LOLMDS I-80 Nationals - Friday

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Down 3 cars from last night.
No Dylan Schmer, Chris Spieker, or Tyler Smith.
Modifieds are tonight's support class.
Hotlaps at 6:45.

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Group A qualifying order:

Rauen
Lanigan
Junghans
Bronson
Pospisil
Kosiski
C Zeitner
J Zeitner
Grady
Moyer
O'Neal
Nothdurft
Overton
Neal
Scott
Heckenast
Bruening
Erb
Clawson
Sheppard
Owens
Hilsabeck


Group B qualifying order:

Davenport
Collins
McCreadie
Gustin
Strickler
Schaller
Moran
Millard
Simpson32
Simpson1C
Madden
Pierce
Richards
English
Moyer Jr
Thornton
Clanton
Landers
Diercks
Pearson
Coover

[Mister Ricochet]

Wanna see Thorton Jr and Pierce make the feature.

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LM hotlaps underway.

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Hotlaps complete.
Fastest: Devin Moran 17.502

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Qualifying underway.

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Tyler Bruening hit the wall with the right rear in turn 3. He needed pushed off the track.

Group A fast time:
Brandon Overton 17.529

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Group B fast time:
Tim McCreadie 17.554
Qualifying complete.

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*HEAT RACE LINEUPS*

Heat 1

Row 1. Bronson Rauen
Row 2. Scott Pospisil
Row 3. Lanigan Overton
Row 4. Bruening Heckenast
Row 5. Kosiski Nothdurft
Row 6. C Zeitner



Heat 2

Row 1. Erb Junghans
Row 2. Moyer O'Neal
Row 3. Sheppard Owens
Row 4. J Zeitner Hilsabeck
Row 5. Grady Neal
Row 6. Clawson




Heat 3

Row 1. Richards Simpson1C
Row 2. Landers Pierce
Row 3. Strickler McCreadie
Row 4. Pearson Moyer Jr
Row 5. Diercks Collins
Row 6. Coover


Heat 4

Row 1. Simpson32 Clanton
Row 2. Davenport Thornton
Row 3. Gustin Moran
Row 4. Madden English
Row 5. Schaller Millard

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Heat 1 on track.

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Heat 1 green.

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Heat 1 finish:

Overton
Lanigan
Bronson
Heckenast
Pospisil
Scott
Bruening
Kosiski
Rauen
Nothdurft

[TerryM]

Overton 6th to the lead in one lap lol.

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Heat 2 green.

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Heat 2 finish:

Erb
Junghans
Owens
Sheppard
O'Neal
Moyer
Grady
Hilsabeck
J Zeitner
Neal
Clawson

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Heat 3 green.

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Heat 3 finish:

Richards
McCreadie
Pierce
Simpson1C
Strickler
Landers
Pearson
Moyer Jr
Diercks
Collins
Coover

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Heat 4 green.

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Caution with 8 to go as Clanton breaks.

32s
20rt
9
19r
44

[Rajflyboy]

Shiny side is awesome with his reports. 👍👍👍

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Back to green with 8 to go.

32s
20rt 9
19r 44
49 98
14 81

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Heat 4 finish:

Simpson32
Moran
Thornton
Gustin
Madden
Davenport
English
Schaller
Millard
Clanton DNF

Heats complete.

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*B-MAIN LINEUPS*
B-Main 1

Row 1. Scott Landers
Row 2. Heckenast Bruening
Row 3. Rauen Clanton
Row 4. Hilsabeck J Zeitner
Row 5. Schaller Millard
Row 6. Neal C Zeitner
Row 7. Coover

B-Main 2

Row 1. Moyer Davenport
Row 2. Madden Pearson
Row 3. English Grady
Row 4. Moyer Jr Kosiski
Row 5. Diercks Nothdurft
Row 6. Collins Clawson

[JimBo]

I agree Raj, thanks shiny for all your reports.

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B-Main 1 on track.
Top 3 transfer.

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B-Main 1 green.

