2019 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

2019 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

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Jonathan Davenport won his third Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship

The 2019 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series was the 14th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway on February 1, and ended with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park on October 19. Jonathan Davenport won the 2019 drivers' championship. Tyler Erb was named 2019 rookie of the year.

Schedule and results

The 2019 schedule was released on October 29, 2018. ^[1]

No.	Date	Race / Track	Winning driver	Heat winner	B-Main winner	Fastest Qualifier
1	Feb 2	Super Bowl of Racing - Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Georgia	Tyler Erb ($12,000)	Hudson O'Neal	Jason Jameson	Hudson O'Neal
				Earl Pearson Jr.	Shanon Buckingham	Brian Shirley
				Josh Richards
				Tyler Erb		-
2	Feb 2 (night)	Super Bowl of Racing - Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Georgia	Earl Pearson Jr. ($12,000)	Scott Bloomquist	Hudson O'Neal	Earl Pearson Jr.
				Josh Richards	Tim McCreadie	Jonathan Davenport
				Jimmy Owens
				Tyler Erb		37 cars entered
3	Feb 4	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Tyler Erb ($5,000)	Tyler Erb	Tim McCreadie	Mike Marlar
				Hudson O'Neal	Brandon Overton	Brian Shirley
				Josh Richards
				Jonathan Davenport
				Brandon Sheppard
				Chase Junghans		53 cars entered
4	Feb 5	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Tyler Erb ($5,000)	Earl Pearson Jr.	Stormy Scott	Stormy Scott
				Brandon Sheppard	Don O'Neal	Tyler Erb
				Shanon Buckingham
				Tyler Erb
				Jimmy Owens
				Morgan Bagley		56 cars entered
5	Feb 6	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Jonathan Davenport ($7,000)	Colton Flinner	Tim McCreadie	Colton Flinner
				Don O'Neal	Kyle Bronson	Brian Shirley
				Jonathan Davenport
				Brian Shirley
				Brandon Sheppard
				Tanner English		52 cars entered
6	Feb 7	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Hudson O'Neal ($7,000)	Kyle Bronson	Don O'Neal	Mike Benedum
				Tyler Erb	Brandon Overton	Brian Shirley
				Stormy Scott
				Earl Pearson Jr.
				Jonathan Davenport
				Tanner English		49 cars entered
7	Feb 8	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Stormy Scott	Scott Bloomquist
				Tyler Erb	Terry Casey	Earl Pearson Jr.
				Earl Pearson Jr.
				Colton Flinner		46 cars entered
8	Feb 9	Winternationals - East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, Florida	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)	Tanner English	Terry Casey	Tanner English
				Jonathan Davenport	Shanon Buckingham	Earl Pearson Jr.
				Earl Pearson Jr.
				Tyler Erb		41 cars entered
9	Mar 16	Indiana Icebreaker - Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, Indiana	Brandon Sheppard ($12,000)	Brandon Sheppard	Steve Casebolt	Brandon Sheppard
				Devin Moran	Kyle Bronson	Hudson O'Neal
				Hudson O'Neal
				Don O'Neal		34 cars entered
10	Apr 5	Tennessee's Action Track 50 - 411 Motor Speedway, Seymour, Tennessee	Ross Bailes ($12,000)	Ross Bailes	Cory Hedgecock	Ryan King
				Josh Richards		Donald McIntosh
				Dale McDowell
				Jimmy Owens		28 cars entered
11	Apr 6	North Georgia Speedway, Chatsworth, Georgia	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)	Josh Richards	Jason Jameson	Ross Bailes
				Dale McDowell	Stormy Scott	David Payne
				David Payne
				Jonathan Davenport		31 cars entered
12	Apr 11	Buckeye Spring 50 - Atomic Speedway, Chillicothe, Ohio	Jimmy Owens ($12,000)	RJ Conley	Colten Burdette	Kyle Bronson
				Jimmy Owens	Shanon Buckingham	Josh Richards
				Josh Richards
				Devin Moran		33 cars entered
13	Apr 13	Stanley Schetrompf Classic - Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, Maryland	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Kyle Hardy	Kyle Bronson
				Jimmy Owens	Trever Feathers	Gene Knaub
				Gene Knaub
				Earl Pearson Jr.		37 cars entered
14	May 16	TruAcre 50 - 34 Raceway, West Burlington, Iowa	Hudson O'Neal ($10,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Frank Heckenast Jr.	Jonathan Davenport
				Earl Pearson Jr.	Shanon Buckingham	Tim McCreadie
				Tyler Bruening
				Billy Moyer		35 cars entered
15	May 17	Truck Country 50 - 300 Raceway, Farley, Iowa	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)	Brian Birkhofer	Jason Jameson	Jonathan Davenport
				Jonathan Davenport		Brian Birkhofer
				Kyle Bronson		26 cars entered
16	May 30	Clash at the Mag - Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi	Josh Richards ($5,000)	Josh Richards	Timothy Culp	Josh Richards
