Kyle Larson joins the national dirt late model drivers at the Florida dirt track
It’s the final night at Bubba Raceway Park for Speedweeks. The 3/8-mile is set to pay $10,000 to win for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
View Bubba Raceway Park results for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series below.
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Ashton Winger and Jonathan Davenport set the front row for the main event. 40 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Main Event
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Green flag, Davenport clears Winger via the outside lane into turn one.
Lap 2, Riggs, Larson, English, O’Neal and several more tangle in turn two, caution.
Green, Davenport leads as Tyler Erb takes 2nd away on the outside lane. Kyle Bronson spins behind them, caution.
Green, Davenport leads. Erb runs wide off turn two, Winger returns to 2nd.
Lap 7, Davenport has caught the tail of the field. Winger is closing slightly.
Lap 15, Winger struggles with lap traffic as he can’t make it work on the top. He loses ground to Davenport.
Dennis Erb Jr takes 2nd away.
Lap 22, Dennis Erb Jr has closed right to the bumper of Davenport in the battle for the lead.
Lap 25, Davenport misses the bottom in turn three. Dennis Erb Jr pulls to his inside. They run side by side for the lead.
Lap 27, Dennis Erb Jr has a lap car ahead, he loses the nose. Davenport boxes him in behind the lapper and returns to the lead via the outside lane!
5 to go, Davenport leads Erb Jr by 1 second.
3 to go, Nothdurft spins, caution.
Green, Davenport leads into turn one. Winger works to the outside of Dennis Erb Jr and Winger returns to 2nd!
2 to go, Winger has found speed on the top.
1 to go, Ricky Thornton Jr spins from 5th, caution.
Green, Davenport leads by four car lengths into turn one.
Jonathan Davenport wins at Bubba Raceway Park!
Bubba Raceway Park
Race Results
January 30, 2023
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2023 results from the Georgia dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:16.235[9]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:16.362[3]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:16.553[5]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:16.676[6]; 5. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:16.725[7]; 6. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:16.761[8]; 7. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:16.876[2]; 8. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:16.954[4]; 9. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:17.408[10]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:14.973[9]; 2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.045[3]; 3. 111B-Max Blair, 00:15.250[6]; 4. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:15.260[5]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.531[7]; 6. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.547[10]; 7. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.579[1]; 8. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:15.676[4]; 9. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.851[2]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:14.733[10]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.777[9]; 3. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:15.097[8]; 4. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.130[7]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.148[6]; 6. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.176[1]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:15.214[4]; 8. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.365[2]; 9. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:15.414[5]; 10. 23-Chad Walter, 00:17.290[3]
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 6K-Kyle Larson, 00:14.695[3]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.743[9]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:14.747[8]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:14.849[7]; 5. 25C-Shane Clanton, 00:14.876[2]; 6. 22*-Payton Freeman, 00:15.098[5]; 7. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:15.162[1]; 8. 2-GR Smith, 00:15.644[6]
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:14.420[9]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:14.444[11]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.452[3]; 4. 111B-Max Blair, 00:14.465[16]; 5. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:14.486[19]; 6. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.491[12]; 7. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:14.595[10]; 8. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.646[6]; 9. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:14.677[8]; 10. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.681[13];
11. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:14.777[20]; 12. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.794[2]; 13. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:14.819[15]; 14. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:14.849[14]; 15. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:14.853[17]; 16. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:14.908[1]; 17. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:14.914[4]; 18. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.053[5]; 19. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:15.116[7]; 20. 96V-Tanner English, 00:59.999[18]
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:14.462[17]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.670[9]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:14.756[2]; 4. 6K-Kyle Larson, 00:14.768[13]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:14.774[6]; 6. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:14.783[4]; 7. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:14.831[11]; 8. 99-Devin Moran, 00:14.834[14]; 9. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:14.851[8]; 10. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:14.918[5];
11. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:14.951[7]; 12. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.004[18]; 13. 2-GR Smith, 00:15.022[16]; 14. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.067[19]; 15. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.078[1]; 16. 22*-Payton Freeman, 00:15.429[15]; 17. 23-Chad Walter, 00:15.818[3]; 18. 25C-Shane Clanton, 00:59.997[12]; 19. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:59.999[10]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 12-Ashton Winger[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 66C-Matt Cosner[5]; 4. 10-Garrett Smith[3]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie[6]; 6. 89-Logan Roberson[7]; 7. 5-Mark Whitener[4]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[8]; 9. 99B-Boom Briggs[9]; 10. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 2. 111B-Max Blair[2]; 3. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[5]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 5. 81J-Jack Riggs[7]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens[9]; 7. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]; 8. 96V-Tanner English[10]; 9. 25B-Mike Benedum[8]; 10. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[1]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[10]; 5. 2-GR Smith[7]; 6. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[8]; 7. 11-Spencer Hughes[6]; 8. 6-Blake Spencer[5]; 9. 23-Chad Walter[9]; 10. 14W-Dustin Walker[4]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 1T-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 18-Chase Junghans[3]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 4. 19M-Wil Herrington[5]; 5. 6K-Kyle Larson[2]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[7]; 7. B5-Brandon Sheppard[6]; 8. 22*-Payton Freeman[8]; 9. (DNS) 25C-Shane Clanton
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (Top 3 Advance) : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 81J-Jack Riggs[2]; 3. 89-Logan Roberson[3]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[9]; 7. 58-Garrett Alberson[12]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[11]; 10. 96V-Tanner English[8]; 11. (DNS) 5-Mark Whitener; 12. (DNS) 25B-Mike Benedum
B-Main 2 (Top 3 Advance) : 1.
