Golden Isles Results: January 28, 2023 (Lucas Late Models)

Main Event
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Green flag, Overton slides P’Neal and he leads off turn two. Big crash behind them as Shane Clanton spins across the track. Carson Ferguson, Tyler Erb and many others are collected.

Green, Overton slides O’Neal into turn one. They run three wide for 2nd off turn two, O’Neal wins that battle.

Multiple cars spins behind them, caution.

Green, Overton leads O’Neal off turn two.

Lap 9, Devin Moran slows from 4th, caution.

Green, Overton leads. O’Neal gets tight, he lifts and Ricky Thornton Jr powers by on the outside to take 2nd away.

Lap 20, Overton has caught the tail of the field and works heavy lap traffic. Ricky Thornton Jr closes in a hurry.

Lap 22, Thornton Jr heads for the cushion. He drives right by Overton to take the race lead.

Lap 34, slow car, caution.

Green, Thornton Jr leads Overton into turn one.

Lap 44, Thornton Jr heads for the cushion in an attempt to pass lap traffic. He bobbles and drops back to the bottom. Overton and Tanner English have closed on the leader.

10 to go, Thornton Jr leads Overton by three car lengths. The field is glued to the inside lane.

3 to go, Rickyh Thornton Jr is stuck behind lap traffic on the bottom. Overton heads for the cushion.

1 to go, Overton drives is deep into turn three! He pulls to the right rear of Thornton Jr off turn four. They run side by side to the line.

Brandon Overton takes the win with a last lap pass, by inches!

Golden Isles Speedway
Race Results
January 28, 2023
Lucas Oil Late Models

View full 2023 results from the Georgia dirt track below.

Practice

Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:17.468[7]; 2. 89J-Jeff Choquette, 00:17.550[1]; 3. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:17.609[2]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:17.639[9]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:17.724[4]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:17.794[5]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:17.808[6]; 8. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:18.329[8]; 9. 4-Kale Green, 00:18.478[3]

Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 96V-Tanner English, 00:16.121[9]; 2. 2V-Allen Murray, 00:16.208[8]; 3. 99-Devin Moran, 00:16.356[7]; 4. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:16.552[6]; 5. 773-Christian Thomas, 00:16.808[5]; 6. 8-Brian Shirley, 00:16.877[2]; 7. 111-Steven Roberts, 00:16.991[3]; 8. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:17.294[1]

Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:16.056[7]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:16.083[3]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:16.083[4]; 4. 2-GR Smith, 00:16.279[5]; 5. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:16.429[6]; 6. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:16.502[1]; 7. 01-Jason Garver, 00:17.514[2]

Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:15.549[9]; 2. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr, 00:15.731[8]; 3. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.732[1]; 4. 44D-Dalton Cook, 00:15.794[7]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.894[6]; 6. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:16.330[4]; 7. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:16.590[2]; 8. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:19.668[5]

Hot Laps – Group 5 : 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.054[8]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:15.219[2]; 3. 21H-Robby Hensley, 00:15.306[1]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.457[6]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.466[9]; 6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:15.494[4]; 7. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.529[3]; 8. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.873[5]; 9. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.885[7]

Hot Laps – Group 6 : 1. 111B-Max Blair, 00:15.079[6]; 2. 8K-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.101[4]; 3. 2X-John Henderson, 00:15.103[2]; 4. 114-Jordan Koehler, 00:15.428[8]; 5. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.440[5]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.578[1]; 7. 78-Matthew Brocato, 00:16.222[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:14.798[21]; 2. 99-Devin Moran, 00:14.899[16]; 3. 2V-Allen Murray, 00:15.020[17]; 4. 89J-Jeff Choquette, 00:15.032[1]; 5. 111-Steven Roberts, 00:15.059[12]; 6. 25C-Shane Clanton, 00:15.093[13]; 7. 96V-Tanner English, 00:15.099[18]; 8. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.110[25]; 9. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:15.142[9]; 10. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:15.187[5];

11. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.190[26]; 12. 8-Brian Shirley, 00:15.200[11]; 13. 19M-Wil Herrington, 00:15.243[19]; 14. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:15.256[6]; 15. 76B-Blair Nothdurft, 00:15.275[15]; 16. 01-Jason Garver, 00:15.295[20]; 17. 2-GR Smith, 00:15.297[23]; 18. 773-Christian Thomas, 00:15.308[14]; 19. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.394[2]; 20. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:15.452[7];

21. 25B-Mike Benedum, 00:15.531[24]; 22. 6-Blake Spencer, 00:15.750[8]; 23. 4-Kale Green, 00:15.826[3]; 24. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.827[4]; 25. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:16.049[10]; 26. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:59.999[22]

Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.939[9]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.942[13]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.944[4]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.024[12]; 5. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:15.027[11]; 6. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.029[6]; 7. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:15.055[18]; 8. 2X-John Henderson, 00:15.057[20]; 9. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.074[16]; 10. 111B-Max Blair, 00:15.128[24];

11. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.147[17]; 12. 22*-Payton Freeman, 00:15.151[3]; 13. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.173[23]; 14. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr, 00:15.175[8]; 15. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:15.209[1]; 16. 114-Jordan Koehler, 00:15.231[26]; 17. 8K-Kyle Strickler, 00:15.239[22]; 18. 44D-Dalton Cook, 00:15.263[7]; 19. 21H-Robby Hensley, 00:15.348[10]; 20. 20V-Rece Vaught, 00:15.364[25];

21. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:15.369[2]; 22. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:15.378[14]; 23. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:15.378[19]; 24. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:15.431[15]; 25. 78-Matthew Brocato, 00:15.698[21]; 26. 89-Logan Roberson, 00:59.999[5]

Heat Races

Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[3]; 3. 89J-Jeff Choquette[2]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 5. 01-Jason Garver[6]; 6. 5-Mark Whitener[7]; 7. 19M-Wil Herrington[5]; 8. 6-Blake Spencer[8]; 9. 4S-Danny Snyder[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 3. 2-GR Smith[6]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 5. 111-Steven Roberts[2]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens[9]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans[5]; 8. 14W-Dustin Walker[7]; 9. 4-Kale Green[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 25C-Shane Clanton[2]; 2. 8-Brian Shirley[4]; 3. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[5]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 5. 773-Christian Thomas[6]; 6. 2V-Allen Murray[1]; 7. 58-Garrett Alberson[8]; 8. (DNS) 25B-Mike Benedum

Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 4. 93-Carson Ferguson[5]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[8]; 6. 111B-Max Blair[4]; 7. 114-Jordan Koehler[6]; 8. 78-Matthew Brocato[9]; 9. 21H-Robby Hensley[7]

Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[2]; 3. 2X-John Henderson[3]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[8]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 6. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr[5]; 7. 8K-Kyle Strickler[6]; 8. 89-Logan Roberson[9]; 9. 20V-Rece Vaught[7]

Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[3]; 3. 11-Spencer Hughes[5]; 4. 44D-Dalton Cook[6]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[8]; 6. 81J-Jack Riggs[7]; 7. 18D-Daulton Wilson[1]; 8. 22*-Payton Freeman[4]

B-Mains

B-Main 1 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 16-Tyler Bruening[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 3. 5-Mark Whitener[7]; 4. 19M-Wil Herrington[10]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[8]; 6. 6-Blake Spencer[13]; 7. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 8. 58-Garrett Alberson[12]; 9. 25B-Mike Benedum[17]; 10. 18-Chase Junghans[11]; 11. 773-Christian Thomas[6]; 12. 111-Steven Roberts[5]; 13. 2V-Allen Murray[9]; 14. (DNS) 01-Jason Garver; 15. 14W-Dustin Walker; 16. (DNS) 4S-Danny Snyder; 17. (DNS) 4-Kale Green

