2024 Feature | #SuperBowlOfRacing - Night 1 | Golden Isles Speedway

all right well uh little bit more breaking news that uh we just got Spencer Hughes has opted to not take his emergency provisional in the jcm Motorsports 19m that's because he has taken his bicycle down to the heartbeat hot sauce hot pit to watch this feature tonight he's going to Rack it up and try it again tomorrow all right yeah then you know uh Craig and chanon Sims PCC Motorsports and uh now with the jcm team that will Harrington drove for last year for the last couple of years we got a lot of you know we're going to have the Todd steel buildings hard charger we're going death R competitions Lucky 13 all kinds of goodies well oh got one coming out Jonathan D we're going to stay under caution here this the Branded Ford face in James there maybe a piece of debris up at the top of turns three and four Jonathan Davenport your outside pole sitter he spit up in front of the field and has stopped you see him there on your screen Ben is he maybe pointing out a piece of debris or something on the racetrack over there yeah I think he may be and then also just behind him in turn three James if you were worried if we would see the Flaming 55g drums here tonight we've got one flaming outside of turn three so it's a very nice night but sometimes you just got to have the jet engine fired up at the dirt track well hopefully DJ it's just a piece of plastic look at that it's probably still 70° I was just going to I was just outside it's it is perfect out here tonight there's no way they could do that out at V when it was 69 well the the drum would have blown away so had a forest fire warning yeah you know what we had every weather condition but we got all six shows in and did great job yes hey guys they are turning I think they're turning out the day war power sports lights we're getting set to go are you ready my friend I'm I'm ready brother I'm going to turn it over to you man you are the Hall of Famer for a reason you've done a tremendous job 40 laps will be the distance tonight ladies and gentlemen as we kick off the 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model dirt series season here at Golden is Speedway it's Hudson O'Neal on the pole Jonathan Davenport on the outside this is your Dixie Chopper feel the Thunder Hudson O'Neal is never won here at Golden Al he'll lead it a turn number two the valine number one car head it a turn number three Jimmy Owens running in second had that long streak ended the four-time series Champion trying to get back into Winners Circle here in the Lucas Oil series Jonathan Davenport runs in third that's an O'Neal maintains the lead and it's DAV for Brandon Overton Kyle Bronson runs in fifth off at turn four O'Neal and alabata for second they go side by side A three-time and A four-time Champion in Lucas H series Jimmy Owens and joined the devonport battle out down the backs right away here at Golden Isles run it in fourth it'll be Overton fifth will be Bronson sixth will be thoron seventh will be Wilson and as they head down the main straight away on the still show in the way out out of turn number two the Durham powered Ford rocket house car into turn one meanwhile Jimmy Owens putting on a show in that second spot out of turn number four it is still Jonathan Davenport third fourth is Overton fifth is Bronson sixth is thoron seventh is Shepard eighth is DAL Wilson ninth is Deon Moran 10th runs Garrett Smith and This is 40 laps as we work lap number six here tonight meanwhile Brandon Overton trying to make it five for his last seven here at GI down the back straightway and right now we're about to have a three car battle for second spot between Jimmy Owens Jonathan Davenport has the caution flag is out on the racetrack the Dave I lost my place Billy Hicks it's the Billy H car Donald m dmac a three-time winner last year talked to him in the pit area a little bit earlier the 2021 Southern Nationals champ has spun to a stop over in turns one and two Earl Pearson Jr going to pull that Jason Rowan racing number 46 into the heartbeat hot sauce hot pit six laps are in the books 34 laps to go Ben Shel down to you yeah the crew is leaning in to get a word with Earl Pearson Jr we'll see what what they do with the race car they're taking a look under the right rear of that race car all four tires are up on the Jason ran racing number 46 we'll see if he's able to make it back out and looks like they are going to perhaps change the right rear tire on this race car as they're bringing pulling tires off the Jag out they're at least going to pull it up maybe a shock adjustment cuz right now no urgency to get that right rear tire off and the caution was not for him the day waren Power Sports caution for down on McIntosh and the Billy Hicks Double Nickel car 