 by Don Martin                   4.24.2018
Below are the rankings thru last week which included Scott Bloomquist’s win at Port Royal and Mr. Davenport’s at Hagerstown Speedway.   Brandon Sheppard and Billy Moyer Jr. each won $10,000 to win events at Whynot Motorsports Park in Mississippi.     Chris Simpson won the MLRA event at Davenport, Iowa and Shannon Babb took home the Slocum 50 at Burlington.     Chris Simpson and Shannon Babb seem to be on the rise, and can anybody keep Bloomer off the podium.
This week the Lucas Series heads to the Midwest to Tri-City Speedway and Mighty Macon.  This should be a great weekend the forecast looks great.   Tri-City will kick things off Friday with a 50 lap event on the 3/8 mile banked oval.   Tammy and Kevin Gundaker always put on a great show, and we head off to the 1/5 mile bullring.   We go from a track that usually requires finesse on Friday to elbows up on Saturday.  The World of Outlaws have a pair of $10,000 to win races at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Tennessee.
STLRacing.com Top 25 Super Dirt Late Model Rankings
1             Scott Bloomquist             Tennessee         Port Royal Winner – 2nd Hagerstown Speedway
2             Jonathan Davenport      Georgia               Hagerstown Winner
3             Brandon Sheppard         Illinois                  Whynot WoO Friday Winner $10,000
4             Chris Madden                   S. Carolina          Podium finishes at Whynot both events.
5             Josh Richards                    W. Virginia         Lucas Oil Champ has 2 wins this season
6             Dale McDowell                 Georgia                               Bulls Gap Winner 10K
7             Chris Simpson                   Iowa                     MLRA Davenport Winner 5K last week
8             Tim McCreadie                 New York           He has one win this season again been very consistent.
9             Kyle Bronson                    Florida                 Lucas Oil Rookie of the Year Contender – 1 win.
10          Ricky Weiss                        Canada                2 wins in this season driving Bloomquist Cars.
11          Shannon Babb                  Illinois                  Slocum 50 Winner – $10,000
12          Earl Pearson Jr.                Florida                 Boyd Lucas Winner
13          Mike Marlar                      Tennessee         1 win this season and that was in Arizona
14          Brandon Overton            Georgia                               1 win at East Bay driving the potent 116.
15          Billy Moyer Jr.                   Arkansas             Saturday WoO Whynot Winner 10K
16          Don O’Neal                        Indiana                Finished 2nd at Atomic
17          Rusty Schlenk                   Michigan             2nd at LaSalle in his Rayburn.
18          Hudson O’Neal                Indiana                Podium in Florida.
19          Michael Page                    Georgia                               2 wins over $5,000 to win Talladega and Moulton
20          Don Shaw                           Minnesota         2 wins in Arizona
21          Shane Clanton                  Georgia               2nd at WoO Whynot
22          Billy Moyer Sr.                  Arkansas             2nd at WoO Whynot Friday evening.
23          Donald McIntosh            Georgia               2nd Bulls Gap
24          Chad Simpson                  Iowa                     3rd Slocum 50 Burlington
25          Dennis Erb Jr.                    Illinois                  Toilet Bowl Winner – Clarksville
Davenport and Bloomquist are both very good at Tri-City so this could be really good, and Saturday Macon might be the medicine that Bobby Pierce needs to get his first Lucas win of the season.  Look for Dale McDowell, Chris Madden, Mike Marlar, and Brandon Overton all to challenge that potent Rocket team of Mark Richards in Eastern Tennessee this weekend.
In closing keep Billy Moyer Jr. in your prayers and thoughts as they are dealing with some health issues with their baby.
Enjoy the races and keep supporting your local dirt tracks !!
Dirty Don