Skylar Marlar, Clayton Miller, Robby Perkins and James Ramey Capture Finn Watson Memorial Victories at Lake Cumberland Speedway

Burnside KY (June 30th, 2018) - The Schaeffer’s Oil Iron-Man Championship Late Model Series presented by DirtonDirt.com and the Brucebilt Performance Iron-Man Modified Series would be in action as part of the 4th Annual Finn Watson Memorial at Lake Cumberland Speedway on Saturday evening and Skylar Marlar of Winfield, TN would pick up the $3,000 victory for the Schaeffer’s Oil Iron-Man Championship Late Model Series and Clayton Miller of Elkton, KY would the weekend’s Modified action as he would take the $1,000 victory for the Brucebilt Performance Iron-Man Modified Series.

The win for Marlar would come in his first event of the season and would be his second career series victory and would have him driving the Jesse Puckett owned Puckett Automotive, Picker’s Paradise, MAC Metals, Jay Construction and Restoration, 63 Auto Sales, Yaden’s Auto Sales sponsored #88 Club 29 Race Car powered by a Cornett Race Engine. Miller’s victory would be his second-straight of the weekend and fourth career tour checkered flag and would take place in the Lexington Landscape, Wall Construction, C. Blackwell Construction, Hustlin’ Lawn Care, Quick Car, Wyatt-Johnson sponsored #15 Brucebilt Chassis entry.

Skylar Marlar would power his way to the lead at the start of the Schaeffer’s Oil Iron-Man Championship Late Model Series, with polesitter Dustin Nobbe, Todd Coffman, Cameron Marlar, and Jeff Watson giving chase. Tommy Bailey would immediately start to challenge Watson for the fifth position and the duo would make contact in the center of turns three and four, resulting in Watson looping his machine and Steve Stollings would make heavy contact with the outside retaining wall in turn four attempting to avoid the accident and would be finished for the night, resulting in the only caution flag of the event. The restart would see Skylar Marlar open a comfortable lead over Coffman, while Cameron Marlar would challenge Nobbe for the third position, with Marlar looking beside Nobbe on several occasions before Marlar would execute a slidejob pass for the position exiting turn four on lap ten. One circuit later, race leader Skylar Marlar would catch slower traffic and this would allow second-place Coffman to reel in the race leader, with Cameron Marlar also closing in on Coffman at this point as the trio saw the halfway signal on lap fifteen. Skylar Marlar would work his way through lapped traffic and would have clear track again in front of him by lap nineteen, while Bailey began to pressure Nobbe for the fourth position. Bailey would work past Nobbe for the fourth spot on lap twenty-one as Skylar Marlar would catch lapped traffic again on lap twenty-four and would masterfully work through traffic at this point to maintain his lead, while Cameron Marlar would challenge Coffman for the second position. Skylar Marlar would go unchallenged the remainder of the way to score the race victory, with Coffman taking runner-up honors and Cameron Marlar settling for the third position. Bailey and Nobbe would complete the top five. Watson would recover from his early-race accident to finish to head up sixth through tenth at the finish, followed by Rod Carter, Jr., Kenny Cobble, Joey Standridge, and Perry Delaney.

The Brucebilt Performance Iron-Man Modified Series main event would be slowed by a quartet of caution flags in the first three laps of the event, but those would be the only thing that would slow Clayton Miller on this night and Miller would be strong throughout the twenty-lap contest and score his second-consecutive series victory of the weekend as he would take the checkered flag first, with Ricky Arms closing in the final laps, but settling for the second position. Shon Flanary and Blake Brown would have a great battle throughout the event for the third position, with Flanary winning the battle eventually and finishing third, with Brown coming home fourth, and Victor Lee would claim fifth to complete the top five finishers. The remainder of the top ten would be Jeff Watson, Ben Petrey, Keith Denny, Billy Palmer, and Amos Bunch.

Lake Cumberland Speedway would like to sincerely thank all the racers who supported the Finn Watson Memorial event and also thank the great turnout of race fans from around the area for their support of the event, as the track was in great condition and produced quality race action throughout the evening in all divisions. The track would also like to thank the Watson family for their support, appreciation, and for allowing the track to present the event in memory of Mr. Finn Watson.

