GIBSONTON, Fla. — Tyler Erb’s impressive Georgia-Florida Speedweeks continued Tuesday on the second night of the 43rd annual Wrisco Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park.

The 22-year-old New Waverly, Texas, driver dominated all 30 laps from outside the front row, adding another $5,000 to the $5,000 he captured in Monday’s 30-lap opener and giving him his third victory in four Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events this season.

Erb started his season on the national tour with a $12,000 victory Saturday afternoon at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., as the new driver for Ohio-based Best Performance Motorsports.

“I feel like we’re all winning this as a team. Everyone’s a part of this. They’re really excited. I’m not just the only one,” Erb said in victory lane after thanking his crew and supporters. “It’s been a dream come true, like I said yesterday. I’m probably one of the happiest people in the world. I’m lucky enough to be able to do this for a living and meet up with people like this.

“I couldn’t imagine myself being surrounded with anybody better with (crew chief) Randall (Edwards) and everyone at the Best shop, and Colbey (Richman). I’m really, really thankful for this opportunity and I’m looking forward to the next four nights.”

Polesitter Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., slipped back to fourth mid-race but rallied back to second, cutting Erb’s healthy lead in half in the final laps but still finishing 1.793 seconds behind at the checkers.

Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill. (no relation to the winner) was third while Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., and Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., rounded out the top five finishers in a race where Erb was comfortably ahead of a lively battle for second with Pearson, Dennis Erb Jr. and ninth-starting Kyle Bronson of Brandon, Fla., taking turns holding the spot.

With his victory, Tyler Erb became the fourth driver to win the first two Winternationals features since the miniseries expanded to six races in 2000, and he’ll try to become the first driver to win the first three on Wednesday.

He built a lead of nearly four seconds with 10 laps remaining, but Pearson regained second from Bronson on the same lap and began cutting into Erb’s margin. It was down to 1.7 seconds with six laps remaining while the leader considered whether to move to the high side to go around the slower car of Shanon Buckingham.

“I really, I wanted to go high down there in (turns) three and four,” Erb said. “I was just waiting and (Edwards signaled) I had a little lead and they run up on me a little bit at the end, I think.

“I kind of just made a decision to go. I saw (Brandon) Overton was able to pass a couple of cars on the outside. I tried it (in turns one and two) and didn’t make no time, but I made some time (in three and four). It stuck a little bit and I was able to get around (Buckingham) and get me some leeway and a little bit of room to breathe. It was an awesome race.”

Pearson, who ran second the first eight laps before losing the spot to Dennis Erb Jr., finished as the runner-up to Tyler Erb for the second time this season.

“We restarted on the high side (on lap nine) , and that definitely wasn’t the place to be for us. All in all, it was good night for us compared to last night. The track was quite a bit different tonight,” Pearson said, aware that everyone is chasing Tyler Erb. “He’s rolling through the corners there really good right now, and we can kind of run him down in traffic, but when we get in clean air, he’s definitely a little bit better than we are.”

Pearson’s crew “worked their butts off all day today. We changed several things. We went down and talked to the Penske (shocks) guys and they worked on that. We’ve got some work to do still. A lot of good cars here, so we’ll work on it tomorrow and what we can do.”

Third-finishing Dennis Erb Jr. has six career victories but none since the 2015 opener.

“We’ve kind of struggled here the last couple of years, but finally here tonight — last night, too — we had the car running pretty good,” he said. “Tonight we dialed it in a little bit better, so hopefully we can get better as the week goes on.”

Two cautions slowed the feature The first start was called back by series officials and the only other caution appeared on the ninth lap when Stormy Scott slowed in turn two.

Notes: Drivers who previously won the first two Winternationals since 2000 were Josh Richards, Jimmy Mars and Don O’Neal, who did it three times, most recently in ’12. … Nineteen of 26 starters were on the lead lap and 21 were running at the finish. ... The checkered flag fell at 8:59 p.m., five minutes earlier than opening night.

