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McDowell pockets $100,000 at Volunteer Speedway

By XR Super Series PR (Bulls Gap, TN) -- Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Georgia, leads flag-to-flag tonight at Volunteer Speedway in winning the XR Super Series $100,000 Spring Thaw 100 before an all-time record crowd at “The Gap.” … This was the richest dirt-track race ever held in the South, and the grandstands were filled to capacity two hours before racing began Saturday evening.

PHOTO CREDIT: Ryan Roberts Photography

McDowell was chased to the checkers by Mike Marlar, Hudson O’Neal, Kyle Bronson and Tyler Erb. … Completing the top 10 finishers were Tim McCreadie, Ricky Thornton Jr., Jonathan Davenport, Cory Hedgecock and Ethan Dotson.

Bradley Lewelling of Seymour captured the $1,500 Sportsman Crate Late Model win over Philip Thompson, Travis Fultz, Rusty Ballenger and Kip Sawyer.

SUPER LATE MODEL (100 Laps)
Showing Finish, Starting Position In Parentheses, Driver, Car #, Hometown, Winnings

1. (2) Dale McDowell #17M-Chickamauga, GA – $100,000
2. (6) Mike Marlar #157-Winfield, TN – $30,000
3. (1) Hudson O’Neal #1-Martinsville, IN – $20,000
4. (4) Kyle Bronson #40B-Brandon, FL – $10,000
5. (19) Tyler Erb #1T-New Waverly, TX – $5,000
6. (15) Tim McCreadie #39-Watertown, NY – $4,000
7. (17) Ricky Thornton Jr. #20RT-Martinsville, IN – $3,500
8. (23) Jonathan Davenport #49-Blairsville, GA – $3,400
9. (21) Cory Hedgecock $23-Loudon, TN – $3,300
10. (20) Ethan Dotson #174-Bakersfield, CA – $3,200
11. (8) Chris Ferguson #22-Mt. Holly, NC – $3,100
12. (3) Bobby Pierce #32-Oakwood, IL – $3,000
13. (10) Rusty Ballenger #1G-Seymour, TN – $2,900
14. (14) Jimmy Owens #20-Newport, TN – $2,800
15. (9) Brian Shirley #3S-Chatham, IL – $2,700
16. (22) Dennis Erb Jr. #28-Carpentersville, IL – $2,600
17. (12) Brandon Overton #76-Evans, GA – $2,500
18. (11) Camaron Marlar #99M-Winfield, TN – $2,400
19. (13) Mason Zeigler #25Z-Chalk Hill, PA – $2,300
20. (7) Sam Seawright #16-Fort Payne, AL – $2,200
21. (16) Daulton Wilson #18D-Fayetteville, NC – $2,100
22. (18) Michael Brown #24D-Lancaster, SC – $2,000
23. (5) Chris Madden #44M-Gray Court, SC – $2,000
24. (24) Chris Chandler #8C-Weaverville, NC – $2,000

Heat #1 (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 16-Sam Seawright[3]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[2]; 4. 55-Benji Hicks[4]; 5. 23-Cory Hedgecock[6]; 6. 89-Logan Roberson[5]; 7. 19M-Wil Herrington[7]; 8. 25-Shane Clanton[10]; 9. 1V-Vic Hill[9]; 10. 3-Austin Neely[8]

Heat #2 (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[6]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[8]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 6. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[5]; 7. 1C-Kenny Collins[7]; 8. 126-Kaede Loudy[9]; 9. 316-Mike Bargo[10]; 10. (DNF) 51-Mack McCarter[1]

Heat #3 (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer): 1. 44M-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 99M-Camaron Marlar[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr.[3]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 5. 49-Jonathan Davenport[5]; 6. 2S-Stormy Scott[6]; 7. 8-Kyle Strickler[7]; 8. 8C-Chris Chandler[8]; 9. 6JR-Parker Martin[9]; 10. (DNF) 5-John Tweed[10]

Heat #4 (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer): 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[1]; 2. 22-Chris Ferguson[2]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 4. 174-Ethan Dotson[3]; 5. 83-Jensen Ford[5]; 6. 96V-Tanner English[9]; 7. 97-Michael Chilton[6]; 8. B00-Josh Henry[8]; 9. 44-Chase King[7]; 10. 187-David McCoy[10]

