East Bay Raceway Park Results – February 8, 2018 – Lucas Oil Late Models

42nd Annual Winternationals: Night 4 Results featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

It’s night 4 of the Winternationals in Tampa, Florida. Tonight, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers fight for a $7,000 payout. It’s the last night before official LOLMDS points races kick in.

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Heat 1 – Report

Boom Briggs and Scott Bloomquist set row 1 in heat 1. Green, Briggs leads by two car lengths into turn 1. Bloomquist makes it all back on the exit.

There are a few holes in turn 1. Briggs is jumping them. Bloomquist is taking a much easier entry.

Bloomquist keeps looking low but Briggs outdrives him into the corner. Bloomquist looks high in turn 4. Briggs pulls a slider in turn 1.

Scott Bloomquist at East Bay Raceway Park 9082
Scott Bloomquist at East Bay Raceway Park

Bloomquist is around and holds him off to win heat 1.

Heat 2 – Report

Jimmy Owens and Don O’Neal lead the to the green flag. Green, Owens and O’Neal are side by side into turn 1.

Don O'Neal and Jimmy Owens at East Bay Raceway Park 9095
Don O’Neal and Jimmy Owens at East Bay Raceway Park

Trouble in turn 3! Owens and Sheppard are in the wall. The yellow is out. They get rolling, complete restart.

Green, Owens and O’Neal side by side into turn 1. Owens punches it through the center and clears O’Neal on exit. Caution, Tim Dohm is slow.

Owens leads. Trouble in turn 4, Sheppard has come to a stop. I think something broke but I’m not sure.

Green, Owens drives away from Tyler Erb. Owens wins heat 2.

Heat 3 – Report

Bobby Pierce and Gregg Satterlee line up behind the pace truck. Green, Moran is tangled in turn 1. He re-fires, this will be a complete restart.

Green, Pierce wins the race to turn 1. Satterlee cuts under him on the exit.

Gregg Satterlee and Bobby Pierce at East Bay Raceway Park 9128
Gregg Satterlee and Bobby Pierce at East Bay Raceway Park

Satterlee slides him in turn 3 and takes the top spot.

Gregg Satterlee wins heat race number three.

Heat 4 – Report

Kyle Bronson and Jonathan Rowan set the first row in heat two. Green, Bronson is gone.

Kyle Bronson at East Bay Raceway Park 9137
Kyle Bronson at East Bay Raceway Park

He leaves the field and wins heat race number four.

Heat 5 – Report

Billy Moyer Jr and Jason Jameson trail the pace truck. Green, Moyer Jr is clear by 2 car lengths into turn 1. The gap is larger in turn 3. The race is for 2nd.

Billy Moyer Jr at East Bay Raceway Park 9058
Billy Moyer Jr at East Bay Raceway Park

Moyer has checked out. Caution is out on lap 9. Ryan King is around in turn 4.

Green, Moyer Jr cranks it up and checks out on the field. He wins heat 5.

Heat 6 – Report

Josh Richards and Dennis Erb Jr lead the field to the green flag in the final heat race of the night. Green, Richards has checkout out.

Josh Richards at East Bay Raceway Park 9158
Josh Richards at East Bay Raceway Park

Richards wins by about a straight-away.

Main Event – Report

Scott Bloomquist and Kyle Bronson will lead the field to the green flag into tonights 40 lap main event. 4 wide salute, we’re racing!

Green, side by side into turn 1. Billy Moyer thought about making it 3 wide, he backed out. Owens takes the lead on the bottom.

Jimmy Owens, Scott Bloomquist, Billy Moyer Jr and Kyle Bronson at East Bay Raceway Park 9183
Jimmy Owens, Scott Bloomquist, Billy Moyer Jr and Kyle Bronson at East Bay Raceway Park

Lap 2, Bronson has a run on them both. He looks to the inside. 3 wide for the lead in turn 1. Bronson doors Owens, he takes the lead.

