September 2, 2024 | By Ben Sheton

Garrett Alberson Bests Baltes Classic at Eldora Speedway

ROSSBURG, Ohio — Garrett Alberson carried his recent momentum into Eldora Speedway on Sunday night, and the end result was his first-career win at the famed oval aboard his Roberts Motorsports / Mesilla Valley Transportation / Lucas Oil Products No. 58 Longhorn Chassis Late Model.

Alberson bested the 2024 edition of the Baltes Classic, which was worth $5,000 with the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series. While he led every lap of the feature, the win was far from easy.

"The track was a little demanding for sure. Definitely not a typical Eldora, I guess, kind of more like Dirt Track World Championship last year," Alberson said. "I've been wanting to stand on this stage for so long. It's so hard here, so many good guys. I think that heat race is the first thing I've ever even won here. So tonight has been really cool."

Garrett Alberson’s holiday weekend of racing started on Friday evening at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park for the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series-sanctioned Boone Coleman Gopher 50. The New Mexico native joined a 21-car field for the $7,500-to-win event.

Starting 12th in the 50-lap feature after a rough qualifying lap, Alberson charged forward and finished in the runner-up position behind Daulton Wilson.

With the following two days of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) competition wiped out by Mother Nature, the Roberts Motorsports team decided to head to Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) on Sunday afternoon to prepare for the upcoming World 100.

With a talented 65-car field checked in for the $5,000-to-win Baltes Classic, Garrett laid down the quickest lap in his qualifying group and led flag-to-flag in his heat race to earn the pole position for the main event.

Unchallenged in the 30-lap feature, Alberson drove to his first victory at Eldora ahead of Carson Ferguson and Jonathan Davenport who completed the podium.

The win was his sixth overall of the 2024 campaign.

Full results from the weekend can be found at www.IMDirt.net.

Alberson now turns his attention to a busy and lucrative week at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway. Action opens on Wednesday with the $20,000-to-win Castrol FloRacing Night in America event presented by Kubota.

On Thursday and Friday preliminary action for the 54th annual World 100 will be held. Each night the field will be divided into twin $12,000-to-win programs. Meanwhile, Saturday night’s finale is headlined by a $57,000-to-win finale as over 100 entries are expected to pursue the coveted globe trophy.

For more information on the week’s festivities, please visit www.EldoraSpeedway.com .

Garrett Alberson and Roberts Motorsports would like to thank their marketing partners, which include Sunoco Racing Fuels, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Fast Shafts Drive Shafts, Lucas Oil Products, Titan Race Products, A-1 Performance Warehouse, Done Right TV Solar, Orion Tire Repair, Bill’s Sport Shop, DirtCarLift.com, Bilstein Shocks, RCS Union Software, Roemer Machine & Welding, Performance Bodies, SIMS Family Racing, Clements Racing Engines, Swift Springs, Capital Screen Company, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Mitchell Ranch (Gidding, Texas), Alberson58.MyShopify.com, J. Craig’s Tile, GO Lithium Racing Batteries, Hoosier Racing Tires, Arbor Auto Works, McGinley Construction, Browning Auto Parts, American Document Series, BUDDA Bert Transmissions, Capital Signs & Wraps, Super Shots Sports Photography, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, PEM Racing Gears, Strange Oval, Allstar Performance, Midwest Sheet Metal, Praxair, Key City Metal Works, Keyser Manufacturing, RSA Aluminum, Sweet Manufacturing, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Pro Glow Powersports Wash, and MyRacePass Marketing Services.

For the latest information about Garrett Alberson, please visit www.GarrettAlberson.com.


