East Bay Results: February 8, 2024 (Lucas Dirt)

Garrett Smith and Jimmy Owens set the front row as they’ll race for $10,000 to win. 40 laps of dirt track racing are up next…

Main Event
Report

Green flag, Smith gets the jump and he clears Owens before turn one.

Lap 3, Mark Whitener spins with a flat left rear, caution. Overton pulls to the infield and calls it a night.

Green, Smith leads as Alberson and Owens run side by side for 2nd. RJ Conley cushion the cushion and tags the turn two wall behind them, caution.

Green, Smith leads as Owens clears Alberson to hold 2nd.

Lap 5, Owens has a run off turn two. Side by side for the lead. Owens rolls the bottom as Smith knocks the cushion.

Lap 10, Boom Briggs goes for a spin, caution.

Green, Smith leads Owens.

Lap 13, Smith gets loose on the cushion in turn two. Owens takes the lead on the inside. Owens moves to the top, takes the air off the nose of Smith. Smith jumps the cushion, Davenport to 2nd.

Lap 20, Aberson works around Davenport, Alberson to 2nd.

Lap 25, Owens works the tail of the field. Alberson and Davenport are closing on the leader.

Lap 31, Alberson is on the bumper of Owens in the battle for the win. Alberson is exploring new lanes.

5 to go

5 to go, Alberson is all over Owens. Alberson looks inside into turn three, they bang doors, Owens holds the lead.

4 to go, Davenport heads for the cushion. He pulls even with Alberson, he leaves the lane open off the corner and Davenport drives by for 2nd on the outside.

3 to go, Davenport is on the bumper of Owens!

2 to go, Boom Briggs slows, caution.

Green, Owens leads Davenport on the single file restart. Davenport bicycles on the cushion in turn two but he holds 2nd.

1 to go, Davenport drives it deep on the cushion into turn three. He has a run off turn four but he’s out of time.

Jimmy Owens wins at East Bay Raceway Park!

East Bay Raceway Park
Results
February 8, 2024
Lucas Oil Late Models

View full 2024 results from the Florida dirt track below.

Practice

Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.677[4]; 2. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.870[1]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.899[2]; 4. 15K-Jensen Ford, 00:16.078[9]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:16.452[10]; 6. 27-Michael Lake, 00:16.562[3]; 7. 20B-Todd Brennan, 00:16.778[6]; 8. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:16.795[7]; 9. 3-Brennon Willard, 00:17.445[5]; 10. (DNS) 46-Earl Pearson Jr

Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:17.230[2]; 2. 174-Ethan Dotson, 00:17.266[9]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:17.470[4]; 4. 33-Jeff Mathews, 00:18.366[7]; 5. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:18.376[1]; 6. 71C-RJ Conley, 00:18.436[5]; 7. 51-Dean Carpenter, 00:18.649[3]; 8. 81L-Jake Little, 00:18.661[8]; 9. (DNS) 39-Tim McCreadie

Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 14X-Wil Herrington, 00:15.467[4]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.499[2]; 3. 25-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:15.747[3]; 4. 29-Larry Grube, 00:15.778[7]; 5. 69-Brandon Thirlby, 00:15.778[5]; 6. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:15.786[8]; 7. 111-Max Blair, 00:15.874[6]; 8. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 00:16.023[9]; 9. 21-Kenny Howell, 00:16.804[1]

Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:14.971[6]; 2. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:15.471[7]; 3. 6JR-Parker Martin, 00:15.538[5]; 4. 6T-Tim Dohm, 00:15.689[1]; 5. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:15.736[9]; 6. 31-Tyler Millwood, 00:16.103[8]; 7. 82B-Jason Milam, 00:16.140[4]; 8. 15-Blake McClain, 00:16.151[3]; 9. 32-Jason Jack, 00:16.241[2]

Practice Continued

Hot Laps – Group 5 : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.179[3]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.212[1]; 3. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.386[10]; 4. 00-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.820[5]; 5. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:16.008[9]; 6. 6-Clay Harris, 00:16.094[4]; 7. 11C-Trevor Collins, 00:16.196[2]; 8. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:16.696[7]; 9. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:17.278[8]; 10. 48-Tim Lance, 00:17.295[6]

