Devin Moran scored the win at Deer Creek
Devin Moran kicked off the Gopher 50 weekend at Deer Creek Speedway by scoring a preliminary win on Thursday night. The earlier winner of the Show-Me 100 capitalized on the misfortune of early race leaders Bobby Pierce and Daulton Wilson.
The Longhorn Chassis driver from Dresden, Ohio earned $5,000 for his efforts on the track located in Spring Valley, Minnesota in a race shown live by FloRacing.com.
A total of 38 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Bobby Pierce(14.587), 2. Brandon Sheppard, 3. Devin Moran, 4. Spencer Hughes, 5. Shane Clanton, 6. Earl Pearson Jr. , 7. Chad Simpson, 8. Tyler Erb, 9. Ricky Thornton Jr., 10. Tim McCreadie
Group B Results- 1. Daulton Wilson(14.820), 2. Jonathan Davenport, 3. Mike Marlar, 4. Garrett Alberson, 5. Chris Madden, 6. Brandon Overton, 7. Max Blair, 8. Justin Duty, 9. Jake Timm, 10. Jordan Yaggy
Heat 1 Results: 1. Bobby Pierce, 2. Devin Moran, 3. Chad Simpson, 4. Shane Clanton
Heat 2 Results: 1. Spencer Hughes, 2. Brandon Sheppard, 3. Tyler Erb, 4. Earl Pearson Jr.
Heat 3 Results: 1. Daulton Wilson, 2. Mike Marlar, 3. Chris Madden, 4. Jake Timm
Heat 4 Results: 1. Jonathan Davenport, 2. Brandon Overton, 3. Garrett Alberson, 4. Garrett Smith
B-main 1 Finish: 1. Tim McCreadie, 2. Ricky Thornton Jr., 3. Hudson O’Neal, 4. Dustin Sorensen
B-main 2 Finish: 1. Max Blair, 2. Chris Simpson, 3. Dillon McCowan, 4. Stormy Scott
Feature Re-cap: The 25-lap feature began with Pierce leading Wilson, Davenport, Hughes and Moran. Wilson grabbed the lead away from Pierce on lap 2 while Overton moved to fourth one lap later.
Davenport wrested the runner-up spot away from Pierce on lap 4 the Pierce regained that position on lap 5 as Moran re-entered the top-5. But the action would be briefly stalled when the car of Shane Clanton jumped the wall and exited the track. The driver of the No. 25 was uninjured.
On the restart, Moran jumped to third while Pierce moved up to challenge Wilson even throwing a slider to take the lead but a caution for the slowing car of Chad Simpson. Under the caution, Wilson pulled to the pit area with a flat tire.
The order on lap 11 was Pierce leading Moran, Davenport Sheppard and Hughes. But on the restart, Pierce pulled into the pit area with mechanical issues likely related to wall contact from his slide job on Wilson. Moran then inherited the lead.
On the restart, Davenport found himself three-wide with Madden and Sheppard. McCreadie also began to rise as he burst into fourth. Moran began to check out as a hornet’s nest of activity was going on behind him.
Davenport and Sheppard fought over the second spot while McCreadie and Erb battled for fourth as the laps clicked away.
But in the end, it was Moran who would claim the victory.
Feature Results: 1. Devin Moran, 2. Jonathan Davenport, 3. Brandon Sheppard, 4. Tim McCreadie, 5. Tyler Erb, 6. Chris Madden, 7. Hudson O’Neal, 8. Max Blair, 9. Ricky Thornton Jr., 10. Dustin Sorensen, 11. Spencer Hughes, 12. Garrett Alberson, 13. Chris Simpson, 14. Jake Timm, 15. Mike Marlar, 16. Brandon Overton. 17. Earl Pearson Jr., 18. Chad Simpson, 19. Dillon McCowan, 20. Daulton Wilson, 21. Garrett Smith, 22. Bobby Pierce, 23. Shane Clanton, 24. Stormy Scott
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