Speedweeks unloads in Florida
Tonight, the national dirt late model series heads to Ocala, Florida for the second stop of Speedweeks. It’s the first of two nights on the 3/8-mile of Bubba Raceway Park.
View Bubba Raceway Park results for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series below.
Bubba Raceway Park Menu
Jan 29 | Jan 30
Devin Moran and Ricky Thornton Jr set the front row. 40 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green, Ricky Thornton Jr knocks the cushion and he clears Moran off turn two.
Lap 3, Moran slides Thornton Jr into turn one. Thornton is forced to lift, Moran takes the lead.
Lap 5, Moran has caught the tail of the field. Thornton Jr closes back to his bumper.
Lap 14, Daulton Wilson slows, caution.
Green, Moran misses turn one. He runs wide and Ricky Thornton Jr takes over the lead.
Lap 15, Moran slows with an issue, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr leads Earl Pearson Jr. The track is heavy with most of the field running right through the middle.
Lap 19, Ross Robinson spins, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr leads Pearson Jr. Hudson O’Neal gets into the back of Tyler Bruening and spins him in front of the field. Dennis Erb Jr and Tim McCreadie are collected, caution. Erb Jr has climbed on top of McCreadie’s machine. All drivers are ok.
Green, Thornton Jr leads Earl Pearson Jr.
14 to go, Earl Pearson Jr slows from 2nd, caution.
Green, Ricky Thornton Jr leads but he has a left front tire going flat. Max Blair takes over 2nd.
3 to go, Thornton Jr works heavy lap traffic. He still opens the gap to Blair.
Ricky Thornton Jr wins at Bubba Raceway Park!
Bubba Raceway Park
Race Results
January 29, 2023
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2023 results from the Georgia dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:16.373[10]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:16.425[6]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:16.565[3]; 4. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:16.575[9]; 5. 25C-Shane Clanton, 00:16.756[8]; 6. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:17.192[2]; 7. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:17.264[5]; 8. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:17.561[4]; 9. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:18.118[7]; 10. 23-Chad Walter, 00:18.374[1]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:14.869[8]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.052[10]; 3. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:15.196[7]; 4. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.265[1]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.427[3]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.875[2]; 7. 22*-Payton Freeman, 00:16.025[5]; 8. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:16.535[9]; 9. 99-Devin Moran, 00:16.776[6]; 10. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:16.963[4]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.341[7]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.638[4]; 3. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.832[5]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:16.345[6]; 5. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:16.367[8]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:16.784[9]; 7. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:16.925[10]; 8. 111B-Max Blair, 00:16.960[1]; 9. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:16.968[2]; 10. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:17.676[3]
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.188[5]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.265[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.676[4]; 4. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.951[3]; 5. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:16.082[8]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:16.173[9]; 7. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:16.347[7]; 8. 2-GR Smith, 00:16.454[1]
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran, 00:14.083[16]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:14.307[18]; 3. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:14.308[17]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:14.477[13]; 5. 96V-Tanner English, 00:14.506[11]; 6. 25C-Shane Clanton, 00:14.561[8]; 7. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:14.566[19]; 8. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:14.738[14]; 9. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:14.739[9]; 10. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.743[6];
11. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.767[3]; 12. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:14.916[12]; 13. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.921[10]; 14. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:15.013[2]; 15. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.025[5]; 16. 23-Chad Walter, 00:15.773[1]; 17. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:16.314[7]; 18. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:16.461[4]; 19. 22*-Payton Freeman, 00:59.929[15]; 20. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:59.999[20]
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 111B-Max Blair, 00:14.101[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:14.169[12]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.181[14]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:14.188[4]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:14.199[16]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:14.219[7]; 7. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.225[2]; 8. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.255[15]; 9. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:14.333[17]; 10. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.334[13];
