SPRING VALLEY, MN (July 8, 2022) – Jonathan Davenport made quick work of the Friday night preliminary feature at Deer Creek Speedway, leading all 25 laps to score his 60th career win in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
Davenport grabbed the lead at the start of the main event which saw back-to-back caution flags after one lap was completed. The rest of the race went caution-free and was virtually clear sailing for the 38-year-old Georgia native as he beat Brandon Overton to the finish line by 1.601 seconds.
Tim McCreadie finished in third followed by Mike Marlar and Kyle Strickler, who recorded his first top-five finish of the season with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
Davenport battled heavy traffic in the latter part of the race allowing Overton to close the gap, but he could only get to within two car lengths of Davenport when the checkers fell. For Davenport, a three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, it was his second series win of 2022.
“It was really a key to get out front early. I think our car was pretty good,” said Davenport, who turned down a chance at a $10,000 bonus if he would have elected to start 11th in the field and won the race. “The track was a little bit different tonight than last night. It was still really good. Brandon [Overton] gave me all I wanted there I could tell he was closing I could hear him there a couple of times. I just had to change my rhythm up, change my line down to the bottom. I got through lapped traffic pretty good there and there weren’t too many who held me up. That’s been my Achilles’ heel here lately has been leading in lapped traffic.”
Overton, who will be shooting for his first $50,000 victory of the season in Saturday night’s NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50, recorded his ninth podium finish with the series this year. “I actually over slid a couple of guys one time and I about got in the fence there. It was a fun race, and we are definitely getting the car better so it’s something to be happy about. You always want to win them, it’s always so tough there is a bunch of good competition here. These guys are the best so to be mixing it up with them you have to feel good.”
McCreadie, who won the Firecracker 100 two weeks ago at Lernerville Speedway, has his sights set on another big payday on Saturday, rounded out the podium. “You just have to go to your notebook and listen to the team and be better. We need a little more. I thought when I got to second, I would be ok, but on the restart, I was hung up there on the outside, so I took the bottom and got beat either way. So, we will get back to what we had done here years ago and look around and hopefully come up with something special tomorrow.”
The winner’s Double L Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Nutrien Ag Solutions, Spartan Mowers, ASC Warranty, Bilstein Shocks VP Fuels, Mark Martin Automotive, and Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas.
Completing the top ten were Tyler Bruening, Chris Madden, Earl Pearson Jr., Jimmy Owens, and Johnny Scott.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 – Prelim Night 2
Friday, July 8th, 2022
Deer Creek Speedway – Spring Valley, MN
DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS
A-Main: Gopher 50 Night 2 (25 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[5]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[4]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 5. 8-Kyle Strickler[7]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[9]; 7. 44M-Chris Madden[16]; 8. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[10]; 9. 20-Jimmy Owens[11]; 10. 1ST-Johnny Scott[8]; 11. 11-Spencer Hughes[12]; 12. 7W-Ricky Weiss[15]; 13. 25C-Shane Clanton[13]; 14. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[17]; 15. 2S-Stormy Scott[24]; 16. B1-Brent Larson[23]; 17. 1T-Tyler Erb[20]; 18. 71-Hudson O’Neal[19]; 19. 58-Garrett Alberson[18]; 20. 97-Cade Dillard[22]; 21. 19R-Ryan Gustin[21]; 22. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 23. (DNF) 1-Brandon Sheppard[6]; 24. (DNF) 32S-Chris Simpson[14]
B-Main 1 FAST Shafts (10 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[6]; 4. B1-Brent Larson[4]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 6. 77-Jared Hawkins[8]; 7. 0-Scott Bloomquist[5]; 8. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[11]; 9. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 10. 78S-Steve Stultz[10]; 11. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[9]; 12. (DNF) 29-Larry Grube[12]
