Gateway Dirt Nationals Results: December 15, 2023

Dirt Late Model
Main Event
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Green flag, Simpson gets the jump and he’s clear into turn one. False start, caution.

Green, Simpson is clear off turn two. Ricky Thornton Jr takes 2nd away.

Lap 3, Ryan Montgomery is upside down, red flag. They flip over Montgomery and he’s ready to rejoin the field to the roar of the crowd.

Green, Simpson leads Thornton Jr off turn two. Tanner English slides Gundaker for 3rd.

Lap 10, Thornton Jr is all over the bumper of Simpson as they close on lap traffic.

Lap 14, Ryan Unzicker spins, caution.

Green, Thornton Jr slides Simpson for the lead into turn one. Simpson drives into the fuel cell of Thornton Jr off turn two. Thornton Jr takes the lead away!

5 to go, English and Sheppard bang doors for 3rd. English holds him off.

3 to go, Sheppard slides English for 3rd.

Ricky Thornton Jr wins Friday night of the Gateway Dirt Nationals!

Dirt Late Model
Gateway Dirt Nationals
Race Results
December 15, 2023

View full results for the dirt late model division below:

Practice

Hot Laps (Combined) : 1. 14X-Wil Herrington, 00:11.221[29]; 2. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:11.305[17]; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:11.342[28]; 4. 96V-Tanner English, 00:11.395[26]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:11.422[36]; 6. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:11.502[27]; 7. 00F-Carson Ferguson, 00:11.550[4]; 8. 122-Timmy Dick, 00:11.558[23]; 9. 19X-Cody Bauer, 00:11.579[33]; 10. USA1-Kylan Garner, 00:11.607[30];

11. 28-Tyler Carpenter, 00:11.636[7]; 12. 99T-Dylan Thompson, 00:11.669[54]; 13. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:11.670[63]; 14. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:11.796[49]; 15. 317-Blake Creech, 00:11.799[21]; 16. C6-Oakley Johns, 00:11.811[18]; 17. 18X-Robbie Scott, 00:11.816[34]; 18. 11R-Josh Rice, 00:11.828[48]; 19. 9Z-Jayme Zidar, 00:11.845[12]; 20. 53M-Jason Miles, 00:11.849[32];

21. 5-Jon Mitchell, 00:11.860[11]; 22. 9D-Josh Dietz, 00:11.901[35]; 23. 99-Devin Moran, 00:11.933[16]; 24. 34C-Delbert Crum III, 00:11.969[6]; 25. C2-Corey DeLancey, 00:12.011[40]; 26. 32P-Preston Farmer, 00:12.011[38]; 27. 19M-Spencer Hughes, 00:12.016[14]; 28. 32F-Derek Fetter, 00:12.041[3]; 29. 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr, 00:12.044[15]; 30. 95-Nicky Pennington, 00:12.064[59];

Hot Laps Continued

31. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:12.098[58]; 32. 17A-Austin Howes, 00:12.105[57]; 33. 21M-Chris McKeehan, 00:12.113[46]; 34. 16T-Brandon Tibaldi, 00:12.162[51]; 35. 9H-Tim Hancock Jr, 00:12.164[53]; 36. NE11-Matthew Tribble, 00:12.196[20]; 37. 10M-Jacob Magee, 00:12.229[56]; 38. 4E-Scott Geaschel, 00:12.284[24]; 39. 27D-Joe Denby, 00:12.298[42]; 40. 00M-Ruben Mayfield, 00:12.321[8];

41. 4K-Jason Knowles, 00:12.327[9]; 42. B89-Dakota Smith, 00:12.348[52]; 43. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck, 00:12.359[37]; 44. T22-Tegan Evans, 00:12.382[43]; 45. 10J-TeeJay Janousek, 00:12.391[25]; 46. 25J-Ted Johnson Jr, 00:12.465[31]; 47. 5RT-Scott Rhoades, 00:12.473[19]; 48. 63-Michael Luna, 00:12.511[64]; 49. 4C-Chris Simpson, 00:12.551[10]; 50. 1*-Max Baker, 00:12.630[2];

51. 1W-Shaun WiltjerHunt, 00:12.671[47]; 52. 111-Jon Woods, 00:12.788[22]; 53. 93-Mike Kline, 00:12.805[50]; 54. M5-Timothy Welch II, 00:12.871[39]; 55. 45-Scott Bell, 00:13.313[1]; 56. 41-Casey White, 00:13.702[5]; 57. C66-Donald Johns, 00:13.853[45]; 58. 44-James O’Hara, 00:13.874[62]; 59. 75D-Patrik Daniel, 00:13.988[13]; 60. 66-Jody Knowles, 00:25.077[55];

61. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:44.498[60]; 62. 10-Joseph Joiner, 01:10.742[44]; 63. 995-Manny Falcon[61]; 64. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[41]

Qualifying

Qualifying (Group A) : 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes, 00:11.732[14]; 2. 00F-Carson Ferguson, 00:11.755[4]; 3. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:11.811[27]; 4. 45-Scott Bell, 00:11.918[1]; 5. 96V-Tanner English, 00:11.944[26]; 6. 4C-Chris Simpson, 00:11.958[10]; 7. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:11.970[17]; 8. 28-Tyler Carpenter, 00:11.988[7]; 9. 9Z-Jayme Zidar, 00:12.012[12]; 10. 14X-Wil Herrington, 00:12.109[29];

11. 32F-Derek Fetter, 00:12.112[3]; 12. 99-Devin Moran, 00:12.114[16]; 13. 122-Timmy Dick, 00:12.126[23]; 14. 5-Jon Mitchell, 00:12.128[11]; 15. USA1-Kylan Garner, 00:12.178[30]; 16. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:12.216[28]; 17. 4K-Jason Knowles, 00:12.220[9]; 18. 1*-Max Baker, 00:12.232[2]; 19. 75D-Patrik Daniel, 00:12.232[13]; 20. 00M-Ruben Mayfield, 00:12.237[8];

21. 41-Casey White, 00:12.284[5]; 22. 34C-Delbert Crum III, 00:12.389[6]; 23. C6-Oakley Johns, 00:12.455[18]; 24. 10J-TeeJay Janousek, 00:12.555[25]; 25. 53M-Jason Miles, 00:12.555[32]; 26. 4E-Scott Geaschel, 00:12.698[24]; 27. 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr, 00:12.724[15]; 28. 317-Blake Creech, 00:12.809[21]; 29. 25J-Ted Johnson Jr, 00:12.835[31]; 30. NE11-Matthew Tribble, 00:13.156[20];

31. 111-Jon Woods, 00:13.591[22]; 32. 5RT-Scott Rhoades, 00:14.583[19]

Qualifying (Group B) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.010[4]; 2. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr, 00:12.185[9]; 3. 9D-Josh Dietz, 00:12.237[3]; 4. 11R-Josh Rice, 00:12.243[16]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:12.268[17]; 6. C2-Corey DeLancey, 00:12.352[8]; 7. 10-Joseph Joiner, 00:12.355[12]; 8. 99T-Dylan Thompson, 00:12.357[22]; 9. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.438[31]; 10. 19X-Cody Bauer, 00:12.490[1];

11. 10M-Jacob Magee, 00:12.498[24]; 12. 66-Jody Knowles, 00:12.576[23]; 13. 21M-Chris McKeehan, 00:12.610[14]; 14. 16T-Brandon Tibaldi, 00:12.660[19]; 15. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:12.665[28]; 16. 27D-Joe Denby, 00:12.701[10]; 17. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:12.705[26]; 18. B89-Dakota Smith, 00:12.733[20]; 19. 995-Manny Falcon, 00:12.821[29]; 20. 17A-Austin Howes, 00:12.866[25];

21. T22-Tegan Evans, 00:12.900[11]; 22. 9H-Tim Hancock Jr, 00:12.939[21]; 23. 18X-Robbie Scott, 00:12.984[2]; 24. 93-Mike Kline, 00:13.000[18]; 25. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck, 00:13.046[5]; 26. C66-Donald Johns, 00:13.073[13]; 27. 63-Michael Luna, 00:13.153[32]; 28. 95-Nicky Pennington, 00:13.203[27]; 29. 44-James O’Hara, 00:13.295[30]; 30. M5-Timothy Welch II, 00:13.450[7];

31. 32P-Preston Farmer[6]; 32. 1W-Shaun WiltjerHunt[15]

