Volunteer Speedway Race Results: The Gauntlet – $100K (April 18, 2026)

Drivers battle for $100,000 in the finale of the The Gauntlet at The Gap in Tennessee

It’s the final night of a four-day show at Volunteer Speedway. The 4/10-mile dirt track is set to host the final day of The Gauntlet in Bulls Gap, Tennessee.

View Volunteer Speedway race results below.

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The payout to the feature winner is $30,000. However, if any of the three preliminary feature winners win (Chris Madden, Jonathan Davenport and Brandon Overton) then they’ll take home a bonus of $100,000.

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Race Results
April 18, 2026

The following includes full late model results:

Practice

Hot Laps: 1. 93-Carson Ferguson, 12.734[7]; 2. 55-Benji Hicks, 12.760[11]; 3. 79-Jeremy Steele, 12.761[17]; 4. 22-Chris Ferguson, 12.761[3]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton, 12.762[15]; 6. 17M-Dale McDowell, 12.772[10]; 7. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 12.775[16]; 8. 49M-Luke Morey, 12.846[14]; 9. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.874[20]; 10. 16-Sam Seawright, 12.925[6];

11. 8-Kyle Strickler, 12.930[19]; 12. 99-Devin Moran, 12.944[12]; 13. 44-Chris Madden, 12.987[24]; 14. 101-Forrest Trent, 13.017[21]; 15. 10-Garrett Smith, 13.024[13]; 16. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 13.033[18]; 17. 09-Michael Leach, 13.062[2]; 18. 157-Mike Marlar, 13.067[25]; 19. 0-Jake O’Neil, 13.076[22]; 20. 20-Jimmy Owens, 13.152[23];

21. 57M-Zack Mitchell, 13.191[1]; 22. 55E-Eli Johnson, 13.244[8]; 23. 27-Jordon Horton, 13.276[26]; 24. T1-Todd Morrow, 13.345[5]; 25. 126-Kaede Loudy, 13.449[4]; 26. (DNS) 95-Alex Vance

Qualifying

Group A Qualifying: 1. 22-Chris Ferguson, 12.678[3]; 2. 99-Devin Moran, 12.712[12]; 3. 09-Michael Leach, 12.747[2]; 4. 10-Garrett Smith, 12.780[13]; 5. 93-Carson Ferguson, 12.789[7]; 6. 57M-Zack Mitchell, 12.791[1]; 7. 55-Benji Hicks, 12.820[11]; 8. 17M-Dale McDowell, 12.852[10]; 9. 16-Sam Seawright, 12.940[6]; 10. 55E-Eli Johnson, 13.221[8]; 11. T1-Todd Morrow, 13.224[5]; 12. 126-Kaede Loudy, 13.389[4]; 13. 95-Alex Vance, 13.585[9]

Group B Qualifying: 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 12.550[3]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.637[7]; 3. 44-Chris Madden, 12.744[11]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar, 12.886[12]; 5. 0-Jake O’Neil, 12.902[9]; 6. 8-Kyle Strickler, 12.905[6]; 7. 76-Brandon Overton, 12.933[2]; 8. 79-Jeremy Steele, 12.992[4]; 9. 49M-Luke Morey, 12.993[1]; 10. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 12.993[5]; 11. 101-Forrest Trent, 13.020[8]; 12. 27-Jordon Horton, 13.086[13]; 13. 20-Jimmy Owens, 13.125[10]

Heat Races

Heat One (10 Laps): 1. 22-Chris Ferguson[1]; 2. 09-Michael Leach[2]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]; 4. 16-Sam Seawright[5]; 5. 55-Benji Hicks[4]; 6. 95-Alex Vance[7]; 7. T1-Todd Morrow[6]

Heat Two (10 Laps): 1. 10-Garrett Smith[2]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 3. 57M-Zack Mitchell[3]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[4]; 5. 126-Kaede Loudy[6]; 6. 55E-Eli Johnson[5]

Heat Three (10 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 44-Chris Madden[2]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 4. 0-Jake O’Neil[3]; 5. 101-Forrest Trent[6]; 6. 49M-Luke Morey[5]; 7. 20-Jimmy Owens[7]

Heat Four (10 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 3. 8-Kyle Strickler[3]; 4. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[5]; 5. 79-Jeremy Steele[4]; 6. 27-Jordon Horton[6]

Main Event

A Feature (60 Laps):

1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]

2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]

3. 157-Mike Marlar[8]

4. 76-Brandon Overton[10]

5. 44-Chris Madden[6]

6. 57M-Zack Mitchell[11]

7. 99-Devin Moran[7]

8. 8-Kyle Strickler[12]

9. 93-Carson Ferguson[9]

10. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[16]

11. 101-Forrest Trent[18]

12. 49M-Luke Morey[22]

13. 09-Michael Leach[5]

14. 55E-Eli Johnson[23]

15. 10-Garrett Smith[3]

16. 55-Benji Hicks[17]

17. 126-Kaede Loudy[19]

18. 95-Alex Vance[21]

19. 16-Sam Seawright[13]

20. 0-Jake O’Neil[14]

21. 22-Chris Ferguson[1]

22. 17M-Dale McDowell[15]

23. 79-Jeremy Steele[20]

24. 27-Jordon Horton[24]

25. 20-Jimmy Owens[26]

26. T1-Todd Morrow[25]

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