Dream XXIII – Night 2 – Eldora Speedway

Race Story

ZEIGLER AND LANIGAN SHARE FRIDAY TWIN 25 WINS

ROSSBURG, OHIO — Veteran Darrell Lanigan, the 2003 Dream winner, and 24-year old Mason Zeigler each held off late charges to pick up $10,000 victories Friday night at Eldora Speedway during the second night of preliminary 25-lap features for the 23rd annual Dirt Late Model Dream presented by Ferris Mowers.

Lanigan, of Union, Kentucky, survived a penalty on the initial start of the first feature, moving him from the fourth-starting position to the sixth-starting position. It made little difference.

The driver of the Clint Bowyer Racing #14 immediately jumped to 3rd-place on the opening lap, took second position on lap three and drove around the outside of early leader Zach Dohm to take the lead on lap four.

“The car was awesome tonight,” Lanigan said. “I got penalized there at the beginning. I really didn’t know you weren’t allowed to go all the way up to the top. I thought as long as you stayed in position you were alright. The car was really good and once we got through them cars and got into clean air it was awesome.”

Lanigan finished runner-up to Brandon Overton on Thursday night and the pair of top- two finishes lines him up well for Saturday night’s Dream finale.

“We brought a really good piece up here,” Lanigan said. “It’s been a while since I’ve been up here and it is definitely nice to be back up here.”

Chris Madden, who finished runner-up to Scott Bloomquist in Thursday night’s second features, battled around Bloomquist in the middle stages of Friday’s first feature and closed quickly on Lanigan as the laps wound down but had to settle for a runner-up finish, 1.318 seconds behind Lanigan.

“I think two more laps and I would have had him,” Madden, of Gaffney, South Carolina said. “We had another great race car. Got beat by the guys that started up front. Same thing as last night. We just need more than 25 laps. I am looking forward to tomorrow for sure.”

Bloomquist, of Mooresburg, Tennessee, passed Dohm for the final podium spot in the first feature, but the six-time Dream winner claimed he was just using the night as a test.

“We tried a couple different things tonight,” Bloomquist said. “We were pretty good last night and we got a good night to test and more than likely we will go back to what we were running last night.”

Dohm finished in fourth for his best Eldora finish, while 2012 Dream winner Shane Clanton rounded out the top five. Rounding out the top ten in feature one were Kyle Bronson, Donald McIntosh, defending Dream winner Dennis Erb. Jr., Overton and Frank Heckenast, Jr.

Tim McCreadie, of Avon, New York, jumped out to a commanding lead early in the second 25-lap feature but Zeigler, who started in the fourth-position, chased him down and made a daring pass in lapped traffic to take the lead on lap 13.

McCreadie kept Zeigler, of Chalk Hills, Pennsylvania, in his sights as the lead duo fought the heavy lapped traffic, and as they did 1997 Dream winner Jimmy Mars was chasing them down using the bottom groove of the high-banked, one-half mile oval. Mars moved to the runner-up spot on lap 22 and was pressuring Zeigler as the duo raced under the white flag.

“The lapped cars don’t know you are back there but it’s tough,” Zeigler said. “I just tried to stay cool and not try to slide them and make a big mistake and open the door for Jimmy.”

Mars tried to drive under Zeigler on the final lap but his attempts came up short and Zeigler came up with the biggest win of his young career. It was Zeigler’s second career Eldora win, following up his win in last fall’s UMP Fall Nationals.

“We had an opportunity to win the Dream (actually the World 100) back in ’14 and I threw it away just driving over my head, and I about did it again,” the driver from Chalk Hills, Pennsylvania said. “I knocked the front tow out and Jimmy was really coming there at the end.”

Mars led early and then faded late on Thursday night. Friday night he rallied late after a slow start. The turnaround left the Mennominie, Wisconsin driver scratching his head.

“I didn’t feel real good at the beginning but then towards the end the car got real balanced and felt pretty good,” Mars said. “You always want another lap but we have to take a second tonight. I just don’t know what was going on there at the beginning. We will just have to scratch our heads and figure out how to speed this thing up.”

McCreadie settled for third-place for the second straight night.

“We were a good bit better last night,” McCreadie said. “We need to be a little better. I was married to that little brown streak up there (in the high-groove), once it got to where you didn’t have it up there in turn two we were a sitting duck. I think we can be a lot better tomorrow.”

Chris Simpson drove a steady race to finish in fourth-place ahead of Brandon Sheppard. Two-time Dream winner Billy Moyer, Dale McDowell, Billy Moyer, Jr., Earl Pearson and Don O’Neal completed the top ten.

