Owens' Last Lap Pass Earns "Scorcher I" as Schlieper Loses Grip on First 2010 Win

James Essex

BULLS GAP, Tenn. - June 18. Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn. won his second straight Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event in dramatic fashion on Friday Night as he captured night number one of the Scorcher 100 Presented by Reece Monument Company at Volunteer Speedway. He passed Dan Schlieper heading to the white flag as he went on to beat Schlieper to the finish line for his fifth series win of the year.

Jimmy Owens at Volunteer Speedway. (Michael Moats)

Lucas Oil Series - Volunteer Speedway - June 18th 1) Jimmy Owens, 2) Dan Schlieper, 3) Jonathan Davenport, 4) Ray Cook, 5) Earl Pearson, Jr., 6) Chris Wall, 7) Dale McDowell, 8) Scott Bloomquist, 9) Steve Casebolt, 10) Chris Madden, 11) Don O'Neal, 12) Brad Neat, 13) Rick Rogers, 14) Vic Hill, 15) Eric Wells, 16) Mark Vineyard, 17) Eric Jacobsen, 18) Tyler Reddick*, 19) John Blankenship, 20) Mike Marlar, 21) Shanon Buckingham, 22) Billy Ogle, 23) Tim Isenberg*, 24) Jared Landers, 25) Michael Walker* Fast Time (44 entries): Jimmy Owens (13.940 secs.); Heat winners: Davenport, Cook, Schlieper, Ogle; B-Main winners: Jacobsen, Wells; (*provisionals)
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