InsideDirtRacing.com will be providing live updates from the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Model Series-sanctioned $15,000-to-win World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Thursday, November 2, 2023. These updates will be provided by Richard Allen(@RichardAllenIDR on Twitter and @RichardAllenIDR on Instagram).
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Weather Forecast: Thursday’s forecast calls for clear skies with highs in the 50s.
Time: Hot laps are slated for 4:00pm.
Feature Payout: $15,000-to-win
Track Description: Half-mile clay oval
Other Classes: World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, Super DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds
Live Stream: DirtVision.com
Pre-race Notes: This is the first of three nights of racing for the WoO Late Models.
Bobby Pierce enters the weekend at the series points leader ahead of Chris Madden, Brandon Sheppard, Kyle Bronson and Ryan Gustin.
Qualifying was held on Wednesday night.
3:55- Sprint Car heat races are scheduled to start at 4:00 with Late Model heats after that then Big Block Mods. B-main races and the features will follow.
4:13- Sprint Car heat 1 on track
Live Updates:
Car Count: 74 cars
Drivers Here: Drivers will be listed in ‘Qualifying Results’
Qualifying Results:
Group A- 1. Mike Marlar(15.117), 2. Chris Madden, 3. Cade Dillard, 4. Hudson O’Neal, 5. Nick Hoffman, 6. Tyler Erb, 7. Zack Mitchell, 8. Brian Shirley, 9. Mason Zeigler, 10. Tanner English, 11. Kyle Bronson, 12. Bobby Pierce, 13. Chris Ferguson, 14. Drake Troutman, 15. Dennis Erb Jr., 16. John Garvin Jr., 17. Brandon Sheppard, 18. Tim McCreadie, 19. Matt Cosner, 20. Jonathan Davenport, 21. Bryan Bernheisel, 22. Jimmy Owens, 23. Mike Lupfer, 24. Tyler Carpenter, 25. Logan Roberson, 26. David McCoy, 27. Forrest Trent, 28. Ryan Gustin, 29. Freddie Carpenter, 30. Ross Bailes, 31. Haiden Cowan, 32. Cody Overton, 33. Brent Larson, 34. Dan Stone, 35. G.R. Smith, 36. Gordy Gundaker, 37. Jack Harmon
Group B- 1. Brandon Overton(15.091), 2. Ethan Dotson, 3. Dale McDowell, 4. Benji Hicks, 5. Spencer Hughes, 6. Ricky Thornton Jr., 7. Shane Clanton, 8. Daulton Wilson, 9. Donald McIntosh, 10. Chase Junghans, 11. Carson Ferguson, 12. Scott Bloomquist, 13. Gavin Cowan, 14. Robby Hensley, 15. Garrett Smith, 16. Ben Watkins, 17. Ricky Weiss, 18. Trent Ivey, 19. Daniel Adam, 20. Carson Brown, 21. Austin Kirkpatrick, 22. John Price, 23. Mike Benedum, 24. David Breazeale, 25. Keith Jackson, 26. Jordan Koehler, 27. Dalton Jacobs, 28. Todd Cooney, 29. Kyle Strickler, 30. John Eller, 31. Anthony Sanders, 32. Dustin Walker, 33. Tyler Wyant, 34. Colin Knaub, 35. Brian Ledbetter, 36. Chuckie Lepsch, 37. Joe Leavell
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1 Lineup- 1. M Marlar, 2. H O’Neal, 3. Z Mitchell, 4. T English, 5. Ch Ferguson, 6. J Garvin, 7. M Cosner, 8. J Owens, 9. L Roberson, 10. R Gustin, 11. H Cowan, 12. G.R. Smith, 13. C Overton
Heat 1 Finish– 1. Mike Marlar, 2. Hudson O’Neal, 3. Zack Mitchell… English, Gustin
Heat 2 Lineup- 1. C Madden, 2. N Hoffman, 3. B Shirley, 4. K Bronson, 5. D Troutman, 6. B Sheppard, 7. J Davenport, 8. M Lupfer, 9. D McCoy, 10. F Carpenter, 11. B Larson, 12. G Gundaker,
