Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series - East Bay Raceway Park UPDATES............ 2/9/2018

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
East Bay Raceway Park

Friday, February 9th 2018
"42nd Annual Winternationals"

Super Late Models
$10,000 to win. 50 laps.

RACE UPDATES.

[HoosierDirtFan]

DRIVER ROSTER
54 cars entered tonight.

QUALIFYING

Group A
2M Allen Murray
32 Bobby Pierce
T31 Shane Tankersley
1 Brandon Sheppard
18 Chase Junghans
72 Rance Garlock
11 Austin Hubbard
1* Chub Frank
6T Tim Dohm
91 Tyler Erb
99B Boom Briggs
0K Freddie Carpenter
21jr Billy Moyer Jr.
1 Earl Pearson Jr.
39 Tim McCreadie
2 Travis Stemler
50 Shannon Buckingham
20 Jimmy Owens
56 Jonathan Rowan
4G Bob Gardner
6 Blake Spencer
1G Ryan Kng
D8 Dustin Mitchell
51 Joey Moriarty
31 Tyler Millwood
92 Nick Davis
9m Devin Moran

Group B
49 Jonathan Davenport
B1 Brent Larson
71 Hudson O'Neal
01 Drake Meeks
CJ1 Rusty Schlenk
7MM Mike Maresca
c8 Timothy Culp
00 Jesse Stovall
28 Dennis Erb Jr.
5 Don O'Neal
25 Mike Benedum
0F1 Coleby Frye
38 Bob Geiger
25z Mason Zeigler
33 Jeff Mathews
0 Scott Bloomquist
22 Gregg Satterlee
C02 Doug Drown
12 Jason Jameson
14 Corey Conley
40B Kyle Bronson
66c Matt Cosner
36 Craig Wolford
116 Brandon Overton
14 Darrell Lanigan
1 Josh Richards

[Minny Lakes]

Cars have been packing for half hour, it's about halfway packed in.

[CarolinaDirt]

Loved the interviews on Lucas Oil Racing TV with Lance Landers hopefully someone will uploadit to youtube so everyone can watch. Great interview. They had technical difficulties during Bob Pierce's hopefully it airs later.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Hot laps under way.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Says another Longhorn car was brought down for TMac. It is the car Justin Labonte drove last year and TMac drove at Lernerville for the firecracker.

[TerryM]

Moyer fastest so far in Group A

[TerryM]

Group A top five:

Moyer
Pearson
Pierce
Moran
T. Erb

[TerryM]

Wow, good lap for Mike Maresca.

[CarolinaDirt]

Says another Longhorn car was brought down for TMac. It is the car Justin Labonte drove last year and TMac drove at Lernerville for the firecracker.

Why not build a new car in the offseason its the house car for goodness sake .

[TerryM]

Group B top five:

Richards
Bronson
Costner
Erb
Lanigan

[Illtsate32]

With the big sweeping turn out of 4 dont get why more guys didnt try middle bottom, plenty of grip and way shorter distance...

[HoosierDirtFan]

Heat Race Line Ups

Heat 1
Moyer Jr. - Moran
Murray - Stemler
Millwood - Garlock
Carpenter - Buckingham
Spencer

Heat 2
Peason - T. Erb
Briggs - Junghans
King - Rowan
Frank - Hubbard
Moriarty

Heat 3
Pierce - McCreadie
Owens - Mitchell
Sheppard - Davis
Tankersley - Dohm
Gardner

Heat 4
Richards - D. Erb Jr.
Zeigler - Jameson
Wolford - Overton
Maresca - Larson
H. O'Neal

Heat 5
Bronson - Mathews
Bloomquist - Satterlee
Bagley - Drown
Frye - Schlenk
Geiger

Heat 6
Cosner - Lanigan
Benedum - Davenport
Conley - D. O'Neal
Stovall - Culp
Meeks

[MI Dirt Fan]

With the big sweeping turn out of 4 dont get why more guys didnt try middle bottom, plenty of grip and way shorter distance...

They'll get up and ride that cushion to keep momentum. I thought for sure Bloomquist was going to try a last ditch come in high and dump it to the bottom on Bshepp for the win but he didn't. Some guys tried to run the bottom but the momentum wasn't there.

Speaking of which. I'm not sure the rough parts in 1 and 2 are good or bad. 🤔🤔🤔

[HoosierDirtFan]

Heat 1 - Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Moyer Jr., Moran, Murray, Millwood, & Stemler

[TerryM]

I thought Pearson jumped the start in Heat Two. Some Lucas home cooking there.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Heat 2 - Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Pearson Jr., T. Erb, Briggs, Frank, & King

[HoosierDirtFan]

Heat 3 - Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Pierce, McCreadie, Mitchell, Sheppard, & Owens

[HoosierDirtFan]

Heat 4 - Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Richards, D. Erb Jr., Zeigler, Overton, & Jameson

[HoosierDirtFan]

Heat 5 - Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Bronson, Satterlee, Bloomquist, Mathews, & Bagley

