East Bay Tonight.......... 2-7-2019 .......... RACE UPDATES.

[HoosierDirtFan]

East Bay Raceway Park
Thursday, February 7th 2019
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

Thursday’s Schedule - - - - - Eastern Time
Drivers Meeting 5:00pm
OnTrack Action 5:30pm
- Hot Laps
- Qualifying
7:00pm - Invocation and national anthem
- Heat Races (10 laps)
- Consolation Races (12 laps)
- Berry Barn Strawberry Dash (8 laps)
- Main Event (40 laps)

- - - - - - - - - -

RACE UPDATES TONIGHT

[HoosierDirtFan]

49 cars signed in tonight.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Qualifying Groups

Group A
Shannon Buckingham
Stormy Scott
Billy Moyer Jr.
Joey Moriarty
Kyle Bronson
Colton Horner
Joel Callahan
Colton Flinner
Tyler Erb
Mike Benedum
Zach Dohm
Don O’Neal
Geoffrey Carey
Allen Murray
Johnny Pursley
Ryan King
Austin Rettig
Jason Jameson
Rusty Schlenk
Tim McCreadie
Tyler Carpenter
Devin Moran
Hudson O’Neal
Blair Nothdurft
Austin Hubbard

Group B
Morgan Bagley
Jeff Mathews
Brandon Overton
Kerry King
Freddie Carpenter
Michael Lake
Chad Stapleton
Jimmy Owens
Josh Richards
Gregg Satterlee
Jonathan Rowan
Matt Cosner
Justin Williams
Greg Oaks
Billy Moyer
Tanner English
Dan Stone
Devin Gilpin
Brian Shirley
Earl Pearson Jr.
Vic Hill
Terry Casey
Jonathan Davenport

[HoosierDirtFan]

Qualifying Group A - Fast Time - Mike Benedum 14.681

[MI Dirt Fan]

Benedum has overall fast time.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Qualifying Group B - Fast Time - Brian Shirley 14.848

[MI Dirt Fan]

Richards out for tonight with a motor issue. Gonna pull it to be safe. It puffed a little smoke when he left off the throttle at the end of qualifying.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Bummer because his car owner Clint Bowyer is in the pit area.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Heats on track

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3
Heat 1 - Bronson, Jameson, & H. O’Neal

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3
Heat 2 - T. Erb, King, & Hubbard

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3
Heat 3 - Scott, McCreadie, & Moran

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3
Heat 4 - Pearson, Owens, & Shirley

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3
Heat 5 - Davenport, Williams, & T. Casey

[adamconners]

89 of Williams is a DIRTY driving cat

[Snake X3]

Guess Justin Williams should put up a sign that says "Not here to make friends" then everyone would think he's cool too.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3
Heat 6 - English, Bagley, & V. Hill

[Dlmfan123]

Williams is just completely out of control. Richards is going to start the feature in a back up car

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 2
B-Main 1 - D. O’Neal & Murray

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 2
B-Main 2 - Overton & Mathews

[HoosierDirtFan]

Provisionals - Richards & Satterlee

[HoosierDirtFan]

Fast Time Provisional - Mike Benedum

[HoosierDirtFan]

Strawberry Dash - Rettig

[HoosierDirtFan]

Feature Line-Up
40 laps & $5,000 to win

Bronson- Pearson Jr.
T. Erb. - Davenport
Scott - English
Jameson - Owens
King - Moyer
McCreadie - Bagley
H. O’Neal - Shirley
Hubbard - Casey
Moran - Hill
D. O’Neal - Overton
Murray - Mathews
Richards - Satterlee
Benedum - Rettig

[NormP]

I thought Williams got 2nd in his heat but I don't see him in the feature line up? I tuned in late right before the Strawberry Dash.

[Dlmfan123]

I thought Williams got 2nd in his heat but I don't see him in the feature line up? I tuned in late right before the Strawberry Dash.Billy Moyer got 2nd in that heat

[HoosierDirtFan]

Race is green

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lap 5 - Bronson, T. Erb, Pearson, Davenport, & English.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lap 10 - T. Erb, Pearson, Bronson, Davenport, & English

[HoosierDirtFan]

Caution on Lap 10 for Hudson O’Neal as he and Ryan King make contact and O’Neal spins.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Race is back green

[HoosierDirtFan]

Caution, jumped restart.

