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

Jimmy Owens wrested the early lead away from Garrett Smith and led 30 of 40 laps to claim his first win at the Florida oval since 2013. Owens edged Jonathan Davenport by 0.314 seconds for the $10,000 payday.

Owens took control from the pole-starting Smith with 13 laps to go to position himself for his first full-field Lucas Oil Series win since March 20 at Atomic Speedway outside Chillicothe, Ohio.

Davenport mounted a momentous run to the outside of Owens in the closing laps, sizing up the would-be move for the lead until Boom Briggs's machine slowed right in front of the lead battle to bring out the yellow.

Four cautions slowed the 21-minute feature: Lap two for Mark Whitener’s left-rear tire that came off the bead upon hopping the ruts through turns one and two; the lap-two restart for 10th-running R.J. Conley, who got over the turn-two cushion and smacked the wall; on lap 10 for a spinning Boom Briggs in turns three and four; and with two laps to go for the slowing Briggs.

See below for complete results from Thursday at the third-mile oval outside Tampa Bay.

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Jan. 30 at Ocala Speedway: Ricky Thornton Jr.

Jan. 31 at Ocala Speedway: Hudson O'Neal

Feb. 2 at All-Tech Raceway: Ricky Thornton Jr.

Feb. 3 at All-Tech Raceway: Tim McCreadie

Feb. 6 at East Bay Raceway Park: Hudson O'Neal

Feb. 7 at East Bay Raceway Park: Tyler Erb

Feb. 8 at East Bay Raceway Park: Jimmy Owens

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Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Results From East Bay Raceway Park