Ricky Thornton Jr., Hudson O’Neal Speak For First Time After Big Moves

Ricky Thornton Jr. and Hudson O’Neal discuss changing teams mid-season prior to the the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 'Slocum 50' at 34 Raceway.
0:00 - RTJ On Joining Koehler Motorsports
4:50 - Hudson O'Neal Switches To SSI Motorsports
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[@victoriaveith72]

Props to Brandon Sheppard and his family for letting Ricky drive his car

[@austindenotter19]

That is awesome.

[@therealBocaStudios]

Sheppard is a great guy, one of the best.

[@sweetdaddydee1314]

There is no fucking way in hell that huddy didnt know what was going on.

[@JoseGarcia-hk3mk]

Great gesture by SHEPPARD for helping RTJ . That shows he is a humble man.

[@Horseman7621]

I'm so impressed with the professionalism of ricky I'm even more impressed that he didn't have a foul mouth during his interview.

[@KimiWallrus]

What's worse cheating or cussing? Stealing hundreds of thousands or cussing. I'm not saying Thorton cheated but we all know of many televangelist who never cussed without buying the tape or pay for the non disclosure of something worse. Is cussing really a issue?

[@ChrisS-oo6fl]

@@KimiWallruswhat?

[@Horseman7621]

I'd say cussing not only is it disrespectful it shows a lack of vocabulary. Cheating is only wrong when you get caught bout like stealing remember only the ones that get caught are sorry the ones that don't o well they just live with it.

[@KimiWallrus]

@@Horseman7621 or lose their ride and nobody understands why

[@KimiWallrus]

@@ChrisS-oo6fl Is cussing or crashing or cheating worse, which would you want your 18 year old son or daughter to do in racing?

[@corbinjansen6510]

Shout out to RTJ rocking that Logan Seavey shirt! Sad that Huddy has to try to bullshit us fans, dude was lying thru is teeth. He had to know or at least have an idea since Todd was already supporting him under the table.

[@54raceman]

How carefully he was having to pick and choose everything he said tells you alot about the situation

[@joshpitts7256]

Doink

[@JamesSmithers-fw1nl]

Ricky is gonna keep winning..he is ready to go n has a great car..sit back n watch

[@rodneywerntz943]

Good things happen to good people keep your head up keep on smiling

[@GarryWills-cn8nn]

It's easy to tell when someone is lying to you,they look everywhere else except look you in the eye when talking

[@kurtzbradley]

Bad interview Hud you and Todd sound like a good pair though.😂

[@54raceman]

Yeah that was painful to watch how careful he was having to be in order to not say the wrong thing and slip up and incriminate himself

[@CM-ve1bz]

Why would they start a second team with a different chassis if they intend to keep the first. Will you feel the same about RTJ when Owens gets his walking papers.

[@cumminsrealpower680]

I hate to say it bcos i like Jimmy Owens but I agree 💯 with you. ​@CM-ve1bz

[@eddiereichel9354]

RTJ 14-4th In a completely different car was awesome.

[@CM-ve1bz]

He was flying until it came time to pass the leaders

[@jdub2606]

@@CM-ve1bzya because he’s never passed or out ran any of them before? What a stupid comment lol.

[@Papa-Kev]

Hudson is lying. Todd said he had dinner with Hudson 2 weeks prior. Todd was already buying Hudson his equipment and wanted to save money by having a 2 driver team. RTJ did NOT want to share info with Hudson. Who could blame him?

[@codyb6849]

Yeah an you know what Thornton is now part of the team with jimmy Owens so they are a two car operation now I don’t see what’s the big deal about it why he couldn’t be Hudson O’Neal’s teammate sounds like to me Ricky Thornton couldn’t work well with Hudson and that’s why all this drama happened this week and I’m not really a fan of Thornton but Ricky got screwed from winning the title on count of the nascar points ordeal that needs to stay outta dirt late model racing period cause Ricky owned an won the season last year and he been leading the points an current points leader this season again and loses his top ride and with ssi an now with another team an has to over come adversity again an the odds to get back on top to me the owner did Thornton wrong an wanted huddy back badly so really Ricky got screwed out of the whole deal but then again Ricky did this to himself an probably showed his tail I’m sure an couldn’t just took the owner at ssi an went with it with Hudson I’m not a Ricky person or fan of the guy but he’s been in the hot seat both times with drama an conversty so that leaves me with this my guys an drivers are my main driver is Jonathan Davenport and my second driver is McDowell then Owens an Tmac who I like an the young man Devin Moran who’s been hot the last two races

[@dirtworxphotography245]

So if hudson says the burns are like second parents, then if I was ricky I'd assume they were giving hudson info all along so why now the big deal

[@mattfetter4123]

Kind of comes down to, who the owner wants in the car.

