Jonathan Davenport led all the way on Monday night
Jonathan Davenport may have had a bit of a hiccup last Saturday night in the Gopher 50 but he quickly made up for that on Monday evening when he rolled to a dominating victory in the XR Super Series-sanctioned Fever Heat 100 on the first night of action at the Stuart Speedway.
The Longhorn Chassis driver from Blairsville, GA earned $20,000 for the win on the quarter-mile track located in Stuart, Iowa in a race shown live by raceXR.plus
A total of 42 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Jonathan Davenport(12.389), 2. Shane Clanton, 3. Ricky Thornton Jr., 4. Stormy Scott, 5. Mike Marlar, 6. Tyler Bruening, 7. Daulton Wilson, 8. Johnny Scott
Group B Results- 1. Ryan Gustin(12.678), 2. Tim McCreadie, 3. Chris Madden, 4. Jimmy Owens, 5. Kyle Strickler, 6. Cody Laney, 7. Brandon Overton, 8. Bobby Pierce
Heat 1 Results: 1. Jonathan Davenport, 2. Stormy Scott, 3. Daniel Hilsabeck
Heat 2 Results: 1. Mike Marlar, 2. Brent Larson, 3. Shane Clanton
Heat 3 Results: 1. Ricky Thornton Jr., 2. Tyler Erb, 3. Dennis Erb Jr.
Heat 4 Results: 1. Chad Simpson, 2. Ryan Gustin, 3. Jason Feger
Heat 5 Results: 1. Tim McCreadie, 2. Kyle Strickler, 3. Chase Junghans
Heat 6 Results: 1. Chris Madden, 2. Kyle Bronson, 3. Cody Laney
B-main 1 Finish: 1. Daulton Wilson, 2. Tyler Bruening
B-main 2 Finish: 1. Jimmy Owens, 2. Bobby Pierce
Feature Re-cap:At the start of the 50-lap feature it was Davenport who took the early lead over Simpson, McCreadie, Marlar and Thornton. Marlar and Thornton push McCreadie back in the running order by taking third and fourth respectively on the second circuit.
Thornton’s march was not done as he passed Marlar for third on lap 3 then moved around Simpson for the runner-up position on lap 4. A lap 5 caution for an entanglement involving Tyler Erb, Dennis Erb Jr. and Junghans slowed the pace of the race.
On the lap 5 restart, Madden broke into the top-5 then proceeded to get by Marlar for fourth soon afterward. However, Davenport was speeding away from the pack having built a lead of more than two seconds until he made contact with the slowing car of Daulton Wilson on lap 16.
Davenport continued in the lead after the mishap while Wilson pulled off the track.
The lap 16 restart saw Simpson and Marlar get around Thornton for second and third. Davenport’s car showed no ill effects from the contact with Wilson as he again pulled away from his pursuers. At the halfway mark, Davenport led Simpson, Marlar, Thornton and Madden.
A caution for the slowing car of Bronson restacked the field on lap 26. Madden moved around Thornton to claim fourth on the restart as Davenport continued to lead Simpson then a fierce battle throughout the remainder of the top-10.
McCreadie took fifth from Thornton on lap 31 but Davenport had again built an advantage of more then two seconds.
McCreadie continued to rise as he moved all the way up to third with less than 10 laps remaining. Gustin was also making moves as he too entered the top-5 with the laps clicking away. McCreadie grabbed second but Davenport was too far in front.
In the end, it was Davenport who drove under the checkered flag to score the victory.
Feature Results: 1. Jonathan Davenport, 2. Tim McCreadie, 3. Ryan Gustin, 4. Mike Marlar, 5. Chris Simpson, 6. Chris Madden, 7. Ricky thornton Jr., 8. Bobby Pierce, 9. Tyler Bruening, 10. Shane Clanton, 11. Stormy Scott, 12. Cody Laney, 13. Jimmy Owens, 14. Chase Junghans, 15. Tyler Erb, 16. Kyle Strickler, 17. Dennis Erb Jr., 18. Brent Larson, 19. Jason Feger, 20. Daniel Hilsabeck, 21. Kyle Bronson, 22. Daulton Wilson, 23. Johnny Scott, 24. Scott Bloomquist
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