McDowell And Owens Charge To Opening Night WORLD 100 Wins

ROSSBURG, OH (Sept. 4) – They have each hoisted the famed globed World 100 trophy in the air before, and after Thursday’s thrilling twin 25-lap feature events to kick off the 44th annual running of the event at Eldora Speedway, Dale McDowell and Jimmy Owens have shown they are in the hunt to do it again. Each had their own style as they prevailed as feature winners over a 117-car field.

Earlier this year McDowell, captured $100,000 in Eldora’s Dirt Late Model Dream by running strong on the low side. He admitted in victory lane that Eldora’s marquee events are traditionally won by running high, up against the wall; however, he just didn’t think he could run there and was thankful to pull off the win as he did from the low-side.

That changed Thursday as he amped up his strategy and took to the high groove. It paid off well.

After the green flag fell, McDowell shot into the lead, with Gregg Satterlee, Jimmy Mars and Brad Neat in tow.

With no caution flags to slow the pace, everyone had to be on their game plan. Randy Weaver was the first to show his strength as he marched from 7th on the first lap to runner-up on lap nine. As he placed McDowell in his sight, another for World 100 winner, Brian Birkhofer, was on the move as well.

After starting 12th on the grid, Birkhofer began picking cars off just past the half-way point, but ran out of laps in his pursuit. Weaver held on for second behind McDowell, while Satterlee crossed the line third with Birkhofer all the way up to fourth. Mars completed the top five.

Jeff Babcock had hopes of repeating McDowell’s run from the outside pole starting position when the second of the night’s two 25-lap finales rolled on to the track. He appeared to be getting the job done as he led the first six tours before giving way to Chris Madden .

One lap later, Tim McCreadie got by Babcock as well to position himself behind Madden on the track. Meanwhile, Owens was on the move.

After starting 14th, he steadily picked cars off. By lap five he was up to 7th and five laps later was up to fourth; behind Madden, McCreadie and Kent Robinson.

On lap 12 he got by Robinson for third and only two more laps were required before picking off McCreadie for second.

With ten laps left in the chase, Owens powered into the lead he was to hold through the checkered flag. In the latter stages, Robinson and McCreadie were able to get my Madden as well and that foursome finished in that order behind Owens.

Another complete program of twelve heat races, four B-Features and a pair of 25-lap World 100 tune-up features are on the card for Friday night; leading up to Saturday’s annual chase for the coveted globe trophy and World 100 bragging rights for the year.

