Results from Thursday night at The Dome in St. Louis
It’s the opening night of the Gateway Dirt Nationals. Super Late Model and Modified drivers are racing on the 1/5-mile dirt track inside The Dome in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
View the full Gateway Dirt Nationals results below.
Gateway Dirt Menu
Info/Schedule | Dec 5 | Dec 6 | Dec 7
Tonight is a primarily night with a full race program in both divisions. Results for Thursday will be used to set the lineups for Saturday’s $30,000 finale.
Mike Spatola and Ashton Winger set the front row for the main event. 25 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green flag, they run side by side into turn one. Spatula runs Winger wide and into the wall off turn two. Spatola leads into turn three.
15 to go, Winger throws a slider on Spatola. He can’t clear him, Spatola holds the lead.
Winger attempts another slider. He pulls even but can’t clear him.
9 to go, caution for debris.
Green, Spatola leads Winger off turn two.
8 to go, Brandon Sheppard slides Ryan Gustin for 3rd.
The top 3 are glued to the outside wall. They’re closing on lap traffic.
2 to go, Winger is up in smoke but he stays in the throttle.
Mike Spatola wins Thursday night of the Gateway Dirt Nationals!
Gateway Dirt Nationals
Race Results
December 5, 2024
Super Late Models
The following includes full late model results:
Super Late Model
Practice
Dirt Draft Hot Laps: 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:11.696[7]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:11.848[14]; 3. 27-Rodney Melvin, 00:11.877[3]; 4. 89-Mike Spatola, 00:11.937[10]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:12.048[21]; 6. 10-Joseph Joiner, 00:12.062[23]; 7. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr, 00:12.064[5]; 8. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:12.071[13]; 9. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:12.157[4]; 10. 93-Zak Blackwood, 00:12.158[1];
11. 81R-Jason Riggs, 00:12.185[25]; 12. 121-Jon Mitchell, 00:12.197[9]; 13. 14X-Wil Herrington, 00:12.201[32]; 14. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.233[51]; 15. 74-Mike Franklin, 00:12.281[6]; 16. 11-Lance Brasington, 00:12.358[16]; 17. 78-Chad Zobrist, 00:12.367[15]; 18. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:12.404[11]; 19. 14-Quentin White, 00:12.404[19]; 20. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:12.413[45];
21. 34-Chad Wallace, 00:12.417[12]; 22. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:12.437[63]; 23. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:12.467[50]; 24. 25-Jason Feger, 00:12.532[48]; 25. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:12.561[49]; 26. 28-Tyler Carpenter, 00:12.638[62]; 27. 22-Bree Whittmore, 00:12.652[26]; 28. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:12.671[36]; 29. 75D-Patrik Daniel, 00:12.672[35]; 30. 12-Devon Morgan, 00:12.722[46];
31. 25P-Mike Petersilie, 00:12.736[47]; 32. 18S-Robbie Scott, 00:12.736[28]; 33. 11C-Rachel Carpenter, 00:12.743[31]; 34. 1S-Daniel Shelton, 00:12.748[30]; 35. 10M-Jacob Magee, 00:12.764[53]; 36. 21-Will Harris, 00:12.776[27]; 37. J8-Jadon Frame, 00:12.820[52]; 38. 17-Todd Rehg, 00:12.829[59]; 39. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:12.837[64]; 40. 12W-Ashton Winger, 00:12.850[42];
41. 7D-Austin Theiss, 00:12.867[17]; 42. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:12.875[65]; 43. C6-Oakley Johns, 00:12.879[43]; 44. 19J-Justin Green, 00:12.885[38]; 45. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:12.894[56]; 46. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:12.933[60]; 47. H1-Steve Hewitt Sr, 00:12.935[2]; 48. 28K-Tate O’Leary, 00:12.996[40]; 49. 41M-Matt Menzie, 00:13.001[20]; 50. J0-John Ownbey, 00:13.062[57];
51. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 00:13.100[39]; 52. 18D-David Seibers, 00:13.117[34]; 53. 77-William Rose, 00:13.146[54]; 54. 25J-Ted Johnson Jr, 00:13.169[22]; 55. 41-Casey White, 00:13.179[41]; 56. 14JR-Michael King Jr, 00:13.277[55]; 57. 81-Daniel Garrett, 00:13.278[44]; 58. 44-James O’Hara, 00:13.296[58]; 59. C66-Donald Johns, 00:13.314[33]; 60. 69-Doug Cooper, 00:13.351[37];
61. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham, 00:13.570[8]; 62. 1M-Blake Morris, 00:13.685[66]; 63. 4E-Scott Geaschel, 00:14.087[24]; 64. (DNF) 32F-Derek Fetter, 00:14.087[18]; 65. (DNF) M14-David Marlow, 00:14.087[61]; 66. (DNS) 122-Timmy Dick, 00:14.087
Super Late Model
Qualifying
Twisted Tech Qualifying A: 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:12.399[14]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:12.411[7]; 3. 89-Mike Spatola, 00:12.455[10]; 4. 78-Chad Zobrist, 00:12.468[15]; 5. 121-Jon Mitchell, 00:12.506[9]; 6. 10-Joseph Joiner, 00:12.512[23]; 7. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:12.617[13]; 8. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:12.654[21]; 9. 34-Chad Wallace, 00:12.874[12]; 10. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:12.907[11];
11. 27-Rodney Melvin, 00:12.918[3]; 12. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr, 00:13.052[5]; 13. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:13.077[4]; 14. 93-Zak Blackwood, 00:13.096[1]; 15. 81R-Jason Riggs, 00:13.110[25]; 16. 32F-Derek Fetter, 00:13.214[18]; 17. 11-Lance Brasington, 00:13.297[16]; 18. 7D-Austin Theiss, 00:13.313[17]; 19. 74-Mike Franklin, 00:13.330[6]; 20. 14X-Wil Herrington, 00:13.342[32];
21. 14-Quentin White, 00:13.409[19]; 22. 41M-Matt Menzie, 00:13.412[20]; 23. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham, 00:13.425[8]; 24. 18S-Robbie Scott, 00:13.481[28]; 25. C66-Donald Johns, 00:13.522[33]; 26. 1S-Daniel Shelton, 00:13.645[30]; 27. 21-Will Harris, 00:13.707[27]; 28. 4E-Scott Geaschel, 00:13.709[24]; 29. 22-Bree Whittmore, 00:13.718[26]; 30. 122-Timmy Dick, 00:13.787[29];
31. 11C-Rachel Carpenter, 00:13.849[31]; 32. H1-Steve Hewitt Sr, 00:13.916[2]; 33. (DNF) 25J-Ted Johnson Jr, 00:13.916[22]
Twisted Tech Qualifying B: 1. 28-Tyler Carpenter, 00:12.956[29]; 2. J8-Jadon Frame, 00:13.012[19]; 3. 12W-Ashton Winger, 00:13.095[9]; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.177[18]; 5. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:13.180[3]; 6. 25-Jason Feger, 00:13.228[15]; 7. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:13.250[27]; 8. 19J-Justin Green, 00:13.256[5]; 9. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:13.273[12]; 10. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:13.304[31];
11. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:13.305[16]; 12. 14JR-Michael King Jr, 00:13.309[22]; 13. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 00:13.313[6]; 14. J0-John Ownbey, 00:13.315[24]; 15. 17-Todd Rehg, 00:13.331[26]; 16. 41-Casey White, 00:13.347[8]; 17. C6-Oakley Johns, 00:13.363[10]; 18. 18D-David Seibers, 00:13.379[1]; 19. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:13.445[32]; 20. 75D-Patrik Daniel, 00:13.496[2];
21. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:13.531[30]; 22. 10M-Jacob Magee, 00:13.542[20]; 23. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:13.683[17]; 24. 28K-Tate O’Leary, 00:13.697[7]; 25. 81-Daniel Garrett, 00:13.749[11]; 26. 1M-Blake Morris, 00:13.758[33]; 27. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:13.759[23]; 28. 25P-Mike Petersilie, 00:13.763[14]; 29. 77-William Rose, 00:13.897[21]; 30. 69-Doug Cooper, 00:14.085[4];
31. 44-James O’Hara, 00:14.263[25]; 32. (DNF) M14-David Marlow, 00:14.263[28]; 33. (DNF) 12-Devon Morgan, 00:14.263[13]
