UNION, Ky. — Tim McCreadie and Michael Chilton will make up the front row for Saturday night’s 39th Annual Sunoco North South 100 Presented by Lucas Oil at Florence Speedway.
McCreadie, the defending race winner, and Chilton, a Kentucky native, will lead the field for the $50,000-to-win event after earning the top two spots in heat race passing points Friday Night.
In heat one of round one, Chilton ran off and hid from the rest of the field, leading wire-to-wire to pick up the victory. Gregg Satterlee crossed the line in second followed by Kyle Bronson and Dale McDowell.
The second heat of round number one saw Tyler Erb take the lead at the start as he powered to the win over Kent Robinson, Darrell Lanigan, and Earl Pearson Jr. Lanigan gained the most points in the heat after he started ninth and finished third.
In heat three of round one, Kyle Strickler took the victory ahead of a hotly contested battle for second between Devin Gilpin and Hudson O’Neal. Gilpin, who started fifth edged out O’Neal for second. Zack Dohm was fourth.
Jonathan Davenport raced to the win in heat four of round one, repelling the challenges of Stormy Scott. Josh Richards came from sixth to finish third with Johnny Scott finishing fourth.
Current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt series point leader, McCreadie, grabbed the fifth and final heat of round one. Brandon Overton was second followed by Dustin Linville and Mike Marlar.
McCreadie started off round two like he ended round one, by winning a heat race after starting in fifth. Matt Cosner ran second to McCreadie with Terry Phillips and McDowell trailing.
The second heat of round number two was taken by Thursday Night’s winner and sixth place starter, Brandon Overton. Scott James finished second with Kyle Bronson and Earl Pearson jr. rounding out the top four finishers.
The third heat in round two would see the 2021 Ralph Latham Memorial winner, Josh Rice take the win. Mike Marlar was second with Spencer Hughes and Todd Brennan following.
O’Neal took the victory easily outdistancing the field in the fourth heat of round number two. Dohm came from sixth to finish second, with Ricky Thornton Jr. edging out Nick Hoffman for third.
Jimmy Owens came from his third starting spot in heat five to take the win. The big mover not only in this heat but of the night, was Michael Chilton who charged from 10th to finish second. Darrell Lanigan finished third and Shane Clanton took fourth.