[@Matt-qg1ow]

Thorton and Ownes probably can communicate but driving different cars. Owens in a Rocket and Thorton in a Longhorn.

[@CM-ve1bz]

If I own the team and paying his bills, he will share whatever I tell him to share or he is history. Oh wait

[@barrybarkley1316]

It's gonna be great, I couldn't win, so I get Ricky's team and notes. Smh

[@felixpropertymanagement7342]

Won plenty in the rocket car. Ricky wasn't running his own team either

[@joshpitts7256]

But he did win 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kingsalmon5905]

Two great interviews, both very humble and well spoken. Thank you flo!

[@cliff4695]

I get RTJ's car, team, and notes? Hell yeah I'll take that deal. Why didn't he just say that? At the very least, i would believe him, if he said that. Can't wait to see Hudson fail and RTJ succeed

[@CM-ve1bz]

Will you feel the same about RTJ when Owens gets his walking papers

[@scottjohnson8598]

Hard to believe that Burns let Thornton go before he talked with O’Neal.

[@Papa-Kev]

Great point

[@terranceduncan123]

Ikr

[@nhraihra1]

Flo Racing is the Best!!!

[@dannycarlough]

The more Hudson speaks, the less i like him

[@joshpitts7256]

Wait till the rest comes to surface to see how Ya feel about the other.✌️

[@dannycarlough]

@@joshpitts7256 i never said i was a fan of either, just dont like the way hudson handles himself. Still waiting on the rest of the truth to the rocket 1 split 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@chrismozingo7674]

Go RTJ you the man

[@jopo9359]

Funny seeing everyone hate on O'Neal & not knowing the actual truth. Both RTJr & O'Neal are very good drivers & both will succeed.

[@rodstanley881]

I am happy both guys got rides looking forward to what’s next so far this season has been crazy and I am just a fan

[@eddiereichel9354]

I still think the only thing that makes sense to me is Todd and Vikki Burns found out RTJ likes the left handers.

[@jefflawsonqwest]

These comments are 🔥!

[@mikebenson2941]

Stop beating around the bush about the bullshit just come out and tell the real truth

[@wadebartholomew7436]

The tic Tok videos of SSI dump are great

[@shanebartrum]

Did Hudson say that SSI crew member DJ left as well?

[@ccrites123]

Yes said he left a few days ago

[@54raceman]

Considering he mentioned him in his post race interview like he was still there I’m assuming that was something he wasn’t supposed too say yet and he agreed to stay on for this stretch or something lol

[@Horseman7621]

Nick prepping tires for Hudson lol

[@scottsherrard]

What was the reason they split? You people have already crowned rtj king without even knowing what really happened. Did he deserve to be fired or not? Obviously doesn’t matter to most but I would think you would make it known if you were done wrong, or keep it quiet if you did something wrong.

[@codyb6849]

@@scottsherrard that’s what I been saying there was a reason to the firing of Ricky outta that ride

[@shanecarr5165]

Who is SSI Motorsports? What's there story? Thanks

[@avalanchefishing5725]

Us as spectators have nothing in it, it’s a business quit whining and just watch the races and hopefully both of them give us some good battles.

[@TroyHanson-ch6nm]

hudson lost a fan here i used to like him. Traitor he is.. He is not on rtjs level the owner will find this out. RTJ has mad skill i watched Ricky in modifieds that guy has it oneil can run good at times but he aint no RTJ

[@CM-ve1bz]

Ricky Thornton was racing cars when O’Neal was in grade school. I would say O’Neal is way ahead of the learning curve

[@unlawfulcartel3207]

RTJ didn’t want to share the illegal stuff he has been doing to get him in the front all year but it seems Hudson knows now and miraculously both Hudson and RTJ know the hush hush.

[@user-cz8rz6qh9n]

Wow....Huddy's 3rd team this year! .....plus all that Rumley did for him. Daddy to the rescue again. Another Silver spoon deal for Huddy O'Steal.

[@keithlane7101]

This crap has been in the works since ONeal left Rocket. He'll they already had the graphics made! Slip of the tongue thete also. Falling out???