Preliminary results and notes:

Pre-feature notes

Starting from the outside pole in the 30-lap feature, Tyler Erb will bid to become just the fourth driver to win East Bay’s first two Winternationals features since the miniseries was expanded to six nights in 2000. He would join Don O’Neal (2001, ’02, ’12), Jimmy Mars (’04) and Josh Richards (’16). … Polesitter Earl Pearson Jr. owns three career Winternationals triumphs but hasn’t won since 2013. … After Texan Morgan Bagley received a needed morale boost with his victory in the final heat race, he climbed out of his car, walked to his pit-area neighbor Gregg Satterlee’s car and told Satterlee’s crew chief Robby Allen that the slick third-mile oval was a “little treacherous.” Allen, who has seen many Winternationals at the tricky East Bay layout, quickly replied: “This place is never not treacherous.” … Bagley’s win, which earned him the sixth starting spot in the feature, noted that he’s hopeful of running an incident-free 30-lap to feel out his new Black Diamond Chassis. In his previous Speedweeks feature start, on Saturday at Golden Isles Speedway, his car’s left-front suspension was damaged in a tangle just two laps into the race. … Billy Moyer Jr., who chased Bagley under the checkered flag in the sixth heat, transferred through a prelim for the first time in four Speedweeks starts. … Heat 3 winner Shanon Buckingham cracked an East Bay Winternationals feature lineup for the first time in his career. … Scott Bloomquist scratched from the first consolation race because of damage his car sustained in a heat-race scrape. His machine sported a good amount of crunched sheet metal, mostly to its right side door and left-front nosepiece; he can start the feature thanks to a Lucas Oil provisional, however.

Feature lineup

Row 1: Earl Pearson Jr, Tyler Erb
Row 2: Brandon Sheppard, Jimmy Owens
Row 3: Shanon Buckingham, Morgan Bagley
Row 4: Dennis Erb Jr., Colton Flinner
Row 5: Kyle Bronson, Tanner English
Row 6: Brian Shirley, Billy Moyer Jr.
Row 7: Josh Richards, Gregg Satterlee
Row 8: Tim McCreadie, Hudson O'Neal
Row 9: Jonathan Davenport, Billy Moyer Sr.
Row 10: Stormy Scott, Don O'Neal
Row 11: Brandon Overton, Devin Moran
Row 12: Scott Bloomquist, Devin Gilpin
Row 13: Chase Junghans, Austin Hubbard

Berry Barn Strawberry Dash

Lineup
(eight laps; winner transfers)
Row 1: Justin Williams, Austin Hubbard
Row 2: Austin Rettig, Blake Spencer
Row 3: Colton Horner, Greg Oakes
Row 4: Jeff Mathews, Mike Benedum
Row 5: Jason Jameson, Dan Stone
Row 6: Freddie Carpenter, Allen Murray
Row 7: Blair Nothdurt, Devin Dixon
Row 8: Michael Lake, Ryan King
Row 9: Tyler Carpenter, Vic Hill
Row 10: John Tweed, Rusty Schlenk
Row 11: Terry Casey, Jonathan Rowan
Row 12: Joel Callahan, Kerry King
Row 13: Bob Geiger, Matt Cosner
Row 14: Chuck Hummer, Tim Dohm
Row 15: Joey Moriarty, Joe Denby

Finish (winner transfers): Austin Hubbard, Blake Spencer, Justin Williams, Vic Hill, Austin Rettig, Jason Jameson, Dan Stone, Greg Oakes, Blair Nothdurft, Rusty Schlenk, Joel Callahan, Michael Lake, Colton Horner, Chuck Hummer, John Tweed, Freddie Carpenter, Mike Benedum, Allen Murray.

Consolation results

First consolation (top two transfer): Stormy Scott, Brandon Overton, Justin Williams, Austin Rettig, Chase Junghans, Colton Horner, Jeff Mathews, Jason Jameson, Freddie Carpenter, Blair Nothdurft, Michael Lake, Tyler Carpenter, John Tweed, Terry Casey, Joel Callahan, Bob Geiger. Scratched: Scott Bloomquist, Zack Dohm, Devin Gilpin.

Second consolation (top two transfer): Don O'Neal, Devin Moran, Austin Hubbard, Blake Spencer, Greg Oakes, Mike Benedum, Dan Stone, Allen Murray, Devin Dixon, Ryan King, Vic Hill, Rusty Schlenk, Jonathan Rowan, Kerry King, Matt Cosner, Chuck Hummer, Tim Dohm, Joey Moriarty, Joe Denby.

