Josh Richards moved to the lead on lap 19, and went on to score the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winternationals feature victory Wednesday night at East Bay Raceway Park. Photo courtesy LOLMDS Media
Josh Richards took the lead from Billy Moyer on lap 17 and raced on to take the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win Wednesday Night at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL.
It was Richards’ fourth career win at “The Clay by the Bay.” Florida native Mark Whitener had his best career LOLMDS finish by taking second ahead of 25th starting, Steve Francis, Don O’Neal, and Billy Moyer.
Richards started third and rocketed to the lead on the opening lap of the 35-lap event. He led until Moyer passed him for the top spot on lap eight. Moyer then held the advantage over Richards for several laps as the two drivers swapped the lead. Richards retook the lead with 19 laps remaining and never looked back.
“We had a really good car all night,” said Richards. “It was tough sitting out most of last year. It makes you appreciate this sport even more. We have always run well here at East Bay. I want to thank all of my crew, my dad, and Steve Baker as well.
“The track was weird like last night. The heats and B-mains were really good. Our car ran better up top in three and four and we had to get down low going into one. These hard tires take some time getting used to. You have to have momentum and be smooth on them. I think the track did a great job with the track.”
Whitener was extremely happy with his runner-up finish.
“To run second in a Lucas Oil race is just terrific, these guys are the best-of-the-best,” he said. “I don’t really have a whole lot of experience on open motor racing, but we proved as a team we have what it takes to run up front.”
Francis broke a rocker arm before his heat race and took a fast time provisional starting spot. Francis would roar from the last row to finish third.
“Our car has been fast the last two times out,” said Francis. “If we can beat the gremlins, we are going to win some races here soon.”
Completing the top ten were Brandon Sheppard, Tim Dohm, Devin Moran, Earl Pearson Jr. and Jason Papich.
In preliminary action, Dohm set the overall Miller Welders Fast Time (Group A) amongst the 43 entrants, with a lap of 14.663 seconds. Francis set the fastest time in Group B with a time of 14.844 seconds. Moyer, Dennis Erb Jr., Moran and Richards won their respective heat races. Papich and Don O’Neal won their respective B-Mains. Dan Stone won the Strawberry Dash.
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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
Winternationals 2015 – Feb. 11, 2015
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1. 4 1 Josh Richards – Shinnston, WV
2. 6 58 Mark Whitener – Middleburg, FL
3. 25 15 Steve Francis – Ashland, KY
4. 18 5 Don O’Neal – Martinsville, IN
5. 1 21 Billy Moyer – Batesville, AR
6. 22 b5 Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL
7. 5 6T Tim Dohm – Cross Lanes, WV
8. 2 99m Devin Moran – Dresden, OH
9. 8 1 Earl Pearson, Jr. – Jacksonville, FL
10. 17 91p Jason Papich – Arroyo Grande, CA
11. 11 28 Eddie Carrier, Jr. – Salt Rock, WV
12. 14 7w Ricky Weiss, – Headingly, MB
13. 19 2s Stormy Scott – Las Cruces, NM
14. 13 20 Jimmy Owens – Newport, TN
15. 24 22 Gregg Satterlee – Rochester Mills, PA
16. 26 21d Dan Stone – Thompson, PA
17. 21 21b Chris Brown – Spring, TX
18. 3 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. – Carpentersville, IL
19. 7 6 Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA
20. 20 32 Bobby Pierce – Oakwood, IL
21. 9 0 Scott Bloomquist – Mooresburg, TN
22. 15 25z Mason Zeigler – Chalk Hill, PA
23. 16 21jr Billy Moyer, Jr. – Batesville, AR
24. 10 777 Jared Landers – Batesville, AR
25. 12 40 Kyle Bronson – Branden, FL
26. 23 96 Terry English – Benton, KY
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