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PAGE A6 The INNformer October 7, 2022 Larson drives to rst career Hillbilly 100 MIDDLEBOURNE – The reigning Fast Time Group B: Garrett Smith / NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle 12.500 seconds Larson held off three different chal- Entrants: 40 lengers to win the 54th running of the Hillbilly Hundred Thursday night, Lap Leaders:K yle Larson (Laps 1- Sept. 29, at Tyler County Speedway. 100) Larson earned $30,000 for his third ca- Margin of Victory: 0.466 seconds reer Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory in the oldest dirt late model rac- Stop-Tech Cautions: Tyler Carpenter ing crown jewel event in the country. (Lap 6); Jared Hawkins, Spencer Brandon Sheppard finished in second Hughes, Daulton Wilson, Freddie Car- followed by Garrett Alberson, Tim Mc- penter (Lap 14); Boom Briggs, Kyle Creadie and Josh Richards. Thomas (Lap 15); Kyle Thomas (Lap 45); Tyler Erb (Lap 53); Freddie Car- Larson, who won his first-ever dirt late penter (Lap 79); Daulton Wilson (Lap model event at Port Royal Speedway in 93) 2020 in only his second start, saw Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Kyle Sheppard, Alberson and Garrett Smith Larson, Brandon Sheppard, Garrett all take shots at him during the race. Alberson However, the 30-year-old California native was credited with leading all 100 Penske Shocks Top 5: Kyle Larson, laps despite being scored dead-even at Brandon Sheppard, Garrett Alberson, the stripe three times during the race. Tim McCreadie, Josh Richards With the win Larson becomes the 20th down below the banking I was shoving,” son] had good speed up there running Optima Batteries Hard Charger of different driver to win a Lucas Oil Late Larson explained after the race. the Race: Spencer Hughes (Advanced Model Dirt Series race this season. up on the banking. I couldnt make anything happen, I thought I was going 13 Positions) “That might be one of the luckiest races Sheppard, who ran in second for most to in lapped traiffc, but the caution I have ever had. The cautions just fell at of the race, lined up right behind Lar- Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Chal- exactly the right times when I needed would keep coming out. He did a really lenge Point Leader: Tim McCreadie son on a restart with seven laps to go them to. You know every time I started good job,” Sheppard said. and tried the low line to pass Larson Hot Rod Processing Most Laps seeing their nose to my inside the cau- but came up one car-length short of his Alberson, the current OReilly Auto tion would come out. I wasnt any good Led: Kyle Larson (100 Laps) first Hillbilly Hundred win. “These Parts top rookie in the Lucas Oil Late running around the bottom, so I knew I bullrings produce the best racing, thats Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Fin- Model Dirt Series, came close to the was in trouble. The caution would come for sure. The track was awesome isher: Brandon Sheppard biggest win of his career. “I wanted to out and it would take me about 10 laps tonight. With the rain they had, they win that thing bad. I really thought we OReilly Auto Parts Rookie of the to catch traiffc. There were laps where I worked on it all day long and gave us a had a shot there for a minute. I got one Race: Garrett Alberson great racing surface. Congratulations felt like I could get my angles right in good run on him [Larson] off of four. to Kyle he did a heck of a job there. We Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of traiffc and get my wheels spinning un- I felt like that was my one shot. I felt were right there several times. He [Lar- pretty good, lapped traiffc I would get the Race:Kyle Lar son (Lap 6 – derneath me. Most laps if I moved 12.413 seconds) out a little wider. I was a little tight to get down there in three and four. That DirtonDirt.com Tough Break of was a heck of a race this place is elbows the Race: Garrett Smith up for sure,” the rookie said. Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Kevin Rumley (Kyle Larson) 54TH ANNUAL HILLBILLY 100 PRESENTED BY ARIZONA ARP Engine Builder of the Race: SPORT SHIRTS FEATURE FINISH Cornett Race Engines LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT Miller Multimatic Chassis Builder SERIES RACE SUMMARY of the Race: Longhorn Chassis Allstar Performance Time Trials Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Josh Richards (12.609 seconds) Fast Time Group A:T yler Riggs / 12.366 seconds (overall) Time of Race: 46 minutes 30 seconds LUCAS OIL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS Bullring rst-timer Jeremy Wonderling makes history winning 1st ever Hovis RUSH Late Model Flynns Tire Tour race in West Virginia, the New Yorkers 3rd straight win By Mike Leone games on the restarts and I dont know if they think him coming off turn four on lap 37. Wonderling was MIDDLEBOURNE – The Hovis Auto & Truck Sup- theyre going to shake me and get out in front of me, totally sideways and the yellow was out before an- but thats not going to bother me.” other lap was scored, which allowed him to maintain ply RUSH Dirt Late Model Series presented by the lead. Born2Run Lubricants participated in the resched- Wonderling took off in the lead at the start of the 40- uled “Hillbilly 100” for the Lucas Oil Late Model Thomas had one more shot alongside Wonderling, lap featuring following just his second Sunoco Dash Dirt Series for the first time ever at Tyler County but Wonderling was too strong and pulled away over victory of the season with West Virginia standout Speedway and live on Flo Racing. Brent Trimble, points