LOCUST GROVE, Ark. — Leading all 100 laps, Tim McCreadie marched to the biggest win of his dirt-late-model racing career Saturday night at Batesville Motor Speedway.
The 34-year-old son of legendary modified driver “Barefoot” Bob McCreadie earned his second Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of the season and took home $25,000 for winning the 16th annual COMP Cams Topless 100. 
Brian Birkhofer finished second, followed by Brady Smith, Jeremy Payne and John Blankenship.
The event ran in its entirety on Saturday after rain on Friday forced a schedule change. 
Defending COMP Cams Topless 100 winner Jimmy Mars started on the pole with McCreadie alongside. McCreadie grabbed the lead on the three-eighths-mile oval and led all 100 laps of the prestigious event.
“I finally was able to get the monkey off my back and win one of these crown-jewel races. We felt like we had the car several times to win one of these races and I finally was able to pull it off,” said McCreadie, who captured the Chili Bowl Nationals in 2006. “I only had one crew man here this weekend (Al Stevens), and the car was just super thanks to Rocket Chassis and Pro Power Engines. Bill (Schlieper) got me on his program a year or so ago, and it paid dividends here tonight. The race track was super all night and thanks to all the fans for coming out this weekend.”
McCreadie held off a furious late-race challenge from Birkhofer to claim the victory.
The finish:
Tim McCreadie, Brian Birkhofer, Brady Smith, Jeremy Payne, John Blankenship, Wendell Wallace, Terry Phillips, Jimmy Mars, Earl Pearson, Jr., Terry Casey, John Anderson, Bart Hartman, Jack Sullivan, Billy Drake, Jon Mitchell, Darren Miller, Scott Bloomquist, Billy Moyer, Ray Cook, Billy Moyer, Jr., Gary Stolba, Kyle Beard, Brad Neat, Jimmy Owens, Matt Miller, Jason Utter.