79 so Dustin six laps in the books it's O'Neal Owens Davenport Overton then Thorton Bronson Shepard Wilson Moran and McIntosh was 10th yeah that'll put Garrett Smith up now inside the top 10 unofficially Again six laps scored 34 laps to go ACC course the field they're going to get lined back up in the Delaware double file restart as you see the Drone hovering over top of the Jason Rowan racing it's a BMF race car James not a b it's a BMF race car you got a report yeah if I was them I would have a BFE and a BMF t-shirt made out by both of them they did they adjusted a right rear shock adjustment on that race car he'll make his way back out and hey again guys they didn't get any test time they got nothing so they're they're trying to make up a lot of ground this season opener here tonight is Earl Pearson Jr when I saw the car in the pits last night you know it's like it looks exactly like the same as it did for Jason Page right I mean the car looks exactly the same except minus a little red minus a little few sponsors and such but hey thanks to Jason round what a great guy he is far and I I understand berky Brian burkoff might help put some of this together so here we go Hudson O'Neal the defending Lucas Oil Late monitor series national champion in the newx solutions restart Zone off a turn four back underway at Golden Isles in turn two here comes Owens oh baby on the bottom guess who branded over to down the back straightway Ricky thoron Jr in the 20rt as they come out turn number four Hudson O'Neal still leads But Here Comes John of the dport the second spot down the back straight away right now Davenport Owens Overton thoron Shephard Bronson Moran Dalton Wilson Dennis herb junr 10 they are running two three wide several grooves here at Golden is here tonight Steve Stevenson and his crew great job had a brief rain delay as they head down the back straightway in turn three off of four O'Neal Davenport Owens at the line it's still Hudson O'Neal with the lead 4/10 of a second up a turn four he's let every lap here tonight and here comes Davenport down the back straightaway the nutrient a Solutions 49 will he work his way looking for his fourth Series championship this year if he decides after speed weeks and then probably pretty good deal that he will do it down the back R and we'll just have to wait and see and he's closed on Hudson O'Neil on a turn four as we work lap 11 of 40 it's still O'Neal Davenport Owens Overton Orton Brandon Shepard out of turn two well Hudson O'Neal impressive at Bia last Saturday night coming off at turn four as two Lucas Oil drivers winning valua Speedway last weekend valua Raceway Park is boes Speedway park down the back straightway and morand O'Neal as they go to turn three Jonathan DAV Port still second Jimmy Owens it was 9/10 of a second last time around one caution flag so far in this race as we pick up the tail into the field O'Neal still in control 13 in the record books here tonight that's in O'Neal lost his grandfather you know the patriarch of the O'Neal family a few weeks ago he'd like to win it for Grandpa Marvin James first car of the event dropped out Chris Madden Chris Madden just pulled into the infield looks like the night is done for last year's World of Outlaws Late Model series runner up 15 laps we work out of turn four as O'Neal works on around the outside of rookie Contender Daniel Adam into turn one Davenport is still second Owens and Overton meanwhile Shepard has climbed to Fifth and the B5 Down The Backs RightWay this race far from over Davenport's going to have to go to the outside meanwhile we got to battle for third down the main straightaway and here comes over to the Owens in the one man business is picking up down the backs right away into turn three O'Neal's going to battle heavy back of the field traffic at turn number four down the straightaway 17 laps in the books fre shy of the halfway mark here at Golden Isles whoa O'Neal slips in two here comes Davenport down the back right away O'Neal tried to split two cars Davenport's right there about a car length and a half back as they work the bottom Brandon over to this third Jimmy Owens and Brandon sheeper are closing on them down the main straightaway then it's thoron Bronson Moran doton Wilson and Dennis Serb Jr pretty sporty Dustin Here Comes O'Neal here comes deavenport up top has a clear Lane down the straightaway by the 99b ab boom Briggs slides to the outside there O'Neal halfway is coming up next time around 20 now 20 to go and a Dandy of golden a in the opening night for the Lucas Oil Late mon Earth series O'Neal around Briggs Davenport Overton Owens Shepard is fourth right now DL Wilson is still late Miranda in Aur Jr Albertson is 11th Garrett Smith Dr Troutman runs 13th we'll figure out the Todd steel building sorry charger