Tyler Erb and Tim McCreadie were both winners in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competition in the Hawkeye State over the weekend.
Erb scored the victory on Friday night at 300 Raceway in Farley, Iowa, while McCreadie topped the field at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa on Sunday night.
On Friday night, Tyler Erb held off Brandon Sheppard to win the Truck Country 50 at 300 Raceway.
Erb had to withstand two caution flags in the final ten laps to score his second series win in the last three races. Erb led all 50 laps for his 18th career series win. Sheppard finished in second followed by Ricky Thornton, Jr. in third, Hudson O’Neal in fourth, and Jimmy Owens in fifth.
“I was one of those that finished here last year,” Erb said. “I got second. The track was a complete 180 from last year. I really like this place; you never know what you are going to get. It was a really good race; you could change around a lot. It was nerve-racking out there I could tell in three and four I was slowing down. All-in-all it was good night.”
On Sunday, Tim McCreadie put on a dominating performance at 34 Raceway, leading wire-to-wire for his 30th career series victory.
McCreadie raced unchallenged for the last of the race and won the race by nearly 10 seconds, half-a-lap ahead of a tight finish for second between Brandon Sheppard and Earl Pearson, Jr.
Garrett Alberson followed in fourth, with Hudson O’Neal in fifth.
In a caution-free race McCreadie had no trouble negotiating lapped traffic as he lapped up to the ninth-place finisher. Sheppard tried to move to the top of the racing surface, but lost ground to McCreadie, who stayed glued to the bottom of the track. Pearson came on strong at the end and finished just one-car length behind the runner-up Sheppard at the checkers.
“This car was spot on tonight,” McCreadie said. “Early on I could roll through the middle there, unfortunately the top was really slimy over in three and four tonight it was kind of crowned off over there. The track crew did a really good job with what we had to work with. I appreciate that they had the track smooth. I know they were trying, I didn’t think it raced bad.”
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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
300 Raceway – Farley, IA
Truck Country 50 – May 20, 2022
1. 1T-Tyler Erb
2. 1S-Brandon Sheppard
3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr.
4. 71-Hudson O’Neal
5. 20-Jimmy Owens
6. 58-Garrett Alberson
7. 11-Spencer Hughes
8. 21-Billy Moyer, Jr.
9. 46-Earl Pearson, Jr.
10. 7-Ross Robinson
11. 39-Tim McCreadie
12. 25-Chad Simpson
13. 18D-Daulton Wilson
14. 89-Ashton Winger
15. 16-Tyler Bruening
16. 49-Jake Timm
17. 40C-Joel Callahan
18. 32-Bobby Pierce
19. 22-Charlie McKenna
20. 17-Tim Simpson
21. 32S-Chris Simpson
22. 29-Spencer Diercks
23. 44W-David Webster
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
34 Raceway – West Burlington, IA
Race Results – May 22, 2022
1. 39-Tim McCreadie
2. 1S-Brandon Sheppard
3. 46-Earl Pearson, Jr.
4. 58-Garrett Alberson
5. 71-Hudson O’Neal
6. 32-Bobby Pierce
7. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr.
8. 21-Billy Moyer, Jr.
9. 1T-Tyler Erb
10. 20-Jimmy Owens
11. 11-Spencer Hughes
12. 25-Chad Simpson
13. 18D-Daulton Wilson
14. 7-Ross Robinson
15. 89-Ashton Winger
16. 17-Tim Simpson
17. 93-Jay Johnson
18. 32S-Chris Simpson
19. 33-Brandon Rothzen
20. 39H-Ed Hollenbeck
21. 7A-Amanda Robinson
22. 07-Ray Raker
