Silver Dollar Nationals Friday Preliminary Recap

GREENWOOD, NE (July 17, 2015) Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Lucas Oil Midwest Latemodel Racing Association preliminary heats for Silver Dollar Nationals set an event record, with 60 cars entered for the Nebraska crown jewel event. Jonathan Davenport and Tad Pospisil will start on the front row of Saturday’s main event. There were two (2) rounds of six (6) heat races Friday night, with only LOLMDS point’s leader Jonathan Davenport able to win both his first and second round heats.

In the first heat of round one, Nebraskan, Tad Pospisil started off the night by coming from the 10th starting spot to take the win. The second heat went to Hall-of-Famer Billy Moyer, as he came from the fourth starting spot. Earl Pearson Jr. led all the way in heat three for the victory. Jared Landers charged from the outside of row one to take lead in a battle that lasted all 12 laps. Jason Utter swept heat five, and Jonathan Davenport came home the winner in the sixth and final heat race of round one.

In round two, Chris Brown narrowly grabbed the win of the first heat. It took Davenport a while to get to the front in heat two after starting eighth, but eventually he got the lead and went on for the victory. Scott Bloomquist; the defending Silver Dollar Nationals winner; was uncontested in winning heat three. R.C. Whitwell won handily in heat four. Jimmy Owens won a great battle to take heat five, and Dennis Erb Jr. nabbed the final heat win of the night.

Action on the track will get underway on Saturday with 2 B-Mains, followed by the Belt Bash Non-Qualifiers Race. The 80-lap Silver Dollar Nationals main event will cap off an exciting weekend of racing for the LOLMDS and MLRA.

In preliminary action, Tad Pospisil, Billy Moyer, Earl Pearson Jr, Jimmy Owens, Jason Utter, and Jonathan Davenport won their respective first round heat races. Chris Brown, Jonathan Davenport, Scott Bloomquist, RC Whitwell, Jimmy Owens, and Dennis Erb Jr. won their respective second round heat races. Jesse Stovall won the Cubby’s Chase to the Silver Dollar Nationals.

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Race Summary
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Silver Dollar Nationals
I-80 Speedway – Greenwood, NE

Eibach Springs FIRST ROUND Heat Race #1 Finish: Tad Pospisil, Terry Phillips, Chad Hollenbeck, Jason Feger, Dave Eckrich, Junior Coover, Jason O’Brien, Curt Drake, Robbie Andersen, Garrett Alberson

FK Rod Ends FIRST ROUND Heat Race #2 Finish: Billy Moyer, Chad Simpson, Gregg Satterlee, Matt Buller, Jesse Stovall, John Duty, Denny Eckrich, Andrew Kosiski, Randy Timms, Keegan Nordquist

Simpson Performance Products FIRST ROUND Heat Race #3 Finish: Earl Pearson, Jr., Chris Spieker, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Chris Simpson, Ben Schaller, Jeremy Payne, Mike Wiarda, Bill Koons, Brad Perdue, John Hampel

QA1 FIRST ROUND Heat Race #4 Finish: Jared Landers, Jimmy Owens, Rodney Sanders, Scott Bloomquist, Chris Brown, Ryan Gustin, Dennis Erb, Jr., Allan Hopp, JC Wyman, Bill Leighton, Jr.

Eibach Springs FIRST ROUND Heat Race #5 Finish: Jason Utter, Clay Daly, Jake O’Neil, Mike Collins, Brian Kosiski, Kyle Berck, Corey Zeitner, Ray Sveeggen, Cory Dumpert, Justin Duty

FK Rod Ends FIRST ROUND Heat Race #6 Finish: Jonathan Davenport, Don O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Jason Papich, Steve Francis, RC Whitwell, Jordan Grabouski, Mike Stadel, Austin Siebert, Bob Milander

Eibach Springs SECOND ROUND Heat Race #1 Finish: Chris Brown, Brandon Sheppard, Clay Daly, Ben Schaller, Jason O’Brien, Brad Perdue, Chad Hollenbeck, Bob Milander, John Duty, Keegan Nordquist-DNS

