InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race from Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA on Friday evening, March 23, 2018. These updates are being provided by Richard Allen( @RichardAllenIDR on Twitter).
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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:
The drivers meeting is slated for 6:30pm with hot laps to follow soon afterward.
Weather is expected to be cool and cloudy.
This race is dubbed the Shamrock.
Earl Pearson, Jr. won this race in 2017. Chris Madden won the inaugural LOLMDS event held at Boyd’s in 2016.
Jonathan Davenport currently leads the Lucas Oil standings over Josh Richards, Kyle Bronson, Earl Pearson, Jr., Brandon Sheppard, Jimmy Owens, Hudson O’Neal, Gregg Satterlee, Tim McCreadie, Dennis Erb, Jr., Brandon Overton, Don O’Neal, Darrell Lanigan, Scott Bloomquist and Bobby Pierce.
This will be the sixth points paying LOLMDS race of 2018. The series has not raced since February 11.
Because of weather related postponements and cancellations, there has yet to be a time this season in which there has been a schedule conflict between the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. That will continue this weekend in the races set for Boyd’s and East Alabama Motor Speedway.
6:30- Drivers meeting underway.
7:00- Hot laps underway.
Photos: I often post pictures on my @RichardAllenIDR Twitter account if you would like to take a look.
Please also consider reading: Jonathan Davenport and team poised for Lucas Oil title run
& Don O’Neal proud of Hudson’s development as a driver and a person
Live Updates:
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Car Count: 44 cars
Drivers Here: 0- Scott Bloomquist, J0- John Ownbey, 1- Josh Richards, 1- Earl Pearson, Jr., B1- Brandon Sheppard, 1G- Ryan King, H1- Jason Hiett, 2- Joey Coulter, 5- Don O’Neal, 6- Blake Spencer, 7- Ricky Weiss, 7MM- Mike Maresca, J8- Jadon Frame, 9- Cory Hedgecock, 9- Jason Croft, F9- Frank Ingram, 12- Jason Jameson, 14- Darrell Lanigan, 14c- Johnny Cloer, 15D- Justin Duty, 17m- Dale McDowell, 18x- Michael Page, 20- Jimmy Owens, 21- Robby Moses, 21jr- Billy Moyer, Jr., 22- Gregg Satterlee, 22- Will Roland, 25- Eric Webber, 25z- Mason Zeigler, 28- Dennis Erb, Jr., 31- Tyler Millwood, 32- Bobby Pierce, 39- Tim McCreadie, 40- Kyle Bronson, 49- Jonathan Davenport, 50- Shanon Buckingham, 71- Hudson O’Neal, 84- Austin Smith, 99- Boom Briggs, 101- Casey Roberts, 116- Brandon Overton, 157- Mike Marlar, 201- Billy Ogle Jr
Qualifying Results: The field will be broken into A and B qualifying groups.
Group A Results- 1. Madden (13.966), 2. Overton, 3. Weiss, 4. Bronson, 5. Owens, 6. Pierce, 7. Marlar, 8. Lanigan
Group B Results- 1. Pearson (14.053), 2. Bloomquist, 3. H O”Neal, 4. Millwood, 5. Sheppard, 6. Hedgecock, 7. Ogle, 8. McDowell
Heat Race Results: There will be four heats with the top-4 from each transferring to the feature.
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. Madden, 2. Weiss, 3. Owens, 4. Marlar, 5. Buckingham, 6. A Smith, 7. Roberts, 8. Hiett, 9. Cook, 10. Frame, 11. Moses
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Madden, 2. Weiss, 3. Owens, 4. Marlar … Buckingham, Roberts
*A near photo finish for the win as Weiss pressured Madden over the final five laps and almial got by on a couple of occasions.
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. Bronson, 3. Pierce, 4. Lanigan, 5. Page, 6. Ownbey, 7. D O’Neal, 8. Coulter, 9. Maresca, 10. McCreadie, 11. Duty
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Overton, 2. Pierce, 3. Lanigan, 4. Bronson … Page, Ownbey
*Overton led all the way but Pierce close in over the final laps.
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. Pearson, 2. H O”Neal, 3. Sheppard, 4. Ogle, 5. Jameson, 6. Croft, 7. Richards, 8. Ingram, 9. Erb, 10. Webber, 11. Briggs, 12. Cloer
Heat 3 Finish- 1. H O”Neal, 2. Pearson, 3. Sheppard, 4. Jameson … Richards, Ingram
O’Neal led all the way after a tight early battle with Pearson.
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. Bloomquist, 2. Millwood, 3. Hedgecock, 4. McDowell, 5. Zeigler, 6. Moyer, 7. Satterlee, 8. King, 9. Davenport, 10. Roland, 11. Spencer
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Bloomquist, 2. Hedgecock, 3. McDowell, 4. Millwood … Zeigler, Moyer
*Bloomquist dominated but good battles behind him.
B-main Results: There will be two B-mains with the top-3 from each transferring to the feature.
B-main 1 Finish- 1. D O’Neal, 2. Ownbey, 3. Buckingham
B-main 2 Finish- 1. Richards, 2. Zeigler, 3. Davenport
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Madden, 2. H O”Neal, 3. Overton, 4. Bloomquist, 5. Weiss, 6. Pearson, 7. Pierce, 8. Hedgecock, 9. Owens, 10. Sheppard, 11. Lanigan, 12. McDowell, 13. Marlar, 14. Jameson, 15. Bronson, 16. Millwood, 17. D O’Neal, 18. Richards, 19. Ownbey, 20. Zeigler, 21. Buckingham, 22. Davenport, 23. Satterlee, 24. McCreadie, 25. Erb, 26. Briggs
10:08- Feature rolling out. 50 laps for $12,000.
10:15- Green flag!
Halfway caution free. Madden and Bloomquist tight for the lead.
10 to go. Fierce battle. Bloomquist leads Madden, Pearson, H O”Neal, Overton
Caution free feature. Unbelievable race! Pearson passed Madden on lap 46 for second then passed Bloomquist for the win on the last turn of the last lap.
Two Lucas wins in a row for EPJ at Boyd’s. It’s his first win for car owner Ronnie Stuckey.
Feature Results: 1. Pearson, 2. Bloomquist, 3. Madden, 4. Overton, 5. H O”Neal, 6. McDowell, 7. Hedgecock, 8. Sheppard, 9. Weiss, 10. Pierce, 11. Lanigan, 12. Marlar, 13. McCreadie, 14. Jameson, 15. Owens
Jonathan Davenport enters the weekend as the Lucas Oil points leader