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Date: September 4, 2014

UMP DIRTcar Late Models

TIME TRIALS – 1. 41-Brad Neat [15.667]; 2. 23B-John Blankenship [15.669]; 3. 116-Randy Weaver [15.781]; 4. 25C-Shane Clanton [15.824]; 5. 29-Darrell Lanigan [15.844]; 6. 81S-Brian Shirley [15.869]; 7. 28M-Jimmy Mars [15.938]; 8. 32P-Bobby Pierce [15.956]; 9. 157-Mike Marlar [15.985]; 10. 1B-Jeff Babcock [16.025]; 11. 15B-Brian Birkhofer [16.051]; 12. 44M-Chris Madden [16.052]; 13. 11-Tyler Reddick [16.065]; 14. 32-Chris Simpson [16.085]; 15. 25F-Jason Feger [16.086]; 16. 39-Tim Mccreadie [16.090]; 17. 4-Cody Mahoney [16.094]; 18. 7R-Kent Robinson [16.107]; 19. B5-Brandon Sheppard [16.120]; 20. 15-Steve Francis [16.126]; 21. 17M-Dale Mcdowell [16.143]; 22. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr [16.160]; 23. 22S-Gregg Satterlee [16.187]; 24. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr [16.200]; 25. 75P-Terry Phillips [16.213]; 26. 12-Jason Hughes [16.214]; 27. 0-Scott Bloomquist [16.215]; 28. 1WC-Wayne Chinn [16.218]; 29. 5-Don Oneal [16.226]; 30. 8L-Dustin Linville [16.227]; 31. 21B-Chris Brown [16.237]; 32. 80-Greg Johnson [16.253]; 33. 32H-Austin Hubbard [16.254]; 34. 21-Billy Moyer [16.266]; 35. 1W-Wendall Wallace [16.276]; 36. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr [16.279]; 37. 9R-Curtis Roberts [16.279]; 38. 83-Scott James [16.293]; 39. 48L-Tim Lance [16.295]; 40. 00-Randy Korte [16.303]; 41. 777-Jared Landers [16.322]; 42. 25Z-Mason Zeigler [16.327]; 43. 1V-Vic Hill [16.334]; 44. 5E-Brandon Overton [16.343]; 45. 18J-Chase Junghans [16.360]; 46. 95J-Jerry Bowersock [16.378]; 47. 11S-Rusty Schlenk [16.383]; 48. 20D-Doug Drown [16.392]; 49. 3-Matt Miller [16.415]; 50. 44-Earl Pearson, Jr [16.439]; 51. 71C-R J Conley [16.456]; 52. 20-Jimmy Owens [16.457]; 53. 1E-Rick Eckert [16.457]; 54. 18-Shannon Babb [16.460]; 55. 81JR-Jason Riggs [16.467]; 56. 17-Shannon Thornsberry [16.488]; 57. C9-Steve Casebolt [16.509]; 58. 28-Dennis Erb Jr [16.519]; 59. 11R-James Rice [16.520]; 60. 71R-Rod Conley [16.545]; 61. 1N-Casey Noonan [16.548]; 62. 20H-Jacob Hawkins [16.576]; 63. 89-Mike Spatola [16.578]; 64. 201-Billy Ogle Jr [16.621]; 65. 7M-Donald Mcintosh [16.622]; 66. 360-Brett Wyatt [16.632]; 67. 71-Delmas Conley [16.658]; 68. 96-Tanner English [16.667]; 69. 6D-Jonathan Davenport [16.692]; 70. 55-Jeep Vanwormer [16.697]; 71. 19M-Josh Adkins [16.709]; 72. 20C-Duane Chamberlain [16.711]; 73. 54-David Breazeale [16.728]; 74. 49C-Chad Ruhlman [16.745]; 75. 99M-Devin Moran [16.748]; 76. 33A-Aaron Scott [16.762]; 77. 31-Nick Latham [16.765]; 78. 57J-Bub Mccool [16.774]; 79. 18K-Brandon Kinzer [16.784]; 80. 15S-Dan Schlieper [16.792]; 81. 14M-Morgan Bagley [16.800]; 82. 25L-Steve Lance Jr [16.828]; 83. 49-Brian Ruhlman [16.831]; 84. 93-Jay Johnson [16.851]; 85. 45H-Don Hammer [16.897]; 86. 87A-Walker Arthur [16.923]; 87. 11D-Brian Diveley [16.931]; 88. 61-George Lee [17.004]; 89. C8-Timothy Culp [17.031]; 90. 19R-Ryan Gustin [17.038]; 91. 17S-Jim Shereck [17.055]; 92. 3N-Ross Nicastri [17.061]; 93. 85D-Mark Dotson [17.073]; 94. 42M-Mckay Wenger [17.081]; 95. 14-Terry Wolfenbarger [17.127]; 96. 51M-Mack Mccarter [17.287]; 97. 71J-Jt Conley [17.323]; 98. 29W-Jason Welshan [17.329]; 99. 10D-Curtis Deisenroth [17.349]; 100. 27-Rodney Melvin [17.355]; 101. 3C-Charlie Laplant [17.403]; 102. 69-Jon Hodgkiss [17.530]; 103. 16S-Tim Sabo [17.583]; 104. 22-Cecil Eunice [17.716]; 105. 3G-Brian Gray [17.895]; 106. 33-Don Gordon [18.163]; 107. 24HR-Ron Mcquerry [18.249]; 108. 5*-Bryant Dickinson [18.523]; 109. 4C-Ernie Cordier [18.530]; 110. 14H-Rodney Hamblin [19.067]; 111. 54N-Chris Nash [19.107]; 112. 15H-Jon Henry [24.186]; 113. 11AS-Austin Smith [99.991]; 114. 30K-Scott Knepley [99.992]; 115. 26B-Scott Bowersock [99.993]; 116. 18W-Eric Wells [99.994]; 117. 18G-Andrew Gordon [99.995]; 118. 76-Butch Kruckeberg [99.996];

