Race Story

DAVENPORT WINS FRIDAY PRELIM

(COURTESY DIRTCAR PR)
Davenport started his march to the front in the first 50-lapper from the sixth spot, while COMP Cams Super Dirt Series regular Timothy Culp led the field to green alongside four-time Eldora crown jewel winner Brandon Overton. Culp fended off Overton’s early challenges for the lead while Davenport fought his way up to second, but surrendered the top spot when Davenport threw a slider in Turn 3 eight laps in.

A flat tire on Dan Ebert’s machine slowed the pace immediately after the Blairsville, GA native took command, but Davenport used a solid restart to get into clean air and build his advantage over the field. Behind him, Overton squeezed by Culp for second moments before the second caution of the race flew for a slowing Donald McIntosh, putting the winners of the last five Dreams together on the front row.

Davenport was once again no match for the field on the restart, continuing a trend that would become the theme of the race. Nine yellow flags plagued the event, but time and time again the No. 49 kept the challengers at bay.

Right when it looked like Davenport had the win in the bag, Mark Whitener went around in Turn 1 on the white-flag lap to set up a green-white-checkered, but Davenport powered away from Thornton and Overton once more to pick up his seventh prelim-night win at the Dream.

The victory marked a major turnaround from Davenport’s showing on Wednesday night, when he pounded the wall in Hot Laps, unloaded a backup car and came home 14th in the Feature.

“Hats off to my guys,” Davenport said. “They have worked their tails off the past three days. Yesterday we didn’t race obviously, but they still tore that thing apart, went all through it and changed a bunch of stuff. Obviously we found something. We still wasn’t exactly right after Qualifying and the Heat Race, and we found a few other little small things, but when you start changing parts that’s the way it goes.”

Overton got the best of Thornton in the two-lap dash to the finish, while Garrett Alberson and Culp rounded out the top five.

Race Results

Event Box Score

06-06-2025

Late Models – Qualifying
1. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 15.380; 2. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 15.426; 3. C8-Timothy Culp, 15.526; 4. 14JR-Trey Mills, 15.530; 5. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 15.628; 6. 60-Dan Ebert, 15.666; 7. 43-Derrick Stewart, 15.675; 8. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 15.734; 9. 79-Donald McIntosh, 15.750; 10. 25F-Jason Feger, 15.831; 11. 12-Jason Jameson, 15.848; 12. 16-Tyler Bruening, 15.865; 13. OO-Ashton Winger, 15.921; 14. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 15.996; 15. 11S-Allen Styck, 16.024; 16. 83-Jensen Ford, 16.032; 17. 15-Justin Duty, 16.036; 18. 1G-Devin Gilpin, 16.148; 19. 29-Clinton Keenan, 16.154; 20. S21-Seth Daniels, 16.425; 21. C4-Freddie Carpenter, 16.600; 22. 5D-Bryant Dickinson, 17.962; 23. 1N-Casey Noonan, NT; 24. 58-Garrett Alberson, 15.296; 25. 157-Mike Marlar, 15.509; 26. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 15.528; 27. 76-Brandon Overton, 15.567; 28. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 15.646; 29. 13-Dylan Thornton, 15.717; 30. 44-Chris Madden, 15.760; 31. 114-Jordan Koehler, 15.762; 32. 81F-Jadon Frame, 15.780; 33. 5-Mark Whitener, 15.842; 34. 19M-Spencer Hughes, 15.845; 35. 97-Cade Dillard, 15.878; 36. 25-Shane Clanton, 15.931; 37. 11B-Ross Bailes, 15.947; 38. 25S-Chad Simpson, 16.047; 39. 96-Tanner English, 16.145; 40. 388-Jackson Hise, 16.287; 41. 17SR-Brody Smith, 16.592; 42. 88-Trent Ivey, 16.821; 43. 114B-Clayton Bryant, 16.968; 44. 39M-Brandon Moore, 17.353; 45. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 99.991; 46. 2-Cody Overton, 99.992

Heat #1 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[4]; 3. C8-Timothy Culp[3]; 4. 29-Clinton Keenan[10]; 5. 15-Justin Duty[9]; 6. 79-Donald McIntosh[5]; 7. 1N-Casey Noonan[12]; 8. 12-Jason Jameson[6]; 9. 11S-Allen Styck[8]; 10. 43-Derrick Stewart[1]; 11. OO-Ashton Winger[7]; 12. C4-Freddie Carpenter[11]

Heat #2 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 4. 14JR-Trey Mills[3]; 5. 9M-Tim McCreadie[7]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 7. 25F-Jason Feger[5]; 8. S21-Seth Daniels[10]; 9. 83-Jensen Ford[8]; 10. 1G-Devin Gilpin[9]; 11. 5D-Bryant Dickinson[11]

