Landers Sweeps Silver Dollar Nationals Preliminaries

| July 23, 2016
GREENWOOD, NE (July 22, 2016) – Jared Landers and Chris Simpson will start on the front row of Saturday night’s 6th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway.  Landers was the only driver amongst the 57 entrants to win two heat races in Friday night’s preliminary events.  The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Lucas Oil MLRA sanctioned event will pay $40,000 to win the main event on Saturday evening.

RC Whitwell, Jesse Stovall, Chris Simpson, Jared Landers, Terry Phillips, Jimmy Owens won their respective first round heat races.

Whitwell, the former Crew Chief for Earl Pearson Jr. marched away in his heat race for an easy victory over his mentor.  In heat two of round one, the current Lucas Oil MLRA point leader, Jesse Stovall started on the pole and led every lap for the win.  Heat three in round one saw Chris Simpson come from the third starting spot to grab an impressive victory by more than a half a lap.

Jared Landers captured the first of his two heat race victories by taking heat four in round one.  Landers, like Simpson, came from third for the victory.  In one of the most exciting heat races of the evening, defending Lucas Oil MLRA Champion Terry Phillips held off current LOLMDS point leader Scott Bloomquist for the win in heat five of round one. In the sixth and final heat of round one, Jimmy Owens held off a hard-charging Shane Clanton for the win.

Shannon Babb, Shane Clanton, Tim McCreadie, Billy Moyer, Brandon Sheppard won their respective second round heat races.

Babb, in his first-career appearance at I-80 Speedway, captured heat race number one in round two.  Another I-80 Speedway first-timer Shane Clanton was the winner of heat two.  Tim McCreadie in only his second-ever start at I-80 Speedway, came home the winner in heat number three of round two.

Hall of Fame driver Billy Moyer came from third to win heat number four.  Brandon Sheppard, who did not finish his heat in round one due to mechanical issues, stormed to the victory in heart number five.  The twelfth and final heat of the night went to Jared Landers, who came from seventh to win and earn the pole position for Saturday night’s finale.

On Saturday, the Pit Gates will open at 3:00pm, followed by General Admission opening at 4:00pm.  B-Mains for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will begin at 7:30pm.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
6th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals
I-80 Speedway – Greenwood, NE

Eibach Springs FIRST ROUND Heat Race #1 Finish: RC Whitwell, Earl Pearson, Jr., Dennis Erb, Jr., Ryan Gustin, Tyler Erb, Jake O’Neil, JC Wyman, Mike Marlar, Mark Dotson, Cale Osborn

FK Rod Ends FIRST ROUND Heat Race #2 Finish: Jesse Stovall, Clay Daly, Chad Simpson, Billy Moyer, Tommy Weder, Al Humphrey, Bryon Allison, Brad Perdue, Brantlee Gotschall, John Duty-DNS
Simpson Performance Products FIRST ROUND Heat Race #3 Finish: Chris Simpson, Austin Smith, Brent Larson, Darrell Lanigan, Jason Papich, Shannon Babb, Tad Pospisil, Austin Siebert, Mike Stadel, Heath Clausen-DNS
QA1 FIRST ROUND Heat Race #4 Finish: Jared Landers, Brian Shirley, Tim McCreadie, Ben Schaller, Kyle Berck, Randy Timms, Bill Leighton, Jr., Josh Most, Bob Milander-DNS
Malvern Bank FIRST ROUND Heat Race #5 Finish: Terry Phillips, Scott Bloomquist, Jimmy Mars, Justin Duty, Don O’Neal, Andrew Kosiski, Colton Flinner, Brandon Sheppard, John Hampel
Strobel Manufacturing FIRST ROUND Heat Race #6 Finish: Jimmy Owens, Shane Clanton, Jonathan Davenport, Frank Heckenast, Jr., Matt Buller, Chase Junghans, Rodney Sanders, Dave Eckrich, Junior Coover
Eibach Springs SECOND ROUND Heat Race #1 Finish: Shannon Babb, Ryan Gustin, Jimmy Mars, Jason Papich, Bill Leighton, Jr., Frank Heckenast, Jr., Ben Schaller, Andrew Kosiski, Al Humphrey
FK Rod Ends SECOND ROUND Heat Race #2 Finish: Shane Clanton, Chris Simpson, Chad Simpson, Terry Phillips, Tyler Erb, Randy Timms, Bryon Allison, Austin Siebert, Bob Milander-DNS
Simpson Performance Products SECOND ROUND Heat Race #3 Finish: Tim McCreadie, Scott Bloomquist, Dennis Erb, Jr., Darrell Lanigan, Dave Eckrich, Austin Smith, Brad Perdue, Mark Dotson, Brantlee Gotschall-DNS
QA1 SECOND ROUND Heat Race #4 Finish: Billy Moyer, Rodney Sanders, Jake O’Neil, Matt Buller, Earl Pearson, Jr., Kyle Berck, Clay Daly, Brent Larson, Colton Flinner, Mike Stadel
Malvern Bank SECOND ROUND Heat Race #5 Finish: Brandon Sheppard, Jimmy Owens, Mike Marlar, Brian Shirley, Jesse Stovall, Tommy Weder, Don O’Neal, Tad Pospisil, JC Wyman, Junior Coover-DNS
Strobel Manufacturing SECOND ROUND Heat Race #6 Finish: Jared Landers, Jonathan Davenport, John Hampel, Cale Osborn, Justin Duty, RC Whitwell, John Duty, Josh Most, Chase Junghans, Heath Clausen

Fast Shafts B-Main #1 Line Up:
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Darrell Lanigan
15L
11
Austin Smith
Jake O’Neil
J0
32b
Clay Daly
Brandon Sheppard
B5
B1
Brent Larson
Tommy Weder
02
157
Mike Marlar
Randy Timms
5T
24x
Bill Leighton Jr.
Dave Eckrich
58e
53
Andrew Kosiski
Chase Junghans
18J
6H
Al Humphrey
JC Wyman
4W
75
Colton Flinner
Mark Dotson
85d
77B
Bob Milander
Junior Coover
10c
6m
Heath Clausen
Keyser MFG B-Main #2 Line Up:
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Rodney Sanders
20s
1b
Matt Buller
Jason Papich
91p
15d
Justin Duty
Frank Heckenast Jr.
99JR
91
Tyler Erb
Ben Schaller
96
14B
Kyle Berck
Don O’Neal
5
2H
John Hampel
Bryon Allison
1A
6c
Cale Osborn
Tad Pospisil
04
25p
Brad Perdue
Austin Siebert
16A
24
Josh Most
John Duty
5d
4G
Brantlee Gotschall
Mike Stadel
81s
Feature Line-Up (80 Laps):
DRIVER
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
DRIVER
Jared Landers
777
32x
Chris Simpson
Shane Clanton
25c
20
Jimmy Owens
Scott Bloomquist
0
39
Tim McCreadie
Jonathan Davenport
6
75P
Terry Phillips
Billy Moyer
21
19R
Ryan Gustin
Dennis Erb Jr.
28e
00
Jesse Stovall
Chad Simpson
25s
28m
Jimmy Mars
Brian Shirley
3s
1
Earl Pearson Jr.
RC Whitwell
96T
18
Shannon Babb
B-Main Transfer
B-Main Transfer
B-Main Transfer
B-Main Transfer
B-Main Transfer
B-Main Transfer
LOLMDS Provisional
LOLMDS Provisional
MLRA Provisional
MLRA Provisional
I-80 Speedway Provisional
I-80 Speedway Provisional
I-80 Speedway Provisional
I-80 Speedway Provisional

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