July 21, 2024 | By Lucas Oil Late Model Series PR

Devin Moran wins Silver Dollar Nationals at Huset's Speedway

BRANDON, S.D. — Devin Moran took the lead at the start of the 14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass on Saturday night Huset’s Speedway and led all 80-laps to pick up a career-best $53,000 for his victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event.

It was Moran’s first career win in the crown jewel event that was held at I-80 Speedway in Nebraska for 12 years before moving to the South Dakota facility.

Moran fought off two former Silver Dollar Nationals winners, Bobby Pierce and Brandon Sheppard, to take the win.

Pierce, the Silver Dollar Nationals winner in 2019 and Sheppard who won in 2020 and 2023, trailed Moran across the finish line. Tyler Erb, who started 13th finished fourth with another former Silver Dollar Nationals winner, Tim McCreadie rounding out the top five drivers.

In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the sixth time this season, Moran celebrated with his team after taking the biggest win of his career. Moran’s previous best finish in the race was third in 2022.

“I guess this officially is the biggest race I ever won you know. In the last 25 laps I was literally ripping every straightaway. I am out of breath. I knew Bobby and Sheppy were ripping, and I was just doing everything I could to stay in front. I saw Sheppy just keep poking, keep poking. I tried to run on the bottom, but I felt so slow. That was a workout,” said the driver who has now recorded 14 consecutive top four finishes since mid-June.

“Roger Sellers put his faith in myself and my great crew you know. He got us on board last year and it was a little shaky to start with, but we just kept working and working,” said the Dresden, Ohio native who became the tenth different winner of the race that began in 2011.

Pierce, who led every lap the previous two preliminary nights came home in second earning a $20,000 payday after he and Sheppard swapped the second spot on several occasions during the race.

“I really don’t know what more I could have done. Devin was good and I think we just missed a little on the right front set-up. It was kind of bouncing around in the corner and we scared ourselves out when we hot lapped, we kind of had a different set-up on. The track just a got a little more characteristic in it than we thought and going through the corner I guess just how the car bounced is how I went. I had my hands full for a while. It was fun battling with Brandon and Devin. He [Moran] drove a heck of a race there at the very end.”

Sheppard, who was attempting to become just the second driver to win three Silver Dollar Nationals, rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third. He was asked if he could have done anything differently during the 80-lap affair as he collected $10,000 for third.

“I don’t know. I like to think I should have picked the bottom on that first restart when I got to second. After I got second back later in the race, I picked the bottom where I thought I needed to be, and I didn’t take off as good and I bounced coming out the corner. I think I got up on the berm a little bit too much and that allowed Bobby to get back by me. All-in-all we had a good weekend; really it had just awesome balance. It was a pleasure to drive.” 

    The winner’s Roger Sellers, Double Down Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Big River Steel, C&W Trucking, Lazydays RV, McHugh Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram, CarSourceAuto.com, Red Oak Pub, Smoky Mountain Speedway, Lincoln Smith Racing, Pee Wee’s Wrecker Service, Southeastern Equipment, and Haulin’ Haskell’s.

Completing the top ten were Mike Marlar, Hudson O’Neal, Garrett Alberson, Daulton Wilson, and Jonathan Davenport.



Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
14th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals Presented by MyRacePass
Huset’s Speedway – Brandon, SD

Saturday, July20, 2024

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (12 Laps, All Transfer): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson[2]; 4. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 6. 07-Ben Sukup[7]; 7. 10-Junior Coover[8]; 8. 37-Scott Ward[10]; 9. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 10. (DNS) 93-Cory Lawler

