Golden Isles Results: January 27, 2023 (Lucas Late Models)

Main Event
Report

Green flag, Overton is clear in turn one. Thornton Jr holds off Hudson O’Neal for 2nd.

Lap 3, O’Neal to 2nd.

Lap 10, GR Smith slows, caution.

Green, Overton leads. O’Neal runs wide into turn one and he loses several positions.

Lap 11, Kyle Larson has found speed on the cushion. He works to the right rear of Thornton Jr and takes 2nd away.

Lap 15, slow car, caution.

Green, Overton leads as Thornton Jr and Larson run side by side for 2nd. Larson cuts to the bottom and takes the lane away to hold 2nd.

Lap 25, Overton works heavy lap traffic. Larson has closed to within a car length. Larson dives to his inside in turn three and he nearly slides him for the lead.

Lap 27, Larson hits a lap car road block and he’s forced to lift. Ricky Thornton Jr joins the battle for the lead and takes 2nd away.

Lap 29, Overton and Thornton Jr split lap traffic off turn two, Ricky Thornton Jr to the lead!

Lap 35, Overton works inside of Thornton Jr and they fight for space off turn two. Thornton Jr shuts the door in turn three and holds the lead.

Lap 39, Larson is coming on the top! He works to the right rear of Overton and Larson retakes 2nd.

9 to go

9 to go, Larson jumps the cushion in turn one. He brushes the wall and falls to 3rd.

8 to go, Overton slides in front of Larson off the corner. Larson jacks up his fuel cell but they both keep rolling.

6 to go, Overton works to the outside of Thornton Jr for the lead. They run side by side. Overton jumps the cushion in turn three, Larson retakes 2nd as Overton loses a ton of ground.

2 to go, Larson heads for the cushion in turn three. He works to the outside of Thornton Jr and takes the lead at the line.

Larson wins at Golden Isles Speedway!

Kyle Larson crashes after winning at Golden Isles Speedway (Video)

Golden Isles Speedway
Race Results
January 27, 2023
Lucas Oil Late Models

View full 2023 results from the Georgia dirt track below.

Practice

Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:14.773[1]; 2. 8K-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.015[9]; 3. 111-Steven Roberts, 00:15.231[8]; 4. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:15.266[5]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.384[4]; 6. 89J-Jeff Choquette, 00:15.394[2]; 7. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:15.484[3]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.539[7]; 9. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:15.825[6]

Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:15.014[5]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.175[2]; 3. 99-Devin Moran, 00:15.186[7]; 4. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.386[9]; 5. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.414[8]; 6. 2-GR Smith, 00:15.545[6]; 7. 22*-Payton Freeman, 00:15.735[3]; 8. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:15.743[1]

Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.209[7]; 2. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.254[1]; 3. 21H-Robby Hensley, 00:15.271[3]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.285[4]; 5. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:15.296[6]; 6. 111B-Max Blair, 00:15.465[5]; 7. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:15.733[2]

Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.048[7]; 2. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:15.128[5]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.167[6]; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.228[2]; 5. 6K-Kyle Larson, 00:15.261[9]; 6. 8-Brian Shirley, 00:15.358[3]; 7. 20V-Rece Vaught, 00:15.520[1]; 8. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr, 00:15.573[4]; 9. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.607[8]

Hot Laps – Group 5 : 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:15.155[1]; 2. 78-Matthew Brocato, 00:15.330[3]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:15.355[4]; 4. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.369[7]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.425[2]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.578[5]; 7. 2X-John Henderson, 00:15.910[8]; 8. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:15.924[6]

Hot Laps – Group 6 : 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.135[2]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.160[5]; 3. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.173[8]; 4. 2V-Allen Murray, 00:15.470[1]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.518[7]; 6. 44D-Dalton Cook, 00:15.671[3]; 7. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.960[6]

Qualifying

Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:14.932[14]; 2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.952[17]; 3. 99-Devin Moran, 00:15.032[16]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.039[1]; 5. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:15.188[24]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.202[25]; 7. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:15.210[5]; 8. 111-Steven Roberts, 00:15.224[8]; 9. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.274[11]; 10. 8K-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.278[9];

11. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.282[7]; 12. 22*-Payton Freeman, 00:15.344[12]; 13. 2-GR Smith, 00:15.356[15]; 14. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.371[4]; 15. 89J-Jeff Choquette, 00:15.391[2]; 16. 114-Jordan Koehler, 00:15.392[13]; 17. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:15.403[6]; 18. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.408[22]; 19. 111B-Max Blair, 00:15.420[23]; 20. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.452[18];

21. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:15.539[3]; 22. 21H-Robby Hensley, 00:15.555[21]; 23. 773-Christian Thomas, 00:15.572[26]; 24. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.678[19]; 25. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:15.862[10]; 26. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:15.982[20]

Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1.20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.859[7]; 2. 6K-Kyle Larson, 00:14.952[9]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.988[10]; 4. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:14.996[5]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.063[22]; 6. 2X-John Henderson, 00:15.089[17]; 7. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.201[16]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.222[19]; 9. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.235[8]; 10. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.246[6];

11. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:15.283[14]; 12. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr, 00:15.306[4]; 13. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.385[11]; 14. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:15.402[13]; 15. 20V-Rece Vaught, 00:15.518[1]; 16. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.521[25]; 17. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.544[24]; 18. 2V-Allen Murray, 00:15.553[18]; 19. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.578[2]; 20. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.630[23];

21. 44D-Dalton Cook, 00:15.723[20]; 22. 78-Matthew Brocato, 00:15.835[12]; 23. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:16.012[15]; 24. 8-Brian Shirley, 00:21.926[3]; 25. 01-Jason Garver, 00:59.999[21]