[HoosierDirtFan]

caution as Allen Murray spins.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Back green again. Using a cone for restarts tonight.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lap 15 - T. Erb, Pearson, Bronson, Hubbard, & Davenport

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lap 16. Caution for Don O’Neal. Minor damage.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Richards done.
Benedum out
Don O’Neal out. Helmet off. Pulls of track

[HoosierDirtFan]

Back green again.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Caution lap 17 for Brian Shirley as he spins.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Austin Hubbard from 15th to 4th.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Race is green

[#FALSuperman]

They've completely messed tonight's race up with this cone. Crash after crash. Real Deal was not happy at all.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lap 20
Top 5 - T. Erb, Pearson, Bronson, English, & Hubbard

[HoosierDirtFan]

Caution for Tanner English.
Lap 24 - T. Erb, Pearson, Bronson, Hubbard & Moyer

[HoosierDirtFan]

Race is now green

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lap 25 - T. Erb, Pearson, Bronson, Hubbard, & Moyer

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lap 30 - T. Erb, Pearson, Hubbard, Moran, & Bronson

[HoosierDirtFan]

Caution
Lap 32
T. Erb, Pearson, Hubbard, Moran, & Bronson

[HoosierDirtFan]

Green again

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lap 35
T. Erb, Pearson, Hubbard, Moran, & Davenport

[HoosierDirtFan]

Caution as Tyler Erb and Davenport make contact.

[NormP]

Erb catfishes the entire race then suddenly decides to go high, right as Davenport is going around him on the top....

But he's not there to make friends, right?

I'm sure someone will be along to defend him shortly.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Davenport in the wall

[AllenK]

Wow........

[Illtsate32]

Dont get what JD was doing. Why just drive into the back of Erb and wreck y o urself...

[Shiny Side Up 18]

This thread is about to get interesting.

[#FALSuperman]

Anyone wanna say Erb isn't dirty now?!

[Madcat]

Erb catfishes the entire race then suddenly decides to go high, right as Davenport is going around him on the top....

But he's not there to make friends, right?

I'm sure someone will be along to defend him shortly.

Agree. I think Erbs gonna get his by about 4 people so far this season.

The ending to this race was one of the best I’ve seen. Last to first.

[#FALSuperman]

Dont get what JD was doing. Why just drive into the back of Erb and wreck y o urself...

You serious??

[TackyTracker]

video replay should get a few views

[HoosierDirtFan]

Finish
Top 5 - H. O’Neal, Pearson, T. Erb, Moran, & Bronson

[CarolinaDirt]

So glad that dirty driving Tyler Erb didn't win , he wont make it the season on tour driving like that and he has hit every big name driver in his first week on tour

[Dlmfan123]

Anyone wanna say Erb isn't dirty now?!That wasn’t tylers fault

[NormP]

He magically floated to the top again and tried to stuff O'Neal too but he didn't have enough to do it.

[Illtsate32]

Photo finish Hudson nips EPJ

[Madcat]

Dont get what JD was doing. Why just drive into the back of Erb and wreck y o urself...

What race were you watching?

[Shiny Side Up 18]

"Move over East Bay! RACE OF THE YEAR!!!"

[AllenK]

WtG Hudson! Hate it for Pearson and Davenport!

[Snake X3]

Rigsby will be cryin' tonight

[HoosierDirtFan]

What a race. Wow.
Congrats to the New Deal Hudson O’Neal on the W.

[Illtsate32]

He threw the block Erb was completely in front of JD still JD never lifted and drove right in the back of him....

[CarolinaDirt]

He threw the block Erb was completely in front of JD still JD never lifted and drove right in the back of him....

You can't come from a snails pace on the bottom and come all the way up to the wall when someone has momentum this isn't Daytona and drafting

Its the timing of when he uses the top no different than what he did to Bloomquist

[TerryM]

So Erb isn’t allowed to use the top of the track? Is that the lesson here?

[Illtsate32]

What race were you watching?

What is it with you guys whats wrong with what Erb did he didnt stuff JD at all whole car was in front of him, what do you guys want not to compete????

[cprince07]

Great run for Moran and the Dunn Benson team!! From 17th to 4th!!

[TerryM]

The crybabies will take over the thread, but that was once again just dirt late model racing at it’s best. The only negative was the restart cone. They needed to move it down about 15 feet or so.

[#FALSuperman]

Even the Lucas guys said JD had the line and Erb was running low the entire race and then comes high and locks it up?
You think when a driver is hammer down in the clear they can just STOP their momentum when in a split second Erb changes his line?

[Madcat]

What is it with you guys whats wrong with what Erb did he didnt stuff JD at all whole car was in front of him, what do you guys want not to compete????

Definitely not saying not to compete, but do it right. Sure, call it a racing deal if that makes everyone feel better.

JD was flying on the high side and everyone knew it, Terbo had been running the low line the whole race. He moved up to block, plain and simple.

