InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Super Clean Super Bowl of Racing $25,000-to-win event at Golden Isles Speedway in Waynesville, GA on Saturday, January 28, 2023. These updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter and @RichardAllenIDR on Instagram).
Weather Forecast: Highs in the 50s and lows in the 40s with no chance for rain.
Time: Hot laps are set for 5:30pm.
Feature Payout: $25,000-to-win(60 laps)
Track Description: 4/10 mile mile clay oval
Other Classes: 602 Late Models, 604 Late Models
Live Stream: FloRacing.com
Pre-race Notes: Tim McCreadie was the 2022 LOLMDS champion.
Brandon Overton beat out Tim McCreadie, Ricky Thornton Jr., Devin Moran and Daulton Wilson in last night’s opener.
Kyle Larson won a thriller on Friday ahead of Ricky Thornton Jr., Brandon Overton, Earl Pearson Jr. and Hudson O’Neal.
No drivers meeting today. Hot laps at 5:30.
Click the play button below to hear our Pre-race interview with Logan Roberson regarding his wild Heat race crash from Friday night.
Click on the play button below to hear our Pre-race interview with Friday night’s 5th place finisher Hudson O’Neal.
5:25- Hot laps about to get underway.
5:50- Hot laps are complete. Lucas Oil qualifying coming soon.
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Live Updates:
Car Count: 52 cars
Drivers Here: 01- Jason Garver, 1- Hudson O’Neal, 1- Tyler Erb, 2- G.R. Smith, 2v- Allen Murray, 4- Kale Green, 4s- Danny Snyder, 5- Mark Whitener, B5- Brandon Sheppard, 7- Ross Robinson, 8- Kyle Strickler, 8- Brian Shirley, 10- Garrett Smith, 11- Spencer Hughes, 14w- Dustin Walker, 16- Tyler Bruening, 18- Chase Junghans, 18D- Daulton Wilson, 19m- Will Herrington, 19R- Ryan Gustin, 20- Jimmy Owens, 20RT- Ricky Thornton Jr., 20v- Reece Vaught, 21H- Robby Hensley, 22- Payton Freeman, 25- Shane Clanton, 25- Mike Benedum, 25z- Mason Zeigler, 26- Jimmy Sharpe Jr., 28- Dennis Erb Jr., 39- Tim McCreadie, 40B- Kyle Bronson, 44D- Dalton Cook, 46- Earl Pearson Jr. 49- Jonathan Davenport, 58- Garrett Alberson, 66c- Matt Cosner, 76- Brandon Overton, 76- Blair Nothdurft, 78- Matthew Brocato, 81j- Jack Riggs, 89- Logan Roberson, 89j- Jeff Coquette, 93- Carson Ferguson, 96- Tanner English, 99- Devin Moran, 99- Boom Briggs, 111- Max Blair, 111- Steven Roberts, 114- Jordan Koehler, 773- Christian Thomas
Qualifying Results: Drivers will divided into two groups for time-trials.
