Eldora Speedway results from the $1 million to win race on the dirt track
20 years ago, Eldora Speedway paid an unheard of $1 million to win a single dirt late model feature. Tonight, they’re set to do it all over again with the Eldora Million on the half-mile dirt track in Rossburg, Ohio.
View Dirt Million results below.
Dirt Million Menu
Schedule | June 9 (Prelims) | June 9 (Million) | June 10-11 (Prelims) | June 11 (Dream)
Hudson O’Neal and Jonathan Davenport set the front row. 101 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Eldora Million
Feature – Report
Green flag, O’Neal and Davenport run near even into turn one. Davenport has the momentum on the outside and he leads off turn two. Bobby Pierce takes 2nd away.
Lap 2, Shane Clanton pulls to the infield, no caution.
Lap 10, Davenport leads Pierce by 4 seconds. The track is mostly slick from the top to the bottom with a very narrow cushion right against the outside wall.
Lap 14, Devin Moran has a run on Hudson O’Neal off turn two. He dives to the inside in turn three and takes 3rd away.
Lap 21, Pierce bobbles off turn two. Moran drives right by on the inside to take 2nd away.
Lap 30, Chris Madden works inside of Pierce to take 5th away. Madden is flying through the field after starting 19th.
Lap 36, Madden takes 4th away from Ferguson.
Lap 40, Davenport leads Moran by 3 seconds. Brandon Sheppard is the first car a lap down and he’s trying to pass the race leader. Only 13 cars are on the lead lap.
Lap 44
Lap 44, Tim McCreadie look inside of Moran for 2nd. He takes that spot away.
Lap 54, Davenport slides the lap car of Marlar. He nearly tags the wall off turn two!
Lap 60, Davenport leads McCreadie by 3 seconds. Just 7 cars are on the lead lap, Sheppard remain on the bumper of Davenport but he’s still the first car a lap down.
Moran hooks a rut in turn one. As he gets tight, Madden has a run. Madden takes 3rd away into turn three! Madden climbs from 19th to 3rd.
Lap 65, Brandon Sheppard works to the outside of Davenport. He’s back on the lead lap!
Lap 70, McCreadie is closing on Davenport! He leads by just 1 second. Davenport runs the middle as McCreadie is glued to the inside lane.
Lap 75, McCreadie looks inside of Davenport. They run side by side for the lead!
20 to go
20 to go, Davenport has moved to the bottom to take the lane away from McCreadie. McCreadie moves to the top.
18 to go, Jimmy Owens slows and the first caution is out. Just 5 cars are on the lead lap.
Green, Davenport gets the jump. McCreadie drives it deep on the top into turn one and pulls even. They run side by side off turn two, McCreadie clears him into turn three.
McCreadie knocks a rut in turn one! Davenport back to the lead as he drives by on the inside.
16 to go, McCreadie to the lead.
15 to go, Davenport to the lead but the caution is out as Gregg Satterlee slows. McCreadie will get the lead back for the restart.
Green, McCreadie leads Davenport into turn one. Davenport has a run off turn two. He runs the wall in turn three and works to his right rear, Davenport returns to the lead off turn four!
10 to go
10 to go, Davenport is checking out on the field as he run the top. McCreadie has moved back to the bottom.
9 to go, Ricky Weiss spins and the caution is out.
Green, Davenport leads on the top into turn one. He remains on the cushion and opens a gap.
4 to go, Davenport throws sparks off the outside wall.
2 to go, McCreadie slows with a flat tire! The caution is out! McCreadie restarts 5th with a fresh right rear.
Green, Madden slides Davenport into turn one but he can’t clear him. Madden slides him into turn three. Davenport crosses under him to retake the lead.
Jonathan Davenport wins at Eldora Speedway!
