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Moran closes out Ocala week with win & Ebert is highest WISSOTA finisher in 19th

From Series Reports

OCALA, FL (February 8) – Devin Moran outdueled Jonathan Davenport to claim victory in the 50-lap Winter Nationals finale on Saturday night at Ocala Speedway, after he started from the inside of the fourth row. This event marked the largest payout in track history, with Moran taking home $25,000 for his third series win of the season.

Davenport crossed the line in second, followed by Ricky Thornton Jr., Brandon Overton, and Garrett Alberson.

Davenport seemed to control the race until Moran went to the top side of turns one and two, successfully tracking down Davenport to take the race lead for good with about 12 laps remaining – after the two had exchanged the lead several times. Moran claimed the second position from Thornton following a caution at the halfway point and then aggressively pursued Davenport after the last caution occurred with 20 laps left.

Moran, in victory lane for the 18th time in his career, came from the seventh starting spot to claim the win. It was Moran’s third career win at Ocala.

“I just gassed on it. This is why we come to Florida for Speedweeks. Everybody has been talking about this or that, and obviously, we aren't at East Bay. We all love East Bay, but this is my favorite time of year. We just put on one hell of a show for the crowd here and everyone watching home,” said the Dresden, Ohio native.

Davenport, who led the most laps during the race, came home with his third runner-up finish during Speedweeks, while Thornton, the defending series champion, rounded out the podium in third.

Behind Overton and Alberson in fourth and fifth, Drake Troutman, Hudson O’Neal, Max Blair, Mark Whitener, and Tanner English completed the top 10.

Lake Shore, Minnesota’s Dan Ebert finished in 19th during the A-main, while Renner, South Dakota’s Blair Nothdurft and Sun River, Montana’s Michael Leach were on hand, but not able to qualify for the feature.

SUMMARY

Lucas Oil Late Models:

LOLMDS A-Main (50 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran[7]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[6]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 6. 22*-Drake Troutman[4]; 7. 71-Hudson O'Neal[12]; 8. 111-Max Blair[19]; 9. 5-Mark Whitener[13]; 10. 96-Tanner English[17]; 11. 7-Ross Robinson[23]; 12. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[16]; 13. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[14]; 14. 6-Clay Harris[21]; 15. 1T-Tyler Erb[9]; 16. 18D-Daulton Wilson[15]; 17. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 18. 17SS-Brenden Smith[11]; 19. 60-Dan Ebert[18]; 20. 79-Donald McIntosh[20]; 21. 19M-Spencer Hughes[25]; 22. 20-Jimmy Owens[22]; 23. 9-Tim McCreadie[10]; 24. 93-Carson Ferguson[8]; 25. 99B-Boom Briggs[24]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 4. 5-Mark Whitener[4]; 5. 96-Tanner English[3]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 7. 15K-Wil Herrington[9]; 8. 8-Dillon McCowan[8]; 9. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 10. 81J-Jack Riggs[10]; 11. 81-Jason Riggs[11]; 12. 17Z-Seth Zacharias[12]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[4]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 5. 111-Max Blair[5]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[7]; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce[8]; 8. 16-Tyler Bruening[9]; 9. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 10. 57-Matt Tifft[11]; 11. 09-Michael Leach[10]; 12. (DNS) 000-Matt Nailor

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[6]; 3. 9-Tim McCreadie[5]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[9]; 5. 79-Donald McIntosh[7]; 6. 24-Tyler Wyant[10]; 7. 7-Ross Robinson[3]; 8. C4-Freddie Carpenter[8]; 9. 3S-Brian Shirley[2]; 10. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[4]; 11. (DNS) 11-Austin Smith; 12. (DNS) 18-Chase Junghans

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson[2]; 3. 71-Hudson O'Neal[5]; 4. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[4]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[9]; 7. 19M-Spencer Hughes[7]; 8. 28B-Carson Brown[10]; 9. 93L-Cory Lawler[8]; 10. 43-Derrick Stewart[6]; 11. (DNS) 32J-Jason Jack

B-Main 1 (10 Laps): 1. 96-Tanner English[1]; 2. 111-Max Blair[2]; 3. 6-Clay Harris[3]; 4. 15K-Wil Herrington[5]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson[9]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[8]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 8. 57-Matt Tifft[12]; 9. 17Z-Seth Zacharias[15]; 10. 99B-Boom Briggs[10]; 11. (DNS) 32-Bobby Pierce; 12. (DNS) 8-Dillon McCowan; 13. (DNS) 81J-Jack Riggs; 14. (DNS) 81-Jason Riggs; 15. (DNS) 09-Michael Leach; 16. (DNS) 000-Matt Nailor

B-Main 2 (10 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 2. 79-Donald McIntosh[1]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 4. 28B-Carson Brown[8]; 5. 93L-Cory Lawler[10]; 6. 19M-Spencer Hughes[6]; 7. 24-Tyler Wyant[3]; 8. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[11]; 9. 43-Derrick Stewart[12]; 10. 7-Ross Robinson[5]; 11. (DNS) C4-Freddie Carpenter; 12. (DNS) 3S-Brian Shirley; 13. (DNS) 11-Austin Smith; 14. (DNS) 32J-Jason Jack; 15. (DNS) 18-Chase Junghans