Dennis Erb, Jr. (17.952) was fastest qualifier of the 76 cars that took time. Heat races were won by Erb, Timothy Culp, McIntosh, Clanton, Sheppard, Bobby Pierce, Moyer and Mars. The two B-mains were won by Devin Gilpin and Jacob Hawkins.

Saturday night The Dirt Late Model Dream presented by Ferris Mowers with its $391,000 total purse concludes with the traditional six heat races, B-mains, B-scrambles and the 100-lap, $100,000 to-win main event.

Race Results

Event Box Score

23^rd Annual Dirt Late Model Dream by Ferris Mowers
Night 2 – June 9, 2017

Qualifying
1.28-Dennis Erb Jr. , 17.819; 2.71C-RJ Conley, 17.902; 3.0-Scott Bloomquist, 17.933; 4.1P-Earl Pearson Jr., 18.005; 5.7M-Donald McIntosh, 18.009; 6.9-Devin Moran, 18.094; 7.22-Chris Ferguson, 18.128; 8.15-Steve Francis, 18.180; 9.99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. , 18.203; 10.5-Don O’Neal, 18.214; 11.c8-Timothy Culp, 18.275; 12.157-Mike Marlar, 18.282; 13.91-Tyler Erb, 18.303; 14.7W-Ricky Weiss, 18.309; 15.14-Darrell Lanigan, 18.311; 16.4G-Kody Evans, 18.327; 17.44-Chris Madden, 18.375; 18.1-Brandon Sheppard, 18.381; 19.0J-Jake O’Neil, 18.383; 20.32P-Bobby Pierce, 18.386; 21.4B-Jackie Boggs, 18.395; 22.21-Billy Moyer, 18.412; 23.25C-Shane Clanton, 18.459; 24.88-Andrew Reaume, 18.481; 25.55-Jeep VanWormer, 18.491; 26.7R-Kent Robinson, 18.493; 27.31-Nick Latham, 18.494; 28.25Z-Mason Zeigler, 18.497; 29.40B-Kyle Bronson, 18.556; 30.32S-Chris Simpson, 18.615; 31.71-Hudson O’Neal, 18.660; 32.21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. , 18.674; 33.18B-Shannon Babb, 18.711; 34.39-Tim McCreadie, 18.759; 35.116-Brandon Overton, 18.784; 36.17M-Dale McDowell, 18.833; 37.1CJ-Rusty Schlenk, 18.835; 38.71R-Rod Conley, 18.855; 39.1M-Mike Mataragas, 18.893; 40.28M-Jimmy Mars, 18.908; 41.17-Zack Dohm, 18.940; 42.1GK-Ryan King, 18.957; 43.22S-Gregg Satterlee, 18.983; 44.51-Joey Moriarty, 19.019; 45.18-Chase Junghans, 19.061; 46. 15H-Jon Henry, 19.063; 47. 29-Spencer Diercks, 19.063; 48.49-Jonathan Davenport, 19.069; 49.33-Jesse James Lay, 19.107; 50.93-Brian Harris, 19.114; 51.101-Casey Roberts, 19.137; 52.20C-Jacob Hawkins, 19.160; 53.83-Scott James, 19.174; 54.3s-Brian Shirley, 19.178; 55.25-Jason Feger, 19.195; 56.C9-Steve Casebolt, 19.201; 57.1N-Casey Noonan, 19.222; 58.50-Shanon Buckingham, 19.225; 59.48-Tim Lance, 19.232; 60.10-Eddie Carrier Jr. , 19.266; 61.20S-Rodney Sanders, 19.269; 62.101T-Forrest Trent, 19.280; 63.79-Troy Worrick, 19.302; 64.16B-Tyler Bruening, 19.380; 65.12-Jason Jameson, 19.422; 66.7B-Jeff Babcock, 19.501; 67.1G-Devin Gilpin, 19.519; 68.2-Nick Hoffman, 19.554; 69.6-Blake Spencer, 19.625; 70.27-Jeffrey Beyers, 19.635; 71.111-Matt Lux, 19.639; 72.1C-Kenny Collins, 19.668; 73.5N-Dustin Nobbe, 19.717; 74.97-Brett Miller, 19.767; 75.5*-Bryant Dickinson, 19.868; 76.444-Brian Ligon, 21.151; 77.20-Jimmy Owens, 99.991; 78.33M-Tim Manville, 99.992; 79.95J-Jerry Bowersock, 99.993;