Consolation race lineups

(12 laps; top two transfer)
First consolation
Row 1: Stormy Scott, Justin Williams
Row 2: Terry Casey, Brandon Overton
Row 3: Tyler Carpenter, Chase Junghans
Row 4: Jason Jameson, Austin Rettig
Row 5: Colton Horner, Scott Bloomquist
Row 6: Jeff Mathews, Freddie Carpenter
Row 7: Joel Callahan, Blair Nothdurft
Row 8: Michael Lake, Zack Dohm
Row 9: Devin Gilpin, John Tweed
Row 10: Bob Geiger
Second consolation
Row 1: Don O’Neal, Blake Spencer
Row 2: Devin Moran, Mike Benedum
Row 3: Austin Hubbard, Allen Murray
Row 4: Greg Oakes, Matt Cosner
Row 5: Tim Dohm, Ryan King
Row 6: Dan Stone, Vic Hill
Row 7: Devin Dixon, Jonathan Rowan
Row 8: Joey Moriarty, Joe Denby
Row 9: Rusty Schlenk, Kerry King
Row 10: Chuck Hummer

Sixth heat

Morgan Bagley won an early side-by-side duel with polesitter Billy Moyer Jr. to grab a victory in the sixth heat. Moyer Jr. fought off his Hall of Fame father, who finished third ahead of Devin Moran in the caution-free prelim.

Finish (top three transfer): Morgan Bagley, Billy Moyer Jr., Billy Moyer, Devin Moran, Allen Murray, Tim Dohm, Vic Hill, Joey Moriarty, Kerry King.

Fifth heat

Jimmy Owens got the jump on fellow front-row starter Tanner English and raced to a victory with English holding second all the way. Hudson O'Neal came alive at halfway, going from sixth to third in two laps while taking the final transfer spot from Matt Cosner. Blake Spencer held the third spot at halfway before he got sideways exciting turn four and fell from transfer contention. The first start was called back.

Finish (top three transfer): Jimmy Owens, Tanner English, Hudson O'Neal, Blake Spencer, Austin Hubbard, Matt Cosner, Dan Stone, Jonathan Rowan, Rusty Schlenk.

Fourth heat

Red-hot Tyler Erb won the fourth prelim from the pole, edging away from fellow front-row starter Colton Flinner for the victory. Flinner rought off fellow Pennsylvanian Gregg Satterlee with both transferring ahead of Don O'Neal in the caution-free prelim.

Finish (top three transfer): Tyler Erb, Colton Flinner, Gregg Satterlee, Don O'Neal, Mike Benedum, Greg Oakes, Ryan King, Devin Dixon, Joe Denby, Chuck Hummer.

Third heat

Shanon Buckingham won from outside the front row to make the feature after missing in all six attempts last season. Polesitter Brian Shirley finished second, holding off the eighth-starting Jonathan Davenport. John Tween spun in turn two on the final lap. Three starts were required to get the race going; the first start was called back, and Terry Casey spun on the backstretch of the second start when he was squeezed by Jonathan Davenport.

Finish (top three transfer): Shanon Buckingham, Brian Shirley, Jonathan Davenport, Terry Casey, Chase Junghans, Colton Horner, Freddie Carpenter, Michael Lake, John Tweed.

Second heat

Polesitter Brandon Sheppard pulled away from a four-wide battle for second on the first lap and cruised to victory. Kyle Bronson fell back early after starting outside the front row but rallied late to get second ahead of fifth-starting Tim McCreadie. Justin Williams emerged from the early four-wide battle to grab second, but he fell back on a late restart and settled for fourth. Devin Gilpin spun exiting turn four while running fifth on the seventh lap.

Finish (top three transfer): Brandon Sheppard, Kyle Bronson, Tim McCreadie, Justin Williams, Tyler Carpenter, Austin Rettig, Jeff Mathews, Blair Nothdurft, Devin Gilpin.

First heat

Outside front-row starter Earl Pearson Jr. got a good start and rolled to victory in the 10-lap prelim. Dennis Erb Jr.'s start wasn't as good, but the third-starting Erb rallied to second by halfway and secured the runner-up spot over Josh Richards, the final transferree. Polesitter Stormy Scott's poor start left him with a fourth-place finish. The first start was called back after Zack Dohm, Scott Bloomquist and Jason Jameson tangled in turns one and two; the prelim was restarted.

