Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers battle for $75,000 to win at Florence Speedway
It’s the final night of the famed North South 100 in Union, KY. The half-mile of Florence Speedway is set to host the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
View Florence Speedway results below.
Jimmy Owens and Spencer Hughes set the front row. 100 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
North South 100
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Green flag, they run side by side into turn one. Hughes noses ahead off turn two via the outside lane.
Lap 2, Owens dives inside of Hughes into turn one. He completes the pass into turn three, Owens leads.
Lap 17, Owens has caught the tail of the field. Hudson O’Neal closes to his bumper in a hurry.
Lap 19, O’Neal has a run off turn four. He crosses under Owens and slides him for the lead into turn one. Owens crosses under him and takes the lead right back.
Lap 21, O’Neal has another run off turn four. Owens shuts the door and O’Neal crosses under him off the corner. O’Neal slides Owens for the lead into turn one and he holds it off turn two.
Lap 31, O’Neal makes contact with lap traffic off turn two. Owens has a look but he can’t return to the lead.
Lap 34, Chris Ferguson is around in turn one with help from Bobby Pierce, caution.
Green, O’Neal leads as McDowell, Owens and Pierce run three wide for 2nd. Light rain has begun to fall on the speedway.
Several cars tangle in turn four, caution.
Green, O’Neal leads as McDowell takes 2nd away via the outside lane.
Lap 40, McIntosh has lost a wheel and the caution is out.
Green, O’Neal leads McDowell off turn two. Pierce and Rice knock the cushion behind them.
Lap 44, Pierce has a run on McDowell off turn four. He crosses under him and slides him for 2nd into turn one.
Lap 48
Lap 48, Pierce has a look on the inside of O’Neal. He pulls even but can’t get the drive off the corner to complete the pass.
Lap 55, O’Neal and Pierce run bumper to bumper on the cushion as they work lap traffic.
Lap 58, Kyle Bronson slows with a flat tire, caution.
Green, O’Neal leads as Rice crosses under Pierce for 2nd. Pierce slides him back for 2nd. They cross again. Pierce slides him once more into turn three, Pierce holds 2nd.
Lap 66, Ricky Thornton Jr slides Rice for 3rd. He started 23rd.
Lap 70, Pierce is all over the bumper of O’Neal as the both knock the cushion. Thornton Jr closes on both of them as he rolls the middle lane.
20 to go
20 to go, O’Neal works lap traffic. Pierce drives it deep through the middle in turn one. Pierce slides O’Neal for the lead and he holds the spot off turn two.
Ricky Thornton Jr quickly takes 2nd away.
16 to go, Josh Rice jumps the cushion tags the wall and drops debris. The caution is out.
Green, Pierce leads Thornton Jr as Jonathan Davenport moves into 3rd.
13 to go, caution for debris.
Green, Pierce lunches from the cushion but it doesn’t work as Thornton Jr pulls even with him into turn one. Thornton Jr slides Pierce for the lead into turn one!
11 to go, Pierce slides Thornton Jr in turn three. He squeezes him off turn four! Pierce lifts and leaves just enough room for Thornton Jr.
They remain side by side for the lead into turn one. They fight for space off turn two, bang wheels and Pierce retakes the lead off turn two!
Tim McCreadie slows, caution.
Pierce leads Thornton Jr on the single file restart. He opens the gap, as he bounces the right rear off the outside wall.
Bobby Pierce wins the North South 100 at Florence Speedway!
Florence Speedway
Race Results
August 12, 2023
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2023 Lucas Oil results from the Kentucky dirt track below.