Heat #3 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 4. 19M-Spencer Hughes[6]; 5. 25-Shane Clanton[7]; 6. 44-Chris Madden[1]; 7. 81F-Jadon Frame[5]; 8. 25S-Chad Simpson[8]; 9. 88-Trent Ivey[10]; 10. 388-Jackson Hise[9]; 11. 2-Cody Overton[12]; 12. 39M-Brandon Moore[11]

Heat #4 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 13-Dylan Thornton[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 3. 5-Mark Whitener[5]; 4. 96-Tanner English[8]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 6. 114-Jordan Koehler[1]; 7. 17SR-Brody Smith[9]; 8. 97-Cade Dillard[6]; 9. 114B-Clayton Bryant[10]; 10. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[11]; 11. 11B-Ross Bailes[7]

B-Feature #1 – (12)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 2. 79-Donald McIntosh[1]; 3. 25F-Jason Feger[4]; 4. 12-Jason Jameson[5]; 5. S21-Seth Daniels[6]; 6. 83-Jensen Ford[8]; 7. C4-Freddie Carpenter[13]; 8. 1N-Casey Noonan[3]; 9. 1G-Devin Gilpin[10]; 10. 11S-Allen Styck[7]; 11. 43-Derrick Stewart[9]; 12. OO-Ashton Winger[11]; 13. 5D-Bryant Dickinson[12]

B-Feature #2 – (12)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 44-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 114-Jordan Koehler[2]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard[6]; 4. 81F-Jadon Frame[3]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith[4]; 6. 88-Trent Ivey[7]; 7. 388-Jackson Hise[9]; 8. 114B-Clayton Bryant[8]; 9. 2-Cody Overton[11]; 10. 39M-Brandon Moore[13]; 11. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[10]; 12. 25S-Chad Simpson[5]; 13. 11B-Ross Bailes[12]

A-Feature – (50)Laps
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[7]; 5. C8-Timothy Culp[1]; 6. 9M-Tim McCreadie[17]; 7. 1-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 8. 44-Chris Madden[22]; 9. 25-Shane Clanton[16]; 10. 97-Cade Dillard[26]; 11. 96-Tanner English[18]; 12. 19M-Spencer Hughes[15]; 13. 15-Justin Duty[19]; 14. 25F-Jason Feger[25]; 15. 114-Jordan Koehler[24]; 16. 19-Dustin Sorensen[5]; 17. 16-Tyler Bruening[21]; 18. 13-Dylan Thornton[9]; 19. 5-Mark Whitener[14]; 20. 60-Dan Ebert[10]; 21. 74X-Ethan Dotson[8]; 22. 157-Mike Marlar[11]; 23. 14JR-Trey Mills[13]; 24. 19R-Ryan Gustin[12]; 25. 79-Donald McIntosh[23]; 26. 29-Clinton Keenan[20]

 

Videos

Video Highlights From The Event

06.06.25 DLM Dream - Night #2 | Feature Highlights

06.05.25 DLM Dream - Night #1 | Feature Highlights

Points

 