Heat 2 Finish– 1. Chris Madden, 2. Kyle Bronson, 3. Drake Troutman … Shirley, Davenport
Heat 3 Lineup- 1. C Dillard, 2. T Erb, 3. M Zeigler, 4. B Pierce, 5. D Erb, 6. T McCreadie, 7. B Bernheisel, 8. T Carpenter, 9. F Trent, 10. R Bailes, 11. D Stone, 12. J Harmon
Heat 3 Finish– 1. Cade Dillard, 2. Bobby Pierce, 3. Mason Ziegler… T Erb, McCreadie
Heat 4 Lineup- 1. B Overton, 2. B Hicks, 3. S Clanton, 4. C Junghans, 5. G Cowan, 6. B Watkins, 7. D Adam, 8. J Price, 9. K Jackson, 10. T Cooney, 11. D Walker, 12. B Ledbetter, 13. K Strickler
Heat 4 Finish– 1. Brandon Overton, 2. Shane Clanton, 3. Chase Junghans… Hicks, Watkins
Heat 5 Lineup- 1. E Dotson, 2. S Hughes, 3. D Wilson, 4. Ca Ferguson, 5. R Hensley, 6. R Weiss, 7. C Brown, 8. M Benedum, 9. J Koehler, 10. J Eller, 11. T Wyant, 12. C Lepsch
Heat 5 Finish– 1. Daulton Wilson, 2. Carson Ferguson, 3. Ricky Weiss… Dotson, Hughes
Heat 6 Lineup- 1. D McDowell, 2. R Thornton, 3. D McIntosh, 4. S Bloomquist, 5. G Smith, 6. T Ivey, 7. A Kirkpatrick, 8. D Breazeale, 9. D Jacobs, 10. A Sanders, 11. C Knaub, 12. J Leavell
Heat 6 Finish– 1. Dale McDowell, 2. Ricky Thornton Jr., 3. Garrett Smith… McIntosh, Bloomquist
Last Chance Showdown 1 Results: 1. Brian Shirley, 2. Jonathan Davenport
Last Chance Showdown 2 Results: 1. Tim McCreadie, 2. Benji Hicks
Last Chance Showdown 3 Results: 1. Donald McIntosh, 2. Ethan Dotson
WoO Redaw: 1. Brandon Overton, 2. Mike Marlar, 3. Daulton Wilson, 4. Dale McDowell, 5. Cade Dillard, 6. Chris Madden
Feature Notes:
Feature Lineup- 1. Overton, 2. Marlar, 3. Wilson, 4. McDowell, 5. Dillard, 6. Madden, 7. O’Neal, 8. Clanton, 9. Bronson, 10. Ca Ferguson, 11. Pierce, 12. Thornton, 13. Mitchell, 14. Junghans, 15. Troutman, 16. Weiss, 17. Zeigler, 18. G. Smith, 19. Shirley, 20. McCreadie, 21. McIntosh, 22. Davenport, 23. Hicks, 24. Dotson, 25. Sheppard, 26. Gustin, 27. Hoffman, 28. English
9:06- Four wide
9:08- Green flag!
On the initial attempt to start the race, a yellow flag waved for a multi-car wreck involving Clanton, Davenport, Thornton, McIntosh, Shirley, McCreadie, Ferguson, Troutman and Mitchell with each car receiving varying degrees of damage.
Lap 8 caution for slowing car of Troutman. Marlar leads Overton, McDowell, Madden and Wilson.
Lap 9 caution for spin by English. Marlar leads McDowell, Overton, Madden and Wilson.
Lap 20- Marlar leads Overton, Madden, McDowell, O’Neal
5 to go- Marlar leads Overton, Madden, O’Neal, McDowell
Overton closed in on Marlar late and challenged which then allowed Madden to take second.
Marlar wins in his debut with Skyline Motorsports.
Feature Results: 1. Mike Marlar, 2. Chris Madden, 3. Brandon Overton, 4. Hudson O’Neal, 5. Dale McDowell, 6. Daulton Wilson, 7. Kyle Bronson, 8. Cade Dillard, 9. Chase Junghans, 10. Tim McCreadie, 11. Ricky Thornton Jr., 12. Zack Mitchell, 13. Bobby Pierce, 14. Ryan Gustin, 15. Shane Clanton, 16. Jonathan Davenport, 17. Nick Hoffman, 18. Mason Zeigler, 19. Garrett Smith, 20. Ethan Dotson, 21. Brandon Sheppard, 22. Ricky Weiss, 23. Carson Ferguson, 24. Benji Hicks, 25. Brian Shirley, 26. Donad McIntosh, 27. Tanner English, 28. Drake Troutman
Bobby Pierce