Bubba Raceway Park
Feature Race Results
January 30, 2023
A-Main (40 Laps – $10,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]
$10,000
2. 12-Ashton Winger[1]
$5,500
3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]
$3,500
4. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]
$3,500
5. 99-Devin Moran[12]
$3,300
6. 39-Tim McCreadie[17]
$3,400
7. 18-Chase Junghans[8]
$2,200
8. 76-Brandon Overton[6]
$2,200
9. 111B-Max Blair[7]
$2,050
10. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[10]
$2,900
11. 3S-Brian Shirley[15]
$1,600
12. 96V-Tanner English[27]
$800
13. 18D-Daulton Wilson[24]
$2,000
14. B5-Brandon Sheppard[23]
$1,800
15. 10-Garrett Smith[13]
$950
16. 58-Garrett Alberson[25]
$1,025
17. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[11]
$1,700
18. 66C-Matt Cosner[9]
$875
19. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]
$1,650
20. 16-Tyler Bruening[14]
$825
21. 40B-Kyle Bronson[18]
$800
22. 7-Ross Robinson[28]
$900
23. 11-Spencer Hughes[26]
$900
24. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[20]
$800
25. 89-Logan Roberson[21]
$800
26. 81J-Jack Riggs[19]
$800
27. 19M-Wil Herrington[16]
$800
28. 6K-Kyle Larson[22]
$800
Race Statistics
Entrants: 39
Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Ashton Winger
Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1-25); Dennis Erb, Jr. (Laps 26-28); Jonathan Davenport (Laps 29-40)
Wieland Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a
Margin of Victory: 1.061 seconds
Stop-Tech Brakes Cautions: Jack Riggs, Hudson O’Neal, Loan Roberson, Wil Herrington (Lap 1); Kyle Bronson (Lap 1 Restart); Blair Nothdurft (Lap 37); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Lap 39)
Series Provisionals: Brandon Sheppard; Daulton Wilson
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: Garrett Alberson; Spencer Hughes; Tanner English; Ross Robinson
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Jonathan Davenport, Ashton Winger, Dennis Erb, Jr.
Penske Shocks Top 5: Jonathan Davenport, Ashton Winger, Dennis Erb, Jr., Tyler Erb, Devin Moran
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Tanner English (Advanced 15 Positions)
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Finisher: Chase Junghans
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Finisher: Daulton Wilson
Earnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport (37 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Tyler Erb
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Overton
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a
Etchberger Trucking Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Lap 1 – 14.924 seconds)
MD3 Tough Break of the Race: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Cory Fostvedt (Jonathan Davenport)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Kyle Larson (14.695 seconds)
Time of Race: 23 minutes 32 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Point Standings
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. Brandon Overton
1135 | $43,500
2. Ricky Thornton Jr
1075 | $31,950
3. Jonathan Davenport
965 | $17,625
4. Devin Moran
930 | $12,400
5. Tim McCreadie
930 | $15,200
6. Hudson O’Neal
920 | $12,050
7. Tanner English
915 | $10,800
8. Brandon Sheppard
890 | $11,950
9. Earl Pearson Jr
850 | $10,325
10. Daulton Wilson
815 | $9,800