Lap 3, pile up in turn 3. Hudson O’Neal and two more are involved. Hubbard, Briggs and Hudson O’Neal exit the track.

Green, Bloomquist to the bottom in turn 1, he leads off turn two. The caution is out, complete restart.

Green, Bronson leads into turn 1. Tyler Erb is flying around the top. He’s around Bloomquist, even with Bronson, new leader. Tyler Erb cuts it to the bottom.

Kyle Bronson, Tyler Erb and Scott Bloomquist at East Bay Raceway Park 9204
Kyle Bronson, Tyler Erb and Scott Bloomquist at East Bay Raceway Park

Lap 10, caution. Green, Tyler Erb skips it right to the cushion. He’s clear by 3 car lengths out of turn two.

Bronson and Bloomquist fight for 2nd. I have yet to see Bloomquist step sideways, it looks like he’s coasting. Saving tires?

Meanwhile Owens is fading quickly. They split him high and low. Lap 15, the yellow is out for Don O’Neal, he pulls off.

Green, Erb leads. Sheppard splits Bronson and Bloomquist. Bloomquist has his wheel turned at the way left, the car goes straight. Not sure if there was contact or if Bloomquist was forced to run over a bump that he didn’t intend to.

Kyle Bronson, Brandon Sheppard and Scott Bloomquist 9229
Kyle Bronson, Brandon Sheppard and Scott Bloomquist

Sheppard is going. 1st and 2nd run nose to tail on the cushion. Sheppard is there. He dives to the bottom in turn 1. It’s a slider. Sheppard to the lead.

Tyler Erb battles Brandon Sheppard at East Bay Raceway Park 9250
Tyler Erb battles Brandon Sheppard at East Bay Raceway Park

Erb wants it back. He’s on his bumper. Erb dives to the bottom. He’s not clear of Sheppard and he leaves a lane. They run door to door off the corner.

Lap 23, Tyler Erb jumped the cushion in turn 4. He’s into the wall! He falls the 5th. The caution is out.

Green, Sheppard leads. Overton slides Bloomquist in turn 1. But he’s got no drive off the corner. Bloomquist is into his rear bumper. Bloomquist to the bottom in turn 3, he regains 2nd. Overton holds onto 3rd.

Lap 32, the caution is out for a wheel cover on track.

Green, Sheppard leads but Bloomquist is on his bumper. They’re both bouncing off the cushion. Caution for Brian Shirley, he’s stopped in turn 4.

Brandon Sheppard and Scott Bloomquist at East Bay Raceway Park 9266
Brandon Sheppard and Scott Bloomquist at East Bay Raceway Park

Green, Sheppard and Bloomquist run nose to tail. They’re 3 or 4 wide on the front stretch. Somebody’s nose was lifted 3 feet in the air. I think it was Timothy Culp. No caution.

Sheppard has opened up a bit of a gap on Bloomquist. He leads by 2-3 car lengths.

Brandon Sheppard wins at East Bay Raceway Park!

Tomorrow night, the main event East Bay Raceway lap count increases to 50. The dirt late model drivers will race for an increased payout of $10,000.

View full East Bay Raceway Park results below.

Author: Shane Walters


QUALIFYING A – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

1. Boom Briggs (14.574); 2. Jimmy Owens (14.586); 3. Bobby Pierce (14.616); 4. Scott Bloomquist; 5. Don O’Neal; 6. Gregg Satterlee; 7. Austin Hubbard; 8. Tim Dohm; 9. Freddie Carpenter; 10. Mason Zeigler; 11. Brandon Sheppard; 12. Timothy Culp; 13. Jonathan Davenport; 14. Tyler Erb; 15. Devin Moran; 16. Hudson O’Neal; 17. Greg Oakes; 18. Coleby Frye; 19. Brandon Overton; 20. Rance Garlock; 21. Doug Drown; 22. Shanon Buckingham; 23. Travis Stemler; 24. Earl Pearson Jr; 25. Matt Cosner;

