![]() “They left the top (groove) open for me, I mean, the whole race I think I passed every car on the top.” “Tonight, it was easier and harder, in a sense,” Erb said. ![]() Down the frontstretch he came once more, a winner yet again with the World of Outlaws Late Models. Without making any contact, Erb dive-bombed into turn three and slid up in front of Marlar to secure the spot. He threw it very hard into turn one, riding the top edge of the track, and got a big blast off of turn two, pulling dead even under Marlar as they drag raced down the backstretch. Sheppard was able to battle back on the inside to reclaim the runner-up spot briefly, before Erb found the rocket boosters, blasting by Sheppard and charging after Marlar with less than five laps to go.Ĭorner by corner, Erb closed the gap and saw his opportunity with the white flag in the air. By this time, the leaders were in deep lapped traffic, which made things a little dicey for the last ten laps. ![]() Sheppard made a costly mistake getting into turn one on lap 40, allowing both Marlar and Erb to sneak by on the inside. The caution came out just a few laps later, settling Erb alongside Marlar.Įrb gave Marlar the bottom lane for the restart, which proved to be the wrong decision, as Marlar took second back immediately and ran with the spot until the final lap. He made the pass for the lead on lap 23 and held it across the stripe before Sheppard dove into turn one and snatched it right back. The battle among the leaders began to heat up around lap 20, when Erb moved into second around Marlar and Chris Madden and appeared hot on then-leader Brandon Sheppard’s tail. “It means a lot to be able to be able to race with these guys like we do and finally have the results that I feel like we should have,” Erb said. Most people would never have bet that Tyler Erb would sweep both nights of the Outlaw Invasion at Chillicothe, Ohio’s Atomic Speedway before this weekend, and yet, he did, taking the race lead away from runner-up Mike Marlar on a last-lap pass for the win. Doing it again, however, is very different, let alone on the very next night. ![]() CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - Getting that first win on a national tour for most young guns usually takes a lot of time and frustration. ![]()
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