COLUMBUS, Miss. - Mike Marlar charged from his fifth starting spot to win Saturday night’s GEICO Clash at the Mag at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi.
With the $15,000 victory, Marlar becomes the ninth different winner of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour in 2019. The 41-year-old Tennessee veteran also became the first three-time winner of the annual Clash at the Mag.
Tim McCreadie led the first three laps of the 100-lap main event until Marlar passed him for the top spot. Marlar then held McCreadie at bay for the remainder of the caution-free event to score the win. McCreadie crossed the line in second, marking his third-straight runner-up finish.
The current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series point leader, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Georgia, finished in third followed by Josh Richards and Earl Pearson, Jr.
“Typically, you run the bottom here, but lately you could float to the middle which is different than in past years,” Marlar said. “I had run the bottom for so long and I thought to myself if I am going to get passed it is going to be on the right side of me. I got out of line and passed some lapped cars. It was pretty close down in turn one passing some lapped cars. I had a few close calls.”
Tyler Erb, Dane Dacus, Devin Moran, Bobby Pierce, and Don O’Neal rounded out the top ten.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Magnolia Motor Speedway – Columbus, MS
GEICO Clash at the Mag – June 1, 2019
| FINISH | START | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN | EARNINGS |
| 1 | 5 | 157 | Mike Marlar | Winfield, TN | $15,000 |
| 2 | 1 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | $7,700 |
| 3 | 4 | 49 | Jonathan Davenport | Blairsville, GA | $6,100 |
| 4 | 2 | 14 | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | $4,800 |
| 5 | 8 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | $4,300 |
| 6 | 7 | 1T | Tyler Erb | New Waverly, TX | $3,300 |
| 7 | 15 | 54 | Dane Dacus | Lakeland, TN | $2,250 |
| 8 | 6 | 1M | Devin Moran | Dresden, OH | $2,700 |
| 9 | 11 | 32P | Bobby Pierce | Oakwood, IL | $1,900 |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Don O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $2,600 |
| 11 | 9 | 2s | Stormy Scott | Las Cruses, NM | $1,700 |
| 12 | 13 | 40B | Kyle Bronson | Brandon, FL | $2,300 |
| 13 | 14 | 21xxx | Neil Baggett | Columbus, MS | $1,500 |
| 14 | 19 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | $2,250 |
| 15 | 17 | 21 | Billy Moyer | Batesville, AR | $1,400 |
| 16 | 21 | 50 | Shanon Buckingham | Morristown, TN | $2,050 |
| 17 | 12 | 71 | Hudson O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $2,000 |
| 18 | 10 | C8 | Timothy Culp | Prattsville, AR | $1,250 |
| 19 | 23 | 21JR | Billy Moyer, Jr. | Batesville, AR | $2,000 |
| 20 | 20 | 33C | Eric Cooley | Fulton, MS | $1,150 |
| 21 | 22 | 1C | Chad Thrash | Meridian, MS | $1,100 |
| 22 | 16 | 4 | Michael Arnold | Hattiesburg, MS | $1,050 |
| 23 | 18 | 90 | Brian Rickman | Columbus, MS | $1,000 |
| 24 | 24 | 33 | Scott Dedwylder | Vossburg, MS | $1,000 |
