Speedweeks results from East Bay Raceway Park
Speedweeks rolls on in the Tampa, Florida area. The famed 1/3-mile dirt track of East Bay Raceway Park is set to host the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
View East Bay results below.
Garrett Smith and Hudson O’Neal set the front row. 50 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green flag, O’Neal knocks the cushion into turn one and he clears Smith off turn two.
Lap 7, O’Neal has caught the tail of the field. They run side by side ahead of him.
Lap 10, O’Neal is slicing through lap traffic. He’s using the high and low lanes as he opens the gap to Smith. Ryan Gustin takes 2nd away.
Lap 12, Gustin rubs doors with lap traffic and he gets sideways. Garrett Smith clips him as he slows and Smith goes around. Tanner English is collected, caution.
Green, O’Neal leads Gustin off turn two.
Lap 16, caution.
Green, O’Neal leads Gustin off turn two. Moran dives inside of Gustin for 2nd in turn three but he can’t complete the pass.
Lap 19, Brian Shirley slides Garrett Alberson, Alberson gets into the back of him as he was forced to slam the brakes. Jimmy Owens and Kyle Bronson are collected, caution.
Green, O’Neal leads as Moran clears Gustin for 2nd via the outside lane. Moran loses the nose, he lifts and loses ground to O’Neal.
Lap 30, O’Neal works the tail of the field. Moran closes right to his bumper.
Lap 32, Tyler Erb slows with a flat tire while running 4th, caution.
Green, O’Neal leads as Daulton Wilson takes 2nd away.
5 to go, O’Neal has caught the tail of the field. Wilson is closing slightly.
3 to go, Wilson knocks the cushion in turn three. He hooks the rut and smacks the wall. He stays in the throttle but O’Neal drives away.
Hudson O’Neal wins Friday night at East Bay Raceway Park!
East Bay Raceway Park
Results
February 10, 2023
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2023 results from the Florida dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 212-Josh Putnam, 00:17.509[8]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:17.651[3]; 3. D8-Dustin Mitchell, 00:17.672[6]; 4. 83-Jensen Ford, 00:18.029[4]; 5. 130-Chase Osterhoff, 00:18.067[2]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:18.181[1]; 7. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:18.510[7]; 8. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:18.516[5]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:16.347[8]; 2. 99-Devin Moran, 00:16.731[1]; 3. 111B-Max Blair, 00:16.832[3]; 4. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:16.841[6]; 5. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:16.982[4]; 6. 89J-Mark Whitener, 00:16.998[7]; 7. 4G-Carson Ferguson, 00:17.175[5]; 8. 12D-Doug Drown, 00:17.643[2]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:16.419[1]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:16.478[6]; 3. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:16.671[4]; 4. 89M-Mike Spatola, 00:16.694[5]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:16.726[8]; 6. 79-Ross Bailes, 00:16.805[7]; 7. 6B-Adam Boyd, 00:16.884[2]
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:16.220[3]; 2. 21K-Kenneth Howell, 00:16.331[6]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:16.550[5]; 4. S21-Seth Daniels, 00:16.616[4]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:16.781[1]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:16.790[7]; 7. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr, 00:16.961[2]
Hot Laps – Group 5 : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.763[7]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:16.448[2]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:16.612[6]; 4. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:16.714[4]; 5. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:16.793[8]; 6. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:16.851[3]; 7. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:16.918[5]; 8. 2X-John Henderson, 00:16.938[1]
Hot Laps – Group 6 : 1. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.462[3]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:15.593[5]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.816[2]; 4. 20B-Todd Brennan, 00:16.218[6]; 5. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:16.584[7]; 6. 187-David McCoy, 00:16.690[4]; 7. 1C-Kenny Collins, 00:16.766[8]
Hot Laps – Group 7 : 1. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:15.546[1]; 2. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:15.709[8]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.888[6]; 4. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.942[5]; 5. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:16.032[2]; 6. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 00:16.335[7]; 7. KB-Kerry King, 00:16.392[4]; 8. 29-Larry Grube, 00:17.225[3]
