Tim McCreadie takes Sunshine Nationals finale at Volusia
Photo by Emily Schwanke
BARBERVILLE, Fla.—Tim McCreadie made one thing clear on Saturday night at Volusia Speedway Park – he plans on being a part of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision championship conversation all year long.
Last season, the primary reason he wasn’t in contention down the stretch was his poor start to the year, as the Briggs Transport team didn’t reach Victory Lane until May. McCreadie was determined to not let that happen again, and he only needed three nights to finish the job and score his first win of the year at DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals.
“I’ve said this before, I love winning at Volusia,” McCreadie said. “Whether it’s now, whether it’s here during Cup week, I love racing at Volusia. I wish it was up where New York was, I’d probably still be racing weekly.”
Early in the 50-lap contest, Ryan Gustin wasted no time jumping out to a sizeable lead and commanded the first 20 laps. But McCreadie was busy hustling his way through the field from the 10th starting spot, and with 20 laps on the board he had ran down the “Reaper.” McCreadie soon set sail from the rest of the pack, but a Lap 34 restart gave Gustin another shot.
With McCreadie rolling the bottom and Gustin ripping the high side, the two remained door-to-door for laps on end. But a slider with 14 to go put McCreadie on top, and he never relinquished the lead from there on his way to his third World of Outlaws win at the “World’s Fastest Half Mile.”
“This place is different and you’ve got to build a balance,” McCreadie said. “Last night, I couldn’t steer on the bottom even though I was there the whole time. We worked on that tonight and the track kind of came to us. Felt like I was a sitting duck, but I moved back to the middle and I didn’t hear nobody anymore, so it must have been good.”
Brandon Sheppard moved up to second late to clinch the Sunshine Nationals championship, while Dennis Erb Jr., Gustin and Drake Troutman completed the top five.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision returns to Volusia Speedway Park to wrap up Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals, Feb. 12-14. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.
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RACE NOTES:
Ryan Gustin set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.
Brandon Overton won the Simpson Quick Time Award.
Brandon Overton won Heat 1.
Bobby Pierce won STAKT Products Heat 2.
Ryan Gustin won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.
Chris Madden won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.
Josh Rice and Ricky Thornton Jr. won the Last Chance Showdowns.
Ryan Gustin won the Bilstein Pole Award.
Ricky Thornton Jr. won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.
Brandon Sheppard was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.
Dennis Erb Jr. was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.
Ryan Gustin was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.
Drake Troutman was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.
Bobby Pierce was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.
Ricky Thornton Jr. was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.
Brandon Overton was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.
Nick Hoffman was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.
Hudson O’Neal was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.
Chris Madden was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.
Daulton Wilson was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.
Tristan Chamberlain was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.
Donald McIntosh was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.
Dustin Sorensen was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.