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B-Main 1 transfers:

Landers
Heckenast
Scott

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B-Main 2 green.

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B-Main 2 transfers:

Moyer
English
Madden

Preliminary action complete.

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*30 LAP A-MAIN LINEUP*

Row 1. Overton McCreadie
Row 2. Moran Owens
Row 3. Lanigan Sheppard
Row 4. Gustin Pierce
Row 5. Thornton Strickler
Row 6. Junghans Erb
Row 7. Richards Simpson32
Row 8. Pospisil O'Neal
Row 9. Bronson Simpson1C
Row 10. Landers Moyer
Row 11. Heckenast English
Row 12. Scott Madden

[Mister Ricochet]

They just did a piece on Eckert's grandson and showed pictures. The little guy looks really good. Seemed minimal burns to his face and head. ...... My minds eye was thinking the worst but it seems the little fella can recuperate from this terrible accident.

[Dlmfan123]

They just did a piece on Eckert's grandson and showed pictures. The little guy looks really good. Seemed minimal burns to his face and head. ...... My minds eye was thinking the worst but it seems the little fella can recuperate from this terrible accident.I believe his neck is where it is the worst burns are

[No_Weak_Links]

They just did a piece on Eckert's grandson and showed pictures. The little guy looks really good. Seemed minimal burns to his face and head. ...... My minds eye was thinking the worst but it seems the little fella can recuperate from this terrible accident.

Great news!!

[Mister Ricochet]

I believe his neck is where it is the worst burns are

Yes, that's the only place I saw bandages in the pictures that were provided........ Man that kid is small. Guess he's only 5 yrs old?

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30 lap A-Main is staging.

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A-Main is rolling.

[Mister Ricochet]

Superman is watching the race like we are.

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Green flag!

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Overton leads lap 1.

[Mister Ricochet]

Track is set up nicely, very racy. Should be a great feature.

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27 to go.

Overton by 7 over McCreadie.

76
39
20
9
20rt

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25 to go

Owens all over McCreadie for 2nd.
Lanigan to 5th.

[TerryM]

It’s strange watching a Lucas A-Main without Davenport, but he just plain sucked tonight. We’re pulling for Overton as always.

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22 to go

Overton leads by 6 over McCreadie.
Owens still 3rd.
Moran 4th, Lanigan 5th.

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20 to go

76
39
20

All separated by 5+

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Caution with 21 to go as Erb breaks.
Bronson to the infield.

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Scoring says 9 of 30 complete.

76
39
20
9
29
20rt
19r
8
1s
14

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Bronson and Erb rejoin the field.

Back to green with 21 to go.

76
20 39
29 9
19r 20rt
1s 8

[Mister Ricochet]

Overton leads lap 1.

Wow, a good 2-3 minute delay on the broadcast.

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20 to go

McCreadie slid Overton to take the lead!

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17 to go

Owens is by Overton for 2nd.
McCreadie by 8.

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15 to go

39
20
76
9

All separated by 7+

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13 to go

39
20
76
9
29

All spread out.

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11 to go

Lap traffic soon.
Owens slowly chipping into McCreadie's lead.

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9 to go

McCreadie in traffic.
Owens and Overton slowly reeling him in.

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7 to go

Owens top, McCreadie bottom.
Owens is there!

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6 to go

Owens is on the 39's fuel cell!

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3 to go

McCreadie running on the bottom.
Owens and Overton top.
Top 3 under a blanket!!!

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White flag

Owens grabbed the lead with 2 to go!
Pulling away from McCreadie!

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Checker

1-10

Owens
McCreadie
Overton
Moran
Lanigan
Thornton
Gustin
Strickler
Richards
Sheppard

[AllenK]

I-80 delivers again.

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11-24

English
O'Neal
Pierce
Moyer
Madden
Junghans
Landers
Simpson1C
Heckenast
Bronson
Pospisil -1
Erb -1
Scott -1
Simpson32 DNF

[Dirt Clod]

Shiny, you get us excited just reading your updates. THANK YOU for filling us in. Sounded like a great feature race!