11. 2-GR Smith, 00:14.343[11]; 12. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:14.406[18]; 13. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:14.424[3]; 14. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.456[6]; 15. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:14.617[5]; 16. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:14.800[19]; 17. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:14.843[8]; 18. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:14.906[10]; 19. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:15.407[9]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[3]; 3. 12-Ashton Winger[2]; 4. 10-Garrett Smith[5]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley[6]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[7]; 7. 81J-Jack Riggs[4]; 8. 5-Mark Whitener[8]; 9. (DNS) 4S-Danny Snyder; 10. (DNS) 22*-Payton Freeman
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 3. 25B-Mike Benedum[4]; 4. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 6. 49-Jonathan Davenport[10]; 7. 25C-Shane Clanton[3]; 8. 14W-Dustin Walker[7]; 9. 6-Blake Spencer[9]; 10. (DNS) 23-Chad Walter
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 111B-Max Blair[1]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 4. 2-GR Smith[6]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 6. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 7. 89-Logan Roberson[7]; 8. 11-Spencer Hughes[8]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]; 10. 18-Chase Junghans[9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[2]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 3. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[4]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 5. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[5]; 6. 19M-Wil Herrington[6]; 7. 66C-Matt Cosner[9]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson[7]; 9. (DNS) 7-Ross Robinson
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (Top 3 Advance) : 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 4. 25C-Shane Clanton[6]; 5. 14W-Dustin Walker[8]; 6. 6-Blake Spencer[9]; 7. 5-Mark Whitener[7]; 8. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 9. (DNS) 81J-Jack Riggs; 10. 4S-Danny Snyder; 11. (DNS) 22*-Payton Freeman; 12. (DNS) 23-Chad Walter
B-Main 2 (Top 3 Advance) : 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[2]; 3. 19M-Wil Herrington[4]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 5. 66C-Matt Cosner[6]; 6. 11-Spencer Hughes[7]; 7. 89-Logan Roberson[5]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 9. 7-Ross Robinson[11]; 10. 18-Chase Junghans[10]; 11. 40B-Kyle Bronson[8]
Bubba Raceway Park
Feature Race Results
January 29, 2023
A-Main (40 Laps – $10,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]
$10,000
2. 111B-Max Blair[6]
$5,500
3. 12-Ashton Winger[9]
$3,500
4. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[12]
$2,700
5. 76-Brandon Overton[7]
$2,500
6. 96V-Tanner English[5]
$2,300
7. B5-Brandon Sheppard[18]
$2,200
8. 49-Jonathan Davenport[19]
$2,100
9. 2-GR Smith[14]
$2,050
10. 99-Devin Moran[1]
$2,000
11. 1T-Tyler Erb[21]
$1,600
12. 99B-Boom Briggs[15]
$1,400
13. 11-Spencer Hughes[24]
$1,200
14. 7-Ross Robinson[25]
$300
15. 25B-Mike Benedum[11]
$950
16. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[4]
$925
17. 16-Tyler Bruening[3]
$900
18. 58-Garrett Alberson[23]
$875
19. 19M-Wil Herrington[22]
$850
20. 10-Garrett Smith[13]
$825
21. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[8]
$800
22. 39-Tim McCreadie[10]
$800
23. 40B-Kyle Bronson[26]
$100
24. 20-Jimmy Owens[16]
$800
25. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[20]
$800
26. 18D-Daulton Wilson[17]
$800
27. 89-Logan Roberson[27]
$100
Race Statistics
Entrants: 39
Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Devin Moran
Lap Leaders: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 1-2); Devin Moran (Laps 3-14); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 15-40)
Wieland Feature Winner: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a
Margin of Victory: 1.401 seconds
Stop-Tech Brakes Cautions: Daulton Wilson (Lap 14); Devin Moran (Lap 15); Ross Robinson (Lap 19); Tyler Bruening, Dennis Erb, Jr., Tim McCreadie, Garrett Smith (Lap 19 restart); Earl Pearson, Jr. (Lap 26)
Series Provisionals: Garrett Alberson; Spencer Hughes
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: Ross Robinson; Kyle Bronson; Logan Roberson
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Max Blair, Ashton Winger
Penske Shocks Top 5: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Max Blair, Ashton Winger, Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Overton
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Brandon Sheppard (Advanced 11 Positions)
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Brandon Sheppard
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Spencer Hughes
Earnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (28 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Overton
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a
Etchberger Trucking Fastest Lap of the Race: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Lap 20 – 14.198 seconds)
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Anthony Burroughs (Ricky Thornton, Jr.)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Race Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Brandon Overton (14.869 seconds)
Time of Race: 46 minutes 57 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Point Standings
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. Brandon Overton
945 | $41,200
2. Ricky Thornton Jr
940 | $30,300
3. Hudson O’Neal
775 | $10,350
4. Tanner English
745 | $10,000
5. Brandon Sheppard
730 | $10,050
6. Tim McCreadie
730 | $11,800
7. Devin Moran
725 | $9,100
8. Jonathan Davenport
715 | $7,625
9. Earl Pearson Jr
660 | $7,425
10. Daulton Wilson
650 | $7,800
