What won the race: Clearing pole-starting Ashton Winger with a turn-three slide job on the opening lap, second-starting Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., led all 35 circuits to score a $12,000 win in Thursday's Great Lake Showdown at Raceway 7. McCreadie beat Winger to the line by 2.618 seconds in the non-stop feature for his 34th career World of Outlaws Real American Late Model Series victory and his first since April 23, 2021, at Richmond (Ky.) Raceway.

Quotable: “It’s hard to deal with," a choked up McCreadie said of winning on the one-year anniversary of his father Bob's death. “When you got great people around you, like Boom (Briggs), their whole family, my mom, my brother, sister, everybody ... it’s been a tough day. (I’ve) been holding it in all day, trying not to think about (losing his father). It’s been a rough go for us, but we’ll keep plugging along, that’s all we can do.”

Key notes: McCreadie earned his first victory of any kind since last Aug. 17's Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark., worth $50,000 aboard Mark Richards's Rocket house car. ... McCreadie's triumph came exactly one year after his father, legendary big-block modified driver "Barefoot" Bob McCreadie, died at age 73. ... Ashton Winger trailed McCreadie the entire distance but never truly challenged for the lead. ... Brian Shirley held off a late-race charge from Drake Troutman to finish third. ... The sixth-starting Troutman, who overcame a heat race spin to transfer, took fourth from Bobby Pierce on the 21st lap and finished there. ... Pierce settled for fifth. ... Tristan Chamberlain overcame a loose oil line in hot laps and rounded out the top-10 finishers. ... The 35-lap feature was completed without incident and lasted 12 minutes, with 15 starters completing the distance. ... Dave Hess Jr. scratched.

On the move: Cody Overton of Evans, Ga., started 13th and finished seventh.

Winner's sponsors: McCreadie’s Briggs Transport Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Dave Warren Auto Center, Excess Storage, Corry Rubber Coporation, Briggs Transport, Meridien Hardwoods, Valvoline, VP Racing Fuels, Bilstein Shocks, ASi Racewear, Performance Bodies, Trans 58, On Time Body Graphics and Night Owl Design.

Points chase: After Raceway 7: 1. Bobby Pierce (2,028); 2. Nick Hoffman (1,950); 3. Ryan Gustin (1,904); 4. Drake Troutman (1,878); 5. Tim McCreadie (1,842); 6. Brian Shirley (1,808); 7. Cody Overton (1,804); 8. Ethan Dotson (1,802); 9. Max Blair (1,790); 10. Dennis Erb Jr. (1,772); 11. Tanner English (1,770); 12. Ashton Winger (1,714).

Current weather: Scattered Clouds, 72°F

Car count: 28

Fast qualifier: Drake Troutman

Time: 17.265 seconds

Polesitter: Ashton Winger

Heat race winners: Tim McCreadie, Bobby Pierce, Ashton Winger, Brian Shirley

Consolation race winners: Ryan Gustin

Provisional starters: Brent Larson, Brock Pinkerous

Next series race: May 16, Marion Center Raceway (Marion Center, PA) $12,000