Super Late Model
Heat Races
MatMan Designs Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Kyle Hammer[4]; 2. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[3]; 3. 32S-Chris Simpson[5]; 4. 74-Mike Franklin[7]; 5. C66-Donald Johns[9]; 6. 32F-Derek Fetter[6]; 7. 11C-Rachel Carpenter[11]; 8. 4E-Scott Geaschel[10]; 9. (DNF) 78-Chad Zobrist[2]; 10. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 11. (DNF) 41M-Matt Menzie[8]
National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb[3]; 3. 27-Rodney Melvin[4]; 4. 121-Jon Mitchell[2]; 5. 93-Zak Blackwood[5]; 6. 11-Lance Brasington[6]; 7. 22-Bree Whittmore[10]; 8. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham[8]; 9. (DNF) 1S-Daniel Shelton[9]; 10. 14X-Wil Herrington[7]; 11. (DNF) H1-Steve Hewitt Sr[11]
Abilene Race Rads Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Mike Spatola[1]; 2. 10-Joseph Joiner[2]; 3. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[4]; 4. 81R-Jason Riggs[5]; 5. 34-Chad Wallace[3]; 6. 14-Quentin White[7]; 7. 7D-Austin Theiss[6]; 8. 122-Timmy Dick[10]; 9. (DNF) 21-Will Harris[9]; 10. 18S-Robbie Scott[8]; 11. (DNF) 25J-Ted Johnson Jr[11]
FK Rod Ends Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 28-Tyler Carpenter[1]; 3. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[3]; 4. 4G-Bob Gardner[4]; 5. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[7]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw[5]; 7. 41-Casey White[6]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[8]; 9. 25P-Mike Petersilie[10]; 10. (DNF) 81-Daniel Garrett[9]; 11. (DNF) 44-James O’Hara[11]
Superior Glass Mirror Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. J8-Jadon Frame[1]; 2. C6-Oakley Johns[6]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 4. J0-John Ownbey[5]; 5. 19J-Justin Green[3]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[2]; 7. 77-William Rose[10]; 8. 1M-Blake Morris[9]; 9. 55-Benji Hicks[8]; 10. (DNF) 75D-Patrik Daniel[7]; 11. (DNS) M14-David Marlow
Deatherage Opticians Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 12W-Ashton Winger[1]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 3. 25-Jason Feger[2]; 4. 17-Todd Rehg[5]; 5. 14JR-Michael King Jr[4]; 6. 21B-Rich Bell[9]; 7. 12-Devon Morgan[11]; 8. 28K-Tate O’Leary[8]; 9. (DNF) 1-Tyler Erb[7]; 10. 18D-David Seibers[6]; 11. (DNF) 69-Doug Cooper[10]
Super Late Model
LCQ
Mittler Brothers Machine B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 32S-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 27-Rodney Melvin[2]; 3. 121-Jon Mitchell[5]; 4. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[3]; 5. 81R-Jason Riggs[6]; 6. 74-Mike Franklin[4]; 7. 34-Chad Wallace[9]; 8. C66-Donald Johns[7]; 9. 11-Lance Brasington[11]; 10. 32F-Derek Fetter[10]; 11. (DNF) 93-Zak Blackwood[8]; 12. (DNF) 14-Quentin White[12]
Wilwood Racing B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 2. 25-Jason Feger[3]; 3. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[1]; 4. 4G-Bob Gardner[4]; 5. 14JR-Michael King Jr[9]; 6. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[7]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[11]; 8. 21B-Rich Bell[12]; 9. 17-Todd Rehg[6]; 10. 16-Rusty Griffaw[10]; 11. 19J-Justin Green[8]; 12. (DNF) J0-John Ownbey[5]
Super Late Model
Main Event
25 Laps | $5,000 to win
1. 89-Mike Spatola[1]
2. 12W-Ashton Winger[2]
3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]
4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]
5. J8-Jadon Frame[3]
6. C6-Oakley Johns[10]
7. 20-Jimmy Owens[14]
8. 45-Kyle Hammer[6]
9. 28-Tyler Carpenter[8]
10. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[7]
11. 18-Shannon Babb[9]
12. 49-Jonathan Davenport[12]
13. 32S-Chris Simpson[13]
14. 25-Jason Feger[16]
15. 10-Joseph Joiner[11]
16. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[18]
17. 121-Jon Mitchell[17]
18. (DNF) 27-Rodney Melvin[15]
Gateway Dirt Nationals
Race Results
December 5, 2024
Modifieds
The following includes full modified results:
Modified
Qualifying
Wehrs Machine Qualifying: 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.855[7]; 2. 5-Drake Troutman, 00:12.903[6]; 3. 22A-Austen Becerra, 00:13.058[24]; 4. 6X-Zach Johnson, 00:13.085[5]; 5. 24H-Mike Harrison, 00:13.115[11]; 6. 01-Peyton Taylor, 00:13.134[8]; 7. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:13.143[2]; 8. 18L-Michael Long, 00:13.149[20]; 9. 45-Chase Holland, 00:13.175[13]; 10. J82-Treb Jacoby, 00:13.175[16];
11. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:13.184[3]; 12. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 00:13.216[14]; 13. 74M-Manix Furqueron, 00:13.218[10]; 14. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:13.240[25]; 15. 0-Jake O’Neil, 00:13.257[15]; 16. 07X-Troy Morris III, 00:13.262[18]; 17. 37L-Michael Ledford, 00:13.387[21]; 18. 54-Zach Hawk, 00:13.442[9]; 19. B75-Braydon Berry, 00:13.444[1]; 20. 15W-Alex Williamson, 00:13.479[26];
21. 77-Ray Bollinger, 00:13.538[27]; 22. 49-Jake Timm, 00:13.541[23]; 23. 43LV-Logan Veloz, 00:13.601[4]; 24. 96M-Mike McKinney, 00:13.612[17]; 25. 33C-Cole Chernosky, 00:13.652[31]; 26. 26-Adam Ogle, 00:13.716[32]; 27. 18-Charlie Mefford, 00:13.865[22]; 28. 99-Tim Luttrell, 00:13.945[29]; 29. 22-Brandon Copp, 00:13.957[28]; 30. 7-Clay Money, 00:13.958[30];
31. 2-Darrell Hoffman, 00:14.062[19]; 32. 1-Drake Powell, 00:14.079[12]
Modified
Heat Races
Summit Racing Equipment Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24H-Mike Harrison[2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 3. 37L-Michael Ledford[5]; 4. 45-Chase Holland[3]; 5. 74M-Manix Furqueron[4]; 6. 77-Ray Bollinger[6]; 7. 33C-Cole Chernosky[7]; 8. 22-Brandon Copp[8]
Walker Filtration Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 01-Peyton Taylor[2]; 3. 49-Jake Timm[6]; 4. 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 5. J82-Treb Jacoby[3]; 6. 26-Adam Ogle[7]; 7. 54-Zach Hawk[5]; 8. 7-Clay Money[8]
Dirtcar Lift Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22A-Austen Becerra[1]; 2. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[2]; 3. 0-Jake O’Neil[4]; 4. 43LV-Logan Veloz[6]; 5. 2-Darrell Hoffman[8]; 6. 18-Charlie Mefford[7]; 7. (DNF) 12-Jason Hughes[3]; 8. (DNF) B75-Braydon Berry[5]
ZAMP Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 18L-Michael Long[2]; 2. 96M-Mike McKinney[6]; 3. 6X-Zach Johnson[1]; 4. 15W-Alex Williamson[5]; 5. 8A-Austin Holcombe[3]; 6. 1-Drake Powell[8]; 7. 99-Tim Luttrell[7]; 8. (DNF) 07X-Troy Morris III[4]
Modified
LCQ
PeeWees Wrecker Service B Feature (8 Laps): 1. 74M-Manix Furqueron[1]; 2. J82-Treb Jacoby[2]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[11]; 4. 2-Darrell Hoffman[3]; 5. 22-Brandon Copp[13]; 6. 77-Ray Bollinger[5]; 7. 8A-Austin Holcombe[4]; 8. 18-Charlie Mefford[7]; 9. 07X-Troy Morris III[16]; 10. 1-Drake Powell[8]; 11. 7-Clay Money[14]; 12. (DNF) 26-Adam Ogle[6]; 13. (DNF) 99-Tim Luttrell[12]; 14. 54-Zach Hawk[10]; 15. (DNF) 33C-Cole Chernosky[9]; 16. (DNS) B75-Braydon Berry
Modified
Main Event
$3,000 to win
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]
2. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[6]
3. 18L-Michael Long[1]
4. 5-Drake Troutman[2]
5. 24H-Mike Harrison[3]
6. 01-Peyton Taylor[7]
7. 22A-Austen Becerra[4]
8. 37L-Michael Ledford[9]
9. 96M-Mike McKinney[8]
10. 49-Jake Timm[11]
11. 45-Chase Holland[13]
12. 4W-Tyler Wolff[15]
13. 43LV-Logan Veloz[14]
14. (DNF) 6X-Zach Johnson[12]
15. (DNF) J82-Treb Jacoby[18]
16. (DNF) 15W-Alex Williamson[16]
17. (DNF) 74M-Manix Furqueron[17]
18. (DNF) 0-Jake O’Neil[10]
