Speedweeks has begun for the national dirt racing series
Tonight, a long tour begins for the national dirt late model drivers. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series has unloaded at the 4/10-mile Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Georgia.
View Golden Isles Speedway results for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series below.
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Brandon Overton and Devin Moran set the front row. 40 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green flag, Overton is clear before turn one. Ricky Thornton Jr and Moran run side by side for 2nd, Moran wins that battle on the outside.
Lap 3, GR Smith slows, caution.
Green, Overton leads Thornton Jr off turn two. Moran is dropping as he struggles to get off the corner.
Lap 5, Hudson O’Neal works inside of Thornton Jr. They run side by side for 2nd. O’Neal slides him in turn one and takes the spot.
Lap 15, Overton leads by 2 seconds. He works heavy lap traffic.
Lap 17, Tim McCreadie has closed on O’Neal. He works to his outside and drives right by, McCreadie to 2nd.
Lap 24, McCreadie has closed to within two car lengths of the leader.
Lap 28, McCreadie heads to the cushion. He’s searching for a lane. Overton moves to the top, McCreadie loses the nose.
Lap 30, Davenport looks under O’Neal for 3rd! They make contact and both cars spin! Ricky Thornton Jr drives right between both spinning cars to avoid it.
Green, Overton leads McCreadie. Spin behind them, caution.
Green, Overton leads. Thornton Jr dives inside of McCreadie, side by side for 2nd. McCreadie holds 2nd as Overton opens the gap.
Brandon Overton wins night one at Golden Isles Speedway!
Golden Isles Speedway
Race Results
January 26, 2023
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2023 results from the Georgia dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.322[2]; 2. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.558[5]; 3. 78-Matthew Brocato, 00:15.737[1]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.786[9]; 5. 2-GR Smith, 00:15.927[7]; 6. 96V-Tanner English, 00:16.001[8]; 7. 2X-John Henderson, 00:16.005[3]; 8. 4-Kale Green, 00:16.346[4]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.256[3]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.326[1]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:15.403[5]; 4. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.484[8]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.722[2]; 6. 111B-Max Blair, 00:15.743[7]; 7. 114-Jordan Koehler, 00:15.752[4]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.398[4]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.638[7]; 3. 2V-Allen Murray, 00:15.746[6]; 4. 8K-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.766[3]; 5. 773-Christian Thomas, 00:15.778[8]; 6. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.996[5]; 7. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:16.322[1]
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.320[8]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.461[3]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.501[9]; 4. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:15.572[1]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.585[2]; 6. 99-Devin Moran, 00:15.621[7]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:15.711[5]; 8. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:16.398[6]; 9. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:16.741[4]
Hot Laps – Group 5 : 1. 8-Brian Shirley, 00:15.420[5]; 2. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:15.598[2]; 3. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr, 00:15.623[6]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.664[1]; 5. 22*-Payton Freeman, 00:15.891[4]; 6. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.980[3]; 7. 89J-Jeff Choquette, 00:16.143[8]; 8. 20V-Rece Vaught, 00:19.145[7]
Hot Laps – Group 6 : 1. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.506[8]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.539[6]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.568[5]; 4. 111-Steven Roberts, 00:15.686[2]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.786[4]; 6. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:16.155[7]; 7. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:16.808[3]; 8. 21H-Robby Hensley, 00:17.296[1]
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.921[2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.991[11]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:15.032[14]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.036[6]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.150[21]; 6. 2-GR Smith, 00:15.209[7]; 7. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.279[10]; 8. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.313[15]; 9. 111B-Max Blair, 00:15.357[16]; 10. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.360[12];
11. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.361[5]; 12. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.362[24]; 13. 8K-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.429[20]; 14. 773-Christian Thomas, 00:15.438[25]; 15. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.490[17]; 16. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.555[8]; 17. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.586[9]; 18. 78-Matthew Brocato, 00:15.670[1]; 19. 114-Jordan Koehler, 00:15.697[13]; 20. 2X-John Henderson, 00:15.749[3];
21. 2V-Allen Murray, 00:15.832[23]; 22. 4-Kale Green, 00:15.973[4]; 23. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:16.050[22]; 24. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:16.671[18]; 25. 01-Jason Garver, 00:59.999[19]
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran, 00:15.131[7]; 2. 8-Brian Shirley, 00:15.235[14]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.243[9]; 4. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:15.253[1]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.280[3]; 6. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.304[25]; 7. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.310[23]; 8. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:15.368[11]; 9. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.464[22]; 10. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.516[2];
11. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.538[10]; 12. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.591[12]; 13. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.592[8]; 14. 22*-Payton Freeman, 00:15.594[13]; 15. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr, 00:15.622[15]; 16. 111-Steven Roberts, 00:15.637[19]; 17. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.732[21]; 18. 89J-Jeff Choquette, 00:15.933[17]; 19. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:16.230[6]; 20. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:16.566[24];
21. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:16.585[20]; 22. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:16.613[4]; 23. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:49.996[5]; 24. 20V-Rece Vaught, 00:50.000[16]; 25. 21H-Robby Hensley, 00:59.999[18]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 3. 16-Tyler Bruening[3]; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 5. 96V-Tanner English[6]; 6. 8K-Kyle Strickler[5]; 7. 114-Jordan Koehler[7]; 8. 4-Kale Green[8]; 9. (DNS) 01-Jason Garver
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 5. 11-Spencer Hughes[4]; 6. 773-Christian Thomas[5]; 7. 2X-John Henderson[7]; 8. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[1]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 3. 2-GR Smith[2]; 4. 78-Matthew Brocato[6]; 5. 14W-Dustin Walker[8]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 7. 111B-Max Blair[3]; 8. 2V-Allen Murray[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 3. 89-Logan Roberson[2]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 5. 111-Steven Roberts[6]; 6. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 7. 6-Blake Spencer[8]; 8. 21H-Robby Hensley[9]; 9. 25B-Mike Benedum[7]
Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 8-Brian Shirley[1]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[2]; 3. 19M-Wil Herrington[3]; 4. 22*-Payton Freeman[5]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[6]; 6. 18-Chase Junghans[8]; 7. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[4]; 8. 81J-Jack Riggs[7]
Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[2]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 4. 5-Mark Whitener[4]; 5. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr[5]; 6. 20V-Rece Vaught[8]; 7. 89J-Jeff Choquette[6]; 8. 4S-Danny Snyder[7]
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 96V-Tanner English[4]; 4. 11-Spencer Hughes[5]; 5. 8K-Kyle Strickler[7]; 6. 773-Christian Thomas[8]; 7. 114-Jordan Koehler[10]; 8. 78-Matthew Brocato[3]; 9. 2X-John Henderson[11]; 10. 14W-Dustin Walker[6]; 11. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[14]; 12. 4-Kale Green[13]; 13. (DNS) 99B-Boom Briggs; 14. 111B-Max Blair; 15. (DNS) 2V-Allen Murray; 16. (DNS) 01-Jason Garver
B-Main 2 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[1]; 2. 7-Ross Robinson[5]; 3. 5-Mark Whitener[3]; 4. 22*-Payton Freeman[2]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[11]; 6. 111-Steven Roberts[4]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans[8]; 8. 58-Garrett Alberson[7]; 9. 20V-Rece Vaught[9]; 10. 89J-Jeff Choquette[12]; 11. 6-Blake Spencer[10]; 12. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr[6]; 13. 81J-Jack Riggs[14]; 14. 21H-Robby Hensley[13]; 15. 25B-Mike Benedum[16]; 16. 4S-Danny Snyder[15]
Golden Isles Speedway
Feature Race Results
January 26, 2023
A-Main (40 Laps – $10,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]
$10,000
2. 39-Tim McCreadie[10]
$5,500
3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]
$3,500
4. 99-Devin Moran[2]
$2,700
5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[9]
$2,500
6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[8]
$2,300
7. 16-Tyler Bruening[13]
$2,200
8. 8-Brian Shirley[4]
$2,100
9. B5-Brandon Sheppard[19]
$2,050
10. 40B-Kyle Bronson[11]
$2,000
11. 93-Carson Ferguson[15]
$1,600
12. 19M-Wil Herrington[16]
$1,400
13. 96V-Tanner English[25]
$500
14. 20-Jimmy Owens[18]
$1,000
15. 1T-Tyler Erb[21]
$950
16. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6]
$925
17. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[5]
$900
18. 89-Logan Roberson[14]
$875
19. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[7]
$850
20. 7-Ross Robinson[22]
$825
21. 11-Spencer Hughes[24]
$800
22. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[20]
$800
23. 10-Garrett Smith[12]
$800
24. 114-Jordan Koehler[26]
$100
25. 58-Garrett Alberson[23]
$800
26. 2-GR Smith[17]
$800
Race Statistics
Entrants: 50
Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Brandon Overton
Lap Leaders: Brandon Overton (40 Laps)
Wieland Feature Winner: Brandon Overton
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a
Margin of Victory: 0.402 seconds
Stop-Tech Brakes Cautions: GR Smith (Lap 2); Jonathan Davenport, Hudson O’Neal (Lap 30); Ross Robinson, Hudson O’Neal, Earl Pearson, Jr., Garrett Alberson, Jordan Koehler (Lap 30 restart)
Series Provisionals: Garrett Alberson, Spencer Hughes
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: Tanner English, Jordan Koehler
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Brandon Overton, Tim McCreadie, Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Penske Shocks Top 5: Brandon Overton, Tim McCreadie, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Devin Moran, Daulton Wilson
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Tanner English (Advanced 12 Positions)
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Finisher: Tyler Bruening
Earnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Brandon Overton (40 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Tim McCreadie
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a
Etchberger Trucking Fastest Lap of the Race: Brandon Overton (Lap 32 – 15.769 seconds)
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Kent Fegter (Brandon Overton)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Brandon Sheppard (15.256 seconds)
Time of Race: 20 minutes 38 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Point Standings
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]
250 | $10,000
2. 39-Tim McCreadie[10]
230 | $5,500
3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]
220 | $3,500
4. 99-Devin Moran[2]
220 | $2,700
5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[9]
205 | $2,500
6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[8]
200 | $2,300
7. 16-Tyler Bruening[13]
195 | $2,200
8. 8-Brian Shirley[4]
190 | $2,100
9. B5-Brandon Sheppard[19]
185 | $2,050
10. 40B-Kyle Bronson[11]
180 | $2,000