Official Summary of Results

Feature Results for Schaeffer’s Oil Iron-Man Championship Late Model Series at Lake Cumberland Speedway in Burnside, KY on June 30, 2018
1. Skylar Marlar-Winfield, TN 2. Todd Coffman 3. Cameron Marlar 4. Tommy Bailey 5. Dustin Nobbe 6. Jeff Watson 7. Rod Carter, Jr 8. Kenny Cobble 9. Joey Standridge 10. Perry Delaney 11. Brian Phillips 12. Jake Henry 13. Steve Stollings 14. Michael Watson
Time of Race: 11 minutes, 48 seconds
Margin of Victory: 0.860 seconds
Yellow Flags: 1 (Lap 3)
Red Flags: None
Lap Leaders: Skylar Marlar 1-30
Entries: 14
Overall Top Qualifier: Dustin Nobbe 12.721 seconds
Heat One Finish (10 laps/all transfer)- Dustin Nobbe, Cameron Marlar, Jeff Watson, Tommy Bailey, Rod Carter, Jr., Joey Standridge, Michael Watson
Heat Two Finish (10 laps/all transfer)- Skylar Marlar, Todd Coffman, Jake Henry, Steve Stollings, Kenny Cobble, Perry Delaney (DNS-Brian Phillips)
Official Summary of Results
Feature Results for Brucebilt Performance Iron-Man Modified Series at Lake Cumberland Speedway in Burnside, KY on June 30, 2018
1. Clayton Miller-Elkton, Ky 2. Ricky Arms 3. Shon Flanary 4. Blake Brown 5. Victor Lee 6. Jeff Watson
7. Ben Petrey 8. Keith Denny 9. Billy Palmer 10. Amos Bunch 11. Wayne James 12. Jamey Neat 13. Donnie Beard 14. Tim Patrick 15. Sarah Patrick 16. Peyton Harlow 17. Gabe Emberton 18. Shane Roberts
Time of Race: 20 minutes, 14 seconds
Margin of Victory: 0.792 seconds
Yellow Flags: 5 (Lap 1, 1 restart, 2, 3, 10)
Red Flags: None
Lap Leaders: Clayton Miller 1-20
Entries: 18
Wiles Driveshafts Overall Top Qualifier: Peyton Harlow 13.795 seconds
Heat One Finish (10 laps/all transfer)- Peyton Harlow, Blake Brown, Victor Lee, Shane Roberts, Jeff Watson, Keith Denny
Heat Two Finish (10 laps/all transfer)- Clayton Miller, Shon Flanary, Wayne James, Tim Patrick, Donnie Beard, Gabe Emberton
Heat Three Finish (10 laps/all transfer)- Ricky Arms, Billy Palmer, Amos Bunch, Ben Petrey, Jamey Neat, Sarah Patrick

YANDERS TOWING KDRA SUPER STOCKS (11)
Fast Qualier- 460 Robby Perkins 15.44
Super Stock Heat 1
(1)460 Robby Perkins (2)62 Daniel Stamper (3)35 Jason West (4)22 Doyle Hibbard (5)0 Kyle Parker (6)14 Matt Foley
Super Stock Heat 2
(1)7b Bryson Patton (2)37h Greg Hensley (3)8 Robert Stanton (4)k9 Scott Hensley (5)t8 Tommy Helm
Yanders Towing KDRA Super Stock Feature
(1)460 Robby Perkins-Ezel, KY (2)Stamper (3)Patton (4)Greg Hensley (5)West (6)Scott Hensley (7)Parker (8)Helm (9)Stanton (10)Hibbard (11)Foley

SOMERSET MACHINE SHOP KDRA MINI STOCKS (20)
Fast Qualifier- 24 James Ramey 16.77
Mini Stock Heat 1
(1)24 James Ramey (2)723 Brandon Creech (3)321 Jake Duncan (4)28 David Owens (5)222 Sammy Smith (6)1* Greg Hensley (7)328 Matt Hargis (8)48 Doodle Farris (9)94p Brandon Pemberton (10)48 Les Jackson
Mini Stock Heat 2
(1)92x Shane Irvin (2)8 Danny Winchester (3)16 GT Embry (4)80 Chris Smith (5)1b Charles Burton (6)10w Mark Wesley (7)58 Luke Gregory (8)29 Byron Swain (9)43 Pam Deary (10)19b Chris burton

Somerset Machine Shop KDRA Mini Stock Feature
(1)24 James Ramey-Vicco, KY (2)Irvin (3)Winchester (4)Creech (5)Smith (6)Embry (7)Ownes (8)Charles Burton (9)Smith (10)Farris (11)Duncan (12)Hargis (13)Gregory (14)Pemberton (15)Deary (16)Hensley (17)Chris Burton (18)Swain (19)Wesley (20)Jackson

Lake Cumberland Speedway is back in action Saturday July 17th with the LCS SUMMER SIZZLER SERIES. McGowan Excavating Super Late Modela- Roark & Sons Open Wheel Modifieds- Yanders Towing KDRA Super Stocks- Somerset Machine Shop KDRA Mini Stocks- Mini Cup Cyclones PLUS Power
Wheels and bicycle races for the kids. Gates open 3pm with racing at 7:30pm. Grandstand admission $15 12-Under FREE (anyone presenting wristbands from last Saturday, June 30th event will receive $5 off grandstand admission). $35 pit admission.

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