COLUMBUS, Miss. - Mike Marlar made a clean sweep of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series racing action on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi.
The Tennessee native set overall fast time, won his heat race, and took the top spot in the feature for his seventh career series victory. With the win, he became the 13th different winner this season on the LOLMDS tour.
Dennis Erb, Jr. charged from his ninth starting spot to finish second, followed closely by Brandon Overton of Evans, Georgia, who led the first 13 laps of the 60-lap main event. Defending race winner Darrell Lanigan took fourth, with Kyle Bronson in fifth.
“It takes a lot of hard work to do this, he said. “I work a full-time job, and these guys that work on the car, they are like family to me. We always enjoy coming down here to race. Johnny Stokes does a great job with the track. It is always raceable. We love racing at such racy tracks like this one.”
A caution with three laps to go bunched the field up for a single file restart. Overton took one last shot at Marlar, but brushed the wall, which ended his hopes for the win. Erb got by Overton to take the second spot, but Marlar had pulled away for the win.
“After that last restart, I tried to make the car as wide as I could,” said Marlar. “You must keep the speed up here. They went out and worked the track on the bottom and on the top before the feature. I think it paid off because the fans got to see a heck of race.”
Josh Richards, Earl Pearson, Jr., Don O’Neal, Jack Sullivan and Scott Bloomquist rounded out the top ten.
For more information on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, visit LucasDirt.com.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Magnolia Motor Speedway – Columbus, MS
Clash at the Mag – June 17, 2017
| FINISH | START | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN | EARNINGS |
| 1 | 1 | 157 | Mike Marlar | Winfield, TN | $12,000 |
| 2 | 9 | 28E | Dennis Erb, Jr. | Carpentersville, IL | $6,200 |
| 3 | 3 | 116 | Brandon Overton | Evans, GA | $3,500 |
| 4 | 11 | 14 | Darrell Lanigan | Union, KY | $3,450 |
| 5 | 16 | 40B | Kyle Bronson | Brandon, FL | $2,250 |
| 6 | 6 | 1R | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | $2,500 |
| 7 | 14 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | $2,300 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Don O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $2,100 |
| 9 | 12 | 18X | Jack Sullivan | Greenbrier, AR | $1,200 |
| 10 | 23 | 0 | Scott Bloomquist | Mooresburg, TN | $2,100 |
| 11 | 10 | 71 | Hudson O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $1,875 |
| 12 | 17 | 1C | Chad Thrash | Meridian, MS | $1,050 |
| 13 | 15 | 15 | Steve Francis | Bowling Green, KY | $1,725 |
| 14 | 13 | F5 | Garrett Alberson | Las Cruces, NM | $1,000 |
| 15 | 8 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | $1,700 |
| 16 | 2 | 22 | Gregg Satterlee | Rochester Mills, PA | $1,700 |
| 17 | 18 | 51M | Joey Moriarty | Phoenix, AZ | $1,000 |
| 18 | 19 | 18c | Ross Camponovo | Shelby, MS | $1,000 |
| 19 | 20 | 54 | David Breazeale | Starkville, MS | $1,000 |
| 20 | 22 | 33B | Eric Cooley | Fulton, MS | $1,000 |
| 21 | 5 | 90 | Brian Rickman | Columbus, MS | $1,000 |
| 22 | 7 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | $1,800 |
| 23 | 21 | 54x | Dane Dacus | Lakeland, TN | $1,000 |
| 24 | 24 | 99B | Boom Briggs | Bear Lake, PA | $1,700 |