Hear the booing? I am not alone.

Randal moved him up.......

[Illtsate32]

You can't come from a snails pace on the bottom and come all the way up to the wall when someone has momentum this isn't Daytona and drafting

Sure he can. Is there a rule that says you cant, JD absolutely seen him and instead of cutting underneath him drove right into the back of him, what you want people to just move over cause somebody has a run...pfffft

[NormP]

You probably didn't see the race Terry, and we already know Illtsate isn't playing with a full deck.

Erb was on the bottom the entire race, then suddenly as soon as Davenport got the momentum to go around him, Erb drove up to the top and ran him into the wall.

But I'm sure it was just a coincidence since he immediately went back to the bottom at the restart, right?

But oh wait, then he randomly decided he needed to be on the top of the track again, but not till he was sure O'Neal was close enough to get drove into the wall. Only it didn't work the second time.

The only crybabies are the people who suddenly after three or four races have become Erb nut huggers.

[#FALSuperman]

Definitely not saying not to compete, but do it right. Sure, call it a racing deal if that makes everyone feel better.

JD was flying on the high side and everyone knew it, Terbo had been running the low line the whole race. He moved up to block, plain and simple.

Hear the booing? I am not alone.

Randal moved him up.......

Exactly...the booing live says it all. He was getting cheers, and now the fans turn on him!!

[RapidRuss]

Exactly TerryM!! I knew we agreed on stuff. Bloomer was fine using the top at Brunswick cause he was clearly in front of Owens and Erb was fine tonight pulling in front of Davenport.

[Madcat]

Great run for Moran and the Dunn Benson team!! From 17th to 4th!!

Heck yes! Was awesome to finally see Moran progress. I really hope they keep building on that. Love that camp down in Muskingum.

[CarolinaDirt]

Sure he can. Is there a rule that says you cant, JD absolutely seen him and instead of cutting underneath him drove right into the back of him, what you want people to just move over cause somebody has a run...pfffft

The entire crowd at EastBay booing him in victory lane and yelling learn to race says other wise

[chathamracefan]

Not here to argue but East Bay has been just balls out all week. Some outstanding racing to watch. Already got the $ worth on the lucas tv for the yesr

[Snake X3]

Erb's a dirt bag. He wants to be Kyle Busch. Not only won't he make friends, he'll get taught quite a few lessons as the season goes on.

[dirtSLMracing]

Blame who you want but at some point this season someone will punch Tyler Erb in the face.

[bad12jr]

All the people booing haven't driven a race car. Every driver including Davenport would have tried to block the line. Davenport flat run him over instead of driving down. Pure racing deal for both drivers. Not like he tried to pull a slider across his nose. He moved up coming down the backstretch.

[Snake X3]

Blame who you want but at some point this season someone will punch Tyler Erb in the face.

Not soon enough even if it is tonight.

[HoosierDirtFan]

You probably didn't see the race Terry, and we already know Illtsate isn't playing with a full deck.

Erb was on the bottom the entire race, then suddenly as soon as Davenport got the momentum to go around him, Erb drove up to the top and ran him into the wall.

But I'm sure it was just a coincidence since he immediately went back to the bottom at the restart, right?

But oh wait, then he randomly decided he needed to be on the top of the track again, but not till he was sure O'Neal was close enough to get drove into the wall. Only it didn't work the second time.

The only crybabies are the people who suddenly after three or four races have become Erb nut huggers.

How did he run him in the wall? He went into the corner in the middle of the track and slid up. Davenport had a brief moment to cut under him. I think it was clear when Tyler took the middle groove in the corner he might go up top. In racing always expect the unexpected and be ready to make a move to counter anther move. Helps a driver stay in the game. His job is to win or get the bet finish possible just like every other driver

[GEAR_HEAD]

Sounds like a bunch of liberals on here with all the whining and unnecessary drama. You all need to man up and realize that sometimes contact is just a racing deal. Let's not act like Terbo is a dirty driver like Don O'Neal or something.

[castone]

Like it or not - blocking is, and will always be part of Dirt Track Racing !

[Just The Tip]

That caution for English was BS. He never stopped and only lost 1 spot and they threw the yellow.

Also, I thought they weren't giving courtesy laps if you didn't have a flat tire. It took way too long to get back to green when under yellow.

What a finish. Happy to see Hudson get the win.

[Watts6]

First of they don't do something about the jack legs parking cars when they clearly don't need a caution or if you can safely exit out your ish is clearly broke or your going to return to racing.... Leave the track of you can safely.... Stop saying cations when you already know your night is over..