RESULTS

Late Models – Qualifying
1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 15.583; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, 15.606; 3. 57M-Zack Mitchell, 15.752; 4. 157-Mike Marlar, 15.898; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 15.915; 6. 22-Gregg Satterlee, 16.016; 7. 29-Clint Keenan, 16.028; 8. 12D-Doug Drown, 16.030; 9. 11-Josh Rice, 16.048; 10. 1-Tyler Erb, 16.062; 11. 57B-Caiden Black, 16.084; 12. 7-Ricky Weiss, 16.107; 13. W1-Cory Workman, 16.125; 14. 50-Ryan Missler, 16.149; 15. 32-Kent Robinson, 16.160; 16. 11R-James Rice, 16.272; 17. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 16.286; 18. 7B-Jeff Babcock, 16.369; 19. C4-Freddie Carpenter, 16.509; 20. 219-Gavin Cowan, 16.523; 21. 8A-Rob Anderzack, 16.600; 22. O-Steve Prince, 16.603; 23. 51-Devin Shiels, 16.619; 24. 13-Cody Sommer, 16.644; 25. 153-John Miller, 16.801; 26. 28B-Carson Brown, 16.835; 27. 5-Bryant Dickinson, 16.986; 28. 114-Clayton Bryant, 17.101; 29. 79L-Bill Lewis, 17.125; 30. 63L-Austin Lay, 17.141; 31. 8-Megan Sanders, 17.397; 32. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 17.816; 33. P3-Jeff Robertson, 99.991; 34. 93-Carson Ferguson, 15.672; 35. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 15.707; 36. 9-Nick Hoffman, 15.719; 37. 10-Garrett Smith, 15.759; 38. 23-Cory Hedegcock, 15.803; 39. 20-Jimmy Owens , 15.887; 40. 12J-Jason Jameson, 15.919; 41. 49M-Luke Morey, 16.036; 42. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 16.056; 43. 10L-Nathan Loney, 16.130; 44. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 16.144; 45. 96-Tanner English, 16.148; 46. 31-Tyler Millwood, 16.164; 47. 95J-Jerry Bowersock, 16.194; 48. 1N-Casey Noonan, 16.255; 49. 39-Mike Hildebrand, 16.255; 50. 117-Jackson Lovelady, 16.294; 51. 88-Andrew Reaume, 16.362; 52. 71R-Rod Conley, 16.417; 53. 21-Kenneth Howell, 16.419; 54. O3-Gregg Haskell, 16.482; 55. 4-Tripp Gerrald, 16.489; 56. 63R-Terry Rushlow, 16.490; 57. C6-Oakley Johns, 16.749; 58. 151-Trace Settles, 16.845; 59. 1B-Shane Bailey, 16.862; 60. S21-Seth Daniels, 16.995; 61. O6-Jordon VanHal, 17.250; 62. 3-Trevor Reed, 17.504; 63. 81M-Matt Melvin, 17.524; 64. 75-Dusty Moore, 20.558; 65. 77P-Jeremy Petty, 99.992

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. 11R-James Rice[6]; 4. 29-Clint Keenan[3]; 5. W1-Cory Workman[5]; 6. C4-Freddie Carpenter[7]; 7. O-Steve Prince[8]; 8. 114-Clayton Bryant[10]; 9. 153-John Miller[9]; 10. 8-Megan Sanders[11]; 11. 157-Mike Marlar[2]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton[1]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 3. 12D-Doug Drown[3]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 5. 50-Ryan Missler[5]; 6. 219-Gavin Cowan[7]; 7. 28B-Carson Brown[9]; 8. 51-Devin Shiels[8]; 9. 57B-Caiden Black[4]; 10. 79L-Bill Lewis[10]; 11. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[11]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 57M-Zack Mitchell[1]; 2. 22-Gregg Satterlee[2]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss[4]; 4. 11-Josh Rice[3]; 5. 32-Kent Robinson[5]; 6. 7B-Jeff Babcock[6]; 7. 8A-Rob Anderzack[7]; 8. 13-Cody Sommer[8]; 9. 63L-Austin Lay[10]; 10. 5-Bryant Dickinson[9]

Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 93-Carson Ferguson[1]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[2]; 3. 12J-Jason Jameson[3]; 4. 4-Tripp Gerrald[8]; 5. 10L-Nathan Loney[4]; 6. 71R-Rod Conley[7]; 7. 39-Mike Hildebrand[6]; 8. 151-Trace Settles[9]; 9. O6-Jordon VanHal[10]; 10. 75-Dusty Moore[11]; 11. 31-Tyler Millwood[5]