HEAT 1 – 1. 41-Brad Neat [2]; 2. 11-Tyler Reddick [1]; 3. 9R-Curtis Roberts [4]; 4. 75P-Terry Phillips [3]; 5. 3-Matt Miller [5]; 6. 1N-Casey Noonan [6]; 7. 54-David Breazeale [7]; 8. 15H-Jon Henry [9]; 9. 61-George Lee [8]; 10. 27-Rodney Melvin [10];

HEAT 2 – 1. 23B-John Blankenship [2]; 2. 44-Earl Pearson, Jr [5]; 3. 32-Chris Simpson [1]; 4. 20H-Jacob Hawkins [6]; 5. 12-Jason Hughes [3]; 6. C8-Timothy Culp [8]; 7. 3C-Charlie Laplant [10]; 8. 83-Scott James [4]; 9. 49C-Chad Ruhlman [7]; 10. 11AS-Austin Smith [9];

HEAT 3 – 1. 25F-Jason Feger [1]; 2. 116-Randy Weaver [2]; 3. 99M-Devin Moran [7]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin [8]; 5. 89-Mike Spatola [6]; 6. 71C-R J Conley [5]; 7. 48L-Tim Lance [4]; 8. 3G-Brian Gray [9]; 9. 0-Scott Bloomquist [3]; 10. 30K-Scott Knepley [10];

HEAT 4 – 1. 39-Tim Mccreadie [1]; 2. 25C-Shane Clanton [2]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens [5]; 4. 00-Randy Korte [4]; 5. 1WC-Wayne Chinn [3]; 6. 33A-Aaron Scott [7]; 7. 201-Billy Ogle Jr [6]; 8. 17S-Jim Shereck [8]; 9. 69-Jon Hodgkiss [9]; 10. 26B-Scott Bowersock [10];

HEAT 5 – 1. 29-Darrell Lanigan [2]; 2. 18W-Eric Wells [10]; 3. 4-Cody Mahoney [1]; 4. 1E-Rick Eckert [5]; 5. 5-Don Oneal [3]; 6. 777-Jared Landers [4]; 7. 3N-Ross Nicastri [9]; 8. 31-Nick Latham [7]; 9. 7M-Donald Mcintosh [6]; 10. 16S-Tim Sabo [8];

HEAT 6 – 1. 7R-Kent Robinson [1]; 2. 81S-Brian Shirley [2]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler [4]; 4. 8L-Dustin Linville [3]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb [5]; 6. 57J-Bub Mccool [7]; 7. 85D-Mark Dotson [9]; 8. 360-Brett Wyatt [6]; 9. 22-Cecil Eunice [8]; 10. 18G-Andrew Gordon [10];

HEAT 7 – 1. 28M-Jimmy Mars [2]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard [1]; 3. 21B-Chris Brown [3]; 4. 81JR-Jason Riggs [5]; 5. 18K-Brandon Kinzer [7]; 6. 1V-Vic Hill [4]; 7. 33-Don Gordon [8]; 8. 71-Delmas Conley [6]; 9. 42M-Mckay Wenger [9]; 10. 76-Butch Kruckeberg [10];

