April 5, 2025 | By Hunt the Front Series/My Race Pass

Dale McDowell wins Hunt the Front thriller on last laps at Talladega Short Track

EASTABOGA, Ala. — The Shane McDowell Racing team takes home the $8,000 payday in night one of the Bama Bash after Dale McDowell executed a perfect last-lap pass here at Talladega Short Track! 

Zack Mitchell leads the first 39 laps of the A-Main but is forced to settle for a runner-up finish while Garrett Alberson rounds out the podium in third


RESULTS

A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[3]; 2. 57-Zack Mitchell[1]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 4. 22-Chris Ferguson[2]; 5. 12-Ashton Winger[8]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[9]; 7. 16-Sam Seawright[5]; 8. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[7]; 9. 10-Joseph Joiner[11]; 10. 18-Cody Overton[15]; 11. 44D-Dalton Cook[22]; 12. 7-Ricky Weiss[6]; 13. F1-Payton Freeman[10]; 14. 57G-Tyler Erb[19]; 15. 19M-Spencer Hughes[13]; 16. 212-Josh Putnam[25]; 17. 818-Jadon Frame[14]; 18. 31-Tyler Millwood[20]; 19. 11-Ross Bailes[18]; 20. 76-Brandon Overton[17]; 21. 20-Jimmy Owens[21]; 22. 1-Cameron Tribble[12]; 23. C6-Oakley Johns[24]; 24. 49-Luke Morey[27]; 25. 74X-Ethan Dotson[28]; 26. 388-Jackson Hise[26]; 27. 14JR-Trey Mills[23]; 28. 59-Dillard Hatchett[16]

NRC Oil Filters LCQ One (10 Laps): 1. 11-Ross Bailes[1]; 2. 31-Tyler Millwood[2]; 3. C6-Oakley Johns[3]; 4. 11A-Austin Smith[4]; 5. 49-Luke Morey[7]; 6. 388-Jackson Hise[11]; 7. 18X-Michael Page[8]; 8. 21-Mario Gresham[6]; 9. 51-Dean Carpenter[13]; 10. 14JR-Trey Mills[10]; 11. 26P-Glen Powell[9]; 12. 18C-Matt Cooper[12]; 13. 22*-Drake Troutman[5]; 14. (DNS) 25-Tim Roszell; 15. (DNS) 4W-Ryan Wilson; 16. (DNS) 26-Matt Menzie

NRC Oil Filters LCQ Two (10 Laps): 1. 57G-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 3. 51B-Brandon Carpenter[5]; 4. 126-Kaede Loudy[4]; 5. 29-Christian Hanger[2]; 6. 212-Josh Putnam[7]; 7. 05-TJ Brittain[12]; 8. 09-Michael Leach[6]; 9. M2-Caden Mullinax[10]; 10. 11S-Allen Styck[8]; 11. 4-Kale Green[11]; 12. 7C-Jeremy Cropper[14]; 13. 25C-Shane Clanton[15]; 14. 38-Dillon Tidmore[13]; 15. 44D-Dalton Cook[9]; 16. (DNS) T1-Todd Morrow

Sublmtd Apparel Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 3. 1-Cameron Tribble[3]; 4. 11-Ross Bailes[4]; 5. 11A-Austin Smith[5]; 6. 49-Luke Morey[6]; 7. 14JR-Trey Mills[7]; 8. 51-Dean Carpenter[8]; 9. (DNS) 26-Matt Menzie

Coltman Farms Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 16-Sam Seawright[1]; 2. 12-Ashton Winger[2]; 3. 818-Jadon Frame[4]; 4. 31-Tyler Millwood[3]; 5. 22*-Drake Troutman[5]; 6. 18X-Michael Page[7]; 7. 388-Jackson Hise[6]; 8. 25-Tim Roszell[8]

MD3 Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[2]; 2. F1-Payton Freeman[1]; 3. 59-Dillard Hatchett[6]; 4. C6-Oakley Johns[4]; 5. 21-Mario Gresham[3]; 6. 26P-Glen Powell[8]; 7. 18C-Matt Cooper[7]; 8. (DNS) 4W-Ryan Wilson