Heat Races

Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 2-GR Smith[5]; 3. 8K-Kyle Strickler[4]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 5. 111B-Max Blair[7]; 6. 19M-Wil Herrington[3]; 7. 21H-Robby Hensley[8]; 8. 114-Jordan Koehler[6]; 9. 4S-Danny Snyder[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[2]; 3. 111-Steven Roberts[3]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 5. 10-Garrett Smith[7]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 7. 25B-Mike Benedum[6]; 8. 773-Christian Thomas[8]; 9. 6-Blake Spencer[9]

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. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. 11-Spencer Hughes[3]; 4. 96V-Tanner English[6]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin[5]; 6. B5-Brandon Sheppard[7]; 7. 78-Matthew Brocato[8]; 8. 89-Logan Roberson[2]; 9. (DNS) 01-Jason Garver

Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 6K-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 3. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 5. 5-Mark Whitener[7]; 6. 18-Chase Junghans[5]; 7. 58-Garrett Alberson[6]; 8. 14W-Dustin Walker[8]

Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[1]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]; 3. 8-Brian Shirley[8]; 4. 2X-John Henderson[2]; 5. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr[4]; 6. 20V-Rece Vaught[5]; 7. 44D-Dalton Cook[7]; 8. 2V-Allen Murray[6]

B-Mains

B-Main 1 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 7-Ross Robinson[2]; 3. 22*-Payton Freeman[3]; 4. 111B-Max Blair[4]; 5. 10-Garrett Smith[5]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs[8]; 8. 21H-Robby Hensley[10]; 9. 773-Christian Thomas[14]; 10. 19M-Wil Herrington[7]; 11. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[15]; 12. 114-Jordan Koehler[13]; 13. 25B-Mike Benedum[11]; 14. 6-Blake Spencer[17]; 15. 81J-Jack Riggs[12]; 16. 4S-Danny Snyder[16]; 17. (DNS) 89J-Jeff Choquette

B-Main 2 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 96V-Tanner English[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[7]; 3. 5-Mark Whitener[5]; 4. 2X-John Henderson[3]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 7. 78-Matthew Brocato[10]; 8. 18-Chase Junghans[8]; 9. 89-Logan Roberson[13]; 10. 58-Garrett Alberson[11]; 11. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr[6]; 12. 01-Jason Garver[16]; 13. 14W-Dustin Walker[14]; 14. 2V-Allen Murray[15]; 15. 20V-Rece Vaught[9]; 16. (DNS) 44D-Dalton Cook

Golden Isles Speedway
Feature Race Results
January 27, 2023

A-Main (50 Laps – $12,000 to win):

Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings

1. 6K-Kyle Larson[4]
$12,000

2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]
$6,000

3. 76-Brandon Overton[1]
$3,500

4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[5]
$2,800

5. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[3]
$2,500

6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[10]
$2,300

7. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]
$2,200

8. 99-Devin Moran[11]
$2,100

9. 8K-Kyle Strickler[13]
$2,050

10. 49-Jonathan Davenport[19]
$2,000

11. 39-Tim McCreadie[17]
$1,600

12. 93-Carson Ferguson[12]
$1,400

13. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[9]
$1,200

14. 96V-Tanner English[20]
$1,100

15. 16-Tyler Bruening[16]
$1,050

16. 1T-Tyler Erb[8]
$1,000

17. 11-Spencer Hughes[14]
$1,000

18. B5-Brandon Sheppard[22]
$1,000

19. 7-Ross Robinson[21]
$1,000

20. 58-Garrett Alberson[23]
$1,000

21. 10-Garrett Smith[28]
$100

22. 111-Steven Roberts[15]
$1,000

23. 114-Jordan Koehler[27]
$100

24. 89-Logan Roberson[26]
$100

25. 8-Brian Shirley[18]
$1,000

26. 40B-Kyle Bronson[24]
$1,000

27. 19M-Wil Herrington[25]
$100

28. 2-GR Smith[7]
$1,000

Race Statistics

Entrants: 51

Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Brandon Overton

Lap Leaders: Brandon Overton (Laps 1-29); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 30-47); Kyle Larson (Laps 48-50)

Wieland Feature Winner: Kyle Larson
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a

Margin of Victory: 0.921 seconds

Stop-Tech Brakes Cautions: GR Smith (Lap 10); Wil Herrington (Lap 14)

Series Provisionals: Garrett Alberson; Kyle Bronson
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: Wil Herrington; Logan Roberson; Jordan Koehler;
Track Provisional: n/a

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Kyle Larson, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Overton
Penske Shocks Top 5: Kyle Larson, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Overton, Earl Pearson, Jr., Hudson O’Neal
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Advanced 9 Positions)
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Finisher: Daulton Wilson
Deathridge Opticians Lucky 13th Place: Mason Zeigler
Earnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Brandon Overton (29 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Overton
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: n/a
Etchberger Trucking Fastest Lap of the Race: Brandon Overton (Lap 5 – 15.856 seconds)
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Kevin Rumley (Kyle Larson)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Race Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Jonathan Davenport (14.7735 seconds)

Time of Race: 20 minutes 46 seconds

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings

1. Brandon Overton
480 | $13,500

2. Ricky Thornton Jr
460 | $9,500

3. Devin Moran
410 | $4,800

4. Tim McCreadie
405 | $7,200

5. Daulton Wilson
400 | $4,700

6. Hudson O’Neal
350 | $3,350

7. Tyler Bruening
350 | $3,250

8. Carson Ferguson
345 | $3,000

9. Earl Pearson Jr
335 | $3,600

10. Jonathan Davenport
330 | $2,925

Golden Isles Speedway
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