Josh Richards salutes the crowd after winning Sunday’s Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series. Photo: Josh Richard Racing
Josh Richards completed the weekend sweep of the Douglas Dodge Ram Trucks Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Illinois on Sunday night as he scored his fourth World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series victory of the season.
The Shinnston, WV native is the first driver to sweep the race weekend since the Illini 100 became a full-weekend event in 2014.
“The track was a little greasy early, and we didn’t know how hard we should run,” said Richards, who took home a $15,000 prize. “It’s been an incredible year. This year is just getting started.”
This was Richards’ 62nd career World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series victory. The three-time series champion is now 10 wins short of the all-time record.
Richards picked up on Sunday where he left off on Saturday. From the fifth starting position, Richards overtook Billy Moyer, Jr. within the first 20 laps of the 75-lap feature. Through traffic in the first half of the feature, Richards was the class of the field as 19-year-old Bobby Pierce worked to run him down.
“When you get into traffic you slow down a little bit,” said Richards, ultimately winning by nearly a five-second differential. “You’re trying to move around and the track just gets dirty. We tried to get through it the best we could and make our moves when they counted.”
Pierce had his hands full much of the night with Scott Bloomquist. Following a caution on lap 37, Pierce and Bloomquist jockeyed for position.
Traffic and one final late-race caution on lap 55 regrouped the race’s frontrunners inside of 20 laps remaining, but Pierce got the best case-scenario, finishing second place on the night. Bloomquist rounded out the podium in third.
“It’s tough once you get by someone, and you got to pass him by again,” said Pierce about his battle with Bloomquist. “It’s kind of hard to sit back in the seat, relax and do it all over again because Scott’s one of the best.”
Bloomquist, who lead the start of the race, said he could have performed better. Of the top-3 finishers, Bloomquist logged the quickest lap in the race with 13.536.
“It just felt like we missed it a little bit,” Bloomquist said. “(The battle with Pierce) was fun, I guess. We raced a little cleaner than others did out here, but there’s a lot more races left.”
The weekend – with two preceding weather cancellations – drew a total of 48 late models to Farmer City Raceway, with 45 competing in Sunday’s action. During preliminary action on Sunday, Moyer, Jr. was the fastest overall qualifier. Moyer, Richards, Clanton and Chase Junghans each won one of four heat races. Last Chance Showdowns on Sunday were won by Rick Eckert and Brian Shirley.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series returns to action on Friday, April 8 at Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, Tennessee. The series then heads to Tazewell Speedway On Saturday, April 9.
For more information on the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series, visit WoOLMS.com.
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Illini 100 – April 3, 2016
1. 1-Josh Richards
2. 32 – Bobby Pierce
3. 0-Scott Bloomquist
4. 157-Mike Marlar
5. B5-Brandon Sheppard
6. 25-Shane Clanton
7. 21-Billy Moyer
8. 3s-Brian Shirley
9. 21JR-Billy Moyer, Jr.
10. C9-Steve Casebolt
11. 1g-Devin Gilpin
12. 25F-Jason Feger
13. 14M-Morgan Bagley
14. 18c-Chase Junghans
15. 7-Rick Eckert
16. 2c-Joey Coulter
17. 91-Tyler Erb
18. 1*-Chub Frank
19. 76-Brandon Overton
20. 18-Eric Wells
21. 24-Ryan Unzicker
22. 25z-Mason Zeigler
23. 77-Jordan Yaggy
24. 4-Cody Mahoney
25. 32s-Chris Simpson
26. 99jr-Frank Heckenast, Jr.
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