BREAKING NEWS!!! Don
O'Neal Returns to MasterSbilt for Select Events in 2020
(December
11, 2019) As the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show
quickly approaches this weekend in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana,
Don O'Neal confirmed today that he will join his son Hudson O'Neal
in piloting MasterSbilt racecars during the 2020 racing season!
Following a successful six-year stint with Clint Bowyer Racing
(CBR), which netted a 2014 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National
Championship and several marquee wins including the 2017 'USA
Nationals' for $50,000, the 2014 'Show-Me 100' for $30,000, the
2014 'Hillbilly Hundred' for $25,000, the 2014 'Clash at the Mag'
for $20,000, and the 2017 & 2019 'Pittsburgher 100' for $20,000
each, Don will return to MasterSbilt Race Cars to wheel a second
car for the Crothersville, Indiana-based chassis manufacturer
in select events throughout the year.
"Before I get to 2020 plans, I have to thank Clint Bowyer,
Casey Bowyer, and Chip Williams, along with my crew chiefs Jeremy
Justice, Anthony Burroughs, Brian Leonberg and really everyone
associated with CBR for the last six years," quoted the 55-year-old
O'Neal today via telephone. "They gave me a tremendous opportunity
and we did a lot of great things together during my stint there
including getting that 2014 Lucas title. With that being said,
returning to MasterSbilt Race Cars and driving for Tader and Jerilyn
Masters again feels like I am coming back home. They are family
to me and I'm excited to get back behind the wheel of one of their
red and yellow #71 cars again next year!"
While full details, sponsorship, and schedule are not near finalized,
Don will run as a teammate to his son and new MasterSbilt House
Car driver Hudson O'Neal throughout the 2020 campaign. The Martinsville,
Indiana star last drove for the Masters family from 2009-2013
when "The Real Deal" racked up multiple crown jewel
triumphs including the 2011 'Dirt Late Model Dream' for $100,000,
the 2011 'Dirt Track World Championship' for $50,000, the 2012
and 2013 'North/South 100' for $50,000 each, the 2012 'Clash at
the Mag' for $20,000, and the 2013 'Jackson 100' for $15,000.
"The first priority next season is Hudson and his efforts
on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series," Don continued to
say. "I probably won't start my season until later in the
spring when racing starts up here around home. Everyone's full
focus right now is getting Hudson ready to go for Speedweeks and
I'll be down in Georgia and Florida helping him get going. I am
looking forward to scaling back a little bit and not running a
national touring series full-time, but still being in first-class
equipment and being able to compete in select events that I want
to run. A huge thank you has to go to Tader and Jerilyn Masters,
along with all of their partners and product supporters they have
on board, for putting this whole deal together." (MRM
Racing Photos)
BREAKING NEWS!!! Hudson
O'Neal Set to Pilot House Car for 2020 Season!
(November
23, 2019) Less than a month removed from announcing that
his 2020 plans were up in the air following the dissolution of
SSI Motorsports, it was revealed today that Hudson O'Neal will
wheel the MasterSbilt House Car for the Crothersville, Indiana-based
chassis manufacturer next year! Hudson will pilot a yellow #71
machine, which will hearken back to when his dad - Don O'Neal
- drove for the Masters family from 2009-2013. Hudson will help
reactivate the house car program for MasterSbilt and the newly-formed
combination has designs to start the 2020 campaign in Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series action during "Speedweeks" in
Georgia and Florida.
Sponsorship is still being finalized, but the team
will receive backing from Jim Beeman Lumber, who will contribute
Jay Dickens engines to the effort. Hudson, who picked up five
victories in 2019 and finished seventh in the final Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series point standings, has plans on returning
to the national touring series full-time next year, along with
entering a multitude of other major Super Late Model events. More
details will be announced as they are finalized! (MRM
Racing Photos)
About MasterSbilt
Race Cars - Nearing 40 Years in Business!!
MasterSbilt Race Cars is celebrating our 38th year in business
in 2020! We would like to take this time to thank all of the people
who have done and will continue to do business with MasterSbilt
in the future. In the past 37 years, we have been able to build
a close working relationship with each and every customer we have
had the pleasure of serving. We try to give you a comfortable
atmosphere when you are visiting our facility or when the need
arises for you to call on us by phone.
In recent years, we have added new equipment and personnel, along
with the expansion of our facility to help us produce and manufacture
the number of cars we project each year. With this effort, we
hope to be able to provide you, our valued customers, with better,
more efficient service. We would also like to thank all of the
manufacturers of the various types of components that aid us in
the production of our MasterSbilt Race Cars.
Some of the major accomplishments for MasterSbilt in the past
38 years are as follows:
7-TIME
'WORLD 100' WINNER
5-TIME 'DREAM 100' WINNER
7-TIME 'DIRT TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP' WINNER
10-TIME 'NORTH/SOUTH 100' WINNER
4-TIME 'TOPLESS 100' WINNER
3-TIME 'SHOW-ME 100' WINNER
3-TIME 'USA NATIONALS' WINNER
9-TIME 'JACKSON 100' WINNER
6-TIME 'WISSOTA 100' WINNER
5-TIME 'OUTLAW NATIONALS' WINNER
3-TIME 'WOOD TIC 100' WINNER
'KNOXVILLE
LATE MODEL NATIONALS' WINNER
'SILVER DOLLAR NATIONALS' WINNER
'FREEDOM 100' WINNER
7-TIME UMP DIRTCAR SERIES CHAMPION
3-TIME SUMMER NATIONALS SERIES CHAMPION
LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES CHAMPION
4-TIME UMP CHASSIS BUILDER OF THE YEAR
4-TIME STARS CHASSIS BUILDER OF THE YEAR
LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES CHASSIS BUILDER OF THE YEAR
SOUTHERN ALLSTARS SERIES CHASSIS BUILDER OF THE YEAR
STACKER 2 XTREME DIRTCAR SERIES CHASSIS BUILDER OF THE YEAR
Throughout the years, MasterSbilt Race Cars has won almost every
major Dirt Late Model event. We have also worked with some of
the very best racers in the world and all of these drivers have
had great success in MasterSbilt cars. Just to name a few: Jack
Boggs, Scott Bloomquist, Ronnie Johnson, Ray Cook, Brian Birkhofer,
Bob Pierce, Donnie Moran, Billy Moyer, John Gill, Larry Moore,
Gary Stuhler, Matt Miller, Don O'Neal, Pat Doar, Jimmy Mars, Billy
Drake, Steve Boley, Davey Johnson, Rick Aukland, Steve Francis,
and Earl Pearson, Jr.
We hope you both enjoy and benefit from the new updates we have
made at MasterSbilt and we look forward to doing business with
you now and in the future!
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