Volunteer Speedway Race Results: The Gauntlet (April 17, 2026)

The Gauntlet results from Friday night in Bulls Gap, Tennessee

Tomorrow, they’ll race for a minimum of $30,000 that will be paid to the feature winner (up to $100,000). Tonight, the field rolls to the 4/10-mile as they battle for $10,000-to-win.

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April 17, 2026

The following includes full dirt late model results:

Practice

Hot Laps: 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.925[10]; 2. 44-Chris Madden, 12.988[6]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 13.054[17]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton, 13.130[4]; 5. 101-Forrest Trent, 13.158[3]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar, 13.180[21]; 7. 99-Devin Moran, 13.201[2]; 8. 20-Jimmy Owens, 13.259[23]; 9. 93-Carson Ferguson, 13.305[25]; 10. 17M-Dale McDowell, 13.329[13];

11. 57M-Zack Mitchell, 13.362[15]; 12. 55-Benji Hicks, 13.365[9]; 13. 22-Chris Ferguson, 13.462[7]; 14. 0-Jake O’Neil, 13.492[26]; 15. 126-Kaede Loudy, 13.527[8]; 16. 79-Jeremy Steele, 13.537[19]; 17. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 13.539[18]; 18. 8-Kyle Strickler, 13.556[22]; 19. 10-Garrett Smith, 13.585[1]; 20. 16-Sam Seawright, 13.648[14];

21. 49M-Luke Morey, 13.660[12]; 22. T1-Todd Morrow, 13.743[16]; 23. 95-Alex Vance, 13.842[20]; 24. 55E-Eli Johnson, 13.842[5]; 25. 27-Jordon Horton, 14.051[24]; 26. (DNS) 09-Michael Leach

Qualifying

Group A Qualifying: 1. 55-Benji Hicks, 12.737[9]; 2. 09-Michael Leach, 12.827[11]; 3. 44-Chris Madden, 12.833[6]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton, 12.922[4]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.951[10]; 6. 99-Devin Moran, 12.980[2]; 7. 17M-Dale McDowell, 13.053[13]; 8. 101-Forrest Trent, 13.195[3]; 9. 22-Chris Ferguson, 13.224[7]; 10. 10-Garrett Smith, 13.265[1]; 11. 49M-Luke Morey, 13.464[12]; 12. 126-Kaede Loudy, 13.500[8]; 13. 55E-Eli Johnson, 13.589[5]

Group B Qualifying: 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 12.580[4]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson, 12.906[12]; 3. 0-Jake O’Neil, 12.948[13]; 4. 57M-Zack Mitchell, 12.984[2]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar, 13.035[8]; 6. 8-Kyle Strickler, 13.038[9]; 7. 16-Sam Seawright, 13.043[1]; 8. 20-Jimmy Owens, 13.186[10]; 9. 79-Jeremy Steele, 13.226[6]; 10. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 13.229[5]; 11. 27-Jordon Horton, 13.394[11]; 12. 95-Alex Vance, 13.560[7]; 13. T1-Todd Morrow, 13.788[3]

Heat Races

Heat One (10 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Madden[2]; 2. 55-Benji Hicks[1]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[4]; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson[5]; 6. 49M-Luke Morey[6]; 7. 55E-Eli Johnson[7]

Heat Two (10 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 3. 09-Michael Leach[1]; 4. 101-Forrest Trent[4]; 5. 10-Garrett Smith[5]; 6. 126-Kaede Loudy[6]

Heat Three (10 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 0-Jake O’Neil[2]; 3. 16-Sam Seawright[4]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 5. 79-Jeremy Steele[5]; 6. 27-Jordon Horton[6]; 7. T1-Todd Morrow[7]

Heat Four (10 Laps): 1. 57M-Zack Mitchell[2]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson[1]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 4. 8-Kyle Strickler[3]; 5. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[5]; 6. 95-Alex Vance[6]

LCQ

Last Chance Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 22-Chris Ferguson[1]; 2. 79-Jeremy Steele[2]; 3. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[4]; 4. 27-Jordon Horton[6]; 5. 49M-Luke Morey[5]; 6. 10-Garrett Smith[3]; 7. 126-Kaede Loudy[7]; 8. 55E-Eli Johnson[9]; 9. T1-Todd Morrow[10]; 10. 95-Alex Vance[8]

Main Event

A Feature (50 Laps):

1. 44-Chris Madden[1]

2. 57M-Zack Mitchell[4]

3. 76-Brandon Overton[3]

4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[9]

5. 93-Carson Ferguson[8]

6. 17M-Dale McDowell[13]

7. 99-Devin Moran[7]

8. 22-Chris Ferguson[17]

9. 157-Mike Marlar[14]

10. 79-Jeremy Steele[18]

11. 09-Michael Leach[11]

12. 101-Forrest Trent[15]

13. 20-Jimmy Owens[12]

14. 10-Garrett Smith[22]

15. 0-Jake O’Neil[6]

16. 49M-Luke Morey[21]

17. 16-Sam Seawright[10]

18. 55-Benji Hicks[5]

19. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]

20. 8-Kyle Strickler[16]

21. 27-Jordon Horton[20]

22. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[19]

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