Kyle Bronson and Don O’Neal both made trips to victory lane in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action over the weekend.
Bronson scored the win on Friday at Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio, while O’Neal scored the win in Saturday’s Pittsburgher 100 at Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Pennsylvania.
On Friday night, Kyle Bronson took advantage of race leader Jimmy Owens’ misfortune on lap 45 and then went on to win his third career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race on Friday night at Raceway 7.
The feature saw a dramatic ending as Owens’ dominance of the race came to an end after he slowed suddenly. With four laps to go he pulled pit side, ending his bid for a fifth series victory of the season.
Bronson led the first nine laps of the race before yielding the lead to Owens. Upon inheriting the lead back from Owens’ misfortune, the Florida native then quickly pulled away from second-place-running Tim McCreadie to win the event.
“These races are so tough to win. I feel terrible for Jimmy, he was the class of the field tonight,” Bronson said. “He was gone and in another zip code. Jimmy and his guys have been helping me a lot lately. I hate it for those guys as well. I knew when they said over race control McCreadie was second, that I just needed to hit my marks and take care of my race car, because he would race me clean.”
Josh Richards finished in third, with Hudson O’Neal in fourth, and Blairsville, Georgia’s Jonathan Davenport in fifth.
On Saturday night, Don O’Neal won his second Pittsburgher 100 in the last three years on at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.
In taking home the $20,000 first place prize, he also earned his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of 2019 and became the 18th different Series winner this season.
Jonathan Davenport led from the start of the race and appeared to be on the way to his first Pittsburgher 100 victory. Throughout the latter half of the event, he fought off O’Neal’s constant challenges, but was pulling away when a caution came out for a stalled car in turn four. Under the lap 93 caution, Davenport slowed to a stop in the middle of the backstretch, and was pushed back to the hot pit area to add fuel to his car.
“Man, I needed this win bad,” said O’Neal. “We have a had a good car over the last month. I am pumped! Our car was better on the long green flag runs. I thought I could get by Jonathan a couple times late in the race. I tried to make him (Davenport) run a little bit harder than he wanted to and I wanted him to know I was there. My car kept wanting to die on the last caution, so I am glad the race ended when it did.”
Earl Pearson, Jr. finished second, with Tim McCreadie third, Jimmy Owens in fourth and Gregg Satterlee in fifth.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Raceway 7 – Conneaut, OH
Race Results – October 4, 2019
| FINISH | START | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN | EARNINGS |
| 1 | 2 | 40B | Kyle Bronson | Brandon, FL | $12,700 |
| 2 | 5 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | $6,200 |
| 3 | 1 | 14 | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | $4,300 |
| 4 | 8 | 71 | Hudson O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $3,450 |
| 5 | 4 | 49 | Jonathan Davenport | Blairsville, GA | $3,350 |
| 6 | 7 | 157 | Mike Marlar | Winfield, TN | $1,800 |
| 7 | 12 | 25Z | Mason Zeigler | Chalk Hill, PA | $1,500 |
| 8 | 6 | 1T | Tyler Erb | New Waverly, TX | $2,100 |
| 9 | 15 | 111 | Max Blair | Centerville, PA | $1,200 |
| 10 | 16 | 12d | Doug Drown | Wooster, OH | $1,100 |
| 11 | 10 | 1m | Devin Moran | Dresden, OH | $1,775 |
| 12 | 13 | 2s | Stormy Scott | Las Cruses, NM | $1,750 |
| 13 | 14 | 10 | Jared Miley | South Park, PA | $1,025 |
| 14 | 19 | 22 | Gregg Satterlee | Indiana, PA | $1,000 |
| 15 | 23 | 5 | Don O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $1,000 |
| 16 | 17 | 50 | Shanon Buckingham | Morristown, TN | $1,700 |
| 17 | 18 | 1st | Johnny Scott | Las Cruces, NM | $1,000 |
| 18 | 21 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | $1,800 |
| 19 | 22 | 22b | Darrell Bossard | Centerville, PA | $1,000 |
| 20 | 3 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | $1,900 |
| 21 | 11 | 21 | Billy Moyer, Jr. | Batesville, AR | $1,700 |
| 22 | 9 | 1* | Chub Frank | Bear Lake, PA | $1,000 |
| 23 | 20 | 8 | Jacob Hawkins | Fairmont, WV | $1,000 |
| 24 | 24 | M1 | Chad Wright | Springboro, PA | $1,000 |
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Pennsylvania Motor Speedway – Imperial, PA
Pittsburgher 100 – October 5, 2019
| FINISH | START | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN | EARNINGS |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | Don O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $20,000 |
| 2 | 23 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | $10,800 |
| 3 | 5 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | $6,700 |
| 4 | 8 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | $4,800 |
| 5 | 7 | 22 | Gregg Satterlee | Indiana, PA | $3,500 |
| 6 | 17 | 1T | Tyler Erb | New Waverly, TX | $3,300 |
| 7 | 11 | 21 | Billy Moyer, Jr. | Batesville, AR | $2,800 |
| 8 | 20 | 0 | Scott Bloomquist | Mooresburg, TN | $2,000 |
| 9 | 2 | 49 | Jonathan Davenport | Blairsville, GA | $3,000 |
| 10 | 4 | 71 | Hudson O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $2,450 |
| 11 | 15 | 14 | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | $2,450 |
| 12 | 1 | 50 | Shanon Buckingham | Morristown, TN | $2,300 |
| 13 | 18 | 1* | Chub Frank | Bear Lake, PA | $1,550 |
| 14 | 24 | 40B | Kyle Bronson | Brandon, FL | $2,200 |
| 15 | 16 | 10 | Jared Miley | South Park, PA | $1,450 |
| 16 | 19 | 1st | Johnny Scott | Las Cruces, NM | $1,400 |
| 17 | 14 | 48 | Colton Flinner | Allison Park, PA | $1,350 |
| 18 | 10 | 2s | Stormy Scott | Las Cruses, NM | $2,000 |
| 19 | 13 | 12 | Ryan Montgomery | Fairmont, WV | $1,250 |
| 20 | 21 | 157 | Mike Marlar | Winfield, TN | $1,200 |
| 21 | 12 | 1m | Devin Moran | Dresden, OH | $1,900 |
| 22 | 9 | 8 | Jacob Hawkins | Fairmont, WV | $1,200 |
| 23 | 22 | 119 | Bryan Bernheisel | Jonestown, PA | $1,200 |
| 24 | 3 | 72 | Michael Norris | Sarver, PA | $1,200 |
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