CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Hudson O’Neal regained the lead on lap 27 and went on to win during the return of “The Night the Stars Come Out Thursday night at Atomic Speedway. The victory marks O’Neal’s third consecutive Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series triumph. Davenport would gain the lead on lap two and hold it until O’Neal got around him for good with 23 laps remaining in the race. Regarding his battle early on with Davenport, O’Neal said it was important to get the lead on the first lap. Overton came home in second after tracking down O’Neal in the closing laps. “I knew I wasn’t going to pass him [O’Neal] because we were running the same line,” Overton said. “I had just got by him [Thornton] a couple of laps before then.

Follow MotorMouth on social media:

• 
• 
• 
•