Jonathan Davenport celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Lucas Oil Speedway. Photo: LOLMDS Media
Jonathan Davenport led the final 45 laps of Saturday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri en route to the victory.
It marked the 71st career series win for the Blairsville, Georgia driver, who earned $15,000 for the victory.
Davenport’s fourth win in the annual July event that has been held since 2007 tied him with Jimmy Owens for the most wins in the event history.
Devin Moran got by Ricky Thornton, Jr. on the final lap to earn the runner-up spot. Evans, Georgia’s Brandon Overton led the opening laps before finishing fourth, with Chris Simpson in fifth.
Davenport, moved into fourth place in the championship standings with the win after surviving a scary moment with a lapped car on the front stretch with just a few laps to go.
“Let’s keep it PG for what I said in the car,” Davenport said. “No, I couldn’t believe I messed up and he got away from me the lap before, so I thought I’d better hug the bottom right there and he’s slid up again. I got a good run on him, and he might have seen the layover flag he could have been pulling off and he turned left, and I had nowhere to go. Luckily my right front was far enough ahead of him I didn’t hit wheels with him with the steering wheel so luckily it didn’t cut a right rear down it was just our night.”
Earl Pearson, Jr., Tyler Bruening, Justin Duty, Hudson O’Neal, and Tim McCreadie rounded out the top 10.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series returns to the track on Thursday night at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, South Dakota. For more info, visit LucasDirt.com.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Lucas Oil Speedway – Wheatland, MO
Race Results – July 15, 2023
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport
2. 99-Devin Moran
3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr
4. 76-Brandon Overton
5. 32C-Chris Simpson
6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr
7. 16-Tyler Bruening
8. 15J-Justin Duty
9. 1H-Hudson O’Neal
10. 39-Tim McCreadie
11. 1T-Tyler Erb
12. 25-Chad Simpson
13. 111B-Max Blair
14. 174-Ethen Dotson
15. 58-Garrett Alberson
16. 7-Ross Robinson
17. 8-Dillon McCowan
18. 11H-Jeff Herzog
19. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck
20. 22H-Dustin Hodges
21. 11-Spencer Hughes-DNF
22. 36-Logan Martin-DNF
23. 14G-Trevor Gundaker-DNF
24. 15L-Payton Looney-DNF
25. 18D-Daulton Wilson-DNF
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