Jimmy Owens Wins $20,000 FloRacing Night in America Feature at Volunteer Speedway
Owens held off Jonathan Davenport by inches in a 50-lap finish at Volunteer Speedway. See the full results from qualifying through the feature.
Owens holds off Davenport in a close Volunteer Speedway finish
Jimmy Owens turned a front-row start into a win at Volunteer Speedway, edging Jonathan Davenport by inches after 50 laps of the FloRacing Night in America feature. The $20,000-to-win dirt Late Model race on October 22 came down to a late charge from Davenport and a side-by-side run to the finish.
Owens took the lead early, moving from the bottom to the top lane and clearing Chris Madden off turn two. He remained out front through several cautions, but the closing laps brought changing challengers. Madden was second before Davenport moved through the field; with three laps left, Davenport looked inside Owens. At the white flag, he drove deep into turn three, and the pair ran door-to-door off turn four. Owens held on.
Davenport finished second, with Madden third. Hudson O’Neal came home fourth and Bobby Pierce fifth. The result gives the race a clear story: Owens controlled much of the distance, but a late lane change and charge from Davenport made the finish uncertain until the final corner.
How the 50 laps unfolded
Owens led Madden and Benji Hicks after the first green flag. With 44 laps remaining, Davenport passed Brandon Sheppard for sixth shortly before a caution. Another stoppage came at 35 to go when Barrett Lowe spun; Nick Hoffman also encountered trouble and headed to the infield.
At 20 to go, Owens still led, while Hicks had moved into second. Owens kept his car close to the outside wall. He then had to work through heavy traffic, giving Hicks a chance to close the gap. Garrett Alberson’s contact with the wall brought out another caution with 16 laps left.
On the restart, Madden and Hicks ran side-by-side for second. Hicks brushed the wall, allowing Madden to take the position, while Davenport advanced to third. Madden began closing on Owens with six to go, but Devin Moran slowed with an issue at five to go, setting up another restart.
Davenport used the middle lane to take second after the green flag. He then pressed Owens inside over the final laps, reaching the leader’s door as the race reached its last circuit. Owens’s narrow victory capped a feature shaped by cautions, traffic and shifting lines around the 4/10-mile track.
Feature results
The A Feature ran 50 laps. Starting positions appear in brackets.
1. Jimmy Owens, car 20 [1]; 2. Jonathan Davenport, 49 [6]; 3. Chris Madden, 44 [2]; 4. Hudson O’Neal, 71 [8]; 5. Bobby Pierce, 32 [12]; 6. Dale McDowell, 17M [7].
7. Brandon Sheppard, 1 [4]; 8. Dennis Erb Jr, 28 [15]; 9. Jake O’Neil, 0X [11]; 10. Brenden Smith, 17SS [17]; 11. Earl Pearson Jr, 77 [13]; 12. Benji Hicks, 55 [3].
13. Kaede Loudy, 126 [10]; 14. Todd Morrow, T1 [20]; 15. Garrett Smith, 10 [14]; 16. Devin Moran, 99 [5]; 17. Barrett Lowe, 72 [18]; 18. Mike Marlar, 157 [16].
19. Ryan Gustin, 19R [23]; 20. Garrett Alberson, 58 [9]; 21. Dylan Thompson, 99T [22]; 22. Noah Phillips, 15 [21]; 23. Nick Hoffman, 9 [19]; 24. Jeff Maupin, 0 [24].
Qualifying and preliminary races
Devin Moran led Qualifying A with a 12.245-second lap. Benji Hicks was next at 12.250, followed by Owens at 12.274. In Qualifying B, Madden set the quickest time at 12.182 seconds, ahead of Sheppard at 12.196 and Davenport at 12.197. Those close times put three drivers who would later finish in the top three near the front of their respective groups.
Owens won Heat 1 over Moran and Alberson. Hicks took Heat 2, with McDowell second and O’Neil third. Madden won Heat 3 ahead of Davenport and Loudy, while Sheppard won Heat 4 in front of O’Neal and Pierce.
Two 10-lap B Features completed the preliminary slate. Brenden Smith won the first, followed by Hoffman and Phillips. Lowe won the second, ahead of Morrow and Thompson.
Practice times
Dale McDowell topped Dirt Draft Hot Laps with a 12.179-second lap. Pierce ranked second at 12.265, O’Neil third at 12.299 and Owens fourth at 12.302. Sheppard, Alberson, Hicks, Donald McIntosh, Garrett Smith and Moran rounded out the top 10.
The remaining practice order was Madden, Pearson, Erb, Lowe, Davenport, Brenden Smith, Hoffman, Phillips, Thompson, Brody Smith, O’Neal, Loudy, Marlar, Jason Welshan, Heath Hindman, Morrow, Alex Vance, Joshua Sneed, Gustin, Brad Dyer, Mathew Porter and Eli Johnson. Maupin did not start hot laps.
Full qualifying order
Qualifying A: Moran, Hicks, Owens, McDowell, Alberson, O’Neil, Brenden Smith, McIntosh, Pearson, Erb, Maupin, Welshan, Vance, Brody Smith, Phillips, Hoffman and Dyer.
Qualifying B: Madden, Sheppard, Davenport, O’Neal, Garrett Smith, Pierce, Loudy, Marlar, Gustin, Thompson, Morrow, Johnson, Lowe, Sneed, Hindman and Porter.
Heat and B Feature classifications
Heat 1, eight laps: Owens, Moran, Alberson, Pearson, Brenden Smith, Phillips, Vance, Dyer and Maupin.
Heat 2, eight laps: Hicks, McDowell, O’Neil, Erb, Hoffman, Brody Smith, Welshan and McIntosh.
Heat 3, eight laps: Madden, Davenport, Loudy, Garrett Smith, Lowe, Gustin, Morrow and Hindman.
Heat 4, eight laps: Sheppard, O’Neal, Pierce, Marlar, Thompson, Johnson, Porter and Sneed.
B Feature 1, 10 laps: Brenden Smith, Hoffman, Phillips, Brody Smith, Welshan, Maupin and Vance finished; Dyer and McIntosh were listed as DNS.
B Feature 2, 10 laps: Lowe, Morrow, Thompson, Johnson, Hindman, Porter and Sneed finished; Gustin was listed as DNS.
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