NickHolt Posted September 14, 2019 Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 Ricky Weiss powers to first career Knoxville LOLMDS victory KNOXVILLE, Iowa (September 13, 2019) - Ricky Weiss passed Chris Madden on lap sixteen and went on to record his first career win at Knoxville Raceway on Friday night. The 30-year-old Canadian racer became the 17th different winner on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour this season. Weiss started on the pole but fell to second behind Madden on the opening lap - trailing the South Carolina racer for the first fifteen laps of the 25-lap main event. Madden got bogged down in heavy traffic and that allowed Weiss to slip by for the lead. Madden rallied to make a final attempt to overtake Weiss on the final lap but came up short of his fifth Lucas Oil win of the season. Josh Richards brought the Clint Bowyer Racing, Rocket home in third after starting in eleventh. Iowa native Tyler Bruening recorded his best career finish at Knoxville by taking fourth and Don O'Neal completed the top five. "It's awesome to be in Victory Lane here at Knoxville," said Weiss. "We haven't been able to capture the big one here yet, but this is our chance. After last night, we were happy with that. We were locked into the show for Saturday and we debated switching cars tonight and trying something. Shawn [Gage] didn't want to, because he knew this car is good and he has the confidence in me to keep it in one piece." Weiss added: "Everytime we touch the track; it gets better and better. I didn't mind that Chris [Madden] set the pace at the start. We don't seem to fire like those guys at the start of a race, but we are there at the end. It was good to learn off of him [Madden] to know where we can get better. I used to play this track on a video game and now we are here in Victory Lane." Madden came up just short of his first-career win at Knoxville, crossing the line a close second. "We had a good car for the first half of the race, but I got extremely tight and I couldn't turn across the middle of the corners. I was just trying to bide my time and I was hoping not to get into traffic, that opened the door for Ricky. To have the night we had last night and to bounce back and have the night we had tonight is great. We can tune on it now and be ready for tomorrow night." Richards' stirring run was without the benefit of a single caution flag during the race. "We absolutely needed a caution. I feel like I was running those top two down. We had a fast car. I was relying on the cushion get up there. That was more of an old-school Knoxville with a ledge up there by the wall. It was slick all the way across the track and we could carry speed wherever we wanted to go. I had a lot of fun out there." The winner's Bloomquist Race Cars entry is powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsored by: Turk Enterprises, Derrick's Sandblasting, Kakela Farms, G-Style Transport, J&C Properties, Penske Racing Shocks, Hawkeye Construction, Keewatin Truck Service, Straight Ahead Venture, LG Transport, Red Line Graphix, R.A. Recycling, and Wiesner Trucking. Completing the top ten were Tyler Erb, Earl Pearson Jr., Brandon Sheppard, Frank Heckenast Jr., and Hudson O'Neal. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary Friday, September 13, 2019 Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IowaMiller Welders Time Trials Fast Time Group A: Scott Bloomquist / 18.009 seconds (overall) Fast Time Group B: Chris Simpson / 18.212 secondsPenske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Shannon Babb, Scott Bloomquist, Earl Pearson, Jr., Chase Junghans, Jonathan Davenport, Stormy Scott, Bobby Pierce, Cody Laney, Chad WhiteFK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Josh Richards, Ricky Thornton Jr., Tyler Bruening, Tim McCreadie, Brandon Sheppard, Shanon Buckingham, Nick Marolf, Reid Millard, Corey ZeitnerSimpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Ricky Weiss, Tyler Erb ®, Brian Birkhofer, Kyle Bronson, Dave Eckrich, Jeremy Grady, Brent Larson, Jeremiah Hurst, David Webster-DNSLucas Oil Products Penetrating Oil Heat Race #4 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Darrell Lanigan, Dennis Erb, Jr., Chris Simpson, Jimmy Mars, Devin Moran ®, Spencer Diercks, Jonathan Brauns, Charlie McKenna, Billy Moyer, Jr.Simpson Race Products Heat Race #5 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Chris Madden, Don O'Neal, Jason Feger, Shane Clanton, Jimmy Owens, Billy Moyer, Mike Fryer, Dustin Nobbe, Tim Simpson-DNSLucas Oil Products Penetrating Oil Heat Race #6 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Frank Heckenast, Jr., Mike Mataragas, Hudson