Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series results and video highlights from Friday night at Eldora Speedway
National Dirt Late Model drivers are on the grounds in Rossburg, Ohio. The half-mile of Eldora Speedway is set for night one of The Clash on the Wabash.
View Eldora race results for the LOLMDS below.
Tonight, they’ll battle for $10,000-to-win. Tomorrow, the field will race for a $50,000 check on the same track.
Chris Madden and Garrett Alberson set the front row. 40 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green flag, Madden rolls the bottom as Alberson works to his right rear off turn two. Alberson has momentum into turn three but he’s forced to check up or slam the outside wall. Alberson falls outside the top 5. Madden leads Davenport off turn four.
32 to go, Josh Rice rolls the top and he clears Davenport for 2nd into turn three.
30 to go, Rice looks inside of Madden but he can’t clear him. Rice holds off Davenport for 2nd.
26 to go, Chris Ferguson slows with a flat tire, caution.
Green, Madden leads as Sheppard rolls the top to take 2nd away. Sheppard dives inside of Madden but he can’t clear him.
21 to go, Sheppard drives it deep on the throttle into turn one. He clears Madden for the race lead.
19 to go, Rice slides Madden for 2nd. Ricky Thornton Jr slides Madden for 3rd and he drives into his door, Thornton Jr to 3rd.
5 to go, Thornton Jr is closing on race leader Brandon Sheppard.
4 to go, Sheppard struggles with lap traffic. Thornton Jr is on the cushion and he climbs to his right rear. Thornton Jr squeezes between Sheppard and the outside wall to take the race lead!
3 to go, Dan Ebert stalls with heavy right front damage, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr leads Sheppard into turn one.
Ricky Thornton Jr wins night one at Eldora Speedway!
Eldora Speedway
Race Results
October 9, 2026
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
The following includes full results:
Practice
Hot Laps | GROUP 1: 1. 9H-Nick Hoffman, 16.061[6]; 2. 99-Devin Moran, 16.240[2]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce, 16.447[4]; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 16.837[7]; 5. 6-Clay Harris, 16.993[5]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 17.227[1]; 7. 12J-Jason Jameson, 17.245[9]; 8. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 17.544[8]; 9. (DNS) 22-Daniel Hilsabeck
Hot Laps | GROUP 2: 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 15.323[8]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 15.343[3]; 3. 10-Garrett Smith, 15.378[1]; 4. 22F-Chris Ferguson, 15.557[5]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens, 15.719[2]; 6. 5J-Braden Jones, 15.803[6]; 7. 8-Dillon McCowan, 15.817[4]; 8. 97-Cody Overton, 15.913[7]
Hot Laps | GROUP 3: 1. 111-Max Blair, 15.099[4]; 2. S21-Seth Daniels, 15.276[3]; 3. 12M-Ryan Montgomery, 15.384[5]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 15.533[8]; 5. 11-Josh Rice, 15.603[7]; 6. 93F-Carson Ferguson, 15.766[2]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 16.097[6]; 8. (DNS) 44M-Chris Madden
Hot Laps | GROUP 4: 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 15.132[7]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell, 15.156[4]; 3. 95-Boom Briggs, 15.341[9]; 4. 5T-Drake Troutman, 15.362[2]; 5. 7*-Logan Hitt, 15.505[5]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 15.515[3]; 7. 157-Mike Marlar, 15.594[6]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith, 15.623[8]; 9. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 15.645[1]
Hot Laps | GROUP 5: 1. 95J-Jerry Bowersock, 15.354[7]; 2. 7T-Christian Thomas, 15.419[5]; 3. 555-Brock Pinkerous, 15.604[1]; 4. 8S-Brian Shirley, 15.667[8]; 5. 9 1 1-Freddie Carpenter, 15.809[3]; 6. 89-Mike Spatola, 16.093[6]; 7. 69-Jon Hodgkiss, 16.103[4]; 8. (DNS) 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr
Hot Laps | GROUP 6: 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 15.070[3]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton, 15.096[6]; 3. 49M-Luke Morey, 15.155[8]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson, 15.205[5]; 5. 1T-Tyler Erb, 15.267[2]; 6. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr, 15.643[1]; 7. 60-Dan Ebert, 15.922[4]; 8. 8A-Rob Anderzack, 16.624[7]
Qualifying (Group A)
Qualifying | GROUP A: 1. 9H-Nick Hoffman, 14.834[6]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson, 14.875[14]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 14.931[17]; 4. 44M-Chris Madden, 14.999[18]; 5. 11-Josh Rice, 15.038[24]; 6. 99-Devin Moran, 15.061[2]; 7. 111-Max Blair, 15.062[21]; 8. 93F-Carson Ferguson, 15.107[19]; 9. 10-Garrett Smith, 15.121[10]; 10. 32-Bobby Pierce, 15.127[4];
11. S21-Seth Daniels, 15.133[20]; 12. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 15.135[12]; 13. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 15.205[25]; 14. 97-Cody Overton, 15.211[16]; 15. 6-Clay Harris, 15.228[5]; 16. 12J-Jason Jameson, 15.241[9]; 17. 12M-Ryan Montgomery, 15.283[22]; 18. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 15.335[23]; 19. 8-Dillon McCowan, 15.337[13]; 20. 5J-Braden Jones, 15.428[15];
21. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 15.433[3]; 22. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 15.441[7]; 23. 20-Jimmy Owens, 15.480[11]; 24. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 15.793[8]; 25. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 16.125[1]
Qualifying (Group B)
Qualifying | GROUP B: 1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 14.802[22]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 14.891[11]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 14.963[7]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell, 14.964[4]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 15.050[20]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb, 15.087[19]; 7. 76-Brandon Overton, 15.120[23]; 8. 95-Boom Briggs, 15.123[9]; 9. 8S-Brian Shirley, 15.153[17]; 10. 60-Dan Ebert, 15.190[21];
11. 49M-Luke Morey, 15.195[25]; 12. 7*-Logan Hitt, 15.268[5]; 13. 95J-Jerry Bowersock, 15.275[16]; 14. 555-Brock Pinkerous, 15.277[10]; 15. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 15.295[3]; 16. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr, 15.321[18]; 17. 7T-Christian Thomas, 15.329[14]; 18. 9 1 1-Freddie Carpenter, 15.399[12]; 19. 157-Mike Marlar, 15.423[6]; 20. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 15.441[1];
21. 5T-Drake Troutman, 15.469[2]; 22. 17SR-Brody Smith, 15.473[8]; 23. 69-Jon Hodgkiss, 15.733[13]; 24. 89-Mike Spatola, 15.895[15]; 25. 8A-Rob Anderzack, 16.882[24]
Heat Races
Penske Shocks Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44M-Chris Madden[2]; 2. 9H-Nick Hoffman[1]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[4]; 4. 111-Max Blair[3]; 5. 12J-Jason Jameson[6]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 7. 8-Dillon McCowan[7]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[8]; 9. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]
Summit Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Josh Rice[2]; 2. 93F-Carson Ferguson[3]; 3. 22F-Chris Ferguson[1]; 4. 12M-Ryan Montgomery[6]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[8]; 6. 5J-Braden Jones[7]; 7. 97-Cody Overton[5]; 8. S21-Seth Daniels[4]
Cool-It Thermo Tec Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 3. 10-Garrett Smith[3]; 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal[4]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[5]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[6]; 7. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 8. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[8]
Simpson Race Products Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell[2]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 5. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[5]; 6. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr[6]; 7. 17SR-Brody Smith[8]; 8. 157-Mike Marlar[7]; 9. 8A-Rob Anderzack[9]
MyRacePass Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 3. 95-Boom Briggs[3]; 4. 49M-Luke Morey[4]; 5. 555-Brock Pinkerous[5]; 6. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 7. 7T-Christian Thomas[6]; 8. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[8]
Lucas Oil Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 8S-Brian Shirley[3]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[5]; 5. 5T-Drake Troutman[7]; 6. 9 1 1-Freddie Carpenter[6]; 7. 89-Mike Spatola[8]; 8. 7*-Logan Hitt[4]
B Mains
Fast Shafts B-Main 1 (10 Laps): 1. 111-Max Blair[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 3. 12J-Jason Jameson[4]; 4. 12M-Ryan Montgomery[2]; 5. 8-Dillon McCowan[10]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[9]; 8. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[7]; 9. S21-Seth Daniels[14]; 10. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[12]; 11. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[13]; 12. 6-Clay Harris[6]; 13. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[15]; 14. 15C-Curt Schroeder[16]; 15. 5J-Braden Jones[8]; 16. (DNS) 97-Cody Overton
UNOH B-Main 2 (10 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 3. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[4]; 4. 49M-Luke Morey[2]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar[13]; 6. 5T-Drake Troutman[6]; 7. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 8. 74X-Ethan Dotson[8]; 9. 9 1 1-Freddie Carpenter[9]; 10. 89-Mike Spatola[12]; 11. 555-Brock Pinkerous[5]; 12. 8A-Rob Anderzack[16]; 13. 7*-Logan Hitt[15]; 14. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[14]; 15. 17SR-Brody Smith[10]; 16. 7T-Christian Thomas[11]
Main Event
LOLMDS A-Main (40 Laps):
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]
2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[6]
3. 99-Devin Moran[11]
4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[10]
5. 71-Hudson O’Neal[21]
6. 11-Josh Rice[3]
7. 32-Bobby Pierce[13]
8. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]
9. 44M-Chris Madden[1]
10. 9H-Nick Hoffman[7]
11. 17M-Dale McDowell[8]
12. 1T-Tyler Erb[12]
13. 111-Max Blair[19]
14. 10-Garrett Smith[17]
15. 8S-Brian Shirley[18]
16. 8-Dillon McCowan[24]
17. 6-Clay Harris[23]
18. 76-Brandon Overton[20]
19. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[25]
20. 93F-Carson Ferguson[9]
21. 60-Dan Ebert[14]
22. 49-Jonathan Davenport[5]
23. 95-Boom Briggs[16]
24. 22F-Chris Ferguson[15]
25. 17SS-Brenden Smith[22]
