InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned 37th annual Ralph Latham Memorial $15,000-to-win event at Florence Speedway in Union, KY on Saturday, May 6, 2023. These updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter and @RichardAllenIDR on Instagram).
Live updates are provided by Smoky Mountain Speedway. Make plans now to visit the Maryville, TN track for their $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series weekend on June 16 & 17, 2023.
Weather Forecast: Sunny with highs in the 70s and lows into the 60s with little to no chance for rain.
Time: Hot laps are slated for 7:00pm.
Feature Payout: $15,000-to-win
Track Description: Half-mile clay oval
Other Classes: Crate Late Models & Modifieds
Live Stream: FloRacing.com
Pre-race Notes: Hudson O’Neal won the Thursday night LOLMDS feature at Atomic Speedway
Mike Marlar won on Friday night at Ponderosa Speedway
O’Neal leads the series standings ahead of Brandon Overton, Ricky Thornton Jr., Jonathan Davenport and Tim McCreadie.
6:30- Drivers meeting underway.
Live Updates:
Car Count: 41 cars
Drivers Here: 1- Hudson O’Neal, 1- Tyler Erb, 1G- Devin Gilpin, 4G- Kody Evans, 5N- Dustin Nobbe, 6- Parker Martin, 7- Ross Robinson, 7R- Kent Robinson, 8- Kyle Strickler, 8A- Curt Addison, 10- Garrett Smith, 11- Spencer Hughes, 11- Josh Rice, 12- Jason Jameson, 13w- David Webb, 15- James Rice, 16- Tyler Bruening, 16- Justin Ratliff, 17D- Zack Dohm, 18D- Daulton Wilson, 18- Trevor Landrum, 20- Jimmy Owens, 20RT- Ricky Thornton Jr., 20B- Brad Dyer, 20- Tristan Chamberlain, 21H- Robby Hensley, 22- Chris Ferguson, H22- Brandon Hardgrove, 23- Cory Hedgecock, 32- Bobby Pierce, 33- Austin Lay, 33- Jesse Lay, 39- Tim McCreadie, 46- Earl Pearson Jr., 49- Jonathan Davenport, 58- Garrett Alberson, 68- Adam Strickler, 76- Brandon Overton, 83- Jensen Ford, 89- Logan Roberson, 99- Devin Moran, 99B- Boom Briggs, 99c- Camaron Marlar, 99s- Bill Sheets, 109- Eli Beets, 111- Max Blair, 157- Mike Marlar
*Driver list is incomplete and unofficial until after the drivers meeting.
Qualifying Results: There will be two groups for time-trials.
Group A Results- 1. Brandon Overton (15.398), 2. Josh Rice, 3. Jonathan Davenport, 4. Ricky Thornton Jr, 5. Bobby Pierce, 6. Mike Marlar, 7. Garrett Alberson, 8. Adam Stricker, 9. Daulton Wilson, 10. Cory Hedgecock, 11. Devin Gilpin, 12. Kody Evans
Group B Results- 1. Spencer Hughes (15.712), 2. Max Blair, 3. Hudson O’Neal, 4. Garrett Smith, 5. Trevor Landrum, 6. Tim McCreadie, 7. Tristan Chamberlain, 8. Tyler Bruening, 9. Chris Ferguson, 10. Jimmy Owens, 11. Boom Briggs, 12. David Webb
Heat Races: There will be four heat races with the top-4 transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. Davenport, 3. Pierce, 4. Alberson, 5. Wilson, 6. Gilpin, 7. Martin, 8. James Rice, 9. Roberson, 10. Jameson
Heat 1 Finish– 1. Jonathan Davenport, 2. Brandon Overton, 3. Bobby Pierce, 4. Daulton Wilson
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Josh Rice, 2. Thornton, 3. Marlar, 4. Stricker, 5. Hedgecock, 6. Evans, 7. Erb, 8. Nobbe, 9. Sheets, 10. Addison
Heat 2 Finish– 1. Josh Rice, 2. Ricky Thornton Jr, 3. Mike Marlar, 4. Tyler Erb
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Hughes, 2. O’Neal, 3. Landrum, 4. Chamberlain, 5. Ferguson, 6. Briggs, 7. Moran, 8. R Robinson, 9. Pearson, 10. Dyer
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Spencer Hughes, 2. Hudson O’Neal, 3. Devin Moran, 4. Earl Pearson Jr
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Blair, 2. Smith, 3. McCreadie, 4. Bruening, 5. Owens, 6. Webb, 7. K Robinson, 8. Jesse Lay, 9. Hensley, 10. Austin Lay
Heat 4 Finish– 1. Max Blair, 2. Garrett Smith, 3. Jimmy Owens, 4. Kent Robinson
B-main Results: There will be two B-mains with the top-3 from each transferring to the feature.
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Cory Hedgecock, 2. Garrett Alberson, 3. Adam Stricker
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Tim McCreadie, 2. Chris Ferguson, 3. Trevor Landrum
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. Davenport, 2. Hughes, 3. Rice, 4. Blair, 5. Overton, 6. O’Neal, 7. Thornton, 8. Smith, 9. Pierce, 10. Moran, 11. Marlar, 12. Owens, 13. Wilson, 14. Pearson, 15. Erb,, 16. K Robinson, 17. Hedgecock, 18. McCreadie, 19. Alberson, 20. Ferguson, 21. Stricker, 22. Landrum, 23. Bruening, 24. R Robinson, 25. Roberson, 26. Briggs, 27. Jesse Lay
9:50- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $15,000.
9:57- Green flag
Lap 10 caution for spin by Blair. Davenport leads O’Neal, Overton, Pierce, Hughes
Lap 19 caution – O’Neal leads Overton, Thornton, Davenport, Pierce, Hedgecock, Hughes, Owens
Lap 24 caution for Erb and Wilson mishap. Thornton leads O’Neal, Overton, Hughes, Davenport
Lap 35 caution. Thornton leads O’Neal, Overton, Alberson, Davenport, McCreadie, Hedgecock.. Pierce dropped off under last yellow.
Feature Results: 1. Ricky Thornton Jr, 2. Hudson O’Neal, 3. Brandon Overton, 4. Garrett Alberson, 5. Tim McCreadie, 6. Cory Hedgecock, 7. Jonathan Davenport, , 8. Earl Pearson Jr, 9. Devin Moran, 10. Logan Roberson, 11. Mike Marlar, 12. Tyler Erb, 13. Jimmy Owens, 14. Rosa Robinson, 15. Spencer Hughes, 16. Max Blair, 17. Jesse Lay, 18. Tyler Bruening, 19. Garrett Smith, 20. Josh Rice, 21. Boom Briggs, 22. Bobby Pierce, 23. Daulton Wilson, 24. Trevor Landrum, 25. Kent Robinson, 26. Chris Ferguson, 27. Adam Stricker
Josh Rice will be going for his third consecutive Ralph Latham Memorial win