Heat #5 (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer): 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 2. 1G-Rusty Ballenger[1]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[7]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr.[6]; 5. 101-Forrest Trent[8]; 6. 37-Jacob Hawkins[4]; 7. 8P-David Payne[5]; 8. 30-Ryan King[9]; 9. 14-Reid Millard[10]; 10. (DNF) 79-Ross Bailes[3]

Heat #6 (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 24D-Michael Brown[5]; 4. 88-Trent Ivey[6]; 5. B1-Brent Larson[8]; 6. 90J-Jason Trammell[7]; 7. 34-Ellery Leake[9]; 8. (DNF) 20B-Brad Dyer[4]; 9. (DNS) 7-Ricky Weiss

B Feature #1 (12 Laps – Top 2 Transfer): 1. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 2. 23-Cory Hedgecock[4]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[5]; 6. 55-Benji Hicks[1]; 7. 19M-Wil Herrington[10]; 8. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[8]; 9. 2S-Stormy Scott[9]; 10. 89-Logan Roberson[7]; 11. 25-Shane Clanton[13]; 12. 1C-Kenny Collins[11]; 13. 8C-Chris Chandler[15]; 14. 1V-Vic Hill[16]; 15. 3-Austin Neely[19]; 16. (DNF) 126-Kaede Loudy[14]; 17. (DNF) 8-Kyle Strickler[12]; 18. (DNS) 316-Mike Bargo; 19. (DNS) 6JR-Parker Martin; 20. (DNS) 51-Mack McCarter; 21. (DNS) 5-John Tweed

B Feature #2 (12 Laps – Top 2 Transfer): 1. 174-Ethan Dotson[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 3. 37-Jacob Hawkins[8]; 4. 96V-Tanner English[7]; 5. 88-Trent Ivey[3]; 6. 7-Ricky Weiss[20]; 7. 97-Michael Chilton[10]; 8. 101-Forrest Trent[5]; 9. B1-Brent Larson[6]; 10. B00-Josh Henry[13]; 11. 8P-David Payne[11]; 12. 187-David McCoy[18]; 13. 30-Ryan King[14]; 14. 34-Ellery Leake[12]; 15. 14-Reid Millard[17]; 16. (DNF) 83-Jensen Ford[4]; 17. (DNS) 90J-Jason Trammell; 18. (DNS) 20B-Brad Dyer; 19. (DNS) 44-Chase King; 20. (DNS) 79-Ross Bailes

Qualifying Group A: 1. 1-Hudson O’Neal, 13.197; 2. 51-Mack McCarter, 13.362; 3. 44M-Chris Madden, 13.398; 4. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 13.416; 5. 32-Bobby Pierce, 13.449; 6. 99M-Camaron Marlar, 13.483; 7. 16-Sam Seawright, 13.486; 8. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 13.513; 9. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 13.529; 10. 55-Benji Hicks, 13.533; 11. 3S-Brian Shirley, 13.540; 12. 99-Devin Moran, 13.546; 13. 89-Logan Roberson, 13.547; 14. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles, 13.576; 15. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 13.576; 16. 23-Cory Hedgecock, 13.620; 17. 39-Tim McCreadie, 13.702; 18. 2S-Stormy Scott, 13.706; 19. 19M-Wil Herrington, 13.722; 20. 1C-Kenny Collins, 13.723; 21. 8-Kyle Strickler, 13.736; 22. 3-Austin Neely, 13.791; 23. 1T-Tyler Erb, 13.866; 24. 8C-Chris Chandler, 13.881; 25. 1V-Vic Hill, 13.905; 26. 126-Kaede Loudy, 13.962; 27. 6JR-Parker Martin, 13.971; 28. 25-Shane Clanton, 14.029; 29. 316-Mike Bargo, 14.267; 30. 5-John Tweed, 14.288

