OCALA, Fla. - One night after finishing second to Tim McCreadie, Devin Moran came back with vengeance in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action on Tuesday night.
Leading wire-to-wire with a convincing victory over a stout field of competitors, Moran picked up the win at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida.
Just 24 hours earlier Moran took the lead from McCreadie on the white flag lap but slid up high in turn four, losing to the defending series champion by one car length at the stripe.
On Tuesday night, Tyler Erb tried in vain to catch Moran, but came up nearly 3 seconds behind him at the finish line. Ricky Thornton, Jr. came home in third, with Brandon Sheppard in fourth and Zebulon, Georgia’s Shane Clanton in fifth.
Moran was in control for the entire race, taking the lead at the start with Clanton in pursuit. Clanton ran in second until lap 15 when Erb moved to the runner-up spot.
As Moran entered traffic with nine laps to go, it appeared that Erb would have a shot at him. A caution flag cleared out lapped traffic for Moran to become the second repeat winner of the season.
“The biggest thing tonight was that we didn’t make any mistakes,” said Moran. “I talked to my dad today, I was pretty down after last night. He said, ‘we are all human and we make mistakes, just don’t make any big enough to cost you the race or affect the outcome.’ It’s so fun to run this good. They did a good job on the track. It was a little narrow, but if he works on it a little more, he is going to have an awesome track here.”
Earl Pearson, Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Chase Junghans, Garrett Alberson, and Daulton Wilson rounded out the top 10.
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series returns to action on Thursday, February 3 at All-Tech Raceway in Lake City, Florida. For more information, visit LucasDirt.com.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Bubba Raceway Park – Ocala, FL
Race Results – February 1, 2022
1. 9-Devin Moran
2. 1T-Tyler Erb
3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr.
4. 1S-Brandon Sheppard
5. 25-Shane Clanton
6. 46-Earl Pearson, Jr.
7. 71-Hudson O’Neal
8. 18J-Chase Junghans
9. 58-Garrett Alberson
10. 18D-Daulton Wilson
11. 20-Jimmy Owens
12. 7-Ross Robinson
13. 28E-Dennis Erb, Jr.
14. 39-Tim McCreadie
15. 11-Spencer Hughes
16. 40B-Kyle Bronson
17. 10-Garrett Smith
18. 1R-Josh Richards
19. 2D-Dan Stone
20. 3S-Brian Shirley
21. 99B-Boom Briggs
22. 89-Ashton Winger
23. 157-Mike Marlar
24. 2S-Stormy Scott
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