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8/12/2023
Erb lands top-10 finish in North-South prelim at Florence
After Monday’s visit with the XR Super Series at Gondik Law Speedway (Superior, Wis.) resulted in an early exit, Tyler Erb was back behind the wheel of the Best Performance Motorsports No. 1 Late Model on Thursday with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) at Florence Speedway (Union, Ky.) for a pair of prelims to kick off the 41st Sunoco North-South 100 weekend.
Starting his preliminary in ninth via third-place showing in his heat, Tyler jumped up two spots to finish seventh.
On Thursday, Erb was back with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) at Florence Speedway (Union, Ky.) for a pair of prelims to kick off the 41st Sunoco North-South 100 weekend. Starting his preliminary in ninth via third-place showing in his heat, Tyler jumped up two spots to finish seventh.
The following night, Tyler raced into his prelim with a runner-up run in his consolation race after missing a transfer spot in his heat. Charging forward eight positions in the 25-lap affair, Erb recorded a 14th-place outing.
With results from prelims on Thursday and Friday setting the grid for heat races on Saturday, Erb was collected in a tangle in his heat that forced him to rely on a provisional into the $75,000-to-win Sunoco North-South 100 finale. Pinned on the 13th row, Tyler gained six positions in the 100-lapper to finish 19th.
Tyler is currently ninth in the latest LOLMDS point standings.
Full results from the events are available at www.XRSuperSeries.com and www.LucasDirt.com.
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