Group A Results- 1. Brandon Overton (14.798), 2. Devin Moran, 3. Allen Murray, 4. Jeff Choquette, 5. Steven Roberts, 6. Shane Clanton, 7. Tanner English, 8. Earl Pearson Jr, 9. Dennis Erb Jr, 10. Tyler Bruening
Group B Results – 1. Hudson O’Neal (14.939), 2. Ricky Thornton Jr, 3. Daulton Wilson, 4. Jonathan Davenport, 5. Mason Zeigler, 6. Brandon Sheppard, 7. Tim McCreadie, 8. John Henderson, 9. Garrett Smith, 10. Max Blair
Heat Race Results: There will be six heat races with the top-3 transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup – 1. Overton, 2. Choquette, 3. English, 4. Bruening, 5. Herrington, 6. Garver, 7. Whitener, 8. Spencer, 9. Snyder
Heat 1 Finish– 1. Brandon Overton, 2. Tanner English, 3. Jeff Choquette… Bruening, Gardner, Whitener, Herrington, Spencer, Snyder
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Moran, 2. Roberts, 3. Pearson, 4. Bronson, 5. Junghans, 6. GR Smith, 7. Walker, 8. Green, 9. Owens
Heat 2 Finish– 1. Devin Moran, 2. Earl Pearson Jr, 3. GR Smith … Bronson, Roberts, Owens, Junghans, Walker, Green
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Murray, 2. Clanton, 3. D Erb, 4. Shirley, 5. Nothdurft, 6. Thomas, 7. Benedum, 8. Alberson
Heat 3 Finish– 1. Shane Clanton, 2. Brian Shirley, 3. Blair Nothdurft … D Erb, Thomas, Murray, Alberson, Benedum
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. O’Neal, 2. Davenport, 3. McCreadie, 4. Blair, 5. Ferguson, 6. Koehler, 7. Hensley, 8. Briggs, 9. Brocato
Heat 4 Finish– 1. Hudson O’Neal, 2. Tim McCreadie, 3. Jonathan Davenport… Ferguson, Briggs, Blair, Koehler, Brocato, Hensley
Heat 5 Lineup- 1. Thornton, 2. Zeigler, 3. Henderson, 4. Gustin, 5. Sharpe, 6. Strickler, 7. Vaught, 8. T Erb, 9. Roberson
Heat 5 Finish– 1. Ricky Thornton Jr, 2. Mason Zeigler, 3. John Henderson… T Erb, Gustin, Sharpe, Strickler, Roberson, Vaught
Heat 6 Lineup- 1. Wilson, 2. Sheppard, 3. G Smith, 4. Freeman, 5. Hughes, 6. Cook, 7. Riggs, 8. Robinson
Heat 6 Finish– 1. Brandon Sheppard, 2. Garrett Smith, 3. Spencer Hughes… Cook, Robinson, Riggs, Wilson, Freeman
B-main Results:
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Tyler Bruening, 2. Dennis Erb Jr
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Ferguson, 2. T Erb
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup – 1. Overton, 2. O’Neal, 3. Moran, 4. Thornton, 5. Clanton, 6. Sheppard, 7. English, 8. McCreadie, 9. Pearson, 10. Zeigler, 11. Shirley, 12. G Smith, 13. Choquette, 14. Davenport, 15. GR Smith, 16. Henderson, 17. Nothdurft, 18. Hughes, 19. Bruening, 20. Ferguson, 21. D Erb, 22. T Erb, 23. Alberson, 24. Wilson, 25. Robinson, 26. Bronson, 27. Herrington, 28. Roberson, 29. Owens
9:15- Feature rolling out. 60 laps for $25,000.
9:20- Four wide
9:23- Green flag!
Contact between Clanton and Sheppard sets off a chain reaction in turn 2. Smith, Choquette, Ferguson and GR Smith among those collected. Looks like Ferguson will have to retire from the race. T Erb also looks like a retirement.
Caution before the completion of a lap. GR Smith, Henderson, Bruening and Hughes were involved.
Lap 8 caution for third running Moran. Overton leads O’Neal, Thornton, English, Sheppard, McCreadie, Clanton, Zeigler
Lap 20- Overton leads Thornton, O’Neal, English, Sheppard
Halfway – Thornton leads Overton, English, O’Neal, Sheppard
Lap 34 caution for Wilson. Thornton leads Overton, English, O’Neal, Sheppard, McCreadie, Davenport, Clanton
20 to go- Thornton pulling away from Overton, English, Sheppard and O’Neal
10 to go- Top-5 same as above but tighter in traffic
Overton makes a last lap, last turn pass on the outside for the win.
Feature Results: 1. Overton, 2. Thornton, 3. English, 4. Sheppard, 5. O’Neal, 6. McCreadie, 7. Davenport, 8. Zeigler, 9. Clanton, 10. Bronson
Ricky Thornton Jr. has scored a pair of podium finishes so far at Golden Isles
