Davenport Wins Edwin Coggins Memorial At Golden Isles

Jonathan Davenport, seen here from earlier action, scored the win in Saturday’s Edwin Coggins Memorial for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Golden Isles Speedway. Photo by Mike Ruefer

Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, GA led all 30 laps to win the Edwin Coggins Memorial on Saturday afternoon at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, GA.

The reigning Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion would get the jump on Friday night’s winner, Josh Richards, to the lead at the outset of the feature. Brian Shirley would get by Richards on the opening lap and hold the position until the checkered flag, barely edging Richards at the finish line. Jared Landers and 11th starting Steve Francis rounded out the top five.

“The whole key to the race was the start,” Davenport said. “I knew I had to beat Josh off the start. We found a rubber streak there that helped us in lapped traffic. I was a little nervous trying to get by those guys. I finally decided to get to the outside and go by them because I knew the guys behind me were probably pretty close.”

Shirley, who started third, dived below Richards on the start to grab the runner-up spot, a position he held for the remainder of the race.

“It’s a good start to the year,” said Shirley. “A lot of guys back home have stepped up and supported us this year.

“I could have pushed the issue in traffic but I didn’t want to tear up the car. I wanted to save it for the bigger money tonight. Josh almost got me there at the finish. I am glad we were able to hold him off.”

Richards, who was looking to start the weekend with back-to-back wins, came home third.

“We have been testing for a while now on this car,” he said. “We just let it sit today and didn’t make any changes for the day race. The lapped traffic got a little hairy out there. Once Davenport was clear of traffic it was over. It was a good finish there between Brian and me.”

Chris Madden, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Brandon Sheppard, Tim McCreadie and Earl Pearson, Jr. rounded out the top ten.

In preliminary action, Davenport set the overall fast time (Group B) amongst the 41 entrants, with a lap of 15.377 seconds. Richards set the fastest time in Group A with a time of 15.675 seconds. Richards, Shirley, Davenport and Sheppard won their respective heat races. Pearson, Jr. and Scott Bloomquist won their respective B-Mains.

For more information on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, visit LucasDirt.com.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Golden Isles Speedway – Brunswick, GA
Edwin Coggins Memorial – Feb. 6, 2016

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Race Statistics
Entrants: 41
Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1 – 30)
Cautions: None
Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Lap #3 – 15.976 seconds)
Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport (30 Laps)
Time of Race: 10 minutes, 39 seconds