Eldora Million Results
Dirt Late Models
June 9, 2022
The following includes all action from the Thursday night portion of the show:
Practice
Hot Laps (Combined) : 1. Brandon Overton (15.608); 2. Ricky Weiss (15.824); 3. Spencer Hughes (15.825); 4. Max Blair (15.856); 5. Ricky Thornton Jr (15.866); 6. Jonathan Davenport; 7. Mark Whitener; 8. Brenden Smith; 9. Jason Feger; 10. Mason Zeigler;
11. Hudson O’Neal; 12. Johnny Scott; 13. Darrell Lanigan; 14. Frank Heckenast Jr; 15. Kyle Bronson; 16. Tim McCreadie; 17. Bobby Pierce; 18. Scott Bloomquist; 19. GR Smith; 20. Nick Hoffman;
21. Dustin Nobbe; 22. Earl Pearson Jr; 23. Tyler Courtney; 24. Garrett Alberson; 25. Chase Briscoe; 26. Dale McDowell; 27. Steven Roberts; 28. Daulton Wilson; 29. Billy Moyer; 30. Chad Thrash;
31. Chris Simpson; 32. Gordy Gundaker; 33. Ross Bailes; 34. Chad Simpson; 35. Shane Clanton; 36. Dakatah Knuckles; 37. Cla Knight; 38. Kenny Collins; 39. Colton Flinner; 40. Tyler Erb;
41. Jake Timm; 42. Mack McCarter; 43. Victor Lee; 44. Boom Briggs; 45. Austin Neely; 46. Ross Robisnon; 47. Brandon Sheppard; 48. Austin Kirkpatrick; 49. Zack Dohm; 50. Data Unavailable;
51. Tyler Bruening; 52. Kye Blight; 53. Jason Miller; 54. Steve Casebolt; 55. Robby Hensley; 56. Wil Herrington; 57. Jason Jameson; 58. Donny Schatz; 59. Dustin Linville; 60. Dylan Thompson;
61. Jason Riggs; 62. Bump Hedman; 63. Ryan Missley; 64. Tim Lance; 65. Dennis Erb Jr; 66. Logan Roberson; 67. Dwight Falcon; 68. Mike Benedum; 69. John Henderson; 70. Cody Overton;
71. Joseph Joiner; 72. Devin Moran; 73. Trevor Landrum; 74. Zane DeVilbiss; 75. Todd Brennan; 76. Ashton Winger; 77. Tyler Milwood; 78. Gregg Haskell; 79. Josh Rice; 80. Jeep Van Wormer;
81. Cameron Weaver; 82. Ryan Gustin; 83. Scott James; 84. Jerry Bowersock; 85. Freddie Carpenter; 86. Shannon Babb; 87. Trent Ivey; 88. Andrew Reaume; 89. Daniel Hilsabeck; 90. Jimmy Mars;
91. Coleby Frye; 92. Chub Frank; 93. Kent Robinson; 94. Chase Junghans; 95. Michael Page; 96. Carson Ferguson; 97. Jay Johnson; 98. Jimmy Sharpe Jr; 99. Mario Gresham; 100. David Webster;
101. Jay Eddy; 102. Dona Marcoullier; 103. Ryan Scott; 104. Kyle Strickler; 105. Brian Shirley; 106. Stormy Scott; 107. Chris Ferguson; 108. Doug Drown; 109. Mike Marlar; 110. Jensen Ford;
111. Jimmy Owens; 112. Tyler Stevens; 113. Bryant Dickinson; 114. Rod Conley; 115. Mike Provenzano; 116. Chase Frohnapfel; 117. Parter Martin;
Heat Races
Heat 1 (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer ) : 1. 22-Chris Ferguson[2]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 3. 18-Shannon Babb[3]; 4. 20O-Jimmy Owens[6]; 5. 8-Kyle Strickler[4]; 6. 93F-Carson Ferguson[5]; 7. 18J-Chase Junghans[8]; 8. 3S-Brian Shirley[7]; 9. 31K-Kye Blight[11]; 10. 10-Joseph Joiner[10]; 11. 2S-Stormy Scott[12]; 12. 12-Doug Drown[9]; 13. 6M-Dona Marcoullier[14]; 14. 28M-Jimmy Mars[20]; 15. 18X-Michael Page[13]; 16. 71R-Rod Conley[17]; 17. 83-Jensen Ford[16]; 18. M27-Mike Provenzano[18]; 19. 2T-Tyler Stevens[15]; 20. 0Z-Zane DeVilbiss[21]; 21. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[19]
Heat 2 (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer ) : 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 3. 11H-Spencer Hughes[5]; 4. 2-Nick Hoffman[7]; 5. 9Z-Mason Zeigler[3]; 6. 23-John Blankenship[12]; 7. 19-Wil Herrington[8]; 8. 48L-Tim Lance[15]; 9. 48-Colton Flinner[9]; 10. 91-Tyler Erb[6]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz[13]; 12. 21H-Robby Hensley[18]; 13. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[10]; 14. 88-Andrew Reaume[11]; 15. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[14]; 16. 18L-Trevor Landrum[17]; 17. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[19]; 18. 44-Chris Madden[1]; 19. 44W-David Webster[20]; 20. 22S-GR Smith[16]; 21. 1M-Eric Midkiff[21]
Heat 3 (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer ) : 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[2]; 3. 1ST-Johnny Scott[3]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger[4]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening[5]; 6. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[10]; 7. 76-Brandon Overton[8]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[7]; 9. 79-Ross Bailes[9]; 10. 19G-Ryan Gustin[6]; 11. 31-Tyler Millwood[12]; 12. 83J-Scott James[21]; 13. 11-Gordy Gundaker[13]; 14. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[20]; 15. 94-Jason Miller[14]; 16. 17SS-Brenden Smith[11]; 17. 111-Steven Roberts[19]; 18. 42-Cla Knight[16]; 19. 19R-Logan Roberson[17]; 20. 1-Chad Thrash[15]; 21. 21G-Mario Gresham[18]