FK Rod Ends SECOND ROUND Heat Race #2 Finish: Jonathan Davenport, Gregg Satterlee, Ryan Gustin, Jason Papich, Garrett Alberson, Brian Kosiski, Cory Dumpert, Mike Wiarda, Curt Drake, Denny Eckrich

Simpson Performance Products SECOND ROUND Heat Race #3 Finish: Scott Bloomquist, Chad Simpson, Jason Feger, Rodney Sanders, Mike Stadel, Bill Koons, Junior Coover, Jake O’Neil, Justin Duty-DNS, Austin Siebert-DNS

QA1 SECOND ROUND Heat Race #4 Finish: RC Whitwell, Jeremy Payne, Jason Utter, Kyle Berck, Chris Simpson, Jordan Grabouski, Allan Hopp, Dave Eckrich, JC Wyman, Randy Timms-DNS

Eibach Springs SECOND ROUND Heat Race #5 Finish: Jimmy Owens, Jared Landers, Billy Moyer, Terry Phillips, Steve Francis, Andrew Kosiski, Chris Spieker, Corey Zeitner, John Hampel, Ray Sveeggen

FK Rod Ends SECOND ROUND Heat Race #6 Finish: Dennis Erb, Jr., Tad Pospisil, Jesse Stovall, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Don O’Neal, Earl Pearson, Jr., Mike Collins, Matt Buller, Bill Leighton, Jr., Robbie Andersen-DNS

Cubby’s Chase to the Silver Dollar Nationals Finish: Jesse Stovall, Chad Simpson, RC Whitwell, Ryan Gustin, Kyle Berck, Brandon Sheppard, Terry Phillips, Bill Leighton Jr., Brian Kosiski, Jason Utter, Corey Zeitner, Dave Eckrich, Ben Schaller, Tad Pospisil, Matt Buller, Jeremy Payne, Mike Wiarda, Jake O’Neil-DNS

Fast Shafts B-Main #1 Line Up:

DRIVER	INSIDE	OUTSIDE	DRIVER
Jason Papich	91P	00s	Jesse Stovall
Dennis Erb Jr	28e	19R	Ryan Gustin
Chris Spieker	56x	14B	Kyle Berck
Steve Francis	15	52K	Brian Kosiski
Matt Buller	1B	F5	Garrett Alberson
Junior Coover	10	53	Andrew Kosiski
Alan Hopp	80	15w	Mike Wiarda
Brad Perdue	25P	50	Denny Eckrich
Curt Drake	55x	4w	JC Wyman
Justin Duty	15D	5T	Randy Timms
Robbie Andersen	82

 

Keyser MFG B-Main #2 Line Up:

DRIVER	INSIDE	OUTSIDE	DRIVER
Earl Pearson Jr.	1	186	Jeremy Payne
Ben Schaller	98	R5	Chris Simpson
Jake O’Neil	JO	4D-s	Chad Hollenbeck
Mike Collins	3c	15J	Jason O’Brien
Jordan Grabouski	7k	58e	Dave Eckrich
Mike Stadel	81s	29	Bill Koons
John Duty	5D	26JR	Corey Zeitner
Bob Milander	77B	77D	Corey Dumpert
Ray Sveeggen	R21	24	Bill Leighton Jr
Keegan Nordquist	95	2H	John Hampel
Austin Siebert	16A

Feature Line Up (After Heats):

DRIVER	INSIDE	OUTSIDE	DRIVER
Jonathan Davenport	6	04	Tad Pospisil
Jimmy Owens	20	777	Jared Landers
Chad Simpson	25c	31u	Jason Utter
Gregg Satterlee	22	21	Billy Moyer
Scott Bloomquist	0	32b	Clay Daly
Brandon Sheppard	B5	75	Terry Phillips
Chris Brown	21B	28	Eddie Carrier Jr
Rodney Sanders	20s	5	Don O’Neal
Jason Feger	25F	6w	RC Whitwell

 

Silver Dollar Nationals Passing Points Totals:

 

