Hudson O’Neal Bests Pearson In Photo Finish At East Bay

Hudson O’Neal (71) edges out Earl Pearson, Jr. (1) by inches to score the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature on Thursday night at East Bay Raceway Park. Photo: LOLMDS Media/Twitter

Hudson O’Neal rallied from a lap 10 caution to stun the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series field on Thursday night at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Florida.

O’Neal charged ahead of race leader Tyler Erb and second-place-running Earl Pearson, Jr. with two laps to go to win night four of the East Bay Late Model Winternationals.

Using the top groove, the 18-year-old beat Pearson to the finish line by just .031 seconds to score his first career win at the “Clay by the Bay.” He and his father Don join Jack and Jackie Boggs as the only other father-son duo to ever win during the Winternationals since the event began in 1978.

O’Neal spun in turn four on lap 10 to bring out a caution flag. He restarted at the back of the field and began to make his way through the pack. With six laps to go he was running in ninth, but after Erb and Blairsville, Georgia’s Jonathan Davenport tangled while battling for the lead, the final caution flew for Davenport with 36 laps complete. O’Neal narrowly avoided Davenport, whose mangled car was sitting against the wall between turns three and four.

On the restart, O’Neal used Davenport’s line to motor around both Erb and Pearson on the outside. Pearson snuck under Erb and then tried to make a winning move coming off of turn four, but O’Neal nipped Pearson in one of the closest finishes in Winternationals history.

Kyle Bronson led the first eight circuits until Erb, who started third, forged ahead. Erb was looking for his third East Bay win of the week and held the advantage through a rash of caution flags. Pearson kept the pressure up on Erb for most of the race which set-up a thrilling finish.

“We had a really good car tonight, we just got caught up in that wreck in turn three early on. I thought I kind of took myself out it,” said O’Neal. “I found something up top. I didn’t know if it was good enough to win the race or not. I saw Davenport get up there and then he had his misfortune. I will take any one I can get. He (Davenport) showed me the line. I just took advantage of the leader not knowing what to do.

“I started off up top, but I wasn’t making up much ground on the leaders. Everything has to fall your way in these races to win. I can’t thank everybody enough on this race team. Thanks to Todd Burns for giving me this opportunity and for bringing me down here. It’s been a pretty tough Speedweeks so far, but tonight has me pumped up for the rest of the week.”

Pearson finished in second, with Erb, Jr. in third, Devin Moran in fourth and Bronson in fifth.

Tanner English, Morgan Bagley, Evans, Georgia’s Brandon Overton, Allen Murray and Austin Hubbard rounded out the top ten.

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
East Bay Winternationals – February 7, 2019

FINISH	START	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	EARNINGS
1	13	71	Hudson O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$7,000
2	2	1	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	$3,500
3	3	1T	Tyler Erb	New Waverly, TX	$2,000
4	17	1M	Devin Moran	Dresden, OH	$1,500
5	1	40B	Kyle Bronson	Brandon, FL	$1,400
6	6	116	Tanner English	Benton, KY	$1,300
7	12	14m	Morgan Bagley	Gladewater, TX	$1,200
8	20	2	Brandon Overton	Evans, GA	$1,100
9	21	2M	Allen Murray	San Antonio, TX	$1,000
10	15	11H	Austin Hubbard	Bridgeville, DE	$950
11	18	1V	Vic Hill	Mosheim, TN	$900
12	10	9	Billy Moyer	Batesville, AR	$850
13	26	94	Austin Rettig	Sikeston, MO	$800
14	11	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	$750
15	4	49	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville, GA	$725
16	22	33	Jeff Mathews	Brandon, FL	$700
17	7	12J	Jason Jameson	Lawrenceburg, IN	$700
18	8	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	$700
19	25	25B	Mike Benedum	Salem, WV	$650
20	14	3s	Brian Shirley	Chatham, IL	$625
21	9	1Gk	Ryan King	Seymour, TN	$625
22	5	2s	Stormy Scott	Las Cruses, NM	$600
23	19	5	Don O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$600
24	16	942	Terry Casey	New London, WI	$600
25	24	22	Gregg Satterlee	Indiana, PA	$600
26	23	14	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	$600

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