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

Photo by Hunt The Front Series

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]

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