InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the resumption of the rain-interrupted RhinoAg Super Bowl of Racing Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event at Golden Isles Speedway began on Friday night, February 1, 2019 and continued on Saturday afternoon, February 2, 2019. The updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
Classes in action: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Super Late Models for $12,000-to-win(50 laps).
*Please Note: These updates will focus solely on the LOLMDS race.
General Information:
Rain interrupted this event just before the start of the second B-main on Friday night.
The second B-main is slated to begin at noon on Saturday.
This is the opening race of the 2019 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season.
Jonathan Davenport is the defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion.
12:00- Racing was supposed to start at noon but the track is much too wet right now.
Today’s start time has been moved to 1:30.
1:30- Engines have fired in the pit area.
1:40- All cars are on track helping to run it in.
1:53- The second B-main is very close to a start.
2:10- All cars are getting a hot lap session before going back to racing.
2:22- The second B-main is rolling out.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Jimmy Owens looks to contend for fourth Lucas Oil title in 2019 & How successful will Davenport and Rumley be now that they are apart? & Good start could set the tone for Josh Richards and CBR
Live Updates:
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Car Count: 42 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, 0F1- Coleby Frye, 0KB- Kerry King, 1- Earl Pearson, Jr., 1- Devin Moran, 1- Brandon Sheppard, 1- Tyler Erb, 1- Devin Gilpin, 1G- Ryan King, 2- Brandon Overton, 2- Allen Murray, 2- Stormy Scott, 02- Mark Whitener, 3- Brian Shirley, 5- Don O’Neal, 6- Blake Spencer, 7- Jason Fitzgerald, 12- Jason Jameson, 14- Josh Richards, 18- Chase Junghans, 20- Jimmy Owens, 21- Billy Moyer, Jr., 22- Gregg Satterlee, 22- Chris Ferguson, 28- Dennis Erb, Jr., 33- Jeff Matthews, 39- Tim McCreadie, 40- Kyle Bronson, 40- Joel Callahan, 48- Colton Flinner, 49- Jonathan Davenport, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 53- Ray Cook, 56- Colton Horner, 58- Ivedent Lloyd, Jr., 66- Matt Cosner, 71- Hudson O’Neal, 76- Blair Nothdurft, 77- Brian Connor, 89- Justin Williams, 94- Austn Rettig, 111-Steven Roberts
Qualifying Results: The field will be divided into two groups for qualifying.
Group A- 1. H O’Neal (14.864), 2. Pearson, 3. R King, 4. Owens, 5. Sheppard, 6. Davenport, 7. McCreadie, 8. Junghans, 9. Overton, 10. Cosner
Group B- 1. Shirley (14.944), 2. T Erb, 3. Richard’s, 4. Bloomquist, 5. D O’Neal, 6. Ferguson, 7. Buckingham, 8. Callahan, 9. Moran, 10. Bronson
Heat Race Results: There will be four heat races with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. H O’Neal, 2. R King, 3. Sheppard, 4. McCreadie, 5. Overton, 6. Moyer Jr, 7. Fitzgerald, 8. D Erb, 9. Rettig, 10. Murray, 11. Jameson
Heat 1 Finish- 1. H O’Neal, 2. Sheppard, 3. Overton, 4. McCreadile
*Great battle between O’Neal and Sheppard throughout the race.
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Pearson, 2. Owens, 3. Davenport, 4. Junghans, 5. Cosner, 6. Satterlee, 7. Frye, 8. Lloyd, 9. Flinner, 10. Horner
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Pearson, 2. Davenport, 3. Owens, 4. Junghans
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Shirley, 2. Richards, 3. D O’Neal, 4. Buckingham, 5. Moran, 6. Matthews, 7. Connor, 8. Gilpin, 9. Nothdurft, 10. Whitener, 11. K King
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Richards, 2. Moran, 3. Shirley, 4. Gilpin
*Great battle for the led between Bowyer teammates Richards and O’Neal before O’Neal had to pull off track with Battery trouble during a lap 7 caution.
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. T Erb, 2. Bloomquist, 3. Ferguson, 4. Callahan, 5. Bronson, 6. R Cook, 7. Roberts, 8. Scott, 9. Williams, 10. Spencer
Heat 4 Finish- 1. T Erb, 2. Ferguson, 3. Bronson, 4. Bloomquist
*Bloomquist, Cook, Scott, and Spencer were collected in an accident in the first turn just after the start. Roberts spun on the final lap which allowed Bloomquist to get by. Ferguson had engine trouble at he checkered flag and had to retire for the weekend.
B-main Results:
B-main 1 Finish- 1. Jameson, 2. D Erb, 3. Cosner
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Buckingham, 2. D O’Neal, 3. Scott
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. H O’Neal, 2. Richards, 3. Pearson, 4. T Erb, 5. Sheppard, 6. Moran, 7. Davenport, 8. Ferguson*, 9. Overton, 10. Shirley, 11. Owens, 12. Bronson, 13. McCreadie, 14. Gilpin, 15. Junghans, 16. Bloomquist, 17. Jameson, 18. Buckingham, 19. D Erb, 20. D O’Neal, 21. Cosner, 22. Scott, 23. R King
*Ferguson will start a backup car from Scott Bloomquist.
3:00- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $12,000.
3:03- Four wide
3:05- Green flag!
Lap 6 caution for Ferguson pulling off track. H O’Neal leads Richards, T Erb, Pearson, Sheppard, Davenport, Shirley, Bronson, Overton
Lap 12 caution for flat tire on Scott. H O’Neal leads Richards, T Erb, Pearson, Sheppard, Davenport, Shirley, Bloomquist, Owens.
H O’Neal brushed the turn 3 wall just before the caution.
Lap 17 caution for spin by Scott. T Erb took the lead on the last restart and leads Richards, Pearson, H O’Neal, Sheppard, Owens, Shirley, Bloomquist, Davenport
Lap 19 caution for spin by McCreadie. It was actually a chain reaction as the trouble started a couple of cars ahead of him. T Erb leads Pearson, H O’Neal, Richards, Sheppard, Owens, Davenport
Lap 20 caution for Owens in turn 3 wall. Looked like there was contact with Davenport. T Erb leads H O’Neal, Richards, Pearson, Sheppard
Owens returns after going to the hot pit.
Caution on the restart as Shirley got crowded into the backstretch wall then barrel rolled at least three or four times. Initial indications are that he is okay.
Lap 27 caution for H O’Neal getting high and climbing onto the turn 1 wall. T Erb leads Pearson and Richards.
Erb got out to a good lead after that last caution but Pearson was closing late.
The Best Performance car has won three straight Lucas feature at this track with Richards when both times last year.
Feature Results: Tyler Erb, Earl Pearson, Jonathan Davenport, Josh Richards, Brandon Sheppard, Don O’Neal, Scott Bloomquist, Devin Moran, Chase Junghans, Dennis Erb, Kyle Bronson, Tim McCreadie, Jimmy Owens, Brandon Overton, Devin Gilpin, Matt Cosner, Jason Jameson, Hudson O’Neal, Brian Shirley, Ryan King, Shanon Buckingham, Stormy Scott, Chris Ferguson, Gregg Satterlee
Hudson O’Neal will start the feature from the pole
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