Brandon Overton
Brandon Overton had been on a bit of a winless streak(for him)but that came to an end on Friday night in a ‘Rumble by the River’ preliminary feature sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Port Royal Speedway.
The Longhorn Chassis driver from Evans, Georgia earned $5,000 from the track located in Port Royal, Pennsylvania in a race shown live by FloRacing.com.
A total of 52 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Brandon Overton(18.007), 2. Jonathan Davenport, 3. Michael Norris, 4. Chris Ferguson, 5. Tyler Erb, 6. Logan Zarin, 7. Mike Marlar, 8. Andrew Yoder, 9. Kyle Hardy, 10. Devin Moran
Heat 1 Results: 1. Brandon Overton, 2. Mike Marlar, 3. Devin Moran, 4. Max Blair, 5. Chris Ferguson, 6. Hayes Mattern, 7. Timothy Wilson, 8. Chad Julius, 9. Ron Fink
Heat 2 Results: 1. Jonathan Davenport, 2. Tyler Erb, 3. Logan Roberson, 4. Colton Flinner, 5. Trever Feathers, 6. Kyle Lee, 7. Chad Myers, 8. Garrett Alberson, 9. Andrew Yoder
Heat 3 Results: 1. Michael Norris, 2. Logan Zarin, 3. Drake Troutman, 4. Kyle Hardy, 5. Bryan Bernheisel, 6. Travis Stickley, 7. Boom Briggs, 8. Kody Lyter
Feature Re-cap: The 25-lap feature got underway with Brandon Overton leading Davenport, Marlar, Norris and Erb. By lap 5, Overton appeared to be slipping away from the pack. However, Davenport closed back in on lap 8.
Troutman passed Erb for fifth on lap 10 but that gain would be short lived as Troutman’s car would slow on lap 12 with a blown engine to bring out a yellow flag.
Just after the restart, Ferguson took fifth away from Erb. Davenport had just passed Overton for the lead when a caution came out on lap 15 but a yellow flag would negate the move.
Marlar went by Davenport for second following the lap 15 restart as Overton continued to show the way. Davenport would regain the runner-up position on lap 22 and immediately closed in on Overton.
Overton made a slick move to get by a slower car and hold off Davenport as Marlar made a late bid to get back into the mix. Both Davenport and Marlar closed in on Overton on the last lap as a near three-wide battle came off of turn four with Overton winning the race to the finish line.
Feature Results: 1. Brandon Overton, 2. Jonathan Davenport, 3. Mike Marlar, 4. Michael Norris, 5. Chris Ferguson, 6. Garrett Alberson, 7. Devin Moran, 8. Kyle Hardy, 9. Colton Flinner, 10. Logan Roberson, 11. Trevor Feathers, 12. Bryan Bernheisel, 13. Max Blair, 14. Andrew Yoder, 15. Hayes Mattern, 16. Boom Briggs, 17. Kyle Lee, 18. Tyler Erb, 19. Chad Myers, 20. Travis Stickley, 21. Timothy Wilson, 22. Chad Julius, 23. Kody Lyter, 24. Logan Zarin, 25. Drake Troutman
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