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 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.

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.

Questions and answers about October 20-21’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series finale at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Carl Short’s 43rd annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP paying $100,000-to-win.

No one could blame Ricky Thornton Jr. for being a bit salty, if not downright angry, about the new-for-2023 Big River Steel Big Four program to determine the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion.

Leading from green to checkers, Hudson O’Neal captured Thursday night’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America-sanctioned FK Rod Ends Tarheel 53 at North Carolina's Tri-County Racetrack. The 23-year-old star turned back a mid-race challenge from Bobby Pierce to beat the Oakwood, Ill., driver by 1.273 seconds for a $23,023 paycheck.

Bobby Pierce exclaimed into his helmet when, just in front of him, Hudson O’Neal’s Rocket Chassis house car bicycled into turn three on lap 17 of Tuesday’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America-sanctioned One for the Road 50-lapper at Fairbury Speedway.

Mark Richards spent the entirety of Saturday’s 53rd annual World 100 alone on the roof of his big blue trailer parked in the middle of Eldora Speedway’s infield. It was just the 62-year-old Rocket Chassis co-owner, pacing back-and-forth, analyzing his driver Hudson O’Neal’s every move, holding a cell phone in his hands to periodically check lap times and text directives to his house car team members stationed on the ground.

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. — After smashing the wall and breaking an axle in Thursday's preliminary feature at Deer Creek Speedway, Bobby Pierce was leery about attempting such a move again while chasing leader Hudson O'Neal in the final laps of Saturday's 75-lap NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 finale.

Hudson O’Neal and Rocket1 Racing have undeniably found the winning formula of late, especially when they show up at Marshalltown Speedway.

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Hudson O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., outdueled Jonathan Davenport early, then held off late challenges from Brandon Overton to capture Thursday's $12,000 Buckeye Spring 50 at Atomic Speedway.

GIBSONTON, Fla. — Throughout the winless start to his Rocket Chassis house car tenure, Hudson O’Neal reminded himself that once the first win came to fruition, the remaining victories would come all the more easier.