Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie hasn’t changed up the national tour’s schedule much in recent years. If it ain't broke, why fix it?

Through three races with his new-look SSI Motorsports team, this much is clear: Hudson O’Neal has virtually picked up where Ricky Thornton Jr. left off, powering to Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victories Monday and Tuesday at Eagle (Neb.) Raceway and Shelby County Speedway.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series gave Shelby County Speedway is first-ever national touring Dirt Late Model event on Monday with the 53-lap, $10,053-to-win Kosiski Family 53.

Hudson O’Neal and Ricky Thornton Jr. have been the talk of dirt-track racing of late, so it’s only fitting they hogged the limelight once again in their one-two finish Monday at Eagle Raceway on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.