Heat 4 (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer ) : 1. 9-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[4]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[2]; 5. 7RR-Ross Robinson[8]; 6. 25S-Chad Simpson[11]; 7. 89-Ashton Winger[6]; 8. 111V-Max Blair[14]; 9. 49-Jake Timm[10]; 10. K-Freddie Carpenter[9]; 11. 20B-Todd Brennan[18]; 12. 81R-Jason Riggs[20]; 13. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[7]; 14. 14-Chase Briscoe[13]; 15. 12J-Jason Jameson[12]; 16. B22-Bump Hedman[16]; 17. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 18. 50-Ryan Missler[15]; 19. 995-Manny Falcon[19]; 20. 21RH-Gregg Haskell[17]; 21. 88S-Dustin Smith[21]
Heat 5 (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer ) : 1. 49D-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 29-Darrell Lanigan[2]; 3. 88T-Trent Ivey[4]; 4. 1B-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 5. 5-Mark Whitener[6]; 6. C9-Steve Casebolt[10]; 7. 32S-Chris Simpson[20]; 8. 6-Victor Lee[12]; 9. 99B-Boom Briggs[7]; 10. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[11]; 11. 2X-John Henderson[9]; 12. 0S-Ryan Scott[19]; 13. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr[13]; 14. 3-Austin Neely[8]; 15. 6JR-Parker Martin[15]; 16. 0-Scott Bloomquist[14]; 17. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 18. 25B-Mike Benedum[17]; 19. 99-Dylan Thompson[16]; 20. 145-Chase Frohnapfel[18]
Heat 6 (15 Laps – Top 3 Transfer ) : 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 22G-Gregg Satterlee[4]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss[5]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[6]; 5. 17-Zack Dohm[8]; 6. 58-Garrett Alberson[17]; 7. D8-Dustin Linville[7]; 8. 1*-Chub Frank[12]; 9. 1C-Kenny Collins[2]; 10. 51M-Mack McCarter[13]; 11. 7R-Kent Robinson[9]; 12. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 13. 17W-Cameron Weaver[11]; 14. F1-Coleby Frye[15]; 15. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[16]; 16. 97C-Cody Overton[18]; 17. 18E-Fast Eddy[19]; 18. 45-Kyle Hammer[10]; 19. 93-Jay Johnson[14]; 20. 1S-Jeremy Shaw[20]
LCQ
B Main 1 (20 Laps – Top 2 Transfer) : 1. 20O-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 2-Nick Hoffman[2]; 3. 9Z-Mason Zeigler[5]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger[3]; 5. 8-Kyle Strickler[4]; 6. 76-Brandon Overton[12]; 7. 18J-Chase Junghans[10]; 8. 91-Tyler Erb[20]; 9. 3S-Brian Shirley[13]; 10. 48-Colton Flinner[17]; 11. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[9]; 12. 79-Ross Bailes[18]; 13. 31-Tyler Millwood[24]; 14. 15-Donny Schatz[23]; 15. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 16. 19G-Ryan Gustin[21]; 17. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[15]; 18. 2S-Stormy Scott[22]; 19. 10-Joseph Joiner[19]; 20. 48L-Tim Lance[14]; 21. 93F-Carson Ferguson[7]; 22. 23-John Blankenship[8]; 23. 19-Wil Herrington[11]; 24. 31K-Kye Blight[16]
B Main 2 (20 Laps – Top 2 Transfer) : 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[3]; 2. 1B-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[9]; 4. 25S-Chad Simpson[4]; 5. 17-Zack Dohm[6]; 6. 7RR-Ross Robinson[1]; 7. 32S-Chris Simpson[11]; 8. 111V-Max Blair[10]; 9. 89-Ashton Winger[7]; 10. C9-Steve Casebolt[8]; 11. D8-Dustin Linville[12]; 12. K-Freddie Carpenter[16]; 13. 1*-Chub Frank[15]; 14. 51M-Mack McCarter[21]; 15. 7R-Kent Robinson[24]; 16. 6-Victor Lee[14]; 17. 99B-Boom Briggs[17]; 18. 1C-Kenny Collins[18]; 19. 20B-Todd Brennan[19]; 20. 2X-John Henderson[23]; 21. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[20]; 22. 49-Jake Timm[13]; 23. 5-Mark Whitener[5]; 24. 81R-Jason Riggs[22]
Eldora Million
Feature Results
June 9, 2022
101 Laps ($1,002,022 to win)
Pos | Driver
1. Jonathan Davenport
2. Chris Madden
3. Devin Moran
4. Tim McCreadie
5. Chris Ferguson
6. Dale McDowell
7. Mike Marlar
8. Kyle Bronson
9. Brandon Sheppard
10. Hudson O’Neal
11. Bobby Pierce
12. Earl Pearson Jr
13. Ricky Weiss
14. Spencer Hughes
15. Dennis Erb Jr
16. Johnny Scott
17. Gregg Satterlee
18. Darrell Lanigan
19. Jimmy Owens
20. Trent Ivey
21. Shannon Babb
22. Ricky Thornton Jr
23. Nick Hoffman
24. Shane Clanton
