 28M Jimmy Mars
4 157 Mike Marlar
5 8L Dustin Linville
6 71R Rod Conley
7 1V Vic Hill
8 12 Jason Hughes
9 3C Charlie LaPlant
10 5* Bryant Dickinson

Heat #6
1 39 Tim McCreadie
2 20D Doug Drown
3 25C Shane Clanton
4 19M Josh Adkins
5 96 Tanner English
6 14 Terry Wolfenbarger
7 48L Tim Lance
8 32H Austin Hubbard
9 14H Rodney Hamblin
10 360 Brett Wyatt

Heat #7
1 6D Jonathan Davenport
2 18 Shannon Babb
3 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
4 41 Brad Neat
5 201 Billy Ogle Jr
6 4 Cody Mahoney
7 57J Bub McCool
8 11D Brian Diveley
9 69 Jon Hodgkiss
10 30K Scott Knepley

Heat #8
1 71C R J Conley
2 44 Earl Pearson Jr
3 7R Kent Robinson
4 89 Mike Spatola
5 27 Rodney Melvin
6 51M Mack McCarter
7 11S Rusty Schlenk
8 C9 Steve Casebolt
9 9R Curtis Roberts
10 4C Ernie Cordier

Heat #9
1 19R Ryan Gustin
2 17M Dale McDowell
3 99M Devin Moran
4 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr
5 777 Jared Landers
6 1N Casey Noonan
7 18J Chase Junghans
8 10D Curtis Deisenroth
9 35 Tommy Bailey
10 54 David Breazeale

Heat #10
1 00 Randy Korte
2 23B John Blankenship
3 49C Chad Ruhlman
4 C8 Timothy Culp
5 61 George Lee
6 1WC Wayne Chinn
7 7M Donald McIntosh
8 15 Steve Francis
9 95J Jerry Bowersock
10 54N Chris Nash

Heat #11
1 28C Eddie Carrier Jr
2 25Z Mason Zeigler
3 81S Brian Shirley
4 20C Duane Chamberlain
5 20H Jacob Hawkins
6 15H Jon Henry
7 15S Dan Schlieper
8 11R James Rice
9 3N Ross Nicastri
10 76 Butch Kruckeberg

Heat #12
1 3 Matt Miller
2 B5 Brandon Sheppard
3 25F Jason Feger
4 14M Morgan Bagley
5 85D Mark Dotson
6 17S Jim Shereck
7 3G Brian Gray
8 22 Cecil Eunice
9 4B Jackie Boggs


Qualifying Results
1 1B Jeff Babcock 15.611
2 5E Brandon Overton 15.616
3 116 Randy Weaver 15.619
4 29 Darrell Lanigan 15.649
5 28M Jimmy Mars 15.653
6 39 Tim McCreadie 15.692
7 41 Brad Neat 15.705
8 7R Kent Robinson 15.726
9 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr 15.755
10 15 Steve Francis 15.767

11 20C Duane Chamberlain 15.773
12 4B Jackie Boggs 15.793
13 1E Rick Eckert 15.814
14 11 Tyler Reddick 15.816
15 32P Bobby Pierce 15.819
16 1W Wendall Wallace 15.825
17 28 Dennis Erb Jr 15.831
18 32H Austin Hubbard 15.852
19 18 Shannon Babb 15.853
20 71C R J Conley 15.860

21 17M Dale McDowell 15.864
22 23B John Blankenship 15.867
23 81S Brian Shirley 15.879
24 14M Morgan Bagley 15.888
25 15B Brian Birkhofer 15.898
26 22S Gregg Satterlee 15.940
27 44M Chris Madden 15.945
28 17 Shannon Thornsberry 15.948
29 12 Jason Hughes 15.988
30 25C Shane Clanton 15.993

31 6D Jonathan Davenport 15.995
32 44 Earl Pearson Jr 15.997
33 1N Casey Noonan 16.008
34 00 Randy Korte 16.021
35 28C Eddie Carrier Jr 16.024
36 B5 Brandon Sheppard 16.039
37 0 Scott Bloomquist 16.040
38 21B Chris Brown 16.047
39 21 Billy Moyer 16.050
40 18W Eric Wells 16.059

41 71R Rod Conley 16.065
42 20D Doug Drown 16.072
43 201 Billy Ogle Jr 16.073
44 89 Mike Spatola 16.077
45 19R Ryan Gustin 16.080
46 15H Jon Henry 16.091
47 3 Matt Miller 16.091
48 18K Brandon Kinzer 16.108
49 33A Aaron Scott 16.127
50 5 Don O’Neal 16.130

