Hudson O’Neal has been minding his own business these days, using these April weeks on the threshold of the busy spring season to ensure he’s both well prepared and well rested for the heart of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule.

Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., revealed his plans for the remainder of 2024 late Thursday night, announcing the formation of Hudson O’Neal Racing to carry him into the future.

Hudson O'Neal has had the Dirt Late Model world wondering what his next move is going to be since leaving the Rocket Chassis house car team last month.

Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., has paired up with Kevin Rumley of Longhorn Chassis to race for the China Grove, N.C., manufacturer at Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events this Saturday and Sunday at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway and Ohio’s Atomic Speedway, respectively.

Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., left the Rocket Chassis house car team on Thursday, shockingly ending his wildly successful run of just of over one season with the powerhouse Shinnston, W.Va.-based operation co-owned by Mark Richards and Steve Baker.

It’s not too often the best drivers in Sprint Car and Dirt Late Model racing compete together on the same nightly program.

Hudson O’Neal isn’t going to hate seeing East Bay Raceway Park close just because of what he’s done at the third-mile oval. Everything he could do there in the years to come will make its shuttering even harder for him to accept. | Complete Speedweeks coverage

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series has its opening night of the five-night Winter Nationals on Tuesdsay at East Bay Raceway Park, the third-mile oval in its final season of operations.

With one full week of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season come and gone, and Georgia-Florida Speedweeks halfway complete, there’s much to reflect on and bear in mind for potentially the weeks and months to come.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series had the second night of its doubleheader Winter Nationals swing on Wednesday at Florida's Ocala Speedway, formerly known as Bubba Raceway Park.

Did Hudson O’Neal put the competition across the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and beyond on notice with Thursday’s opening night victory at Golden Isles Speedway?

Winning Thursday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature to kick off the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals certainly excited Nick Hoffman. But it didn’t satisfy him.

As Devin Moran stood in the middle of Eldora Speedway’s first and second turns wearing street clothes and a winter jacket and surveying the wavy, chewed-up racing surface after Sunday’s 43rd General Tire Dirt Track World Championship, he succinctly summed up the titanic battle he had just engaged in with Hudson O’Neal to determine the 2023 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series title. | RaceWire

For the first time in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series history, the "Big River Steel Chase for the Championship" was used to crown the 2023 season champion. Four drivers. One race. One champion.

The Dirt Track World Championship, the season finale for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, lived up to the hype Sunday evening at Eldora Speedway. A wild 100-lap race saw drama unfold for both the $100,000 race win and the $200,000 Lucas Oil championship.