Finish (top three transfer): Earl Pearson Jr., Dennis Erb Jr., Josh Richards, Stormy Scott, Brandon Overton, Jason Jameson, Scott Bloomquist, Joel Callahan, Zack Dohm, Bob Geiger.

Heat race lineups

(10 laps; top three transfer)
First heat
Row 1: Stormy Scott, Earl Pearson Jr.
Row 2: Dennis Erb Jr., Josh Richards
Row 3: Scott Bloomquist, , Zack Dohm
Row 4: Jason Jameson, Brandon Overton
Row 5: Joel Callahan, Bob Geiger
Second heat
Row 1: Brandon Sheppard, Kyle Bronson
Row 2: Devin Gilpin, Justin Williams
Row 3: Tim McCreadie, Tyler Carpenter
Row 4: Austin Rettig, Jeff Mathews
Row 5: Blair Nothdurft
Third heat
Row 1: Brian Shirley, Shanon Buckinghjam
Row 2: Chase Junghans, Freddie Carpenter
Row 3: Michael Lake, Terry Casey
Row 4: Colton Horner, Jonathan Davenport
Row 5: John Tweed
Fourth heat
Row 1: Tyler Erb, Colton Flinner
Row 2: Mike Benedum, Gregg Satterlee
Row 3: Don O’Neal, Greg Oakes
Row 4: Ryan King, Devin Dixon
Row 5: Joe Denby, Chuck Hummer
Fifth heat
Row 1: Jimmy Owens, Tanner English
Row 2: Blake Spencer, Matt Cosner
Row 3: Hudson O’Neal, Austin Hubbard
Row 4: Rusty Schlenk, Dan Stone
Row 5: Jonathan Rowan
Sixth heat
Row 1: Billy Moyer Jr., Morgan Bagley
Row 2: Billy Moyer, Tim Dohm
Row 3: Allen Murray, Devin Moran
Row 4: Vic Hill, Joey Moriarty
Row 5: Kerry King

Qualifying

Pre-race notes

Under absolutely perfect weather conditions — sunny skies with temperatures topping out in the low 70s — a 56-car field is signed in for Round 2 of the Wrisco Industries Winternationals. The total is a three-car increase from the opener’s turnout and represents the largest car count for a Winternationals event since 2011. … New additions to the action Austin Rettig of Sikeston, Mo., and Greg Oakes of Franklinville, N.Y. — two drivers who were on the grounds Monday but didn’t race — and teenager Michael Lake of Uniontown, Pa., whose hauler pulled into the pit area late Monday. … With the Monday’s victory by Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, three of the last four Winternationals features dating back to last year have been captured by drivers scoring first-ever wins in the miniseries. Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., and Kyle Bronson of Brandon, Fla., joined the Winternationals winner’s list with triumphs in two of last year’s last three races. … After Rocket Chassis house car owner Mark Richards saw his three-year Winternationals opener win streak end Monday with a third-place finish by Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., he wondered if he perhaps he should have brought along his battle-tested XR1 car that has sat in victory lane following East Bay’s lidlifters in 2016 (with Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va.) and ’17 and ’18 (Sheppard). He said the machine that has about 175 starts on its resume is sitting in Rocket’s Shinnston, W.Va., shop and “looks brand new,” but he opted against running it in this year’s Speedweeks activities. … Tim Dohm of Cross Lanes, W.Va., is ready for action after replacing the broken engine rocker arm that sidelined him during Monday’s heat racing. Engine builder Vic Hill visited Dohm’s pit stall on Tuesday to install the new rocker, which Dohm borrowed from the Rattliff Racing team and driver Jason Jameson of Lawrenceburg, Ind., Dohm’s pit-area neighbor. Jameson’s crew chief, Jeff Gullett, joked that the motor component wasn’t the only assistance his camp has provided to Dohm already this week. “We’ve rebuilt their cars for them,” Gullett quipped, to which Dohm agreed that he and his son, Zack, had some prep left on their machines upon arrival at East Bay. … Justin Labonte of Longhorn Chassis is celebrating his 38th birthday while in the pit area helping house car driver Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. … Former Lucas Oil Series director Ritchie Lewis is on the radio tonight serving as race director. He’s brushing up on his race-directing skills so he’ll be ready later this year when he will spend the race weekend at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., filling in for current series director Rick Schwallie.