SATURDAY RESULTS
WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODELS (44 wntries)
WoO Late Model Feature (50 Laps): 1. 9M-Tim McCreadie[10]; 2. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[6]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[7]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 5. 22*-Drake Troutman[12]; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 7. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[18]; 8. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 9. 9-Nick Hoffman[20]; 10. 6-Hudson O'Neal[5]; 11. 44-Chris Madden[4]; 12. 58V-Daulton Wilson[8]; 13. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[19]; 14. 7M-Donald McIntosh[16]; 15. 5-Mark Whitener[9]; 16. 1-Tyler Erb[25]; 17. 49-Jake Timm[24]; 18. 19-Dustin Sorensen[23]; 19. 114-Jordan Koehler[22]; 20. 1Z-Logan Zarin[15]; 21. 40B-Kyle Bronson[11]; 22. 97-Cody Overton[21]; 23. 14-Trey Mills[26]; 24. 11R-Josh Rice[17]; 25. 11S-Allen Styck[13]; 26. 55E-Eli Johnson[27]; 27. B1-Brent Larson[14]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 11R-Josh Rice[1]; 2. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[2]; 3. 97-Cody Overton[8]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[3]; 5. 15-Clay Stuckey[7]; 6. 388-Jackson Hise[4]; 7. 14-Trey Mills[9]; 8. 23-Beckham Malone[6]; 9. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[10]; 10. 8L-Matthew Larson[5]; 11. 81-Jason Riggs[11]; 12. T1-Todd Morrow[14]; 13. 19-Dustin Sorensen[12]; 14. 79-Cory Hedgecock[13]
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman[2]; 3. 114-Jordan Koehler[4]; 4. 99B-Boom Briggs[7]; 5. 24-Tyler Wyant[6]; 6. 09-Michael Leach[8]; 7. 55E-Eli Johnson[10]; 8. 11B-Stacy Boles[11]; 9. 0-Glenn Styres[12]; 10. 111-Max Blair[9]; 11. 49-Jake Timm[13]; 12. 74X-Ethan Dotson[3]; 13. 8-Kyle Strickler[5]; 14. 17M-Dale McDowell[14]
WoO Late Model Heat Race 1 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 6-Hudson O'Neal[2]; 3. 5-Mark Whitener[4]; 4. 11S-Allen Styck[3]; 5. 11R-Josh Rice[8]; 6. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 7. 8L-Matthew Larson[7]; 8. 15-Clay Stuckey[6]; 9. 14-Trey Mills[9]; 10. 81-Jason Riggs[11]; 11. 79-Cory Hedgecock[10]
STAKT Products Heat Race 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 2. 58V-Daulton Wilson[1]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 4. 1Z-Logan Zarin[2]; 5. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 6. 388-Jackson Hise[7]; 7. 23-Beckham Malone[6]; 8. 97-Cody Overton[11]; 9. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[10]; 10. 19-Dustin Sorensen[8]; 11. T1-Todd Morrow[9]
Keyser Mfg Heat Race 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 3. 9M-Tim McCreadie[3]; 4. B1-Brent Larson[4]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 6. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 7. 8-Kyle Strickler[8]; 8. 99B-Boom Briggs[9]; 9. 111-Max Blair[7]; 10. 11B-Stacy Boles[11]; 11. 49-Jake Timm[10]
Jarrett Rifles Heat Race 4 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 3. 22*-Drake Troutman[2]; 4. 7M-Donald McIntosh[8]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[7]; 6. 114-Jordan Koehler[5]; 7. 24-Tyler Wyant[6]; 8. 09-Michael Leach[9]; 9. 55E-Eli Johnson[10]; 10. 0-Glenn Styres[11]; 11. 17M-Dale McDowell[4]