				Kyle Bronson	Rick Rickman	Don O'Neal
				Don O'Neal
				Tim McCreadie		39 cars entered
17	May 31	Clash at the Mag - Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi	Jonathan Davenport ($5,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Robbie Stuart	Kyle Bronson
				Michael Arnold	Scott Dedwylder	Mike Marlar
				Mike Marlar
				Josh Richards		37 cars entered
18	Jun 1	Clash at the Mag - Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, Mississippi	Mike Marlar ($15,000)		Jimmy Owens
					Eric Cooley	39 cars entered
19	Jun 13	Wayne Gray Sr. Memorial - Fayetteville Motor Speedway, Fayetteville, North Carolina	Kyle Bronson ($10,000)	Tyler Erb	Devin Moran	Billy Moyer Jr.
				Don O'Neal		Josh Richards
				Josh Richards
				Kyle Bronson		30 cars entered
20	Jun 14	Grassy Smith Memorial - Cherokee Speedway, Gaffney, South Carolina	Mike Marlar ($12,000)	Mike Marlar	Josh Richards	Mike Marlar
				Jonathan Davenport		Ross Bailes
				Ross Bailes
				Chris Ferguson		31 cars entered
21	Jun 15	Big Daddy 60 - Smoky Mountain Speedway, Maryville, Tennessee	Hudson O'Neal ($15,000)	Mike Marlar	Josh Richards	Kyle Strickler
				Hudson O'Neal	Dale McDowell	Tim McCreadie
				Tim McCreadie
				Ricky Weiss		32 cars entered
22	Jun 28	Toyota Knoxville/Secret City Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram/Ted Russell Ford 50 - Tazewell Speedway, Tazewell, Tennessee	Shanon Buckingham ($12,000)	Josh Richards	Stormy Scott	Josh Richards
				Jimmy Owens		Jason Trammell
				Jeff Wolfenbarger		27 cars entered
23	Jun 29	Ralph Latham Memorial - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)	Jimmy Owens	Trevor Landrum	Kyle Bronson
				Josh Richards	Stormy Scott	Jonathan Davenport
				Jonathan Davenport
				Kent Robinson		44 cars entered
24	Jul 4	Independence 50 - Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio	Mike Marlar ($12,000)	Devin Moran	Jason Jameson	Devin Moran
				Josh Richards		Jimmy Owens
				Mike Marlar
				Shanon Buckingham		29 cars entered
25	Jul 5	Topless 50 - Tyler County Speedway, Middlebourne, West Virginia	Tyler Erb ($12,000)	Devin Moran	Shane Hitt	Devin Moran
				Josh Richards	Jacob Hawkins	Michael Norris
				Tyler Erb
				Chris Ferguson		31 cars entered
26	Jul 11	Hoker Trucking 50 - Tri-City Speedway, Granite City, Illinois	Tyler Erb ($12,000)	Tyler Erb	Jonathan Davenport	Tyler Erb
				Mike Marlar	Gordy Gundaker	Jimmy Owens
				Jimmy Owens
				Earl Pearson Jr.		31 cars entered
27	Jul 12	NAPA Know How 50 - Tri-City Speedway, Granite City, Illinois	Jimmy Owens ($12,000)	Jimmy Owens	Tyler Erb	Billy Moyer Jr.
				Shannon Babb	Austin Rettig	Scott Bloomquist
				Jonathan Davenport
				Stormy Scott		32 cars entered
28	Jul 13	Diamond Nationals - Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Missouri	Jimmy Owens ($15,000)	Scott Bloomquist	Shannon Babb	Scott Bloomquist
				Jake Neal	Shanon Buckingham	Earl Pearson Jr.
				Earl Pearson Jr.
				Tony Jackson Jr.		39 cars entered
29	Jul 14	Diamond Nationals - Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Missouri	Jonathan Davenport ($15,000)	Jonathan Davenport	Josh Richards	Jonathan Davenport
				Scott Bloomquist	Austin Rettig	Kyle Bronson
				Tim McCreadie
				Shannon Babb		39 cars entered
30	Jul 16	Bullet Sportswear Shootout - Brown County Speedway, Aberdeen, South Dakota	Josh Richards ($10,000)	Brandon Sheppard		Brandon Sheppard
				Stormy Scott		Billy Moyer Jr.
				Kyle Bronson		24 cars entered
31	Jul 18	Malvern Bank Go 50 - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)	Tyler Bruening	Chris Madden	Jonathan Davenport
				Billy Moyer Jr.	Dale McDowell	Jimmy Owens
				Mason Zeigler
				Tyler Erb		45 cars entered
32	Jul 19-20	Silver Dollar Nationals - I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Nebraska	Bobby Pierce ($53,000)	Earl Pearson Jr.	Josh Richards
				Tim McCreadie	Ricky Weiss
				Chris Madden
				Jonathan Davenport
				Bill Leighton Jr.
				Jimmy Owens
				Billy Moyer
				Devin Moran
				Mason Zeigler
				Ricky Weiss		50 cars entered
33	Aug 8	North/South Shootout - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Chris Madden ($10,000)	Chris Madden	Ricky Weiss	Chris Madden
				Frank Heckenast Jr.	Victor Lee	Devin Gilpin
				Jimmy Owens
				Zack Dohm
				Michael Norris
				Tim McCreadie		52 cars entered
34	Aug 9-10	North/South 100 - Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky	Chris Madden ($50,000)	Mike Marlar	Mike Benedum
				Zak Blackwood	Nick Hoffman
				Frank Heckenast Jr.
				Hudson O'Neal
				Jimmy Owens
				Kyle Bronson
				Mike Benedum
				Bobby Pierce
				Earl Pearson Jr.
				Scott Bloomquist
				Stormy Scott
