R. J. Conley Fastest Among 67 Entrants for the Sunoco

North/South 100 Presented by Lucas Oil

UNION, KY (August 9, 2013) – R.J. Conley of Wheelersburg OH set a blistering pace in time trials setting the fastest lap in qualifying over a stout field of 67nentrants on Friday Night at Florence Speedway. R.J. has made four Sunoco North/South 100 starting grids in his career and has finished tenth, twice. The crown jewel event sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will pay $50,000 to win on Saturday Night.

The six LOLMDS heat races will begin at 8 PM on Saturday Night. Starting on the pole for each of the six heat races Saturday night include; Tim McCreadie of Watertown, NY; Eric Wells of Hazard, KY; Darrell Lanigan of Union, KY; Duane Chamberlain of Richmond, IN; Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, WV; and Steve Francis of Ashland, KY. None of the pole-sitters have ever won the North/South 100.

The six-lap RED BUCK Fast Dash for the three fastest qualifiers in Group A and Group B closed out the activities on Friday night. Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN won the dash that paid $500 to win. Dale McDowell finished second followed by R.J. Conley, Dustin Linville, Greg Johnson, and Steve Casebolt.

“It’s always good to be able to win some extra money and I want to thank RED BUCK for putting up the extra money for the dash tonight. Hopefully we can carry this win into tomorrow night’s main event and get another win here. We really enjoy coming here and racing in front of all the great fans that attend this crown jewel event,” stated Owens in victory lane.

In preliminary action, RJ Conley set the overall time (Group B) amongst the 67 entrants, with a lap of 17.033 seconds. Greg Johnson set the fastest time in Group A with a time of 17.134 seconds.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will return to action tomorrow night, August 10th at Florence Speedway in Union, KY with the Sunoco North/South 100 presented by Lucas Oil. There will be Heat Races, B-Mains, and the 100-Lap main event. For more information, log onto www.florencespeedway.com.

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Race Summary

Friday Night, August 9th, 2013
Sunoco North/South 100 presented by Lucas Oil
Florence Speedway – Union, KY

RED BUCK Fast Time Group A: Greg Johnson / 17.134 seconds

RED BUCK Fast Time Group B: RJ Conley/ 17.033 seconds

RED BUCK Fast Dash Finish: Jimmy Owens, Dale McDowell, RJ Conley, Dustin Linville, Greg Johnson, Steve Casebolt

Wiles Drive Shafts Heat Race #1 Line Up:

Tim McCreadie	39	23	John Blankenship
Greg Johnson	15J	97	Michael Chilton
Kent Robinson	7R	44	Earl Pearson Jr.
Tyler Reddick	11T	28e	Dennis Erb Jr.
Wayne Chinn	49	02	Tommy Weder
Kyle Bronson	40B

Eibach Springs Heat Race #2 Line Up:

Eric Wells	18e	11	Brad Neat
Steve Casebolt	c9	5H	Jeremy Hines
Davey Johnson	1J	11R	James Rice
Gregg Satterlee	22s	32s	Chad Stapleton
Jeff Babcock	1b	17	Brett Wyatt
Jeff Raisor	55R

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Line Up:

Darrell Lanigan	29	9J	Mike Jewell
Jimmy Owens	20	116	Randy Weaver
Justin Rattliff	16	83	Scott James
Walker Arthur	87	11w	D.J. Wells
Tim Prince	P1	84	Bill Blair, Jr.
Dylan Ames	77a

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #4 Line Up:

Duane Chamberlain	20c	71	Don O’Neal
RJ Conley	71c	19c	Chad Smith
Jared Landers	5	360	Michael Asberry
Tommy Bailey	88	2	Brady Smith
Jimmy Mars	28m	75	John Gill
Dennis Roberson	25	3b	Brian Gray

ASi Racewear Heat Race #5 Line Up:

Eddie Carrier Jr.	28	6s	Steve Shaver
Dale McDowell	41	21JR	Billy Moyer Jr.
Jesse Lay	33	5bx	Stephen Breeding
Mason Zeigler	25Z	257	Skylar Marlar
Steve Landrum	18	JJ2	Josh Williams
Victor Lee	4L

DirtOnDirt.com Heat Race #6 Line Up:

Steve Francis	15	5b	Mike Marlar
Dustin Linville	D8	4	Cody Mahoney
Dustin Neat	6n	21h	Robby Hensley
Scott Bloomquist	0	47	Chris Combs
Chris Stotts	s8	31	Nick Latham
Mick Sansom	20m