December 7, 2024 | By Aaron Clay/FLORacing

Thornton Jr. dominates Gateway Nationals Night two

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., led all 25 laps unchallenged to win Friday's second Gateway Dirt Nationals preliminary night at The Dome at America's Center in downtown St. Louis.  Nick Hoffman and Gordy Gundaker as second and third place finishers also locked themselves into Saturday night's $30,000 to win main event.

Trevor Neville captured the Modified win ahead of Jordan Grabousk and Trent Young.


FRIDAY RESULTS

Super Late Models (65 entries)

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman[3]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[5]; 4. 84-Myles Moos[7]; 5. C4-Freddie Carpenter[2]; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce[9]; 7. 38-Derek Fisher[8]; 8. 96-Tanner English[4]; 9. 93F-Carson Ferguson[13]; 10. 24-Ryan Unzicker[17]; 11. 11R-Josh Rice[11]; 12. 71-Hudson O'Neal[16]; 13. LIL91-Carter Schlenk[6]; 14. 2B-Jordan Barbee[10]; 15. 17A-Austin Howes[12]; 16. 81J-Jack Riggs[14]; 17. (DNF) 19M-Spencer Hughes[15]; 18. (DNF) 51-Dean Carpenter[18]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 93F-Carson Ferguson[1]; 2. 19M-Spencer Hughes[5]; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker[2]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 5. 29-Jason Welshan[3]; 6. 19X-Cody Bauer[9]; 7. 222-Manny Falcon[6]; 8. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[7]; 9. 97-Steven Dotson[11]; 10. NE11-Matthew Tribble[10]; 11. 115-Grimsley Fulford[12]; 12. (DNF) 18X-Michael Seibers[8]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 81J-Jack Riggs[2]; 2. 71-Hudson O'Neal[3]; 3. 51-Dean Carpenter[4]; 4. 34C-Delbert Crum III[5]; 5. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]; 6. 75-Daniel Adam[9]; 7. 2*-Cole Babcock[11]; 8. (DNF) 4-Ryan Wilson[7]; 9. (DNF) B89-Dakota Smith[6]; 10. (DNF) 128N-James Nash[8]; 11. (DNF) 88-Dustin Rollins[12]; 12. (DNF) 219-Gavin Cowan[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 84-Myles Moos[2]; 3. 93F-Carson Ferguson[4]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 5. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[7]; 6. NE11-Matthew Tribble[9]; 7. 47-Cyle Forgy[8]; 8. 27E-Kyle Mixon[11]; 9. 11-Jon Kirby[10]; 10. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[5]; 11. 91-Rusty Schlenk[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker[3]; 4. 19M-Spencer Hughes[4]; 5. 18X-Michael Seibers[7]; 6. 97-Steven Dotson[6]; 7. 71W-Zach Wohlers[10]; 8. 20-Glen Hounshell[11]; 9. 21M-Chris McKeehan[8]; 10. 48-Brody Yarbrough[5]; 11. 45-Scott Bell[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Tanner English[1]; 2. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 3. 29-Jason Welshan[2]; 4. 222-Manny Falcon[6]; 5. 19X-Cody Bauer[4]; 6. 115-Grimsley Fulford[8]; 7. 27-Greg Kimmons[7]; 8. 96K-Matt Koch[5]; 9. USA 1-Devon Andrews[10]; 10. 8-Megan Sanders[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. C4-Freddie Carpenter[1]; 2. 38-Derek Fisher[2]; 3. 219-Gavin Cowan[3]; 4. 51-Dean Carpenter[4]; 5. 4-Ryan Wilson[5]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 7. C2-Corey DeLancey[7]; 8. 57-Blake Higginbotham[10]; 9. 114-Evan Koehler[8]; 10. (DNF) 17J-Jared Bamberger[11]; 11. (DNF) 51B-Brandon Carpenter[9]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. LIL91-Carter Schlenk[1]; 2. 2B-Jordan Barbee[2]; 3. 81J-Jack Riggs[3]; 4. 34C-Delbert Crum III[4]; 5. 128N-James Nash[9]; 6. 2*-Cole Babcock[6]; 7. 10J-TeeJay Janousek[10]; 8. 99T-Dylan Thompson[5]; 9. 111-Jonathan Woods[11]; 10. (DNF) 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr[8]; 11. (DNF) 2X4-Chase Collins[7]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[1]; 2. 17A-Austin Howes[2]; 3. 71-Hudson O'Neal[4]; 4. B89-Dakota Smith[3]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[7]; 6. 88-Dustin Rollins[5]; 7. 128-Kylan Garner[6]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith[9]; 9. 15F-Chris Fetter[8]; 10. 18C-Cameron Reynolds[10]; 11. (DNS) M5-David Scott Jr