O'Neal, Chad Simpson, Johnny Scott, Jake Neal, JC Wyman, Brian Harris, Junior CooverLucas Oil Products Red "N"Tacky Spray Grease B-Main #1 Finish (15 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Sheppard, Kyle Bronson, Stormy Scott, Tim McCreadie, Shanon Buckingham, Chase Junghans, Bobby Pierce, Nick Marolf, Dave Eckrich, Jeremiah Hurst, Cody Laney, Brent Larson, Chad White, Reid Millard, David Webster, Jeremy Grady, Corey Zeitner-DNSFAST Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (15 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Shane Clanton, Jimmy Owens, Chad Simpson, Devin Moran ®, Jimmy Mars, Billy Moyer, Johnny Scott, Spencer Diercks, Mike Fryer, JC Wyman, Brian Harris, Dustin Nobbe, Charlie McKenna, Jake Neal, Jonathan Brauns, Junior Coover, Billy Moyer, Jr.-DNS, Tim Simpson-DNSLucas Oil Feature Finish (25 Laps): FINISH START CAR # DRIVER NAME HOMETOWN EARNINGS 1 1 7w Ricky Weiss Headingley, MB $7,000 2 2 0m Chris Madden Gray Court, SC $4,000 3 11 14 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV $3,000 4 3 16T Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA $2,000 5 6 5 Don O'Neal Martinsville, IN $1,500 6 5 1T Tyler Erb ® New Waverly, TX $1,000 7 9 1 Earl Pearson, Jr. Jacksonville, FL $900 8 21 1S Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL $900 9 16 99JR Frank Heckenast, Jr. Frankfort, IL $700 10 10 71 Hudson O'Neal Martinsville, IN $600 11 4 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL $580 12 24 1c Chad Simpson Mt. Vernon, IA $660 13 23 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL $640 14 7 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN $520 15 22 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN $600 16 8 32s Chris Simpson Oxford, IA $490 17 19 49 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA $580 18 14 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY $470 19 17 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. Sedgwick, KS $460 20 15 18 Shannon Babb Mowequa, IL $450 21 13 15B Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA $440 22 20 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA $530 23 18 25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL $410 24 12 1m Mike Mataragas DeKalb, IL $400 Race Statistics Entrants: 54 Lap Leaders: Chris Madden (Laps 1 - 15); Ricky Weiss (Laps 16 - 25) Wrisco Feature Winner: Ricky WeissMargin of Victory: 0.760 secondsCautions: noneOptima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Brandon Sheppard (Advanced 13 Positions)Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jonathan DavenportAllstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Jimmy OwensSunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Josh RichardsEibach Springs Rookie of the Race: Tyler ErbCOMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Vic Hill Racing EnginesOhlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Bloomquist Race CarsOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Anthony Burroughs (Josh Richards)Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Chris Madden (Lap #1 - 20.172 seconds)Hot Rod Processing Tough Break of the Race: Billy Moyer Jr.STEEL-IT Most Laps Led: Chris Madden (15 Laps)PFC Brakes Pole Award: Ricky WeissTime of Race: 8 minutes 59 seconds SATURDAY Lucas Oil Products Red "N" Tacky Spray Grease C-Main LINE UP: DRIVER INSIDE OUTSIDE DRIVER Charlie McKenna 22C 99 Brian Harris Cody Laney 32B 54 Mike Fryer Corey Zeitner 6z 20w Chad White JC Wyman 4W 22B Jonathan Brauns Tim Simpson 17 14m Reid Millard David Webster 44w 10C Junior Coover Jared Landers 777 SATURDAY FAST Shafts B-Main LINE UP: DRIVER INSIDE OUTSIDE DRIVER Shannon Babb 18 21JR Billy Moyer, Jr. Brian Birkhofer 15B 1m Mike Mataragas Tim McCreadie 39 58 Jeremiah Hurst Jason Feger 25F 18J Chase Junghans Johnny Scott 1st 28m Jimmy Mars Dave Eckrich 58E 29d Spencer Diercks Jeremy Grady 43 21 Billy Moyer Jake Neal 14J 5N Dustin Nobbe Brent Larson B1 33 Nick Marolf SATURDAY LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL NATIONALS Feature LINE UP: DRIVER INSIDE OUTSIDE DRIVER Shane Clanton 25 29 Darrell Lanigan Ricky Weiss 7w 0m Chris Madden Tyler Erb ® 1T 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. Don O'Neal 5 16T Tyler Bruening Brandon Sheppard 1S 0 Scott Bloomquist Josh Richards 14 32s Chris Simpson Chad Simpson 1c 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Earl Pearson, Jr. 1 71 Hudson O'Neal Devin Moran ® 1d 20 Jimmy Owens Bobby Pierce 32P 40B Kyle Bronson Frank Heckenast, Jr. 99JR 50 Shanon Buckingham Stormy Scott 2s 49 Jonathan Davenport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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