Heat Races

Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer) : 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker[6]; 3. 75D-Patrik Daniel[7]; 4. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[3]; 5. 34C-Delbert Crum III[8]; 6. 53M-Jason Miles[9]; 7. 111-Jon Woods[11]; 8. 122-Timmy Dick[5]; 9. (DNF) 317-Blake Creech[10]; 10. 45-Scott Bell[2]; 11. (DNF) 14X-Wil Herrington[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer) : 1. 96V-Tanner English[2]; 2. 28-Tyler Carpenter[3]; 3. 5-Jon Mitchell[5]; 4. C6-Oakley Johns[8]; 5. 4K-Jason Knowles[6]; 6. 32F-Derek Fetter[4]; 7. 00M-Ruben Mayfield[7]; 8. 5RT-Scott Rhoades[11]; 9. 00F-Carson Ferguson[1]; 10. 4E-Scott Geaschel[9]; 11. 25J-Ted Johnson Jr[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer ) : 1. 4C-Chris Simpson[2]; 2. USA1-Kylan Garner[5]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 4. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[1]; 5. 41-Casey White[7]; 6. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[3]; 7. NE11-Matthew Tribble[10]; 8. 1*-Max Baker[6]; 9. 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr[9]; 10. 10J-TeeJay Janousek[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer ) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 11R-Josh Rice[2]; 3. 19X-Cody Bauer[4]; 4. 10-Joseph Joiner[3]; 5. 995-Manny Falcon[7]; 6. 95-Nicky Pennington[10]; 7. 9H-Tim Hancock Jr[8]; 8. 32P-Preston Farmer[11]; 9. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck[9]; 10. 27D-Joe Denby[6]; 11. 21M-Chris McKeehan[5]

Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer ) : 1. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[2]; 2. 10M-Jacob Magee[4]; 3. 17A-Austin Howes[7]; 4. 75-Daniel Adam[6]; 5. 16T-Brandon Tibaldi[5]; 6. 1W-Shaun WiltjerHunt[11]; 7. C66-Donald Johns[9]; 8. 99T-Dylan Thompson[3]; 9. 44-James O’Hara[10]; 10. (DNF) 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[1]; 11. (DNF) 18X-Robbie Scott[8]

Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer ) : 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 3. 9D-Josh Dietz[1]; 4. C2-Corey DeLancey[2]; 5. 66-Jody Knowles[4]; 6. 93-Mike Kline[8]; 7. T22-Tegan Evans[7]; 8. (DNF) M5-Timothy Welch II[10]; 9. (DNF) 63-Michael Luna[9]; 10. (DNS) B89-Dakota Smith

LCQs

B-Main 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 Transfer) : 1. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 2. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[6]; 3. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[4]; 4. C6-Oakley Johns[5]; 5. 75D-Patrik Daniel[1]; 6. 4K-Jason Knowles[8]; 7. 34C-Delbert Crum III[7]; 8. 53M-Jason Miles[10]; 9. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[12]; 10. 41-Casey White[9]; 11. NE11-Matthew Tribble[15]; 12. 00M-Ruben Mayfield[14]; 13. 111-Jon Woods[13]; 14. 5-Jon Mitchell[2]; 15. (DNF) 32F-Derek Fetter[11]

B-Main 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 Transfer) : 1. 19X-Cody Bauer[1]; 2. 17A-Austin Howes[2]; 3. 9D-Josh Dietz[3]; 4. 66-Jody Knowles[9]; 5. 10-Joseph Joiner[4]; 6. 995-Manny Falcon[7]; 7. 95-Nicky Pennington[10]; 8. C2-Corey DeLancey[6]; 9. 9H-Tim Hancock Jr[13]; 10. 75-Daniel Adam[5]; 11. 93-Mike Kline[12]; 12. (DNF) T22-Tegan Evans[15]; 13. 1W-Shaun WiltjerHunt[11]; 14. (DNF) C66-Donald Johns[14]; 15. (DNF) 16T-Brandon Tibaldi[8]

Super Late Model
Main Event

25 Laps | $5,000 to win

1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]

2. 4C-Chris Simpson[2]

3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[6]

4. 11R-Josh Rice[8]

5. 96V-Tanner English[3]

6. 19M-Spencer Hughes[5]

7. 20-Jimmy Owens[12]

8. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[1]

9. USA1-Kylan Garner[11]

10. 19X-Cody Bauer[14]

11. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[15]

12. 24-Ryan Unzicker[7]

13. 99-Devin Moran[13]

14. 9D-Josh Dietz[18]

15. 17A-Austin Howes[16]

16. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[17]

17. (DNF) 10M-Jacob Magee[10]

18. (DNF) 28-Tyler Carpenter[9]

Dirt Modified
Gateway Dirt Nationals
Race Results
December 15, 2023

View full results for the dirt modified division below:

Qualifying

Qualifying (Combined) : 1. 5-Drake Troutman, 00:12.577[18]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski, 00:12.603[2]; 3. 22A-Austen Becerra, 00:12.712[8]; 4. 49-Jake Timm, 00:12.805[7]; 5. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr, 00:12.826[3]; 6. 24H-Mike Harrison, 00:12.859[29]; 7. 97-Mitch Thomas, 00:12.882[19]; 8. 8S-Kyle Steffens, 00:13.018[5]; 9. 60-William Gould, 00:13.021[1]; 10. 6ST-Joseph Thomas, 00:13.033[6];

11. 44-KC Burdette, 00:13.056[15]; 12. 96M-Mike McKinney, 00:13.075[28]; 13. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:13.122[4]; 14. 47-Jack Sartain, 00:13.209[17]; 15. 4T-Guy Taylor, 00:13.213[16]; 16. 44P-Jeff Parsons, 00:13.234[11]; 17. 1D-Dean Hoffman, 00:13.239[20]; 18. 22-Brandon Copp, 00:13.239[22]; 19. 130-Chase Allen, 00:13.264[26]; 20. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:13.286[12];

21. 25N-Rob Neubauer, 00:13.289[14]; 22. 45-Chase Holland, 00:13.290[23]; 23. 05-Dave Wietholder, 00:13.324[24]; 24. 99L-Tim Luttrell, 00:13.337[10]; 25. 13-Charlie Mefford, 00:13.342[13]; 26. 84-Ryan Toole, 00:13.354[9]; 27. 12T-Jeff Larson, 00:13.434[27]; 28. 01-Peyton Taylor, 00:13.592[25]; 29. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 00:13.877[21]; 30. 38T-Dylan Thornton[30]

Heat Races

Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 5-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 1D-Dean Hoffman[5]; 3. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[4]; 4. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr[2]; 5. 13-Charlie Mefford[7]; 6. 60-William Gould[3]; 7. 25N-Rob Neubauer[6]; 8. 8A-Austin Holcombe[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 30-Jordan Grabouski[1]; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison[2]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[3]; 4. 22-Brandon Copp[5]; 5. 45-Chase Holland[6]; 6. 38T-Dylan Thornton[8]; 7. 47-Jack Sartain[4]; 8. 84-Ryan Toole[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer ) : 1. 05-Dave Wietholder[6]; 2. 4T-Guy Taylor[4]; 3. 22A-Austen Becerra[1]; 4. 44-KC Burdette[3]; 5. (DNF) 97-Mitch Thomas[2]; 6. 130-Chase Allen[5]; 7. (DNF) 12T-Jeff Larson[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Transfer ) : 1. 8S-Kyle Steffens[2]; 2. 44P-Jeff Parsons[4]; 3. 96M-Mike McKinney[3]; 4. 99L-Tim Luttrell[6]; 5. 4TW-Tim Ward[5]; 6. (DNF) 01-Peyton Taylor[7]; 7. (DNF) 49-Jake Timm[1]

LCQs

B-Main 1 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer) : 1. 45-Chase Holland[2]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward[4]; 3. 38T-Dylan Thornton[6]; 4. 13-Charlie Mefford[1]; 5. 01-Peyton Taylor[8]; 6. 25N-Rob Neubauer[9]; 7. 49-Jake Timm[12]; 8. 8A-Austin Holcombe[13]; 9. 12T-Jeff Larson[11]; 10. 84-Ryan Toole[14]; 11. 60-William Gould[5]; 12. (DNF) 130-Chase Allen[7]; 13. (DNF) 47-Jack Sartain[10]; 14. (DNS) 97-Mitch Thomas

Dirt Modified
Main Event

20 Laps | $3,000 to win

1. 30-Jordan Grabouski[4]

2. 5-Drake Troutman[1]

3. 24H-Mike Harrison[6]

4. 8S-Kyle Steffens[3]

5. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[10]

6. 05-Dave Wietholder[2]

7. 4T-Guy Taylor[7]

8. 22-Brandon Copp[14]

9. 22A-Austen Becerra[11]

10. 4TW-Tim Ward[18]

11. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[9]

12. 44-KC Burdette[15]

13. 45-Chase Holland[17]

14. 96M-Mike McKinney[12]

15. (DNF) 99L-Tim Luttrell[16]

16. (DNF) 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr[13]

17. (DNF) 44P-Jeff Parsons[8]

18. (DNF) 1D-Dean Hoffman[5]

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