				Jimmy Owens		53 cars entered
35	Aug 15	Topless 100 Prelim - Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Arkansas	Chris Madden ($5,000)	Mike Marlar	Devin Moran	Mike Marlar
				Brandon Overton	Tony Jackson Jr.	Chris Madden
				Chris Madden
				Jonathan Davenport		47 cars entered
36	Aug 16	Topless 100 Prelim - Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Arkansas	Scott Bloomquist ($5,000)	Scott Bloomquist	Devin Moran	Scott Bloomquist
				Michael Norris	Tim McCreadie	Chris Madden
				Chris Madden
				Mike Marlar		46 cars entered
37	Aug 17	Topless 100 - Batesville Motor Speedway, Locust Grove, Arkansas	Chris Madden ($40,000)		Timothy Culp
					Tyler Erb	47 cars entered
38	Aug 22	Dirt Million Duel 1 - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Scott Bloomquist ($10,000)	Josh Richards	Billy Moyer Jr.
				Michael Norris
				Scott Bloomquist		28 cars entered
	Aug 22	Dirt Million Duel 2 - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Jonathan Davenport ($10,000)	Mike Marlar	Stormy Scott
				Jonathan Davenport
				Ricky Weiss		28 cars entered
39	Aug 23	Dirt Million Duel 1 - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Brandon Sheppard ($10,000)	Jimmy Owens	Stormy Scott	Jimmy Owens
				Brandon Sheppard
				Kent Robinson		28 cars entered
	Aug 23	Dirt Million Duel 2 - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Mike Marlar ($10,000)	Chase Junghans	Dale McDowell	Tyler Erb
				Mike Marlar
				Michael Norris		28 cars entered
40	Aug 24	Dirt Million - Mansfield Motor Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio	Brandon Sheppard ($101,620)	Josh Richards	Brandon Overton
				Ricky Weiss	Dave Brown
				Jimmy Owens	Shane Clanton
				Tim McCreadie
				Tyler Erb
				Earl Pearson Jr.		56 cars entered
41	Aug 30	John Bradshaw Memorial - Ponderosa Speedway, Junction City, Kentucky	Tim McCreadie ($12,000)	Billy Moyer Jr.	Johnny Scott	Mike Marlar
				Tim McCreadie		Tim McCreadie
				Kyle Strickler		27 cars entered
42	Aug 31	Bob Miller Memorial - Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio	Jonathan Davenport ($12,000)	Tyler Erb	Jason Jameson	Tyler Erb
				Josh Richards		Tim McCreadie
				Jonathan Davenport
				Brandon Fouts		30 cars entered
43	Sep 1	Hillbilly 100 - Tyler County Speedway, Middlebourne, West Virginia	Josh Richards ($30,000)	Josh Richards	Shane Hitt	Tim McCreadie
				Jimmy Owens	Chase Junghans	Tyler Erb
				Tanner English
				Jonathan Davenport		34 cars entered
44	Sep 12	Knoxville Late Model Nationals - Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa	Shane Clanton ($7,000)	Shanon Buckingham	Stormy Scott	Shane Clanton
				Bobby Pierce	Jimmy Owens	Jimmy Owens
				Ricky Thornton Jr.
				Shannon Babb
				Josh Richards
				Brandon Sheppard		55 cars entered
45	Sep 13	Knoxville Late Model Nationals - Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa	Ricky Weiss ($7,000)	Shannon Babb	Jonathan Davenport	Scott Bloomquist
				Josh Richards	Shane Clanton	Chris Simpson
				Ricky Weiss
				Darrell Lanigan
				Chris Madden
				Frank Heckenast Jr.		54 cars entered
46	Sep 14	Knoxville Late Model Nationals - Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa	Jimmy Owens ($40,000)		Brian Birkhofer	55 cars entered
47	Sep 20	Kokomo Late Model Shootout - Kokomo Speedway, Kokomo, Indiana	Tyler Erb ($12,000)	Billy Moyer Jr.		Billy Moyer Jr.
				Tyler Erb		Frank Heckenast Jr.
				Hudson O'Neal		24 cars entered
48	Sep 21	Jackson 100 - Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, Indiana	Hudson O'Neal ($15,000)	Devin Moran	Shanon Buckingham	Bobby Pierce
				Johnny Scott	Jimmy Owens	Mike Marlar
				Mike Marlar
				Hudson O'Neal		34 cars entered
49	Oct 4	Raceway 7, Conneaut, Ohio	Kyle Bronson ($12,000)	Josh Richards	Shanon Buckingham	Don O'Neal
				Jimmy Owens	Johnny Scott	Devin Moran
				Kyle Bronson
				Jonathan Davenport		32 cars entered
50	Oct 5	Pittsburgher 100 - Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway, Imperial, Pennsylvania	Don O'Neal ($20,000)	Shanon Buckingham	Tyler Erb	Tim McCreadie
				Michael Norris	Chub Frank	Jonathan Davenport
				Jonathan Davenport
				Hudson O'Neal		37 cars entered
51	Oct 12	Dixie Shootout - Dixie Speedway, Woodstock, Georgia	Michael Page ($12,000)	Jimmy Owens	Kyle Bronson	Jimmy Owens
				Dale McDowell	Stormy Scott	Michael Page
				Michael Page
				Jonathan Davenport		39 cars entered
52	Oct 18-19	Dirt Track World Championship - Portsmouth Raceway Park, Portsmouth, Ohio	Brandon Sheppard ($100,000)	Scott James	Scott Bloomquist	Chris Ferguson
				Jonathan Davenport	Don O'Neal	Jimmy Owens
				Scott Bloomquist
				Don O'Neal
				Shane Clanton
				Bobby Pierce		66 cars entered

