Gateway Dirt Nationals Results: December 7, 2024 ($30k Finale)

Results from the final night of the Gateway Dirt Nationals in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri

Tonight, the three-day show inside The Dome comes to a close. Super Late Model and Modified drivers are set for battle in the Gateway Dirt Nationals finale.

View full Gateway Dirt Nationals results below.

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Brandon Sheppard and Gordy Gundaker set the front row for the 40-lap main event. They’re set to race for $30,000 to win in the Super Late Model main event…

Super Late Model
Main Event
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Green flag, Sheppard and Gundaker run even into turn one. Gundaker noses ahead via the outside lane.

37 to go, Ashton Winger and Mike Spatola tangle. They both keep it rolling, no caution.

31 to go, Jonathan Davenport and Steve Sheppard are around, caution.

Green, Gundaker leads as Sheppard and Winger run side by side for 2nd.

30 to go, Sheppard slides Gundaker for the lead. Sheppard clears him and takes the lead away.

28 to go, Bobby Pierce slides Tanner English for 7th but he clips his nose. English spins and the caution is out.

Green, Sheppard leads as Winger and Gundaker battle for 2nd. Winger takes 2nd away.

24 to go, caution for debris.

Green, Sheppard leads as Ricky Thornton Jr takes over 2nd on the outside.

21 to go

21 to go, Spatola slides Winger for 3rd. Winger slides him back. Winger throws another slider to take 3rd away.

Bobby Pierce and Josh Rice are coming to the front behind them.

19 to go, Tyler Carpenter is around, caution.

Green, Sheppard leads Thornton Jr.

Pierce slides Spatola for 4th.

15 to go, Rich Bell slows, caution.

Green, Sheppard leads as Winger slides Thornton Jr for 2nd. Thornton Jr slides Winger into turn three, Thornton Jr back to 2nd.

12 to go, Ashton Winger pulls to the infield with an issue, no caution.

11 to go, Pierce slides Thornton Jr for 2nd!

5 to go, Sheppard leads Pierce by 10 car lengths. The leader is at the tail of the field!

2 to go, Sheppard is boxed behind Davenport. Pierce closes to the bumper of Sheppard!

1 to go, Pierce breaks into turn three!

Brandon Sheppard wins the Gateway Dirt Nationals! Pierce limps across the line.

Gateway Dirt Nationals
Race Results
December 7, 2024
Super Late Models

The following includes full results for the late model division:

Non-Qualifiers

PeeWees Wrecker Service Non Qualifier 1 (12 Laps): 1. 32F-Derek Fetter[1]; 2. 10J-TeeJay Janousek[8]; 3. 81-Daniel Garrett[15]; 4. 48-Brody Yarbrough[14]; 5. 18X-Michael Seibers[4]; 6. 41-Casey White[7]; 7. (DNF) 19J-Justin Green[3]; 8. (DNF) 71W-Zach Wohlers[6]; 9. 10M-Jacob Magee[10]; 10. (DNF) 21M-Chris McKeehan[11]; 11. (DNF) 41M-Matt Menzie[17]; 12. 4E-Scott Geaschel[9]; 13. (DNF) 111-Jonathan Woods[13]; 14. (DNF) 44-James O’Hara[19]; 15. 69-Doug Cooper[21]; 16. (DNF) 128N-James Nash[2]; 17. (DNF) 11C-Rachel Snider[5]; 18. 25P-Mike Petersilie[12]; 19. (DNS) 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr; 20. 45B-Scott Bell; 21. (DNS) M5-David Scott Jr

ZAMP Non Qualifier 2 (12 Laps): 1. 93-Zak Blackwood[2]; 2. C2-Corey DeLancey[7]; 3. J0-John Ownbey[4]; 4. 12-Devon Morgan[8]; 5. 88-Dustin Rollins[3]; 6. NE11-Matthew Tribble[1]; 7. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[17]; 8. 114-Evan Koehler[16]; 9. 7D-Austin Theiss[6]; 10. 18D-David Seibers[20]; 11. 122-Timmy Dick[11]; 12. 2X4-Chase Collins[22]; 13. 27E-Kyle Mixon[9]; 14. 47-Cyle Forgy[5]; 15. (DNF) 28K-Tate O’Leary[13]; 16. 25J-Ted Johnson Jr[21]; 17. (DNF) 20H-Glen Hounshell[10]; 18. 57-Blake Higginbotham[12]; 19. (DNF) 17J-Jared Bamberger[19]; 20. (DNS) 11-Lance Brasington; 21. 21-Will Harris; 22. (DNS) 18S-Robbie Scott