QUALIFYING B – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

1. Kyle Bronson (14.501); 2. Billy Moyer Jr (14.582); 3. Josh Richards (14.617); 4. Jonathan Rowan; 5. Jason Jameson; 6. Dennis Erb Jr; 7. Brian Shirley; 8. Michael Maresca; 9. Jeff Mathews; 10. Craig Wolford; 11. Corey Conley; 12. Dustin Mitchell; 13. Mike Benedum; 14. Shane Tankersely; 15. Chub Frank; 16. Darrell Lanigan; 17. Morgan Bagley; 18. Chase Junghans; 19. Rusty Schlenk; 20. Ryan King; 21. Nick Davis; 22. Brent Larson; 23. Joey Moriarty; 24. Bob Gardner; 25. Bob Geiger;

HEAT 1 – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

10 laps – Top 3 Transfer:

1. Scott Bloomquist; 2. Brandon Overton; 3. Boom Briggs; 4. Hudson O’Neal; 5. Austin Hubbard; 6. Jonathan Davenport; 7. Mason Zeigler; 8. Shanon Buckingham; 9. Matt Cosner;

HEAT 2 – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

10 laps – Top 3 Transfer:

1. Jimmy Owens; 2. Tyler Erb; 3. Don O’Neal; 4. Greg Oakes; 5. Rance Garlock; 6. Travis Stemler; 7. Brandon Sheppard; 8. Tim Dohm;

HEAT 3 – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

10 laps – Top 3 Transfer:

1. Gregg Satterlee; 2. Devin Moran; 3. Timothy Culp; 4. Bobby Pierce; 5. Freddie Carpenter; 6. Doug Drown; 7. Earl Pearson Jr; 8. Coleby Frye;

HEAT 4 – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

10 laps – Top 3 Transfer:

1. Kyle Bronson; 2. Brian Shirley; 3. Darrell Lanigan; 4. Craig Wolford; 5. Mike Benedum; 6. Jonathan Rowan; 7. Brent Larson; 8. Rusty Schlenk; 9. Bob Gieger;

HEAT 5 – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

10 laps – Top 3 Transfer:

1. Billy Moyer Jr; 2. Jason Jameson; 3. Morgan Bagley; 4. Shane Tankersely; 5. Michael Maresca; 6. Corey Conley; 7. Joey Moriarty; 8. Ryan King;

HEAT 6 – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

10 laps – Top 3 Transfer:

1. Josh Richards; 2. Dennis Erb Jr; 3. Dustin Mitchell; 4. Jeff Mathews; 5. Chub Frank; 6. Nick Davis; 7. Bob Gardner;

B MAIN 1 – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

12 Laps:

1. Jonathan Davenport; 2. Brandon Sheppard; 3. Hudson O’Neal; 4. Bobby Pierce; 5. Austin Hubbard; 6. Doug Drown; 7. Greg Oakes; 8. Travis Stemler; 9. Freddie Carpenter; 10. Rance Garlock; 11. Matt Cosner; 12. Coleby Frye; 13. Tim Dohm; 14. Mason Zeigler; 15. Earl Pearson Jr; 16. Shanon Buckingham;

B MAIN 2 – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

12 Laps:

1. Michael Maresca; 2. Chub Frank; 3. Brent Larson; 4. Jeff Mathews; 5. Bob Gardner; 6. Joey Moriarty; 7. Ryan King; 8. Nick Davis; 9. Craig Wolford; 10. Rusty Schlenk; 11. Mike Benedum; 12. Shane Tankersley; 13. Bob Gieger; 14. Corey Conley;

STRAWBERRY DASH – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

1. Austin Hubbard; 2. Doug Drown; 3. Nick Davis; 4. Brent Larson; 5. Travis Stemler; 6. Craig Wolford; 7. Rusty Schlenk; 8. Ryan King; 9. Matt Cosner; 10. Bob Gardner; 11. Joey Moriarty; 12. Freddie Carpenter; 13. Jeff Mathews;