51 93 Jay Johnson 16.184
52 32 Chris Simpson 16.188
53 48L Tim Lance 16.203
54 21JR Billy Moyer Jr 16.203
55 11S Rusty Schlenk 16.219
56 777 Jared Landers 16.219
57 1WC Wayne Chinn 16.226
58 3N Ross Nicastri 16.237
59 85D Mark Dotson 16.239
60 55 Jeep VanWormer 16.250

61 31 Nick Latham 16.270
62 20 Jimmy Owens 16.280
63 71 Delmas Conley 16.289
64 157 Mike Marlar 16.306
65 19M Josh Adkins 16.324
66 4 Cody Mahoney 16.324
67 51M Mack McCarter 16.330
68 99M Devin Moran 16.331
69 7M Donald McIntosh 16.332
70 20H Jacob Hawkins 16.333

71 25F Jason Feger 16.345
72 87A Walker Arthur 16.346
73 81JR Jason Riggs 16.349
74 25L Steve Lance Jr 16.349
75 80 Greg Johnson 16.362
76 8L Dustin Linville 16.367
77 360 Brett Wyatt 16.368
78 57J Bub McCool 16.397
79 C9 Steve Casebolt 16.414
80 18J Chase Junghans 16.420

81 61 George Lee 16.432
82 11R James Rice 16.448
83 17S Jim Shereck 16.458
84 42M McKay Wenger 16.488
85 49 Brian Ruhlman 16.494
86 29W Jason Welshan 16.526
87 75P Terry Phillips 16.544
88 3C Charlie LaPlant 16.598
89 14 Terry Wolfenbarger 16.601
90 11D Brian Diveley 16.612

91 9R Curtis Roberts 16.678
92 10D Curtis Deisenroth 16.711
93 95J Jerry Bowersock 16.722
94 15S Dan Schlieper 16.741
95 22 Cecil Eunice 16.786
96 11AS Austin Smith 16.820
97 18G Andrew Gordon 16.874
98 71J JT Conley 16.925
99 45H Don Hammer 16.951
100 1V Vic Hill 16.977

101 96 Tanner English 16.991
102 69 Jon Hodgkiss 17.038
103 27 Rodney Melvin 17.114
104 35 Tommy Bailey 17.156
105 C8 Timothy Culp 17.183
106 25Z Mason Zeigler 17.209
107 3G Brian Gray 17.228
108 33 Don Gordon 17.367
109 16S Tim Sabo 17.435
110 26 Bill Lewis 17.458

111 24HR Ron McQuerry 18.004
112 5* Bryant Dickinson 18.179
113 14H Rodney Hamblin 18.187
114 30K Scott Knepley 18.255
115 4C Ernie Cordier 18.467
116 54 David Breazeale 20.757
117 49C Chad Ruhlman no time
118 54N Chris Nash no time

McDowell & Owens Open Eldora Speedway's World 100 Weekend With 25-lap Preliminary Feature Victories



DIRTcar Racing
ROSSBURG, Ohio. (September 4) - Experience ruled the night at Eldora Speedway on Thursday with former World 100 and Dirt Late Model Dream winners Dale McDowell and Jimmy Owens both claiming preliminary feature victories during the opening night of the 44th annual World 100.

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Fresh off his Dream victory in June, McDowell, 48, of Chickamauga, Ga., claimed the first of Thursday's two 25-lap A-Mains with a flag-to-flag performance in the caution-free race. Owens, 42, of Newport, Tenn., charged from the 14th starting spot in the second 25-lapper and overtook Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., on his way to victory.

McDowell and Owens, who both earned $5,000 paydays for their UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned victories, will look for even more Big E success as the historic track hosts another preliminary night on Friday and the $47,000-to-win World 100 finale on Saturday.

For Thursday's action, the event's 117 entries were split in half by time-trial results with the two groups then completing separate programs of heat races, B-Mains and A-Mains. Claiming the main event for odd-numbered qualifiers, McDowell held off a late charge by eighth-starting Randy Weaver of Crossville, Tenn. Polesitter Gregg Satterlee of Indiana, Pa., finished third with 12th-starting Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, and Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., rounding out the top five.

McDowell will look to become just the third driver to claim both the Dream and the World 100 in the same the season by parlaying his opening night success into a crown jewel victory in Saturday's World 100 finale.

"I think the race car's pretty good, hopefully," said McDowell, who claimed his first World 100 victory in 2005. "There's a lot of good racers here. There's a lot of ingredients that has to go into having a good night. All these guys are professionals and it could be anyone's night (on Saturday). We just hope we put all the pieces together to make it ours."