HEAT 8 – 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce [2]; 2. 15-Steve Francis [1]; 3. 5E-Brandon Overton [4]; 4. 96-Tanner English [6]; 5. 80-Greg Johnson [3]; 6. 15S-Dan Schlieper [7]; 7. 14-Terry Wolfenbarger [8]; 8. 17-Shannon Thornsberry [5]; 9. 24HR-Ron Mcquerry [9];

HEAT 9 – 1. 17M-Dale Mcdowell [1]; 2. 6D-Jonathan Davenport [6]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar [2]; 4. 18J-Chase Junghans [4]; 5. 32H-Austin Hubbard [3]; 6. C9-Steve Casebolt [5]; 7. 14M-Morgan Bagley [7]; 8. 45H-Don Hammer [8]; 9. 51M-Mack Mccarter [9]; 10. 5*-Bryant Dickinson [10];

HEAT 10 – 1. 1B-Jeff Babcock [2]; 2. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr [1]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr [5]; 4. 95J-Jerry Bowersock [4]; 5. 21-Billy Moyer [3]; 6. 55-Jeep Vanwormer [6]; 7. 25L-Steve Lance Jr [7]; 8. 71J-Jt Conley [8]; 9. 87A-Walker Arthur [9]; 10. 4C-Ernie Cordier [DNF];

HEAT 11 – 1. 22S-Gregg Satterlee [1]; 2. 15B-Brian Birkhofer [2]; 3. 11S-Rusty Schlenk [4]; 4. 1W-Wendall Wallace [3]; 5. 49-Brian Ruhlman [7]; 6. 29W-Jason Welshan [8]; 7. 11R-James Rice [5]; 8. 19M-Josh Adkins [6]; 9. 14H-Rodney Hamblin [DNF];

HEAT 12 – 1. 44M-Chris Madden [2]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr [1]; 3. 20D-Doug Drown [4]; 4. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr [3]; 5. 20C-Duane Chamberlain [6]; 6. 71R-Rod Conley [5]; 7. 93-Jay Johnson [7]; 8. 11D-Brian Diveley [9]; 9. 54N-Chris Nash [DNF]; 10. 10D-Curtis Deisenroth [DNF];

B-FEATURE 1 – 1. 75P-Terry Phillips [1]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin [2]; 3. 3-Matt Miller [4]; 4. 777-Jared Landers [9]; 5. 71C-R J Conley [8]; 6. 5-Don Oneal [6]; 7. 0-Scott Bloomquist [17]; 8. 1E-Rick Eckert [3]; 9. 7M-Donald Mcintosh [18]; 10. 1N-Casey Noonan [7]; 11. 31-Nick Latham [15]; 12. 15H-Jon Henry [13]; 13. 48L-Tim Lance [11]; 14. 54-David Breazeale [10]; 15. 3N-Ross Nicastri [12]; 16. 61-George Lee [16]; 17. 3G-Brian Gray [14]; 18. 89-Mike Spatola [DNS];

B-FEATURE 2 – 1. 00-Randy Korte [2]; 2. 12-Jason Hughes [4]; 3. 8L-Dustin Linville [3]; 4. 20H-Jacob Hawkins [1]; 5. C8-Timothy Culp [7]; 6. 57J-Bub Mccool [9]; 7. 18-Shannon Babb [6]; 8. 49C-Chad Ruhlman [16]; 9. 33A-Aaron Scott [8]; 10. 17S-Jim Shereck [14]; 11. 1WC-Wayne Chinn [5]; 12. 201-Billy Ogle Jr [11]; 13. 69-Jon Hodgkiss [17]; 14. 360-Brett Wyatt [15]; 15. 22-Cecil Eunice [18]; 16. 3C-Charlie Laplant [10]; 17. 85D-Mark Dotson [DNS]; 18. 83-Scott James [DNS]; 19. 26B-Scott Bowersock [DNS];

