NASCAR drivers Kyle Larson, William Byron take on the national dirt racing field
This weekend, NASCAR rolls into Bristol, Tennessee. Just a hour up the round, sits a bullring 4/10-mile dirt track. Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN is set to host the Late Model Challenge.
View Volunteer Speedway results below.
NASCAR Cup Series drivers Kyle Larson and William Byron are in the show and the fans have joined them as they’re packed the house. Byron is making his dirt late model debut as he looks for added dirt experience ahead of this weekend. This race is put on by Larson himself.
It’s the biggest crowd in over 20 years at Volunteer Speedway.
Mike Marlar is set to race the NASCAR Truck Series on Saturday night. Tonight, Marlar and Kyle Larson set the front row for the main event. 50 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Late Model Challenge
Feature Report
Green flag, they run near even into turn one. Marlar almost clears him but Larson hangs onto his right rear off turn two. Marlar drives it deeper into turn three, Marlar leads.
Lap 5, Davenport is running inches from the outside wall in turn one. He’s closing on Larson for 2nd.
Lap 10, Marlar has caught the tail of the field. He slices through lap traffic.
Lap 15, Davenport, Jimmy Owens and Scott Bloomquist run three wide for 3rd. Bloomquist is glued is the inside lane.
Lap 17, Ricky Weiss and Sam Seawright tangle and the caution is out.
Green, Marlar leads into turn one. Davenport slides Larson for 2nd behind Marlar.
Lap 25
Lap 25, Brandon Williams spins and the caution is out.
Green, Larson slides Davenport for 2nd in turn one. The flagman has dropped the yellow flag onto the track. With no yellow, he throws the red flag to retrieve the flag.
Green, Marlar leads into turn one. Larson slides Davenport for 2nd into turn one. Davenport hangs onto his right rear but Larson shuts the door. Davenport throws sparks are he brushes the wall. Jimmy Owens moved to 3rd as Davenport loses momentum.
Lap 37, Marlar has caught the tail of the field. He leads Larson by 1 second.
8 to go, Larson struggles with lap traffic. Owens is all over his bumper as Marlar opens the gap on both of them.
3 to go, Larson runs side by side with lap traffic. Owens has a run and slides him for 2nd.
At the front, Mike Marlar cruises to the win at Volunteer Speedway!
Late Model Challenge Results
Volunteer Speedway
April 14, 2022
View full results from the Bulls Gap, TN dirt track below.
Qualifying
Qualifying (Group A) : 1. 118-Matt Henderson, 00:13.103[8]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:13.169[20]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:13.276[14]; 4. 7-Ricky Weiss, 00:13.308[9]; 5. 17M-Dale McDowell, 00:13.311[13]; 6. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:13.314[19]; 7. 79-Ross Bailes, 00:13.318[21]; 8. B00-Josh Henry, 00:13.344[10]; 9. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:13.382[5]; 10. 99-Cameron Marlar, 00:13.416[6];
11. 24D-Michael Brown, 00:13.481[1]; 12. 109-Eli Beets, 00:13.512[11]; 13. 6C-Clay Coghlan, 00:13.573[7]; 14. 90-John Llewellyn, 00:13.740[17]; 15. 97-Aaron Guinn, 00:13.785[4]; 16. 11R-Josh Rice, 00:13.794[16]; 17. 6S-Josh Sneed, 00:13.844[12]; 18. 24-William Byron, 00:13.881[15]; 19. 3S-Steve Smith, 00:14.422[18]; 20. J8-Jadon Frame, 00:15.446[2]; 21. (DNS) 23-Cory Hedgecock
