Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
East Bay Raceway Park
February 10, 2015
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Dennis Erb Jr. Wins Opening Night of East Bay Raceway Park Winternationals



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TAMPA, FL (February 10) - Dennis Erb Jr. took the lead on lap ten and won a thrilling feature event on the opening night of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park. Erb's seventh career win at "The Clay by the Bay" was hard fought early on as he and Billy Moyer had a back and forth battle for the lead.

Earl Pearson Jr. came home second after skating by Moyer on lap 14. Moyer then held off a furious late-race rally from Bobby Pierce to take third. Pierce started 16th on the grid and wound up fourth with Brandon Sheppard coming home in fifth.

"It feels good to get the win on the first night. It seemed like no one could get any traction out there. Turns three and four were slick and one and two were hammer-down. I guess we were just lucky to pull away from those guys. Billy [Moyer] and I had a really good race at the start. I didn't know what was going on behind me. All I know is that turn four was hard to get out of. The fans definitely saw an exciting race, but our cars were a handful to drive," said Erb.

"I would like to thank Barry Wright Race Cars and Jay Dickens Race Engines. It was the first time we've run this combination here. We ran really well on Saturday Night at Golden Isles. I want to thank my crew chief, Heather Lyne, my sponsors, McBride Mack, JR McBride Leasing, Cheap Cars, PRC, Midwest Sheet Metal, Maximum Racing Oils, M&S Concrete, and Ohlins."



The race for the lead between Erb and Moyer was spectacular in the first six laps of the race. Each led three circuits, and then Moyer led three more until Erb wrestled the lead away from him for good on lap ten.

Pearson was happy with his runner-up finish. "Our car was good all night; these hard tires are something to deal with on this race track. It was a pretty good race, and trying to get traction was difficult. I want to thank Lucas Oil Products and Dunn-Benson Ford. We will be back tomorrow night and give it another shot."

Moyer, the winningest Late Model driver in Winternationals history [with 23 victories] was pleased with his third place car. "As it turned out, Dennis had the best car. My car kept jumping in-and-out of gear; I am not making excuses, it just happened. We just have to figure out these tires and go from there. We have had a good start to speedweeks and we hope to continue that momentum here tomorrow night," said the driver the Henderson Motorsports and Garnant Family Longhorn Chassis.

Completing the top ten were Dennis Franklin, Josh Richards, Billy Moyer Jr., Eddie Carrier, Jr. and Jason Papich.



In preliminary action, Dennis Erb Jr. set the overall Miller Welders Fast Time (Group A) amongst the 42 entrants, with a lap of 15.177 seconds. Billy Moyer set the fastest time in Group B with a time of 15.273 seconds. Dennis Erb Jr., Stormy Scott, Billy Moyer and Earl Pearson Jr. won their respective heat races. Jimmy Owens and Mark Whitener won their respective B-Mains. Jason Papich won the Strawberry Dash.

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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
39th Annual Winternationals
East Bay Raceway Park - Tampa, FL

A-Main
1 1 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville, IL
2 4 1 Earl Pearson Jr Jacksonville, FL
3 2 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR
4 16 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
5 9 b5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
6 11 2 Dennis Franklin Gaffney, SC
7 13 1 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV
8 7 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
9 25 28 Eddie Carrier Jr Salt Rock, WV
10 26 91p Jason Papich Arroyo Grande, CA
11 20 25x Mike Benedum Salem, WV
12 10 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN
13 17 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN
14 18 58 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL
15 22 2 Allen Murray San Antonio, TX
16 19 00 Russell Brown Jr Valdosta, GA
17 23 4D Chad Hollenbeck Montrose, PA
18 3 2s Stormy Scott Las Cruces, NM
19 5 6 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA
20 6 40 Kyle Bronson Branden, FL
21 8 99m Devin Moran Dresden, OH
22 21 25z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill, PA
23 24 94 Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
24 14 1J Davey Johnson Greensburg, PA
25 15 22 Gregg Satterlee Rochester Mills, PA
26 12 21d Dan Stone Thompson, PA

B-Main #1 (top 4 transfer)
1 1 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN
2 3 00 Russell Brown Jr Valdosta, GA
3 4 25z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill, PA
4 6 21b Chris Brown Spring, TX
5 2 7w Ricky Weiss Headingly, MB
6 10 91p Jason Papich Arroyo Grande, CA
7 5 1 Doug Blashe Marion, WI
8 7 38c John Gardner Germantown Hills, IL
9 8 92 Nick Davis Millsboro, DE
10 9 77 Gavin Landers Batesville, AR
dns s9 Dan Schlieper Sullivan, WI
dns 4D Chad Hollenbeck Montrose, PA
dns 38 Kenny Pettyjohn Millsboro, DE