Heat #5 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 23-Cory Hedegcock[2]; 3. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[5]; 4. 49M-Luke Morey[3]; 5. 21-Kenneth Howell[7]; 6. 63R-Terry Rushlow[8]; 7. 77P-Jeremy Petty[11]; 8. 117-Jackson Lovelady[6]; 9. 1B-Shane Bailey[9]; 10. 3-Trevor Reed[10]; 11. 91-Rusty Schlenk[4]

Heat #6 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 20-Jimmy Owens [2]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 3. 96-Tanner English[4]; 4. 88-Andrew Reaume[6]; 5. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 6. C6-Oakley Johns[8]; 7. 1N-Casey Noonan[5]; 8. S21-Seth Daniels[9]; 9. 81M-Matt Melvin[10]; 10. O3-Gregg Haskell[7]

B-Feature #1 – (10)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 11-Josh Rice[3]; 2. 29-Clint Keenan[1]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[2]; 4. 219-Gavin Cowan[8]; 5. 32-Kent Robinson[6]; 6. W1-Cory Workman[4]; 7. 50-Ryan Missler[5]; 8. 51-Devin Shiels[14]; 9. 28B-Carson Brown[11]; 10. 8A-Rob Anderzack[12]; 11. 7B-Jeff Babcock[9]; 12. C4-Freddie Carpenter[7]; 13. O-Steve Prince[10]; 14. 63L-Austin Lay[18]; 15. 153-John Miller[16]; 16. 5-Bryant Dickinson[21]; 17. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[23]; 18. P3-Jeff Robertson[24]

B-Feature #2 – (10)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[6]; 2. 49M-Luke Morey[2]; 3. 88-Andrew Reaume[3]; 4. 4-Tripp Gerrald[1]; 5. C6-Oakley Johns[9]; 6. 71R-Rod Conley[7]; 7. 10L-Nathan Loney[4]; 8. 81M-Matt Melvin[18]; 9. 63R-Terry Rushlow[8]; 10. 77P-Jeremy Petty[11]; 11. 1N-Casey Noonan[12]; 12. 39-Mike Hildebrand[10]; 13. 91-Rusty Schlenk[23]; 14. S21-Seth Daniels[15]; 15. 1B-Shane Bailey[17]; 16. 75-Dusty Moore[19]; 17. O6-Jordon VanHal[16]; 18. O3-Gregg Haskell[21]; 19. 21-Kenneth Howell[5]; 20. 31-Tyler Millwood[22]; 21. 3-Trevor Reed[20]; 22. 117-Jackson Lovelady[14]; 23. 151-Trace Settles[13]

A-Feature – (30)Laps
1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson[2]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton[3]; 5. 22-Gregg Satterlee[11]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens [6]; 7. 7-Ricky Weiss[17]; 8. 18D-Daulton Wilson[9]; 9. 9-Nick Hoffman[12]; 10. 1-Tyler Erb[7]; 11. 10-Garrett Smith[8]; 12. 96-Tanner English[18]; 13. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[20]; 14. S21-Seth Daniels[24]; 15. 49M-Luke Morey[22]; 16. 23-Cory Hedegcock[10]; 17. 57M-Zack Mitchell[5]; 18. 12J-Jason Jameson[14]; 19. 11-Josh Rice[19]; 20. 11R-James Rice[13]; 21. 12D-Doug Drown[15]; 22. 91-Rusty Schlenk[23]; 23. 29-Clint Keenan[21]; 24. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[16]; 25. 50-Ryan Missler[25]

