Kyle Larson joined the dirt late model stars to battle for $22k
Tonight, the stars of dirt late model racing unload in Chillicothe, OH. The 3/8-mile high-banked dirt track of Atomic Speedway is set to pay $22,000 to win.
View Atomic Speedway results below.
Brandon Sheppard and Ricky Thornton Jr set the front row for the main event. 50 laps of super late model racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green flag, Sheppard slides Thornton Jr into turn one. Thornton Jr holds off a run from Pierce in the battle for 2nd.
Lap 33, Thornton Jr runs wide off turn two. Pierce slides him into turn three for 2nd. Thornton Jr fights back and Pierce slides him once more.
Lap 5, Richards slows, caution.
Green, Sheppard leads Pierce off turn two.
Lap 10, Pierce is closing on race leader Sheppard. Kyle Larson is dropping through the field.
Lap 16, Sheppard has caught the tail of the field. Pierce has a run off turn two and he slides Sheppard for the lead in turn three. Sheppard crosses under Pierce to retake the lead.
Lap 17, Pierce cuts to the bottom as he works lap traffic. Sheppard makes a hard left to avoid contact and Sheppard is completely sideways. No contact no caution as Sheppard saves it but he’s lost a ton of ground.
Lap 20, Ricky Thornton Jr and Cameron Marlar fight for space into turn one in the battle for 4th. They both spin, caution.
Green, Pierce leads as Garrett Smith takes over 2nd.
Moran takes 2nd away.
Lap 32
Lap 32, Steve Casebolt is over the banking, caution.
Casebolt turns into Boom Briggs under caution. Casebolt pulls off the track, likely following a request from officials.
Green, Pierce leads as Devin Moran and Brent Larson run side by side for 2nd, Moran wins that battle.
15 to go, Kyle Larson has climbed back to 4th.
10 to go, Pierce leads Moran by 1.5 seconds as Pierce throws sparks off the outside wall. Moran is knocking the cushion behind him.
5 to go, Kyle Larson slows with a flat tire, caution.
Green, Pierce leads Moran on the single file restart.
Pierce roles the cushion as Moran explores lanes behind him.
Bobby Pierce wins at Atomic Speedway!
Atomic Speedway Results
September 28, 2022
View results from the Ohio dirt track below:
Super Late Model
Race Results
The following are the results for the super late model division:
Super Late Models
Qualifying
Qualifying – Combined (2 Laps) : 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.053[3]; 2. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:13.122[22]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:13.200[11]; 4. 9-Devin Moran, 00:13.276[27]; 5. 1R-Josh Richards, 00:13.279[12]; 6. 12-Doug Drown, 00:13.282[2]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:13.298[6]; 8. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.313[20]; 9. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:13.380[28]; 10. 99-Camaron Marlar, 00:13.411[21];
11. 44-Colten Burdette, 00:13.421[15]; 12. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:13.439[24]; 13. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:13.455[23]; 14. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:13.461[19]; 15. 71C-RJ Conley, 00:13.570[14]; 16. 71R-Rod Conley, 00:13.580[13]; 17. 44C-Tyler Carpenter, 00:13.580[17]; 18. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:13.603[25]; 19. C9-Steve Casebolt, 00:13.612[26]; 20. 0K-Freddie Carpenter, 00:13.615[5];
21. 29-Clint Keenan, 00:13.680[18]; 22. 24-Michael Brown, 00:13.690[16]; 23. 21-Kenneth Howell, 00:13.941[1]; 24. B1-Brent Larson, 00:13.942[10]; 25. 6C-Travis Carr, 00:14.068[7]; 26. 03-Matt Isaac, 00:14.410[4]; 27. 11-Ryan Abel, 00:14.718[9]; 28. (DNS) 00-Justin Cooper
Super Late Models
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 6 Advance) : 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 99B-Boom Briggs[3]; 3. 99-Camaron Marlar[4]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 5. 9-Devin Moran[2]; 6. C9-Steve Casebolt[7]; 7. 6C-Travis Carr[9]; 8. (DNF) 44C-Tyler Carpenter[6]; 9. (DNS) 24-Michael Brown; 10. (DNS) 00-Justin Cooper
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 6 Advance) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 2. 6-Kyle Larson[1]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 4. 1R-Josh Richards[2]; 5. 44-Colten Burdette[4]; 6. 71R-Rod Conley[6]; 7. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[7]; 8. 21-Kenneth Howell[8]; 9. 03-Matt Isaac[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 6 Advance) : 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 71C-RJ Conley[5]; 3. 10-Garrett Smith[6]; 4. 8-Kyle Strickler[4]; 5. B1-Brent Larson[8]; 6. 12-Doug Drown[2]; 7. 29-Clint Keenan[7]; 8. 11-Ryan Abel[9]; 9. (DNF) 157-Mike Marlar[3]
Super Late Models
LCQ
LCQ 1 (10 Laps – Top 6 Advance) : 1. 44C-Tyler Carpenter[4]; 2. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[2]; 3. 29-Clint Keenan[3]; 4. 24-Michael Brown[7]; 5. 21-Kenneth Howell[5]; 6. 03-Matt Isaac[8]; 7. 11-Ryan Abel[6]; 8. (DNF) 6C-Travis Carr[1]; 9. (DNF) 157-Mike Marlar[9]; 10. (DNS) 00-Justin Cooper
Super Late Model
Feature
Feature (50 Laps – $22,022 to win) :
1. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]
2. 9-Devin Moran[13]
3. B1-Brent Larson[15]
4. 12-Doug Drown[18]
5. 1T-Tyler Erb[10]
6. 8-Kyle Strickler[12]
7. 71R-Rod Conley[17]
8. 58-Garrett Alberson[8]
9. 10-Garrett Smith[9]
10. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]
11. 71C-RJ Conley[6]
12. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]
13. 24-Michael Brown[22]
14. (DNF) 6-Kyle Larson[5]
15. (DNF) 29-Clint Keenan[21]
16. (DNF) C9-Steve Casebolt[16]
17. (DNF) 0K-Freddie Carpenter[20]
18. (DNF) 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]
19. (DNF) 99-Camaron Marlar[7]
20. (DNF) 1R-Josh Richards[11]
21. (DNF) 44-Colten Burdette[14]
22. (DNF) 44C-Tyler Carpenter[19]