[HoosierDirtFan]

Heat 6 - Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Davenport, Lanigan, D. O'Neal, Culp, & Stovall

[HoosierDirtFan]

B-Main Line Ups

B-Main1
Millwood - Frank
Sheppard - Stemler
King - Owens
Buckingham - Junghans
Davis - Garlock
Rowan - Dohm
Carpenter - Moriarty
Tankersley - Spencer
Hubbard - Gardner

B-Main 2
Overton - Mathews
Culp - Jameson
Bagley - Stovall
Larson - Drown
Cosner - H. O'Neal
Schlenk - Benedum
Maresca - Frye
Conley - Wolford
Geiger - Meeks

[HoosierDirtFan]

B-Main 1 - Top 2 transfer
Top 5
Frank, Sheppard, Millwood, Junghans, & Buckingham

[HoosierDirtFan]

Jimmy Owens taking a provisional. Hudson O'Neal eligible for the other series provisional.

[TerryM]

Jimmy Owens -- aka Mr Provisional

[Illtsate32]

Is it me or does Overton and Bronsons bodies on their cars look bigger than everyone elses..they look like big ol banana boats lol...

[MI Dirt Fan]

Well they are "teammates"

[HoosierDirtFan]

B-Main 2 - Top 2 transfer
Top 5
Overton, Jameson, H. O'Neal, Bagley, & Stovall

[HoosierDirtFan]

Dirt On Dirt Strawberry Dash Line Up
Tankersley - Junghans
Bagley - Buckingham
Stovall - Stemler
Larson - Dohm
Benedum - King
Culp - Rowan
Frye - Davis
Drown - Maresca

[dirt33]

Never have known for sure... How is the lineup for the Strawberry Dash determined? Is it just a random draw? I always assumed it was like a "last chance" race that was lined up by the B main finishes, but now I see that that is not the case. Just wondering.

edit, well now I'm confused. Tankersley starting on the pole of the Strawberry dash is what has me confused, because all of the lineup after that does indeed seem to go in order from the B main finishes.

[billetbirdcage]

Never have known for sure... How is the lineup for the Strawberry Dash determined? Is it just a random draw? I always assumed it was like a "last chance" race that was lined up by the B main finishes, but now I see that that is not the case. Just wondering.

edit, well now I'm confused. Tankersley starting on the pole of the Strawberry dash is what has me confused, because all of the lineup after that does indeed seem to go in order from the B main finishes.

Finish from B's that didn't transfer in order of finish

[billetbirdcage]

Millwood not tankersley

[dirt33]

Millwood not tankersley

OK, gotcha, just had the wrong 31. Makes sense now. I *thought* that had been how it was done, glad to know my mind hasn't totally deserted me.

Thank you.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Strawberry Dash - Winner goes to the A-Main. Rest are done for the night.
Top 5
Junghans, Bagley, Millwood, Buckingham, & Stemler

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
East Bay Raceway Park

Friday, February 9th 2018
Super Late Models
$10,000 to win. 50 laps. 26 cars.

A-Main Feature Line Up
ROW 01. Billy Moyer Jr. - Josh Richard
ROW 02. Earl Pearson Jr. - Kyle Bronson
ROW 03. Bobby Pierce - Jonathan Davenport
ROW 04. Devin Moran - Dennis Erb Jr.
ROW 05. Tyler Erb - Gregg Satterlee
ROW 06. Tim McCreadie - Darrell Lanigan
ROW 07. Allen Murray - Mason Zeigler
ROW 08. Boom Briggs - Scott Bloomquist
ROW 09. Dustin Mitchell - Don O'Neal
ROW 10. Chub Frank - Brandon Overton
ROW 11. Brandon Sheppard - Jason Jameson
ROW 12. Jimmy Owens - Hudson O'Neal
ROW 13. Matt Cosner - Chase Junghans

[TerryM]

Looks like there's going to be a lot of tire issues. That sucks.

[TerryM]

Davenport gets Richards late! It's going to be those two all year.

[Snake X3]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO! Horns up! \m/

[#FALSuperman]

Wow!!! This season is going to be fun.

[Slinging]

JD walked the dog around the top on Richards...Wow...good race..congrats to Richards on 2nd...

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

Congrats to JD & COMPANY!

[Slinging]

I dont think Josh will allow that again tomarrow night lol..

[HoosierDirtFan]

SORRY GUYS I ACCIDENTLY PUT THE RACE ON THE WRONG THREAD.

FEATURE RESULTS
01. Jonathan Davenport
02. Josh Richards
03. Gregg Satterlee
04. Billy Moyer Jr.
05. Mason Zeigler
06. Brandon Sheppard
07. Jimmy Owens
08. Brandon Overton
09. Don O'Neal
10. Earl Pearson Jr.
11. Bobby Pierce
12. Tim McCreadie
13. Devin Moran
14. Tyler Erb
15. Hudson O'Neal
16. Scott Bloomquist
17. Dennis Erb Jr.
18. Chub Frank
19. Boom Briggs
20. Kyle Bronson
21. Allen Murray
22. Chase Junghans
23. Jason Jameson
24. Dustin Mitchell
25. Darrell Lanigan
26. Matt Cosner

[plunks7]

Thanks again HDF.

