ROSSBURG, Ohio — Mike Marlar earned $23,023 as the Castrol FloRacing Night in America campaign opened on Tuesday night at Eldora Speedway. Marlar started from the pole and led all but laps 44-47 — often by a commanding margin — but he felt his car give up slightly in the closing circuits as O’Neal was on a roll. “I had a really good car, but I don’t know what’s wrong,” Marlar said. And I couldn’t run the cushion as good as (O’Neal) could. Marlar gave O’Neal credit for his attempt to snatch the race’s top prize in the closing laps. “It’s just tough, but he’s trying to win, man,” Marlar remarked. I didn’t know if I was lapping them or what, I didn’t know where I was at.

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