Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series take on Smoky Mountain Speedway in the $50,000 finale
Tonight, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series unloads in Maryville, Tennessee for the Mountain Moonshine Classic. The 4/10-mile dirt track of Smoky Mountain Speedway is set to pay $50,000 to win.
View Smoky Mountain Speedway results for the LOLMDS below.
Chris Madden and Carson Ferguson set the front row. 60 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green flag, Madden is clear into turn one.
Lap 2, Daulton Wilson spins, caution.
Green, Madden leads as they run three wide for 2nd into turn one. Jonathan Davenport knocks the cushion and takes 2nd away of turn two.
Lap 10, Brandon Overton works the middle and takes 4th away from Ricky Thornton Jr.
Lap 12, Madden has caught the tail of the field. He leads Davenport by 10 car lengths.
Lap 13, Overton works inside of Ferguson to take 3rd away.
Lap 24, Spencer Hughes slows, caution.
Green, Madden leads Davenport and Overton into turn one.
Lap 30, Madden leads Davenport by 1.3 seconds.
Lap 40, Madden works lap traffic. Davenport is closing.
Lap 45, Davenport looks inside of Madden for the race lead! Madden slices through more lap traffic and opens the gap back up.
10 to go, Madden leads Davenport by three car lengths. Brandon Overton has closed on Davenport.
6 to go, Overton looks inside of Davenport for 2nd but he can’t complete the pass.
2 to go, Madden brushes the wall in turn three! Sparks fly and Davenport closes to his bumper!
Chris Madden holds him off to win at Smoky Mountain Speedway!
Smoky Mountain Speedway
Results
June 18, 2022
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2022 results from the Tennessee dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 51-Mack McCarter, 00:17.472[6]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:17.581[7]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:17.597[4]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:17.621[3]; 5. 23B-John Blankenship, 00:17.642[8]; 6. 17M-Dale McDowell, 00:17.767[2]; 7. 3-Austin Neely, 00:17.798[11]; 8. 44M-Chris Madden, 00:17.866[1]; 9. 109-Eli Beets, 00:17.900[5]; 10. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:18.260[9]; 11. 89-Ashton Winger, 00:05.998[10]; 12. 24 D-Michael Brown, 00:59.999[12]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:17.374[5]; 2. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:17.422[10]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:17.491[4]; 4. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 00:17.500[3]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:17.549[2]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:17.586[1]; 7. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 00:17.619[7]; 8. 21M-Robby Moses, 00:17.705[8]; 9. 99-Camaron Marlar, 00:17.725[11]; 10. 17-Cameron Weaver, 00:17.741[6]; 11. 20H-Bryson Harper, 00:18.034[9]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:17.501[5]; 2. 57-Zack Mitchell, 00:17.575[3]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:17.619[4]; 4. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:17.768[2]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:17.838[1]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:17.982[11]; 7. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:17.989[7]; 8. 16-Ben Watkins, 00:18.291[6]; 9. 83-Jensen Ford, 00:18.296[8]; 10. 9C-Dusty Carver, 00:18.611[9]; 11. 16S-Sam Seawright, 00:59.999[10]
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 1V-Vic Hill, 00:17.868[2]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:17.966[1]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:17.991[6]; 4. 0-Scott Bloomquist, 00:18.010[4]; 5. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:18.057[5]; 6. 88-Trent Ivey, 00:18.062[7]; 7. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:18.277[8]; 8. 79-Ross Bailes, 00:18.343[3]; 9. 23-Cory Hedgecock, 00:18.550[10]; 10. 118-Matt Henderson, 00:59.998[9]; 11. 22-Lynn Leach, 00:59.999[11]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 44M-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[2]; 5. 51-Mack McCarter[6]; 6. 23B-John Blankenship[8]; 7. 2S-Stormy Scott[7]; 8. 109-Eli Beets[5]; 9. 89-Ashton Winger[10]; 10. 3-Austin Neely[11]; 11. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 12. (DNS) 24 D-Michael Brown