B-Main 2 UNOH (10 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 4. 2S-Stormy Scott[9]; 5. 49T-Jake Timm[6]; 6. 18J-Chase Junghans[8]; 7. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 8. 7X-Jesse Glenz[7]; 9. 55C-Chad Mahder[3]; 10. 10-Paul Parker[10]; 11. 90-Lance Matthees[12]; 12. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[11]
Heat 1 Penske Shocks (8 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 16-Tyler Bruening[3]; 4. 25C-Shane Clanton[4]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 6. 71-Hudson O’Neal[5]; 7. 0-Scott Bloomquist[8]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 9. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[10]; 10. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[9]
Heat 2 Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 8-Kyle Strickler[2]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 4. 7W-Ricky Weiss[4]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]; 6. B1-Brent Larson[5]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[7]; 8. 77-Jared Hawkins[8]; 9. 78S-Steve Stultz[10]; 10. 29-Larry Grube[9]
Heat 3 Simpson Race Products (8 Laps): 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[1]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 4. 32S-Chris Simpson[4]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson[6]; 6. 55C-Chad Mahder[8]; 7. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 8. 7X-Jesse Glenz[10]; 9. 2S-Stormy Scott[7]; 10. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[9]
Heat 4 Ohlins Shocks (8 Laps): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[2]; 2. 1ST-Johnny Scott[4]; 3. 11-Spencer Hughes[1]; 4. 44M-Chris Madden[3]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[7]; 7. 49T-Jake Timm[8]; 8. 18J-Chase Junghans[6]; 9. 10-Paul Parker[9]; 10. 90-Lance Matthees[10]
Time Trials – GROUP A: 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:14.029[10]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:14.044[5]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:14.074[15]; 4. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:14.153[13]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:14.232[3]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:14.234[8]; 7. 25C-Shane Clanton, 00:14.242[7]; 8. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 00:14.258[9]; 9. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.296[17]; 10. B1-Brent Larson, 00:14.309[6]; 11. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.326[19]; 12. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.331[18]; 13. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:14.481[14]; 14. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.507[11]; 15. 0-Scott Bloomquist, 00:14.514[4]; 16. 77-Jared Hawkins, 00:14.611[1]; 17. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.832[16]; 18. 29-Larry Grube, 00:14.845[2]; 19. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:14.882[20]; 20. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.231[12]
Time Trials – GROUP B: 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.286[1]; 2. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:14.307[7]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 00:14.314[3]; 4. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:14.333[6]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:14.386[9]; 6. 44M-Chris Madden, 00:14.417[19]; 7. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:14.504[10]; 8. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 00:14.523[14]; 9. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:14.535[17]; 10. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.543[20]; 11. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:14.559[2]; 12. 18J-Chase Junghans, 00:14.594[5]; 13. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:14.607[8]; 14. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.665[4]; 15. 55C-Chad Mahder, 00:14.702[11]; 16. 49T-Jake Timm, 00:14.805[18]; 17. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh, 00:14.982[12]; 18. 10-Paul Parker, 00:14.998[13]; 19. 7X-Jesse Glenz, 00:15.005[15]; 20. 90-Lance Matthees, 00:15.328[16]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:14.893[8]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:14.914[10]; 3. 25C-Shane Clanton, 00:15.015[7]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.017[3]; 5. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 00:15.192[9]; 6. B1-Brent Larson, 00:15.271[6]; 7. 0-Scott Bloomquist, 00:15.293[4]; 8. 29-Larry Grube, 00:15.677[2]; 9. 77-Jared Hawkins, 00:15.896[1]; 10. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:16.005[5]
