BROWNSTOWN, IN (September 23, 2016) – Hall-of-Fame driver Steve Francis set the overall Miller Welders Fast Time on Friday Night at Brownstown Speedway. Francis was fastest among the 42 entrants on night one of the 37th Annual Jackson 100.

Heat race pole sitters for Saturday Nights’ activities will be Francis, Jimmy Owens, Cody Mahoney and Tim McCreadie.

All gates will open 12:00pm (noon) on Saturday. There will be a Dirt Racing Outreach Service from 3:30-4:15pm, followed by a driver’s autograph session from 4:30-5:15pm.

Hot laps will kick-off at 6:00pm, followed by a full program of: four LOLMDS Heat Races, two B-Mains and the 100-lap, $20,000-to-win main event.

In preliminary action, Steve Francis set the overall Miller Welders Fast Time (Group A) amongst the 42 entrants, with a lap of 13.219 seconds. Cody Mahoney set the fastest time in Group B with a time of 13.535 seconds.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
37th Annual Jackson 100
Brownstown Speedway – Brownstown, IN

Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Steve Francis / 13.219 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Cody Mahoney / 13.535 seconds

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Line Up (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer):
DRIVER INSIDE OUTSIDE DRIVER
Steve Francis 15F 6 Jonathan Davenport
Dennis Erb, Jr. 28E 1G Devin Gilpin
Hudson O’Neal 71 B5 Brandon Sheppard
Steve Barnett 89 76 Shelby Miles
Matt Bex 80 75 Colton Flinner
Raymond Humphrey 75H

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Line Up (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer):
DRIVER INSIDE OUTSIDE DRIVER
Jimmy Owens 20 5N Dustin Nobbe
Don O’Neal 5 91 Tyler Erb
Jared Bailey 24 77 Adam Bowman
Jesse Lay 33 81W Greg Amick
Steve Casebolt C9 9G Geraid Gault

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Line Up (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer):
DRIVER INSIDE OUTSIDE DRIVER
Cody Mahoney 4 15 Darrell Lanigan
Earl Pearson, Jr. 1 14 Chad Stapleton
Joe Godsey 14V 12 Jason Jameson
Michael Chilton 97 15J Scott James
Alan Magner 17Mx 17V Nathan Vawter
Skyller Lewis 22

QA1 Heat Race #4 Line Up (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer):
DRIVER INSIDE OUTSIDE DRIVER
Tim McCreadie 39m D8 Dustin Linville
Scott Bloomquist 0 32 Chris Simpson
Greg Johnson 88 7R Kent Robinson
Jeremy Hines 5H 93 Zak Blackwood
Brandon Kinzer 18k 16 Justin Rattliff

Miller Welders Time Trials “Group A” Results:
POS CAR# DRIVER Fast Time
1 15F Steve Francis 13.219
2 20 Jimmy Owens 13.290
3 6 Jonathan Davenport 13.414
4 5N Dustin Nobbe 13.497
5 28E Dennis Erb, Jr. 13.501
6 5 Don O’Neal 13.556
7 1G Devin Gilpin 13.577
8 91 Tyler Erb 13.608
9 71 Hudson O’Neal 13.618
10 24 Jared Bailey 13.685
11 B5 Brandon Sheppard 13.696
12 77 Adam Bowman 13.835
13 89 Steve Barnett 14.176
14 33 Jesse Lay 14.271
15 76 Shelby Miles 14.368
16 81W Greg Amick 14.467
17 80 Matt Bex 14.516
18 C9 Steve Casebolt 14.586
19 75 Colton Flinner 14.790
20 9G Geraid Gault 14.916
21 75H Raymond Humphrey 14.920

Miller Welders Time Trials “Group B” Results:
POS CAR# DRIVER Fast Time
1 4 Cody Mahoney 13.535
2 39m Tim McCreadie 13.633
3 15 Darrell Lanigan 13.639
4 D8 Dustin Linville 13.646
5 1 Earl Pearson, Jr. 13.721
6 0 Scott Bloomquist 13.799
7 14 Chad Stapleton 13.807
8 32 Chris Simpson 13.852
9 14V Joe Godsey 13.855
10 88 Greg Johnson 13.860
11 12 Jason Jameson 13.872
12 7R Kent Robinson 14.020
13 97 Michael Chilton 14.173
14 5H Jeremy Hines 14.263
15 15J Scott James 14.356
16 93 Zak Blackwood 14.380
17 17Mx Alan Magner 14.670
18 18k Brandon Kinzer 14.813
19 17V Nathan Vawter 15.241
20 16 Justin Rattliff 19.683
21 22 Skyller Lewis DID NOT TIME