Dale Earnhardt Jr raced a late model at Florence Motor Speedway today
32 asphalt late model drivers are on the grid in Timmonsville, South Carolina. The 0.4-mile of Florence Motor Speedway is set to drop the green flag on The Icebreaker.
View the Florence Motor Speedway results below.
Casey Kelley and Sam Yarbrough set the front row. 125 laps of late model racing are up next…
Late Model
Main Event Report
Green flag, Yarbrough gets the jump and he noses ahead of Kelley via the outside lane. Yarbrough drops to the inside and takes the lead in turn three.
Lap 10, Kelley remains all over the bumper of Yarbrough in the battle for the lead. Carson Kvapil holds 3rd but he leaves a gap to the car ahead.
Lap 18, Doug Barnes Jr moves to the outside lane. He works to the right rear of Kvapil and takes 3rd away with an outside lane pass.
Lap 45, the leaders have caught the tail of the field. They remain bumper to bumper for the lead.
Lap 48, Kelley rolls the top, he boxes Yarbrough in behind lap traffic. Kelley takes the lead away in lap traffic. Doug Barnes Jr takes 2nd away.
Lap 60, Dale Earnhardt Jr is up to 9th after starting 13th. He might have been saving his tires early in this race.
Lap 69, Bryant Barnhill is over the banking in turn four, the caution is out. Donovan Strauss and Landon Huffman pull to the pit lane.
Green, Kelley and Barnes Jr run side by side for the lead. Kelley wins the battle via the inside lane. Yarbrough follows him through to take 2nd away.
Lap 74
Lap 74, Yarbrough works under Kelley in the battle for the lead. Yarbrough to the point!
Lap 83, Kelley takes the lead away! Yarbrough fight back, Kelley crosses him and takes the lead once more.
Lap 84, Dale Earnhardt Jr rubs doors with Kade Brown for 6th. He’s been consistently the fastest car on the track in the last few laps.
36 to go, Earnhardt works under Doug Barnes Jr, move him to 5th.
32 to go, Kvapil works under Yarbrough, move Kvapil to 2nd. Kelley leads by six car lengths.
25 to go, Earnhardt works under Yarbrough, he’s up to 4th as the crowd stands in applause.
21 to go, Justin Hicks spins from 8th, caution.
Green, Kelley picks the outside lane but it backfires, Kvapil clears him for the lead via the inside lane off turn two. Earnhardt Jr and Connor Hall rub doors for 3rd, Hall wins the battle for now.
12 to go, Hall leans on the bumper of Kelley for 2nd. He moves him off the bottom lane and Hall takes 2nd away.
10 to go, Kvapil leads Hall by five car lengths.
3 to go, Kvapil works heavy lap traffic. Hall closes the gap.
1 to go, Kvapil leans on the bumper of the lap cars. He forces his way though. Hall drives it deep into turn three but he can’t get to his bumper.
Carson Kvapil wins The Icebreaker at Florence Motor Speedway!
Florence Motor Speedway
Race Results
February 10, 2024
Qualifying: 1. 16-Casey Kelley, 00:17.633[25]; 2. 95Y-Sam Yarbrough, 00:17.671[13]; 3. 8-Carson Kvapil, 00:17.683[26]; 4. 22-Connor Hall, 00:17.689[4]; 5. 88B-Doug Barnes JR, 00:17.700[2]; 6. 13-Cody Kelley, 00:17.741[28]; 7. 51-Matt Cox, 00:17.746[30]; 8. 18-Alex Meggs, 00:17.780[31]; 9. 32-Zack Miracle, 00:17.791[14]; 10. 23-Kade Brown, 00:17.797[12];
11. 95-Jacob Heafner, 00:17.809[24]; 12. 16M-Adam McCumbee, 00:17.816[22]; 13. 3-Dale Earnhardt Jr, 00:17.818[27]; 14. 74-Mason Diaz, 00:17.821[11]; 15. 00-Jamie Weatherford, 00:17.822[16]; 16. 77-Darren Krantz Jr, 00:17.862[10]; 17. 7-Strom Altman, 00:17.863[17]; 18. 2-Brandon Pierce, 00:17.867[23]; 19. 8B-Lanie Buice, 00:17.901[8]; 20. 7H-Blayne Harrison, 00:17.907[9];
21. 2D-TJ DeCaire, 00:17.914[7]; 22. 61-Justin Hicks, 00:17.915[6]; 23. 81-Landon Huffman, 00:17.920[3]; 24. 27-Matthew Gould, 00:17.948[29]; 25. 09-Riley Gentry, 00:17.954[32]; 26. 63-Tyler Matthews, 00:17.999[18]; 27. 18R-David Roberts, 00:18.026[21]; 28. 5-Bryant Barnhill, 00:18.063[1]; 29. 88-Alex Hicks, 00:18.073[15]; 30. 51S-Donovan Strauss, 00:18.076[19]; 31. 18M-Truett Miranda, 00:18.095[20]; 32. 99-Colby Higgins, 00:18.157[5]
Icebreaker Results
Main Event
125 Laps | $5,000 to win
1. Carson Kvapil
2. Connor Hall
3. Casey Kelley
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr
5. Sam Yarbrough
6. Kade Brown
7. Jacob Heafner
8. Mason Diaz
9. Matthew Gould
10. Justin Hicks
11. Darren Krantz Jr
12. Doug Barnes Jr
13. Brandon Pierce
14. Lanie Buice
15. Adam McCumbee
16. Riley Gentry
17. Landon Huffman
18. Strom Altman
19. Alex Meggs
20. Bryant Barnhill
21. Donovan Strauss
22. TJ DeCaire
23. Tyler Matthews
24. Truett Miranda
25. David Roberts
26. Matt Cox
27. Zack Miracle
28. Colby Higgins
29. Cody Kelley
30. Jamie Weatherford
31. Alex Hicks
32. Blayne Harrison
