7/18/2025
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Davenport Scores First Career Huset’s Victory
BRANDON, SD (July 18, 2025) – Jonathan Davenport led all 40 laps to win the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing Friday night event at Huset’s Speedway. Davenport had to hold off a charging Brandon Sheppard after a caution with six laps to go for his first-ever win at Huset’s, worth $10,000. The race was the second of three nights of action in the 15th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass.
Sheppard, who restarted fifth after the race's only caution with 34 laps scored, moved to the outside of the track after seeing most of the race run around the bottom of the 1/3-mile oval, to finish second by 0.194 seconds. Ricky Thornton Jr. rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third. Devin Moran, who won the Thursday night race, finished fourth, with Hudson O’Neal rounding out the top five drivers.
In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the sixth time this season and for the 89th time in his career, the 3-time series champion led by as much as 3 seconds until the late race caution. With the win, Davenport is now just 10 points behind Thornton heading into Saturday night's $75,000-to-win finale.
“I'm not one to sugarcoat things, but that was pretty dull until Brandon (Sheppard) got on the wheel. I wasn’t really sure where to go; Cory (Fostvedt) was pointing me up, but I wasn’t sure if it was down there or somewhere else, so I was just trying to block. It got pretty rough on the bottom, but overall, we were just good enough to hang on,” said the Blairsville, Georgia native.
“It’s really tough out there. I mean, we just ran 38 laps on the bottom before I started to move around, and I really didn’t move up there. These guys—Brandon, Ricky, and Devin—are going to try to move around, not just ride in line waiting for the caution to come out. I was trying to make my line as wide as I could, so congratulations to them. I know Brandon is going to race me clean—that’s just one thing about this place being so narrow. I will have to go back and watch the video, and I’m sure he got a couple of runs on me. But as I went back down to the bottom, there’s just not enough room to slide somebody. If we could get them to widen this place out and take that berm down even more, this place would race awesome.”
Sheppard’s late race heroics just about paid off in the final five laps with his fifth-to-second-place run.
“At that point, you don’t know what’s going to happen. From my perspective, it’s been a one-lane track at the bottom the whole race. I knew at some point it would move up. It actually developed a few ruts, and I think that kept the bottom wet enough for us to stay fast down there. While we were racing, it was just blowing enough crumbs up top that we never had an early caution to lay it down and really pack it in, allowing others to run up there, especially those forced to do so by starting on the outside. When we went green, you don’t have anything left to lose - send it in there, and it felt really good. I knew there were only six laps to go, so I pushed it as hard as I could for those six laps, but we just came up a little short.
“I know I got the car about as good as we're going to get it. We changed tires right before we headed out on the track, and I think we made the right call. Clearly, the bottom was the place to be during the first half of the race. When JD fired on that restart, I fired with him, then I ran into him and knocked the nose out, and I was a little too tight after that. Overall, I think it was still a good night. Hopefully, we can get a win tomorrow night.”
The winner’s Double L Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Nutrien Ag Solutions, Dyna Gro Seed, ASC Warranty, Mark Martin Automotive, and Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas.