Group A Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.294[4]; 2. 58V-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.666[7]; 3. 6-Hudson O'Neal, 00:15.703[13]; 4. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 00:15.860[14]; 5. 11S-Allen Styck, 00:15.934[12]; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:15.948[19]; 7. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.983[6]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:16.001[15]; 9. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:16.006[16]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:16.010[2]; 11. 15-Clay Stuckey, 00:16.029[1]; 12. 23-Beckham Malone, 00:16.053[8]; 13. 8L-Matthew Larson, 00:16.117[3]; 14. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:16.159[9]; 15. 11R-Josh Rice, 00:16.175[17]; 16. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:16.220[20]; 17. 14-Trey Mills, 00:16.384[5]; 18. T1-Todd Morrow, 00:16.400[22]; 19. 79-Cory Hedgecock, 00:16.508[11]; 20. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 00:16.629[18]; 21. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:16.629[10]; 22. 97-Cody Overton, 00:16.629[21]
Group B Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.552[8]; 2. 44-Chris Madden, 00:15.579[17]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.608[14]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:15.702[2]; 5. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.713[1]; 6. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.719[9]; 7. B1-Brent Larson, 00:15.725[12]; 8. 17M-Dale McDowell, 00:15.728[10]; 9. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.759[11]; 10. 114-Jordan Koehler, 00:15.771[3]; 11. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:15.833[4]; 12. 24-Tyler Wyant, 00:15.959[22]; 13. 111-Max Blair, 00:15.961[5]; 14. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:15.989[16]; 15. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:16.081[13]; 16. 7M-Donald McIntosh, 00:16.095[21]; 17. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:16.254[6]; 18. 09-Michael Leach, 00:16.368[18]; 19. 49-Jake Timm, 00:16.503[20]; 20. 55E-Eli Johnson, 00:16.643[19]; 21. 11B-Stacy Boles, 00:16.694[15]; 22. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:17.469[7]
602 Late Models (61 entries)
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 28I-Trent Ivey[5]; 2. 17C-Hayden Cardwell[4]; 3. 611-Koulten Herbert[8]; 4. 2-Wyatt Coffey[2]; 5. 67-Logan Bradford[15]; 6. 25W-Wiley McDaniel[11]; 7. 51-Mack McCarter[16]; 8. T9-Brodie Thompson[18]; 9. 3-Grayson Ott[17]; 10. 16-Dawson Lowe[1]; 11. 53-Brandon Yates[21]; 12. 21-Mario Gresham[9]; 13. 7K-Matthew Kade[10]; 14. 131-Matt Herlong[14]; 15. 51C-Luke Clements[12]; 16. 6-Chase Blackwell[3]; 17. 01-Ben Lanford[13]; 18. 17J-Griffin Jones[19]; 19. KO-Caylan Kettle[20]; 20. 88-Dustin Rollins[27]; 21. 1-Hania Humphries[29]; 22. 25-Brandon Lunsford[25]; 23. 9-John Marshall Pursley[7]; 24. 21M-Mayson Mossow[30]; 25. 28B-Jeff Queen[24]; 26. 17B-Timmy Blackwell[22]; 27. 1M-Morghan Johnson[28]; 28. 27-Tim Ryan[23]; 29. 7L-Jordan Lockhart[6]; 30. 28-Austin Leamon[26]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 53-Brandon Yates[2]; 2. 27-Tim Ryan[1]; 3. 25-Brandon Lunsford[8]; 4. 88-Dustin Rollins[3]; 5. 86-Kody Jett[11]; 6. C4-Devin Whatley[13]; 7. 111-Brennen Shirley[7]; 8. 1AJ-David Showers Jr; 9. 51HH-Harley Hughes[19]; 10. 11S-Brad Kinchen[9]; 11. 32-Jack Mills[4]; 12. 44K-Troy Kidd[14]; 13. 1-Hania Humphries[15]; 14. 8-Zack Owens[10]; 15. (DNF) 23H-Kade Hunkapiller[12]; 16. (DNS) 1J-Jason Papp; 17. (DNS) 1A-David Showers Sr; 18. (DNS) 71C-Davy Cline; 19. (DNS) 15-Marty Massey; 20. (DNS) KB-Kerry King
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17B-Timmy Blackwell[2]; 2. 28B-Jeff Queen[1]; 3. 28-Austin Leamon[4]; 4. 1M-Morghan Johnson[6]; 5. 5-Curtis Thomas[10]; 6. 10-Karli Bennett[8]; 7. 51H-Tim Holston[14]; 8. 20-Kody Cook[5]; 9. 11-Bart Studdard[3]; 10. F17-Johnny Faucett[12]; 11. 48-Brody Yarbrough[16]; 12. 21M-Mayson Mossow[13]; 13. (DNF) B17-Braxton Faucett[15]; 14. (DNS) 13-Devin Rooks; 15. (DNS) 149-Seth Speed; 16. (DNS) 14T-Tristen Kinchen; 17. (DNS) 55-Kyle Courtney; 18. (DNS) 19-Sam Oakley; 19. (DNS) 37-Layne Smith