Qualifying Group B: 1. 17M-Dale McDowell, 13.171; 2. 1G-Rusty Ballenger, 13.354; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss, 13.355; 4. 22-Chris Ferguson, 13.376; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 13.390; 6. 76-Brandon Overton, 13.415; 7. 174-Ethan Dotson, 13.420; 8. 79-Ross Bailes, 13.440; 9. 157-Mike Marlar, 13.449; 10. 20-Jimmy Owens, 13.484; 11. 37-Jacob Hawkins, 13.487; 12. 20B-Brad Dyer, 13.505; 13. 83-Jensen Ford, 13.547; 14. 8P-David Payne, 13.553; 15. 24D-Michael Brown, 13.559; 16. 97-Michael Chilton, 13.575; 17. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 13.639; 18. 88-Trent Ivey, 13.667; 19. 44-Chase King, 13.677; 20. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 13.688; 21. 90J-Jason Trammell, 13.716; 22. B00-Josh Henry, 13.727; 23. 101-Forrest Trent, 13.756; 24. B1-Brent Larson, 13.789; 25. 96V-Tanner English, 13.850; 26. 30-Ryan King, 14.010; 27. 34-Ellery Leake, 14.317; 28. 187-David McCoy, 14.325; 29. 14-Reid Millard, 14.832

SPORTSMAN CRATE LATE MODEL (20 Laps)

1. 10B-Bradley Lewelling[3]; 2. 724-Phillip Thompson[2]; 3. 329-Travis Fultz[1]; 4. 29-Rusty Ballenger[4]; 5. 44K-Kip Sawyer[5]; 6. 3-Tim Maupin[8]; 7. 18-Phil Crittenden Jr[6]; 8. 30-Taylor Coffman[13]; 9. 15-Matt Shannon[11]; 10. 21B-Trey Bayne[10]; 11. 32-Tyler Smith[7]; 12. 76-Joe Bray[14]; 13. 07A-Addison Cardwell[15]; 14. 10-James Parrott[17]; 15. 21H-Tyler Haynes[9]; 16. 102-Reed Hatchett[21]; 17. 1X-Josh Chesney[23]; 18. 2-Terry Poore[19]; 19. 54-Mitchell Burke[18]; 20. 33-Warren McMahan[24]; 21. 44-David Beeler[22]; 22. 4-Ryan Smith[16]; 23. 31-Wes Tilley[20]; 24. (DNS) 07B-Baily Cardwell

B Feature (10 Laps – Top 6 Transfer): 1. 2-Terry Poore[2]; 2. 31-Wes Tilley[1]; 3. 102-Reed Hatchett[4]; 4. 44-David Beeler[5]; 5. 1X-Josh Chesney[3]; 6. 33-Warren McMahan[8]; 7. 28-Richard Cox[10]; 8. 25K-Kyle Manis[6]; 9. 53-Matt Barnes[12]; 10. 3S-Shane Starnes[11]; 11. 21-Bryan Howerton[7]; 12. (DNS) 3F-Floyd Self

Hot Lap/Qualifying: 1. 329-Travis Fultz, 13.759; 2. 724-Phillip Thompson, 13.895; 3. 10B-Bradley Lewelling, 13.951; 4. 29-Rusty Ballenger, 14.060; 5. 44K-Kip Sawyer, 14.112; 6. 18-Gary Crittenden, 14.153; 7. 32-Tyler Smith, 14.178; 8. 3-Tim Maupin, 14.189; 9. 21H-Tyler Haynes, 14.258; 10. 21B-Trey Bayne, 14.263; 11. 15-Matt Shannon, 14.295; 12. 07B-Baily Cardwell, 14.300; 13. 30-Taylor Coffman, 14.401; 14. 76-Joe Bray, 14.403; 15. 07A-Addison Cardwell, 14.412; 16. 4-Ryan Smith, 14.415; 17. 10-James Parrott, 14.451; 18. 54-Mitchell Burke, 14.459; 19. 31-Wes Tilley, 14.465; 20. 2-Terry Poore, 14.506; 21. 1X-Josh Chesney, 14.623; 22. 102-Reed Hatchett, 14.714; 23. 44-David Beeler, 14.733; 24. 25K-Kyle Manis, 14.749; 25. 21-Bryan Howerton, 14.768; 26. 33-Warren McMahan, 14.814; 27. 3F-Floyd Self, 14.898; 28. 28-Richard Cox, 15.141; 29. 3S-Shane Starnes, 15.332; 30. 53-Matt Barnes, 15.627

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