Qualifying A: 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.098[26]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:12.107[4]; 3. 96-Tanner English, 00:12.164[6]; 4. 84-Myles Moos, 00:12.194[16]; 5. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:12.236[22]; 6. 29-Jason Welshan, 00:12.256[3]; 7. 99-Devin Moran, 00:12.305[19]; 8. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:12.343[13]; 9. 11R-Josh Rice, 00:12.380[21]; 10. 93F-Carson Ferguson, 00:12.436[9]; 11. 19M-Spencer Hughes, 00:12.520[30]; 12. 19X-Cody Bauer, 00:12.533[11]; 13. 9Z-Jayme Zidar, 00:12.539[10]; 14. 48-Brody Yarbrough, 00:12.550[5]; 15. 96K-Matt Koch, 00:12.591[7]; 16. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 00:12.615[23]; 17. 97-Steven Dotson, 00:12.657[2]; 18. 222-Manny Falcon, 00:12.658[15]; 19. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk, 00:12.690[8]; 20. 18X-Michael Seibers, 00:12.742[18]; 21. 27-Greg Kimmons, 00:12.821[27]; 22. 47-Cyle Forgy, 00:12.889[12]; 23. 21M-Chris McKeehan, 00:12.913[31]; 24. 115-Grimsley Fulford, 00:12.924[1]; 25. NE11-Matthew Tribble, 00:12.938[24]; 26. 45-Scott Bell, 00:12.950[32]; 27. 8-Megan Sanders, 00:13.248[14]; 28. 11-Jon Kirby, 00:13.312[20]; 29. 71W-Zach Wohlers, 00:13.313[28]; 30. USA 1-Devon Andrews, 00:13.412[17]; 31. 27E-Kyle Mixon, 00:13.747[29]; 32. 20-Glen Hounshell, 00:13.838[25]

Qualifying B: 1. C4-Freddie Carpenter, 00:12.238[3]; 2. LIL91-Carter Schlenk, 00:12.631[11]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:12.639[4]; 4. 38-Derek Fisher, 00:12.649[2]; 5. 2B-Jordan Barbee, 00:12.672[10]; 6. 17A-Austin Howes, 00:12.719[21]; 7. 219-Gavin Cowan, 00:12.719[14]; 8. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:12.749[9]; 9. B89-Dakota Smith, 00:12.796[5]; 10. 51-Dean Carpenter, 00:12.813[8]; 11. 34C-Delbert Crum III, 00:12.827[18]; 12. 71-Hudson O'Neal, 00:12.855[26]; 13. 4-Ryan Wilson, 00:12.880[27]; 14. 99T-Dylan Thompson, 00:13.019[16]; 15. 88-Dustin Rollins, 00:13.040[12]; 16. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:13.145[13]; 17. 2*-Cole Babcock, 00:13.152[6]; 18. 128-Kylan Garner, 00:13.236[25]; 19. C2-Corey DeLancey, 00:13.243[20]; 20. 2X4-Chase Collins, 00:13.280[29]; 21. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:13.300[22]; 22. 114-Evan Koehler, 00:13.347[19]; 23. 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr, 00:13.358[30]; 24. 15F-Chris Fetter, 00:13.472[31]; 25. 51B-Brandon Carpenter, 00:13.482[33]; 26. 128N-James Nash, 00:13.549[32]; 27. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:13.656[28]; 28. 57-Blake Higginbotham, 00:13.691[24]; 29. 10J-TeeJay Janousek, 00:13.708[1]; 30. 18C-Cameron Reynolds, 00:13.727[17]; 31. 17J-Jared Bamberger, 00:14.041[23]; 32. 111-Jonathan Woods, 00:16.127[7]; 33. M5-David Scott Jr[15]


Modifieds (31 entries)