B-Main 2 (Top 2 Advance) : 1. 93-Carson Ferguson[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[5]; 4. 111B-Max Blair[7]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson[6]; 7. 89-Logan Roberson[14]; 8. 44D-Dalton Cook[3]; 9. 78-Matthew Brocato[13]; 10. 8K-Kyle Strickler[11]; 11. 81J-Jack Riggs[9]; 12. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe Jr[8]; 13. 114-Jordan Koehler[10]; 14. 20V-Rece Vaught[17]; 15. (DNS) 18D-Daulton Wilson; 16. 22*-Payton Freeman; 17. (DNS) 21H-Robby Hensley

Golden Isles Speedway
Feature Race Results
January 28, 2023

A-Main (60 Laps – $25,000 to win):

Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings

1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]
$25,100

2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]
$10,800

3. 96V-Tanner English[7]
$6,000

4. B5-Brandon Sheppard[6]
$4,800

5. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[2]
$4,300

6. 39-Tim McCreadie[8]
$3,800

7. 49-Jonathan Davenport[14]
$2,500

8. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[10]
$2,300

9. 25C-Shane Clanton[5]
$2,200

10. 40B-Kyle Bronson[26]
$700

11. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[9]
$2,900

12. 8-Brian Shirley[11]
$1,900

13. 11-Spencer Hughes[18]
$2,600

14. 20-Jimmy Owens[29]
$300

15. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[21]
$1,600

16. 58-Garrett Alberson[23]
$2,300

17. 19M-Wil Herrington[27]
$100

18. 10-Garrett Smith[12]
$1,500

19. 76B-Blair Nothdurft[17]
$1,500

20. 89-Logan Roberson[28]
$100

21. 18D-Daulton Wilson[24]
$2,300

22. 89J-Jeff Choquette[13]
$1,500

23. 7-Ross Robinson[25]
$900

24. 99-Devin Moran[3]
$2,300

25. 2-GR Smith[15]
$1,500

26. 2X-John Henderson[16]
$1,500

27. 16-Tyler Bruening[19]
$1,500

28. 93-Carson Ferguson[20]
$1,500

29. 1T-Tyler Erb[22]
$2,300

Race Statistics

Entrants: 52

Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Brandon Overton

Lap Leaders: Brandon Overton (Laps 1-22); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 23-59); Brandon Overton (Lap 60)

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

Margin of Victory: 0.056 seconds

Stop-Tech Brakes Cautions: Shane Clanton, Carson Ferguson, Garrett Smith, Spencer Hughes, Tyler Erb (Initial Start); Brian Shirley, John Henderson, Tyler Bruening, GR Smith (Restart); Devin Moran (Lap 8); Daulton Wilson (Lap 34)

Series Provisionals: Garrett Alberson; Daulton Wilson
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: Ross Robinson; Kyle Bronson; Wil Herrington; Logan Roberson; Jimmy Owens
Track Provisional: n/a

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Brandon Overton, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Tanner English
Penske Shocks Top 5: Brandon Overton, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Tanner English, Brandon Sheppard, Hudson O’Neal
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Kyle Bronson (Advanced 16 Positions)
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Jonathan Davenport
Deathridge Opticians Lucky 13th Place Finisher: Spencer Hughes
Earnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (37 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 4 – 15.844 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: Ryan Gustin (15.054 seconds)

Time of Race: 37 minutes 44 seconds

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings

1. Brandon Overton
740 | $38,700

2. Ricky Thornton Jr
690 | $20,300

3. Tim McCreadie
605 | $11,000

4. Hudson O’Neal
565 | $7,650

5. Tanner English
545 | $7,700

6. Brandon Sheppard
535 | $7,850

7. Devin Moran
535 | $7,100

8. Daulton Wilson
525 | $7,000

9. Jonathan Davenport
525 | $5,525

10. Earl Pearson Jr
510 | $6,500

Golden Isles Speedway
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