Rome Showdown results for the national dirt late model series
Tonight, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series unloads in Rome, Georgia. The fastest clay half-mile oval of Rome Speedway is set to host the Rome Showdown.
View Rome Speedway results below.
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Jimmy Owens and Jonathan Davenport line up on the front row. 40 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Rome Showdown
Main Event – Report
Green flag, Owens and Davrnport run side by side into turn one. McCreadie sticks his nose under both of them off turn two to make it three wide for the lead. Owens holds them off.
Lap 5, Owens leads Davenport by 5 car lengths.
Lap 8, Overton kicks it to the cushion. He’s looking for 3rd from McCreadie. A lap later, McCreadie takes the line away and Overton drops to the bottom.
Lap 10, Owens has caught the tail of the field. Davenport closes slightly.
McCreadie and Overton slice through lap traffic. Overton finally completes the pass on the bottom.
Lap 17, slow car, caution.
Green, Owens leads on the bottom in turn one. Davenport heads for the top and nearly gets to his right rear off turn two. Owens leads into turn three.
McCreadie loses several spots on the launch.
Halfway
Lap 20, Earl Pearson Jr slows, caution.
Green, Davenport drives it deep to the bottom in turn one. He slides and clears Owens. Owens is on the brakes and waiting to cross under him. Overton gets into the side of Owens as Owens turns down the banking and across his nose.
Owens retakes the lead off turn two as Davenport loses all momentum off the corner.
Lap 24, Hudson O’Neal slows, caution.
Green, Owens leads on the bottom. Davenport is building speed around the top. He comes off turn four right on the bumper of Owens.
Davenport slides Owens back in turn one. He clears him but Owens crosses under him to retake the spot.
Davenport works the outside. He gets to the outside of Owens. Side by side for the lead off turn two, Davenport runs wide and throws sparks on the wall as they fight for space. Davenport takes the lead on the outside.
Lap 28, Clanton slows, caution.
Green, Davenport leads as Overton takes #nd from Owens.
Lap 30, Madden slows, caution.
Green, Davenport leads. Kyle Bronson pinches Overton off the two to claim 2nd.
Lap 34, Cla Knight spins in turn one, caution.
Green, Davenport leads. Bronson gets tight and pushes wide off turn two.
Overton looks under Bronson in turn three for 2nd. McCreadie makes it a three wide battle. They both drive by Bronson, Overton back to 2nd.
Jonathan Davenport opens the gap and wins at Rome International Speedway!
Rome Speedway
Race Results
October 10, 2021
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2021 results from the Georgia dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:13.763[9]; 2. 44-Chris Madden, 00:13.835[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.030[3]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:14.036[5]; 5. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 00:14.050[6]; 6. 22R-Will Roland, 00:14.057[8]; 7. 16H-Austin Horton, 00:14.099[4]; 8. 42K-Cla Knight, 00:14.107[7]; 9. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:14.122[1]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:13.905[4]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.010[7]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:14.059[5]; 4. 7M-Donald McIntosh, 00:14.083[9]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:14.341[2]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:14.408[8]; 7. 92-Dalton Cook, 00:14.533[6]; 8. 15H-Christian Hanger, 00:15.388[3]; 9. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:59.999[1]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 14-Josh Richards, 00:13.742[2]; 2. 10G-Garrett Smith, 00:13.905[1]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:13.914[8]; 4. 10J-Joseph Joiner, 00:13.954[5]; 5. 31-Tyler Millwood, 00:14.119[3]; 6. 9C-Jason Croft, 00:14.296[4]; 7. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:14.532[7]; 8. 3X-Bo Eaton, 00:15.726[6]
Qualifying
Qualifying – Combined (2 Laps): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:13.687[9]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:13.690[5]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:13.758[10]; 4. 42K-Cla Knight, 00:13.813[7]; 5. 14-Josh Richards, 00:13.833[20]; 6. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:13.872[11]; 7. 44-Chris Madden, 00:13.881[2]; 8. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 00:13.915[6]; 9. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:13.919[26]; 10. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:13.948[17];
11. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.960[3]; 12. 10J-Joseph Joiner, 00:13.990[23]; 13. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.009[13]; 14. 16H-Austin Horton, 00:14.036[4]; 15. 31-Tyler Millwood, 00:14.037[21]; 16. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:14.043[1]; 17. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:14.133[14]; 18. 9C-Jason Croft, 00:14.193[22]; 19. 15H-Christian Hanger, 00:14.248[12]; 20. 7M-Donald McIntosh, 00:14.271[18];
21. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.307[16]; 22. 10G-Garrett Smith, 00:14.327[19]; 23. 66C-Matt Cosner, 00:14.420[25]; 24. 92-Dalton Cook, 00:14.524[15]; 25. 3X-Bo Eaton, 00:15.294[24]; 26. 22R-Will Roland, 00:59.999[8]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 6 Advance): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 44-Chris Madden[3]; 3. 42K-Cla Knight[2]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[4]; 5. 71-Hudson O’Neal[5]; 6. 25-Shane Clanton[6]; 7. 10G-Garrett Smith[8]; 8. 15H-Christian Hanger[7]; 9. 3X-Bo Eaton[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 6 Advance) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 14-Josh Richards[2]; 3. 11H-Spencer Hughes[3]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 5. 7M-Donald McIntosh[7]; 6. 16H-Austin Horton[5]; 7. 66C-Matt Cosner[8]; 8. 2S-Stormy Scott[6]; 9. (DNS) 22R-Will Roland
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 6 Advance) : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 4. 31-Tyler Millwood[5]; 5. 10J-Joseph Joiner[4]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[7]; 7. 9C-Jason Croft[6]; 8. 92-Dalton Cook[8]
B-Mains
Do to scratches, everybody will now transfer into the main event. No B-Mains needed.
Rome Speedway
Feature Race Results
October 10, 2021
A-Main (40 Laps – $12,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]
$10,800
2. 76-Brandon Overton[6]
$5,500
3. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]
$4,300
4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[9]
$3,400
5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[11]
$3,200
6. 16H-Austin Horton[17]
$2,300
7. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]
$3,200
8. 14-Josh Richards[5]
$2,900
9. 31-Tyler Millwood[12]
$2,050
10. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[10]
$2,800
11. 9C-Jason Croft[21]
$1,600
12. 10J-Joseph Joiner[15]
$1,400
13. 7M-Donald McIntosh[14]
$1,200
14. 10G-Garrett Smith[19]
$1,000
15. 1T-Tyler Erb[18]
$1,650
16. 25-Shane Clanton[16]
$1,625
17. 42K-Cla Knight[7]
$900
18. 2S-Stormy Scott[23]
$1,575
19. 44-Chris Madden[4]
$850
20. 11H-Spencer Hughes[8]
$1,525
21. 71-Hudson O’Neal[13]
$1,500
22. 15H-Christian Hanger[22]
$800
23. 66C-Matt Cosner[20]
$800
24. 92-Dalton Cook[24]
$800
Race Statistics
Entrants: 26
Lap Leaders: Jimmy Owens (Laps 1-27); Jonathan Davenport (Laps 28-40)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport
Arizona Sport Shirts CJC – Presented by DirtOnDirt Feature Winner: n/a
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a
Margin of Victory: 1.731 seconds
StopTech Cautions: Christian Hanger (Lap 17); Earl Pearson, Jr. (Lap 20); Hudson O’Neal (Lap 25); Shane Clanton (Lap 28); Chris Madden (Lap 30); Cla Knight (Lap 34)
Series Provisionals: n/a
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Track Provisionals: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Overton, Tim McCreadie
Penske Shocks Top 5: Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Overton, Tim McCreadie, Kyle Bronson, Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Austin Horton (Advanced 11 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Tim McCreadie
Hot Rod Processing Most Laps Led: Jimmy Owens (27 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Brandon Overton
Eibach Springs Rookie of the Race: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Lap #30 – 14.182 seconds)
Fast Shafts Tough Break of the Race: Hudson O’Neal
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Jason Durham
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Clements Race Engines
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Josh Richards – 13.742 seconds
Time of Race: 32 minutes 29 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. Tim McCreadie
7150 | $285,505
2. Hudson O’Neal
6630 | $255,345
3. Jonathan Davenport
6420 | $224,870
4. Jimmy Owens
6335 | $164,415
5. Kyle Bronson
6275 | $175,770
6. Tyler Erb
6245 | $236,245
7. Josh Richards
5985 | $133,355
8. Ricky Thornton Jr
5970 | $133,780
9. Shane Clanton
5775 | $117,815
10. Earl Pearson Jr
5680 | $111,535
11. Mike Marlar
5010 | $150,290
12. Stormy Scott
4620 | $78,535
13. Spencer Hughes
3715 | $71,170
14. Devin Moran
3390 | $60,825
15. Matt Cosner
3135 | $28,965