In the feature for even-numbered qualifiers, Owens recovered from his poor qualifying effort to score an impressive victory over Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind. Early front-runners Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., and Madden both faded late in the race in finishing third and fourth respectively. Frank Heckenast Jr. of Frankfort, Ill., was fifth.

Jeff Babcock of Wayne, Ohio, led the opening five laps after starting from outside the front row, but he slipped to eighth at the finish of a race slowed by a single caution flag.

With each driver's best qualifying lap from Thursday and Friday determine starting positions in Saturday's World 100 heat races, Owens will not only look for another prelim victory on Friday but also a much better qualifying effort.

"We ran into some problems hot lapping and qualifying that put us behind the eight ball all night long. Hopefully tomorrow we'll get a better qualifying run in," said Owens, whose two World 100 victories came in 2007 and 2011. "I think we've got the car to (win Saturday's finale) if circumstances go our way and we get a good qualifying run in and get in through our heat."

A-Main #1
1 2 17M Dale McDowell Chickamauga, GA $5,000
2 8 116 Randy Weaver Crossville, TN
3 1 22S Gregg Satterlee Rochester Hills, PA
4 12 15B Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA
5 3 28M Jimmy Mars Menomonie, WI
6 6 41 Brad Neat Dunnville, KY
7 15 4 Cody Mahoney Madison, IN
8 4 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY
9 19 75P Terry Phillips Springfield, MO
10 7 11 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA
11 10 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
12 5 25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IN
13 11 6D Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA
14 9 18W Eric Wells Hazard, KY
15 14 99M Devin Moran Dresden, OH
16 16 21B Chris Brown Longview, TX
17 23 3 Matt Miller Whitehouse, OH
18 21 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA
19 22 1W Wendall Wallace Batesville, AR
20 13 9R Curtis Roberts Coleman, MI
21 24 32H Austin Hubbard Seaford, DE
22 17 157 Mike Marlar Winfield, TN
23 20 18J Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS
24 18 11S Rusty Schlenk Jackson, MI

A-Main #2
1 14 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN $5,000
2 4 7R Kent Robinson Bloomington, IN
3 5 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY
4 1 44M Chris Madden Gray Court, SC
5 12 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr Frankfort, IL
6 6 23B John Blankenship Williamson, WV
7 24 21JR Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
8 2 1B Jeff Babcock Wayne, OH
9 9 81S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
10 7 44 Earl Pearson, Jr Jacksonville, FL
11 8 25C Shane Clanton Locust Grove, GA
12 13 32 Chris Simpson Oxford, IA
13 18 20D Doug Drown Wooster, OH
14 23 8L Dustin Linville Bryantsville, KY
15 15 25Z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill, PA
16 10 15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY
17 17 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville, IL
18 11 28C Eddie Carrier Jr Salt Rock, WV
19 21 12 Jason Hughes Westville, OK
20 22 80 Greg Johnson Bedford, IN
21 20 95J Jerry Bowersock Wapakoneta, OH
22 3 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
23 16 5E Brandon Overton Appling, GA
24 19 00 Randy Korte Highland, IL

B-Main #1
1 1 75P Terry Phillips
2 2 19R Ryan Gustin
3 4 3 Matt Miller
4 9 777 Jared Landers
5 8 71C R J Conley
6 6 5 Don O’Neal
7 17 0 Scott Bloomquist
8 3 1E Rick Eckert
9 18 7M Donald McIntosh
10 7 1N Casey Noonan
11 15 31 Nick Latham
12 13 15H Jon Henry
13 11 48L Tim Lance
14 10 54 David Breazeale
15 12 3N Ross Nicastri
16 16 61 George Lee
17 14 3G Brian Gray
18 5 89 Mike Spatola

B-Main #2
1 2 00 Randy Korte
2 4 12 Jason Hughes
3 3 8L Dustin Linville
4 1 20H Jacob Hawkins
5 7 C8 Timothy Culp
6 9 57J Bub McCool
7 6 18 Shannon Babb
8 16 49C Chad Ruhlman
9 8 33A Aaron Scott
10 14 17S Jim Shereck
11 5 1WC Wayne Chinn
12 11 201 Billy Ogle Jr
13 17 69 Jon Hodgkiss
14 15 360 Brett Wyatt
15 18 22 Cecil Eunice
16 10 3C Charlie Laplant
17 12 85D Mark Dotson
18 13 83 Scott James
19 19 26B Scott Bowersock

