June 16, 2024 | By Lucas Oil Late Model Series PR

Overton Banks $50,000 in Mountain Moonshine Classic at Smoky Mountain

MARYVILLE, Tenn. — Brandon Overton was in charge from the start of the Mountain Moonshine Classic on Saturday night at Smoky Mountain Speedway - collecting $50,000 for the win in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event after leading all 60 laps of the race.

Overton held off challenges early from Ryan Gustin and late in the race from Ricky Thornton Jr. but never trailed for his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of 2024.

Thornton finished in second and Gustin rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third. Jonathan Davenport was fourth and Brandon Sheppard completed the top five finishers.

In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the 18th time in his career the Evans, Georgia driver became the 11th different winner this year on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

“I didn’t know if I was ever going to win another race. I have been knotted up all day. We were not very good last night, and we worked on it. We qualified good, we heat raced good, and I knew it was all up to me to not screw it up. We made the right decisions and I think the first lap me and Ryan, we both knew getting out in front early was important. We kind of rubbed down there, but that’s awesome we were the only two Infinity Chassis’ here and we ran one-two most of the race. So, hats off to Eric [Wells] and everybody back at the shop. To win in front of all these people I appreciate all of you coming out. It was a special night.”

Thornton chased down Overton in the closing laps but ran out of time falling 0.824 seconds short at the finish.

“It was a really good night for us. I was a little mad I didn’t qualify in front of Brandon in our group. I knew him starting on the pole that it was going to be really tough to pass him. The lapped cars made it really tough on him there was a lot of them that you kind of had to slide and hope they slowed down. All-in-all it was good weekend for us. Congrats to Overton and to Ryan for a good race as well.”

For Gustin it was his first Big River Steel Podium finish since All-Tech earlier in the year.

“We’ll take it, obviously when those yellows kept coming out I kept taking the top on those restarts. I would get a good start, but Ricky had a really good restart there on the last one he got us. I’ve got to tip my hat to him he left me room on every restart so thanks to him for that. These Infinity Chassis have been really good, we have been off a little there compared to where we needed to be. To finish third in a crown jewel race we will take it anytime.”

The winner’s Wells and Sons Motorsports, Infinity by Wells Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Coltman Farms, Garnto Southern, Big Dog Stump and Tree, Boswell Oil, R.W. Powell Construction, Convenient Lube, Muscle Factory, Harco Construction, and Victory Fuel, Hurst Construction, All-Star Concrete, Penske Racing Shocks, and Dirt Mafia.

Completing the top ten were Devin Moran, Tim McCreadie, Nick Hoffman, Dale McDowell, and Kyle Bronson.



Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Mountain Moonshine Classic | Night 2
Smoky Mountain Speedway – Maryville, TN

Dst. June15, 2024

Allstar Performance Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Brandon Overton | 15.459 seconds (overall)
Fast Time Group B: Devin Moran | 15.483 seconds

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 111-Max Blair[6]; 5. 71-Hudson O'Neal[4]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[5]; 7. 18D-Daulton Wilson[7]; 8. 11B-Stacy Boles[8]; 9. 93-Cory Lawler[9]; 10. 05-Corey Roulette[10]

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 36V-Cory Hedgecock[3]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 4. 83-Jensen Ford[4]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[6]; 6. 25B-Mike Benedum[5]; 7. 22-Chris Ferguson[10]; 8. J27-Jay Scott[9]; 9. 99B-Boom Briggs[7]; 10. 11-Jimmy Johnson[8]

Earnhardt Technologies Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 3. 93F-Carson Ferguson[3]; 4. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 6. 126-Kaede Loudy[6]; 7. 91-Heath Hindman[7]; 8. 18-Trevor Landrum[8]; 9. B00-Josh Henry[10]; 10. (DNS) 55H-Benji Hicks

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[1]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 3. 1-Tim McCreadie[4]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 5. 7W-Ricky Weiss[5]; 6. 7T-Drake Troutman[6]; 7. 14-Haiden Cowan[8]; 8. 1G-Rusty Ballenger[7]; 9. (DNS) 17SS-Brenden Smith

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O'Neal[1]; 2. 7-Ross Robinson[2]; 3. 6-Clay Harris[3]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 5. 25B-Mike Benedum[4]; 6. 22-Chris Ferguson[6]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs[10]; 8. J27-Jay Scott[8]; 9. 11B-Stacy Boles[7]; 10. 11-Jimmy Johnson[12]; 11. 93-Cory Lawler[9]; 12. (DNS) 05-Corey Roulette

UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 7W-Ricky Weiss[2]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[4]; 4. 126-Kaede Loudy[3]; 5. 91-Heath Hindman[5]; 6. 14-Haiden Cowan[6]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]; 8. B00-Josh Henry[9]; 9. 18-Trevor Landrum[7]; 10. (DNS) 1G-Rusty Ballenger; 11. (DNS) 55H-Benji Hicks

Mtn Moonshine Classic Night 2 (60 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[5]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard[9]; 6. 99-Devin Moran[6]; 7. 1-Tim McCreadie[12]; 8. 9-Nick Hoffman[14]; 9. 17M-Dale McDowell[4]; 10. 40B-Kyle Bronson[8]; 11. 7W-Ricky Weiss[20]; 12. 36V-Cory Hedgecock[7]; 13. 20-Jimmy Owens[18]; 14. 157-Mike Marlar[16]; 15. 58-Garrett Alberson[11]; 16. 93F-Carson Ferguson[10]; 17. 71-Hudson O'Neal[17]; 18. 18D-Daulton Wilson[23]; 19. 6-Clay Harris[21]; 20. 7-Ross Robinson[19]; 21. 99B-Boom Briggs[24]; 22. 17SS-Brenden Smith[25]; 23. 93-Cory Lawler[26]; 24. 111-Max Blair[13]; 25. 83-Jensen Ford[15]; 26. 7T-Drake Troutman[22]



Race Statistics 

Entrants: 39

Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Brandon Overton
Lap Leaders: Brandon Overton (Laps 1-60)
Wieland Feature Winner: Brandon Overton
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Brandon Overton
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a

Margin of Victory: 0.824 seconds

Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Drake Troutman; Boom Briggs (Lap 25); Jensen Ford; Boom Briggs (Lap 33); Max Blair (Lap 35); Cory Lawler (Lap 45)
LOLMDS Series Provisionals: Daulton Wilson; Boom Briggs
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
LOLMDS Emergency Provisionals: Brenden Smith; Cory Lawler
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Brandon Overton, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Ryan Gustin
Penske Shocks Top 5: Brandon Overton, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Ryan Gustin, Jonathan Davenport, Brandon Sheppard
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Ricky Weiss (Advanced 9 Positions)  PEM 4th Place Feature: Jonathan Davenport
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Tim McCreadie
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Jimmy Owens
MD3 Most Laps Led: Brandon Overton (60 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Carson Ferguson
Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Brandon Overton (Lap 4 | 15.651 seconds)
Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Ricky Thornton Jr.
Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Drake Troutman
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Mike Burtelle (Brandon Overton)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Infinity by Wells
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (15.591 seconds)

Time of Race: 31 minutes 17 seconds



LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES AS OF 6/15/2024

Pos Competitor Points
1 Ricky Thornton Jr 3470
2 Jonathan Davenport 3285
3 Devin Moran 3105
4 Tim McCreadie 2935
5 Mike Marlar 2880
6 Hudson O'Neal 2845
7 Garrett Alberson 2820
8 Daulton Wilson 2810
9 Jimmy Owens 2790
10 Brandon Sheppard 2550