Kyle Larson and the best dirt late model drivers in the country battle on the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track
Last week, they raced back-to-back nights for $50,000 to win in Bristol, Tennessee. Now, they’re back to do it all over again at the half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track.
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This week, NASCAR driver Kyle Larson is in the show. He’s getting some extra track time on the reconfigured Bristol Dirt Track ahead of NASCAR’s dirt race in a few weeks.
The World of Outlaws Late Model show rained out in Illinois. Brandon Sheppard and the Rocket house car drove through the night to make it to Tennessee and he’s now in the field.
Mike Marlar and Chris Madden line up on the front row. 50 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Super Late Model
Main Event – Report
Green flag, Madden noses ahead via the outside lane into turn one! Madden leads the field off turn two.
Lap 2, Ross Bailes runs wide and nearly pushes Ricky Thornton Jr into the wall off turn two. They all continue, no caution.
Lap 6, Ross Bailes pulls to the pit area, no caution.
Lap 7, Chris Madden leads by a mile but he’s caught the tail of the field. The entire field runs along the inside lane.
Lap 10, the caution is out for debris.
Green, Madden leads Marlar. Kyle Larson is exploring the middle lane, he’s dusting it off on his own and trying to get by Chris Ferguson for 6th.
Lap 12
Lap 12, Mike Marlar slams the outside wall from 2nd. The caution is out as he picks up heavy damage.
Green, Madden leads as Weiss takes over 2nd. Jimmy Owens runs wide in the fluff and drops outside the top 10. Larson takes them 3 wide and takes a spot from Bloomquist. They make light contact and Larson has some left front damage.
Lap 18, Larson remains on the top, he falling fast as it’s not working.
Lap 24, Madden has caught the tail of the field. Weiss is closing fast as the lead has been trimming from 3 seconds to just 1 second.
Lap 27, Weiss has closed to the bumper of Madden. The field remains single file around the inside lane.
20 to go, as the lap cars start dicing, Madden works by both of them. He puts two lap cars between him and Weiss.
17 to go, Madden has opened the lead back to 2.5 seconds.
15 to go, Larson remains on the outside lane. Now, it’s coming to him. Larson is back to 6th.
8 to go, Chris Ferguson moves to the outside lane. He drives to 3rd and now 2nd! The outside lane might be the faster line at this point as the track changes rapidly.
At the front, Chris Madden wins at Bristol Motor Speedway!
Bristol Dirt Nationals Results
April 1, 2022
Multiple classes are in action tonight. The results below are broken down by class:
Super Late Model
Race Results
The following are the results for the super late model division:
Super Late Models
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps) : 1. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.179[1]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.197[10]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.201[13]; 4. 22-Chris Ferguson, 00:15.295[15]; 5. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.326[2]; 6. 79-Ross Bailes, 00:15.396[11]; 7. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:15.416[6]; 8. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.457[3]; 9. 15-Christian Hanger, 00:15.493[8]; 10. 58-Mark Whitener, 00:15.540[14];
11. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.653[9]; 12. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:15.701[7]; 13. 10J-Joseph Joiner, 00:15.810[12]; 14. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles, 00:16.303[4]; 15. 17M-Dale McDowell[5]