B-Main #4
1 2 95J Jerry Bowersock
2 4 80 Greg Johnson
3 3 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
4 5 21 Billy Moyer
5 9 71R Rod Conley
6 1 96 Tanner English
7 6 20C Duane Chamberlain
8 8 55 Jeep Vanwormer
9 15 11D Brian Diveley
10 17 87A Walker Arthur
11 11 25L Steve Lance Jr
12 7 15S Dan Schlieper
13 10 14 Terry Wolfenbarger
14 12 93 Jay Johnson
15 14 71J JT Conley
16 13 17 Shannon Thornsberry
17 16 24HR Ron McQuerry
18 18 54N Chris Nash

Heat #1
1 41 Brad Neat
2 11 Tyler Reddick
3 9R Curtis Roberts
4 75P Terry Phillips
5 3 Matt Miller
6 1N Casey Noonan
7 54 David Breazeale
8 15H Jon Henry
9 61 George Lee
10 27 Rodney Melvin

Heat #2
1 23B John Blankenship
2 44 Earl Pearson Jr
3 32 Chris Simpson
4 20H Jacob Hawkins
5 12 Jason Hughes
6 C8 Timothy Culp
7 3C Charlie LaPlant
8 83 Scott James
9 49C Chad Ruhlman
10 11AS Austin Smith

Heat #3
1 25F Jason Feger
2 116 Randy Weaver
3 99M Devin Moran
4 19R Ryan Gustin
5 89 Mike Spatola
6 71C R J Conley
7 48L Tim Lance
8 3G Brian Gray
9 0 Scott Bloomquist
10 30K Scott Knepley

Heat #4
1 39 Tim McCreadie
2 25C Shane Clanton
3 20 Jimmy Owens
4 00 Randy Korte
5 1WC Wayne Chinn
6 33A Aaron Scott
7 201 Billy Ogle Jr
8 17S Jim Shereck
9 69 Jon Hodgkiss
10 26B Scott Bowersock

Heat #5
1 29 Darrell Lanigan
2 18W Eric Wells
3 4 Cody Mahoney
4 1E Rick Eckert
5 5 Don O’Neal
6 777 Jared Landers
7 3N Ross Nicastri
8 31 Nick Latham
9 7M Donald McIntosh
10 16S Tim Sabo

Heat #6
1 7R Kent Robinson
2 81S Brian Shirley
3 25Z Mason Zeigler
4 8L Dustin Linville
5 18 Shannon Babb
6 57J Bub McCool
7 85D Mark Dotson
8 360 Brett Wyatt
9 22 Cecil Eunice
10 18G Andrew Gordon

Heat #7
1 28M Jimmy Mars
2 B5 Brandon Sheppard
3 21B Chris Brown
4 81JR Jason Riggs
5 18K Brandon Kinzer
6 1V Vic Hill
7 33 Don Gordon
8 71 Delmas Conley

Heat #8
1 32P Bobby Pierce
2 15 Steve Francis
3 5E Brandon Overton
4 96 Tanner English
5 80 Greg Johnson
6 15S Dan Schlieper
7 14 Terry Wolfenbarger
8 17 Shannon Thornsberry
9 24HR Ron McQuerry

Heat #9
1 17M Dale McDowell
2 6D Jonathan Davenport
3 157 Mike Marlar
4 18J Chase Junghans
5 32H Austin Hubbard
6 C9 Steve Casebolt
7 14M Morgan Bagley
8 45H Don Hammer
9 51M Mack McCarter
10 5* Bryant Dickinson

Heat #10
1 1B Jeff Babcock
2 28C Eddie Carrier Jr
3 28 Dennis Erb Jr
4 95J Jerry Bowersock
5 21 Billy Moyer
6 55 Jeep VanWormer
7 25L Steve Lance Jr
8 71J JT Conley
9 87A Walker Arthur
10 4C Ernie Cordier

Heat #11
1 22S Gregg Satterlee
2 15B Brian Birkhofer
3 11S Rusty Schlenk
4 1W Wendall Wallace
5 49 Brian Ruhlman
6 29W Jason Welshan
7 11R James Rice
8 19M Josh Adkins
9 14H Rodney Hamblin

Heat #12
1 44M Chris Madden
2 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr
3 20D Doug Drown
4 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
5 20C Duane Chamberlain
6 71R Rod Conley
7 93 Jay Johnson
8 11D Brian Diveley
9 54N Chris Nash
10 10D Curtis Deisenroth


44th Annual World 100
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Qualifying Results