Nightowl Designs Non Qualifier 3 (12 Laps): 1. 219-Gavin Cowan[4]; 2. 16-Rusty Griffaw[1]; 3. 14-Quentin White[3]; 4. 27K-Greg Kimmons[6]; 5. 77-William Rose[7]; 6. 1M-Blake Morris[11]; 7. 96K-Matt Koch[10]; 8. 15F-Chris Fetter[16]; 9. 75D-Patrik Daniel[18]; 10. 17SR-Brody Smith[12]; 11. 55-Benji Hicks[15]; 12. H1-Steve Hewitt Sr[20]; 13. 1S-Daniel Shelton[13]; 14. 8-Megan Sanders[17]; 15. (DNS) 115-Grimsley Fulford; 16. 22-Bree Whittmore; 17. (DNS) 128-Kylan Garner; 18. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham; 19. (DNS) USA 1-Devon Andrews; 20. (DNS) 18C-Cameron Reynolds; 21. 51B-Brandon Carpenter; 22. (DNS) M14-David Marlow

Qualifiers

MatMan Designs Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[6]; 3. 21B-Rich Bell[9]; 4. 14JR-Michael King Jr[7]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[3]; 6. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[5]; 7. 32F-Derek Fetter[10]; 8. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 9. 34-Chad Wallace[8]; 10. (DNF) 32S-Chris Simpson[4]; 11. (DNF) 1-Tyler Erb[11]

Hellraizer Jacks Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker[3]; 2. 81J-Jack Riggs[5]; 3. 38-Derek Fisher[2]; 4. 91-Rusty Schlenk[11]; 5. 99-Devin Moran[6]; 6. LIL91-Carter Schlenk[4]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith[7]; 8. 222-Manny Falcon[8]; 9. (DNF) 10J-TeeJay Janousek[10]; 10. (DNF) 84-Myles Moos[1]; 11. (DNS) 4-Ryan Wilson

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 45-Kyle Hammer[2]; 2. J8-Jadon Frame[1]; 3. 25-Jason Feger[4]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[8]; 5. 74-Mike Franklin[7]; 6. 93-Zak Blackwood[10]; 7. 11-Lance Brasington[9]; 8. 76-Brandon Overton[11]; 9. 18-Shannon Babb[3]; 10. (DNF) 4G-Bob Gardner[6]; 11. (DNF) 121-Jon Mitchell[5]

FK Rod Ends Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 96-Tanner English[2]; 2. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 3. C4-Freddie Carpenter[1]; 4. 19M-Spencer Hughes[5]; 5. 2B-Jordan Barbee[4]; 6. C2-Corey DeLancey[10]; 7. 34C-Delbert Crum III[6]; 8. 99T-Dylan Thompson[11]; 9. 97-Steven Dotson[9]; 10. 19X-Cody Bauer[7]; 11. (DNF) 2*-Cole Babcock[8]

Illinois State Rifle Associatons Qualifier 5 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Tyler Carpenter[2]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 3. 10-Joseph Joiner[4]; 4. 219-Gavin Cowan[10]; 5. 14X-Wil Herrington[11]; 6. 17-Todd Rehg[9]; 7. (DNF) 81R-Jason Riggs[6]; 8. (DNF) C6-Oakley Johns[1]; 9. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[7]; 10. (DNF) 27-Rodney Melvin[5]; 11. (DNF) C66-Donald Johns[8]

Walker Filtration Qualifier 6 (10 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 3. 29-Jason Welshan[6]; 4. 17A-Austin Howes[4]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[7]; 6. 93F-Carson Ferguson[2]; 7. 1E-Amelia Eisenschenk[8]; 8. 14-Quentin White[10]; 9. 51-Dean Carpenter[5]; 10. 78-Chad Zobrist[11]; 11. (DNS) B89-Dakota Smith

Practice

Top 6 A Hot Laps: 1. 89-Mike Spatola, 00:12.673[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.689[2]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.795[5]; 4. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:13.081[6]; 5. 12W-Ashton Winger, 00:12.835[3]; 6. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]

LCQ

Allstar Performance Win & Your In Last Chance (10 Laps): 1. 21B-Rich Bell[1]; 2. 25-Jason Feger[3]; 3. 91-Rusty Schlenk[8]; 4. 29-Jason Welshan[6]; 5. 19M-Spencer Hughes[10]; 6. 219-Gavin Cowan[11]; 7. 10-Joseph Joiner[5]; 8. C4-Freddie Carpenter[4]; 9. 38-Derek Fisher[2]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[9]; 11. 14JR-Michael King Jr[7]; 12. (DNS) 17A-Austin Howes

Late Model
Main Event

Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos

1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]

2. 32-Bobby Pierce[12]

3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]

4. 89-Mike Spatola[3]

5. 9-Nick Hoffman[5]

6. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[2]

7. 11R-Josh Rice[16]

8. 71-Hudson O’Neal[18]

9. 45-Kyle Hammer[9]

10. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[13]

11. 28-Tyler Carpenter[11]

12. 96-Tanner English[10]

13. 49-Jonathan Davenport[17]

14. 76-Brandon Overton[20]