Hot Laps – Group 6 : 1. 1-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.739[3]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:14.745[4]; 3. 99-Devin Moran, 00:14.792[7]; 4. 30-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.826[2]; 5. 9-Levi Yetter, 00:15.294[8]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.319[1]; 7. 2*-Logan Hitt, 00:15.389[9]; 8. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:15.412[5]; 9. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:15.781[6]

Hot Laps – Group 7 : 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.898[2]; 2. 187-David McCoy, 00:14.993[4]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.176[1]; 4. 97-Cody Overton, 00:15.197[6]; 5. 19M-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.305[3]; 6. 42-Terry Casey, 00:15.745[9]; 7. 71R-Rod Conley, 00:15.873[8]; 8. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:16.093[5]; 9. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:16.614[7]

Hot Laps – Group 8 : 1. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.622[4]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.912[3]; 3. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:14.970[5]; 4. 33X-Brandon Overton, 00:15.061[6]; 5. 6H-Ross Bailes, 00:15.229[2]; 6. S21-Seth Daniels, 00:15.293[7]; 7. 21M-Tre Martin, 00:16.093[9]; 8. 47W-Brandon Weigle, 00:16.130[1]; 9. (DNS) 12R-Ryan Payne

Qualifying

Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:14.164[34]; 2. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:14.362[1]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.466[14]; 4. 6JR-Parker Martin, 00:14.498[33]; 5. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 00:14.507[28]; 6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.508[12]; 7. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:14.510[4]; 8. 15K-Jensen Ford, 00:14.511[9]; 9. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.519[2]; 10. 14X-Wil Herrington, 00:14.619[23];

11. 25-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:14.654[22]; 12. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:14.655[8]; 13. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:14.680[11]; 14. 71C-RJ Conley, 00:14.704[15]; 15. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:14.732[37]; 16. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:14.752[21]; 17. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:14.767[27]; 18. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:14.789[7]; 19. 111-Max Blair, 00:14.809[25]; 20. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:14.832[16];

21. 69-Brandon Thirlby, 00:14.834[24]; 22. 20B-Todd Brennan, 00:14.862[6]; 23. 29-Larry Grube, 00:14.889[26]; 24. 6T-Tim Dohm, 00:14.935[29]; 25. 15-Blake McClain, 00:14.937[31]; 26. 32-Jason Jack, 00:14.988[30]; 27. 27-Michael Lake, 00:15.116[3]; 28. 174-Ethan Dotson, 00:15.172[19]; 29. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:15.191[35]; 30. 31-Tyler Millwood, 00:15.205[36];

31. 3-Brennon Willard, 00:15.249[5]; 32. 82B-Jason Milam, 00:15.328[32]; 33. 33-Jeff Mathews, 00:15.379[17]; 34. 21-Kenny Howell, 00:15.498[20]; 35. 81L-Jake Little, 00:15.509[18]; 36. 51-Dean Carpenter, 00:15.594[13]; 37. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:18.369[10]

Qualifying Continued

Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 1-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.323[13]; 2. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.327[32]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:14.390[3]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:14.424[14]; 5. 6-Clay Harris, 00:14.453[4]; 6. 33X-Brandon Overton, 00:14.466[34]; 7. 99-Devin Moran, 00:14.477[17]; 8. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:14.486[24]; 9. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.517[21]; 10. S21-Seth Daniels, 00:14.550[35];

11. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:14.556[20]; 12. 19M-Spencer Hughes, 00:14.561[22]; 13. 96V-Tanner English, 00:14.569[10]; 14. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.571[31]; 15. 9-Levi Yetter, 00:14.576[18]; 16. 30-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.584[12]; 17. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.611[1]; 18. 47W-Brandon Weigle, 00:14.622[29]; 19. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:14.654[15]; 20. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:14.703[11];

21. 2*-Logan Hitt, 00:14.719[19]; 22. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:14.739[7]; 23. 187-David McCoy, 00:14.746[23]; 24. 00-Carson Ferguson, 00:14.770[5]; 25. 42-Terry Casey, 00:14.824[28]; 26. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:14.839[8]; 27. 97-Cody Overton, 00:14.877[25]; 28. 12R-Ryan Payne, 00:14.921[36]; 29. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:14.997[16]; 30. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:15.058[9];

