What won the race: Pole-starting Tyler Stevens of Searcy, Ark., dominated 30 laps Friday at Batesville Motor Speedway to win the opening night of the Bad Boy 98 weekend for the second straight season. Stevens pocketed $5,000 in taking the checkers 1.389 seconds ahead of Tony Jackson Jr. in a caution-plagued Comp Cams Super Dirt Series event that lasted 48 minutes.

Quotable: "We gambled on tires. We went softer probably than most, which the cautions helped me a bunch there at first and then (I) got in there in the dirty air in that lapped traffic and I kind of got my tires hot," Stevens said. "Adam and Keith back there with some signals. I was trying to ride when I could and press when I needed to, and, luckily we put a full night together."

Key notes: Tyler Stevens captured his seventh career Comp Cams victory and first in 365 days in a new Longhorn Chassis. ... Runner-up Tony Jackson Jr. took the second spot from ninth-starting Billy Moyer on the 18th lap but never seriously challenged Stevens. ... Hall of Famer Terry Phillips, driving the Mann Motorsports No. 75 in his return to Late Models, retired running third on the lap-six caution. ... Seven cautions slowed the 30-lapper, the most serious on the 12th lap for Jon Mitchell's turn-two spin while battling with Clay Stuckey collected six competitors including David Breazeale, Dillon McCowan, Shane Stephens and more (a red-flag cleanup was required). ... Second-running Joseph Joiner slowed to draw a caution on the fourth lap. ... Raymond Merrill lost a driveshaft on the sixth lap. ... On the ninth lap, B.J. Robinson's car suffered significant front-end damage exiting turn two after a tangle with Joiner. ... Scott Crigler spun after contact exiting turn two on the 10th lap, collecting Kyle Beard among others. ... Neil Baggett spun with a flat tire on the 11th lap (Timothy Culp had a flat on the ensuing restart). .... A dog was running in the grass just outside turn one on the lap-four restart, but stayed off the surface. ... The Bad Boy 98 concludes with Saturday’s 68-lap, $12,000-to-win finale. ... Brennon Willard scratched from the feature.

On the move: Clay Stuckey of Shreveport, La., started 19th and finished sixth.

Winner's sponsors: Stevens drives a Longhorn Chassis powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Keith Hammett Trucking & Construction, Titan Well Service, Pitts Fuel Investments, The Shiney Hiney Truck Wash, MI Truck Enter, A to Z Racing Products, Deatherage Opticians, Penske Shocks, Swift Springs and Midwest Sheet Metal.

Points chase: After Batesville Friday: 1. Billy Moyer (655); 2. Timothy Culp (650); 3. Morgan Bagley (605); 4. Jon Kirby (600); 5. Jon Mitchell (550).

Current weather: Clear, 70°F

Car count: 43

Fast qualifier: Tyler Stevens

Time: 13.976 seconds

Polesitter: Tyler Stevens

Heat race winners: Tyler Stevens, Terry Phillips, Joseph Joiner, Tony Jackson Jr.

Consolation race winners: B.J. Robinson, Raymond Merrill

Provisional starters: Kyle Beard, Charlie Cole, Shane Stephens, Glen Powell

Next series race: May 10, Batesville Motor Speedway (Locust Grove, AR) $12,000