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps) : 1. 44-Chris Madden, 00:14.950[15]; 2. 7-Ricky Weiss, 00:15.027[14]; 3. 0-Scott Bloomquist, 00:15.229[11]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.244[7]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.340[1]; 6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.347[5]; 7. 9-Devin Moran, 00:15.379[12]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.387[2]; 9. 29-Darrell Lanigan, 00:15.441[3]; 10. 89-Ashton Winger, 00:15.607[13];
11. 17-Tim Vance, 00:15.724[9]; 12. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:16.390[10]; 13. 626-Brian Mullins, 00:16.801[6]; 14. 37-Cody Lowe, 00:17.755[8]; 15. 83-Jensen Ford[4]
Super Late Models
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 3. 6-Kyle Larson[4]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[8]; 5. 15-Christian Hanger[5]; 6. (DNF) 8-Kyle Strickler[3]; 7. (DNF) 10-Garrett Smith[6]; 8. (DNF) 10J-Joseph Joiner[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 22-Chris Ferguson[2]; 3. 79-Ross Bailes[3]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[4]; 5. 58-Mark Whitener[5]; 6. 25-Shane Clanton[6]; 7. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 44-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 0-Scott Bloomquist[2]; 3. 9-Devin Moran[4]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 5. 29-Darrell Lanigan[5]; 6. 17-Tim Vance[6]; 7. (DNF) 626-Brian Mullins[7]; 8. (DNS) 83-Jensen Ford
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 7-Ricky Weiss[1]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 5. 89-Ashton Winger[5]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 7. 37-Cody Lowe[7]
Super Late Models
LCQ
LCQ 1 (10 Laps – Top 6 Advance) : 1. 29-Darrell Lanigan[2]; 2. 8-Kyle Strickler[5]; 3. 58-Mark Whitener[3]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[7]; 5. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[11]; 6. 10J-Joseph Joiner[13]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 8. 17-Tim Vance[6]; 9. 37-Cody Lowe[12]; 10. 626-Brian Mullins[10]; 11. (DNF) 89-Ashton Winger[4]; 12. (DNF) 83-Jensen Ford[14]; 13. (DNF) 15-Christian Hanger[1]; 14. (DNF) 10-Garrett Smith[9]
Super Late Model
Feature
Feature (50 Laps – $50,000 to win) :
1. 44-Chris Madden[2]
2. 22-Chris Ferguson[7]
3. 9-Devin Moran[10]
4. 6-Kyle Larson[9]
5. 7-Ricky Weiss[4]
6. 0-Scott Bloomquist[6]
7. 17M-Dale McDowell[13]
8. 49-Jonathan Davenport[5]
9. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]
10. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[15]
11. 8-Kyle Strickler[18]
12. 20-Jimmy Owens[8]
13. 40B-Kyle Bronson[16]
14. 76-Brandon Overton[14]
15. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[12]
16. 29-Darrell Lanigan[17]
17. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[21]
18. 10J-Joseph Joiner[22]
19. 89-Ashton Winger[23]
20. (DNF) 10-Garrett Smith[24]
21. (DNF) 157-Mike Marlar[1]
22. (DNF) 58-Mark Whitener[19]
23. (DNF) 25-Shane Clanton[20]
24. (DNF) 79-Ross Bailes[11]
Street Stock
Race Results
The following are the results for the street stock division:
Street Stock
Feature
Feature (30 Laps) :
1. 1-TJ Herndon[1]
2. 14A-Austin Atkins[5]
3. 75-Andy Stewart[17]
4. N1-Dale Nelson[2]
5. 18G-Mario Gresham[12]
6. 14-Megan Erwin[3]
7. 119-Joe Belkey[6]
8. 15W-Trevor Woodard[13]
9. 04-Charles Christian[11]
10. 11B-Branden Yawn[8]
11. K67-Ian Keller[4]
12. 17W-Jimmy Wagner[16]
13. C42-Robbie Comer[9]
14. 63-Chris Lawrence[21]
15. 8-Bobby Gregory[14]
16. 44-Tyler Blankenship[22]
17. (DNF) 61-Austin Rodonis[20]
18. (DNF) 17-Ricky Strange[19]
19. (DNF) 54X-Chad Thrash[18]
20. (DNF) 117-Jon Eaton[15]
21. (DNF) 17S-Stephen Shelpman[23]
22. (DNF) 5X-Jeff Meltz[24]
23. (DNF) 18R-Luke Rutter[7]
24. (DNF) F1-Bo Minor[10]
Factory Stock
Race Results
The following are the results for the factory stock division:
Factory Stock
Feature
Feature (20 Laps) :
1. 81-Ricky Ingalls[2]
2. A1-Phil Dixon[1]
3. 2X-Brandon Williams[4]
4. 279-Nick Cain[7]
5. 83-John Olmscheid[5]
6. (DNF) 58-John Aramendia[3]
7. (DNF) 27-Dalton Faulkner[8]
8. (DNS) 10X-Jason Ingalls