Hot Laps 2: 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:14.473[5]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.508[7]; 3. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:14.587[3]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.816[8]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.841[9]; 6. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:14.921[10]; 7. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:14.921[4]; 8. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.937[1]; 9. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.013[6]; 10. (DNS) 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.013
Hot Laps 3: 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:14.361[9]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:14.393[6]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.451[1]; 4. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:14.483[7]; 5. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 00:14.523[3]; 6. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:14.573[10]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.635[4]; 8. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:14.663[8]; 9. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:14.717[2]; 10. 18J-Chase Junghans, 00:14.726[5]
Hot Laps 4: 1. 44M-Chris Madden, 00:14.252[9]; 2. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 00:14.350[4]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:14.397[7]; 4. 55C-Chad Mahder, 00:14.729[1]; 5. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh, 00:14.754[2]; 6. 49T-Jake Timm, 00:14.782[8]; 7. 10-Paul Parker, 00:14.828[3]; 8. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.849[10]; 9. 90-Lance Matthees, 00:15.126[6]; 10. (DNS) 7X-Jesse Glenz, 00:15.126
USRA MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 69-Lucas Schott[1]; 2. 50III-Brandon Davis[2]; 3. 24C-Jim Chisholm[5]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 5. 4-Jeremy Nelson[7]; 6. 99-Josh Angst[6]; 7. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[16]; 8. 44S-Shane DeVolder[11]; 9. 21-Jacob Bleess[12]; 10. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[9]; 11. 20-Rodney Sanders[17]; 12. 95-Keith Foss[13]; 13. 49-Jake Timm[15]; 14. 19SB-Lance Mari[18]; 15. 94JR-John Doelle[8]; 16. 55H-AJ Hoff[22]; 17. 90T-Tyler Erb[20]; 18. 4A-Joel Alberts[14]; 19. 15W-Alex Williamson[23]; 20. 12H-Mike Hansen[10]; 21. 20JR-Todd Shute[24]; 22. 28-Parker Hale[21]; 23. (DNF) 51W-JT Wasmund[3]; 24. (DNF) 29D-Brad Dierks[19]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders[2]; 2. 29D-Brad Dierks[4]; 3. 28-Parker Hale[3]; 4. 15W-Alex Williamson[12]; 5. 24X-Aaron Benson[6]; 6. 29H-Joe Horgdal[8]; 7. 83X-Kadden Kath[5]; 8. 77-Jacob Stark[9]; 9. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[10]; 10. (DNF) 96-Taton Hansen[1]; 11. (DNF) 33-Joe Ludemann[7]; 12. (DNS) 56-Colton Horner
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 19SB-Lance Mari[4]; 2. 90T-Tyler Erb[1]; 3. 55H-AJ Hoff[2]; 4. 20JR-Todd Shute[3]; 5. 71-Jason Cummins[11]; 6. 18-Michael Hofer[8]; 7. 23-Darwin Karau[6]; 8. Z29-AJ Zvorak[10]; 9. 36K-Jayden Larson[5]; 10. 72-Doug Hillson[7]; 11. 1A-Dwaine Hanson[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Lucas Schott[3]; 2. 99-Josh Angst[2]; 3. 94JR-John Doelle[5]; 4. 96-Taton Hansen[1]; 5. 90T-Tyler Erb[7]; 6. 19SB-Lance Mari[4]; 7. 83X-Kadden Kath[9]; 8. 18-Michael Hofer[8]; 9. (DNF) Z29-AJ Zvorak[10]; 10. (DNF) 15W-Alex Williamson[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Dustin Sorensen[1]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson[2]; 3. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[5]; 4. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[6]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders[7]; 6. 29D-Brad Dierks[3]; 7. 36K-Jayden Larson[8]; 8. 33-Joe Ludemann[10]; 9. (DNF) 56-Colton Horner[9]; 10. (DNF) 71-Jason Cummins[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[3]; 2. 44S-Shane DeVolder[1]; 3. 12H-Mike Hansen[4]; 4. 21-Jacob Bleess[7]; 5. 49-Jake Timm[10]; 6. 20JR-Todd Shute[8]; 7. 23-Darwin Karau[6]; 8. 29H-Joe Horgdal[5]; 9. 77-Jacob Stark[2]; 10. 61T-Tammy Soma Clark[9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 51W-JT Wasmund[1]; 2. 50III-Brandon Davis[5]; 3. 4A-Joel Alberts[3]; 4. 95-Keith Foss[7]; 5. 55H-AJ Hoff[6]; 6. 28-Parker Hale[9]; 7. 24X-Aaron Benson[8]; 8. 72-Doug Hillson[2]; 9. 1A-Dwaine Hanson[4]