Carson Hocevar went late model racing tonight
Dirt Late Model drivers have unloaded in Canton, Illinois. The 3/8-mile of Spoon River Speedway is set to host FloRacing Night in America.
View Spoon River Speedway race results below.
Brandon Sheppard and Brandon Overton set the front row. 50 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Main Event
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Green flag, Sheppard slides from the bottom to the top and he’s clear off turn two.
49 to go, Hudson O’Neal slides Overton for 2nd.
43 to go, Ricky Thronton Jr and Dan Ebert tangle, caution.
Green, Sheppard leads as O’Neal holds off Bobby Pierce in the battle for 2nd.
33 to go, Harris is over the banking and the caution is out.
Green, Sheppard slides from the middle to the top and he leads O’Neal and Pierce.
20 to go, Sheppard works the tail of the field. O’Neal and Pierce are closing fast. Sheppard runs three wide through the middle with lapped cars.
12 to go, O’Neal has closed to within three car lengths of Sheppard.
6 to go, O’Neal heads for the cushion as he’s exploring lanes but losing ground. A lap later, he’s back to the bottom. Sheppard opens the gap.
2 to go, Sheppard runs three wide with lap traffic once again. O’Neal is out of time.
Brandon Sheppard wins at Spoon River Speedway!
Spoon River Speedway
Race Results
May 6, 2026
The following includes full late model results:
Practice
Hot Laps: 1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 12.762[25]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb, 12.803[14]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 12.827[3]; 4. 99-Devin Moran, 12.834[29]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert, 12.842[7]; 6. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 12.843[18]; 7. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 12.848[9]; 8. 32-Bobby Pierce, 12.860[12]; 9. 8-Dillon McCowan, 12.862[31]; 10. 9-Nick Hoffman, 12.874[2];
11. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 12.943[5]; 12. 16-Sam Seawright, 12.970[4]; 13. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.973[20]; 14. 15S-Clay Stuckey, 12.978[32]; 15. 11R-Josh Rice, 12.979[19]; 16. 75-Daniel Adam, 13.010[11]; 17. 14S-Collen Winebarger, 13.011[15]; 18. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 13.032[17]; 19. 21-Mario Gresham, 13.035[8]; 20. 1T-Tyler Erb, 13.046[36];
21. 45-Kyle Hammer, 13.057[26]; 22. 38J-Jake Little, 13.059[24]; 23. 3S-Brian Shirley, 13.072[16]; 24. 6-Clay Harris, 13.080[27]; 25. 5S-Kolby Vandenbergh, 13.105[23]; 26. 19M-Brenden Smith, 13.147[33]; 27. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 13.161[6]; 28. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 13.162[10]; 29. 4G-Bob Gardner, 13.195[1]; 30. 48-Tim Lance, 13.197[21];
31. 25-Jason Feger, 13.211[37]; 32. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 13.254[22]; 33. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 13.266[39]; 34. 93-Carson Ferguson, 13.324[38]; 35. 15-Justin Duty, 13.398[35]; 36. 09-Michael Leach, 13.586[34]; 37. 96-Tanner English, 31.757[30]; 38. (DNS) 77-Carson Hocevar; 39. (DNS) 76-Brandon Overton
Qualifying
Qualifying A: 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 13.100[12]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 13.248[18]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 13.288[3]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley, 13.419[16]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb, 13.453[14]; 6. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 13.462[10]; 7. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 13.464[5]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 13.467[9]; 9. 75-Daniel Adam, 13.475[11]; 10. 60-Dan Ebert, 13.482[7]; 11. 21-Mario Gresham, 13.541[8]; 12. 77-Carson Hocevar, 13.551[13]; 13. 9-Nick Hoffman, 13.577[2]; 14. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 13.593[6]; 15. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 13.597[17]; 16. 14S-Collen Winebarger, 13.630[15]; 17. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 13.643[20]; 18. 16-Sam Seawright, 13.662[4]; 19. 11R-Josh Rice, 13.707[19]; 20. 4G-Bob Gardner, 13.744[1]
Qualifying B: 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 13.480[8]; 2. 99-Devin Moran, 13.509[9]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson, 13.549[5]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan, 13.592[11]; 5. 6-Clay Harris, 13.605[7]; 6. 09-Michael Leach, 13.655[14]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb, 13.701[16]; 8. 96-Tanner English, 13.771[10]; 9. 15S-Clay Stuckey, 13.861[12]; 10. 38J-Jake Little, 13.869[4]; 11. 93-Carson Ferguson, 13.895[18]; 12. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 13.932[2]; 13. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 13.939[19]; 14. 45-Kyle Hammer, 13.954[6]; 15. 5S-Kolby Vandenbergh, 13.975[3]; 16. 25-Jason Feger, 14.038[17]; 17. 48-Tim Lance, 14.043[1]; 18. 15-Justin Duty, 14.154[15]; 19. 19M-Brenden Smith, 14.169[13]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[7]; 4. 18-Shannon Babb[3]; 5. 24-Ryan Unzicker[4]; 6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[9]; 7. 11R-Josh Rice[10]; 8. 75-Daniel Adam[5]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[8]; 10. 21-Mario Gresham[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[2]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert[5]; 5. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[3]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[7]; 7. 16-Sam Seawright[9]; 8. 14S-Collen Winebarger[8]; 9. 77-Carson Hocevar[6]; 10. 4G-Bob Gardner[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 4. 93-Carson Ferguson[6]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[3]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[7]; 7. 15S-Clay Stuckey[5]; 8. 5S-Kolby Vandenbergh[8]; 9. 19M-Brenden Smith[10]; 10. 48-Tim Lance[9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[2]; 3. 96-Tanner English[4]; 4. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 5. 38J-Jake Little[5]; 6. 25-Jason Feger[8]; 7. 09-Michael Leach[3]; 8. 15-Justin Duty[9]; 9. (DNS) 45-Kyle Hammer
B Main
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker[1]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 4. 11R-Josh Rice[5]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[7]; 6. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[2]; 7. 16-Sam Seawright[6]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[9]; 9. 4G-Bob Gardner[12]; 10. 14S-Collen Winebarger[8]; 11. 77-Carson Hocevar[10]; 12. (DNS) 21-Mario Gresham
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 2. 6-Clay Harris[1]; 3. 25-Jason Feger[4]; 4. 09-Michael Leach[6]; 5. 5S-Kolby Vandenbergh[7]; 6. 15-Justin Duty[8]; 7. 15S-Clay Stuckey[5]; 8. 45-Kyle Hammer[10]; 9. 19M-Brenden Smith[9]; 10. 48-Tim Lance[11]; 11. 38J-Jake Little[2]
Main Event
A Feature (50 Laps):
1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]
2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]
3. 32-Bobby Pierce[5]
4. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]
5. 99-Devin Moran[4]
6. 9-Nick Hoffman[9]
7. 76-Brandon Overton[2]
8. 96-Tanner English[12]
9. 18-Shannon Babb[13]
10. 40B-Kyle Bronson[11]
11. 19R-Ryan Gustin[17]
12. 93-Carson Ferguson[14]
13. 11R-Josh Rice[23]
14. 3S-Brian Shirley[7]
15. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[18]
16. 25-Jason Feger[22]
17. 58-Garrett Alberson[10]
18. 60-Dan Ebert[15]
19. 09-Michael Leach[24]
20. 74X-Ethan Dotson[16]
21. 24-Ryan Unzicker[19]
22. 8-Dillon McCowan[8]
23. 6-Clay Harris[20]
24. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[21]
Spoon River Speedway
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