Owens’ Misfortune Gives Davenport Victory At Tazewell

Jonathan Davenport scored the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory on Friday night at Tazewell Speedway. Photo: LOLMDS Media/Twitter

The fastest car doesn’t always win the race and that was the case in the Toyota Knoxville 50 on Friday night at Tennessee’s Tazewell Speedway.

Jonathan Davenport inherited the lead when Jimmy Owens left the race on lap 46 with terminal issues. The Blairsville, Georgia speedster then held off a hard-charging Tim McCreadie for his fifth series win of the season.

McCreadie finished a close second, with Don O’Neal in third, Dennis Erb, Jr. in fourth and Earl Pearson, Jr. in fifth.

Owens bolted to the lead at the start of the event and dominated much of the race. He led by almost a straightaway on several occasions as Davenport and McCreadie battled for second.

No one appeared to have anything for Owens, who was looking for the sixth Toyota Knoxville 50 win of his career. Unfortunately, with four laps to go Owens retreated to the pits off turn four in a cloud of smoke. McCreadie pressured Davenport in the final laps, but Davenport held on for first Tazewell Speedway victory since 2015.

“I hate for anybody to have any bad luck, especially when you are leading,” said Davenport.” We were running second there at the end, early on I don’t know if I could have gotten by Josh Richards or Jimmy Owens.” Richards pulled out of the race on lap 18 while running second to Owens.

“I don’t know how much Jimmy was saving,” Davenport continued. “This place is so fast. The top went away, and the bottom was coming back in at the end. Man, I love this place. I didn’t see anything coming from the 20 car. I thought he had a tire going down or something. Josh was smoking for several laps there early on. Man, it was heartbreak for those two. We will take it, it was a good points night for us.

“Thanks to Lance Landers for putting together this wonderful race team. The sky is the limit. The first time I ever came here I loved it. This place is so unique. There is nothing like it. I wish we could come back here two or three times.”

Hudson O’Neal, Eric Wells, Mason Zeigler, Chad Ogle, and Jason Jameson rounded out the top ten.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Tazewell Speedway – Tazewell, TN
Toyota Knoxville 50 – May 4, 2018

FINISH	START	CAR #	DRIVER NAME	HOMETOWN	EARNINGS
1	8	49	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville, GA	$12,900
2	6	39	Tim McCreadie	Watertown, NY	$6,200
3	7	5	Don O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$4,300
4	10	28	Dennis Erb, Jr.	Carpentersville, IL	$2,750
5	9	1	Earl Pearson, Jr.	Jacksonville, FL	$3,050
6	3	71	Hudson O’Neal	Martinsville, IN	$2,500
7	12	18E	Eric Wells	Hazard, KY	$1,500
8	19	25Z	Mason Zeigler	Chalk Hill, PA	$1,400
9	16	10C	Chad Ogle	Sevierville, TN	$1,200
10	4	12J	Jason Jameson	Lawrenceburg, IN	$1,100
11	25	22	Gregg Satterlee	Indiana, PA	$775
12	13	0	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg, TN	$1,850
13	5	21K	Dakotah Knuckles	Ewing, VA	$1,025
14	23	40B	Kyle Bronson	Brandon, FL	$1,700
15	21	69*	Carder Miller	Salem, VA	$1,000
16	11	1G	Ryan King	Seymour, TN	$1,000
17	2	20	Jimmy Owens	Newport, TN	$1,800
18	22	21	Robby Moses	Maryville, TN	$1,000
19	15	25	Eric Webber	Morristown, TN	$1,000
20	17	32	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood, IL	$1,700
21	1	1R	Josh Richards	Shinnston, WV	$2,000
22	14	101	Forrest Trent	Talbott, TN	$1,000
23	20	86	Jeff Neubert	Rockford, TN	$1,000
24	18	7b	Brian Smith	Barbourville, KY	$1,000
25	24	14	Darrell Lanigan	Union, KY	$1,700

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