7/9/2022
Sixth-place finish in Gopher 50 at Deer Creek Speedway
Tyler Erb took the Best Performance Motorsports No. 1 Late Model into battle with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) on Wednesday afternoon at Davenport Speedway (Davenport, Iowa) for the $10,000-to-win opener (Heath Lawson photo)
With the fourth-and-final transfer spot in his heat race pinning him on the seventh row for the feature, Erb logged a 19th-place finish after slowing to draw a caution on lap 19.
For a round of prelims on Thursday afternoon at Deer Creek Speedway (Spring Valley, Minn.), Tyler followed up a fourth-place finish in his heat with a 16th-to-12th run in the 25-lappper.
The following night, Erb edged his way into the $5,000-to-win 25-lap preliminary with a second-place finish in his consolation event after placing sixth in his heat. Moving forward three positions, Tyler recorded a 17th-place outing.
With preliminary points placing Tyler on the fifth row for Saturday’s $50,000-to-win NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50, Erb clawed forward three spots in the 75-lap affair to finish sixth.
Tyler remains in fourth in the latest LOLMDS point standings.
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