Completing the top ten were Garrett Alberson, Dennis Erb Jr., Daulton Wilson, Drake Troutman, and Brandon Overton.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
15th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass | Night 2
Friday, July 18, 2025
Huset’s Speedway – Brandon, SD
Allstar Performance Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Brandon Sheppard | 12.899 seconds
Fast Time Group B: Garrett Alberson | 12.756 seconds (Overall)
Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 3. 22*-Drake Troutman[5]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]; 5. 79-Donald McIntosh[7]; 6. 17SR-Brody Smith[4]; 7. 18-Jesse Sobbing[3]; 8. 8L-Matthew Larson[8]
Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 3. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[3]; 4. 74X-Ethan Dotson[5]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 6. 19M-Spencer Hughes[4]; 7. 3S-Brian Shirley[6]; 8. 49C-Brock Carlson[8]
Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 6. 8-Lane Brenden[5]; 7. 10-Junior Coover[8]; 8. 15M-Shane DeMey[7]
Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O'Neal[2]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson[4]; 4. 93L-Cory Lawler[3]; 5. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 6. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[5]; 7. 07-Ben Sukup[7]
Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 6 Transfer): 1. 79-Donald McIntosh[1]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 3. 6-Clay Harris[3]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[11]; 5. 17SS-Brenden Smith[4]; 6. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[8]; 7. 19M-Spencer Hughes[7]; 8. 18-Jesse Sobbing[9]; 9. 8-Lane Brenden[6]; 10. 10-Junior Coover[10]; 11. 8L-Matthew Larson[13]; 12. 49C-Brock Carlson[15]; 13. 17SR-Brody Smith[5]; 14. 07-Ben Sukup[12]; 15. 15M-Shane DeMey[14]
15th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass | Night 2 Feature Finish (40 Laps):
Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Pay
1 - 3 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $10,000
2 - 5 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $5,500
3 - 4 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - $3,600
4 - 1 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $2,700
5 - 8 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $2,500
6 - 2 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $2,300
7 - 6 - 28 - Dennis Erb Jr - Carpentersville, IL - $2,200
8 - 13 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - $2,100
9 - 9 - 22* - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - $2,050
10 - 10 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - $2,000
11 - 7 - 32 - Bobby Pierce - Oakwood, IL - $1,600
12 - 17 - 79 - Donald McIntosh - Dawsonville, GA - $1,400
13 - 19 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $1,200
14 - 21 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - $1,000
15 - 11 - 76N - Blair Nothdurft - Renner, SD - $950
16 - 14 - 1T - Tyler Erb - New Waverly, TX - $925
17 - 18 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - $900
18 - 23 - 19M - Spencer Hughes - Meridian, MS - $875
19 - 22 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - $850
20 - 16 - 93L - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - $825
21 - 12 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $800
22 - 20 - 3S - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - $800
23 - 15 - 74X - Ethan Dotson - Bakersfield, CA - $800
24 - 24 - 18 - Jesse Sobbing - Malvern, IA - $800
Race Statistics
Entrants: 31
Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Devin Moran
MD3 Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (1-40)
Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Jonathan Davenport
Wieland Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport
Margin of Victory: 0.194 seconds
Coltman Farms Racing Cautions: Carson Ferguson (Lap 34)
Series Provisionals: Spencer Hughes
Fast Time Provisional: Jesse Sobbing
Emergency Provisional: n/a
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Sheppard, Ricky Thornton Jr.
Penske Shocks Top 5: Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Sheppard, Ricky Thornton Jr., Devin Moran, Hudson O’Neal
PEM 4th Place Feature: Devin Moran
DMI Rearends 5th Place Feature: Hudson O’Neal
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Dennis Erb Jr.
Wehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Bobby Pierce
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Clay Harris
MD3 24th Place Feature: Jesse Sobbing
Hoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Brendon Smith (Advanced 7 Positions)
MD3 Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport (40 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Brandon Sheppard
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jonathan Davenport
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Donald McIntosh
Pro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport | Lap 2 | 12.952 seconds
Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Brandon Sheppard
Fresh Roof Hard Luck Award: Carson Ferguson
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Cory Fostvedt
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Garrett Alberson | 12.907 seconds
Time of Race: 11 minutes 29 seconds
Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:
Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Pay
1 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - 6145 - $284,000
2 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 6135 - $305,850
3 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 5805 - $168,075
4 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 5780 - $210,049
5 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5600 - $127,750
6 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 5555 - $167,600
7 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 5315 - $109,600
8 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - 4995 - $90,325
9 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 4715 - $75,775
10 - 79 - Donald McIntosh - Dawsonville, GA - 4600 - $63,200
11 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 4445 - $57,450
12 - 19M - Spencer Hughes - Meridian, MS - 4160 - $55,200
13 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 4105 - $46,925
14 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 4045 - $49,200
15 - 93L - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3595 - $35,350
Submitted By: Jeremy Shields