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Modifieds – Qualifying
1. 16-Jeff Koz, 17.427; 2. 34x-Shane O’Connor, 17.522; 3. 5CS-Curt Spalding, 17.541; 4. 88-Scott Orr, 17.549; 5. 4-Mike Learman, 17.680; 6. 5-Jonathan Taylor, 17.739; 7. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum, 17.783; 8. 21C-Drew Charlson, 17.814; 9. 3W-Dylan Woodling, 17.831; 10. 10H-Scottie Williams, 17.843; 11. 18-Ryan Sutter, 18.005; 12. 3H-Jason Hollon, 18.053; 13. 22T-Tony Anderson, 18.128; 14. B75-Brayden Berry, 18.172; 15. 463-Daniel Sanchez, 18.326; 16. 72-Matt Miller, 18.566; 17. 51-Chris Stotts, 18.628; 18. 27-Forest Ruefer, 18.708; 19. 33W-Bryan Wombolt, 19.410; 20. 11-Shawn Donahue, 17.609; 21. 7-Evan Taylor, 17.734; 22. 20-Brian Skaggs, 17.749; 23. 52-Weasel Phlipot, 17.826; 24. 44-KC Burdette, 17.895; 25. 5X-Jerry Bowersock, 17.984; 26. 8-Jimmy Lennex, 18.205; 27. 80-Cole Sink, 18.255; 28. 12-Kevin Davis, 18.515; 29. 23H-Matthew Holcomb, 18.538; 30. 757-Bradley Jameson, 18.651; 31. 3-Brian Gray, 18.687; 32. S8-Jordan Stotts, 18.705; 33. J3-Jody Puckett, 18.765; 34. 17J-Jarrod Klay, 18.877; 35. O-Garrett Jameson, 19.241; 36. 419-Buzz Jacobs, 19.373; 37. 1X-Jerry Butler, 19.429; 38. 78-Andy Welch, 19.876

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 4-Mike Learman[2]; 2. 5CS-Curt Spalding[3]; 3. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[1]; 4. 3W-Dylan Woodling[5]; 5. 463-Daniel Sanchez[8]; 6. 51-Chris Stotts[9]; 7. 22T-Tony Anderson[7]; 8. 16-Jeff Koz[4]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 5-Jonathan Taylor[2]; 2. 21C-Drew Charlson[1]; 3. 88-Scott Orr[3]; 4. 10H-Scottie Williams[5]; 5. 72-Matt Miller[8]; 6. B75-Brayden Berry[7]; 7. 34x-Shane O’Connor[4]; 8. 3H-Jason Hollon[6]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 44-KC Burdette[2]; 2. 8-Jimmy Lennex[1]; 3. 11-Shawn Donahue[4]; 4. 20-Brian Skaggs[3]; 5. 757-Bradley Jameson[6]; 6. S8-Jordan Stotts[7]; 7. 78-Andy Welch[10]; 8. 419-Buzz Jacobs[9]; 9. 17J-Jarrod Klay[8]; 10. 12-Kevin Davis[5]

Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[2]; 2. 7-Evan Taylor[4]; 3. 80-Cole Sink[1]; 4. 52-Weasel Phlipot[3]; 5. 3-Brian Gray[6]; 6. O-Garrett Jameson[8]; 7. 1X-Jerry Butler[9]; 8. J3-Jody Puckett[7]

B-Feature #1 – (8)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 16-Jeff Koz[5]; 2. 51-Chris Stotts[1]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson[3]; 4. 34x-Shane O’Connor[4]

B-Feature #2 – (8)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. O-Garrett Jameson[2]; 2. S8-Jordan Stotts[1]; 3. 78-Andy Welch[3]; 4. 419-Buzz Jacobs[5]; 5. 12-Kevin Davis[9]

A-Feature – (20)Laps
1. 5-Jonathan Taylor[5]; 2. 21C-Drew Charlson[2]; 3. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[9]; 4. 7-Evan Taylor[6]; 5. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[7]; 6. 44-KC Burdette[8]; 7. 3W-Dylan Woodling[13]; 8. 88-Scott Orr[10]; 9. 16-Jeff Koz[21]; 10. 4-Mike Learman[3]; 11. 8-Jimmy Lennex[1]; 12. 72-Matt Miller[18]; 13. 20-Brian Skaggs[15]; 14. 52-Weasel Phlipot[16]; 15. 3-Brian Gray[20]; 16. 11-Shawn Donahue[11]; 17. S8-Jordan Stotts[24]; 18. 10H-Scottie Williams[14]; 19. 757-Bradley Jameson[19]; 20. O-Garrett Jameson[22]; 21. 463-Daniel Sanchez[17]; 22. 51-Chris Stotts[23]; 23. 80-Cole Sink[12]

