COLUMBUS, MS (June 13, 2014) – Eddie Carrier Jr. and Randy Weaver will make up the front row for Saturday Night’s Clash at the Mag at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Scott Bloomquist and current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Don O’Neal will make up the second row for the 100-lap $20,000 to win event.
Carrier jumped to the lead at the start of the Fast Shafts heat race number one and led every lap of the first heat to earn the pole position for Saturday Night’s main event. The race for second place was quite a battle throughout the entire 10 laps. Chase Washington; who was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma two years ago at age 20,has overcome that disease to race again and outran LOLMDS regulars, Jimmy Owens and John Blankenship to make his first series feature event.
In the Eibach Springs second heat race, Scott Bloomquist picked up the win. Bloomquist dominated the event from the start, finishing ahead by several car lengths over Bub McCool, who rallied from his fifth starting spot to finish second, ahead of Timothy Culp and Neil Baggett.
In the Simpson Performance Products third heat race, the battle between Randy Weaver and Earl Pearson Jr. was phenomenal. Weaver was driving a brand new Longhorn Chassis and raced side-by-side with Pearson for several laps with Pearson edging out front early. Weaver battled back on the top side passing Pearson late in the heat and pulled away for the victory. Pearson finished second followed by Chris Wall and Jared Landers.
The FK Rod Ends fourth and final heat was all Don O’Neal. O’Neal took the lead at the start and was never challenged as he took the win to start fourth in tomorrow night’s feature event Leading Dunn-Benson Ford Rookie of the Year candidate Jason Hughes finished second followed by Eric Cooley and Chad Thrash.
In preliminary action, Randy Weaver set the overall Miller Welders Fast Time (Group B) amongst the 44 entrants, with a lap of 14.109 seconds. Eddie Carrier Jr. set the fastest time in Group A with a time of 14.139 seconds. Eddie Carrier Jr., Scott Bloomquist, Randy Weaver, and Don O’Neal won their respective heat races.
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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Friday Night, June 13th, 2014
Clash at the Mag
Magnolia Motor Speedway – Columbus, MS
Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Eddie Carrier Jr./ 14.139 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Randy Weaver/ 14.109 seconds
Fast Shafts Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Eddie Carrier, Jr., Chase Washington, Jimmy Owens, John Blankenship, Steve Francis, Shane Hebert, Jason Cliburn, Chris Jimerson, Jamie Tollison, David Breazeale, Dennis Erb, Jr.
Eibach Springs Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Scott Bloomquist, Bub McCool, Timothy Culp, Neil Baggett, Ray Cook, Brian Rickman, Jimmy Cliburn, Braden Mitchell, Dwight Falcon, Howard Means, Gavin Landers-DNS
Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Randy Weaver, Earl Pearson, Jr., Chris Wall, Jared Landers, Shane Clanton, Stacy Taylor, Scott Slay, Brett White, Anthony Burroughs, Chad McCool, Jack Sullivan
FK Rod Ends Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer):
Don O’Neal Jason Hughes, Eric Cooley, Chad Thrash, Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, Wendell Wallace, Jason Papich, Rick Rickman, Clint Logan, Chad Dupont, Keith House
JRi Shocks B-Main #1 (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer) Line Up:
DRIVER INSIDE OUTSIDE DRIVER
Steve Francis 15 53 Ray Cook
Shane Hebert 9H 90 Brian Rickman
Jason Cliburn 888 88 Jimmy Cliburn
Chris Jimerson 18 F4 Dwight Falcon
Jamie Tollison 327 64 Braden Mitchell
David Breazeale 54 33 Howard Means
Dennis Erb, Jr. 28e 77 Gavin Landers
CV Products B-Main #2 (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer) Line Up:
DRIVER INSIDE OUTSIDE DRIVER
Shane Clanton 25c 18H Ronny Lee Hollingsworth
Stacy Taylor 27T 6m Wendell Wallace
Scott Slay 6s 91p Jason Papich
Brett White 44X 86 Rick Rickman
Anthony Burroughs 1 9 Clint Logan
Chad McCool 77m F5 Chad Dupont
Jack Sullivan 18x 22 Keith House
Clash at the Mag Feature Line Up (Heat Transfers for 100 Laps):
Eddie Carrier, Jr. 28 116 Randy Weaver
Scott Bloomquist 0 5 Don O’Neal
Chase Washington 38 44 Earl Pearson, Jr.
Bub McCool 57J 12 Jason Hughes
Jimmy Owens 20 71w Chris Wall
Timothy Culp C8 33B Eric Cooley
John Blankenship 23 777 Jared Landers
Neil Baggett 21x 1c Chad Thrash