# Car# First Last Town St Q H B A Total
1 49 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville GA 96 97 0 300 493
2 11R Josh Rice Crittenden KY 96 94 0 300 490
3 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood IL 100 91 0 297 488
4 76 Brandon Overton Evans GA 94 97 0 297 488
5 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr Martinsville IN 92 100 0 294 486
6 58 Garrett Alberson Las Cruces NM 100 94 0 291 485
7 O1 Tyler Erb New Waverly TX 90 100 0 294 484
8 18D Daulton Wilson Fayetteville NC 98 97 0 288 483
9 C8 Timothy Culp Prattsville AR 96 94 0 288 478
10 1 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin IL 92 100 0 282 474
11 17M Dale McDowell Chickamauga GA 96 91 0 285 472
12 111 Max Blair Centerville PA 92 97 0 282 471
13 9 Nick Hoffman Morrresville NC 84 88 0 291 463
14 22 Chris Ferguson Mt. Holly NC 90 97 0 273 460
15 10 Joseph Joiner Milton FL 98 88 0 270 456
16 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon FL 94 85 0 276 455
17 44 Chris Madden Gray Court SC 88 85 0 279 452
18 10S Garrett Smith Madison GA 78 91 0 279 448
19 9M Tim McCreadie Watertown NY 74 88 0 285 447
20 19 Dustin Sorensen Rochester MN 98 94 0 255 447
21 20 Jimmy Owens Newport TN 84 94 0 267 445
22 O9 Michael Leach River MT 92 100 0 252 444
23 11 Austin Smith Cedartown GA 86 100 0 255 441
24 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon GA 76 88 0 276 440
25 13 Dylan Thornton Orcutt CA 90 100 0 249 439
26 19M Spencer Hughes Meridian MS 80 91 0 267 438
27 74X Ethan Dotson Bakersfield CA 100 97 0 240 437
28 4 Kale Green Pelion SC 88 97 0 249 434
29 96 Tanner English Benton KY 70 91 0 270 431
30 15K Wil Herrington Hawkinsville GA 88 100 0 243 431
31 97 Cade Dillard Robeline LA 78 79 0 273 430
32 60 Dan Ebert Lake Shore MN 90 97 0 243 430
33 114 Jordan Koehler Mt. Airy NC 86 85 0 258 429
34 25F Jason Feger Bloomington IL 82 82 0 261 425
35 157 Mike Marlar Winfield TN 98 88 0 237 423
36 20TC Tristan Chamberlain Richmond IN 76 82 0 264 422
37 5 Mark Whitener Middleburg FL 82 94 0 246 422
38 15 Justin Duty Mulina OR 68 88 0 264 420
39 14JR Trey Mills St. Augustine FL 94 91 0 234 419
40 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown IA 86 100 0 231 417
41 93 Carson Ferguson Lincolnton NC 94 94 0 228 416
42 16 Tyler Bruening Decorah IA 78 85 0 252 415
43 101 Forrest Trent Morristown TN 70 82 0 261 413
44 93L Cory Lawler Hanover PA 78 88 0 246 412
45 89 Mike Spatola Manhattan IL 62 91 0 258 411
46 71 Hudson O’Neal Martinsville IN 82 85 0 240 407
47 99 Devin Moran Dresden OH 82 94 0 231 407
48 79 Donald McIntosh Dawsonville GA 84 85 0 228 397
49 32S Chris Simpson Oxford IA 80 88 0 225 393
50 81F Jadon Frame Winchester TN 84 82 222 0 388
51 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr Frankfort IL 64 85 0 237 386
52 22X Drake Troutman Hyndman PA 64 85 0 234 383
53 12 Jason Jameson Lawrenceburg IN 80 79 222 0 381
54 29 Clinton Keenan Warsaw MO 64 91 0 225 380
55 81 Jason Riggs College Grove TN 74 82 222 0 378
56 2X John Henderson Aiken SC 76 79 222 0 377
57 17SS Brenden Smith Dade City FL 72 82 219 373
58 28C Tyler Carpenter Parkersburg WV 80 70 219 0 369
59 28B Carson Brown New London NC 74 79 216 0 369
60 17SR Brody Smith Dade City FL 66 82 219 0 367
61 7 Montana Dudley Phenix City AL 72 79 216 0 367
62 83 Jensen Ford Johnson City TN 70 76 216 0 362
63 S21 Seth Daniels Jackson OH 62 79 219 0 360
64 88 Trent Ivey Union SC 64 76 216 0 356
65 6H Clay Harris Jupiter FL 66 76 213 0 355
66 388 Jackson Hise Ocala FL 68 73 213 0 354
67 114E Evan Koehler Mt. Airy NC 66 79 207 0 352
68 25S Chad Simpson Mt Vernon IA 72 79 198 0 349
69 114B Clayton Bryant Yoder IN 62 76 210 0 348
70 1N Casey Noonan Sylvania OH 56 82 210 0 348
71 25Z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill PA 60 76 210 0 346
72 1G Devin Gilpin Columbus IN 66 73 207 0 346
73 O7 Ben Sukup Norfolk NE 58 76 210 0 344
74 95 Jerry Bowersock Wapakoneta OH 56 73 213 0 342
75 55 Eli Johnson Clewiston FL 68 70 204 0 342
76 C4 Freddie Carpenter Parkersburg WV 60 67 213 0 340
77 OOC Justin Cooper Portsmouth OH 60 76 204 0 340
78 57 Zack Mitchell Enoree SC 54 73 207 0 334
79 2 Cody Overton Evans GA 56 70 207 0 333
80 71R Rod Conley Wheelersburg OH 62 70 201 0 333
81 5N Dustin Nobbe Batesville IN 58 73 201 0 332
82 39M Brandon Moore Pioneer OH 60 67 204 0 331
83 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville IL 56 73 198 0 327
84 43 Derrick Stewart Ainsworth IA 88 73 0 161
85 17 Zack Dohm Cross Lane WV 86 70 0 156
86 11S Allen Styck Americus GA 72 76 0 148
87 OO Ashton Winger Hampton GA 76 70 0 146
88 11B Ross Bailes Clover SC 74 70 0 144
89 12R Ryan Payne Pennsboro WV 70 73 0 143
90 C6 Oakley Johns Hohenwald TN 68 67 0 135
91 5D Bryant Dickinson Ionia MI 58 70 0 128
92 18X Michael Page Douglasville GA 100 0 100
93 4G Kody Evans Camden OH 58 0 58