15. 24-Ryan Unzicker[8]

16. (DNF) 12W-Ashton Winger[6]

17. (DNF) 19R-Ryan Gustin[7]

18. (DNF) 21B-Rich Bell[19]

19. (DNF) J8-Jadon Frame[15]

20. (DNF) 81J-Jack Riggs[14]


Gateway Dirt Nationals
Race Results
December 7, 2024
Modifieds

The following includes full results for the modified division:

Qualifiers

STAKT Products Qualifer 1 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 37L-Michael Ledford[3]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[5]; 4. 01-Peyton Taylor[2]; 5. 6X-Zach Johnson[6]; 6. 0-Jake O’Neil[8]; 7. 54-Zach Hawk[14]; 8. 1-Drake Powell[12]; 9. (DNF) 15W-Alex Williamson[7]; 10. (DNF) 49-Jake Timm[4]; 11. 2-Darrell Hoffman[9]; 12. (DNF) 77-Ray Bollinger[10]; 13. (DNF) 18-Charlie Mefford[11]; 14. 26-Adam Ogle[13]; 15. (DNF) B75-Braydon Berry[15]

PPM Racing Products Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward[3]; 3. 65-Tyler Davis[4]; 4. 47-Jack Sartain[11]; 5. 6-Ryan Ayers[10]; 6. 21CZ-Cole Czarneski[9]; 7. 44-KC Burdette[5]; 8. 7N-Tim Nash[12]; 9. (DNF) 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 10. (DNF) 05-Dave Wietholder[13]; 11. (DNS) B1-Jeff Larson; 12. (DNS) 19-Tom Berry Jr; 13. 44H-Dave Hess Jr; 14. (DNS) 20S-Rodney Sanders

MatMan Designs Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 24H-Mike Harrison[1]; 2. 45-Chase Holland[4]; 3. 96M-Mike McKinney[3]; 4. 22A-Austen Becerra[2]; 5. 22-Brandon Copp[9]; 6. 74M-Manix Furqueron[7]; 7. 12-Jason Hughes[8]; 8. 33C-Cole Chernosky[14]; 9. 43LV-Logan Veloz[5]; 10. (DNF) 8A-Austin Holcombe[10]; 11. (DNF) 07X-Troy Morris III[11]; 12. 7-Clay Money[12]; 13. (DNF) 99-Tim Luttrell[13]; 14. (DNF) J82-Treb Jacoby[6]

Deatherage Opticians Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 36-Kenny Wallace[1]; 2. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[3]; 3. 02-Tanner Mullens[2]; 4. J3-Jimmy Lennex Jr[5]; 5. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[7]; 6. 24C-Jim Chisholm[9]; 7. 8S-Kyle Steffens[6]; 8. 1D-Dean Hoffman[4]; 9. 14-Rick Conoyer[12]; 10. 75JR-Chaz Baca[10]; 11. (DNF) 82-Gary Dillon[11]; 12. (DNF) 20-Jimmy Owens[8]; 13. (DNS) 130-Chase Allen; 14. (DNS) C4-Chris Soutiea

Practice

Dirt Draft Top 6 Hot Laps: 1. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:12.571[2]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski, 00:12.602[4]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.616[1]; 4. 10Y-Trent Young, 00:12.720[6]; 5. 18L-Michael Long, 00:12.737[5]; 6. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:12.791[3]

LCQ

Allstar Performance Win & Your In Last Chance (10 Laps): 1. 22A-Austen Becerra[3]; 2. J3-Jimmy Lennex Jr[4]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[8]; 4. 24C-Jim Chisholm[12]; 5. 6-Ryan Ayers[6]; 6. 21CZ-Cole Czarneski[10]; 7. (DNF) 0-Jake O’Neil[9]; 8. (DNF) 47-Jack Sartain[2]; 9. 6X-Zach Johnson[5]; 10. (DNF) 22-Brandon Copp[7]; 11. (DNF) 01-Peyton Taylor[1]; 12. (DNS) 74M-Manix Furqueron

Modified
Main Event

Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos

1. 1. 777-Trevor Neville[1]

2. 10Y-Trent Young[4]

3. 24H-Mike Harrison[9]

4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[8]

5. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[2]

6. 18L-Michael Long[6]

7. 65-Tyler Davis[16]

8. 02-Tanner Mullens[18]

9. 36-Kenny Wallace[10]

10. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[14]

11. J3-Jimmy Lennex Jr[20]

12. (DNF) 4TW-Tim Ward[12]

13. (DNF) 4W-Tyler Wolff[15]

14. (DNF) 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]

15. (DNF) 5-Drake Troutman[7]

16. (DNF) 96M-Mike McKinney[17]

17. (DNF) 37L-Michael Ledford[11]

18. (DNF) 30-Jordan Grabouski[3]

19. (DNF) 22A-Austen Becerra[19]

20. (DNF) 45-Chase Holland[13]

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