NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson, Chase Briscoe and Jonathan Davenport race a late model at the bullring dirt track just down the road from Bristol
This weekend, NASCAR goes dirt track racing at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. A day before the race weekend begins in Bristol, NASCAR stars have unloaded in nearby Bulls Gap, Tennessee. Kyle Larson’s Late Model Challenge is set to host the event on the 4/10-mile track paying $20,000 to the main event winner.
View Volunteer Speedway results below.
Jonathan Davenport and Kyle Larson set the front row. 50 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Main Event
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Green flag, Davenport clears Larson before turn one. Davenport heads for the cushion.
Lap 5, Davenport leads Larson by just two car lengths.
Lap 7, Larson has a run off turn four. He cuts to the inside, Larson slides Davenport for the lead into turn one!
Lap 10, Larson works heavy lap traffic.
Lap 20, Larson slides through lap traffic. Davenport is hanging right with him.
Lap 25, lap cars run three wide ahead of the race leader. Larson heads for the bottom as he looks for a way by. Davenport knocks the cushion and he pulls to the right rear of Larson. Davenport to the race lead!
Lap 30, Larson slides Davenport into turn one. Davenport crusses under him to retake the lead.
Larson slides Davenport once more, another cross over. Larson back to the lead. Davenport slides Larson!
Larson has picked up spoiler damage after bouncing off the wall.
Lap 36, Larson slides Davenport for the lead once more. He clears him and holds the lead!
10 to go, Larson has opened the gap to Davenport.
8 to go, Dale McDowell takes 2nd away from Davenport.
1 to go, Kyle Larson has a flat left rear tire! He stays in the gas and holds the race lead!
Kyle Larson wins his own Late Model Challenge at Volunteer Speedway!
Late Model Challenge Results
Volunteer Speedway
April 6, 2023
View full results from the Bulls Gap, TN dirt track below.
Qualifying
Qualifying (Group A) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:12.580[1]; 2. 1-Hudson O’Neal, 00:12.669[16]; 3. 17M-Dale McDowell, 00:12.673[22]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:12.752[12]; 5. 7-Ricky Weiss, 00:12.816[14]; 6. 44-Chris Madden, 00:12.857[5]; 7. 96V-Tanner English, 00:12.907[11]; 8. 1G-Rusty Ballenger, 00:12.928[17]; 9. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.947[7]; 10. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:12.960[13];
11. 99-Camaron Marlar, 00:12.964[3]; 12. 79-Ross Bailes, 00:12.979[6]; 13. B00-Josh Henry, 00:12.985[18]; 14. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles, 00:13.039[21]; 15. 18B-Shannon Babb, 00:13.076[10]; 16. 23-Cory Hedgecock, 00:13.084[19]; 17. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:13.119[9]; 18. 8S-Kyle Strickler, 00:13.137[2]; 19. 97-Michael Chilton, 00:13.154[15]; 20. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:13.159[4];
21. 126-Kaede Loudy, 00:13.323[8]; 22. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:13.424[20]; 23. (DNS) 52-Troy Eads, 00:13.424
Qualifying (Group B) : 1. 1. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:12.820[3]; 2. 83-Jensen Ford, 00:12.877[4]; 3. 24D-Michael Brown, 00:12.907[1]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:13.030[8]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:13.079[11]; 6. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:13.106[6]; 7. 101-Forrest Trent, 00:13.177[7]; 8. 16-Sam Seawright, 00:13.178[16]; 9. J27-Jadon Frame, 00:13.201[9]; 10. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:13.217[5];
