ROSSBURG, Ohio — Updates and results from Wednesday’s Dirt Late Model Dream XXXII warmup, highlighted by a 50-lap, $20,000-to-win FloRacing Night in America Series feature for Super Late Models (results unofficial; watch on FloRacing):
Feature
Fourth-starting Nick Hoffman of Mooresville, N.C., shut the door on a hard charging Devin Moran to capture his first FloRacing Night in America Series victory Wednesday at Eldora Speedway. Hoffman, who took command from race-long leader Kyle Bronson on lap 17, led the rest of the caution-free 50-lapper and took the checkers 1.216 seconds ahead of Moran to secure a $20,000 payday.
Feature lineup
(50 laps)
Row 1: Max Blair, Kyle Bronson
Row 2: Chris Ferguson, Nick Hoffman
Row 3: Trey Mills, Brian Shirley
Row 4: Shane Clanton, Devin Moran
Row 5: Ashton Winger, Jonathan Davenport
Row 6: Dale McDowell, Chris Madden
Row 7: Mike Marlar, Hudson O'Neal
Row 8: Brandon Overton, Mason Zeigler
Row 9: Josh Rice, Garrett Smith
Row 10: Jason Jameson, Tyler Erb
Row 11: Brandon Sheppard, Mark Whitener
Row 12: Dalton Cook, Zack Mitchell
Consolation race results
(12 laps; top two transfer)
First consolation: Jason Jameson, Mark Whitener, Drake Troutman, Austin Smith, Dan Ebert, Ryan Gustin, Freddie Carpenter, Jackson Hise, Garrett Alberson, Jimmy Owens, Justin Duty, Joseph Joiner, Michael Leach, Todd Morrow, Mike Spatola, Dallon Murty, Jeffery Erickson, Mario Gresham, Sam Seawright. Scratched: Tim Lance, Jeff Roth, Ethan Dotson.
Second consolation: Tyler Erb, Dalton Cook, Jason Feger, Dennis Erb Jr., Daulton Wilson, Rod Conley, Shannon Babb, Ryan Montgomery, Jerry Bowersock, Trent Ivey, Ryan Crane, Lane Snook, Joe Chalmers, Tyler Thomason, Benji Hicks, Mike Hildebrand, Mathew Porter, Wil Herrington, Tristan Chamberlain. Scratched: Ricky Thornton Jr., David Watts, Dillon McCowan.
Third consolation: Brandon Sheppard, Zack Mitchell, Chase Junghans, Tim McCreadie, Carson Ferguson, Jake O'Neal, Kyle Strickler, Kyle Hammer, Luke Morey, Tyler Bruening, Carson Hocevar, Steven Roberts, Seth Daniels, Eli Johnson, Brenden Smith, Ryan Johnson, Greg Williams, Alex Vance, Bryant Dickinson, K.C. Burdette, Bobby Pierce. Scratched: Brody Smith.
Heat race recap
Max Blair cruised to victory in the caution-free first heat while Shane Clanton rallied from fifth to second and Mike Marlar improved five spots to third, including edging Jason Jameson at the checkers for the final transfer spot. … In the second heat, polesitter Chris Ferguson led all the way, fighting off a last-ditch bid by Ashton Winger in a race slowed by a single caution for Jeffery Erickson's first-lap spin. …. In the third heat, recent high school graduate Trey Mills outran 60-year-old Dale McDowell for a 10-lap victory. ... Polesitter Kyle Bronson narrowly held off Devin Moran to win the caution-free fourth heat. … In the fifth heat, polesitter Nick Hoffman raced to victory while Jonathan Davenport was a distant second despite rallying from sixth. Outside front-row starter Luke Morey got into the wall on the second lap and faded to 10th. … In the final 10-lap heat, Brian Shirley won from the pole over Chris Madden and Garrett Smith, who quickly advanced from his ninth starting spot to grab a transfer spot. Jake O’Neil recovered to finish fourth after dropping to sixth from third when he hit the wall early.
Heat race results
(10 laps; top three transfer)
First heat: Max Blair, Shane Clanton, Mike Marlar, Jason Jameson, Austin Smith, Mark Whitener, Dan Ebert, Ryan Gustin, Freddie Carpenter, Sam Seawright, Michael Leach, Tim Lance, Jeff Roth, Ethan Dotson.
Second heat: Chris Ferguson, Ashton Winger, Brandon Overton, Dallon Murty, Garrett Alberson, Jimmy Owens, Drake Troutman, Mario Gresham, Jackson Hise, Jeffery Erickson, Justin Duty, Joseph Joiner, Todd Morrow. Scratched: Mike Spatola.
Third heat: Trey Mills, Dale McDowell, Josh Rice, Wil Herrington, Dalton Cook, Daulton Wilson, Ryan Crane, Ryan Montgomery, Shannon Babb, Trent Ivey, Benji Hicks, Lane Snook, Tyler Thomason. Scratched: Dillon McCowan.
