Race Story

DAVENPORT AND O’NEAL DOMINATE TWIN 25 ACTION

(courtesy DIRTcar PR)
Two drivers took their first step toward conquering “The World” Thursday night at Eldora Speedway.

After 107 cars entered night one of the 52nd World 100, Jonathan Davenport and Hudson O’Neal stood tall earning $12,000 preliminary Feature victories and gained valuable momentum toward Saturday’s main event.

GROUP A Preliminary Feature- Jonathan Davenport 

One night after finishing fourth in the Dirt Late Model Dream, Jonathan Davenport wasted no time returning to Eldora Speedway’s iconic Victory Lane.

The Blairsville, GA driver stormed past Jimmy Owens on Lap 6 of Thursday’s Group A Feature to claim the $12,000 prize on night one of the 52nd World 100.

The four-time World 100 winner said his team made changes throughout the day, helping his car return to its winning form.

“I think we’re one adjustment away from being perfect,” Davenport said. “We changed quite a few things today. We just couldn’t get a good balance on it.

“I wish the racetrack was like that last night. We might have been right back up here. It’s a phenomenal job, by my guys, Jason, Vinny, and Tyler. We all put our heads together and constantly changed on this thing. We changed things on the car, and it messed the balance up a bit, and I think we got it back there pretty good.”

Owens, a two-time World 100 winner, finished second after leading the race’s first five laps.

The Newport, TN driver stated he was happy with his car but needed to make a few more adjustments to stay with Davenport.

“I was just discussing with my guys about how we can get a little more stable in the corners,” Owens said. “I felt like we were good, but the 49 has been phenomenal all year. Another great year for those guys. Hats off to them.

“We got some work to do, and maybe we can make some improvements for the big race.”

Defending World 100 winner Brandon Overton finished third, while Chris Madden and Johnny Scott rounded out the top five.

Group B Preliminary Feature- Hudson O’Neal

Hudson O’Neal had one goal in his World 100 preliminary Feature—get in clean air quick.

The Martinsville, IN driver, accomplished that goal immediately, thundering around Shane Clanton in Turn 2 to take the lead.

O’Neal dominated the Group B Feature at Eldora to earn the $12,000 triumph.

“I got a really good start there, and I knew I just needed to get the lead there and get to clean air as fast as I could,” O’Neal said. “The first [Feature] went caution-free, so I figured the second one would, too.

“The air plays such a big factor here. I swear it felt like I slowed down two seconds when I caught lap traffic.”

Clanton, from Zebulon, GA, crossed the line second after winning a Heat Race earlier in the night.

The “Georgia Bulldog” stated he’s optimistic about the rest of the weekend.

“Our car was good, we had a good starting spot, and I hope we can do it again tomorrow,” Clanton said. “This Capital Race Car is pretty good right now. Hopefully, we can just keep it up.”

Chris Ferguson rounded out the podium one night after making an early exit in the Dirt Late Model Dream.

The Mount Holly, NC driver was forced to switch to a backup car and stated he was thrilled with how well the car ran.

“I just want to give a special thanks to my crew for all the hard work,” Ferguson said. “The car was really good. I could just kind of hang with Shane and Hudson but couldn’t get momentum going like we needed to.

“I’m tickled to death; this is the first time I’ve raced this car here since 2018.”

Tim McCreadie finished fourth, and Garrett Smith rounded out the top five.


