BARBERVILLE, FL – February 17, 2018 – Tim McCreadie brought the house down at Volusia Speedway Park by carving through the field from 27thto first, winning the 50 lap Big-Block Modified Feature and the DIRTcar Nationals Championship. McCreadie’s charge and late race pass on Stewart Friesen earned himself his first DIRTcar Nationals Big Gator. The crowd roared as the no. 39 Sweeteners Plus crossed the finish line ahead of Stewart Friesen and Mike Mahaney.
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie [27]; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen [6]; 3. 88-Mike Mahaney [5]; 4. 1-Billy Pauch [16]; 5. 5-Ryan Godown [11]; 6. 9s-Matt Sheppard [3]; 7. 19-Tim Fuller [20]; 8. 21-Yan Bussiere [23]; 9. 91-Billy Decker [4]; 10. 9-Ryan Watt [9]; 11. 6h-Max McLaughlin [7]; 12. 32-Jim Rasey [25]; 13. 42p-Pat Ward [15]; 14. 25R-Erick Rudolph [18]; 15. 27J-Danny Johnson [19]; 16. 4-Billy VanInwegen [8]; 17. 20-Brett Hearn [26]; 18. 85-H.J. Bunting [28]; 19. 30M-Joseph Watson [10]; 20. 109-Billy Whittaker [29]; 21. 74-J.R. Heffner [12]; 22. 19k-Brett Kressley [24]; 23. 3-Justin Haers [14]; 24. 5s-Tyler Siri [2]; 25. 96-J-F Corriveau [30]; 26. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [21]; 27. 43-Jimmy Horton [1]; 28. 99L-Larry Wight [22]; 29. 118-Jim Britt [17]; 30. cb3-Chad Brachmann [13]
Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 44-Stewart Friesen, 17.899; 2. 5s-Tyler Siri, 17.95; 3. cb3-Chad Brachmann, 17.993; 4. 19m-Jessey Mueller, 18.025; 5. 118-Jim Britt, 18.11; 6. 9-Ryan Watt, 18.279; 7. 17-Kyle Sheldon, 18.313; 8. 165-Rex King, 18.431; 9. 13-Rick Regalski, 18.556; 10. 35-Francois Bellemare, 19.184; 11. R13-Ralph McBride, 19.677
Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 88-Mike Mahaney, 17.691; 2. 91-Billy Decker, 17.858; 3. 30M-Joseph Watson, 17.958; 4. 3-Justin Haers, 18.084; 5. 99L-Larry Wight, 18.091; 6. 20-Brett Hearn, 18.112; 7. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 18.214; 8. 6d-Dillon Steuer, 18.23; 9. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 18.487; 10. 85-H.J. Bunting, 18.501; 11. 65-Scott Hitchens, 18.753
Qualifying Flight-C: 1. 4-Billy VanInwegen, 17.818; 2. 43-Jimmy Horton, 17.877; 3. 32-Jim Rasey, 17.946; 4. 42p-Pat Ward, 18.039; 5. 27J-Danny Johnson, 18.106; 6. 5-Ryan Godown, 18.137; 7. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 18.162; 8. 21-Yan Bussiere, 18.424; 9. 109-Billy Whittaker, 18.516; 10. 44r-Russell Morseman, 18.541; 11. 1G-Darwin Greene, 18.77
Qualifying Flight-D: 1. 6h-Max McLaughlin, 17.712; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 17.761; 3. 19-Tim Fuller, 17.906; 4. 74-J.R. Heffner, 18.051; 5. 96-J-F Corriveau, 18.175; 6. 1-Billy Pauch, 18.25; 7. 39-Tim McCreadie, 18.37; 8. 46-Jeremy Smith, 18.377; 9. 19k-Brett Kressley, 18.402
Heat #1 – Flight (A) – Spon.-1 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 44-Stewart Friesen [1]; 2. 5s-Tyler Siri [2]; 3. 9-Ryan Watt [6]; 4. cb3-Chad Brachmann [3]; 5. 118-Jim Britt [5]; 6. 13-Rick Regalski [9]; 7. 17-Kyle Sheldon [7]; 8. 35-Francois Bellemare [10]; 9. 19m-Jessey Mueller [4]; 10. R13-Ralph McBride [11]; 11. 165-Rex King [8]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) – Spon.-2 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 88-Mike Mahaney [1]; 2. 91-Billy Decker [2]; 3. 30M-Joseph Watson [3]; 4. 3-Justin Haers [4]; 5. 25R-Erick Rudolph [7]; 6. 99L-Larry Wight [5]; 7. 20-Brett Hearn [6]; 8. 48t-Dave Rauscher [9]; 9. 6d-Dillon Steuer [8]; 10. 65-Scott Hitchens [11]; 11. 85-H.J. Bunting [10]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) – Spon.-3 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 4-Billy VanInwegen [1]; 2. 43-Jimmy Horton [2]; 3. 5-Ryan Godown [6]; 4. 42p-Pat Ward [4]; 5. 27J-Danny Johnson [5]; 6. 32-Jim Rasey [3]; 7. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [7]; 8. 21-Yan Bussiere [8]; 9. 109-Billy Whittaker [9]; 10. 44r-Russell Morseman [10]; 11. 1G-Darwin Greene [11]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer 1. 6h-Max McLaughlin [1]; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard [2]; 3. 74-J.R. Heffner [4]; 4. 1-Billy Pauch [6]; 5. 19-Tim Fuller [3]; 6. 19k-Brett Kressley [9]; 7. 39-Tim McCreadie [7]; 8. 96-J-F Corriveau [5]; 9. 46-Jeremy Smith [8]
Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer: 1. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [4]; 2. 21-Yan Bussiere [6]; 3. 32-Jim Rasey [2]; 4. 19m-Jessey Mueller [7]; 5. 85-H.J. Bunting [11]; 6. 109-Billy Whittaker [8]; 7. 44r-Russell Morseman [10]; 8. 13-Rick Regalski [1]; 9. R13-Ralph McBride [9]; 10. 35-Francois Bellemare [5]; 11. 17-Kyle Sheldon [3]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer: 1. 99L-Larry Wight [1]; 2. 19k-Brett Kressley [2]; 3. 20-Brett Hearn [3]; 4. 39-Tim McCreadie [4]; 5. 6d-Dillon Steuer [7]; 6. 48t-Dave Rauscher [5]; 7. 46-Jeremy Smith [8]; 8. 1G-Darwin Greene [11]; 9. 96-J-F Corriveau [6]; 10. 65-Scott Hitchens [9]; 11. 165-Rex King [10]
