April 12, 2014 - Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., took advantage of Tim McCreadie's misfortune and went on to capture Saturday night's Scion of Knoxville 50 World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Tazewell Speedway.

This was Marlar's first-career World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory, and he became the series' seventh different winner this season in seven races after holding off Shane Clanton and Rick Eckert to the checkered flag as championship leader Darrell Lanigan finished fourth with last year's top rookie Eric Wells rounding out the top five.

"We actually scaled back on racing this year and I think we're going to have one of our best year's yet," said an excited Marlar in victory lane.

"My steering is bent, my arms are tired, but with all the help from my family and friends, Ronnie Delk (car owner), all of the work they put in, we're going stay in there and drive it all we can," stated Marlar after talking about his near mishap with lapped car Mark Gant.

McCreadie and Marlar brought the field of 24 to life for the start of the 50-lapper with McCreadie jumping to the high side and the early lead. Marlar tucked under T-Mac for second with Lanigan moving from his eighth spot to the fifth position by the second circuit. By the sixth lap, sixth-starting Clanton and his Capital Race Cars entry passed Eckert for the third spot.

"We're good, just need a little lady luck to start up front and maybe we can win one," said runner-up Clanton of Zebulon, Ga.

Eckert of York, Pa., held on to a third place-finish and said tire choice was the key.

"He was a little bit softer on the left rear tire, that one restart he took the bottom off two and snuck by me and I just couldn't get him back cleared," said Eckert.

Brandon Overton of Appleton, Ga., finished sixth while Rookie-of-the-Year contender Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kan., finished seventh. Morgan Bagley of Tyler, Texas, Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., and Rick "Boom" Briggs of Bear Lake, Pa., rounded out the top 10.

Eight caution flags slowed the main event. The first yellow flag would wave on lap three as Boom Briggs got crossed up in turn four collecting three more. Lap nine would see leader McCreadie slowing for a right rear flat tire. Bryan Hendrix spun at the top of turn two in front of the top-four cars and brought out the yellow on lap 17. Debris brought out the next yellow on lap 26. The next yellow flag would wave on lap-29 as the rescue squad had to come out of the infield and attend to a spectator. Jack Sullivan would slow in turn three for a flat tire on lap 31 to bring out the next yellow flag. The lap-39 caution flag would be for Chub Frank's right-rear flat. Jeff Wolfenbarger would slow for the final yellow with two laps to go with a flat tire.

Twenty-four cars entered the event, which brought the WoO LMS to Gary Hall's track outside Tazewell for the lone season visit.

Eckert turned the fastest overall lap of Ohlins Shocks Time Trials, circling the blistering-fast 1/3 mile oval in 11.390 seconds. Heat winners were Eckert, Wells and McCreadie.

Darrell Lanigan continues to lead the overall World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship with six top-five's and seven top-10s through seven feature events.

World of Outlaws Late Models Series
1. 157 Mike Marlar
2. 25 Shane Clanton
3. 24 Rick Eckert
4. 29 Darrell Lanigan
5. 18 Eric Wells
6. 76 Brandon Overton
7. 18c Chase Jumghans
8. 14m Morgan Bagley
9. 44 Clint Smith
10. 99b Boom Briggs
11. 1 Brandon Sheppard
12. 1* Chub Frank
13. 212 Josh Putnam
14. 5 Bryan Hendrix
15. 28 Jeff Wolfenbarger
16. 113 Mark Gant
17. 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr.
18. 18x Jack Sullivan
19. 201 Billy Ogle Jr.
20. 39 Tim McCreadie
21. 14 Terry Wolfenbarger
22. 40b Kyle Bronson
23. 15 Wade Howerton
DNS 71 Steve Smith