Race Results

Event Box Score

Thursday Group A – Qualifying
1. 44-Chris Madden, 15.412; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 15.448; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 15.570; 4. 22R-Will Roland, 15.582; 5. 83F-Jensen Ford, 15.590; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens, 15.592; 7. 157-Mike Marlar, 15.609; 8. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 15.637; 9. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 15.664; 10. 7R-Kent Robinson, 15.683; 11. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles, 15.719; 12. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 15.729; 13. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 15.757; 14. 1T-Tyler Erb, 15.758; 15. 88-Trent Ivey, 15.761; 16. 23-John Blankenship, 15.768; 17. 17M-Dale McDowell, 15.824; 18. 58-Garrett Alberson, 15.848; 19. 22S-Gregg Satterlee, 15.881; 20. 25F-Jason Feger, 15.888; 21. 81-Jason Riggs, 15.901; 22. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 15.936; 23. 3-Jon Henry, 15.944; 24. 25B-Mike Benedum, 15.974; 25. 31K-Kye Blight, 15.988; 26. 5-Mark Whitener, 16.025; 27. 111-Steven Roberts, 16.030; 28. 76-Brandon Overton, 16.030; 29. 6JR-Parker Martin, 16.055; 30. 8-Kyle Strickler, 16.064; 31. 99-Camaron Marlar, 16.076; 32. K-Freddie Carpenter, 16.081; 33. 71C-RJ Conley, 16.109; 34. 12-Jason Jameson, 16.112; 35. 42-Tyler Carpenter, 16.115; 36. 15K-Rick Eckert, 16.129; 37. 995-Manny Falcon, 16.214; 38. 29-Darrell Lanigan, 16.341; 39. 8A-Rob Anderzack, 16.361; 40. 11J-Jon Kirby, 16.373; 41. 10-Joseph Joiner, 16.401; 42. 95-Jerry Bowersock, 16.418; 43. 51-Dean Carpenter, 16.470; 44. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 16.514; 45. 93-Carson Ferguson, 16.549; 46. 130-Chase Osterhoff, 16.595; 47. 20W-Justin White, 16.691; 48. 9R-Curtis Roberts, 16.786; 49. 23C-Keegan Cox, 16.943; 50. 17C-Jeremy Creech, 16.957; 51. 39M-Brandon Moore, 17.365; 52. PO-Jeff Robertson, 17.431; 53. 16S-Steven Sabo, 17.905; 54. 2X-John Henderson, 99.991

Heat #1 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 44-Chris Madden[4]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 3. 11H-Spencer Hughes[2]; 4. 31K-Kye Blight[7]; 5. 83F-Jensen Ford[3]; 6. 81-Jason Riggs[6]; 7. 10-Joseph Joiner[11]; 8. 71C-RJ Conley[9]; 9. 93-Carson Ferguson[12]; 10. 995-Manny Falcon[10]; 11. 6JR-Parker Martin[8]; 12. 23C-Keegan Cox[13]; 13. 17M-Dale McDowell[5]; 14. 16S-Steven Sabo[14]

Heat #2 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[1]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 5. 5-Mark Whitener[7]; 6. 7R-Kent Robinson[2]; 7. 8-Kyle Strickler[8]; 8. 12-Jason Jameson[9]; 9. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]; 10. 29-Darrell Lanigan[10]; 11. 2X-John Henderson[14]; 12. 95-Jerry Bowersock[11]; 13. 130-Chase Osterhoff[12]; 14. 17C-Jeremy Creech[13]

Heat #3 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 3. 88-Trent Ivey[1]; 4. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[5]; 5. 42-Tyler Carpenter[9]; 6. 99-Camaron Marlar[8]; 7. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[2]; 8. 111-Steven Roberts[7]; 9. 3-Jon Henry[6]; 10. 51-Dean Carpenter[11]; 11. 20W-Justin White[12]; 12. 8A-Rob Anderzack[10]; 13. 39M-Brandon Moore[13]

Heat #4 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 1ST-Johnny Scott[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[7]; 3. 23-John Blankenship[1]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[3]; 5. 25F-Jason Feger[5]; 6. 25B-Mike Benedum[6]; 7. K-Freddie Carpenter[8]; 8. 15K-Rick Eckert[9]; 9. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[11]; 10. 22R-Will Roland[4]; 11. 11J-Jon Kirby[10]; 12. 9R-Curtis Roberts[12]; 13. PO-Jeff Robertson[13]

B-Feature #1 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 10-Joseph Joiner[3]; 2. 8-Kyle Strickler[4]; 3. 7R-Kent Robinson[2]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[15]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[8]; 6. 93-Carson Ferguson[7]; 7. 29-Darrell Lanigan[10]; 8. 71C-RJ Conley[5]; 9. 12-Jason Jameson[6]; 10. 81-Jason Riggs[1]; 11. 995-Manny Falcon[9]; 12. 95-Jerry Bowersock[14]; 13. 2X-John Henderson[12]; 14. 130-Chase Osterhoff[16]; 15. 23C-Keegan Cox[13]; 16. 17C-Jeremy Creech[18]; 17. 6JR-Parker Martin[11]; 18. 16S-Steven Sabo[17]