Minon Construction Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 57-Zack Mitchell[1]; 2. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[2]; 3. 19M-Spencer Hughes[6]; 4. 57G-Tyler Erb[4]; 5. 126-Kaede Loudy[9]; 6. 212-Josh Putnam[3]; 7. M2-Caden Mullinax[7]; 8. 38-Dillon Tidmore[5]; 9. T1-Todd Morrow[8]

Coltman Farms Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 7-Ricky Weiss[1]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[6]; 3. 18-Cody Overton[4]; 4. 29-Christian Hanger[2]; 5. 51B-Brandon Carpenter[5]; 6. 11S-Allen Styck[3]; 7. 4-Kale Green[7]; 8. 7C-Jeremy Cropper[8]

Sublmtd Apparel Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 22-Chris Ferguson[1]; 2. 10-Joseph Joiner[2]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[6]; 5. 09-Michael Leach[4]; 6. 44D-Dalton Cook[5]; 7. 05-TJ Brittain[7]; 8. (DNS) 25C-Shane Clanton

MyRacePass Qualifying Group A: 1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:13.328[1]; 2. 16-Sam Seawright, 00:13.420[3]; 3. F1-Payton Freeman, 00:13.533[14]; 4. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:13.537[9]; 5. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:13.582[15]; 6. 17M-Dale McDowell, 00:13.682[25]; 7. 1-Cameron Tribble, 00:13.736[10]; 8. 31-Tyler Millwood, 00:13.746[17]; 9. 21-Mario Gresham, 00:13.770[2]; 10. 11-Ross Bailes, 00:13.867[7]; 11. 818-Jadon Frame, 00:13.872[8]; 12. C6-Oakley Johns, 00:13.885[20]; 13. 11A-Austin Smith, 00:13.944[12]; 14. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:13.951[18]; 15. 4W-Ryan Wilson, 00:13.962[4]; 16. 49-Luke Morey, 00:14.006[16]; 17. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:14.074[19]; 18. 59-Dillard Hatchett, 00:14.109[13]; 19. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:14.202[21]; 20. 18X-Michael Page, 00:14.221[24]; 21. 18C-Matt Cooper, 00:14.336[6]; 22. 51-Dean Carpenter, 00:14.400[5]; 23. 25-Tim Roszell, 00:14.698[11]; 24. 26P-Glen Powell, 00:15.634[22]; 25. (DNS) 26-Matt Menzie

MyRacePass Qualifying Group B: 1. 57-Zack Mitchell, 00:13.609[14]; 2. 7-Ricky Weiss, 00:13.707[17]; 3. 22-Chris Ferguson, 00:13.723[5]; 4. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 00:13.843[4]; 5. 29-Christian Hanger, 00:13.863[6]; 6. 10-Joseph Joiner, 00:13.876[12]; 7. 212-Josh Putnam, 00:13.904[21]; 8. 11S-Allen Styck, 00:13.933[8]; 9. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:13.989[15]; 10. 57G-Tyler Erb, 00:13.993[24]; 11. 18-Cody Overton, 00:13.999[10]; 12. 09-Michael Leach, 00:14.027[1]; 13. 38-Dillon Tidmore, 00:14.058[16]; 14. 51B-Brandon Carpenter, 00:14.061[9]; 15. 44D-Dalton Cook, 00:14.080[22]; 16. 19M-Spencer Hughes, 00:14.100[19]; 17. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.109[18]; 18. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:14.155[20]; 19. M2-Caden Mullinax, 00:14.191[3]; 20. 4-Kale Green, 00:14.264[7]; 21. 05-TJ Brittain, 00:14.314[13]; 22. T1-Todd Morrow, 00:14.419[23]; 23. 7C-Jeremy Cropper, 00:15.939[25]; 24. 25C-Shane Clanton, 00:36.792[2]; 25. (DQ) 126-Kaede Loudy, 00:13.758[11]