B-Main #2
1 1 58 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL
2 2 25x Mike Benedum Salem, WV
3 4 2 Allen Murray San Antonio, TX
4 6 94 Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
5 3 96 Terry English Benton, KY
6 5 1F David Fieber Neenah, WI
7 9 D8 Dustin Mitchell Princeton, NC
8 7 8 Gregg Hill Eveleth, MN
9 8 44j James O'Hara Covington, PA
dns 6T Tim Dohm Cross Lanes, WV
dns 4G Bob Gardner Germantown Hills, IL
dns 28 Eddie Carrier Jr Salt Rock, WV
dns 777 Jared Landers Batesville, AR

Heat #1 (top 4 transfer)
1 1 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville, IL
2 3 6 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA
3 2 b5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
4 5 1 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV
5 4 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN
6 8 00 Russell Brown Jr Valdosta, GA
7 10 1 Doug Blashe Marion, WI
8 7 38c John Gardner Germantown Hills, IL
9 9 92 Nick Davis Millsboro, DE
10 11 77 Gavin Landers Batesville, AR
11 6 38 Kenny Pettyjohn Millsboro, DE

Heat #2
1 1 2s Stormy Scott Las Cruces, NM
2 3 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
3 2 2 Dennis Franklin Gaffney, SC
4 4 22 Gregg Satterlee Rochester Mills, PA
5 5 7w Ricky Weiss Headingly, MB
6 7 25z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill, PA
7 8 21b Chris Brown Spring, TX
8 9 s9 Dan Schlieper Sullivan, WI
9 10 4D Chad Hollenbeck Montrose, PA
10 6 91p Jason Papich Arroyo Grande, CA

Heat #3
1 1 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR
2 4 40 Kyle Bronson Branden, FL
3 3 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN
4 6 1J Davey Johnson Greensburg, PA
5 8 58 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL
6 5 6T Tim Dohm Cross Lanes, WV
7 7 2 Allen Murray San Antonio, TX
8 9 94 Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
9 11 44j James O'Hara Covington, PA
10 2 28 Eddie Carrier Jr Salt Rock, WV
11 10 D8 Dustin Mitchell Princeton, NC

Heat #4
1 2 1 Earl Pearson Jr Jacksonville, FL
2 4 99m Devin Moran Dresden, OH
3 6 21d Dan Stone Thompson, PA
4 1 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
5 7 25x Mike Benedum Salem, WV
6 8 96 Terry English Benton, KY
7 9 1F David Fieber Neenah, WI
8 10 8 Gregg Hill Eveleth, MN
9 5 4G Bob Gardner Germantown Hills, IL
10 3 777 Jared Landers Batesville, AR

Group A Qualifying
1 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville, IL 15.177
2 2s Stormy Scott Las Cruces, NM 15.252
3 b5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL 15.291
4 2 Dennis Franklin Gaffney, SC 15.336
5 6 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA 15.415
6 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR 15.463
7 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN 15.535
8 22 Gregg Satterlee Rochester Mills, PA 15.565
9 1 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV 15.653
10 7w Ricky Weiss Headingly, MB 15.690
11 38 Kenny Pettyjohn Millsboro, DE 15.701
12 91p Jason Papich Arroyo Grande, CA 15.747
13 38c John Gardner Germantown Hills, IL 15.750
14 25z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill, PA 15.864
15 00 Russell Brown Jr Valdosta, GA 15.905
16 21b Chris Brown Spring, TX 15.923
17 92 Nick Davis Millsboro, DE 15.944
18 s9 Dan Schlieper Sullivan, WI 15.989
19 1 Doug Blashe Marion, WI 16.083
20 4D Chad Hollenbeck Montrose, PA 16.223
21 77 Gavin Landers Batesville, AR 16.482

Group B Qualifying
1 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR 15.273
2 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 15.454
3 28 Eddie Carrier Jr Salt Rock, WV 15.541
4 1 Earl Pearson Jr Jacksonville, FL 15.603
5 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN 15.655
6 777 Jared Landers Batesville, AR 15.696
7 40 Kyle Bronson Branden, FL 15.699
8 99m Devin Moran Dresden, OH 15.726
9 6T Tim Dohm Cross Lanes, WV 15.740
10 4G Bob Gardner Germantown Hills, IL 15.845
11 1J Davey Johnson Greensburg, PA 15.851
12 21d Dan Stone Thompson, PA 15.922
13 2 Allen Murray San Antonio, TX 15.923
14 25x Mike Benedum Salem, WV 15.997
15 58 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL 16.151
16 96 Terry English Benton, KY 16.180
17 94 Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO 16.182
18 1F David Fieber Neenah, WI 16.197
19 D8 Dustin Mitchell Princeton, NC 16.375
20 8 Gregg Hill Eveleth, MN 16.689
21 44j James O'Hara Covington, PA 17.012



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