Ben Shelton
06-20-2018, 02:06 PM
For Immediate Release
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
June 20, 2018
Josh Richards Records Podium Finish in Clash at The Mag
Team Prepares for Busy Upcoming LOLMDS Slate
St. Marys, Ohio (06/20/18) – Josh Richards led over half of the 100-lap, Clash at the Mag finale before ultimately finishing third on Saturday evening in his Bulk Material Lift #1 Colt/ XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model.
“We had a really good car tonight, and it felt good in the open track, but I think with as much as the track was changing tonight, we were at a bit of a disadvantage being out front for most of the race. When you’re out there by yourself, you don’t know exactly how the grooves are changing for the guys running behind you and that kind of makes you a sitting duck,” Richards said. “Then, Tim McCreadie and I got together with like 10 laps remaining and it cut a tire. In fact, our left rear was flat when we crossed the finish line. It’s disappointing not to win, but after the bad luck we’ve been having this was a much-needed shot in the arm for our team.”
He concluding by saying, “The Lucas Oil schedule is about to get really hectic so it’s nice to know that we’re making some big-time gains with our program.”
The team resumed action with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) over the weekend with a trip south to Johnny Stokes' Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi) for the annual Clash at The Mag.
Preliminary action for the $20,000-to-win event was contested on Friday night, and Richards rocketed to a convincing heat race win to lock into the pole position for Saturday's 100-lap finale.
As the 100-lap race went green on Saturday evening Josh assumed the second position behind Jimmy Owens. He would slip back to as far as fourth before charging to the lead on lap 27. He led the field until lap 84, when Tim McCreadie slipped past. Richards regained the lead one circuit later, and the pair swapped the top spot a few times before Richards retook control on lap 88, but not before the pair made slight contact.
It looked like Josh might be on his way to his third win of the year, but Hudson O'Neal would slip past on lap 94 to take control of the top spot. One lap later Bobby Pierce jumped to second, which pushed Richards back to third. That's where the West Virginia racer would finish with a rear tire that went flat as he crossed the finish line. Scott Bloomquist and Tim McCreadie rounded out the Top-5 finishers.
Josh is currently third in the latest LOLMDS points. For full results from the weekend as well as the latest series standings, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .
The Best Performance Motorsports team will be idle this weekend as they prepare for a busy Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) schedule. They will return to action on June 30 in a $12,000-to-win LOLMDS event at Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio).
Best Performance Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners, which include Bulk Material Lift, Boxo USA, Bazell Race Fuels, Sunoco, Keyser Manufacturing, Colt, Integra Shocks, Hoosier Tire, Valvoline, Corey Frazer State Farm, Industrial Hydro Excavating, Beyea Headers, Doyle Edwards Trucking, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Wiles Drive Shafts, Simpson Race Products, Weld Racing, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Barnes Systems Inc., Powers Performance, Butlerbuilt, Impact Race Gear, Heath Lawson Photography, Outerwears, Strange Engineering, Five Star Race Car Bodies Rocket Chassis, R&R Design and MSR Mafia Marketing & PR Services.
For the latest information on Best Performance Motorsports please visit the team website at www.BestPerformanceMotorsports.com as well as their social media channels at www.facebook.com/bestperformancemotorsports/, www.twitter.com/BPMotorsports1 and www.instagram.com/bestperformancemotorsports .
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
June 20, 2018
Josh Richards Records Podium Finish in Clash at The Mag
Team Prepares for Busy Upcoming LOLMDS Slate
St. Marys, Ohio (06/20/18) – Josh Richards led over half of the 100-lap, Clash at the Mag finale before ultimately finishing third on Saturday evening in his Bulk Material Lift #1 Colt/ XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model.
“We had a really good car tonight, and it felt good in the open track, but I think with as much as the track was changing tonight, we were at a bit of a disadvantage being out front for most of the race. When you’re out there by yourself, you don’t know exactly how the grooves are changing for the guys running behind you and that kind of makes you a sitting duck,” Richards said. “Then, Tim McCreadie and I got together with like 10 laps remaining and it cut a tire. In fact, our left rear was flat when we crossed the finish line. It’s disappointing not to win, but after the bad luck we’ve been having this was a much-needed shot in the arm for our team.”
He concluding by saying, “The Lucas Oil schedule is about to get really hectic so it’s nice to know that we’re making some big-time gains with our program.”
The team resumed action with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) over the weekend with a trip south to Johnny Stokes' Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi) for the annual Clash at The Mag.
Preliminary action for the $20,000-to-win event was contested on Friday night, and Richards rocketed to a convincing heat race win to lock into the pole position for Saturday's 100-lap finale.
As the 100-lap race went green on Saturday evening Josh assumed the second position behind Jimmy Owens. He would slip back to as far as fourth before charging to the lead on lap 27. He led the field until lap 84, when Tim McCreadie slipped past. Richards regained the lead one circuit later, and the pair swapped the top spot a few times before Richards retook control on lap 88, but not before the pair made slight contact.
It looked like Josh might be on his way to his third win of the year, but Hudson O'Neal would slip past on lap 94 to take control of the top spot. One lap later Bobby Pierce jumped to second, which pushed Richards back to third. That's where the West Virginia racer would finish with a rear tire that went flat as he crossed the finish line. Scott Bloomquist and Tim McCreadie rounded out the Top-5 finishers.
Josh is currently third in the latest LOLMDS points. For full results from the weekend as well as the latest series standings, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .
The Best Performance Motorsports team will be idle this weekend as they prepare for a busy Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) schedule. They will return to action on June 30 in a $12,000-to-win LOLMDS event at Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio).
Best Performance Motorsports would like to thank all of their marketing partners, which include Bulk Material Lift, Boxo USA, Bazell Race Fuels, Sunoco, Keyser Manufacturing, Colt, Integra Shocks, Hoosier Tire, Valvoline, Corey Frazer State Farm, Industrial Hydro Excavating, Beyea Headers, Doyle Edwards Trucking, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Wiles Drive Shafts, Simpson Race Products, Weld Racing, Performance Rod & Custom, Peterson Fluid Systems, Barnes Systems Inc., Powers Performance, Butlerbuilt, Impact Race Gear, Heath Lawson Photography, Outerwears, Strange Engineering, Five Star Race Car Bodies Rocket Chassis, R&R Design and MSR Mafia Marketing & PR Services.
For the latest information on Best Performance Motorsports please visit the team website at www.BestPerformanceMotorsports.com as well as their social media channels at www.facebook.com/bestperformancemotorsports/, www.twitter.com/BPMotorsports1 and www.instagram.com/bestperformancemotorsports .