Kyle Larson joins the late model field at Golden Isles Speedway
Golden Isles Speedway is hosting a busy night of racing in Brunswick, GA. The 4/10-mile dirt track welcomes the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and High Limit Sprint Car Series in a double-header.
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Chris Madden and Mike Marlar set the front row. 50 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Late Model
Main Event
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Green flag, Madden slides Marlar into turn one. Marlar looks under Madden into turn three. Side by side as they return to turn one, Marlar to the lead.
Drake Troutman slows, caution.
Green, Marlar leads as Overton takes 2nd away.
Lap 17, Sheppard rolls by Overton for 2nd.
Lap 20, Marlar has caught the tail of the field. He knocks the cushion as he works lap traffic. Sheppard is closing.
Lap 28, Sheppard works under Marlar for the lead. A lap later, Marlar works under Sheppard to retake the lead.
Lap 34, Marlar nearly tangles with lap traffic. Sheppard trails by five car lengths.
10 to go, most of the field is glued to the inside lane. Marlar is driving away.
Mike Marlar wins at Golden Isles Speedway!
Golden Isles Speedway
Results
February 24, 2024
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2024 results from the Florida dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.091[2]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.401[6]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:15.638[9]; 4. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.642[11]; 5. 44-Chris Madden, 00:15.644[8]; 6. 11-Austin Smith, 00:15.660[5]; 7. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.752[12]; 8. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:16.059[7]; 9. 55H-Benji Hicks, 00:16.107[10]; 10. 214-Haiden Cowan, 00:16.134[3]; 11. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:16.372[1]; 12. (DNS) 51-Chad Tuten
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.188[5]; 2. 32P-Bobby Pierce, 00:15.325[4]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.359[10]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.466[3]; 5. 111-Max Blair, 00:15.540[1]; 6. 14X-Wil Herrington, 00:15.573[2]; 7. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.688[6]; 8. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:15.865[9]; 9. 15-Ethan Wilson, 00:15.937[8]; 10. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:16.005[7]; 11. 3-Brennon Willard, 00:16.339[11]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.260[7]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.295[4]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:15.303[5]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.408[6]; 5. 99-Devin Moran, 00:15.575[10]; 6. 97-Cody Overton, 00:15.641[3]; 7. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.705[8]; 8. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.782[1]; 9. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.854[11]; 10. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:15.931[9]; 11. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:16.162[2]
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.010[7]; 2. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:15.251[10]; 3. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.312[4]; 4. 1-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.384[8]; 5. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.471[3]; 6. 6K-Kyle Larson, 00:15.695[9]; 7. 25-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:15.763[6]; 8. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:16.075[1]; 9. 15M-Mitch Fulford, 00:17.202[2]; 10. (DNS) 00-Russell Brown Jr; 11. (DNS) 6-Clay Harris
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Madden, 00:14.953[8]; 2. 32P-Bobby Pierce, 00:14.996[16]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.077[6]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.179[2]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.200[17]; 6. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.273[22]; 7. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.316[12]; 8. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.345[15]; 9. 14X-Wil Herrington, 00:15.378[14]; 10. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.407[18];
11. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.466[11]; 12. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.483[1]; 13. 111-Max Blair, 00:15.536[13]; 14. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.571[7]; 15. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:15.573[9]; 16. 15-Ethan Wilson, 00:15.634[20]; 17. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:15.701[19]; 18. 214-Haiden Cowan, 00:15.727[3]; 19. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:15.730[21]; 20. 11-Austin Smith, 00:15.775[5]; 21. 55H-Benji Hicks, 00:15.901[10]; 22. 3-Brennon Willard, 00:16.369[23]; 23. (DNS) 51-Chad Tuten
Qualifying Continued
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.010[6]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.057[4]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.165[1]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.169[18]; 5. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.192[15]; 6. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.207[7]; 7. 6K-Kyle Larson, 00:15.238[20]; 8. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:15.259[5]; 9. 1-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.284[19]; 10. 99-Devin Moran, 00:15.328[10];
11. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.361[14]; 12. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:15.482[21]; 13. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.539[12]; 14. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.577[11]; 15. 25-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:15.610[17]; 16. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.694[8]; 17. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:15.698[9]; 18. 97-Cody Overton, 00:15.714[3]; 19. 6-Clay Harris, 00:15.721[22]; 20. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:15.822[2]; 21. 15M-Mitch Fulford, 00:15.908[13]; 22. (DNS) 00-Russell Brown Jr
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 44-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 14X-Wil Herrington[5]; 3. 55H-Benji Hicks[11]; 4. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[6]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 6. 111-Max Blair[7]; 7. 93-Cory Lawler[9]; 8. 9-Nick Hoffman[8]; 9. 51-Chad Tuten[12]; 10. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[4]; 11. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 12. 4G-Bob Gardner[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]; 4. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 5. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[7]; 7. 214-Haiden Cowan[9]; 8. 19R-Ryan Gustin[6]; 9. 15-Ethan Wilson[8]; 10. 3-Brennon Willard[11]; 11. 11-Austin Smith[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 3. 1-Hudson O’Neal[5]; 4. 6K-Kyle Larson[4]; 5. 10-Garrett Smith[3]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 8. 6-Clay Harris[10]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 10. 25-Tony Jackson Jr[8]; 11. 15M-Mitch Fulford[11]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[5]; 5. 7T-Drake Troutman[4]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 7. 5-Mark Whitener[8]; 8. 97-Cody Overton[9]; 9. 75-Daniel Adam[6]; 10. 388-Jackson Hise[10]; 11. (DNS) 00-Russell Brown Jr
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (Top 3 Advance) : 1. 111-Max Blair[3]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 3. 8-Dillon McCowan[2]; 4. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[7]; 6. 93-Cory Lawler[5]; 7. 51-Chad Tuten[9]; 8. 214-Haiden Cowan[6]; 9. 19R-Ryan Gustin[8]; 10. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[11]; 11. 4G-Bob Gardner[15]; 12. 3-Brennon Willard[12]; 13. 15-Ethan Wilson[10]; 14. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[13]; 15. (DNS) 11-Austin Smith
B-Main 2 (Top 3 Advance) : 1. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 4. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 5. 7T-Drake Troutman[2]; 6. 5-Mark Whitener[6]; 7. 97-Cody Overton[8]; 8. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 10. 388-Jackson Hise[12]; 11. 75-Daniel Adam[10]; 12. 25-Tony Jackson Jr[11]; 13. 15M-Mitch Fulford[13]; 14. (DNS) 00-Russell Brown Jr
Golden Isles Speedway
Makeup Feature Race Results
February 24, 2024
A-Main (50 Laps – $20,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 157-Mike Marlar[2]
$20,000
2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[4]
3. 44-Chris Madden[1]
4. 76-Brandon Overton[8]
5. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]
6. 58-Garrett Alberson[7]
7. 1-Hudson O’Neal[10]
8. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]
9. 6K-Kyle Larson[14]
10. 14X-Wil Herrington[5]
11. 39-Tim McCreadie[12]
12. 99-Devin Moran[16]
13. 32P-Bobby Pierce[15]
14. 10-Garrett Smith[18]
15. 55H-Benji Hicks[9]
16. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[13]
17. 1T-Tyler Erb[24]
18. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[20]
19. 7-Ross Robinson[22]
20. 111-Max Blair[17]
21. 17SS-Brenden Smith[28]
22. 99B-Boom Briggs[25]
23. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[23]
24. 8-Dillon McCowan[21]
25. 40B-Kyle Bronson[11]
26. 20-Jimmy Owens[19]
27. 7T-Drake Troutman[26]
28. 4G-Bob Gardner[27]
Race Statistics
Entrants: 45
Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Chris Madden
Lap Leaders: Chris Madden (Lap 1); Mike Marlar (Laps 2-27); Brandon Sheppard (Lap 28); Mike Marlar (Laps 29-50)
Wieland Feature Winner: Mike Marlar
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a
Margin of Victory: 1.001 seconds
Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Drake Troutman (Lap 8)
Series Provisionals: Ricky Thornton, Jr.; Mike Marlar
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: Boom Briggs; Drake Troutman; Bob Gardner; Brenden Smith
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Mike Marlar, Brandon Sheppard, Chris Madden
Penske Shocks Top 5: Mike Marlar, Brandon Sheppard, Chris Madden, Brandon Overton, Jonathan Davenport
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Tyler Erb (Advanced 7 Positions)
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Hudson O’Neal
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Bobby Pierce
MD3 Most Laps Led: Mike Marlar (48 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Garrett Alberson
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a
Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Mike Marlar (Lap 11 – 15.601seconds)
Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Brandon Sheppard
Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Josh Davis (Mike Marlar)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Brandon Overton (15.0105 seconds)
Time of Race: 16 minutes 52 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. Ricky Thornton Jr
1390 | $66,950
2. Hudson O’Neal
1385 | $56,200
3. Jonathan Davenport
1365 | $51,050
4. Daulton Wilson
1265 | $45,650
5. Brandon Sheppard
1250 | $37,725
6. Devin Moran
1250 | $35,200
7. Jimmy Owens
1215 | $26,950
8. Mike Marlar
1205 | $36,225
9. Tim McCreadie
1175 | $35,325
10. Garrett Alberson
1165 | $24,075
11. Tyler Erb
1125 | $33,000
12. Clay Harris
1115 | $17,650