POS	CAR#	DRIVER	TOTAL	TIE BREAK (sec)	RND 1	RND 2
1	6	Jonathan Davenport	133.84	18.650	62.52	71.32
2	04	Tad Pospisil	129.84	18.878	74.84	55.00
3	20	Jimmy Owens	128.08	18.694	65.56	62.52
4	777	Jared Landers	124.56	18.511	60.76	63.80
5	25	Chad Simpson	122.32	18.661	62.04	60.28
6	31U	Jason Utter	122.32	18.719	60.76	61.56
7	22	Gregg Satterlee	120.08	18.890	51.00	69.08
8	21	Billy Moyer	118.80	18.294	64.28	54.52
9	0	Scott Bloomquist	116.56	18.764	57.56	59.00
10	32B	Clay Daly	116.56	19.538	60.28	56.28
11	B5	Brandon Sheppard	113.04	18.947	52.76	60.28
12	75	Terry Phillips	110.80	19.037	60.28	50.52
13	21b	Chris Brown	107.28	18.890	44.76	62.52
14	28	Eddie Carrier, Jr.	106.80	19.078	59.80	47.00
15	20s	Rodney Sanders	105.04	18.806	52.76	52.28
16	5	Don O’Neal	105.04	18.952	60.28	44.76
17	25F	Jason Feger	105.04	18.991	52.28	52.76
18	6w	RC Whitwell	105.04	19.285	40.76	64.28
19	91p	Jason Papich	102.80	19.241	55.80	47.00
20	1	Earl Pearson, Jr.	101.52	19.128	60.76	40.76
21	00	Jesse Stovall	101.04	18.653	50.04	51.00
22	186	Jeremy Payne	101.04	19.283	46.04	55.00
23	28e	Dennis Erb, Jr.	99.28	19.141	35.00	64.28
24	98	Ben Schaller	98.80	19.369	43.00	55.80
25	19R	Ryan Gustin	95.28	18.955	39.00	56.28
26	R5	Chris Simpson	93.52	19.213	47.00	46.52
27	56x	Chris Spieker	93.52	19.147	56.76	36.76
28	J0	Jake O’Neil	92.56	19.438	61.56	31.00
29	14B	Kyle Berck	89.52	19.454	42.52	47.00
30	4-Ds	Chad Hollenbeck	87.76	19.016	51.00	36.76
31	15	Steve Francis	87.76	19.297	44.76	43.00
32	3c	Mike Collins	85.52	19.841	50.52	35.00
33	52K	Brian Kosiski	83.76	19.434	43.00	40.76
34	15J	Jason O’Brien	81.52	19.455	38.52	43.00
35	1B	Matt Buller	78.00	19.079	47.00	31.00
36	7K	Jordan Grabouski	77.52	19.257	35.00	42.52
37	F5	Garrett Alberson	77.04	18.709	27.00	50.04
38	58e	Dave Eckrich	75.76	19.318	44.76	31.00
39	10	Junior Coover	75.76	19.429	39.00	36.76
40	81s	Mike Stadel	74.00	20.044	31.00	43.00
41	53	Andrew Kosiski	73.52	19.882	34.52	39.00
42	29	Bill Koons	70.00	19.755	31.00	39.00
43	80	Allan Hopp	66.00	19.449	31.00	35.00
44	5d	John Duty	66.00	19.570	39.00	27.00
45	15W	Mike Wiarda	66.00	19.641	35.00	31.00
46	26JR	Corey Zeitner	66.00	19.853	35.00	31.00
47	25P	Brad Perdue	66.00	19.957	27.00	39.00
48	77B	Bob Milander	59.76	20.572	28.76	31.00
49	50	Denny Eckrich	58.00	19.405	35.00	23.00
50	77d	Cory Dumpert	58.00	20.259	23.00	35.00
51	55X	Curt Drake	58.00	20.463	31.00	27.00
52	R21	Ray Sveeggen	58.00	21.149	31.00	27.00
53	4w	JC Wyman	54.00	19.546	27.00	27.00
54	24	Bill Leighton, Jr.	50.00	18.735	23.00	27.00
55	15d	Justin Duty	50.00	19.674	27.00	23.00
56	95	Keegan Nordquist	50.00	19.973	27.00	23.00
57	5T	Randy Timms	46.00	19.826	23.00	23.00
58	2H	John Hampel	46.00	20.168	23.00	23.00
59	82	Robbie Andersen	46.00	20.915	23.00	23.00
60	16A	Austin Siebert	46.00	99.900	23.00	23.00

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