but there's plenty of action left to go in turn one Hudson O'Neal trying to go back to back oh he got up turn number two got out of line he might have got into the wall there comes DAV port to the bottom man O'Neal a misstep at turn number two will we have a new leader we do it's Jonathan dport 22 laps in the books and Brandon Overton's right there as well James three wide lead coming off turn two this is the first race of the year in it there's no rust on anybody oh sliding up the track here they come oh and O'Neal's going to retake the lead and over goes to Second Here Comes Shephard down the back straightway I'm not going there yet it's too early for race of the Year this is pretty good here they come O'Neal Davenport Davenport with a crossover in front of Overton and Shepard into a turn number one 16 laps to go down the back straightway thoron is fifth Owens is sixth on the bottom here they come out a turn four at the line it is Overton and Davenport dueling it out O'Neal still leads he's LED every lap but one here tonight as we work lap 26 now they'll clear traffic the final car in the lead lap is Dale mcdal it's Hudson O'Neal Jonathan dpy Brandon over to Brandon shepher Ricky thoron Jr jimy Owens now Davenport will have that run up top down the backs right away Overton Shepard into three ran it over then he'll go to the bottom Here Comes BF up top it's still Hudson O'Neal the lead last time was 4/10 of a second it's still 410 of a second into one and we still got 13 laps to go and the Dave Warren Power Sports caution is out we got a car up against the wall in turn number two and it's Daniel Adam Dustin Jared they are going at it my friend on the opening n in Lucas Oil series wow what a show it's been great man yeah I mean you can toss a blanket over those top four cars just absolutely unbelievable racing between O'Neal Davenport Overton and Shepard Jimmy Owens Ricky thoron right back there behind them battling for the fifth spot as well just a just an absolutely tremendous show as you take a look there at I believe boom Briggs in the heartbeat hot sauce hot pit Ben what a show so far and we still got 13 laps to go and boom Briggs in the hot pin and Daniel Adam have caution on the backstretch a new right rear tire going on Boom Briggs race car I'm going to tell you what guys Brandon Shepard coming to the party in a hurry as well I'm going to say that he likes that day waren Power Sports caution as much as anybody this is anybody's race as we get down here with 13 laps remaining boom Briggs will rejoined the back of the pack new right rear hoer on the 99b so O'Neal there was one lap right he didn't lead it was Davenport Leed lap 22 right correct double check of course there is a my race pass I can always check that right I know and you know how that works I I know app I know a website so 27 laps are in you check that 27 laps are in the books 13 laps remain Hudson O'Neal is your leader Jonathan Davenport is second Brandon Overton third Brandon fourth Ricky thoron Jr fifth then it's Jimmy Owen sixth Kyle Bronson seventh Dalton Wilson eighth Devin Moran 9th and Dennis herb Jr rounds out the top 10 and uh LED 26 laps Davenport is Led one and still 13 to go James so it'll be a Delaware double file restart 40 lap race so it'll be a Delaware double file restart up until five to go man something else what a way to kick off the season here at Golden Isles of course the rock going with Fox shocks here Durham power still under the hood well a bevy of longhorns though but the rocket coming off a win last Saturday night of aluia you know he's going to be there in the end this year in that $200,000 Championship we'll see what happens into turn number three at the neutrix solutions restart Zone Here Comes Hudson O'Neal off of Turn number four we are back underway 13 to go at Golden Isles in the season opener Overton's going to go to the bottom Shepard down the back right away Brandon Shepard now Ricky thoron Jr has climbed up to fourth out at turn four we know what Ricky Thorne Jr can do we saw that last year can he do rtj things in the one he'll go to Fourth 12 to go battle for second on Overton on the bottom and Davenport maintains that Top Line now he'll go to the middle three distinct grooves on a turn four it is still Hudson O'Neal at the top of it right now with 11 laps to go into turn one you sure we can't go 50 laps tonight PSG baby PSG on this one they're about a half a track behind the tail end of the field they may not pick them up 10 laps to go down the main straightaway Hudson O'Neal out of turn two Jonathan Davenport Brandon Overton and to the Dave Warren po Sports caution is out turn four we got a couple of cars sitting down in turn four and it's Tyler Urban boom Briggs so 30 laps in the books DJ 10 to go 3/10 of a second was the advantage