leader Logan Roberson, Brae- the final four laps to take the checkered flag first by den Dillinger and Joe Martin in tow. Martin got past 1.438 seconds. Wonderlings 16th RUSH-sanctioned After two prior rainouts this season at the Bullring, victory of 2022 clinched the Hovis National Weekly Dillinger for fourth on lap 2 and caught Roberson on the Flynns Tire Touring Series finally completed its Series Championship#3J. It was Wonderlings 13th first-ever event in the state of West Virginia. Twenty- lap 4. Following a caution for Tyler County track career Flynns Tire Tour victory. seven teams from five different states made their way champion Donnie Dotson, it was three-wide on the restart on lap 6 for second with Martin and eighth to the ¼-mile bullring Thursday night, Sept. 29. Thomas, who had two Hovis Weekly Series victories starting Thomas moving by Roberson. this year at Tyler County, earned $2,000 in his first- Just one week ago, three-time Flynns Tire Touring ever RUSH Tour start. Robersons third place was By lap 11, Wonderling and Martin began to distance Series Champion Jeremy Wonderling hadnt won a worth $1,000 as his eighth podium extended his themselves from the field. Wonderling had a 0.537- Series event in well over 14 months. After sweeping points lead over Martin. After five 10th place finishes second lead when he caught lapped traiffc on lap 14. last weekends two-night “Topless Nationals” for in the last six events, Brady Wonderlings fourth place Martin pulled alongside Wonderling in the battle for $6,000 at Genesee Speedway, Wonderling made his was his first top five since May 29 at Bradford Speed- first-ever appearance at the Bullring a successful one, the lead on lap 17. The duo was in heavy lapped traf- way. Trimble was fifth in his first ever RUSH race. scoring a thrilling win over home-track favorite Kyle fic when a five-car accident ensued in front of them. Even though Wonderling and Martin were able to Thomas in the “Cider Jug 40” worth $4,000. Won- Paugh came home in sixth. Dotson battled back from avoid the accident, Martin clipped one of the cars derling has pocketed more than $10,000 in the last his spin to finish seventh. Matt Latta was eighth for seven days with his third straight victory! and suffered a flat tire. Later on in the event, Martin his eighth top eight finish in the last 11 races and his 10th top 10 of the season. Ryan Frazee, who started “The track is kind of similar to some tracks we have worked his way back up to battle for fifth when he suffered another setback and called it a night. Martin 15th, was a season-best ninth. Breyton Santee went back home,” explained the 42-year-old Wellsville, 19th to 10th for his third straight top 10 and seventh was selected as the TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the New York, standout. “The race car has been really of the season. Night.” good ever since I got it so my confidence has been Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Late Model high in the car as long as I can do my job and hit the Back under green on lap 18, Wonderling continued Flynns Tire Touring Series Race #17 (40 laps, to lead with Thomas and Roberson now in second setup right. The top was dominant in (turns) three $4,000 to-win): 1. JEREMY WONDERLING (3J) and third. Wonderling stretched out his lead to 1.544 and four, but more in the middle in one and two. I 2. Kyle Thomas (KH2O) 3. Logan Roberson (17) 4. seconds when he caught lapped traiffc again on lap could get through both corners real good. I was in Brady Wonderling (z1) 5. Brent Trimble (Groves 32) the wall in (turn) three a couple times trying to miss 25. Thomas and Roberson closed in quickly and it 6. Garret Paugh (03) 7. Donnie Dotson (15) 8. Matt the bump getting in. As long as I could hit my marks, was a three-car race for the lead in traiffc. Thomas Latta (21) 9. Ryan Frazee (17) 10. Breyton Santee nosed ahead to lead lap 28 ending a run of 87 con- I could keep it pretty smooth and knew I had pretty (9) 11. Kurt Stebbins (26) 12. A.J. Spagnuolo (5A) good control of the race. I feel bad for Joe (Martin). secutive laps led by Wonderling over the past three 13. Jim Rasey (Wrightsman 21J) 14. Dustin Luzier events; however, Marc Berzowski, who was making He obviously had a good car and went scooting by (14L) 15. Joe Martin (Snyder 10s) 16. Kyle Lukon his third straight Tour start since purchasing a RUSH me, but I saw him clip the cars. I told him he had a (184) 17. Jared Keeney (33) 18. Logan Reed (37) 19. flat while we were sitting there so he could get in and Late Model, slowed to bring out the caution. Marc Berzowski (25M) 20. Andy Michael (17x) 21. get it changed and back out there. When racing resumed on lap 29, Wonderling used the Braeden Dillinger (14) 22. George Casto III (19c) outside to regain the lead on the restart, while his “It was really the lapped cars that were going to be 23. Ryan Hare (29) 24. Hayden Jacobs (27J). brother Brady overtook Roberson for third. Jeremy the death of me but thats all part of racing,” ac- DNQ: Jacob Rucker (75), Troy Frazier (Starkey 54), knowledged Wonderling. “I was good. I never heard Wonderling once again pulled away on lap 31 as or seen anyone, while I was in lapped traiffc then that Thomas now had his hands full with Brady Wonder- Brandon Weigle (11). one lapped car just stopped. I knew as long as I kept ling and Roberson. Jeremy Wonderling had a big Feature Lap Leader Jerems: y Wonderling (1-27, 29-40), Kyle Thomas (28) scare when Jared Keeney slowed directly in front of going I would be alright. Some of the guys play
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