[seminole939913]

Wow, good thing for the field that all of these races have not been points races, Richards has two wins, two seconds, two fourths, and a sixth place finish being his worst. Impressive start to the season. Going to be a long, competitive season it appears. Good luck and prayed safety to all drivers, crews and fans.

[CarolinaDirt]

I can't believe he didn't protect the top . Hornsup again it's been a Rocket/Longhorn year so far.

JD drove the wheels off that thing

[Snake X3]

I don't know if anyone else had noticed, but EPJ seems to be smiling a lot more this season. He may not be smiling after fading tonight, but he's been running well and it's showing on his face.

[Illtsate32]

These two superteams are gonna be hard to contend with this year..

[Slinging]

Yea they may need to run 2 Lucas shows each night...1st show Richards and Jd...2nd show the rest of the field lol

[TerryM]

I can't believe he didn't protect the top . Hornsup again it's been a Rocket/Longhorn year so far.

JD drove the wheels off that thing
It's easy in hindsight to say you should've done something differently, but when you're out front it's not always easy to make that decision. Josh had a 4-second lead before the last caution. I had a feeling JD was going to make it interesting after that.

[CarolinaDirt]

It's easy in hindsight to say you should've done something differently, but when you're out front it's not always easy to make that decision. Josh had a 4-second lead before the last caution. I had a feeling JD was going to make it interesting after that.

Yeah I know what you mean and they don't have spotters telling them who is coming .

[Illtsate32]

Plus he came around Richards so fast he really had no time to react to try to hold him off...

[Slinging]

I like Josh a lot but u have to believe he has spotters to tell him where to go...Thats his mirriors...but I just don't think he will allow that to happen again..he was walking away from the field

[Mindwalker]

I dont think Josh will allow that again tomarrow night lol..

Nope... Josh gave him a free pass that time or he had to back out if it for some reason.

[Highside Hustler25]

Congratulations Benjamin Moore. Nice run.

[Snake X3]

Congratulations Benjamin Moore. Nice run.

BAH HA HA! Good one. I keep thinking JD is saying to himself, "I wish my mom didn't dress me funny." Bad suit. Bad haircut. Bad beard trim. Bad fast.

[Highside Hustler25]

BAH HA HA! Good one. I keep thinking JD is saying to himself, "I wish my mom didn't dress me funny." Bad suit. Bad haircut. Bad beard trim. Bad fast.

It was the shoes:)

[Snake X3]

It was the shoes:)

What was that show? Queer eye for the straight guy? LOL

[Mindwalker]

Whaaaaaa? 😏

[luke81]

On the talk of spotters.....JD has a dude in a bright vest and hat down in turn 4 holding up freaking hot pink boat paddles.....maybe it helps, maybe it doesn't but it looks like the most ridiculous thing ever!

[fastford]

Ole Jimmy "provisional" Owens , as TerryM say,s made it up to 7th from rear , perty good run i would say........

[TerryM]

Yep, he was flying!

[MI Dirt Fan]

Ole Jimmy "provisional" Owens , as TerryM say,s made it up to 7th from rear , perty good run i would say........

Sheppard came from 21st to 6th. Thursday night he started there and won.

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

Sheppard came from 21st to 6th. Thursday night he started there and won.

Its funny how sheppard starts deep in field and wins or come in top 3-5. Heat races and qual he does crap.

[#FALSuperman]

Another thing I noticed is how it seems Pierce does better when he starts towards the back in feature races. He almost just kind of seems to be floating around the track, with no true direction when up near the front. Eventually he falls back outside the top top or just around there. The couple races he started in the back, Bobby was making moves and passing. Idk, just an observation. Going to be interesting to see how quickly he can adjust to a full time Lucas tour with the best of the best going night in and night out.

[Illtsate32]

Another thing I noticed is how it seems Pierce does better when he starts towards the back in feature races. He almost just kind of seems to be floating around the track, with no true direction when up near the front. Eventually he falls back outside the top top or just around there. The couple races he started in the back, Bobby was making moves and passing. Idk, just an observation. Going to be interesting to see how quickly he can adjust to a full time Lucas tour with the best of the best going night in and night out.I think his car isnt rotating like they want it to..then it skates bad coming off no side or forward bite..again I think its the shock package the rockets with integras on sure arent having any problems...

[MI Dirt Fan]

Its funny how sheppard starts deep in field and wins or come in top 3-5. Heat races and qual he does crap.

Like I said the other day. If he qualifies better he could go on quite the win streak.

[TerryM]

It's all about qualifying. There hasn't been a lot of passing in the heats, so your qualifying time is even more important. By feature time the track has widened out and you can make up for a poor qualifying effort.