that Hudson O'Neal had over Jonathan Davenport that last time by top three they put a little bit of distance between themselves in fourth place Ricky Thorton Jr rtj of course just got around Brandon Shepherd as the Drone shows you there the uh accident sight down in turns three and four boom Briggs it looks like maybe taking the gloves off his evening may be finished Ben meanwhile guys Tim mccre down here in the heartbeat hot sauce hot pit and they're going to put a new right rear tire on that race car as they go to work on that meanwhile it's how herbs coming down here business is picking up down here in the heartbeat hot sauce hot pit and I'm going to tell you what we saw in that restart O'Neal he changed his Groove and he went more to the top down in three and four Davenport's right there with him it is a game of inches right now with your Front [Music] Runners 30 laps in the books as you mentioned DJ it's O'Neal Davenport Overton thoron Shepard and it's Bronson Owens Moran Wilson herb Dennis herb Alberton Troutman Garrett Smith Ross Robinson Mark Whitner trying to get a beat on the early Todd steel building's hard charger going to have slickest move of the race we got the coolest move of the race we'll figure that up here so 30 laps in O'Neal's LED 29 of those and again the only lap he did not lead was lap 22 in this race as Tim mccre back out of the heartbeat hot sauce hot pit what do you have for hard charger I just looking yeah I don't have it up I don't have it up on my race pass Ross Robinson has come from 22nd to 14th is he has gained eight positions in the first 30 laps of this one he may be one of the early one of the early candidates right now all right we going to do this all tomorrow night 5:30 starting time same on Saturday night should be uh let's see here will it be a single file No it should be it should still be double file should be double file what five yeah in a race in a race that is uh 40 laps or less it is uh it's Delaware double file until 5 to go and in a 50 lap or more race it is until 10 to go we could just do an Elora just double F all the way back I don't think our executive decision would fly on that one yeah on the opening night you may be right hey don't forget you mention that hot laps tomorrow at 5:30 of course the flow racing broadcast which you and Ben have done a tremendous job on all night long uh it will go live at 5:15 eastern time tomorrow it's 4:15 Central 3:15 Mountain 215 Pacific and if you live anywhere else you can pull up Google Maps and figure out what time it is where you're at got boom CS back out of the speedway you see damage there as he's made his way out of the heartbeat hot sauce hot pit Ben James DJ gets very sensitive about time zones and explaining them so just Kelly Carlton right Kelly Carlton they all get very sensitive when we're in the Mountain Time Zone and nobody can figure it out hey guys this restart obviously going to be very crucial and I'm going to going to be honest I really thought that Overton might have the car to go forward on the last one as well as Brandon Shepard but perhaps on the short runs their car is not quite as good as they are when you get seven to eight Laps on those tires so Hudson O'Neal 10 laps to go Jonathan DAV for Brandon Overton and Davenport has picked the top you just get a feeling that 20rt is going to be there he's doing he's trying to do rtj things as we said last year right Brandon Shepard in the hunt right now in the B5 the longhorn Factory car Jimmy Owens is run well all night he is seventh Kyle Bronson in sixth all right new trag Solutions restart Zone the Valene number one soyer CF ranch's entry for Mark Richards racing 10 to go to get his first win at Golden ises as they come out of turn four back underway and Dav Porto have the run on the outside and here comes bishop and Overton in a turn one oh man Davenport through the middle Here Comes Overton Down The Backs right away into turn number three thoron has gotten around Shepard as they come off of four O'Neal still leads nine laps remaining here tonight bran it over into the bottom can't make it stick thoron Shepard see what he does in fifth Owens Bronson Moran Wilson Dennis Ser Jr 10th Albert runs 11 off of turn four it's far from over eight to go into one the deficit DJ 5/10 of a second this baby is smooth as glass tonight against Steve Stevenson great job here's Davenport's going to shoot to the bottom O'Neal right up against the wall down the main straightaway still maintains the lead Danny White the creie still has Joel Rogers Austin har grve calling the shots with them as well as they go to turn three it's about three carlings off of turn four six laps to go next time around five to go Davenport looking for a way around the number one car out at turn number two still Overton is