SDN A-Main - Night 3 (80 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 2. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[13]; 5. 1-Tim McCreadie[5]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[18]; 7. 71-Hudson O'Neal[7]; 8. 58-Garrett Alberson[11]; 9. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 10. 49-Jonathan Davenport[9]; 11. 111-Max Blair[16]; 12. 25C-Chad Simpson[12]; 13. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 14. 17SS-Brenden Smith[14]; 15. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[8]; 16. 20-Jimmy Owens[17]; 17. 07-Ben Sukup[22]; 18. 93-Cory Lawler[26]; 19. 99B-Boom Briggs[21]; 20. 7T-Drake Troutman[15]; 21. 93F-Carson Ferguson[10]; 22. 7-Ross Robinson[19]; 23. 10-Junior Coover[23]; 24. 15C-Curt Schroeder[25]; 25. 37-Scott Ward[24]; 26. 6-Clay Harris[20]



Race Statistics 

Entrants: 26

Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Bobby Pierce
Lap Leaders: Devin Moran (Laps 1-80)
Wieland Feature Winner: Devin Moran
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Devin Moran
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Devin Moran

Margin of Victory: 0.816 seconds

Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Clay Harris (Lap 11); Mike Marlar, Curt Schroeder (Lap 32); Ross Robinson (Lap 33); Carson Ferguson (Lap 44); Blair Nothdurft (Lap 62); Jimmy Owens (Lap 67)
Series Provisionals: n/a
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Devin Moran, Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard
Penske Shocks Top 5: Devin Moran, Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard, Tyler Erb, Tim McCreadie
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Mike Marlar (Advanced 12 Positions)
PEM 4th Place Feature: Tyler Erb
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Hudson O’Neal
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
MD3 Most Laps Led: Devin Moran (80 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Tim McCreadie
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Brenden Smith
Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Brandon Sheppard (Lap 4 | 13.373 seconds)
Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Devin Moran
Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Ross Robinson
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Chuck Kimble (Devin Moran)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Ross Robinson (12.834 seconds)

Time of Race: 34 minutes 59 seconds


Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP
LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES AS OF 7/20/2024

Pos Competitor Points
1 Ricky Thornton Jr 4795
2 Devin Moran 4535
3 Jonathan Davenport 4510
4 Hudson O'Neal 4135
5 Tim McCreadie 4115
6 Garrett Alberson 3950
7 Mike Marlar 3940
8 Daulton Wilson 3900
9 Jimmy Owens 3710
10 Max Blair 3500


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LEEIGHTON TOPS MALVERN BANK LATE MODELS AT HUSET'S SPEEDWAY

By Huset's Speedway PR

BRANDON, S.D. -- Bill Leighton rode the cushion to capitalize on a late-race caution as he lead the final six laps of the 30-lap Malvern Bank SLMR Series main event.

"I actually went up there and tried it a little earlier and I didn't think it was very good so I went back to the bottom," he said. "I really wasn't gaining anything. We had that caution and I was like I gotta try something because I wasn't going to beat him on the bottom and it stuck and I kept rolling from there."

JC Wyman led most of the race while a thick battle amongst the other top-five racers throughout the middle of the race put on a show. Cautions on Lap 21 and on Lap 24 bunched the field together with Leighton driving into the lead during a strong move squeezing between Wyman and the backstretch wall on Lap 25. He then pulled away to win by 1.223 seconds.

Wyman finished in the second position with Kyle Berck producing a third-place run. Justin Zeitner placed fourth and Tad Pospisil was fifth.

Leighton and Jesse Glenz each set quick time during their qualifying groups before Wyman, Trevor Anderson, Charlie McKenna and Dylan Sillman recorded heat race victories. The B Main winner was Andrew Kosiski.

The next event at Huset's Speedway is a week from Sunday for The Border Battle presented by Nordstrom's Automotive featuring the Cressman Sanitation 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars, Nordstrom's Automotive Late Model Street Stocks and the Wyffels Hybrids RaceSaver Sprint Car Series.