1 41 Brad Neat 15.667
2 23B John Blankenship 15.669
3 116 Randy Weaver 15.781
4 25C Shane Clanton 15.824
5 29 Darrell Lanigan 15.844
6 81S Brian Shirley 15.869
7 28M Jimmy Mars 15.938
8 32P Bobby Pierce 15.956
9 157 Mike Marlar 15.985
10 1B Jeff Babcock 16.025

11 15B Brian Birkhofer 16.051
12 44M Chris Madden 16.052
13 11 Tyler Reddick 16.065
14 32 Chris Simpson 16.086
15 25F Jason Feger 16.086
16 39 Tim McCreadie 16.090
17 4 Cody Mahoney 16.094
18 7R Kent Robinson 16.107
19 B5 Brandon Sheppard 16.120
20 15 Steve Francis 16.126

21 28C Eddie Carrier Jr 16.160
22 22S Gregg Satterlee 16.187
23 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr 16.200
24 75P Terry Phillips 16.213
25 12 Jason Hughes 16.214
26 0 Scott Bloomquist 16.215
27 1WC Wayne Chinn 16.218
28 5 Don ONeal 16.226
29 8L Dustin Linville 16.227
30 21B Chris Brown 16.237

31 80 Greg Johnson 16.253
32 32H Austin Hubbard 16.254
33 21 Billy Moyer 16.266
34 1W Wendall Wallace 16.277
35 9R Curtis Roberts 16.279
36 21JR Billy Moyer Jr 16.279
37 83 Scott James 16.293
38 48L Tim Lance 16.295
39 0 Randy Korte 16.303
40 777 Jared Landers 16.322

41 25Z Mason Zeigler 16.327
42 1V Vic Hill 16.334
43 5E Brandon Overton 16.343
44 18J Chase Junghans 16.360
45 95J Jerry Bowersock 16.378
46 11S Rusty Schlenk 16.383
47 20D Doug Drown 16.392
48 3 Matt Miller 16.415
49 44 Earl Pearson Jr 16.439
50 71C R J Conley 16.456

51 20 Jimmy Owens 16.457
52 1E Rick Eckert 16.457
53 18 Shannon Babb 16.460
54 81JR Jason Riggs 16.467
55 17 Shannon Thornsberry 16.488
56 C9 Steve Casebolt 16.509
57 28 Dennis Erb Jr 16.519
58 11R James Rice 16.520
59 71R Rod Conley 16.545
60 1N Casey Noonan 16.548

61 20H Jacob Hawkins 16.576
62 89 Mike Spatola 16.578
63 201 Billy Ogle Jr 16.622
64 7M Donald McIntosh 16.622
65 360 Brett Wyatt 16.632
66 71 Delmas Conley 16.658
67 96 Tanner English 16.667
68 6D Jonathan Davenport 16.692
69 55 Jeep VanWormer 16.697
70 19M Josh Adkins 16.709

71 20C Duane Chamberlain 16.711
72 54 David Breazeale 16.728
73 49C Chad Ruhlman 16.745
74 99M Devin Moran 16.748
75 33A Aaron Scott 16.762
76 31 Nick Latham 16.765
77 57J Bub McCool 16.774
78 18K Brandon Kinzer 16.784
79 15S Dan Schlieper 16.792
80 14M Morgan Bagley 16.800

81 25L Steve Lance Jr 16.828
82 49 Brian Ruhlman 16.831
83 93 Jay Johnson 16.851
84 45H Don Hammer 16.897
85 87A Walker Arthur 16.923
86 11D Brian Diveley 16.931
87 61 George Lee 17.004
88 C8 Timothy Culp 17.031
89 19R Ryan Gustin 17.038
90 17S Jim Shereck 17.055

91 3N Ross Nicastri 17.061
92 85D Mark Dotson 17.073
93 42M McKay Wenger 17.081
94 14 Terry Wolfenbarger 17.127
95 51M Mack McCarter 17.287
96 71J JT Conley 17.324
97 29W Jason Welshan 17.329
98 10D Curtis Deisenroth 17.349
99 27 Rodney Melvin 17.355
100 3C Charlie LaPlant 17.403

101 3G Brian Gray 17.509
102 69 Jon Hodgkiss 17.530
103 16S Tim Sabo 17.583
104 22 Cecil Eunice 17.716
105 33 Don Gordon 18.163
106 24HR Ron McQuerry 18.249
107 5* Bryant Dickinson 18.523
108 4C Ernie Cordier 18.530
109 14H Rodney Hamblin 19.067
110 54N Chris Nash 19.107
111 15H Jon Henry 24.186
112 30K Scott Knepley no time
113 26B Scott Bowersock no time