2024 Castrol FloRacing Night in America at Brownstown Speedway

Don O'Neal To Return To Driver's Seat At Brownstown Speedway

Don O'Neal To Return To Driver's Seat At Brownstown Speedway

Don O'Neal of Martsinville, Ind., is slated to make his racing return during Castrol FloRacing Night in America at Brownstown Speedway on Wednesday night.

Sep 24, 2024 by Todd Turner
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Making a brief return from retirement, former Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion Don Oā€™Neal of Martinsville, Ind., aims to make his first feature start in exactly four years at Wednesdayā€™s Castrol FloRacing Night in America event at Brownstown Speedway (Ind.), the team told DirtonDirt.com

The 60-year-old Hall of Fame driver is scheduled to pilot a No. 71 MasterSbilt Race Cars house car provided by the McCarter brothers of East Tennessee with MasterSbilt co-founder Tader Masters and crew assisting at the quarter-mile oval where Oā€™Neal is among the winningest drivers.

Oā€™Neal, whose 23-year-old son Hudson Oā€™Neal will also be in competition, has tested at Brownstown and Paragon Speedway. MasterSbilt was putting the finishing touches on the carā€™s vintage wrap Tuesday with Oā€™Nealā€™s nickname ā€œThe Real Dealā€ within his number and fanned out playing cards spelling O-N-E-A-L above the left-rear wheelwell.

Oā€™Neal, fourth all-time on the Lucas Oil Series victories list with 46, won the 2014 series title. His final full-time season on the series was 2019 and he made a few starts in 2020, including his last feature start Sept. 25, 2020, in a Jackson 100 preliminary at Brownstown. He failed to make the starting field for the next dayā€™s Jackson 100.

Oā€™Neal is a four-time Jackson 100 winner and two-time champion at the Jackson County Fairgrounds oval.

Wednesday night's Castrol FloRacing Night in America event will be streamed live on FloRacing for those unable to attend in person. If you're not already a FloRacing subscriber, click here to sign up today.