Schedule notes and changes

• The Super Bowl of Racing scheduled for February 1 at the Golden Isles Raceway in Brunswick, Georgia was postponed due to rain. ^[2]
• On March 15, the Buckeye Spring 50 at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio was postponed mid-program due to rain. ^[3] The race was rescheduled for April 11. ^[4]
• The Steel Valley 50 scheduled for April 12 at Sharon Speedway was rained out. ^[5]
• The Rumble by the River scheduled for April 14 at Port Royal Speedway was canceled due to a wet forecast. ^[6]
• On April 25, rain forced the Hoker Trucking 50 at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois to be rescheduled to July 11 and the scheduled race at Macon Speedway to be rescheduled to July 23. ^[7]
• On May 2, the LOLMDS announced that the scheduled race at Tazewell Speedway was rescheduled to June 28, and the Ralph Latham Memorial at the Florence Speedway was rescheduled to June 29 in response to a wet forecast. ^[8]
• The North Star Nationals scheduled for May 18 at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota was rained out. ^[9]
• On May 21, the LOLMDS announced that the Show-Me 100 at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri was being postponed due to tornado damage to the facility. ^[10] The race was canceled on May 28. ^[11]
• On July 3, the LOLMDS race at Muskingum County Speedway was rained out. ^[12]
• The Freedom 50 at Mansfield Motor Speedway scheduled for July 6 was rained out. ^[13]
• The LOLMDS race at the Jackson Motorplex in Minnesota scheduled for July 17 was rained out. ^[14]

References

1. "Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Releases 2019 Schedule". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. October 29, 2018. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
2. "Rain Postpones Golden Isles Season Opener to Saturday". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. February 1, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
3. "Rain Halts Buckeye Spring 50 at Atomic". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. March 15, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
4. "Atomic's Buckeye 50 Reset for April 11". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. March 17, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
5. "Sharon's Lucas Late Model Race a Wash". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. April 12, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
6. "Wet Forecast Stops Lucas Late Models at Port Royal". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. April 14, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
7. "Rain Washes Out Lucas's Illinois Doubleheader". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. April 25, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
8. "Tazewell and Florence Lucas LM Events Postponed". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. May 2, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
9. "Wet Forecast Dooms Lucas Late Model Stop at Deer Creek". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. May 18, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
10. "Storm Damage Forces Postponement of Show-Me 100". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. May 21, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
11. "Diamond Nationals Expands to Two Nights After Show-Me 100 Cancelation". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. May 28, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
12. "Muskingum's Lucas Oil Date Washed Out". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. July 3, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
13. "Saturday's Freedom 50 at Mansfield Rained Out". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. July 6, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
14. "Lucas Oil Late Models Rained out at Jackson Motorplex". Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. July 17, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.