Qualifying (Group B) : 1. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:13.079[6]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:13.082[1]; 3. 0-Scott Bloomquist, 00:13.136[18]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:13.229[9]; 5. 95-Brandon Williams, 00:13.243[13]; 6. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles, 00:13.293[5]; 7. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:13.315[2]; 8. 16-Sam Seawright, 00:13.324[7]; 9. 89-Ashton Winger, 00:13.347[20]; 10. 44-Chris Madden, 00:13.363[11];
11. 71M-Pierce McCarter, 00:13.371[14]; 12. 83-Jensen Ford, 00:13.397[12]; 13. 15-Christian Hanger, 00:13.454[4]; 14. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:13.589[8]; 15. F1-Payton Freeman, 00:13.625[21]; 16. 42K-Cla Knight, 00:13.821[3]; 17. 3-Austin Neely, 00:13.826[17]; 18. 51-Jed Emert, 00:13.861[10]; 19. 32-Travis Strickley, 00:14.227[15]; 20. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:14.400[16]; 21. 3D-Dakota Smith, 00:15.257[19]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 2. 79-Ross Bailes[4]; 3. 17M-Dale McDowell[3]; 4. 93-Carson Ferguson[5]; 5. 23-Cory Hedgecock[11]; 6. 118-Matt Henderson[1]; 7. 24D-Michael Brown[6]; 8. 97-Aaron Guinn[8]; 9. 6S-Josh Sneed[9]; 10. 6C-Clay Coghlan[7]; 11. 3S-Steve Smith[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 7-Ricky Weiss[2]; 3. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 4. B00-Josh Henry[4]; 5. 11R-Josh Rice[8]; 6. 99-Cameron Marlar[5]; 7. 109-Eli Beets[6]; 8. 90-John Llewellyn[7]; 9. J8-Jadon Frame[10]; 10. 24-William Byron[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 6-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 0-Scott Bloomquist[2]; 3. 95-Brandon Williams[3]; 4. 89-Ashton Winger[5]; 5. 10-Garrett Smith[4]; 6. 71M-Pierce McCarter[6]; 7. 15-Christian Hanger[7]; 8. 32-Travis Strickley[10]; 9. 3-Austin Neely[9]; 10. 3D-Dakota Smith[11]; 11. (DNS) F1-Payton Freeman
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 16-Sam Seawright[4]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 4. 44-Chris Madden[5]; 5. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[3]; 6. 83-Jensen Ford[6]; 7. 8-Kyle Strickler[7]; 8. 51-Jed Emert[9]; 9. 42K-Cla Knight[8]; 10. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]
LCQ’s
B Main 1 (10 Laps – Top 4 Advance ) : 1. 23-Cory Hedgecock[1]; 2. 99-Cameron Marlar[4]; 3. 24D-Michael Brown[5]; 4. 11R-Josh Rice[2]; 5. 118-Matt Henderson[3]; 6. 97-Aaron Guinn[7]; 7. 109-Eli Beets[6]; 8. 90-John Llewellyn[8]; 9. 6S-Josh Sneed[9]; 10. 24-William Byron[12]; 11. 3D-Dakota Smith[13]; 12. (DNS) 6C-Clay Coghlan; 13. (DNS) J8-Jadon Frame
B Main 2 (10 Laps – Top 4 Advance ) : 1. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 2. 71M-Pierce McCarter[3]; 3. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[2]; 4. 83-Jensen Ford[4]; 5. 51-Jed Emert[8]; 6. 15-Christian Hanger[5]; 7. 42K-Cla Knight[10]; 8. 3-Austin Neely[9]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[12]; 10. 32-Travis Strickley[7]; 11. 8-Kyle Strickler[6]; 12. (DNS) F1-Payton Freeman; 13. (DNS) 3S-Steve Smith
Volunteer Speedway
Feature Results
April 14, 2022
50 Laps – $20,000 to win
Pos | Driver
1. Mike Marlar
2. Jimmy Owens
3. Scott Bloomquist
4. Kyle Larson
5. Jonathan Davenport
6. Dale McDowell
7. Ross Bailes
8. Hudson O’Neal
9. Brandon Overton
10. Ashton Winger
11. Chris Madden
12. Cory Hedgecock
13. Carson Ferguson
14. Sam Seawright
15. Dakotah Knuckles
16. Pierce McCarter
17. Garrett Smith
18. Josh Henry
19. Michael Brown
20. Brandon Williams
21. Josh Rice
22. Ricky Weiss
23. Jensen Ford
24. William Byron
25. Cameron Marlar
26. Josh Rice