Fourth heat: Kyle Bronson, Devin Moran, Hudson O'Neal, Jason Feger, Tyler Erb, Ricky Thornton Jr., Dennis Erb Jr., Tristan Chamberlain, Rod Conley, Jerry Bowersock, Joe Chalmers, Mike Hildebrand, David Watts, Mathew Porter.
Fifth heat: Nick Hoffman, Jonathan Davenport, Mason Zeigler, Bobby Pierce, Zack Mitchell, Brandon Sheppard, Carson Ferguson, Steven Roberts, Kyle Strickler, Luke Morey, Tyler Bruening, Seth Daniels, Carson Hocevar, Bryant Dickinson.
Sixth heat: Brian Shirley, Chris Madden, Garrett Smith, Jake O'Neil, Chase Junghans, Tim McCreadie, Kyle Hammer, Brenden Smith, Eli Johnson, K.C. Burdette, Ryan Johnson, Greg Williams, Alex Vance. Scratched: Brody Smith.
Pre-race notes
Dream week at Eldora begins with the $20,000-to-win FloRacing Night in America event run under superb weather conditions: skies are clear and the afternoon high reached 80 degrees. … The 84-car field — almost assuredly the largest car count for a one-day Super Late Model show this season — is just one entry less than last year’s FloRacing Night turnout. … Bobby Pierce, who won last year’s Flo Night to open the Dream week, is parked in the upper pit area after arriving just two haulers too late to gain entry to the infield. His departure from Oakwood, Ill., was delayed until 7 a.m. this morning because he had to finish up the new Longhorn Chassis he’s debuting this weekend. … Pierce is one of several drivers running new red, white and blue wraps, joining Brandon Overton (a special scheme celebrating sponsor Budweiser’s 150th anniversary), Drake Troutman and Ethan Dotson. … Dillon McCowan feared his plans to run the Dream would be derailed when his team’s hauler went into limp mode due to a bad DPF sensor shortly after they left Urbana, Mo., on Monday night, leaving them stranded in a Walmart parking lot. They arranged for a service truck to visit them on Tuesday and they were back on the road by afternoon and pulled into Eldora’s pit area around midnight. … NASCAR star Carson Hocevar is behind the wheel of his new-look Chile’s-sponsored No. 77 tonight and for Thursday’s Dream preliminary. … Lane Snook, a rising 18-year-old from Port Royal, Pa., is a surprise Dream week entrant after landing an opportunity to one of Maryland team owner Bruce Kane’s No. 15K machines as a teammate to Georgian Wil Herrington. … Tyler Erb’s Best Performance Motorsports car sports the No. 51 and a black wrap that resembles the Rowdy Burns car from the Days of Thunder movie in a tribute to the late Kyle Busch, who was known as “Rowdy” and drove a similar-appearing black No. 51 to a Snowball Derby victory. … Jimmy Owens, the 2009 Dream winner, is behind the wheel of a McCarter Brothers Motorsports MasterSbilt machine carrying his familiar No. 20. … Ryan Gustin has opted to run tonight’s program in his Todd Cooney Motorsport team’s Infinity Chassis. … Florida’s Brenden Smith is back in his family-owned equipment after a recent split with JCM Motorsports. … Benji Hicks is entered with the same Double Nickel Chassis that he flipped on May 9 at Kentucky’s Lake Cumberland Speedway. He said the machine wasn’t as badly damaged as he had initially feared. … Georgia’s Dalton Cook is making his first attempt at the Dream. He failed to qualify for last year’s World 100 in his only previous crown jewel appearance at Eldora.
Time trials
Group A
Driver (car no.), hometown, time (unofficial)
1. Max Blair (111), Centerville, Pa., 15.495
2. Chris Ferguson (22), Mount Holly, N.C., 15.673
3. Trey Mills (14jr), St. Augustine, Fla., 15.739
4. Jason Jameson (12), Lawrenceburg, Ind., 15.757
5. Dallon Murty (13), Chelsea, Iowa, 15.762
6. Dale McDowell (17m), Chickamauga, Ga., 15.786
7. Mark Whitener (5), Middleburg, Fla., 15.829
8. Brandon Overton (76), Evans, Ga., 15.897
9. Wil Herrington (15k), Hawkinsville, Ga., 15.989
10. Freddie Carpenter (c4), Parkersburg, W.Va., 16.025
11. Ashton Winger (12), Hampton, Ga., 16.054
12. Ryan Crane (10), Panama City, Fla., 16.056
13. Shane Clanton (25), Zebulon, Ga., 16.063
