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Daily Dirt 07/07/2025 07:29:26

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July 5
Rockcastle Speedway,
Mount Vernon, KY
Sanction: Ultimate Heart of America Series (Tommy Lanham Memorial) - $8,000
Information provided by: Series and track reports (last updated July 6, 3:49 pm)
Mike Marlar pockets $8,000 at Rockcastle
Tommy Lanham Memorial
  1. Mike Marlar
  2. Garrett Smith
  3. Justin Rattliff
  4. Henry Hornsby III
  5. Michael Chilton
  6. Jason Jameson
  7. Camaron Marlar
  8. Devin Gilpin
  9. Derek Fisher
  10. Dalton Brown
  11. Austin Lay
  12. Larry Martin Jr.
  13. Clint Cox
  14. Blake Creech
  15. Brad Rickels
  16. Josh Hampton
  17. Daniel Shelton
  18. Dakota Pennington
  19. Billy Green
  20. Lucas Crooks
  21. Tyler Hayes
  22. David Webb
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Mike Marlar emerges in his Rockcastle Speedway debut.
What won the race: Overtaking polesitter and fellow front-row starter Justin Rattliff in turn three on the 29th lap, Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., led the rest of Saturday's sixth annual Tommy Lanham Memorial for an $8,000 victory on the Ultimate Heart of America Series. Marlar survived a scare with five laps remaining when a pair of slower cars spun in front of him, but restored to the lead. He took the checkers 0.978 of a second ahead of Garrett Smith with Rattliff third in the 40-lapper.
Quotable: "I was lucky to get through that (lap-35 scramble). I got a lot of damage, but it was good enough to run in the last couple laps with it," Marlar said. "The body's really bad and I could tell something's bent, a bunch of stuff. Sometimes that stuff happens. I looked for the hole, but the whole track was blocked. You just couldn't do nothing, so I tried to go up there and park and just stop for the wreck, but then I got knocked into it, it felt like. Part of it. Just thankful to get a win here."
Key notes: Mike Marlar notched his fifth series victory in his Rockcastle debut. ... Four cautions slowed the action, the first on the fourth lap when David Webb went around on the backstretch and retired. ... The second came out on the lap-four restart when Tyler Hayes spun, triggering a scramble involving a half-dozen drivers. ... A lap-12 caution appeared when Hayes slowed. ... The final caution appeared on lap 35 after Billy Green's car climbed partially atop series points leader Larry Martin Jr.'s car in turn two right in front of the leaders (Marlar spun but was restored to his No. 1 position). .... The feature began at 10:30 p.m. and concluded about 11 p.m. ... Thirteen starters completed 40 laps, with 18 running at the checkers.
On the move: Devin Gilpin of Columbus, Ind., started 22nd and finished eighth.
Winner's sponsors: Marlar’s Skyline Motorsports Infinity Race Car carries sponsorship from Bruening Rock Products, Skyline Materials, Truck Country, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olson Explosives, Bennett Explosives, Petroff Towing, Can-Am Auto Salvage, Brown’s Heavy Equipment, VP Racing Fuels, Bilstein and Capital Signs.
Points chase: After Rockcastle: 1. Blake Creech (162); T2. Derek Fisher (161); T2. Larry Martin Jr. (161); 4. Brad Rickels (131); 5. Kenneth Howell (112).
Current weather: Clear, 77°F
Car count: 22
Fast qualifier: Garrett Smith
Time: 14.774 seconds
Polesitter: Justin Rattliff
Heat race winners: Justin Rattliff, Mike Marlar, Henry Hornsby III
Next series race: July 12, 127 Speedway (Lawrenceburg, KY) $7,500
Editor's note: Correces to reverse 19th- and 20th-place finishers.

Feature lineup

Row 1: Rattliff, M. Marlar
Row 2: Hornsby, Smith
Row 3: C. Marlar, Jameson
Row 4: Chilton, Hayes
Row 5: Fisher, Martin
Row 6: Crooks, Creech
Row 7: Brown, A. Lay
Row 8: Rickels, Cox
Row 9: Pennington, Green
Row 10: Shelton, Webb
Row 11: Hampton, Gilpin

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