31. 11C-Trevor Collins, 00:15.085[2]; 32. 71R-Rod Conley, 00:15.197[27]; 33. 48-Tim Lance, 00:15.224[6]; 34. 6H-Ross Bailes, 00:15.233[30]; 35. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.285[33]; 36. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:15.731[26]; 37. 21M-Tre Martin, 00:15.893[37]

Heat Races

Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance): 1. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 2. 14X-Wil Herrington[4]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[6]; 5. 111-Max Blair[7]; 6. 174-Ethan Dotson[10]; 7. 20B-Todd Brennan[8]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[13]; 9. 3-Brennon Willard[11]; 10. 12-Ashton Winger[5]; 11. 6JR-Parker Martin[2]; 12. 21-Kenny Howell[12]; 13. (DNS) 15-Blake McClain

Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 5-Mark Whitener[1]; 2. 71C-RJ Conley[5]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[7]; 4. 1Z-Logan Zarin[2]; 5. 4G-Bob Gardner[10]; 6. 82B-Jason Milam[11]; 7. 81L-Jake Little[12]; 8. 25-Tony Jackson Jr[4]; 9. 15K-Jensen Ford[3]; 10. 81-Jason Riggs[6]; 11. 29-Larry Grube[8]; 12. 32-Jason Jack[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[4]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[1]; 5. 7T-Drake Troutman[5]; 6. 6T-Tim Dohm[8]; 7. 31-Tyler Millwood[10]; 8. 27-Michael Lake[9]; 9. 51-Dean Carpenter[12]; 10. 33-Jeff Mathews[11]; 11. 81J-Jack Riggs[6]; 12. 69-Brandon Thirlby[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 3. 1-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 4. 96V-Tanner English[5]; 5. 66C-Matt Cosner[7]; 6. 6H-Ross Bailes[12]; 7. 30-Ryan Gustin[6]; 8. 11C-Trevor Collins[11]; 9. 12R-Ryan Payne[10]; 10. 75-Daniel Adam[8]; 11. S21-Seth Daniels[4]; 12. 21M-Tre Martin[13]; 13. 42-Terry Casey[9]

Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 6-Clay Harris[2]; 2. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 4. 18-Chase Junghans[3]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley[5]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[7]; 7. 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 8. 8-Dillon McCowan[12]; 9. 187-David McCoy[8]; 10. 25B-Mike Benedum[10]; 11. 93-Cory Lawler[9]; 12. 71R-Rod Conley[11]

Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 19M-Spencer Hughes[4]; 3. 33X-Brandon Overton[2]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 5. 2*-Logan Hitt[7]; 6. 97-Cody Overton[9]; 7. 47W-Brandon Weigle[6]; 8. 9-Levi Yetter[5]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]; 10. 00-Carson Ferguson[8]; 11. 4S-Danny Snyder[12]; 12. 48-Tim Lance[11]

B-Mains

B-Main 1 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 111-Max Blair[3]; 3. 20B-Todd Brennan[7]; 4. 4G-Bob Gardner[4]; 5. 25-Tony Jackson Jr[10]; 6. 174-Ethan Dotson[5]; 7. 82B-Jason Milam[6]; 8. 3-Brennon Willard[11]; 9. 21-Kenny Howell[17]; 10. 32-Jason Jack[18]; 11. 81-Jason Riggs[14]; 12. 15K-Jensen Ford[12]; 13. (DNS) 1Z-Logan Zarin; 14. (DNS) 81L-Jake Little; 15. 28-Dennis Erb Jr; 16. (DNS) 12-Ashton Winger; 17. (DNS) 6JR-Parker Martin; 18. 29-Larry Grube; 19. (DNS) 15-Blake McClain

B-Main 2 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 1T-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[2]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[3]; 4. 66C-Matt Cosner[4]; 5. 6H-Ross Bailes[6]; 6. 6T-Tim Dohm[5]; 7. 30-Ryan Gustin[8]; 8. 31-Tyler Millwood[7]; 9. 27-Michael Lake[9]; 10. 51-Dean Carpenter[11]; 11. 11C-Trevor Collins[10]; 12. 75-Daniel Adam[13]; 13. 69-Brandon Thirlby[16]; 14. S21-Seth Daniels[15]; 15. 21M-Tre Martin[17]; 16. (DNS) 12R-Ryan Payne; 17. 81J-Jack Riggs; 18. (DNS) 42-Terry Casey