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 7W-Ricky Weiss[7]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 6. 71-Hudson O’Neal[5]; 7. 17-Cameron Weaver[6]; 8. 99-Camaron Marlar[11]; 9. 21M-Robby Moses[8]; 10. 20H-Bryson Harper[9]; 11. 11-Spencer Hughes[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 93-Carson Ferguson[2]; 2. 57-Zack Mitchell[3]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[4]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 5. 83-Jensen Ford[8]; 6. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 7. 18D-Daulton Wilson[7]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[11]; 9. 16-Ben Watkins[6]; 10. 9C-Dusty Carver[9]; 11. (DNS) 16S-Sam Seawright
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 1V-Vic Hill[2]; 3. 0-Scott Bloomquist[4]; 4. 79-Ross Bailes[3]; 5. 88-Trent Ivey[7]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 7. 23-Cory Hedgecock[10]; 8. 8-Kyle Strickler[5]; 9. 10-Garrett Smith[8]; 10. (DNS) 118-Matt Henderson; 11. (DNS) 22-Lynn Leach
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (Top 3 Advance) : 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 2. 23B-John Blankenship[3]; 3. 51-Mack McCarter[1]; 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal[4]; 5. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 6. 17-Cameron Weaver[6]; 7. 99-Camaron Marlar[8]; 8. 109-Eli Beets[7]; 9. 20H-Bryson Harper[12]; 10. 11-Spencer Hughes[14]; 11. 89-Ashton Winger[9]; 12. 17SS-Brenden Smith[13]; 13. 3-Austin Neely[11]; 14. 21M-Robby Moses[10]; 15. (DNS) 24 D-Michael Brown
B-Main 2 (Top 3 Advance) : 1. 83-Jensen Ford[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 3. 88-Trent Ivey[2]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 6. 10-Garrett Smith[10]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 8. 8-Kyle Strickler[8]; 9. 16-Ben Watkins[9]; 10. 9C-Dusty Carver[11]; 11. 23-Cory Hedgecock[6]; 12. (DNS) 118-Matt Henderson; 13. (DNS) 16S-Sam Seawright; 14. (DNS) 22-Lynn Leach
Smoky Mountain Motor Speedway
Feature Race Results
June 18, 2022
A-Main (60 Laps – $50,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 44M-Chris Madden[1]
2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]
3. 76-Brandon Overton[7]
4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]
5. 157-Mike Marlar[3]
6. 39-Tim McCreadie[10]
7. 57-Zack Mitchell[6]
8. 93-Carson Ferguson[2]
9. 1-Brandon Sheppard[11]
10. 7W-Ricky Weiss[15]
11. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[9]
12. 1V-Vic Hill[8]
13. 20-Jimmy Owens[14]
14. 0-Scott Bloomquist[12]
15. 58-Garrett Alberson[20]
16. 71-Hudson O’Neal[24]
17. 79-Ross Bailes[16]
18. 40B-Kyle Bronson[17]
19. 1T-Tyler Erb[23]
20. 83-Jensen Ford[18]
21. 51-Mack McCarter[21]
22. 23B-John Blankenship[19]
23. 11-Spencer Hughes[26]
24. 89-Ashton Winger[25]
25. 18D-Daulton Wilson[28]
26. 7-Ross Robinson[27]
27. 88-Trent Ivey[22]
28. 17M-Dale McDowell[13]
Race Statistics
Entrants: 45
Lap Leaders: Chris Madden (Laps 1-60)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Chris Madden
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Chris Madden
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Chris Madden
Margin of Victory: 0.354 seconds
Stop-Tech Cautions: Daulton Wilson (Lap 1); Spencer Hughes (Lap 23)
Series Provisionals: Tyler Erb; Hudson O’Neal
Series Emergency Provisionals: Ashton Winger; Spencer Hughes; Ross Robinson; Daulton Wilson
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Chris Madden, Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Overton
Penske Shocks Top-5: Chris Madden, Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Overton, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Mike Marlar
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Hudson O’Neal (Advanced 8 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Sheppard
Hot Rod Processing Most Laps Led: Chris Madden (60 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Garrett Alberson
Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Chris Madden (Lap 1 – 17.816 seconds)
Feature DirtonDirt.com Tough Break of the Race: Ashton Winger
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Ricky Arnold (Chris Madden)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Durham Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Hudson O’Neal (17.3743 seconds)
Time of Race: 25 minutes 33 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. Brandon Sheppard
3100 | $98,800
2. Tim McCreadie
3035 | $101,850
3. Tyler Erb
2935 | $87,450
4. Ricky Thornton Jr
2880 | $81,550
5. Earl Pearson Jr
2765 | $63,550
6. Hudson O’Neal
2660 | $57,125
7. Ashton Winger
2570 | $47,700
8. Garrett Alberson
2465 | $38,575
9. Jimmy Owens
2400 | $77,275
10. Devin Moran
2320 | $98,000
11. Spencer Hughes
2280 | $31,625
12. Ross Robinson
2255 | $30,675
13. Daulton Wilson
2235 | $27,650