third thoron fourth fifth is Shephard but they have dropping back meanwhile Overton does he have anything left without a caution five laps to go here tonight DJ Davenport's trying every way there trying to get a bite somewhere somehow now but O'Neal too strong tonight off a turn four four to go down the main straightaway last time 510 of a second this time 6/10 of a second right now they're going to pick up the tail end of the field boom Briggs will go to the infield out of the race Davenport has got to go and go now Dustin as they come out of turn four three to go they might pick up the tail end of the field in turn one white flag next time around they head down the back straightway 37 to two to go I'm sorry James Davenport gained on him that last time by but you just saw right there JD slipped up in turn number two This Time by two laps to go coming up on the baren one lap to go next time around Hudson O'Neal Jonathan Davenport Brandon Overton in the turn three again thoron runs in fifth Shepard is sixth Owens excuse me Owens is sixth Shepard is fifth the baren one to go Hudson O'Neal first win in Golden Isles out at turn number two down the back straway looking for career win number 25 in the Lucas Oil Late monitor series here they come out of turn four and Hudson on' every lap but one of them here tonight as he takes the checkers second will be Davenport third is Overton fourth is thoron fifth is Shepard sixth is Owens seventh is Bronson eighth is Moran ninth Wilson 10th Dennis herb Jr unofficially it'll be Garrett alberon 11th Drake Troutman 12th Mark Whitner 13th Ross Robinson 14th Clay Harris 15th Mike maror 16th Max Blair 17th Garrett Smith 18th Donald McIntosh 19th and Tim mccre will round out the top 20 as there's a look at your winner James the New Deal Hudson O'Neal getting his second win already of 2024 his seventh overall win at speed weeks here defending Lucas Oil Late Model dirt series champ off to a good start still one bit of business to take care of he's going to go back to the pit area and make his way into the UNOH scale and Tech area I another the Lucky Seven tonight that will be Kyle Bronson the 13th Place finisher Mark Whitner we do though that Todd steel buildings hard Char we'll have that figured up so the Big River Steel Podium as those cars again the UNOH scales in your top three tonight Overton third down Port second O'Neal 25th career win in the Lucas Oil Late Model dirt series his dad Don O'Neal is fourth all time with 46 wins the 2014 Champion as Mark Richards has made his way down here again Danny White crew chief Austin Hargrove Joel Rogers do such a fine job on that Valene soyer C is number one car so way did they come back out what a good way to start the weekend my friend it absolutely was it was uh I mean again try to make you talk no it's all right Golden Isles when I we said it earlier when golden is is on I mean it's it's it's as good as any place in the country and they showed it there especially that Midway point in the race a top four at one time you could have tossed a blanket over him but uh Hudson O'Neal again your defending Series champion after that uh just absolute barn burner at the dirt track World Championship at Eldora last year looking to start 2024 off on the right foot and he does coming out of the gate getting a win and again once he makes his way through the UNOH scale and Tech area as long as he passes he'll be back out on the racetrack and Lucas Oil Products vand Victory Lane I see Dad Don down there Don's down there a't he yeah it's right here the Don the Don the mark of course Hudson lost his grandfather we mentioned Don and Marty's dad and grandfather Marvin just the day after Christmas and uh being tough for everyone I mean I appreciate you been spilling in for me at the Lucas Oil banquet after my mom passed away brother I I love you man thank you for what you did for me appreciate uh that's what brothers do we take care of each other James So yeah thank you all the fans that I haven't had a chance to get back with everybody but still still tough but uh we're going to talk to the top three here is uh again 5:30 tomorrow we'll start it all 5:15 we'll be live here on MAF TV on Flow racing they bring the River still Podium down here we'll talk to the top three the Big River still Podium top three tonight and tomorrow and then on Saturday for the MAV TV tape delayed event we will have the top five the Pinsky top five so again waiting as I believe your winner is starting to make his way around first Vin feature win of the year as he begins the pursuit of a defense of his Lucas Loy L model dirt series title year 20 on the tour James can you believe it's been that many years yes you been up and down the road seems Seems just like yesterday you and I were uh we talking about the Turk at