MAIN EVENT – RESULTS
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
WINTERNATIONALS

40 Laps: (Pos | Driver | Earnings)

1. Brandon Sheppard | $7,000
2. Scott Bloomquist | $3,500
3. Devin Moran | $2,000
4. Josh Richards | $1,500
5. Tyler Erb | $1,400
6. Brandon Overton | $1,300
7. Jimmy Owens | $1,200
8. Earl Pearson Jr | $1,100
9. Chub Frank | $1,000
10. Bobby Pierce | $950
11. Kyle Bronson | $1,000
12. Moran Bagley | $850
13. Darrell Lanigan | $800
14. Michael Maresca | $750
15. Dennis Erb Jr | $725
16. Timothy Culp | $700
17. Brian Shirley | $700
18. Billy Moyer Jr | $700
19. Gregg Satterlee | $650
20. Don O’Neal | $625
21. Austin Hubbard | $625
22. Jonathan Davenport | $600
23. Jason Jameson | $600
24. Hudson O’Neal | $600
25. Boom Briggs | $600
26. Dustin Mitchell | $600

Brandon Sheppard, Scott Bloomquist and Devin Moran at East Bay Raceway Park 9310
Brandon Sheppard, Scott Bloomquist and Devin Moran on the lOLMDS podium at East Bay Raceway Park 9310
Race Statistics

Entrants: 53
Lap Leaders: Jimmy Owens (Laps 1 – 2); Kyle Bronson (Laps 3 – 4); Tyler Erb (Laps 5 – 21); Brandon Sheppard (Laps 22 – 40)
Cautions: Boom Briggs (Lap 3); Jason Jameson (Lap 3); Jonathan Davenport (Lap 10); Don O’Neal (Lap 15); Billy Moyer Jr. (Lap 23); Debris (Lap 32)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: Earl Pearson Jr., Hudson O’Neal
Wrisco Aluminum Fast Time Provisional: Bobby Pierce
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Emergency Provisionals: N/A
Wrisco Feature Winner: Brandon Sheppard
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Brandon Sheppard (Started: 21st; Finished: 1st; Advanced 20 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Josh Richards
Allstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Chub Frank
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Brandon Sheppard
Hot Rod Processing Rookie of the Race: N/A
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Durham Racing Engines
Ohlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket Chassis
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Danny White (Brandon Sheppard)
Fastest Lap of the Race: Earl Pearson Jr. (Lap #37 – 15.8905 seconds)
Most Laps Led: Brandon Sheppard (19 Laps)
Dirty Girl Racewear Farthest Traveler: Joey Moriarty
PFC Brakes Pole Award: Scott Bloomquist
Time of Race: 35 minutes 17 seconds

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Standings

Pos | Driver
Points | Earnings

1. Josh Richards
510 | $30,600

2. Kyle Bronson
420 | $10,050

3. Jonathan Davenport
420 | $13,500

4. Brandon Sheppard
410 | $19,350

5. Brent Larson
385 |$2,975

6. Dennis Erb Jr
375 | $7,500

7. Tim McCreadie
370 | $4,975

7. Earl Pearson Jr
370 | $8,100

7. Jimmy Owens
370 | $6,350

10. Darrell Lanigan
360 | $4,800

11. Tyler Erb
340 | $7,700

12. Bobby Pierce
335 | $6,725

12. Boom Briggs
335 | $4,525

12. Hudson O’Neal
335 | $8,650

15. Shanon Buckingham
325 | $2,325

16. Mason Zeigler
310 | $3,900

17. Don O’Neal –
305 | $8,650

18. Gregg Satterlee
290 | $6,300

19. Brandon Overton
285 | $13,150

20. Brian Connor
270 | $1,000

20. Scott Bloomquist
270| $8,400

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