What won the race: Starting outside the front row, Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, led all 40 laps Friday at I-96 Speedway for a $10,000 Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series victory. Erb took the checkers 2.348 seconds ahead of Ashton Winger for a $10,000 payday, the third of his career on the Iron-Man circuit.

Key notes: Tyler Erb notched his first Iron-Man tour victory since last Memorial Day weekend at Crystal (Mich.) Motor Speedway. ... Erb collected his second overall victory of the season and first since Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. ... Erb lapped all but nine competitors. ... Polesitter Rusty Schlenk finished third. ... Four cautions slowed the action (on laps four, five, 16 and 35) ... The 27-minute feature concluded at 11:09 p.m. .... I-96 kicked off Iron-Man's Great Lakes State tripleheader holiday weekend that continues at Quincy's Butler Motor Speedway and Crystal. Each race pays $10,000-to-win.

On the move: Runner-up Ashton Winger of Hampton, Ga., started eighth.

Winner's sponsors: Erb’s winning Best Performance Motorsports Rocket Chassis is powered by a Scott Bailey Racing Engine and carries sponsorship from Langenfelder Mechanical Contractors, First Class Septic, Roberts Bee Company, Anthony’s Pizza, JRR Trucking, Paul Construction, Curtis & Son Companies, Coles County Speedway, Sani-Weld, Inc., Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Racing Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Behrent’s Performance, Midwest Sheet Metal, Race Ranch and KBC Graphix.

Points chase: Before I-96: 1. R.J. Conley (249); 2. Colten Burdette (211); 3. Rod Conley (208); 4. Miles Cook II (179); 5. Seth Daniels (177).

Current weather: Overcast, 61°F

Car count: 35

Fast qualifier: Tyler Erb

Time: 15.780 seconds

Polesitter: Rusty Schlenk

Heat race winners: Rusty Schlenk, Chase Burda, Tyler Erb, Eric Spangler

Consolation race winners: Colten Burdette, Jeffery Erickson

Provisional starters: Rod Conley, Miles Cook II

Next series race: May 23, Butler Motor Speedway (Quincy, MI) $10,000