Heat 1 – (10 Laps)
1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr. [4] ; 2. 17-Zack Dohm[6] ; 3. 44-Chris Madden[2] ; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. [3] ; 5. 18B-Shannon Babb[5] ; 6. 12-Jason Jameson[9] ; 7. 33-Jesse James Lay[7] ; 8. 1N-Casey Noonan[8] ; 9. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[10] ; 10. 55-Jeep VanWormer[1]

Heat 2 – (10 Laps)
1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[2] ; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[5] ; 3. 7R-Kent Robinson[1] ; 4. 5-Don O’Neal[3] ; 5. 71C-RJ Conley[4] ; 6. 50-Shanon Buckingham[8] ; 7. 93-Brian Harris[7] ; 8. 7B-Jeff Babcock[9] ; 9. 97-Brett Miller[10] ; 10. 1GK-Ryan King[6]

Heat 3 – (10 Laps)
1. c8-Timothy Culp[3] ; 2. 0-Scott Bloomquist[4] ; 3. 116-Brandon Overton[5] ; 4. 0J-Jake O’Neil[2] ; 5. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[6] ; 6. 1G-Devin Gilpin[9] ; 7. 31-Nick Latham[1] ; 8. 101-Casey Roberts[7] ; 9. 48-Tim Lance[8] ; 10. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[10]

Heat 4 – (10 Laps)
1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[2] ; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[1] ; 3. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[4] ; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[3] ; 5. 17M-Dale McDowell[5] ; 6. 20C-Jacob Hawkins[7] ; 7. 10-Eddie Carrier Jr. [8] ; 8. 2-Nick Hoffman[9] ; 9. 51-Joey Moriarty[6] ; 10. 444-Brian Ligon[10]

Heat 5 – (10 Laps)
1. 7M-Donald McIntosh[4] ; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[1] ; 3. 91-Tyler Erb[3] ; 4. 20S-Rodney Sanders[8] ; 5. 4B-Jackie Boggs[2] ; 6. 1CJ-Rusty Schlenk[5] ; 7. 20-Jimmy Owens[10] ; 8. 18-Chase Junghans[6] ; 9. 83-Scott James[7] ; 10. 6-Blake Spencer[9]

Heat 6 – (10 Laps)
1. 21-Billy Moyer[2] ; 2. 32S-Chris Simpson[1] ; 3. 9-Devin Moran[4] ; 4. 33M-Tim Manville[10] ; 5. 7W-Ricky Weiss[3] ; 6. 3s-Brian Shirley[7] ; 7. 15H-Jon Henry[6] ; 8. 71R-Rod Conley[5] ; 9. 101T-Forrest Trent[8] ; 10. 27-Jeffrey Beyers[9]

Heat 7 – (10 Laps)
1. 25C-Shane Clanton[2] ; 2. 14-Darrell Lanigan[3] ; 3. 1M-Mike Mataragas[5] ; 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1] ; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson[4] ; 6. 29-Spencer Diercks[6] ; 7. 25-Jason Feger[7] ; 8. 79-Troy Worrick[8] ; 9. 111-Matt Lux[9]

Heat 8 – (10 Laps)
1. 28M-Jimmy Mars[5] ; 2. 15-Steve Francis[4] ; 3. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. [1] ; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6] ; 5. C9-Steve Casebolt[7] ; 6. 4G-Kody Evans[3] ; 7. 88-Andrew Reaume[2] ; 8. 16B-Tyler Bruening[8] ; 9. 1C-Kenny Collins[9]

B-Feature 1 – (12 Laps)
1. 1G-Devin Gilpin[2] ; 2. 12-Jason Jameson[1] ; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[7] ; 4. 1CJ-Rusty Schlenk[3] ; 5. 29-Spencer Diercks[4] ; 6. 101-Casey Roberts[10] ; 7. 31-Nick Latham[6] ; 8. 55-Jeep VanWormer[17] ; 9. 33-Jesse James Lay[5] ; 10. 18-Chase Junghans[11] ; 11. 25-Jason Feger[8] ; 12. 48-Tim Lance[14] ; 13. 1N-Casey Noonan[9] ; 14. 83-Scott James[15] ; 15. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[13] ; 16. 79-Troy Worrick[12] ; 17. 6-Blake Spencer[19] ; 18. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[18] ; 19. 111-Matt Lux[16]

