Dennis Erb, Jr. held off some hard challenges to score the Win in the Winternationals opener for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at East Bay Raceway Park Tuesday night. Photo courtesy LOLMDS Media
Dennis Erb, Jr. took the lead on lap ten and won a thrilling feature event on the opening night of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL. Erb’s seventh career win at “The Clay by the Bay” was hard fought early on as he and Billy Moyer had a back and forth battle for the lead.
Earl Pearson, Jr. came home second after skating by Moyer on lap 14. Moyer then held off a furious late-race rally from Bobby Pierce to take third. Pierce started 16th on the grid and wound up fourth with Brandon Sheppard coming home in fifth.
“It feels good to get the win on the first night,” said Erb, Jr. “It seemed like no one could get any traction out there. Turns three and four were slick and one and two were hammer-down. I guess we were just lucky to pull away from those guys. Billy (Moyer) and I had a really good race at the start. I didn’t know what was going on behind me. All I know is that turn four was hard to get out of. The fans definitely saw an exciting race, but our cars were a handful to drive.”
The race for the lead between Erb and Moyer was spectacular in the first six laps of the race. Each led three circuits and then Moyer led three more until Erb wrestled the lead away from him for good on lap ten.
Pearson was happy with his runner-up finish.
“Our car was good all night,” he said. “These hard tires are something to deal with on this race track. It was a pretty good race, and trying to get traction was difficult. I want to thank Lucas Oil Products and Dunn-Benson Ford. We will be back tomorrow night and give it another shot.”
Moyer, the winningest Late Model driver in Winternationals history with 23 victories, was pleased with his third place car.
“As it turned out, Dennis had the best car,” said Moyer. “My car kept jumping in-and-out of gear. I am not making excuses, it just happened. We just have to figure out these tires and go from there. We have had a good start to speedweeks and we hope to continue that momentum here tomorrow night.”
Completing the top ten were Dennis Franklin, Josh Richards, Billy Moyer Jr., Eddie Carrier, Jr. and Jason Papich.
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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
Winternationals 2015 – Feb. 10, 2015
1. 1 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. – Carpentersville, IL
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3. 2 21 Billy Moyer – Batesville, AR
4. 16 32 Bobby Pierce – Oakwood, IL
5. 9 b5 Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL
6. 11 2 Dennis Franklin – Gaffney, SC
7. 13 1 Josh Richards – Shinnston, WV
8. 7 21jr Billy Moyer, Jr. Batesville, AR
9. 25 28 Eddie Carrier, Jr. Salt Rock, WV
10. 26 91p Jason Papich – Arroyo Grande, CA
11. 20 25x Mike Benedum – Salem, WV
12. 10 0 Scott Bloomquist – Mooresburg, TN
13. 17 20 Jimmy Owens – Newport, TN
14. 18 58 Mark Whitener – Middleburg, FL
15. 22 2 Allen Murray – San Antonio, TX
16. 19 00 Russell Brown, Jr. – Valdosta, GA
17. 23 4D Chad Hollenbeck – Montrose, PA
18. 3 2s Stormy Scott – Las Cruces, NM
19. 5 6 Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA
20. 6 40 Kyle Bronson – Branden, FL
21. 8 99m Devin Moran – Dresden, OH
22. 21 25z Mason Zeigler – Chalk Hill, PA
23. 24 94 Austin Rettig – Sikeston, MO
24. 14 1J Davey Johnson – Greensburg, PA
25. 15 22 Gregg Satterlee – Rochester Mills, PA
26. 12 21d Dan Stone – Thompson, PA
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