East Bay The Turk at East Bay we had all the uh what live broadcast with like John Mason and Bart Hartman and Josh Maguire and Mike je and George the general well guys he was the eighth champion in the history of the Lucas ly late metal dirt series and tonight he is the winner on night one Hudson O'Neal will make brings his his car to Lucas Oil Victory Lane 10 ,000 richer as Dustin Jared said he's now two for three in speed week's action he picked up a win during the sunshine Nationals of $15,000 payday with the World of Outlaws last Saturday night and now he Parks it down here in Lucas Oil Products Victory Lane a VIN feature winner the 25th time in his career his first ever win here at Golden Isle Speedway as he gets set to climb out of the car race fans your winner here tonight Hudson O'Neal he'll celebrate he's got the Soko checkered flag flying high above Steve Stevenson down here promoter brings down The Spoils of Victory Lane as he's got a trophy we're going to talk to Hudson about this one he led all but one lap and that one lap made it awfully exciting as a congratulations from Steve to Hudson and Hudson another trophy to add to the war chest I'm going to go straight to it man lap 22 the only one you didn't lead what happened off turn number two when Davenport got by uh that top it just was blowing a lot of crumbs out across it and and like if you didn't if you didn't get set enough you would lose the front end about halfway through the halfway through the corner and Jonathan Got Back by me and then did the exact same thing and let me get back by him so uh it just worked out in our favor I thought that one mistake that I made that that was going to be it but uh fortunately he was able he made a little Bobble over there too and got us back in it so uh I just can't thank all my guys Mark Steve Baker everybody back at theck chassis shop and uh Danny Joel Austin uh my girlfriend Tessa here swinging t-shirts my Dad's here it's just really cool to uh just to have all them here and support me man all the restarts and you you start to realize the 49 the 76 the B5 they're all back there were the restarts unnerving or were you that confident in your car the restarts actually calm me down a little bit I was nervous when we get the lap traffic about uh you know just the air PL such a big factor and where to go on the racetrack and whenever whenever the cautions would come out it give me a little bit of clean racetrack again for a few laps and uh but my race car was awesome all night long qualified good heat race good uh like I said got a little bit of a of a gift there with Jonathan bobin in that feature but uh I just can't thank everybody on this race car enough Valene soyer calf ranches O'Neal Salvage in recycling wheeler Metals uh snowco race fields Ace Metal Works Gunner honey uh professional concrete cutting and drilling uh snowco race fuels uh Andy Duram race engines ran awesome tonight uh perform performance grading styles Marine uh Rocket pre-own Rocket Chassis uh everybody from Fox man Pat Ronnie Crooks uh Jeff Joe Brennan Brennan everybody here with us it's uh it's refreshing to have a bunch of great people around you and uh we'll see if we can't pick off a couple more this weekend this was a start you wanted to last year but took a little bit of time for the team to gel everybody to figure things out but to come out now two for three how ready are you for tomorrow to get here I'm pump man I'd say we'll have a different racetrack tomorrow hopefully the weather stays away and we get we get a few more nights in and uh thank you to all you fans thank you everybody came and showed some support at the merch trailer and uh everybody chose this rocket One racing team uh uh support man we appreciate every one of you for hanging in there with us and we'll uh see if we can't do it again $10,000 Richard Hudson O'Neal down here in Lucas Oil Victory Lane as we slide over to get a word with our second place finisher Jonathan youed lap 22 and man you threw everything else back at him but looking back once you got to the lead is there anything you you had done any different when you got it on lap 22 uh well I mean I just kind of slid for the lead there I knew he'd be coming back the next corner but uh he he made a mistake over there and I wish I was a little bit further behind because once he started coming left I knew he was going to block the bottom but I was already to his inside I wish I was a couple feet behind I could have went to the outside and maybe got a run off of four on him but you know just uh I just didn't capitalize on his one mistake he made but uh my guys did a great job you know I can't think all of them enough everybody at Longhorn everybody uh Bill Stein my whole team behind me you know uh we're starting a whole lot better out speed