B-Feature #2 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 99-Camaron Marlar[1]; 2. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[3]; 3. 15K-Rick Eckert[6]; 4. K-Freddie Carpenter[4]; 5. 3-Jon Henry[7]; 6. 25B-Mike Benedum[2]; 7. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[8]; 8. 111-Steven Roberts[5]; 9. 22R-Will Roland[10]; 10. 51-Dean Carpenter[9]; 11. 8A-Rob Anderzack[13]; 12. 9R-Curtis Roberts[14]; 13. 20W-Justin White[11]; 14. 11J-Jon Kirby[12]; 15. PO-Jeff Robertson[16]; 16. 39M-Brandon Moore[15]

A-Feature – (25)Laps
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[5]; 4. 44-Chris Madden[4]; 5. 1ST-Johnny Scott[1]; 6. 1-Brandon Sheppard[8]; 7. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 8. 157-Mike Marlar[7]; 9. 11H-Spencer Hughes[9]; 10. 8-Kyle Strickler[23]; 11. 1T-Tyler Erb[10]; 12. 19R-Ryan Gustin[16]; 13. 58-Garrett Alberson[14]; 14. 23-John Blankenship[12]; 15. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[15]; 16. 88-Trent Ivey[11]; 17. 42-Tyler Carpenter[19]; 18. 83F-Jensen Ford[17]; 19. 25F-Jason Feger[20]; 20. 5-Mark Whitener[18]; 21. 31K-Kye Blight[13]; 22. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[24]; 23. 99-Camaron Marlar[22]; 24. 10-Joseph Joiner[21]

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Thursday Group B – Qualifying
1. 22-Chris Ferguson, 15.434; 2. 18-Shannon Babb, 15.603; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss, 15.628; 4. 19M-Wil Herrington, 15.628; 5. 10S-Garrett Smith, 15.633; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce, 15.673; 7. 11R-Josh Rice, 15.714; 8. 39-Tim McCreadie, 15.735; 9. 17-Zack Dohm, 15.742; 10. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 15.762; 11. 2S-Stormy Scott, 15.764; 12. 58W-Ashton Winger, 15.777; 13. 18C-Chase Junghans, 15.802; 14. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 15.813; 15. 25-Shane Clanton, 15.819; 16. 23H-Cory Hedgecock, 15.846; 17. 15-James Rice, 15.856; 18. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 15.863; 19. C9-Steve Casebolt, 15.881; 20. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick, 15.886; 21. 9-Devin Moran, 15.888; 22. 21-Billy Moyer, 15.915; 23. 9Z-Mason Zeigler, 15.922; 24. 57-Zack Mitchell, 15.929; 25. 145-Chase Frohnapfel, 15.933; 26. 3S-Brian Shirley, 15.939; 27. 1N-Casey Noonan, 15.961; 28. 21H-Robby Hensley, 15.970; 29. 16-Tyler Bruening, 15.983; 30. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 16.009; 31. 88R-Andrew Reaume, 16.033; 32. J8-Jadon Frame, 16.070; 33. 55-Jeep Van Wormer, 16.089; 34. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 16.140; 35. 1C-Kenny Collins, 16.176; 36. 97-Michael Chilton, 16.248; 37. 101-Forrest Trent, 16.250; 38. 6-Victor Lee, 16.262; 39. 1G-Devin Gilpin, 16.282; 40. 4BG-Bob Gardner, 16.372; 41. 69-Jon Hodgkiss, 16.388; 42. O-Scott Bloomquist, 16.412; 43. M27-Mike Provenzano, 16.418; 44. 29K-Clint Keenan, 16.596; 45. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 16.632; 46. 20C-Duane Chamberlain, 16.692; 47. 63-Terry Rushlow, 16.744; 48. 5X-Bryant Dickinson, 17.250; 49. P33-Josh Robertson, 17.502; 50. 22F-Nick Fenner, 17.959; 51. 354-Chris Nash, 18.139; 52. 4G-Kody Evans, 99.991; 53. 71DS-Drew Smith, 99.992

