Edition No. 29
May 29 - Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo. (Lucas Oil)
The story
Rain erased Thursday’s program and forced both preliminary features into Friday. Tim McCreadie led all 45 laps of the rescheduled Cowboy Classic, while Josh Richards won the 40-lap Tribute to Don and Billie Gibson. Their victories highlighted a compressed weekend that still drew 58 Late Models.
Saturday’s 100-lapper changed hands four times before Hudson O’Neal made the decisive move. Richards led laps 1 through 4, Shane Clanton laps 5 through 12, Jimmy Owens laps 13 through 40 and McCreadie laps 41 through 68. O’Neal took over on lap 69 and led the final 32 circuits for the $30,000 victory.
Brandon Sheppard finished second, followed by Richards, McCreadie and Clanton. The emotional win placed Hudson beside his father, 2014 winner Don O’Neal, as the first father and son to win the Show-Me 100.
Contemporary coverage
Official reports are summarized here and retained as part of the research trail.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt SeriesOfficial postponement notice
Persistent rain moved the Cowboy Classic into a Friday doubleheader and reshaped the first full Show-Me 100 weekend following the condensed 2020 edition.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt SeriesOfficial Cowboy Classic report
Tim McCreadie led from the first lap through the finish of the rescheduled Cowboy Classic, opening Friday's doubleheader with a flag-to-flag victory.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt SeriesOfficial Gibson Tribute report
Josh Richards started sixth, took the lead on lap six and dominated the Tribute to Don and Billie Gibson to complete Friday's two-feature program.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt SeriesOfficial finale report
Hudson O'Neal earned the biggest victory of his career by winning the 29th Show-Me 100 and its $30,000 prize.
The complete event
Preliminary races and the finale are documented as separate parts of the event.
Rain pushed the Cowboy Classic into Friday and created a two-feature preliminary program ahead of the Saturday finale.
WinnerTim McCreadie
McCreadie started third, swept into the lead on the opening lap and led all 45 circuits of the rescheduled preliminary feature.
WinnerJosh Richards
Richards captured the second preliminary feature in the weather-compressed Friday doubleheader.
WinnerChris Simpson
Simpson won the non-qualifiers race. Jonathan Davenport, Rick Eckert and Logan Martin won the three consolation races.
WinnerHudson O’Neal
O’Neal became the fifth leader when he passed Tim McCreadie on lap 69, then controlled the final 32 circuits for his first Show-Me 100 victory.
Watch
Complete coverage of the 2021 Show-Me 100 at Lucas Oil Speedway, hosted by the speedway on YouTube.
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Historical facts are compiled from linked records and original research. Third-party writing and imagery are not reproduced.