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski[5]; 3. 10Y-Trent Young[2]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton[4]; 5. 36-Kenny Wallace[3]; 6. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[18]; 7. 02-Tanner Mullens[10]; 8. 4TW-Tim Ward[17]; 9. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[6]; 10. 65-Tyler Davis[14]; 11. 1D-Dean Hoffman[16]; 12. 44-KC Burdette[12]; 13. J3-Jimmy Lennex Jr[15]; 14. (DNF) B1-Jeff Larson[7]; 15. (DNF) 8S-Kyle Steffens[11]; 16. (DNF) 19-Tom Berry Jr[8]; 17. (DNF) 6ST-Joseph Thomas[9]; 18. (DNS) 44H-Dave Hess Jr

B Feature (8 Laps): 1. 4TW-Tim Ward[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[8]; 4. 21CZ-Cole Czarneski[7]; 5. 24C-Jim Chisholm[12]; 6. 6-Ryan Ayers[6]; 7. 75JR-Chaz Baca[11]; 8. 47-Jack Sartain[14]; 9. 82-Gary Dillon[10]; 10. (DNF) 7N-Tim Nash[4]; 11. (DNF) 14-Rick Conoyer[2]; 12. (DNF) 05-Dave Wietholder[5]; 13. (DNF) 130-Chase Allen[9]; 14. (DNS) 20S-Rodney Sanders; 15. (DNS) C4-Chris Soutiea

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski[3]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[4]; 4. 44H-Dave Hess Jr[2]; 5. 4TW-Tim Ward[6]; 6. 05-Dave Wietholder[5]; 7. 130-Chase Allen[8]; 8. 20S-Rodney Sanders[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10Y-Trent Young[1]; 2. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[2]; 3. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 4. 65-Tyler Davis[5]; 5. 14-Rick Conoyer[4]; 6. 6-Ryan Ayers[6]; 7. 82-Gary Dillon[8]; 8. 47-Jack Sartain[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Kenny Wallace[1]; 2. B1-Jeff Larson[3]; 3. 8S-Kyle Steffens[4]; 4. J3-Jimmy Lennex Jr[5]; 5. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 6. 21CZ-Cole Czarneski[8]; 7. 75JR-Chaz Baca[6]; 8. (DNF) C4-Chris Soutiea[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 2. 19-Tom Berry Jr[2]; 3. 44-KC Burdette[3]; 4. 1D-Dean Hoffman[4]; 5. 7N-Tim Nash[7]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens[6]; 7. (DNF) 24C-Jim Chisholm[5]

Qualifying: 1. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:12.639[31]; 2. 10Y-Trent Young, 00:13.006[17]; 3. 36-Kenny Wallace, 00:13.131[3]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:13.240[26]; 5. 44H-Dave Hess Jr, 00:13.295[2]; 6. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss, 00:13.300[12]; 7. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson, 00:13.304[4]; 8. 19-Tom Berry Jr, 00:13.324[18]; 9. 30-Jordan Grabouski, 00:13.333[5]; 10. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:13.348[23]; 11. B1-Jeff Larson, 00:13.385[1]; 12. 44-KC Burdette, 00:13.403[9]; 13. 6ST-Joseph Thomas, 00:13.408[8]; 14. 14-Rick Conoyer, 00:13.412[10]; 15. 8S-Kyle Steffens, 00:13.425[30]; 16. 1D-Dean Hoffman, 00:13.431[13]; 17. 05-Dave Wietholder, 00:13.434[7]; 18. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:13.450[28]; 19. J3-Jimmy Lennex Jr, 00:13.468[19]; 20. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:13.621[21]; 21. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:13.645[27]; 22. 6-Ryan Ayers, 00:13.650[6]; 23. 75JR-Chaz Baca, 00:13.666[11]; 24. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:13.682[29]; 25. 20S-Rodney Sanders, 00:13.859[14]; 26. 47-Jack Sartain, 00:13.870[22]; 27. C4-Chris Soutiea, 00:13.897[20]; 28. 7N-Tim Nash, 00:14.004[25]; 29. 130-Chase Allen, 00:14.021[15]; 30. 82-Gary Dillon, 00:14.465[24]; 31. (DNF) 21CZ-Cole Czarneski[16]