B-FEATURE 3 – 1. 18J-Chase Junghans [2]; 2. 1W-Wendell Wallace [3]; 3. 32H-Austin Hubbard [5]; 4. 18K-Brandon Kinzer [4]; 5. 14M-Morgan Bagley [11], 6. 1V-Vic Hill [7]; 7. 81JR-Jason Riggs [1]; 8. 49-Brian Ruhlman [6]; 9. 19M-Josh Adkins [15]; 10. 29W-Jason Welshan [9]; 11. 45H-Don Hammer [14] 12. 51M-Mack McCarter [17]; 13. 33-Don Gordon [10]; 14. 5*-Bryant Dickinson [19]; 15. 11R-James Rice [12]; 16. C9-Steve Casebolt [8]; 17. 71-Delmas Conley [DNS]; 18. 42M-McKay Wenger [DNS]; 19. 14H-Rodney Hamblin [DNS];

B-FEATURE 4 – 1. 95J-Jerry Bowersock [2]; 2. 80-Greg Johnson [4]; 3. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr [3]; 4. 21-Billy Moyer [5]; 5. 71R-Rod Conley [9]; 6. 96-Tanner English [1]; 7. 20C-Duane Chamberlain [6]; 8. 55-Jeep Vanwormer [8]; 9. 11D-Brian Diveley [15]; 10. 87A-Walker Arthur [17]; 11. 25L-Steve Lance Jr [11]; 12. 15S-Dan Schlieper [7]; 13. 14-Terry Wolfenbarger [10]; 14. 93-Jay Johnson [12]; 15. 71J-Jt Conley [14]; 16. 17-Shannon Thornsberry [13]; 17. 24HR-Ron Mcquerry [16]; 18. 54N-Chris Nash [DNF];

A FEATURE 1 – 1. 17M-Dale Mcdowell [2]; 2. 116-Randy Weaver [8]; 3. 22S-Gregg Satterlee [1]; 4. 15B-Brian Birkhofer [12]; 5. 28M-Jimmy Mars [3]; 6. 41-Brad Neat [6]; 7. 4-Cody Mahoney [15]; 8. 29-Darrell Lanigan [4]; 9. 75P-Terry Phillips [19]; 10. 11-Tyler Reddick [7]; 11. B5-Brandon Sheppard [10]; 12. 25F-Jason Feger [5]; 13. 6D-Jonathan Davenport [11]; 14. 18W-Eric Wells [9]; 15. 99M-Devin Moran [14]; 16. 21B-Chris Brown [16]; 17. 3-Matt Miller [23]; 18. 19R-Ryan Gustin [21]; 19. 1W-Wendall Wallace [22]; 20. 9R-Curtis Roberts [13]; 21. 32H-Austin Hubbard [24]; 22. 157-Mike Marlar [17]; 23. 18J-Chase Junghans [20]; 24. 11S-Rusty Schlenk [DNF];

A FEATURE 2 – 1. 20-Jimmy Owens [14]; 2. 7R-Kent Robinson [4]; 3. 39-Tim Mccreadie [5]; 4. 44M-Chris Madden [1]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr [12]; 6. 23B-John Blankenship [6]; 7. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr [24]; 8. 1B-Jeff Babcock [2]; 9. 81S-Brian Shirley [9]; 10. 44-Earl Pearson, Jr [7]; 11. 25C-Shane Clanton [8]; 12. 32-Chris Simpson [13]; 13. 20D-Doug Drown [18]; 14. 8L-Dustin Linville [23]; 15. 25Z-Mason Zeigler [15]; 16. 15-Steve Francis [10]; 17. 28-Dennis Erb Jr [17]; 18. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr [11]; 19. 12-Jason Hughes [21]; 20. 80-Greg Johnson [22]; 21. 95J-Jerry Bowersock [20]; 22. 32P-Bobby Pierce [DNF]; 23. 5E-Brandon Overton [DNF]; 24. 00-Randy Korte [DNF];