Non-Qualifier Race (10 Laps): 1. 111-Brennen Shirley[5]; 2. 1AJ-David Showers Jr; 3. 10-Karli Bennett[4]; 4. 5-Curtis Thomas[2]; 5. 20-Kody Cook[8]; 6. 11-Bart Studdard[10]; 7. 51H-Tim Holston[6]; 8. F17-Johnny Faucett[12]; 9. 51HH-Harley Hughes[9]; 10. 86-Kody Jett[1]; 11. C4-Devin Whatley[3]; 12. (DNS) 1A-David Showers Sr; 13. (DNS) 11S-Brad Kinchen
CRUSA Dirt Late Models
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 18X-Michael Page[20]; 2. 7W-Justin Williams[2]; 3. 17C-Hayden Cardwell[1]; 4. T99-Mario Gresham[14]; 5. 5-Wil Herrington[23]; 6. 09-Ross Bailes[5]; 7. 18IH-Clay Harris[25]; 8. 67-Logan Bradford[4]; 9. 99-Kyle Hardy[8]; 10. 46-Deisel Jones[10]; 11. 2S-Layton Sullivan[22]; 12. C02-Daulton Wilson[9]; 13. 611-Koulten Herbert[29]; 14. 18BY-Austin Yarbrough[15]; 15. 15-Marty Massey[30]; 16. 24-Austin Bloodworth[19]; 17. 515-Bubba Roling[7]; 18. 15M-Mason Massey[26]; 19. 56-Christian Schneider[28]; 20. 7N-Corey Neil Jr[16]; 21. 12C-Chase Giddens[34]; 22. 17-Austin Storm[33]; 23. 85-Corey North[24]; 24. 22S-Jeremy Steele[13]; 25. 23V-Matt Henderson[17]; 26. 97T-Ty Giles[6]; 27. 16S-Sam Seawright[21]; 28. G4-Trent Ivey[11]; 29. 44P-Kole Platt[31]; 30. 121-Pearson Williams[3]; 31. 2L-Trynt Lloyd[12]; 32. 8W-Bubba Whitener[18]; 33. 7A-Corey Almond[27]; 34. 31S-Tim Swartz[32]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 16S-Sam Seawright[2]; 2. 18IH-Clay Harris[8]; 3. 66-Jody Knowles[5]; 4. 13-Landon Mathews[6]; 5. 31S-Tim Swartz[12]; 6. 17J-John Winge[9]; 7. 7T-Tyler Thomason[7]; 8. 15N-Nevin Gainey[17]; 9. 8-Josh Henry[1]; 10. 51-Mack McCarter[4]; 11. 4F-Rye Faulk[15]; 12. 96-Mikey Kopka[13]; 13. 14-Cade Brookshire[18]; 14. 43-Jarrett Edwards[11]; 15. 14W-Jake Whitehead[16]; 16. 32K-Kimber Crooms[20]; 17. 17X-Brett Gray[14]; 18. 28W-David Williamson[3]; 19. (DNS) 18G-Ricky Greene; 20. (DNS) 59-Brandon Catto; 21. (DNS) 71C-Davy Cline
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Wil Herrington[2]; 2. 7A-Corey Almond[3]; 3. 30-Curtis Glover[1]; 4. 44-Kam Boyd[10]; 5. 44O-Hayden Ownbey[6]; 6. 58-Trent McLeod[16]; 7. 1*-Mavrick Davidson[4]; 8. K7-Keaton Smith[7]; 9. 1A-David Showers Jr[13]; 10. 44P-Kole Platt[9]; 11. 14AJ-AJ Miller[5]; 12. 54T-Tuck Trentham[17]; 13. 3B-Billy Boyd Sr[21]; 14. 18B-Todd Brewster[19]; 15. 6B-Hunter Boyd[20]; 16. 33-Gavin Johnson[18]; 17. 25C-Donnie Chappell[8]; 18. (DNS) 22T-Tim Clark; 19. (DNS) 41-Derike Bennett; 20. (DNS) 2P-Terry Poore; 21. (DNS) 47-Ryan West
Last Chance Showdown 3 (10 Laps): 1. 2S-Layton Sullivan[4]; 2. 15M-Mason Massey[3]; 3. 9-Nick Johnson[1]; 4. 26-Jack Brown[6]; 5. 25-Derrick Stewart[2]; 6. 94-Holden Allen[7]; 7. 257-Skylar Marlar[12]; 8. 55-Kyle Courtney[10]; 9. 721-Blake Clouser[11]; 10. 23S-Toby Sims[15]; 11. 23D-Tim Damron[13]; 12. 4-Kale Green[16]; 13. 19P-Matthew Porter[9]; 14. 36H-James Haynes[20]; 15. 4M-Billy Boyd Jr[19]; 16. 15-Marty Massey[8]; 17. 16G-Austin Gonzalez[17]; 18. 611-Koulten Herbert[5]; 19. (DNS) 67C-Gregory Carrico; 20. (DNS) 18I-Jason Intoppa; 21. (DNS) 91A-Matt Adams
Last Chance Showdown 4 (10 Laps): 1. 85-Corey North[2]; 2. 56-Christian Schneider[3]; 3. USA1-Jimmy Thomas[1]; 4. 87-Jake Rainey[7]; 5. 125-Mark Underwood Jr[12]; 6. 17-Austin Storm[10]; 7. 28-Austin Leamon[13]; 8. 131-Matt Herlong[16]; 9. 12C-Chase Giddens[9]; 10. 2-Zack Carley[6]; 11. 07B-Baily Cardwell[15]; 12. 118-Jared Delk[5]; 13. 57-Landen Zakalowski[8]; 14. 4D-Trey Davis[11]; 15. 7-Slate Jones[17]; 16. (DNS) 00W-Ethan Wilson; 17. (DNS) 00R-John Ruggiero Jr; 18. (DNS) 26B-Adam Bedenbaugh; 19. (DNS) 18-Josh Vinyard; 20. (DNS) 07-Ivedent Lloyd; 21. (DNS) 3-Caleb Gay
Non-Qualifier Race (10 Laps): 1. 30-Curtis Glover[3]; 2. 44O-Hayden Ownbey[11]; 3. 66-Jody Knowles[1]; 4. 25-Derrick Stewart[10]; 5. 9-Nick Johnson[2]; 6. 125-Mark Underwood Jr[12]; 7. 17J-John Winge[9]; 8. 94-Holden Allen; 9. 13-Landon Mathews[5]; 10. (DNS) USA1-Jimmy Thomas; 11. (DNS) 26-Jack Brown; 12. (DNS) 44-Kam Boyd; 13. (DNS) 87-Jake Rainey
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