Pre-race setup

Action is set to resume Tuesday evening with the second round of the 43rd annual Wrisco Winternationals with red-hot Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, trying to continue his hot streak at Georgia-Florida Speedweeks.

Erb, Monday’s opening night winner and a winner of two of three Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Speedweeks, will be among the favorites at the slick third-mile oval along with other Monday contenders Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., the winningest Speedweeks driver who is piloting a Tye Twarog-owned Rocket at East Bay.

The expected field of about 55 entries will be split in half for time trials followed by six heat races, two consolation races, the Berry Barn Strawberry Dash presented by DirtonDirt.com and the 30-lap main event.

Time trials (unofficial)

Group A
Driver (car no.), hometown
Stormy Scott (2), Las Cruces, N.M., 14.542
Brandon Sheppard (1), New Berlin, Ill., 14.544
Brian Shirley (3S), Chatham, Ill., 14.655
Earl Pearson Jr. (1), Jacksonville, Fla., 14.714
Kyle Bronson (40B), Brandon, Fla., 14.765
Shanon Buckingham (50), Morristown, Tenn., 14.778
Dennis Erb Jr. (28), Carpentersville, Ill., 14.814
Devin Gilpin (1G), Columbus, Ind., 14.839
Chase Junghans (18), Manhattan, Kan., 14.854
Josh Richards (14), Shinnston, W.Va., 14.855
Justin Williams (89), Shipman, Va., 14.943
Freddie Carpenter (K), Parkersburg, W.Va., 14.966
Scott Bloomquist (0), Mooresburg, Tenn., 14.997
Tim McCreadie (39), Watertown, N.Y., 15.029
Michael Lake (27), Uniontown, Pa., 15.052
Zack Dohm (17), Cross Lanes, W.Va., 15.070
Tyler Carpenter (27+1), Parkersburg, W.Va., 15.071
Terry Casey (942), New London, Wis., 15.192
Jason Jameson (12), Lawrenceburg, Ind., 15.206
Austin Rettig (94), Sikeston, Mo., 15.214
Colton Horner (56jr), Katy, Texas, 15.279
Brandon Overton (2), Evans, Ga., 15.283
Jeff Mathews (33), Brandon, Fla., 15.299
Jonathan Davenport (49), Blairsville, Ga., 15.308
Joel Callahan (40), Dubuque, Iowa, 15.362
Blair Nothdurft (76), Sioux Falls, S.D., 15.512
John Tweed (5T), Greeneville, Tenn., 15.792
Bob Geiger (38), Laurel, Del., 17.501
Group B
Tyler Erb (1), New Waverly, Texas, 14.479
Jimmy Owens (20), Newport, Tenn., 14.504
Billy Moyer Jr. (21jr), Batesville, Ark., 14.786
Colton Flinner (48), Allison Park, Pa., 14.821
Tanner English (116), Benton, Ky., 14.830
Morgan Bagley (14m), Longview, Texas, 14.863
Mike Benedum (25), Salem, W.Va., 14.913
Blake Spencer (6S), St. Augustine, Fla., 14.916
Billy Moyer (9), Batesville, Ark., 14.938
Gregg Satterlee (22), Indiana, Pa., 14.949
Matt Cosner (66), Ridgeley, W.Va., 14.993
Tim Dohm (6), Cross Lanes, W.Va., 14.997
Don O’Neal (5), Martinsville, Ind., 14.999
Hudson O’Neal (71), Martinsville, Ind., 15.033
Allen Murray (2M), San Antonio, Texas, 15.140
Greg Oakes (22), Franklinville, N.Y., 15.153
Austin Hubbard (11), Seaford, Del., 15.233
Devin Moran (1), Dresden, Ohio, 15.267
Ryan King (1G), Seymour, Tenn., 15.340
Rusty Schlenk (CJ1), McClure, Ohio, 15.398
Vic Hill (1), Mosheim, Tenn., 15.425
Devin Dixon (313), Apollo Beach, Fla., 15.538
Dan Stone (2), Thompson, Pa., 15.591
Joey Moriarty (51), Phoenix, Ariz., 15.663
Joe Denby (27), Tullahoma, Tenn., 15.756
Jonathan Rowan (56), Jackson, Tenn., 15.804
Kerry King (0KB), Delmar, Del., 15.930
Chuck Hummer (1cj), Lyons, Ohio, 16.350