weeks than we have in um several years so uh everything's looking good you know I thought I was just telling the guys I thought i' done ruin her night on like the second lap I hit a UK Tire uh down there on the inside in in three and four but luckily uh Longhorn builds a strong nose so uh he didn't bend it down but uh anyway like I said just got to thinkk all my guys uh nutrient EG Solutions AC warranty um Dino grow seed um just everybody that helps us out we we've had a little tough winter but uh you know uh we come out here firing on all eight qualified good um heat raced okay uh put on a good show there and uh yeah so everything's good Jonathan Davenport comes home in second rounding out your big river still Podium tonight out of Evans Georgia Brandon Overton Brandon man it felt like every one of those restarts you right there in the thick of things but did you not have exactly the car you needed tonight or did you just not have the Groove you needed yeah a little little bit of both um our car was actually good um just these guys are good man you're not going to like I needed uh J not to keep scooting down into three you know what I mean it just take my air off of me and I and I'd end up to Hill but it is what it is uh they're the best in the business you know what I mean it was a it was a hell of a race there for a while I was hoping JD keep poking him I squeak by him in the bottom but yeah uh hell of a first night you know what I mean I'm looking forward to tomor um sure we can do a couple things to to get her sped up a little bit and um yeah looking forward to to like I said just want to thank all the fans for coming out and I love racing at home uh I want to thank all these sponsors that helped me get up and down the road and uh my fi my wife my wife's here so uh yeah like I said uh maybe we'll get a couple spots better tomorrow Brandon Overton he rounds out the Big River still Podium here guys what a race to start Speed weeks for the Lucas Loy late M dir series no longer fiance he he snuck it in there but he corrected himself he gets points for that being our Todd steel hard charger of the race as before we go to race recap is Ross Robinson tonight start started in 22nd finished in 14th DJ absolutely well let's take a look at your super clean race recap James and see what led to these three drivers being on the uh Big River Steel Podium here this evening with Hudson O'Neal standing in Lucas Oil Products vand Victory Lane again his second overall win of the year of course first win with Lucas Oil Late Model dirt series in their first night out a good start for Lucas drivers they swept valua last week with Moran and O'Neal so they come here this weekend and the Lucas Oil champion this thing's going to go on all year with all the money that's available and uh you know a lot of drivers looking at running full-time here in 2024 see O'Neal grabbed the lead there at the start but uh you mentioned he'd let all but one lap Jimmy Owens was in there for most of the race in the top five he wound up in six th yeah he sure did as again that uh that battle right there for a long time between Ricky thoron Jr and Brandon Shepard Ricky Thorton Jr and Jimmy Owens as well there was the slip up that you heard Jonathan Davenport talk about that allowed JD to sneak by the one of Hudson O'Neal for that one lap on lap 22 but James Hudson O'Neal was able to drive right back by and they caught the end of the field there there's a three- wide almost battle as O'Neal split between Overton and Davenport but good clean racing among those drivers I mean you know they're traveling that kind of speed out there and they put on an absolute Clinic here tonight and Hudson O'Neal gets it done again his 25th career win in the Lucas Oil Late moded dirt series Ben we'll send it down to you for your final thoughts well again I think it's a fantastic way to start the year the weather was beautiful we had a little sprinkle but man maybe that just made the racetrack better for tonight's main event we got two rounds left to go a 50 lapper a 60 lapper and you know if we wondered if Golden Isles was going to carry over what we had last year I think from the Heats to the B Mains to the feature the answer is yes if you're watching MAV TV on Flow racing be here tomorrow night you don't want to have to watch this one from home I guarantee it absolutely it was a good one James it was and uh again Huds know

Channel: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

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Keywords: Racing, Dirt Track Racing, Lucas Oil, Late Model, Dirt Late Model, Off Road, FloRacing, World of Outlaws, Dirtvision

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Length: 35min 42sec (2142 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 16 2024