Fomer Modified Street Champion Tony Horton of Sneedville scored his second win a row after taking the lead away from Dakotah Knuckles on lap fourteen of the Modified Street feature. After blowing an engine last week Robbie Buchanan was back and set fast time in qualifying with a lap of 13.705 seconds. Horton, who qualified third, was only .003 of a second from Buchanan's quick time. Buchanan and Knuckles would share the front row of the feature with Knuckles muscling his way into the lead on the first lap with Buchanan and Horton duking it out for the second spot. On lap seven Buchanan dove low in turn one looking for the lead yet spinning on his own in the effort. This would hand second over to Horton who got the elbows up and went hunting for the lead. Lap eleven would find Knuckles and Horton dancing door to door all around the speedway without touching. Horton would finally slip by Knuckles for the lead on lap fourteen to make in two-in-a-row in the Discount Parts City Auto Parts, Bobby’s Used Honda, Gordon Construction, and Visual Designs by Brian sponsored Chevy Monte Carlo. Horton celebrated in Victory Lane with his newborn grandson and was congratulated by Knuckles.

Modified Street
1. 56 Tony Horton
2. 21k Dakotah Knuckles
3. 28 Justin James
4. P21 Robbie Buchanan
5. 54 Larry Burke

Matt Tharp of Luttrell wrestled the lead away from pole sitter Joe Keck on lap four to score his first Classic Car feature win of the season. The "Luttrell Leadfoot" piloted the Red Eyes Racing, Autism Awareness Classic Car.

Classic Car
1. 20 Matt Tharp
2. 24 Phillip Thompson
3. 7 Bart Baxter
4. 13J Joel Wolfenbarger
5. 18 Eli Keck
6. 99 Justin Overton
7. 88 Richie Overholser
8. C74 Cliff Lane
9. 8 Joe Keck
10. 7 John Stevens

Randy Dyke of Newport would draw the pole for the 4 Cylinder feature sharing the front row with Chris Reichert of Knoxville. Dyke quickly jumped into the lead trailed by Chuck McMahan and Joey Allen. Kurt Owens, who started ninth, worked his way through the field and took second away from McMahan on lap eleven. Dyke was holding on to the lead until lap sixteen when he came upon lap traffic. As Dyke and Owens were navigating around a lap car the two would make contact sending Dyke spinning. Owens would inherit the lead and pick up his second win of the season in the familiar 7UP Mustang.

4 Cylinder
1. 7UP Kurt Owens
2. 99 Chuck McMahan
3. 44J Jeromy Collins
4. 22 Chris Reichert
5. 111 Randy Dyke
6. A00 Joey Allen
7. 84 Paul Myers
8. 2A Austin Fancher
DNS 49 Roger Hurst

Sneedville's Jordon Horton would set fast time in Sportsman qualifyng with a lap of 12.519 seconds. Horton would draw the pole in the invert draw and line up alongside last week's winner Clyde Overholt. At the drop of the green Overholt jumped to the point trailed by Horton, Rick Welch, Anthony Burchett and Justin Beeler. Pulling away from the rest of the field it looked like Overholt was on cruise control until lap fourteen when Horton started closing the gap. By lap sixteen Horton was knocking on Overholt's back bumper. The duo would encounter lap traffic on lap seventeen with Horton shooting to the bottom groove looking for an advantage. Overholt would hold off Horton to take the checkers yet after a postrace inspection from a protest Overholt's engine was deemed illegal. This handed Horton his second win of the season in the River Place on the Clinch, Brabston Trucking and Excavating, Discount Parts City, Greasy Rock Auto Shop sponsored Chevrolet SS.

Sportsman
1. 56 Jordon Horton
2. 18 Anthony Burchett
3. 25 Justin Beeler
4. 3 Rex Coffey
5. 18 Rick Welch
6. 30 Taylor Coffman
7. 8 Jacob Owens
8. 34v Jason Varner
9. 02 Michael Hawk
10. 24 Andy Wilder
11. G7 Billy Gordon
12. 21 Brian Howerton
13. 77 Steve Carr
14. 29 Chris Raines
15. 11 Josh Fields
DQ'd 4 Clyde Overholt

This Saturday night April 19 we'll have a full night of racing featuring our Tazewell Late Models, Sportsman, Modified Street, Pure Street, 4 Cylinder and Classic Car divisions.