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Davenport puts a Superman slider on Erb to take Friday show; Nothdurft 17th

From DirtOnDirt.com Staff Reports

GIBSONTON, FL (Feb. 9) – Taking the lead for good with a lap-29 slider past Tyler Erb, second-starting Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, GA paced the remaining distance to capture Friday night's 50-lap fifth round of the 48th annual Wieland Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park. Davenport, who registered two third-place finishes before Thursday's runner-up, overcame a lap-13 slip that handed the lead to Erb to earn $12,000 for his first victory of the season.

The third-starting Erb led laps 13-28 before he experienced a failed right-front suspension and Davenport slid by to reclaim the lead; Erb pulled off on lap 30 and was credited with 24th.

“For sure I thought I gave it away there when I messed up in (turns) one and two (on lap 13),” Davenport said. “We made one little shock adjustment there before the feature that made this thing a bear to handle, but we know not to do that anymore. Man, I’m out of breath ... I’m gonna have to quit eating cheeseburgers and starting running or something.”

It was the 72nd full-field Lucas Oil Series win of Davenport's career and his eighth Winternationals triumph at East Bay. Ninth-starting Hudson O'Neal challenged Davenport in the closing laps to no avail and finished 1 second back. Eighth-starting Daulton Wilson grabbed third from Garrett Alberson on lap 46 and completed the podium finishers. Ashton Winger improved 14 positions to round out the top five.

Renner, South Dakota’s Blair Nothdurft started seventh and finished 17th, following a second-place run in his heat race.

SUMMARY

Lucas Oil Late Model Series:

Feature (50 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 1-Hudson O'Neal[9]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[8]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[11]; 5. 12-Ashton Winger[19]; 6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[25]; 7. B5-Brandon Sheppard[28]; 8. 6-Clay Harris[13]; 9. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 10. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[16]; 11. 157-Mike Marlar[21]; 12. 39-Tim McCreadie[26]; 13. 7T-Drake Troutman[29]; 14. 3S-Brian Shirley[22]; 15. 99-Devin Moran[14]; 16. 99B-Boom Briggs[17]; 17. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[7]; 18. 4G-Bob Gardner[30]; 19. 19M-Spencer Hughes[10]; 20. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[15]; 21. 111-Max Blair[27]; 22. 25-Tony Jackson Jr[23]; 23. 2*-Logan Hitt[12]; 24. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 25. 33-Jeff Mathews[18]; 26. 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 27. 14X-Wil Herrington[24]; 28. 15K-Jensen Ford[20]; 29. 10-Garrett Smith[6]; 30. 5-Mark Whitener[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Mark Whitener[2]; 2. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 3. 6-Clay Harris[3]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[5]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie[8]; 6. 69-Brandon Thirlby[4]; 7. 97-Cody Overton[7]; 8. 6T-Tim Dohm[10]; 9. 51-Dean Carpenter[9]; 10. 48-Tim Lance[11]; 11. 187-David McCoy[6]; 12. 07-Brian Ledbetter[12]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1T-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 1-Hudson O'Neal[2]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 4. 12-Ashton Winger[6]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 6. 33X-Brandon Overton[7]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans[5]; 8. 71R-Rod Conley[8]; 9. 81-Jason Riggs[9]; 10. 12R-Ryan Payne[10]; 11. 81F-Jadon Frame[11]; 12. 82B-Jason Milam[12]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 3. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 4. 15K-Jensen Ford[1]; 5. 25-Tony Jackson Jr[5]; 6. 75-Daniel Adam[3]; 7. 6JR-Parker Martin[9]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 9. 47W-Brandon Weigle[7]; 10. 4S-Danny Snyder[11]; 11. 93-Cory Lawler[10]; 12. (DNS) K&B-Kerry King

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[5]; 4. 20B-Todd Brennan[8]; 5. 89-Mike Spatola[6]; 6. 71C-RJ Conley[4]; 7. 29-Larry Grube[3]; 8. 96V-Tanner English[10]; 9. 174-Ethan Dotson[7]; 10. 3-Brennon Willard[9]; 11. 11C-Trevor Collins[11]; 12. 214-Haiden Cowan[12]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Ross Robinson[1]; 2. 19M-Spencer Hughes[2]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 5. 14X-Wil Herrington[5]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner[8]; 7. 1Z-Logan Zarin[6]; 8. 7T-Drake Troutman[10]; 9. 8-Dillon McCowan[9]; 10. 00-Carson Ferguson[7]; 11. 32-Jason Jack[11]; 12. 6B-Adam Boyd[12]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 2. 2*-Logan Hitt[5]; 3. 33-Jeff Mathews[2]; 4. 6H-Ross Bailes[7]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard[9]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[8]; 7. 31-Tyler Millwood[4]; 8. 9-Levi Yetter[10]; 9. 111-Max Blair[12]; 10. S21-Seth Daniels[11]; 11. 30-Ryan Gustin[6]; 12. 81J-Jack Riggs[3]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Ashton Winger[2]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 5. 6T-Tim Dohm[9]; 6. 71R-Rod Conley[10]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans[8]; 8. 81-Jason Riggs[12]; 9. 81F-Jadon Frame[16]; 10. 51-Dean Carpenter[11]; 11. 187-David McCoy[15]; 12. 12R-Ryan Payne[14]; 13. 82B-Jason Milam[18]; 14. 33X-Brandon Overton[6]; 15. 48-Tim Lance[13]; 16. (DNS) 69-Brandon Thirlby; 17. (DNS) 97-Cody Overton; 18. (DNS) 07-Brian Ledbetter

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 15K-Jensen Ford[1]; 2. 25-Tony Jackson Jr[3]; 3. 20B-Todd Brennan[2]; 4. 174-Ethan Dotson[12]; 5. 96V-Tanner English[10]; 6. 75-Daniel Adam[5]; 7. 6JR-Parker Martin[7]; 8. 3-Brennon Willard[14]; 9. 4S-Danny Snyder[13]; 10. 93-Cory Lawler[15]; 11. 89-Mike Spatola[4]; 12. 71C-RJ Conley[6]; 13. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 14. 29-Larry Grube[8]; 15. 47W-Brandon Weigle[11]; 16. 11C-Trevor Collins[16]; 17. (DNS) K&B-Kerry King; 18. (DNS) 214-Haiden Cowan

B Feature 3 (10 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 14X-Wil Herrington[3]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 5. 6H-Ross Bailes[2]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner[5]; 7. 1Z-Logan Zarin[7]; 8. 9-Levi Yetter[10]; 9. 31-Tyler Millwood[8]; 10. 7T-Drake Troutman[9]; 11. S21-Seth Daniels[14]; 12. 32-Jason Jack[15]; 13. 6B-Adam Boyd[17]; 14. 111-Max Blair[12]; 15. 00-Carson Ferguson[13]; 16. (DNS) 8-Dillon McCowan; 17. (DNS) 30-Ryan Gustin; 18. (DNS) 81J-Jack Riggs