Rosewood Machine Precision Move of the Race winner: Jeff Koz

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Stocks – Qualifying
1. 25-Nick Bowers, 18.730; 2. 74D-Craig Dippman, 18.737; 3. 17-Jeremy Creech, 18.834; 4. 95J-Gary Rahe, 18.882; 5. J1-Jeff Matheny, 18.889; 6. 28-Shaun Smith, 19.019; 7. 21D-Doug Drown, 19.047; 8. P33-Josh Robertson, 19.139; 9. 7-Jordan Conover, 19.426; 10. 22T-Tony Anderson, 19.433; 11. 1-Earnie Woodard, 19.606; 12. 8-Adam Lantz, 19.739; 13. 171-Robert Pardo, 19.749; 14. 6-Brad Enssle, 19.928; 15. 27-Frank Paladino, 19.932; 16. 7W-Daniel Wooten, 19.984; 17. 1W-Mark Wooten, 20.006; 18. 4G-Justin Gamber, 20.093; 19. 62r-Richard Riffe, 20.124; 20. OO-Dean Pitts, 20.129; 21. 17H-Devon Helmig, 20.178; 22. 07D-Daniel Dippman, 20.214; 23. G15-Jacob Gamber, 20.662; 24. 88-Tanner Huwer, 21.374; 25. 1M-Keith Morris, 21.640; 26. 4-Jeffrey Strock, 22.344; 27. J2-Rob Trent, 99.993

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 11 Transfer
1. 21D-Doug Drown[2]; 2. 95J-Gary Rahe[3]; 3. 25-Nick Bowers[4]; 4. 22T-Tony Anderson[1]; 5. 07D-Daniel Dippman[8]; 6. 7W-Daniel Wooten[6]; 7. 171-Robert Pardo[5]; 8. 62r-Richard Riffe[7]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 11 Transfer
1. 74D-Craig Dippman[4]; 2. 1-Earnie Woodard[1]; 3. 1W-Mark Wooten[6]; 4. 6-Brad Enssle[5]; 5. G15-Jacob Gamber[8]; 6. OO-Dean Pitts[7]; 7. 4-Jeffrey Strock[9]; 8. P33-Josh Robertson[2]; 9. J1-Jeff Matheny[3]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 11 Transfer
1. 28-Shaun Smith[3]; 2. 17-Jeremy Creech[4]; 3. 27-Frank Paladino[5]; 4. 4G-Justin Gamber[6]; 5. 17H-Devon Helmig[7]; 6. J2-Rob Trent[9]; 7. 8-Adam Lantz[1]; 8. 88-Tanner Huwer[8]; 9. 7-Jordan Conover[2]

A-Feature – (15)Laps
1. 74D-Craig Dippman[3]; 2. 21D-Doug Drown[2]; 3. 25-Nick Bowers[7]; 4. 95J-Gary Rahe[6]; 5. 22T-Tony Anderson[10]; 6. 1-Earnie Woodard[5]; 7. 27-Frank Paladino[9]; 8. 4G-Justin Gamber[12]; 9. 8-Adam Lantz[21]; 10. 1W-Mark Wooten[8]; 11. 17-Jeremy Creech[1]; 12. J2-Rob Trent[18]; 13. 7W-Daniel Wooten[16]; 14. 07D-Daniel Dippman[13]; 15. 62r-Richard Riffe[22]; 16. G15-Jacob Gamber[14]; 17. 88-Tanner Huwer[24]; 18. 17H-Devon Helmig[15]; 19. 4-Jeffrey Strock[20]; 20. 28-Shaun Smith[4]; 21. 6-Brad Enssle[11]; 22. OO-Dean Pitts[17]; 23. J1-Jeff Matheny[26]

Rosewood Machine Precision Move of the Race winner: Gary Rahe