Josh Richards was perfect on night two of the 13th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals at the Knoxville Raceway last night. Richards was quick time…won his heat and won the A-Main to score 500 points and guarantee himself to start on the pole for tonight’s championship A-Main. Richards took the lead late in the race and outdueled Jimmy Owens and Shannon Babb. Tonight is the finals of the Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals, action is scheduled to get underway at seven.
A main, 25 Laps, NT: 1. Josh Richards (7); 2. Jimmy Owens (3); 3. Shannon Babb (1); 4. Dale McDowell (8); 5. Mike Marlar (5); 6. Rodney Sanders (4); 7. Jimmy Mars (16); 8. Scott Bloomquist (6); 9. Jonathan Davenport (12); 10. Chris Simpson (9); 11. Tim McCreadie (19); 12. Chad Mahder (18); 13. Don O’Neal (20); 14. Darrell Lanigan (21); 15. Dennis Erb Jr. (10); 16. Joey Moriarty (11); 17. Tim Lance (13); 18. Earl Pearson Jr. (22); 19. Steve Francis (23); 20. Spencer Diercks (14); 21. Kent Robinson (17); 22. Brandon Sheppard (15); 23. Billy Moyer (24); 24. Chase Junghans (2). Lap Leaders: Owens 1, Babb 2-18, Richards 19-25. Hard-charger: Mars.
Line Ups For Saturday Night:
“A” MAIN LINE UP
Josh Richards 1R 20 Jimmy Owens
Dale McDowell 17m 157 Mike Marlar
Chris Simpson 32 18b Shannon Babb
Billy Moyer 21 0 Scott Bloomquist
Shane Clanton 25c 32P Bobby Pierce
Don O’Neal 5 20x Rodney Sanders
Brandon Sheppard B5 39m Tim McCreadie
Jimmy Mars 28m 28E Dennis Erb, Jr.
Earl Pearson, Jr. 1 91 Tyler Erb
Jonathan Davenport 6 15F Steve Francis
Darrell Lanigan 15 40B Kyle Bronson
Chase Junghans 18 51M Joey Moriarty
B-Main 1st Place 25th 26th B-Main 2nd Place
B-Main 3rd Place 27th 28th B-Main 4th Place
B-Main 5th Place 29th 30th B-Main 6th Place
LOLMDS Provisional 1 31st 32nd LOLMDS Provisional 2
“B” MAIN LINE UP
Gregg Satterlee 22 33c Chad Mahder
Tim Lance 48L 98 Jason Rauen
Spencer Diercks 29d 25 Chad Simpson
Kent Robinson 7R B1 Brent Larson
Jason Feger 25F 99JR Frank Heckenast, Jr.
Billy Moyer, Jr. 21JR 7 Ricky Weiss
RC Whitwell 96T J0 Jake O’Neil
Nick Hoffman 2h 33X Ricky Thornton Jr.
Ryan Unzicker 24 31 Jason Utter
20 Laps – Top 6 to A-Main
“C” MAIN LINE UP
Morgan Bagley 14m 40 Joel Callahan
Rob Toland 39 12 Ray Guss, Jr.
Matt Furman 51 21B Rich Bell
Nick Marolf 33 1V Vic Hill
Dave Eckrich 58 32c Chad Holladay
Justin Duty 15x 54 Mike Fryer
Rob Moss 1M 75 Colton Flinner
Jay Johnson 93 0KB Kerry King, Sr.
Mason Zeigler 25Z 42 Doug Sanders
15 Laps – Top 4 to B-Main
“D” MAIN LINE UP
Jared Hawkins 1H 07 Brian Ledbetter
John Duty 5d 74m Mitch McGrath
Donny Schatz 15d 19R Ryan Gustin
Jesse Sobbing 99 22C Charlie McKenna
Al Humphrey 6H
12 Laps – Top 4 to C-Main