MALVERN BANK SLMR SERIES

Kosiski Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 24-Bill Leighton[3]; 2. 4-JC Wyman[1]; 3. 14-Kyle Berck[5]; 4. 62-Justin Zeitner[6]; 5. 04-Tad Pospisil[7]; 6. 85-Josh Leonard[9]; 7. 76H-Jason Hahne[2]; 8. 4J-Lee Grosz[10]; 9. 35D-Dylan Sillman[14]; 10. 10T-Jeff Tharp[11]; 11. 7X-Jesse Glenz[8]; 12. 87-Curt Kranz[12]; 13. 20-Trevor Anderson[13]; 14. 32C-Chad Holladay[19]; 15. 53-Andrew Kosiski[17]; 16. 76-Zach Zeitner[15]; 17. 24M-Cody Martin[18]; 18. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[21]; 19. 52-Brian Kosiski[20]; 20. 22-Charlie McKenna[16]; 21. 56-Chris Spieker[4]; 22. 44-Troy Daly[24]; 23. 91-Gabe Umbarger[22]; 24. 1-Jake Bridge[23]

Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 53-Andrew Kosiski[2]; 2. 24M-Cody Martin[3]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay[1]; 4. 52-Brian Kosiski[6]; 5. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[5]; 6. 91-Gabe Umbarger[4]; 7. 34K-Colby Klaassen[8]; 8. 44-Troy Daly[10]; 9. 27-Tyler Myers[11]; 10. 2C-Carey Umbarger[9]; 11. 10X-Robert Bitz[12]; 12. 1-Jake Bridge[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-JC Wyman[4]; 2. 24M-Cody Martin[1]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton[6]; 4. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 5. 52-Brian Kosiski[2]; 6. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[3]; 7. 27-Tyler Myers[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson[2]; 2. 10T-Jeff Tharp[3]; 3. 62-Justin Zeitner[5]; 4. 76-Zach Zeitner[4]; 5. 14-Kyle Berck[6]; 6. 1-Jake Bridge[1]; 7. 10X-Robert Bitz[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Charlie McKenna[1]; 2. 87-Curt Kranz[3]; 3. 4J-Lee Grosz[4]; 4. 91-Gabe Umbarger[2]; 5. 7X-Jesse Glenz[6]; 6. 32C-Chad Holladay[5]; 7. 44-Troy Daly[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 35D-Dylan Sillman[2]; 2. 56-Chris Spieker[4]; 3. 76H-Jason Hahne[5]; 4. 53-Andrew Kosiski[3]; 5. 85-Josh Leonard[6]; 6. 34K-Colby Klaassen[7]; 7. 2C-Carey Umbarger[1]

Qualifying 1: 1. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:13.099[7]; 2. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:13.122[4]; 3. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:13.128[1]; 4. 62-Justin Zeitner, 00:13.457[12]; 5. 4-JC Wyman, 00:13.490[11]; 6. 76-Zach Zeitner, 00:13.535[5]; 7. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:13.547[10]; 8. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:13.553[13]; 9. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:13.568[6]; 10. 20-Trevor Anderson, 00:13.592[8]; 11. 24M-Cody Martin, 00:13.693[2]; 12. 1-Jake Bridge, 00:13.753[14]; 13. 27-Tyler Myers, 00:14.215[3]; 14. 10X-Robert Bitz, 00:14.342[9]

Qualifying 2: 1. 7X-Jesse Glenz, 00:13.140[2]; 2. 85-Josh Leonard, 00:13.230[3]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:13.248[10]; 4. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:13.335[1]; 5. 4J-Lee Grosz, 00:13.400[9]; 6. 56-Chris Spieker, 00:13.475[7]; 7. 87-Curt Kranz, 00:13.588[5]; 8. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:13.612[13]; 9. 91-Gabe Umbarger, 00:13.692[6]; 10. 35D-Dylan Sillman, 00:13.722[14]; 11. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:13.780[4]; 12. 2C-Carey Umbarger, 00:13.875[12]; 13. 44-Troy Daly, 00:13.980[11]; 14. 34K-Colby Klaassen, 00:14.012[8]