B-Main 3 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 2. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans[1]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley[3]; 6. 97-Cody Overton[6]; 7. 187-David McCoy[11]; 8. 8-Dillon McCowan[9]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[12]; 10. 71R-Rod Conley[17]; 11. 47W-Brandon Weigle[8]; 12. 9-Levi Yetter[10]; 13. 93-Cory Lawler[15]; 14. 4S-Danny Snyder[16]; 15. 33-Jeff Mathews[19]; 16. 00-Carson Ferguson[14]; 17. 2*-Logan Hitt[4]; 18. 48-Tim Lance[18]; 19. (DNS) 25B-Mike Benedum

East Bay Raceway Park
Feature Race Results
February 8, 2024

Click here to view results from the makeup feature which was also run on Thursday night

A-Main (40 Laps – $10,000 to win):

Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings

1. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]

2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6]

3. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]

4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[11]

5. 1-Hudson O’Neal[14]

6. B5-Brandon Sheppard[13]

7. 157-Mike Marlar[19]

8. 99-Devin Moran[8]

9. 10-Garrett Smith[1]

10. 39-Tim McCreadie[15]

11. 6-Clay Harris[4]

12. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[17]

13. 3S-Brian Shirley[26]

14. 1T-Tyler Erb[20]

15. 7-Ross Robinson[25]

16. 18D-Daulton Wilson[21]

17. 99B-Boom Briggs[24]

18. 7T-Drake Troutman[27]

19. 111-Max Blair[22]

20. 93-Cory Lawler[29]

21. 14X-Wil Herrington[7]

22. 96V-Tanner English[23]

23. 19M-Spencer Hughes[12]

24. 40B-Kyle Bronson[16]

25. 4G-Bob Gardner[30]

26. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[10]

27. 174-Ethan Dotson[28]

28. 71C-RJ Conley[9]

29. 5-Mark Whitener[3]

30. 33X-Brandon Overton[18]

Race Statistics

Entrants: 74

Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Garrett Smith

Lap Leaders: Garrett Smith (Laps 1-4); Jimmy Owens (Laps 5-6); Garrett Smith (Laps 7-12); Jimmy Owens (Laps 13-40)

Wieland Feature Winner: Jimmy Owens

Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a

Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a

Margin of Victory: 0.314 seconds 

Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Mark Whitener (Lap 2); RJ Conley (Laps 2 restart); Boom Briggs (Lap 9); Boom Briggs (Lap 38)

Series Provisionals: Ross Robinson; Brian Shirley

Fast Time Provisional: n/a

Series Emergency Provisionals: Drake Troutman; Ethan Dotson; Cory Lawler; Bob Gardner

Track Provisional: n/a

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Jimmy Owens, Jonathan Davenport, Garrett Alberson

Penske Shocks Top 5: Jimmy Owens, Jonathan Davenport, Garrett Alberson, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O’Neal

Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Brian Shirley (Advanced 13 Positions) 

Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Mike Marlar

Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Brian Shirley

MD3 Most Laps Led: Jimmy Owens (30 Laps) 

Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Garrett Alberson

Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a 

Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Jimmy Owens (Lap 11 – 14.673 seconds) 

Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Jonathan Davenport

Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Mark Whitener

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Kurt Owens (Jimmy Owens)

ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Vic Hill Race Engines

Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket Chassis

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Wil Herrington (15.4666 seconds)

Time of Race: 20 minutes 59 seconds 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points

Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings

1. Ricky Thornton Jr
1390 | $59,350

2. Hudson O’Neal
1345 | $41,500

3. Jonathan Davenport
1235 | $30,350

3. Devin Moran
1235 | $25,650

5. Brandon Sheppard
1150 | $14,325

6. Jimmy Owens
1130 | $21,300

7. Tim McCreadie
1120 | $28,925

8. Daulton Wilson
1085 | $22,400

9. Kyle Bronson
1060 | $13,900

10. Clay Harris
1050 | $15,350

11. Garrett Alberson
1035 | $14,375

12. Tyler Erb
1020 | $23,300

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