Tyler Erb, seen here from earlier action, scored the victory in Saturday’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at East Bay Raceway Park. Photo: Jacy Norgaard
Tyler Erb became the first repeat winner this season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour as he won the Saturday night finale at Tampa, Florida’s East Bay Raceway Park.
The 24-year-old Texas native stormed to the lead after a lap 32 caution and held off Blairsville, Georgia’s Jonathan Davenport for the win. Davenport finished .322 seconds behind Erb at the finish line. Brandon Sheppard was third, followed by Tim McCreadie in fourth, and Hudson O’Neal in fifth.
Sheppard led the first 13 laps of the race until Erb was able to get by him on lap 14. Erb held the point until a lap 19 restart when McCreadie took over the lead. McCreadie started to pull away from the field when a caution appeared with 32 laps scored. On the restart Erb went from third in the running order to the lead. A caution for debris on lap 35 halted the action one final time. Erb stretched his lead out over Davenport, but Davenport made it close at the end, coming to within one car length of the winner at the checkers.
“The top was pretty hard to run and I gave up the lead on a restart by running up there,” said Erb. “I was like man, that could have been the race! McCreadie drove off and he was good. I really didn’t have much traction on the restarts, and I picked the top. I had a really good run on those guys, but needed a little luck. He (McCreadie) just kind of missed the bottom getting into one and I was able to get by him.”
“Randall (Edwards) was showing me that my lead was getting a little close at the end, so I just tried to hit my marks. I got real wide on that last corner and hoped for the best. I just tried not to burn my stuff up. This is the first time we ever put a different tire on here and it worked out. I am just super excited to win.”
Davenport recorded his best LOLMDS finish so far during Florida Speedweeks with his runner-up placing.
“He (Erb) was pretty good,” said Davenport. “We were reeling him in at the end and I should have moved around a little bit earlier. I thought we could get by him on the last lap. I just tried to throw a Hail Mary at him, but I came up short. We’ve got something wrong with the other car, so I didn’t want to tear this one up.”
Bobby Pierce, Boom Briggs, Evans, Georgia’s Brandon Overton, Josh Richards, and Ricky Thornton, Jr. rounded out the top 10.
For more information on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, visit LucasDirt.com.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
45th Annual Winternationals – January 30, 2021
| Pos | Start | Car # | Competitor | Hometown | Pay |
| 1 | 4 | 1T | Tyler Erb | New Waverly, TX | $15,800 |
| 2 | 6 | 49 | Jonathan Davenport | Blairsville, GA | $7,300 |
| 3 | 2 | 1S | Brandon Sheppard | New Berlin, IL | $3,500 |
| 4 | 3 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | $3,700 |
| 5 | 13 | 71 | Hudson O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $2,500 |
| 6 | 16 | 32 | Bobby Pierce | Oakwood, IL | $1,900 |
| 7 | 9 | 99B | Boom Briggs | Bear Lake, PA | $1,700 |
| 8 | 19 | 76 | Brandon Overton | Evans, GA | $1,900 |
| 9 | 14 | 14 | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | $2,350 |
| 10 | 23 | 20RT | Ricky Thornton, Jr. | Adel, IA | $1,500 |
| 11 | 27 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | $1,350 |
| 12 | 10 | 81E | Tanner English | Benton, KY | $2,100 |
| 13 | 11 | 14B | John Baker | Norman Park, GA | $1,350 |
| 14 | 1 | 40B | Kyle Bronson | Brandon, FL | $2,000 |
| 15 | 8 | 28E | Dennis Erb, Jr. | Carpentersville, IL | $1,200 |
| 16 | 21 | 1ST | Johnny Scott | Las Cruces, NM | $1,100 |
| 17 | 15 | 21 | Billy Moyer, Jr. | Batesville, AR | $1,700 |
| 18 | 24 | 48 | Colton Flinner | Allison Park, PA | $1,000 |
| 19 | 20 | 22 | Gregg Satterlee | Indiana, PA | $1,000 |
| 20 | 28 | 16 | Tyler Bruening | Decorah, IA | $800 |
| 21 | 25 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | $2,000 |
| 22 | 22 | 6S | Blake Spencer | St Augustine, FL | $1,000 |
| 23 | 17 | 76B | Blair Nothdurft | Renner, SD | $1,000 |
| 24 | 18 | 99JR | Frank Heckenast, Jr. | Frankfort, IL | $1,000 |
| 25 | 5 | 385 | Mark Whitener | Middleburg, FL | $1,000 |
| 26 | 7 | 9 | Devin Moran | Dresden, OH | $1,800 |
| 27 | 26 | 25 | Shane Clanton | Zebulon, GA | $1,700 |
| 28 | 30 | 2S | Stormy Scott | Las Cruces, NM | $100 |
| 29 | 29 | 3S | Brian Shirley | Chatham, IL | $100 |
| 30 | 12 | 157 | Mike Marlar | Winfield, TN | $1,000 |
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