
April 12
Lucas Oil Speedway,
Wheatland, MO
Sanction: Unsanctioned Supers (Spring Nationals) - $20,000
Information provided by: Track reports (last updated April 13, 6:05 am)
O'Neal sweeps Spring Nationals at Wheatland
Spring Nationals
- Hudson O'Neal
- Brandon Overton
- Mike Marlar
- Jonathan Davenport
- Cade Dillard
- Carson Ferguson
- Daniel Hilsabeck
- Justin Wells
- Clay Stuckey
- Dillon McCowan
- Gordy Gundaker
- Logan Martin
- Jeff Herzog
- Mason Oberkramer
- Mitch McGrath
- Brennon Willard
- Trevor Gundaker
- Tyler Kuykendall
- Chris Simpson
- Tony Jackson Jr.
- Eli Ross
- Billy Moyer
- Aaron Marrant
- Jace Parmley
Hudson O'Neal celebrates a sweep of the Spring Nationals weekend.
What won the race: Leading the final 17 laps after he tracked down and passed race-long pacesetter Brandon Overton, Hudson O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., completed a sweep of the 12th annual Spring Nationals weekend Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. The 24-year-old cashed in $20,000 for the unsanctioned win, which came by 3.561 seconds over Overton.
Quotable: “I was nervous at the beginning, the top took off really good and I shuffled straight back to fourth, or at one time I was running fifth,” O’Neal said. “I just kept trying to drive so straight around the top and conserve. I knew (the line) had to move around eventually. I was just lucky earlier, I got to going through some lapped cars there and one of them lapped cars got a really good run off the bottom and I was like ‘man, if the lapped cars are getting a run off the bottom, I think I can’ … I was just able to kinda ride around there and pick them off.”
Key notes: O’Neal pocketed $27,000 in winnings from the Spring Nationals weekend, including Friday’s $7,000 victory. … It was O'Neal's first back-to-back triumphs since July 14-15 last year when he won Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events at Eagle (Neb.) Raceway and Shelby County Raceway in Harlan, Iowa. ... Longhorn Factory Team driver Brandon Overton led the opening 41 laps from the front row but couldn’t close the deal down the stretch, which ended on a 34-lap green-flag run. … Jonathan Davenport started from the pole but never led a lap. He ran third for laps 28-56 until he lost the final podium spot to Mike Marlar with three laps remaining. … Mike Marlar said Infinity Race Cars owner and driver Eric Wells let him race his car at Wheatland as Wells prepares a comeback after a lengthy hiatus away from racing. … Three cautions slowed the 60-lap feature: Jace Parmley slowed out of 23rd on the second lap; Billy Moyer slowed on lap 22 while 14th; and Eli Ross slowed on lap 26 while 18th. … Sixteen drivers were running at the finish with 11 drivers finishing on the lead lap.
On the move: Carson Ferguson of Lincolnton, N.C., started 17th and finished sixth.
Winner's sponsors: O’Neal’s SSI Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and carries sponsorship from Sub Surface of Indiana, Inc., Merrill Bonding Company, Wheeler Metals, Professional Concrete, Big River Steel, O'Neal's Salvage, Indiana USSSA, Dyno One, Bob & Tammy Burton, West Side Tractor Sales, Bobcat of Batesville, Bilstein, Sunoco, High Performance Lubricants, Longhorn Chassis and Kevin Rumley Engineering.
Current weather: Clear, 43°F
Car count: 40
Fast qualifier: Jonathan Davenport
Time: 15.560 seconds
Polesitter: Jonathan Davenport
Heat race winners: Jonathan Davenport, Hudson O'Neal, Brandon Overton, Tony Jackson Jr.
Consolation race winners: Carson Ferguson, Eli Ross
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.