Heat #1 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 22-Chris Ferguson[4]; 2. 10S-Garrett Smith[3]; 3. 9-Devin Moran[6]; 4. 17-Zack Dohm[2]; 5. 18C-Chase Junghans[1]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[8]; 7. 15-James Rice[5]; 8. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[9]; 9. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[11]; 10. 101-Forrest Trent[10]; 11. 17SS-Brenden Smith[12]; 12. P33-Josh Robertson[13]; 13. 145-Chase Frohnapfel[7]; 14. 71DS-Drew Smith[14]

Heat #2 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[1]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 4. 18-Shannon Babb[4]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[5]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer[6]; 7. 3S-Brian Shirley[7]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[8]; 9. 11-Gordy Gundaker[9]; 10. O-Scott Bloomquist[11]; 11. 6-Victor Lee[10]; 12. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[12]; 13. 22F-Nick Fenner[13]

Heat #3 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 25-Shane Clanton[1]; 2. 7-Ricky Weiss[4]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 4. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 5. 9Z-Mason Zeigler[6]; 6. C9-Steve Casebolt[5]; 7. M27-Mike Provenzano[11]; 8. 88R-Andrew Reaume[8]; 9. 1N-Casey Noonan[7]; 10. 1C-Kenny Collins[9]; 11. 1G-Devin Gilpin[10]; 12. 63-Terry Rushlow[12]; 13. 354-Chris Nash[13]

Heat #4 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 2. 19M-Wil Herrington[4]; 3. 97-Michael Chilton[9]; 4. 23H-Cory Hedgecock[1]; 5. 57-Zack Mitchell[6]; 6. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[5]; 7. J8-Jadon Frame[8]; 8. 21H-Robby Hensley[7]; 9. 4BG-Bob Gardner[10]; 10. 29K-Clint Keenan[11]; 11. 58W-Ashton Winger[2]; 12. 5X-Bryant Dickinson[12]; 13. 4G-Kody Evans[13]

B-Feature #1 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 21-Billy Moyer[2]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 4. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[5]; 5. 15-James Rice[3]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[6]; 7. O-Scott Bloomquist[10]; 8. 11-Gordy Gundaker[8]; 9. 101-Forrest Trent[9]; 10. 6-Victor Lee[12]; 11. 145-Chase Frohnapfel[15]; 12. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[14]; 13. 17SS-Brenden Smith[11]; 14. P33-Josh Robertson[13]; 15. 22F-Nick Fenner[16]; 16. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[7]; 17. 71DS-Drew Smith[17]

B-Feature #2 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. C9-Steve Casebolt[1]; 2. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[2]; 3. 88R-Andrew Reaume[5]; 4. J8-Jadon Frame[4]; 5. 21H-Robby Hensley[6]; 6. M27-Mike Provenzano[3]; 7. 4BG-Bob Gardner[8]; 8. 1G-Devin Gilpin[11]; 9. 1C-Kenny Collins[9]; 10. 1N-Casey Noonan[7]; 11. 29K-Clint Keenan[10]; 12. 5X-Bryant Dickinson[14]; 13. 63-Terry Rushlow[13]; 14. 354-Chris Nash[15]; 15. 58W-Ashton Winger[12]; 16. 4G-Kody Evans[16]

A-Feature – (25)Laps
1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton[1]; 3. 22-Chris Ferguson[4]; 4. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 5. 10S-Garrett Smith[8]; 6. 9-Devin Moran[9]; 7. 7-Ricky Weiss[6]; 8. 32-Bobby Pierce[10]; 9. 9Z-Mason Zeigler[19]; 10. 19M-Wil Herrington[7]; 11. 11R-Josh Rice[15]; 12. 2S-Stormy Scott[11]; 13. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[18]; 14. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]; 15. 18-Shannon Babb[14]; 16. 97-Michael Chilton[12]; 17. 17-Zack Dohm[13]; 18. 16-Tyler Bruening[23]; 19. 18C-Chase Junghans[17]; 20. 21-Billy Moyer[21]; 21. 23H-Cory Hedgecock[16]; 22. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[24]; 23. C9-Steve Casebolt[22]; 24. 57-Zack Mitchell[20]

