Owens Gives competition a Nightmare on Wednesday Night at Lakeside Speedway

Owens Gives Competition a Nightmare on Wednesday Night at Lakeside Speedway

(KANSAS CITY, KS - July 15, 2014) - Tonight, Jimmy Owens showed why he is the 3-time and defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Champion. Owens dominated the "Clash of the Titans" on Tuesday Night at Lakeside Speedway. Owens took the lead on lap 19 from Scott Bloomquist and ran off from the field in winning by over eight seconds.

Terry Phillips charged from ninth to finish second, and was faster in the closing laps than Owens, but was still nearly a half-a-lap behind, with two laps remaining. The race went caution-free, which enabled Owens to open up a huge advantage over his nearest competitors. Bloomquist finished third, followed by Brandon Overton, and Don O'Neal.

"What a car we had tonight! We could drive it anywhere. On these hard tires, it takes a while for them to get going. We had a heck of a race with Scott. The handling on his car started to go away enough that I could pull alongside him coming off of turn number four when we took over the lead. Traffic wasn't that much of a problem. I have to thank Mike Reece, who is here again tonight. He is my good luck charm."

"It's only our second time here," said the winner, who notched his seventh series win of the year and now has 51 career victories with the series. "We learned a lot last year, but of course this year we had the Club 29 Race Car and I don't think it looked as easy as it appeared out there. I didn't know how big of a lead I had. To run like this with this caliber of competition here tonight is just unbelievable. I have to thank Reece Monument Company, Midwest Sheet Metal, Sunoco, Keyser, Ohlins, C&C Trucking, Edge Services, FORD, and Cornett Racing Engines."

Phillips had just finished second in the modified feature then jumped into his late model and motored to another second-place finish in tonight's main event. "I don't know if running the modified feature helped; it's a completely different ballgame with these guys. I may have learned that line around the top was the way to go. I should have gotten up there earlier. I wasn't going to run Jimmy down, even with a caution flag, he was in another time zone tonight. I have to thank Andy's Frozen Custard, Don Babb Motorsports, Midwest Sheet Metal, and Rocket Chassis, the car was really strong tonight and this is definitely one of my favorite tracks to run on."

Bloomquist maintained his third place position in the series point standings, and said something went amiss in his car. "We had some kind of part failure underneath the car. I am not exactly sure what it was. We will look tomorrow. The car was a handful. There were tacky spots and then slick spots out there. I was up on the wheel for most of the race, just to hang on for third. I want to thank Ole Smoky Moonshine, Penske Shocks, Base Race Fuels, and everybody else with this race team. We will go to I-80 and shoot for the win."

Completing the top ten were Eddie Carrier Jr., Jason Feger, Ryan Gustin, Jared Landers and Rodney Sanders, who won the modified feature earlier.

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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - Race Summary - Tuesday Night, July 15th, 2014

Lakeside Speedway - Kansas City, KS

Feature Finish (50 Laps):

FINISH   START   CAR #    DRIVER NAME   HOMETOWN

1             3             20           Jimmy Owens     Newport, TN

2             9             75           Terry Phillips       Springfield, MO

4             6             5e           Brandon Overton  Appling, GA

3             1             0             Scott Bloomquist  Mooresburg, TN

5             5             5             Don O'Neal         Martinsville, IN

6             2             28           Eddie Carrier, Jr  Salt Rock, WV

7             11           25F         Jason Feger         Bloomington, IL

8             14           19R        Ryan Gustin         Marshalltown, IA

9             4             777        Jared Landers     Batesville, AR

10           8             20x         Rodney Sanders   Happy, TX

11           7             00s         Jesse Stovall       Billing, MO

12           12           15           Steve Francis      Ashland, KY

13           17           21           Billy Moyer          Batesville, AR

14           20           23           John Blankenship  Williamson, WV

15           10           32x         Chris Simpson     Oxford, IA

16           19           28e        Dennis Erb, Jr.    Carpentersville, IL

17           18           44           Earl Pearson, Jr  Jacksonville, FL

18           15           12           Jason Hughes     Watts, OK

19           13           02           Tommy Weder   Woodward, OK

20           21           91p        Jason Papich       Nipomo, CA

21           16           186        Jeremy Payne     Springfield, MO

22           22           18x         Jack Sullivan        Greenbrier, AR

23           23           1V          Will Vaught         Crane, MO

24           24           29           Bill Koons            Blair, NE

 

Lucas Oil Championship Point Standings:

POS       CAR #    DRIVER NAME   HOMETOWN      POINTS

1             20           Jimmy Owens     Newport, TN           5085

2             5             Don O'Neal         Martinsville, IN       5035

3             0             S. Bloomquist     Mooresburg, TN     4665

4             44           Earl Pearson, Jr  Jacksonville, F       4465

5             15           Steve Francis      Ashland, KY           4430

6             28           Eddie Carrier, Jr  Salt Rock, WV        4355

7             23           John Blankenship  Williamson, WV   4020

8             777        Jared Landers     Batesville, AR          3975

9             28e        Dennis Erb, Jr.    Carpentersville, IL   3700

10           12           Jason Hughes     Watts, OK               3460

11           91p        Jason Papich       Nipomo, CA             3330

 *Points are unofficial until Close of Business on the Tuesday following Race Day*