[@ChristopherMcIntosh-ki9qs]

To everyone that's talking trash about hud would quit your job in a minute to make moor money

[@TroyHanson-ch6nm]

Depends on the situation.. But this deal is bad blood now imo.. Don't matter what actaully happen when you take a ride away from the best driver that may sting ya in the butt imo cant wait to see how the 1st few races go here hope Ricky spanks his azz

[@vtking310]

Glad he kept his number. Be careful. They sacked RTJ they will sack anyone.

[@camshaflober3691]

Funny how the car is already wrapped.

[@Rambone72]

You can tell Hudson is lying. His lips are moving.

[@michaelolenick4078]

In order to talk your lips need to move buddy.

[@michaelolenick4078]

You all need to listen to Kenny Wallace podcast with Mark Richard's owner of Rocket chassis podcast last one hour 35 mins Mark explains his cost of a year for racing his sponsorships how he picks a driver cost of a car, motors drivers and crew costs very informative everyone will see super late model racing is way to expensive I am surprised there are this many teams still running, when sponsorships dry up you will see these cars go away I helped a guy back in 2012 to 2017 era a warrior complete car without motor, Trans was $30,000 dollars or any shocks. You wander why there are now super late left in the this country hardly . You can not justify the cost for the winning. Good motors sre $60,000 and up alone.

[@ChrisS-oo6fl]

He didn’t say when he got the call or disclose what was initially discussed. You do t know any information concerning the dynamics or conversions between any of the parties involved. Just speculation from an extreme outsiders and novice perspective.

[@NathanWaddell5]

@@michaelolenick4078 that's the joke...

[@mikewoodworth8519]

The Backdoor Deal O'Neil 🖕👎

[@CM-ve1bz]

Will you feel the same about RTJ when Owens gets his walking papers

[@mikewoodworth8519]

@CM-ve1bz Did Koehler fire Jimmy Owens before bringing in RTJ or is he still there? Even if Owens gets let go at the end of the season, the situations aren't similar at all...

[@CM-ve1bz]

@@mikewoodworth8519 Owens has a ride, RTJ comes in and takes the money needed for that ride, so Owens is let go. What’s the difference other than your belief RTJ can do no wrong

[@mikewoodworth8519]

@CM-ve1bz You don't know me or my "beliefs" first off so get real, youtube stranger 🤣 And you watched them take all the money out of Owen's ride and put it in the other car in a span of 2 days? Interesting.

[@CM-ve1bz]

@@mikewoodworth8519 They aren’t going to run two cars with different chassis for very long. Ray Charles can see what’s coming? RTJ is in the process of taking somebody else’s ride. Will you feel the same about him as O’Neal.

[@DanielJohnston-sr9je]

Giv em hell Rtj and Huddy I'm disappointed, u knew shit was gonna happen don't bullshit us.

[@hoochgiese4735]

Huddy's a snake! And he's got karma to answer to!

[@Andrew_406]

That Hudson guy been a chump ever since he dumped carpenter at the dome a few yrs ago

[@walkerstruck3220]

I lived in there house for 2years am little b....

[@user-ny7cs2dx1g]

Hudson will quit on them again.

[@bennybonvechio494]

Yea I agree with y’all. Def not a fan of hud anymore. Makes me sick to watch him be so damn fake. This shit has got to stop with these drivers switching around constantly. Horrible for dirt

[@Random_Atom420]

O'Neil lying through his ass to fans He left Rocket for this opportunity... Rocket even said Huddy left out of no where leaving Mark Richards shocked it's been his plan all along he undermines Ricky to take over the best ride in racing I was once a Huddy fan but he can get bent for his back stabbing politics

[@John-pz6nm]

If you listen to Hudson He's not honest in his responses to the questions When the end of the season is done The whole world will see what he didn't do with the team and he'll be gone

[@michaelpauley125]

I was hoping Rtj would dirt sprint racing.

[@codyb6849]

@@michaelpauley125 he still may do that after this season an go sprint car racing for the future

[@bhuff4748]

5 or 6 years ago I talked to Don in the merch trailer at Brownstown when Hudson was getting up and going. I was very excited for them. I have to say the last 4 months have really turned me off from him and as a dirt track late model fan I just wish him bad luck! Maybe he knows best but we all remember not that long ago he was out a ride if little lady’s family didn’t bail him out! Bad luck to him!

[@CM-ve1bz]

Will you wish the same bad luck for RTJ when Owens gets his walking papers

[@tmac6593]

Look at all the rtj tears. Im goin to get boat so i can ride in them 😂

[@Huntinglife41]

A race team mad about family being there is sorry asf fuck SSI and Hudson’s O’Neal

[@codyb6849]

@@Huntinglife41 that’s the business side of racing now you know how it works