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Earl Pearson, Jr., Josh Richards record LOLMDS victories

By Series PR
Posted 12:00PM on Tuesday 14th July 2020 ( 4 years ago )

Earl Pearson, Jr. and Josh Richards were both winners in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action over the past few days.

Pearson, Jr. scored the victory on Friday night at Florence Speedway in Union, Kentucky, while Richards went to victory lane on Monday night at 300 Raceway in Farley, Iowa.

On Friday night, Pearson, Jr. picked up his first series win since last February as he won in a photo finish over Florence Speedway track regular Josh Rice.

Pearson’s 39th career series victory came by a scant .002 seconds, which was the closest finish in series history. Pearson took the lead on the white flag as he held off Rice and Zack Dohm, who nearly made it a three-wide finish. Kyle Bronson finished in fourth followed by Trevor Landrum in fifth.

Blairsville, Georgia’s Jonathan Davenport grabbed the lead at the start of the 50-lap feature and held the point until series point leader Jimmy Owens passed him for the top spot on lap 18. Owens was holding off Davenport, Rice, and Bronson until lap 27.

Davenport and Rice made contact on the front stretch battling for second and Davenport got into the front stretch wall forcing the first caution flag of the race. The ensuing restart saw Owens make hard contact with the turn one wall, ending his night.

Rice took over the point and stretched his lead over the field by over two and half seconds. Rice was primed for his first career series victory, but in the last five laps both Pearson and Dohm cut into Rice’s lead. Pearson made the winning pass with two laps to go. Rice gave it everything he had and dive-bombed Pearson at the finish line but came up short.

“He (Rice) was up there on the cushion and when you are out there in the lead you don’t know where to go,” said Pearson. “We found a line through the middle of the racetrack. He (Rice) did a heck of a job and drove the wheels off that car tonight. He’s a good kid, I love racing with him. He drives everybody clean and I respect the heck out of him.”

On Monday night, Josh Richards made a daring three-wide pass for the lead on lap 17 and went on to win at 300 Raceway.

Richards, Jimmy Owens, and Kyle Bronson went 3-wide down the main straightaway as Richards split both Owens and Bronson to take the lead heading into turn one on lap 16. From there Richards maintained a steady pace to the checkers as he bested Owens by .872 seconds to score the victory.

Tim McCreadie charged from the back after pitting for a flat tire to finish in third place. Kyle Bronson led the first part of the race but finished in fourth followed by Tyler Erb in fifth.

Richards was thankful his right rear tire held up as flat tires derailed some of his top competition.

“Man, I was hoping the tires would hold up tonight,” he said. “I can’t thank everyone enough with this race car, Brad, Cody, and Big Dog, they do a phenomenal job. Thanks to my dad and Steve Baker at Rocket Chassis. We have had a lot of speed, and we just tweaked some things. We were a lot better tonight. I knew last year the track dried up pretty quick. They tilled it up quite a bit tonight, so we kind of left the car alone. The car was snug tonight. The last couple of laps the right front wouldn’t steer at all. I was fortunate enough to have a scoreboard in turn three to help with how many laps I had left.”

For more information on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, visit LucasDirt.com.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Florence Speedway – Union, KY
Race Results – July 10, 2020

Pos Start Car # Competitor Hometown Pay
1 2 1 Earl Pearson Jr Jacksonville, FL $12,000
2 9 11R Josh Rice Verona, KY $5,500
3 11 17D Zack Dohm Cross Lanes, WV $3,500
4 6 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL $2,750
5 22 18L Trevor Landrum Erlanger, KY $2,250
6 8 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY $1,800
7 16 57 Mike Marlar Winfield, TN $1,500
8 5 16 Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA $1,300
9 14 81E Tanner English Benton, KY $1,200
10 10 8 Kyle Strickler Mooresville, NC $1,100
11 3 14 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV $1,075
12 12 21 Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR $1,050
13 19 50 Shanon Buckingham Morristown, TN $1,025
14 17 11H Jared Hawkins Fairmont, WV $1,000
15 15 71 Hudson O’Neal Martinsville, IN $1,000
16 18 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA $1,000
17 24 2H Nick Hoffman Mooresville, NC $1,000
18 23 2S Stormy Scott Las Cruces, NM $1,000
19 7 9 Devin Moran Dresden, OH $1,000
20 13 1T Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX $1,000
21 1 49 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA $1,000
22 4 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN $1,000
23 21 83 Scott James Lawrenceburg, IN $1,000
24 20 25Z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill, PA $1,000

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
300 Raceway – Farley, IA
Race Results – July 13, 2020

Pos Start Car # Competitor Hometown Pay
1 1 14 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV $10,800
2 4 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN $6,300
3 12 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY $4,200
4 2 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL $3,450
5 7 1T Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX $2,950
6 8 49 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA $2,800
7 23 81E Tanner English Benton, KY $2,200
8 6 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA $2,000
9 5 16 Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA $1,200
10 18 9 Devin Moran Dresden, OH $1,800
11 9 0E Rick Eckert York, PA $1,075
12 20 71 Hudson O’Neal Martinsville, IN $1,050
13 15 1C Chad Simpson Mt. Vernon, IA $1,025
14 24 50 Shanon Buckingham Morristown, TN $1,700
15 3 21 Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR $1,650
16 17 29D Spencer Diercks Davenport, IA $925
17 22 44W David Webster Monroe, WI $900
18 11 15B Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA $875
19 16 1 Earl Pearson Jr Jacksonville, FL $1,650
20 13 1ST Johnny Scott Las Cruces, NM $825
21 21 111 Matthew Lux Franklin, PA $800
22 19 2S Stormy Scott Las Cruces, NM $800
23 10 32S Chris Simpson Oxford, IA $800
24 14 58 Jeremiah Hurst Dubuque, IA $800
Earl Pearson, Jr. (left) and Josh Richards (right) scored wins in the two most recent Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series races. Pearson, Jr. won on Friday night at Florence Speedway, and Richards was the winner at 300 Raceway on Monday night. Photos: Heath Lawson Photography (left), Josh Richards Racing/Facebook (right)

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