BROWNSTOWN, Ind. — It was a special homecoming for Hudson O’Neal on Wednesday night at Brownstown Speedway.
The Martinsville, Ind., racer stormed to the $20,000 Castrol FloRacing Night in America presented by Kubota victory.
O’Neal powered past Jonathan Davenport for the lead exiting turn four on the 20th circuit and never looked back on his way to the victory.
“For me, there’s nothing like Brownstown Speedway, anytime that I can come here and be in any type of race car is just so special,” O’Neal said. “It just took until lapped traffic (to get the lead back). It looked like he got a little loose in lapped traffic and I started kinda working and maneuver my line a little bit to find where I was gonna be a little bit better to get back by him.”
From the pole, O’Neal led the first circuit before fourth-starting Jonathan Davenport used the high line of the quarter-mile oval to take the lead on the second lap.
The 2021 series champion maintained the top spot until lap 20, when O’Neal powered back to the lead.
Once out front Hudson enjoyed a comfortable advantage taking the checkered flag 1.949 seconds in front of Tanner English with Tim McCreadie, 17th-starting Devin Moran and 11th-starting Ross Robinson completing the top five.
The finish:
Feature (50 Laps): 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 96-Tanner English[2]; 3. 1-Tim McCreadie[5]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[17]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[11]; 6. 18D-Daulton Wilson[9]; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce[7]; 8. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 9. 93-Carson Ferguson[19]; 10. 111-Max Blair[12]; 11. 17SS-Brenden Smith[24]; 12. 25-Jason Feger[6]; 13. 19M-Spencer Hughes[18]; 14. (DNF) 6-Clay Harris[20]; 15. (DNF) 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[8]; 16. (DNF) 12-Jason Jameson[3]; 17. (DNF) 93X-Zak Blackwood[10]; 18. (DNF) 126-Kaede Loudy[15]; 19. (DNF) 28-Dennis Erb Jr[16]; 20. (DNF) 7R-Kent Robinson[22]; 21. (DNF) 00-Devin Gilpin[25]; 22. (DNF) 157-Mike Marlar[21]; 23. (DNF) 31-Kye Blight[13]; 24. (DNF) 7T-Drake Troutman[23]; 25. (DNF) 76-Shelby Miles[14]