Second IDC who you are... I've never drove at Eastbay personally but they if that isn't the clearest case of a guy having a radio in a car I don't know what is... Anyone that's drove a place in a super of that kind will tell you.. And I've been looking for crew guys so I could be wrong and missed via the video coverage but.. your telling me with only a couple laps left... No one has made any ground high on you.. And your going to see your crew guy after the final restart with a few to go under green.. There.. Of all places and then be able to read from his signal.. High in three under green and at that exact moment... Makes to much sense.. Put Randall in his ear all night and speed up his experience and learning curve... Look at his driving this far?! I think someone else mentioned that's the second time he's managed that at an oportune time this week there....

IDK man IDK... But I bet j.d. and another individual wrote said incidents down in the book.... Just waiting for when it'll hurt the most..

He'll of a race though and hud is a chip off the old block if you ain't happy for that kid and that whole even down there this far you don't wanna see racing continue.

End rant

[NormP]

Sounds like a bunch of liberals on here with all the whining and unnecessary drama. You all need to man up and realize that sometimes contact is just a racing deal. Let's not act like Terbo is a dirty driver like Don O'Neal or something.

I know you’re trying to be funny but be careful, the people defending Eb and whining about him not doing anything wrong will take you seriously.

[Snake X3]

Like it or not - blocking is, and will always be part of Dirt Track Racing !

You're 100% correct. There is also a saying, "I race him like he races me." Erb will learn that one very soon.

[#FALSuperman]

Say what you want....if you have 90% of the crowd booing ya, I'm going to guess at least half of them have been to more than enough races to warrant what they felt was dirty driving. Terbo says "I never seen Davenport there". So, that statement right there cancels out your argument that Erb has every right to block JD's line.
Commen sense here...he ran low the ENTIRE race. He's in the lead. No need to move high unless you do know where he is!!

[Swampy121]

Anyone have the video of it?

[slmcrewchief99]

Nice job Terbo. You didn't do anything wrong. If Randall signals to go to the top then you do that. You don't have a mirror to see what line everyone else is running. You trust Randall to put you where you need to be. JD ran in to the back of you. Just a racing deal. Another night the you didn't touch another car. Keep digging and get you another win tomorrow night.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Erb said Randle signaled him to the top and he went. JD stuffed it into the back of him and the @ss end of the car rolled up the wall. H€lluva finish though regardless of that incident. The top side never really had any grip. If you think it was great on video, shoulda saw it live.

I actually thought Moyer was gonna come up there and win. In the heat race the motor popped twice was the reason for the caution when he slowed. But it ran fine after.

[davis2902]

Bloomers move at GIS with Jimmy and Erb tonight were BOTH bonehead moves.

[Cleetus Motorsports]

All you people on here who are complaining about what Erb did are kidding yourselves if you don't think the 49 would have done the same thing.

[lm75]

Gotta agree with watts6. Radio communication, painfully obvious.

[zyoung25]

I dont feel like a driver should change lines on corner entry, especially when there is no middle groove. There was no way that car was going to stick where he entered. If he gone to the wall when he came off of 2, there wouldn't any discussion about it. Still just a racing deal at the end of the day.

I'll be waiting for someone to tell me I'm wrong, but that's just my opinion.

[GEAR_HEAD]

All you people on here who are complaining about what Erb did are kidding yourselves if you don't think the 49 would have done the same thing.

Davenport fans whine almost as much as Bloomer fans. Almost.

[dirtSLMracing]

Quote:
Nice job Terbo. You didn't do anything wrong. If Randall signals to go to the top then you do that. You don't have a mirror to see what line everyone else is running. You trust Randall to put you where you need to be. JD ran in to the back of you. Just a racing deal. Another night the you didn't touch another car. Keep digging and get you another win tomorrow night.
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Im sure Tyler feels a lot better since you told him that.

[Cleetus Motorsports]

Davenport fans whine almost as much as Bloomer fans. Almost.no doubt. I have seen the 49 do the same thing before. I feel bad for Tanner English, flagman was too fast on the yellow, he should have gotten to restart where he blended not be put to the tail.

[slmcrewchief99]

Quote:
Nice job Terbo. You didn't do anything wrong. If Randall signals to go to the top then you do that. You don't have a mirror to see what line everyone else is running. You trust Randall to put you where you need to be. JD ran in to the back of you. Just a racing deal. Another night the you didn't touch another car. Keep digging and get you another win tomorrow night.
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Im sure Tyler feels a lot better since you told him that.

He did. I texted him about 15min ago.

[Dlmfan123]

Jd isn’t even mad people chill out.

[MI Dirt Fan]

He shouldn't be. He has a proven car that can win any night.