[TerryM]

(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word), that one caution killed Overton. I think he wins if that doesn’t happen.

[Mister Ricochet]

I-80 delivers again.

Really is a great track. Racy and wide. It's a 3/8ths, correct?

[mod95]

Not sure how lapped traffic would've played out for Overton but certainly looked like he wasn't getting touched early. He just had no momentum off the restart. This is the first time I've seen Overton race since he's been such a big deal, I can't remember when he was last at I-80 but it was quite a while ago, so I'm glad I got to see him get a podium. Not sure I'll be able to attend tomorrow but I hope it's a great show.

[intel8]

Thanks Shiny!

[TerryM]

Not sure how lapped traffic would've played out for Overton but certainly looked like he wasn't getting touched early. He just had no momentum off the restart. This is the first time I've seen Overton race since he's been such a big deal, I can't remember when he was last at I-80 but it was quite a while ago, so I'm glad I got to see him get a podium. Not sure I'll be able to attend tomorrow but I hope it's a great show.
He made the SDN show once, back in 2014, and finished 7th. Not sure if he’s been there otherwise, before this weekend. He’s seeing a lot of these tracks — like Fairbury earlier this week — not for the first time, but for one of the few times and for the first time in years. He has a lot less experience nationally than many of these guys he’s racing against. That makes his season even more impressive.

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Top 18 in points:

#LucasDirt - I-80 Nationals (Lineups): 1-Richards.J 2-Overton.B 3-Owens.J 4-McCreadie.T 5-Clanton.S 6-Strickler.K 7-Moran.D 8-Lanigan.D 9-Madden.C 10-Gustin.R 11-Thornton.R 12-Sheppard.B 13-Pierce.B 14-Simpson.C 15-Davenport.J 16-Junghans.C 17-Moyer.B 18-Bronson.K

[Barbecueboy]

Top 18 in points:

#LucasDirt - I-80 Nationals (Lineups): 1-Richards.J 2-Overton.B 3-Owens.J 4-McCreadie.T 5-Clanton.S 6-Strickler.K 7-Moran.D 8-Lanigan.D 9-Madden.C 10-Gustin.R 11-Thornton.R 12-Sheppard.B 13-Pierce.B 14-Simpson.C 15-Davenport.J 16-Junghans.C 17-Moyer.B 18-Bronson.K

Even though I don't really understand how the point system is all tallied , at the end of the day it seems like it works pretty good looking at that top 18 after 2 nights of racing.

[buster83]

Atty boy SS

[NeedforLMspeed]

Really is a great track. Racy and wide. It's a 3/8ths, correct?
4/10ths...

[zooker25]

That's the slickest I've seen I-80. I heard they take your best finish from each night to determine your start for Saturday.

[zooker25]

That's how Pierce made it in the feature!

[IL LM Fan]

That's how Pierce made it in the feature!He didn't make the Feature Thursday, finished 13th Friday, and is in?

[50Dixon50]

Thanks Shiny great as always

[Mister Ricochet]

That's the slickest I've seen I-80.

Don't know if T-Mac is the point man on this but Thursday he was sniveling up a storm about the track being too fast and Essex mentioned early in last night's broadcast that Kosiski apologized for the track's condition on Thursday. IMO by no means was the track bad on Thursday but the big boys love that dry slick surface.

I'm a big T-Mac fan and love how he gives a rundown of a track's condition first thing out of his car. I wonder if he has the ear of people who matter?.......... But last night I thought the track was racy top to bottom. Great track for this fan and I struggled not getting in the car and making the 450 mile drive for 3 days of what figured to be great racing with Lucas and WoO boys battling it out.

[Mister Ricochet]

4/10ths...

Thank you......... I looked around but couldn't find the size of I-80. I'm usually ok at guessing distances but seems when the track is really wide I'm off on my guess.

