DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals

The K&L Rumley Enterprises No. 6 team wasn’t even planning on coming to DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals until days before the event. By the end of Friday night, they were glad they changed their minds.

After Hudson O’Neal finished up a two-win trip to Arizona for the Wild West Shootout, car owner Kevin Rumley elected to take a detour on his way home to Lexington, NC and swing by Volusia Speedway Park to try to keep the hot streak going. They did exactly that on Friday night, as O’Neal pulled off the wire-to-wire victory on the second night of the 2026 season for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision.

The Martinsville, IN driver powered around the outside of Bilstein Pole Award winner Brandon Overton on the start, but the No. 76 remained his closest competitor early on. The most dominant driver throughout the weekend, Chris Madden, was never far behind until he slowed at the top of Turn 4 while running second to bring out the first caution of the night.

Overton began to fade on the ensuing restart, and in his place, Tyler Erb emerged as the driver to take the fight to O’Neal. By the final lap, “Terbo” was right on O’Neal’s back bumper and dove low through Turns 1 and 2 to make it side-by-side down the backstretch. However, O’Neal had enough speed on the top to clear Erb into Turn 3, shutting the door at the checkers to seal his fourth Volusia win.

“I about gave it away going down into [Turn] 1,” O’Neal said. “I got a little bit too high, got my left-rear in the rough and it kind of jumped my right-front up. Whenever I seen [Erb] leaving [Turn] 2, I was like, ‘Oh no.’ I knew I got a better run than him, and I was just trying my best not to miss the bottom. I wasn’t sure where he was at.”

Erb crossed the line second by a car length to match his Volusia career best, while Tim McCreadie, Brandon Sheppard and Nick Hoffman made up the rest of the top five.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision will wrap up DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals on Saturday, Jan. 24, with a $20,000-to-win main event at Volusia Speedway Park. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

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RACE NOTES:

Ryan Gustin set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Chris Madden won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Brandon Overton won Heat 1.

Hudson O’Neal won STAKT Products Heat 2.

Chris Madden won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.

Tyler Erb won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.

Cody Overton and Dennis Erb Jr. won the Last Chance Showdowns.

Brandon Overton won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Bobby Pierce won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Tyler Erb was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.

Tim McCreadie was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Brandon Sheppard was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Max Blair was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Kyle Strickler was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Dale McDowell was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.

Bobby Pierce was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Drake Troutman was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Cody Overton was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Brandon Overton was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Dennis Erb Jr. was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Logan Zarin was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 6-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. 9M-Tim McCreadie[11]; 4. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[8]; 6. 111-Max Blair[7]; 7. 8-Kyle Strickler[9]; 8. 17M-Dale McDowell[15]; 9. 19R-Ryan Gustin[12]; 10. 32-Bobby Pierce[23]; 11. 22*-Drake Troutman[14]; 12. 97-Cody Overton[17]; 13. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 14. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[18]; 15. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[22]; 16. 74X-Ethan Dotson[10]; 17. 11R-Josh Rice[20]; 18. 1Z-Logan Zarin[26]; 19. 58V-Daulton Wilson[25]; 20. 49-Jake Timm[24]; 21. B1-Brent Larson[16]; 22. 14-Trey Mills[27]; 23. 114-Jordan Koehler[19]; 24. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[13]; 25. 19-Dustin Sorensen[21]; 26. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 27. 44-Chris Madden[3]; 28. 55E-Eli Johnson[28]