Hot Laps – Group 8 : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.407[4]; 2. 21M-Billy Moyer Jr, 00:15.621[5]; 3. 66JR-Eddie Carrier Jr, 00:15.651[6]; 4. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 00:15.697[7]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.751[2]; 6. 5T-John Tweed, 00:16.641[1]; 7. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:16.852[3]
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:14.707[27]; 2. 99-Devin Moran, 00:14.883[9]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.918[31]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.979[29]; 5. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:15.033[14]; 6. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.052[22]; 7. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.069[17]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.072[24]; 9. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:15.092[20]; 10. 83-Jensen Ford, 00:15.203[4];
11. 111B-Max Blair, 00:15.203[11]; 12. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.232[7]; 13. 21K-Kenneth Howell, 00:15.242[30]; 14. 79-Ross Bailes, 00:15.260[23]; 15. 89M-Mike Spatola, 00:15.268[21]; 16. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:15.269[16]; 17. S21-Seth Daniels, 00:15.275[28]; 18. 89J-Mark Whitener, 00:15.313[15]; 19. 130-Chase Osterhoff, 00:15.313[2]; 20. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.344[25];
21. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:15.356[12]; 22. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:15.403[5]; 23. 6B-Adam Boyd, 00:15.431[18]; 24. D8-Dustin Mitchell, 00:15.433[6]; 25. 212-Josh Putnam, 00:15.438[8]; 26. 12D-Doug Drown, 00:15.489[10]; 27. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.567[1]; 28. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:15.573[19]; 29. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.573[3]; 30. 4G-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.676[13]; 31. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr, 00:15.811[26]
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.706[28]; 2. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.869[21]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.897[17]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.945[2]; 5. 96V-Tanner English, 00:14.955[11]; 6. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.978[10]; 7. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.007[7]; 8. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.039[22]; 9. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.056[5]; 10. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.083[26];
11. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:15.132[27]; 12. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.135[6]; 13. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:15.138[18]; 14. 21M-Billy Moyer Jr, 00:15.139[29]; 15. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:15.224[24]; 16. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:15.225[15]; 17. 2X-John Henderson, 00:15.253[1]; 18. 1C-Kenny Collins, 00:15.259[16]; 19. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 00:15.281[23]; 20. 20B-Todd Brennan, 00:15.294[14];
21. 66JR-Eddie Carrier Jr, 00:15.302[30]; 22. 187-David McCoy, 00:15.334[12]; 23. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:15.337[13]; 24. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:15.399[8]; 25. 31-Tyler Millwood, 00:15.401[9]; 26. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 00:15.491[31]; 27. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.517[3]; 28. 29-Larry Grube, 00:15.571[19]; 29. KB-Kerry King, 00:15.606[20]; 30. 5T-John Tweed, 00:15.756[25]; 31. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:16.840[4]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance): 1. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 4. 2S-Stormy Scott[6]; 5. 130-Chase Osterhoff[7]; 6. 212-Josh Putnam[9]; 7. 83-Jensen Ford[4]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]; 9. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[11]; 10. 19M-Wil Herrington[8]; 11. (DNS) 21K-Kenneth Howell
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 12-Ashton Winger[2]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 4. 79-Ross Bailes[5]; 5. 111B-Max Blair[4]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[7]; 7. 16-Tyler Bruening[10]; 8. S21-Seth Daniels[6]; 9. 6B-Adam Boyd[8]; 10. 12D-Doug Drown[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 4. 89J-Mark Whitener[6]; 5. 89M-Mike Spatola[5]; 6. 81J-Jack Riggs[3]; 7. 89-Logan Roberson[7]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[9]; 9. D8-Dustin Mitchell[8]; 10. 4G-Carson Ferguson[10]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 5. 18-Chase Junghans[6]; 6. 66C-Matt Cosner[5]; 7. 1Z-Logan Zarin[7]; 8. 187-David McCoy[8]; 9. 81-Jason Riggs[11]; 10. 29-Larry Grube[10]; 11. (DNS) 31-Tyler Millwood
Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 96V-Tanner English[2]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 3. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 4. 25B-Mike Benedum[4]; 5. 21M-Billy Moyer Jr[5]; 6. 20B-Todd Brennan[7]; 7. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[8]; 8. 91-Rusty Schlenk[9]; 9. 2X-John Henderson[6]; 10. KB-Kerry King[10]
Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 5. 86-Kyle Beard[5]; 6. 1C-Kenny Collins[6]; 7. 11-Spencer Hughes[9]; 8. 66JR-Eddie Carrier Jr[7]; 9. 55-Benji Hicks[8]; 10. 5T-John Tweed[10]
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 2. 79-Ross Bailes[2]; 3. 111B-Max Blair[4]; 4. 130-Chase Osterhoff[3]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 6. 19M-Wil Herrington[13]; 7. 212-Josh Putnam[5]; 8. 16-Tyler Bruening[8]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 10. S21-Seth Daniels[10]; 11. 12D-Doug Drown[14]; 12. 6B-Adam Boyd[12]; 13. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[11]; 14. (DNS) 83-Jensen Ford; 15. (DNS) 21K-Kenneth Howell
B-Main 2 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 89J-Mark Whitener[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans[4]; 4. 89M-Mike Spatola[3]; 5. 89-Logan Roberson[7]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson[9]; 7. 66C-Matt Cosner[6]; 8. 1Z-Logan Zarin[8]; 9. D8-Dustin Mitchell[11]; 10. 81-Jason Riggs[12]; 11. 29-Larry Grube[14]; 12. 187-David McCoy[10]; 13. 81J-Jack Riggs[5]; 14. 4G-Carson Ferguson[13]; 15. (DNS) 31-Tyler Millwood
B-Main 3 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 21M-Billy Moyer Jr[3]; 3. 25B-Mike Benedum[1]; 4. 86-Kyle Beard[4]; 5. 91-Rusty Schlenk[9]; 6. 11-Spencer Hughes[8]; 7. 66JR-Eddie Carrier Jr[10]; 8. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[7]; 9. 1C-Kenny Collins[6]; 10. 55-Benji Hicks[12]; 11. 5T-John Tweed[14]; 12. 20B-Todd Brennan[5]; 13. (DNS) 2X-John Henderson; 14. (DNS) KB-Kerry King
East Bay Raceway Park
Feature Race Results
February 10, 2023
A-Main (50 Laps – $12,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[2]
$12,800
2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]
$6,800
3. 12-Ashton Winger[9]
$3,500
4. 99-Devin Moran[3]
$3,600
5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[21]
$3,400
6. 58-Garrett Alberson[8]
$3,100
7. 49-Jonathan Davenport[11]
$2,200
8. 76-Brandon Overton[18]
$2,100
9. 19M-Wil Herrington[29]
$1,250
10. 89-Logan Roberson[30]
$1,100
11. 19R-Ryan Gustin[5]
$1,600
12. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[13]
$2,300
13. B5-Brandon Sheppard[23]
$2,000
14. 11-Spencer Hughes[25]
$1,900
15. 7-Ross Robinson[26]
$1,850
16. 1T-Tyler Erb[7]
$1,800
17. 96V-Tanner English[4]
$1,000
18. 111B-Max Blair[27]
$100
19. 10-Garrett Smith[1]
$1,000
20. 79-Ross Bailes[22]
$1,000
21. 16-Tyler Bruening[28]
$100
22. 21M-Billy Moyer Jr[24]
$1,000
23. 40B-Kyle Bronson[17]
$1,000
24. 3S-Brian Shirley[12]
$1,000
25. 20-Jimmy Owens[10]
$1,000
26. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[16]
$1,000
27. 39-Tim McCreadie[14]
$2,100
28. 89J-Mark Whitener[20]
$1,000
29. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[15]
$1,000
30. 2S-Stormy Scott[19]
$1,000
Race Statistics
Entrants: 62
Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Garrett Smith
Lap Leaders: Hudson O’Neal (Laps 1-50)
Wieland Feature Winner: Hudson O’Neal
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Hudson O’Neal
Margin of Victory: 3.044 seconds
Stop-Tech Brakes Cautions: Garrett Smith, Tanner English (Lap 12); Mark Whitener (Lap 16); Jimmy Owens, Kyle Bronson, Brian Shirley (Lap 19); Tyler Erb (Lap 32)
Series Provisionals: Spencer Hughes; Ross Robinson
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: Max Blair; Tyler Bruening; Wil Herrington; Logan Roberson
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Hudson O’Neal, Daulton Wilson, Ashton Winger
Penske Shocks Top 5: Hudson O’Neal, Daulton Wilson, Ashton Winger, Devin Moran, Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Wil Herrington (Advanced 20 Positions)
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Jonathan Davenport
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Brandon Sheppard
Earnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Hudson O’Neal (50 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Hudson O’Neal
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a
Etchberger Trucking Fastest Lap of the Race: Hudson O’Neal (Lap 13 – 14.875 seconds)
MD3 Tough Break of the Race: Tyler Erb
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Danny White (Hudson O’Neal)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Durham Race Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Hudson O’Neal (15.407 seconds)
Time of Race: 30 minutes 22 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
Pending
1. Ricky Thornton Jr
1200 | $52,650
2. Hudson O’Neal
1150 | $44,050
3. Brandon Overton
1135 | $50,900
4. Tim McCreadie
1065 | $29,100
5. Devin Moran
1035 | $22,300
6. Jonathan Davenport
1010 | $21,575
7. Max Blair
990 | $15,750
8. Brandon Sheppard
975 | $22,650
9. Daulton Wilson
970 | $20,900
10. Dennis Erb Jr
960 | $16,200
11. Tanner English
950 | $17,650
12. Tyler Erb
925 | $25,650
