Speedweeks continue as the national series takes on the Florida track
Speedweeks continue as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series unloads in Ocala, Florida. The 3/8-mile of Bubba Raceway Park is set for a night of national dirt track racing.
View Bubba Raceway results for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series below.
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Jan 31 | Feb 1
Brandon Sheppard and Tim McCreadie line up on the front row. 40 laps of racing are up next…
Main Event
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Green, McCreadie noses ahead on the outside lane into turn one. Sheppard holds 2nd.
Lap 5, most of the field works the inside lane all the way around. McCreadie leads Sheppard by two car lengths.
Lap 7, Hudson O’Neal slows from 5th and the caution is out.
Green, McCreadie leads. Sheppard picks the top and they drive by him on the inside, Sheppard falls to 5th. Moran takes over 2nd.
Lap 15, McCreadie has caught the tail of the field. Moran closes to his bumper. Moran moves to the top in turn three but he loses ground.
Lap 16, slow car caution.
Green, McCreadie leads Moran. Sheppard tries to make the top work once more, it’s not there.
Lap 23, Brian Shirley is around, caution.
Green, McCreadie leads Moran.
Lap 25, Josh Richards slows and the caution is out.
Green, McCreadie leads Moran and Mark Whitener.
Lap 26, Max Blair slows, caution.
Green, McCreadie leads Moran. The top 10 drop to the bottom. Ross Robinson moves to 8th after starting 22nd.
Lap 31, Daulton Wilson slows, caution.
20 to go
Green, McCreadie leads Moran once more.
6 to go, Moran moves to the cushion, he’s searching. He drops back to the bottom and begins closing.
2 to go, Moran closes to the bumper of McCreadie! He runs high into turn three to build momentum.
1 to go, Moran slides McCreadie into turn one! He clears him!
McCreadie drives it deep to the bottom in turn three! He pulls back even and they bang doors off turn four! They rub doors all the way to the line.
McCreadie wins as Moran spins across the finish line!
Bubba Raceway Park
Race Results
January 31, 2022
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2022 results from the Florida dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 18J-Chase Junghans, 00:15.033[7]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.240[8]; 3. 58W-Mark Whitener, 00:15.322[3]; 4. 48-Colton Flinner, 00:15.393[4]; 5. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.747[2]; 6. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.883[5]; 7. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.928[1]; 8. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:17.936[6]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 00:14.274[7]; 2. 81E-Tanner English, 00:14.571[1]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.661[4]; 4. 89-Ashton Winger, 00:14.738[6]; 5. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 00:14.812[2]; 6. 33-Jeff Mathews, 00:15.106[5]; 7. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich, 00:16.219[8]; 8. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:59.000[3]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:14.260[2]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:14.465[6]; 3. 111V-Max Blair, 00:14.549[1]; 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.655[7]; 5. C02-Ryan Markham, 00:14.759[4]; 6. 10J-Joseph Joiner, 00:14.967[5]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:59.000[3]
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:14.649[1]; 2. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:14.823[5]; 3. 97-Cody Overton, 00:15.025[4]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.062[3]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.306[2]; 6. 1A-Tyler Clem, 00:15.382[6]; 7. 503-Jason Miles, 00:15.485[8]; 8. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.510[7]
Hot Laps – Group 5 : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:13.761[8]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.876[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.091[2]; 4. 1R-Josh Richards, 00:14.119[6]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.221[7]; 6. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick, 00:14.291[4]; 7. 6S-Blake Spencer, 00:14.652[3]; 8. 2D-Dan Stone, 00:14.672[5]
Hot Laps – Group 6 : 1. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:13.845[3]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:14.136[1]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:14.182[2]; 4. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:14.186[6]; 5. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:14.272[5]; 6. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:14.315[7]; 7. 9-Devin Moran, 00:14.510[4]
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.763[15]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:13.946[18]; 3. 111V-Max Blair, 00:14.086[17]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.134[1]; 5. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.147[23]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.189[12]; 7. 58W-Mark Whitener, 00:14.232[3]; 8. 89-Ashton Winger, 00:14.245[14]; 9. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.336[8]; 10. 18J-Chase Junghans, 00:14.346[7];
11. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.387[2]; 12. 10J-Joseph Joiner, 00:14.496[21]; 13. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 00:14.516[10]; 14. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:14.533[5]; 15. 48-Colton Flinner, 00:14.556[4]; 16. C02-Ryan Markham, 00:14.696[20]; 17. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:14.762[22]; 18. 81E-Tanner English, 00:14.786[9]; 19. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:14.946[6]; 20. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:14.994[11];
21. 33-Jeff Mathews, 00:15.028[13]; 22. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:15.136[19]; 23. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich, 00:15.409[16]
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:13.727[16]; 2. 9-Devin Moran, 00:13.863[20]; 3. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:13.910[21]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.912[9]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:13.927[2]; 6. 2D-Dan Stone, 00:13.971[13]; 7. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick, 00:13.980[12]; 8. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.010[10]; 9. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:14.027[19]; 10. 1R-Josh Richards, 00:14.073[14];
11. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:14.081[22]; 12. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:14.234[5]; 13. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.249[15]; 14. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:14.262[23]; 15. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:14.272[18]; 16. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:14.292[17]; 17. 6S-Blake Spencer, 00:14.297[11]; 18. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:14.402[1]; 19. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:14.423[7]; 20. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.509[3];
21. 97-Cody Overton, 00:14.517[4]; 22. 503-Jason Miles, 00:14.540[8]; 23. 1A-Tyler Clem, 00:14.977[6]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance): 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 58W-Mark Whitener[3]; 3. 1ST-Johnny Scott[5]; 4. 18J-Chase Junghans[4]; 5. C02-Ryan Markham[6]; 6. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 7. 30-Todd Cooney[7]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 2. 89-Ashton Winger[3]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[1]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 5. 10-Garrett Smith[5]; 6. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[4]; 7. 45-Kyle Hammer[7]; 8. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 2. 111V-Max Blair[1]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 4. 10J-Joseph Joiner[4]; 5. 48-Colton Flinner[5]; 6. 81E-Tanner English[6]; 7. 33-Jeff Mathews[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[6]; 5. 1R-Josh Richards[4]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[7]; 7. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[3]; 8. 503-Jason Miles[8]
Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 9-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[3]; 3. 66C-Matt Cosner[4]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[2]; 5. 11-Spencer Hughes[5]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[7]; 7. 1A-Tyler Clem[8]; 8. 6S-Blake Spencer[6]
Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 25-Shane Clanton[1]; 2. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 3. 2D-Dan Stone[2]; 4. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 6. 7T-Drake Troutman[4]; 7. 97-Cody Overton[7]
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 18J-Chase Junghans[1]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[5]; 3. 10J-Joseph Joiner[3]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[7]; 5. 48-Colton Flinner[6]; 6. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[8]; 7. 45-Kyle Hammer[11]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith[13]; 9. 30-Todd Cooney[10]; 10. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich[14]; 11. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 12. C02-Ryan Markham[4]; 13. 81E-Tanner English[9]; 14. 33-Jeff Mathews[12]
B-Main 2 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 1R-Josh Richards[4]; 2. 7-Ross Robinson[2]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 4. 2S-Stormy Scott[3]; 5. 11-Spencer Hughes[5]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 7. 157-Mike Marlar[7]; 8. 19R-Ryan Gustin[8]; 9. 1A-Tyler Clem[11]; 10. 503-Jason Miles[13]; 11. 97-Cody Overton[12]; 12. 6S-Blake Spencer[14]; 13. 7T-Drake Troutman[9]; 14. (DNS) 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick
Bubba Raceway Park
Feature Race Results
January 31, 2022
A-Main (40 Laps – $10,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 39-Tim McCreadie[2]
$10,000
2. 9-Devin Moran[4]
$5,500
3. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[1]
$3,500
4. 58W-Mark Whitener[7]
$2,700
5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[8]
$2,500
6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]
$2,300
7. 89-Ashton Winger[9]
$2,200
8. 1T-Tyler Erb[17]
$2,100
9. 7-Ross Robinson[22]
$2,050
10. 20-Jimmy Owens[23]
$2,000
11. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]
$1,600
12. 10-Garrett Smith[21]
$1,400
13. 18J-Chase Junghans[19]
$1,200
14. 1ST-Johnny Scott[13]
$1,000
15. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr[12]
$950
16. 58-Garrett Alberson[14]
$925
17. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[15]
$900
18. 25-Shane Clanton[6]
$875
19. 2S-Stormy Scott[25]
$150
20. 1R-Josh Richards[20]
$825
21. 66C-Matt Cosner[16]
$800
22. 18D-Daulton Wilson[26]
$100
23. 111V-Max Blair[11]
$8000
24. 3S-Brian Shirley[10]
$800
25. 2D-Dan Stone[18]
$800
26. 157-Mike Marlar[24]
$800
Race Statistics
Entrants: 46
Lap Leaders: Tim McCreadie (Laps 1 – 40)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Tim McCreadie
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a
Margin of Victory: 0.207 seconds
Stop-Tech Cautions: Hudson O’Neal (Lap 6); Dan Stone (Lap 15); Brian Shirley (Lap 22); Josh Richards (Lap 24); Max Blair (Lap 25); Daulton Wilson (Lap 30)
Series Provisionals: Jimmy Owens, Mike Marlar
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: Stormy Scott, Daulton Wilson
Track Provisionals: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Tim McCreadie, Devin Moran, Brandon Sheppard
Penske Shocks Top 5: Tim McCreadie, Devin Moran, Brandon Sheppard, Mark Whitener, Ricky Thornton Jr
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Ross Robinson (Advanced 13 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Devin Moran
Hot Rod Processing Most Laps Led: Tim McCreadie (40 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Brandon Sheppard
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a
Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Devin Moran (Lap 20 – 14.559 seconds)
DirtonDirt.com Tough Break of the Race: Hudson O’Neal
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Philip Snellen (Tim McCreadie)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Tim McCreadie (13.761 seconds)
Time of Race: 26 minutes 31 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. Devin Moran
960 | $28,200
2. Tim McCreadie
855 | $18,600
3. Brandon Sheppard
840 | $13,150
4. Tyler Erb
740 | $8,900
5. Hudson O’Neal
740 | $8,950
6. Earl Pearson Jr
715 | $7,300
7. Ricky Thornton Jr
705 | $7,500
8. Tyler Bruening
670 | $6,700
9. Ashton Winger
665 | $4,850
10. Kyle Bronson
665 | $6,500
11. Dennis Erb Jr
650 | $5,350
12. Brandon Overton
620 | $27,100
13. Jimmy Owens
610 | $6,800
14. Ross Robinson
590 | $3,850
15. Kyle Larson
585 | $8,000
16. Mark Whitener
585 | $5,500
17. Josh Richards
575 | $5,825
18. Jonathan Davenport
565 | $7,150
19. Garrett Smith
560 | $3,300
20. Garrett Alberson
555 | $2,275
