The Headline(s)
Jonathan Davenport led early and often, but a late-race mistake in lapped traffic sent Superman spinning and left Chris Ferguson with a Show-Me 100 win.
How it Happened
2022 Show-Me 100 (Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series)
Where: Lucas Oil Speedway – Wheatland, Mo. (streamed on MAVTV Plus)
Winner’s Purse: $50,000
On the stats sheet, Jonathan Davenport dominated Saturday’s Show-Me 100. But the final third of the race saw a three-way battle between Davenport, Ricky Thornton Jr. and Chris Ferguson swapping the lead multiple times as they dealt with lapped traffic. That all climaxed on lap 88, when Davenport spun out trying to put Earl Pearson Jr. a lap down, handing the lead to Ferguson.
On the ensuing restart, Ferguson drove away from Thornton to score the $50,000 win, by far his biggest of 2022 and his first win at the Wheatland track since 2020.
Anyone know what time it is? 😉🏁 @ChrisFerguson22 @lucasspeedway pic.twitter.com/cVofUL6OL3
— #LucasDirt 🏁 (@lucasdirt) May 29, 2022
The feature race also saw a major shuffle in the series points standings. The top-two in the standings, Brandon Sheppard and Tyler Erb, both finished Saturday’s (May 28) feature outside the top 10, allowing defending champion Tim McCreadie to close ground courtesy of a third-place run and to jump Erb in the standings.
Success Stories
He faded during Saturday’s 100-lap main event, but Johnny Scott scored his first career LOLMDS win in convincing fashion during Friday’s (May 27) preliminary event. Figuring out a diamond pattern to exit turns 2 and 4 on a racetrack that was full of character, Scott proved fast enough to past the mighty Davenport multiple times under green, then driving away once he figured out a race line that kept him out of the ruts. The track was ugly on Friday, but Scott drove a stellar race on it.
What more can you say about veteran Tim McCreadie? On a night where the two series regulars in front of him had less than…
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