14. Justin Duty (15), Molalla, Ore., 16.064
15. Josh Rice (11), Crittenden, Ky., 16.106
16. Dan Ebert (60), Lake Shore, Minn., 16.121
17. Garrett Alberson (58), Las Cruces, N.M., 16.167
18. Ryan Montgomery (12), Fairmont, W.Va., 16.188
19. Michael Leach (09), Sun River, Mont., 16.207
20. Jeffery Erickson Jr. (1), Muskegon, Mich., 16.221
21. Dalton Cook (44D), Smiths Station, Ala., 16.225
22. Mike Marlar (157), Winfield, Tenn., 16.229
23. Jimmy Owens (20), Newport, Tenn., 16.306
24. Shannon Babb (18), Moweaqua, Ill., 16.309
25. Ethan Dotson (74x), Bakersfield, Calif., 16.317
26. Drake Troutman (22*), Hyndman, Pa., 16.338
27. Trent Ivey (88), Union, S.C., 16.340
28. Austin Smith (11), Cedartown, Ga., 16.444
29. Todd Morrow (T7), Penton, Ala., 16.449
30. Daulton Wilson (58v), Fayetteville, N.C., 16.504
31. Ryan Gustin (19r), Marshalltown, Iowa, 16.541
32. Jackson Hise (388), Ocala, Fla., 16.590
33. Benji Hicks (55), Mount Airy, N.C., 16.634
34. Tim Lance (48), Brimfield, Ill., 16.681
35. Mario Gresham (21), Rome, Ga., 16.720
36. Tyler Thomason (7), Phenix City, Ala., 16.720
37. Sam Seawright (16), Rainsville, Ala., 16.758
38. Joseph Joiner (10), Milton, Fla., 16.959
39. Lane Snook (15), Port Royal, Pa., 17.116
40. Jeff Roth (14r), Bentonville, Ark., 17.542
41. Mike Spatola (89), Manhattan, Ill., no time
42. Dillon McCowan (8), Urbana, Mo., no time
Group B
1. Kyle Bronson (40B), Brandon, Fla., 16.334
2. Nick Hoffman (9), Mooresville, N.C., 16.460
3. Brian Shirley (3s), Chatham, Ill., 16.505
4. Ricky Thornton Jr. (20rt), Chandler, Ariz., 16.513
5. Luke Morey (49), Denver, N.C., 16.513
6. Chris Madden (44), Gray Court, S.C., 16.529
7. Devin Moran (99), Dresden, Ohio, 16.606
8. Mason Zeigler (25z), Chalk Hill, Pa., 16.649
9. Eli Johnson (55), Clewiston, Fla., 16.660
10. Hudson O’Neal (71), Martinsville, Ind., 16.695
11. Brandon Sheppard (1), New Berlin, Ill., 16.747
12. Jake O’Neil (0), Tucson, Ariz., 16.758
13. Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 16.767
14. Zack Mitchell (57), Enoree, S.C., 16.818
15. Tim McCreadie (9), Watertown, N.Y., 16.829
16. Tristan Chamberlain (20tc), Richmond, Ind., 16.923
17. Jonathan Davenport (49), Blairsville, Ga., 16.986
18. Chase Junghans (18), Manhattan, Kan., 17.039
19. Dennis Erb Jr. (28), Carpentersville, Ill., 17.147
20. Bobby Pierce (32), Oakwood, Ill., 17.154
21. Greg Williams (17), Haubstadt, Ind., 17.180
22. Jerry Bowersock (95j), Wapakoneta, Ohio, 17.301
23. Steven Roberts (111), Sylvester, Ga., 17.323
24. Kyle Hammer (45), Clinton, Ill., 17.391
25. Tyler Erb (51), New Waverly, Texas, 17.403
26. Carson Ferguson (93), Lincolnton, N.C., 17.430
27. Garrett Smith (10), Madison, Ga., 17.481
28. Rod Conley (71r), Wheelersburg, Ohio, 17.513
29. Tyler Bruening (16), Decorah, Iowa, 17.576
30. Ryan Johnson (7j), Aurora, Mo., 17.582
31. David Watts (6), Buchanan, Va., 17.599
32. Kyle Strickler (8), Mooresville, N.C., 17.608
33. Brenden Smith (17ss), Dade City, Fla., 17.624
34. Mike Hildebrand (39), Goshen, Ohio, 17.741
35. Seth Daniels (S21), Jackson, Ohio, 17.787
36. Mathew Porter (19p), Austinville, Va., 17.859
37. K.C. Burdette (13), Parkersburg, W.Va., 17.927
38. Joe Chalmers (23), Perth, Western Australia, 18.072
39. Carson Hocevar (77), Portage, Mich., 18.202
40. Alex Vance (95), Waynesville, N.C., 18.281
41. Bryant Dickinson (5*), Ionia, Mich., no time
42. Brody Smith (17sr), Dade City, Fla., no time
Wednesday’s schedule
(All times local)
9 a.m. - Ticket office opens (ticket and pit pass sales)
10 a.m. - Pits open
11 a.m. - Tech and registration begins
Noon - Gates open for hillside seating
1 p.m. - Grounds cleared and secured
2 p.m. - All gates, suites and concessions open
2 p.m. - Turn one camping opens
2 p.m. - Ballroom opens
5 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting (infield)
6 p.m. - Hot laps
7:30 p.m. - Opening ceremonies
8 p.m. - Ballroom closes
Competition
- Late Model time trials
- Late Model heats (10 laps)
- Late Model consolations (12 laps)
- Late Model feature (50 laps)