11. 109-Eli Beets, 00:13.275[18]; 12. 8-Chris Chandler, 00:13.280[20]; 13. 3N-Austin Neely, 00:13.294[10]; 14. 76B-Kyle Busch, 00:13.348[15]; 15. 99M-Devin Moran, 00:13.351[12]; 16. 174-Ethan Dotson, 00:13.370[21]; 17. 31-Tyler Millwood, 00:13.386[14]; 18. 30-Ryan King, 00:13.534[2]; 19. 22-Brent Cornette, 00:13.602[13]; 20. 3-Steve Smith, 00:13.814[22];
21. 5-John Tweed, 00:14.107[17]; 22. 14-Chase Briscoe, 00:59.999[19]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell[2]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss[3]; 4. 99-Camaron Marlar[6]; 5. 96V-Tanner English[4]; 6. B00-Josh Henry[7]; 7. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 8. 18B-Shannon Babb[8]; 9. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[9]; 10. 97-Michael Chilton[10]; 11. 126-Kaede Loudy[11]; 12. (DNS) 52-Troy Eads
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 1-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 3. 44-Chris Madden[3]; 4. 79-Ross Bailes[6]; 5. 55-Benji Hicks[5]; 6. 1G-Rusty Ballenger[4]; 7. 8S-Kyle Strickler[9]; 8. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[7]; 9. 23-Cory Hedgecock[8]; 10. 2S-Stormy Scott[11]; 11. 89-Logan Roberson[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 6-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 24D-Michael Brown[2]; 3. 101-Forrest Trent[4]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 5. 31-Tyler Millwood[9]; 6. 109-Eli Beets[6]; 7. 99M-Devin Moran[8]; 8. J27-Jadon Frame[5]; 9. 22-Brent Cornette[10]; 10. 5-John Tweed[11]; 11. 3N-Austin Neely[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 2. 83-Jensen Ford[1]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 5. 16-Sam Seawright[4]; 6. 76B-Kyle Busch[7]; 7. 8-Chris Chandler[6]; 8. 30-Ryan King[9]; 9. 3-Steve Smith[10]; 10. 174-Ethan Dotson[8]; 11. (DNS) 14-Chase Briscoe
LCQ’s
B Main 1 (10 Laps – Top 3 Advance ) : 1. 96V-Tanner English[1]; 2. 55-Benji Hicks[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 4. 8S-Kyle Strickler[6]; 5. B00-Josh Henry[3]; 6. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[8]; 7. 1G-Rusty Ballenger[4]; 8. 18B-Shannon Babb[7]; 9. 126-Kaede Loudy[13]; 10. 97-Michael Chilton[11]; 11. 2S-Stormy Scott[12]; 12. 89-Logan Roberson[14]; 13. (DNS) 25Z-Mason Zeigler; 14. 23-Cory Hedgecock; 15. (DNS) 52-Troy Eads
B Main 2 (10 Laps – Top 3 Advance ) : 1. 16-Sam Seawright[2]; 2. 31-Tyler Millwood[1]; 3. 109-Eli Beets[3]; 4. 76B-Kyle Busch[4]; 5. 8-Chris Chandler[6]; 6. J27-Jadon Frame[7]; 7. 99M-Devin Moran[5]; 8. 22-Brent Cornette[9]; 9. 5-John Tweed[11]; 10. 3-Steve Smith[10]; 11. (DNS) 30-Ryan King; 12. (DNS) 174-Ethan Dotson; 13. 3N-Austin Neely; 14. (DNS) 14-Chase Briscoe
Volunteer Speedway
Feature Results
April 6, 2023
50 Laps – $20,000 to win
Pos | Driver
1. 6-Kyle Larson[2]
2. 17M-Dale McDowell[5]
3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]
4. 157-Mike Marlar[4]
5. 44-Chris Madden[11]
6. 1-Hudson O’Neal[3]
7. 7-Ricky Weiss[9]
8. 83-Jensen Ford[8]
9. 24D-Michael Brown[6]
10. 76-Brandon Overton[14]
11. 79-Ross Bailes[15]
12. 99-Camaron Marlar[13]
13. 96V-Tanner English[17]
14. 55-Benji Hicks[19]
15. 31-Tyler Millwood[20]
16. 76B-Kyle Busch[23]
17. 18D-Daulton Wilson[12]
18. 14-Chase Briscoe[24]
19. 101-Forrest Trent[10]
20. 109-Eli Beets[22]
21. 1T-Tyler Erb[16]
22. 20-Jimmy Owens[7]
23. 16-Sam Seawright[18]
24. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[21]
