McDOWELL AND OWENS CHARGE TO OPENING NIGHT WORLD 100 WINS ~ Another Full Racing Program Tonight Will Set Stage for Saturday’s Most Famous Late Model Race at Eldora Speedway video by Eldora Speedway ROSSBURG, OH | Sept. 4, 2014 – 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. Fans can purchase remaining race tickets and campsites for the World 100 — or any other exciting Eldora event — by going online to: EldoraSpeedway. Tickets and campsites may also be purchased through the Eldora offices during normal business hours by calling (937) 338-3815. Additionally, race fans and race teams can get behind-the-scenes access by following @EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’ at Facebook/EldoraSpeedway and viewing video highlights at YouTube/EldoraSpeedwayInc. Mobile device users can access the Eldora Speedway app for the iPhone, iPad and Android, which are available for download via iTunes and Google Play. 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];
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:17:59 +0000
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