[kidrock]

Great run for Moran and the Dunn Benson team!! From 17th to 4th!!

Yes they finally got a decent finish. Now if they can just build from here. At least the last 4 races were not points races so, if they can finish strong the next couple of nights they may leave speed weeks at least with some momentum.

[kidrock]

Erb was only doing what his crew chief wanted him to do and that was move to the top and when he did Davenport had so much momentum he didn't have time to back out of it and drove into the back of Erb. Was it Erb's fault that's debatable and I will see how that goes on here.

[dirtSLMracing]

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Jd isn’t even mad people chill out.

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When JD doors Erb and puts him in the wall one night Im sure erb will not be mad either. Just racing.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Breaking development

https://mobile.twitter.com/DirtonDirt/status/1093725597828870144

[#FALSuperman]

Breaking development

https://mobile.twitter.com/DirtonDirt/status/1093725597828870144

Oh the sarcasm out of him....he loved every single moment of that. The kid I predict will have many incidents this season with several drivers. Just the beginning...welcome to the tour you awesome driver you.

[luke81]

A way bigger issue than JD/Erb are these stupid fake cautions! In his heat Moyer blew turn 3 and ended up in the fluff. Instead of catching up like racers have for 50 years he stopped, got a yellow and got the gap closed for him. He should have been put in the pits right then. What was the caution for the 116? He got a little crossed up, and bam, yellow before he even gets a chance to straighten it out. Real good racing overall tonight, but the cautions were a little annoying.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Moyer didn't blow turn 3. The motor popped twice and he moved out of the racing groove to the top of the track because he thought he had a mechanical issue

[GEAR_HEAD]

The video is on DoD. Much ado about nothing. Davenport hit him in the ass and spun out. That's racing.

[dirtSLMracing]

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The video is on DoD. Much ado about nothing. Davenport hit him in the ass and spun out. That's racing

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Oh it's on DoD, well that changes everything then. What I and alot on this board THOUGHT we saw was just a figment of our imagination.

[#FALSuperman]

The video is on DoD. Much ado about nothing. Davenport hit him in the ass and spun out. That's racing.

That's why Erb went and made a little video afterwards addressing the incident.
If it's just racing, there's no need to involve childish sarcasm in a post pit interview towards a large part of the dirt fan base.

[GEAR_HEAD]

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The video is on DoD. Much ado about nothing. Davenport hit him in the ass and spun out. That's racing

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Oh it's on DoD, well that changes everything then. What I and alot on this board THOUGHT we saw was just a figment of our imagination.

You just can't comprehend what you saw apparently. Even the driver who was actually involved and got the raw end of the deal doesn't agree with you or the "90% of the crowd!" I'll take his word over yours.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Moyer didn't blow turn 3. The motor popped twice and he moved out of the racing groove to the top of the track because he thought he had a mechanical issue

Kinda what I thought it was. Says on DoD the crank trigger went out so he switched over to use the distributor for the remainder of the race.

[let-r-eat]

Jd was trying to get it to hook just as Erb went to the top. JD doesn't stay in the gas there and the wall incident turns into a flat front end. JD was at a point of no return. You catch a car flying in on the top like JD knows how to run the top by being in the throttle. You just can't drive anywhere you wish. You are at the mercy of the racetrack. Erb was in the wrong place at the wrong time, whether by choice or accident.... Who knows? Pearson was going to win and Erb overran the corner anyway. He had to go to the top. He couldn't block Pearson any longer and he knew JD was going by on the high side. The race was going to be between JD and Pearson at the checkered. Erb just did all the car was going to let him do. That was a hell of a race and O'Neal was giving it hell. I really hate it for Pearson cause I think he had it in the bag. He's definitely found some speed somewhere this year.

[TerryM]

You probably didn't see the race Terry ....
Of course I was watching the race. I wouldn't give an opinion if I didn't see it.

Tyler did nothing wrong. Even JD said Tyler did nothing wrong. JD said he would have done the exact same thing himself.

I get it. Tyler Erb has for some reason become 4m's new punching bag. Some people just have to have one. But he's done nothing this year to make me think negatively about him in any way. He's an absolute joy to watch on the race track. Also, I think JD has become one of the sport's three most popular drivers. At GIS, there were far more Davenport shirts than anyone else. So I can see why the fans reacted the way they did last night, without the benefit of replay.

[t4g2]

CONGRATS TO HUDSON ON THE WIN. Hope to see many many more to come this year and a few CROWN JEWELS.

[MUD MAESTRO]

Just watched the video and read JD's comments..........Nothing to see here.

[golddirt]

I too just watched it pretty much all jd