[Highside Hustler25]

Don't know if T-Mac is the point man on this but Thursday he was sniveling up a storm about the track being too fast and Essex mentioned early in last night's broadcast that Kosiski apologized for the track's condition on Thursday. IMO by no means was the track bad on Thursday but the big boys love that dry slick surface.

I'm a big T-Mac fan and love how he gives a rundown of a track's condition first thing out of his car. I wonder if he has the ear of people who matter?.......... But last night I thought the track was racy top to bottom. Great track for this fan and I struggled not getting in the car and making the 450 mile drive for 3 days of what figured to be great racing with Lucas and WoO boys battling it out.

Used to be a McCreadie fan but he's changed over the years. Whines more than Clanton and Madden.

[Highside Hustler25]

He didn't make the Feature Thursday, finished 13th Friday, and is in?

Hurts doesn't it.lol

[HIGH ROLLER]

Used to be a McCreadie fan but he's changed over the years. Whines more than Clanton and Madden.

Thursday A main - 8th
Friday A main - 2nd
Saturday A main - W

[Highside Hustler25]

Thursday A main - 8th
Friday A main - 2nd
Saturday A main - W

Has nothing to do with performance. Tim is a wheelman for sure. It's the pissy attitude when things don't go his way.

[TerryM]

That's how Pierce made it in the feature!
That’s how several drivers got in. Why single him out?

[TerryM]

Used to be a McCreadie fan but he's changed over the years. Whines more than Clanton and Madden.
TMac doesn’t whine. He just tells it as it is. I appreciate that.

[TeNfOMaFiA69]

Used to be a McCreadie fan but he's changed over the years. Whines more than Clanton and Madden.

Tmac is the realist driver out there. He pulls no punches. That is not whining. As far as Thursday’s track, every single driver I talked to last night in the pits said Thursday’s track was way too fast... so it wasn’t just Timmy that said it was too fast...

Also it is impossible to be whine in this world more than Chris Madden

[HIGH ROLLER]

Has nothing to do with performance. Tim is a wheelman for sure. It's the pissy attitude when things don't go his way.

I think it was more that he knew he could run up front and win but he was frustrated for yrs w his sweetner plus deal. Idk if his hands were tied in that deal and felt trapped. Now he has good equiptment and is running up front winning races.

[Mister Ricochet]

TerryM

TMac doesn’t whine. He just tells it as it is. I appreciate that.

I guess whining is subjective but IMO T-Mac is great for the sport. A vet guy with knowledge he passes down to make the sport good. I think guys like T-Mac, Bloomy, Marler, Eckert, Madden, McDowell, Clanton, to name a few, are invaluable to the sport.

An example. Was watching the Summer Nats and Carpenter ventured out of WV to get some experience. Kid is young, fast and learning. He slides up on the straightaway and pinches Marler into the wall after driving wild riding the top for a race or two and not finishing them. Either that race or the next Marler slides in front of him in turn 4, slows, throws his rear end in Carpenters way and wrecks him.

Next couple races Carpenter races at the bottom, picking and choosing when and where to pass and starts finishing races. What I saw was a fast talented kid learn from his few races not finishing them vs much better drivers than he'd seen and learned from Marler without a word being said. IMO Marler made Carpenter a better racer.

Just a small example as I see it of what those veteran guys pass on to the younger generation and how valuable they are to the sport.

Hockey is my sport and goaltending is my position, the greatest in all of sport. Watching the sport and goalies for 5 decades I've found goalies are the most intense and have the deepest concentration of any athlete. Their eyes are so wide open and focused a bomb could go off 5 ft from them and they wouldn't know it. I see those same eyes and intensity when T-Mac gets out of his car to talk to the reporter........

Dude is dialed in, hyper aware, has not come close to winding down and is honest speaking about the track and the race. Guys like him get pissed when something ain't right. I don't take T-Mac or Bloomy types as whining cuz they didn't win I see it as them pointing out things that ain't right in their veteran opinion.

[fastford]

timmy had a " NIGHTMARE" on that last lap , way to go " O " , do it again tonight........