B-Feature 2 – (12 Laps)
1. 20C-Jacob Hawkins[2] ; 2. 50-Shanon Buckingham[1] ; 3. 10-Eddie Carrier Jr. [6] ; 4. 3s-Brian Shirley[3] ; 5. 15H-Jon Henry[7] ; 6. 4G-Kody Evans[4] ; 7. 88-Andrew Reaume[8] ; 8. 71R-Rod Conley[11] ; 9. 2-Nick Hoffman[10] ; 10. 93-Brian Harris[5] ; 11. 51-Joey Moriarty[14] ; 12. 101T-Forrest Trent[15] ; 13. 16B-Tyler Bruening[12] ; 14. 7B-Jeff Babcock[9] ; 15. 1GK-Ryan King[17] ; 16. 1C-Kenny Collins[16] ; 17. 97-Brett Miller[13] ; 18. 27-Jeffrey Beyers[19] ; 19. 444-Brian Ligon[18]

Twin 25 Feature 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 14-Darrell Lanigan[4] ; 2. 44-Chris Madden[9] ; 3. 0-Scott Bloomquist[7] ; 4. 17-Zack Dohm[1] ; 5. 25C-Shane Clanton[3] ; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2] ; 7. 7M-Donald McIntosh[6] ; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr. [8] ; 9. 116-Brandon Overton[10] ; 10. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. [13] ; 11. c8-Timothy Culp[5] ; 12. 0J-Jake O’Neil[14] ; 13. 4B-Jackie Boggs[19] ; 14. 18B-Shannon Babb[17] ; 15. 20S-Rodney Sanders[15] ; 16. 20-Jimmy Owens[23] ; 17. 1CJ-Rusty Schlenk[24] ; 18. 71-Hudson O’Neal[16] ; 19. 1G-Devin Gilpin[21] ; 20. 1M-Mike Mataragas[12] ; 21. 22-Chris Ferguson[20] ; 22. 12-Jason Jameson[22] ; 23. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[18] ; 24. 91-Tyler Erb[11]

Twin 25 Feature 2 – (25 Laps)
1. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[4] ; 2. 28M-Jimmy Mars[1] ; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[2] ; 4. 32S-Chris Simpson[3] ; 5. 1-Brandon Sheppard[7] ; 6. 21-Billy Moyer[5] ; 7. 17M-Dale McDowell[18] ; 8. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. [12] ; 9. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[10] ; 10. 5-Don O’Neal[13] ; 11. 32P-Bobby Pierce[6] ; 12. 49-Jonathan Davenport[16] ; 13. C9-Steve Casebolt[20] ; 14. 15-Steve Francis[8] ; 15. 157-Mike Marlar[14] ; 16. 50-Shanon Buckingham[22] ; 17. 3s-Brian Shirley[24] ; 18. 9-Devin Moran[11] ; 19. 33M-Tim Manville[15] ; 20. 20C-Jacob Hawkins[21] ; 21. 7R-Kent Robinson[9] ; 22. 10-Eddie Carrier Jr. [23] ; 23. 7W-Ricky Weiss[19] ; 24. 71C-RJ Conley[17]

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Points Update

Dream XXIII Points

Preview of Dream XXIII points (unofficial) after night 2.
Official heat lineups will be posted Saturday morning.

