Scott Bloomquist, seen here from earlier action, scored the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory Saturday night at Batesville Motor Speedway. Photo by Mike Horne
Scott Bloomquist took the lead on lap six from polesitter Wendell Wallace and led the rest of the way to win the Bad Boy 98 on Saturday Night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR.
Bloomquist earned $20,000 for his victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series/COMP Cams Super Dirt Series co-sanctioned event.
Earl Pearson, Jr. came home in second, followed by Don O’Neal, Jared Landers, and Brandon Sheppard.
“We got the lead pretty early,” said Bloomquist. “The track was little bumpy in one and two tonight. This is a brand new car and it ran well all weekend. The Andy Durham engine also ran great.”
Bloomquist swept the entire weekend at Batesville. He set overall fast time and dominated his heat race on Friday Night to earn to outside front row starting spot for Saturday’s finale.
“We set our own pace once we got the lead,” he said. “I just wanted to make sure we didn’t overdo it on the tires. The car was spectacular after the restarts, and there were a lot of them tonight. I had a chance to look at the left rear and it looked good. I haven’t seen the other tires, but I am sure they are ok as well.
“I just wanted to stay in the low to middle, there were a bunch of crumbs up top. You have got to finish the race, so I went a little conservative at the end. I didn’t know how close they were, but I didn’t hear them.”
Pearson had his best LOLMDS performance of the season with his runner-up finish.
“It’s been a tough year, but all the guys on the Dunn Benson Ford team have done a great job on this car,” he said. “We changed several things today just to get our car a little better than last night. Mooney (Starr) did all he could do to get it smoothed out for us tonight. I think we were better at the start than at the end. The track cleaned up and made it hard to pass. Scott has been tough all year.”
O’Neal charged through the field to finish third.
“Our team really needed a good run,” O’Neal said. “We have struggled here in the last month or two. We didn’t qualify very well. We passed some cars tonight, and we all got strung out in the top five for a while. We stayed consistent and that was what was important.”
Steve Francis, Darrell Lanigan, Dennis Erb, Jr., Tim McCreadie and Jack Sullivan rounded out the top ten.
In preliminary action, Bloomquist set the overall Miller Welders Fast Time (Group B) amongst the 45 entrants, with a lap of 13.702 seconds. Wallace set the fastest time in Group A with a time of 13.813 seconds. Wallace, Jonathan Davenport, Bloomquist, and Landers won their respective heat races. Chris Brown and Austin Rettig won their respective B-Mains.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Batesville Motor Speedway – Batesville, AR
Bad Boy 98 – April 16, 2016
| FINISH | START | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Scott Bloomquist | Mooresburg, TN |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL |
| 3 | 12 | 5 | Don O’Neal | Martinsville, IN |
| 4 | 4 | 777 | Jared Landers | Batesville, AR |
| 5 | 13 | B5 | Brandon Sheppard | New Berlin, IL |
| 6 | 7 | 15F | Steve Francis | Bowling Green, KY |
| 7 | 15 | 15L | Darrell Lanigan | Union, KY |
| 8 | 21 | 28e | Dennis Erb, Jr. | Carpentersville, IL |
| 9 | 16 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY |
| 10 | 10 | 18X | Jack Sullivan | Greenbrier, AR |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Jonathan Davenport | Blairsville, GA |
| 12 | 8 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN |
| 13 | 24 | 86 | Kyle Beard | Trumann, AR |
| 14 | 14 | F5 | Garrett Alberson | Shreveport, LA |
| 15 | 17 | 21B | Chris Brown | Spring, TX |
| 16 | 23 | 75 | Colton Flinner | Allison Park, PA |
| 17 | 19 | 77 | Gavin Landers | Batesville, AR |
| 18 | 5 | 186 | Jeremy Payne | Springfield, MO |
| 19 | 1 | 6m | Wendell Wallace | Batesville, AR |
| 20 | 22 | 18 | Shannon Babb | Mowequa, IL |
| 21 | 11 | 21 | Billy Moyer | Batesville, AR |
| 22 | 26 | R5x | Hunter Rasdon | Jonesboro, AR |
| 23 | 9 | 21jr | Billy Moyer, Jr. | Batesville, AR |
| 24 | 25 | 7P | David Payne | Cabot, AR |
| 25 | 18 | 94 | Austin Rettig | Sikeston, MO |
| 26 | 20 | 47 | Chandler Petty | Austin, AR |
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Race Statistics
Entrants: 45
Lap Leaders: Wendell Wallace (Laps 1 – 5); Scott Bloomquist (Laps 6 – 98)
Cautions: Hunter Rasdon (Lap 20); Austin Rettig (Lap 29); Austin Rettig, Colton Flinner, Chris Brown, Hunter Rasdon, Gavin Landers (Lap 29); Hunter Rasdon (Lap 48); Colton Flinner (Lap 49); Dennis Erb Jr. (Lap51); Shannon Babb (Lap 52); Wendell Wallace (Lap 54); Jimmy Owens (Lap 60); Dennis Erb Jr. (Lap 64); Brandon Sheppard (Lap 82); Jonathan Davenport (Lap 91)
Fastest Lap of the Race: Scott Bloomquist (Lap #3 – 15.1461 seconds)
Time of Race: 70 minutes 46 seconds
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