Hot Laps
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:18.600[4]; 2. 66JR-Eddie Carrier Jr, 00:18.613[6]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:18.779[5]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:18.894[7]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:19.034[3]; 6. 12-Jason Jameson, 00:19.242[8]; 7. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:19.243[1]; 8. H22-Brandon Hardgrove, 00:19.491[9]; 9. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:19.606[2]; 10. 99J-Donnie Jeschke, 00:20.871[10]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:16.648[2]; 2. 7R-Kent Robinson, 00:16.933[7]; 3. 8K-Kyle Strickler, 00:16.946[6]; 4. 99-Devin Moran, 00:16.982[5]; 5. 15-James Rice, 00:16.992[8]; 6. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:17.117[1]; 7. 33AJ-Austin Lay, 00:17.286[9]; 8. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:17.396[3]; 9. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:18.034[4]; 10. (DNS) 8A-Curt Addison
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:16.431[2]; 2. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:16.507[9]; 3. 97-Michael Chilton, 00:16.558[1]; 4. 33H-Mike Harrison, 00:16.825[7]; 5. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 00:16.831[8]; 6. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:16.850[3]; 7. 33-Jesse Lay, 00:16.879[10]; 8. 79-Donald McIntosh, 00:16.882[5]; 9. 31AUS-Kye Blight, 00:16.913[6]; 10. (DNS) 19R-Ryan Gustin
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.924[4]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson, 00:16.085[3]; 3. 1V-Vic Hill, 00:16.146[7]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell, 00:16.343[1]; 5. 222-David Breazeale, 00:16.387[6]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:16.554[2]; 7. 68-Adam Stricker, 00:16.660[5]; 8. 317-Blake Creech, 00:16.748[9]; 9. 4G-Kody Evans, 00:17.323[8]; 10. (DNS) 3:16-Mike Bargo
Hot Laps – Group 5 : 1. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:16.170[4]; 2. 111B-Max Blair, 00:16.237[1]; 3. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:16.325[5]; 4. 11R-Josh Rice, 00:16.337[2]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:16.345[3]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:16.391[6]; 7. 22C-Brent Cornette, 00:16.497[10]; 8. 12D-Doug Drown, 00:16.526[7]; 9. 54-Dane Dacus, 00:16.934[8]; 10. 1Z-Logan Zarin[9]
Hot Laps – Group 6 : 1. 23-Cory Hedgecock, 00:16.122[4]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:16.333[2]; 3. 21H-Robby Hensley, 00:16.369[6]; 4. 18-Trevor Landrum, 00:16.458[5]; 5. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:16.513[9]; 6. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:16.657[3]; 7. 41-Jim Couch, 00:16.783[8]; 8. (DNS) 1T-Tyler Erb; 9. (DNS) 55-Jesse Wisecarver
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[4]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[7]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening[1]; 6. H22-Brandon Hardgrove[9]; 7. 66JR-Eddie Carrier Jr[6]; 8. 12-Jason Jameson[8]; 9. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 10. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 11-Spencer Hughes[2]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[5]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 5. 8K-Kyle Strickler[6]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 7. 15-James Rice[8]; 8. 7R-Kent Robinson[7]; 9. 33AJ-Austin Lay[9]; 10. (DNS) 8A-Curt Addison
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 4. 97-Michael Chilton[1]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[9]; 6. 79-Donald McIntosh[5]; 7. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[8]; 8. 33-Jesse Lay[10]; 9. 33H-Mike Harrison[7]; 10. 31AUS-Kye Blight[6]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[1]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[3]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[2]; 5. 68-Adam Stricker[5]; 6. 1V-Vic Hill[7]; 7. 222-David Breazeale[6]; 8. 317-Blake Creech[9]; 9. 4G-Kody Evans[8]; 10. (DNS) 3:16-Mike Bargo
Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 11R-Josh Rice[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 3. 111B-Max Blair[1]; 4. 66C-Matt Cosner[4]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[6]; 6. 22C-Brent Cornette[10]; 7. 1Z-Logan Zarin[9]; 8. 54-Dane Dacus[8]; 9. 89-Logan Roberson[5]; 10. 12D-Doug Drown[7]
Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 23-Cory Hedgecock[4]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 3. 21H-Robby Hensley[6]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[9]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 6. 18-Trevor Landrum[5]; 7. 41-Jim Couch[8]; 8. 1T-Tyler Erb[1]; 9. (DNS) 55-Jesse Wisecarver
LCQs
B-Main 1 : 1. 79-Donald McIntosh[9]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[8]; 5. 97-Michael Chilton[3]; 6. 8K-Kyle Strickler[5]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 8. 66JR-Eddie Carrier Jr[10]; 9. 33-Jesse Lay[15]; 10. 15-James Rice[11]; 11. 58-Garrett Alberson[16]; 12. 12-Jason Jameson[13]; 13. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[12]; 14. 31AUS-Kye Blight[20]; 15. H22-Brandon Hardgrove[7]; 16. 33AJ-Austin Lay[17]; 17. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[19]; 18. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 19. 7R-Kent Robinson[14]; 20. 8A-Curt Addison[21]; 21. (DNS) 33H-Mike Harrison
B-Main 2 : 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[1]; 2. 68-Adam Stricker[4]; 3. 66C-Matt Cosner[2]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[5]; 5. 1V-Vic Hill[7]; 6. 18-Trevor Landrum[9]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 8. 222-David Breazeale[10]; 9. 317-Blake Creech[13]; 10. 22C-Brent Cornette[8]; 11. 1Z-Logan Zarin[11]; 12. 41-Jim Couch[12]; 13. 39-Tim McCreadie[6]; 14. 1T-Tyler Erb[15]; 15. (DNS) 54-Dane Dacus; 16. 4G-Kody Evans; 17. (DNS) 89-Logan Roberson; 18. (DNS) 12D-Doug Drown
Florence Speedway
Feature Race Results
August 12, 2023
(100 Laps – $75,000 to win):
1. 32-Bobby Pierce[13]
2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[23]
3. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[3]
4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[16]
5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[15]
6. 22F-Chris Ferguson[10]
7. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[20]
8. 99-Devin Moran[14]
9. 111B-Max Blair[17]
10. 40B-Kyle Bronson[7]
11. 17M-Dale McDowell[4]
12. 58-Garrett Alberson[26]
13. 39-Tim McCreadie[24]
14. 11-Spencer Hughes[2]
15. 76-Brandon Overton[11]
16. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[29]
17. 11R-Josh Rice[5]
18. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]
19. 1T-Tyler Erb[25]
20. 23-Cory Hedgecock[6]
21. 68-Adam Stricker[22]
22. 10-Garrett Smith[8]
23. 19R-Ryan Gustin[9]
24. 3S-Brian Shirley[21]
25. 79-Donald McIntosh[19]
26. 2S-Stormy Scott[12]
27. 16-Tyler Bruening[27]
28. 7-Ross Robinson[28]
29. 21H-Robby Hensley[18]
Race Statistics
Entrants: 59
Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Jimmy Owens
Lap Leaders: Spencer Hughes (Lap 1); Jimmy Owens (Laps 2-22); Hudson O’Neal (Laps 23-80); Bobby Pierce (Laps 81-87); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 88-89); Bobby Pierce (Laps 90-100)
Wieland Feature Winner: Bobby Pierce
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Bobby Pierce
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Bobby Pierce
Margin of Victory: 2.019 seconds
Gorsuch Performance Solutions Cautions: Chris Ferguson (Lap 36); Max Blair, Stormy Scott, Adam Stricker, Donald McIntosh, Garrett Alberson (Lap 37); Donald McIntosh (Lap 40); Kyle Bronson (Lap 58); Debris (Lap 83); Debris (Lap 87); Tim McCreadie (Lap 91)
Series Provisionals: Ricky Thornton, Jr.; Tim McCreadie
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: Tyler Erb; Garrett Alberson; Tyler Bruening; Ross Robinson
Track Provisional: Dustin Nobbe
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Bobby Pierce, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O’Neal
Penske Shocks Top 5: Bobby Pierce, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Jonathan Davenport, Daulton Wilson
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Advanced 21 Positions)
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Earl Pearson, Jr.
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Tim McCreadie
Earnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Hudson O’Neal (59 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Max Blair
Etchberger Trucking Fastest Lap of the Race: Jimmy Owens (Lap 3 – 17.587 seconds)
MD3 Tough Break of the Race: Tim McCreadie
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Bob Pierce (Bobby Pierce)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Vic Hill Race Engines
Time of Race: 56 minutes 23 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Point Standings
Pos | Driver | Points
1. Ricky Thornton Jr
5770
2. Hudson O’Neal
5440
3. Jonathan Davenport
5135
4. Brandon Overton
5045
5. Tim McCreadie
5030
6. Devin Moran
4965
7. Daulton Wilson
4585
8. Max Blair
4570
9. Tyler Erb
4535
10. Earl Pearson Jr
4525