Pl.	Car #	Driver	Total Pts.	Pts. Back	Thu TT	Thu Heat	Thu Main	Fri TT	Fri Heat	Fri Main
1	0	Scott Bloomquist	1971	0	286	200	500	296	197	492
2	44	Chris Madden	1944	-27	290	200	496	268	194	496
3	14	Darrell Lanigan	1921	-50	256	200	496	272	197	500
4	21	Billy Moyer	1908	-63	282	200	488	258	200	480
5	5	Don O'Neal	1893	-78	266	197	492	282	192	464
6	1	Brandon Sheppard	1884	-87	294	188	452	266	200	484
7	32S	Chris Simpson	1880	-91	280	197	476	242	197	488
8	1P	Earl Pearson Jr.	1866	-105	236	194	480	294	194	468
9	28	Dennis Erb Jr.	1864	-107	214	194	484	300	200	472
10	39	Tim McCreadie	1859	-112	252	200	484	234	197	492
11	25C	Shane Clanton	1853	-118	228	197	488	256	200	484
12	99JR	Frank Heckenast Jr.	1846	-125	260	194	452	284	192	464
13	9	Devin Moran	1844	-127	264	200	464	290	194	432
14	15	Steve Francis	1841	-130	296	194	420	286	197	448
15	17M	Dale McDowell	1834	-137	272	194	472	230	190	476
16	116	Brandon Overton	1831	-140	240	197	500	232	194	468
17	17	Zack Dohm	1825	-146	270	194	456	220	197	488
18	71C	RJ Conley	1810	-161	246	200	468	298	190	408
19	28M	Jimmy Mars	1809	-162	202	197	492	222	200	496
19	32P	Bobby Pierce	1809	-162	210	197	480	262	200	460
21	21JR	Billy Moyer Jr.	1798	-173	242	188	464	238	194	472
21	49	Jonathan Davenport	1798	-173	276	200	468	206	192	456
23	7R	Kent Robinson	1791	-180	254	197	476	250	194	420
24	157	Mike Marlar	1778	-193	288	184	392	278	192	444
25	22S	Gregg Satterlee	1770	-201	298	194	460	216	190	412
26	18B	Shannon Babb	1760	-211	258	192	436	236	190	448
27	25Z	Mason Zeigler	1755	-216	184	192	436	246	197	500
28	0J	Jake O'Neil	1748	-223	204	184	448	264	192	456
28	71	Hudson O'Neal	1748	-223	284	192	408	240	192	432
30	c8	Timothy Culp	1744	-227	188	188	428	280	200	460
31	40B	Kyle Bronson	1743	-228	250	180	392	244	197	480
32	1CJ	Rusty Schlenk	1730	-241	262	192	424	228	188	436
33	4B	Jackie Boggs	1716	-255	186	188	440	260	190	452
34	C9	Steve Casebolt	1714	-257	218	192	472	190	190	452
35	55	Jeep VanWormer	1710	-261	268	186	432	252	180	392
36	7M	Donald McIntosh	1700	-271	146	186	400	292	200	476
37	10	Eddie Carrier Jr.	1680	-291	278	190	428	182	186	416
38	15H	Jon Henry	1675	-296	230	197	448	210	186	404
39	101	Casey Roberts	1674	-297	300	186	404	200	184	400
40	31	Nick Latham	1670	-301	238	190	412	248	186	396
41	22	Chris Ferguson	1662	-309	226	186	352	288	190	420
42	1G	Devin Gilpin	1636	-335	232	188	432	168	188	428
43	50	Shanon Buckingham	1634	-337	176	188	456	186	188	440
43	88	Andrew Reaume	1634	-337	222	188	388	254	186	396
45	20C	Jacob Hawkins	1626	-345	212	192	412	198	188	424
46	3s	Brian Shirley	1624	-347	172	190	444	194	188	436
47	18	Chase Junghans	1622	-349	192	190	460	212	184	384
48	1GK	Ryan King	1620	-351	244	190	424	218	180	364
48	91	Tyler Erb	1620	-351	168	186	388	276	194	408
50	2	Nick Hoffman	1618	-353	274	190	416	166	184	388
50	7W	Ricky Weiss	1618	-353	198	180	364	274	190	412
52	25	Jason Feger	1614	-357	224	192	440	192	186	380
53	20S	Rodney Sanders	1604	-367	206	186	396	180	192	444
54	1M	Mike Mataragas	1586	-385	182	182	380	224	194	424
55	29	Spencer Diercks	1582	-389	194	184	404	208	188	404
56	7B	Jeff Babcock	1566	-405	234	190	420	170	184	368
56	4G	Kody Evans	1566	-405	154	182	372	270	188	400
56	5N	Dustin Nobbe	1566	-405	292	188	384	156	182	364
59	71R	Rod Conley	1564	-407	208	182	372	226	184	392
60	12	Jason Jameson	1544	-427	220	180	368	172	188	416
61	51	Joey Moriarty	1514	-457	170	184	384	214	182	380
62	33	Jesse James Lay	1512	-459	150	184	400	204	186	388
63	83	Scott James	1504	-467	158	192	408	196	182	368
64	48	Tim Lance	1500	-471	196	182	380	184	182	376
65	16B	Tyler Bruening	1492	-479	216	182	364	174	184	372
66	1N	Casey Noonan	1486	-485	180	186	376	188	184	372
67	33M	Tim Manville	1474	-497	248	190	416		192	428
68	93	Brian Harris	1472	-499	160	180	360	202	186	384
69	101T	Forrest Trent	1468	-503	200	184	348	178	182	376
70	5*	Bryant Dickinson	1434	-537	190	184	376	152	180	352
71	111	Matt Lux	1424	-547	156	182	396	160	182	348
72	1C	Kenny Collins	1416	-555	178	182	356	158	182	360
73	20	Jimmy Owens	1412	-559	148	194	444		186	440
74	79	Troy Worrick	1404	-567	152	180	352	176	184	360
74	6	Blake Spencer	1404	-567	164	184	356	164	180	356
76	97	Brett Miller	1402	-569	162	180	368	154	182	356
77	444	Brian Ligon	1394	-577	174	182	360	150	180	348
78	95J	Jerry Bowersock	700	-1271	166	186	348
79	27	Jeffrey Beyers	694	-1277	0	0	0	162	180	352

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