 


Photos

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Photos by Joshua Carpenter & Tyler Carr


Videos

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Points

 

Unofficial World Points

after Thursday events
#Car#FirstLastQHBATotal
122ChrisFerguson1002000293593
249JonathanDavenport912000300591
344ChrisMadden1002000290590
420JimmyOwens822000296578
51BrandonSheppard941950284573
671HudsonO'Neal702000300570
77RickyWeiss911950281567
810SGarrettSmith851950287567
939TimMcCreadie762000290566
1019MWilHerrington881950272555
1125ShaneClanton582000296554
12157MikeMarlar791950278552
1332BobbyPierce821920278552
141STJohnnyScott642000287551
1518ShannonBabb941890260543
1611HSpencerHughes731920275540
1720RTRickyThornton Jr621950281538
1811RJoshRice791890269537
1919RRyanGustin761890266531
2076BrandonOverton381950293526
2183FJensenFord851860254525
222SStormyScott671920266525
239DevinMoran461920284522
241TTylerErb601920269521
2517ZackDohm731890256518
2640BKyleBronson601950262517
2723JohnBlankenship561920262510
2888TrentIvey581920258508
2958GarrettAlberson521890264505
309ZMasonZeigler431860275504
3146EarlPearson Jr521860264502
3218CChaseJunghans621860252500
3322SGreggSatterlee501890260499
3421KDakotahKnuckles671800246493
3523HCoryHedgecock561890248493
367RKentRobinson701832350488
378KyleStrickler361800272488
3825FJasonFeger481860252486
3922RWillRoland881712230482
4097MichaelChilton301920258480
4131KKyeBlight411890248478
42C9SteveCasebolt501830244477
4311KAustinKirkpatrick481830246477
4421BillyMoyer441830250477
455MarkWhitener401860250476
4616TylerBruening371830254474
4742TylerCarpenter311860256473
4857ZackMitchell421860242470
4915JamesRice541802310465
5099CamaronMarlar351830244462
513SBrianShirley401802350455
5225BMikeBenedum421832290454
5317MDaleMcDowell541632330450
5481JasonRiggs461832210450
5518DDaultonWilson441742310449
563JonHenry431742310448
57KFreddieCarpenter341802330447
5810JosephJoiner251800242447
5988RAndrewReaume351772350447
60J8JadonFrame341802330447
6158WAshtonWinger641682140446
6221HRobbyHensley381772310446
6355JeepVan Wormer331772330443
6415KRickEckert301772350442
6528DennisErb Jr361772290442
66111StevenRoberts391772250441
6771CRJConley331772250435
681NCaseyNoonan391742210434
6912JasonJameson321772230432
70M27MikeProvenzano231802290432
7111GordyGundaker321742250431
724BGBobGardner261742270427
7329DarrellLanigan281712270426
741CKennyCollins311712230425
7593CarsonFerguson211742290424
765NDustinNobbe221742270423
77145ChaseFrohnapfel411632190423
78101ForrestTrent291712230423
79OScottBloomquist241712270422
801GDevinGilpin271682250420
81995MannyFalcon291712190419
826JRParkerMartin371682120417
836VictorLee281682210417
8451DeanCarpenter231712210415
8569JonHodgkiss251742130412
8629KClintKeenan221712190412
878ARobAnderzack271652190411
8811JJonKirby261682150409
8995JerryBowersock241652170406
9017SSBrendenSmith211682160405
9120WJustinWhite191682160403
9220CDuaneChamberlain201652170402
939RCurtisRoberts181652170400
9463TerryRushlow191652160400
955XBryantDickinson181652170400
96130ChaseOsterhoff201632150398
97P33JoshRobertson171652150397
9823CKeeganCox171652140396
992XJohnHenderson121682160396
10022FNickFenner161632140393
101354ChrisNash151632150393
10239MBrandonMoore151632130391
103POJeffRobertson141632140391
10417CJeremyCreech161612130390
10516SStevenSabo131612110385
1064GKodyEvans00000
10771DSDrewSmith00000