February 10, 2026 | By Spence Smithback, DIRTcar PR

Brandon Overton Earns Fourth-Straight Late Model Win in DIRTcar Nationals Opener

BARBERVILLE, Fla.—The 2026 dirt Late Model season may only be a few weeks old, but Brandon Overton has already matched his win total from the entirety of 2025.

He got the ball rolling with a Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series victory at Needmore Speedway on Jan. 30. The Evans, GA native then went to his home track of Screven Motor Speedway for the Southern All Stars-sanctioned Winter Freeze and swept the weekend. But winning in regional action in your home state is one thing – beating the best in the business at Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals is another.

Nevertheless, Overton remained in top form on Monday night at Volusia Speedway Park, dominating the first DIRTcar Late Model Feature of the week. It was the Evans, GA driver’s first national-level triumph in over nine months and his fifth DIRTcar Nationals win in the past six years.

“I’m so glad I won, because I’m so sick and tired of hearing this s**t about how I don’t race against nobody,” Overton said. “There’s no slouches anymore. If you race a Super Late Model, no matter where we go in the country, there is somebody there that’s fast. You couldn’t have scripted it any better. The only bad thing about winning is losing. You get a little taste and you want to win, and when you lose, damn it sucks.”

Overton’s Heat Race win put him on the pole of the main event, and after fending off a challenge from Cade Dillard in the opening laps, he went to work on building a gap. After Dillard slotted into second, he came under attack from Nick Hoffman, who took away the runner-up spot prior to the first caution of the race 13 laps in for a flat tire on Chris Madden’s machine.

Hoffman tried to make a move on the restart, but he couldn’t clear the No. 76 and instead lost second to Cody Overton. Another yellow for a slowing No. 97 of Dillard reracked the field once more, but Brandon Overton pulled away once more and drove home to the checkers. Behind him, the younger Overton came out on top of a battle with Devin Moran to secure the Overton 1-2, signifying a much-needed turnaround from his last trip to Volusia for DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals when a pair of blown engines nearly ruined his season before it began.

“I gambled on the tires, I put a three on. [Brandon] said he was putting a two on, so I said I’m going to be different, maybe I can beat him that way,” Cody Overton said. “I’m just glad nothing fell off, nothing’s broke, still looking for a transmission. Shoutout to [Brandon’s] guys, soon as I got done with my Heat, they were actually at my trailer, trying to help me figure out what I need to do for tomorrow. I don’t mind running second to him, I guess.”

Moran finished third for the final spot on the podium, while Max Blair and Hoffman completed the top five.

UP NEXT: The chase for the Big Gator trophy continues on Tuesday, Feb. 10, with another $7,000-to-win DIRTcar Late Model Feature at Volusia Speedway Park. To get your tickets in advance, click here.

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DIRTCAR LATE MODEL RESULTS (56 entries)

Monday, Febtuary 9, 2026

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 97-Cody Overton[3]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[12]; 4. 111-Max Blair[7]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 6. 71-Hudson O'Neal[17]; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce[9]; 8. 16-Tyler Bruening[8]; 9. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 10. 9M-Tim McCreadie[18]; 11. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[10]; 12. 19R-Ryan Gustin[13]; 13. 22*-Drake Troutman[6]; 14. 5-Mark Whitener[19]; 15. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[16]; 16. 44-Chris Madden[11]; 17. 14-Trey Mills[22]; 18. 18-Chase Junghans[21]; 19. 388-Jackson Hise[23]; 20. 58V-Daulton Wilson[24]; 21. 16S-Sam Seawright[20]; 22. 13-Dallon Murty[14]; 23. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[15]; 24. 97D-Cade Dillard[2]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Mark Whitener[2]; 2. 14-Trey Mills[4]; 3. 49-Jake Timm[1]; 4. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 5. 24-Tyler Wyant[10]; 6. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 7. B1-Brent Larson[8]; 8. 114K-Evan Koehler[12]; 9. 11B-Stacy Boles[5]; 10. 55E-Eli Johnson[7]; 11. 0-Glenn Styres[9]; 12. 14R-Reid Millard[11]; 13. 3S-Brian Shirley[13]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 16S-Sam Seawright[1]; 2. 388-Jackson Hise[3]; 3. 49M-Luke Morey[2]; 4. 31-Tyler Millwood[6]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson[10]; 6. 11-Austin Smith[7]; 7. 81-Jason Riggs[4]; 8. 8S-Kyle Strickler[8]; 9. 09-Michael Leach[5]; 10. 99B-Boom Briggs[12]; 11. 19M-Brenden Smith[9]; 12. T1-Todd Morrow[11]; 13. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[13]

Last Chance Showdown 3 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Chase Junghans[1]; 2. 58V-Daulton Wilson[3]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[2]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[10]; 5. 77-Preston Luckman[4]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 7. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 8. 1Z-Logan Zarin[8]; 9. 114-Jordan Koehler[5]; 10. 8-Matthew Larson[9]; 11. J4-John Garvin Jr[11]; 12. 17-Austin Howes[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 111-Max Blair[2]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[3]; 4. 49-Jake Timm[5]; 5. 11R-Josh Rice[6]; 6. 11B-Stacy Boles[4]; 7. 55E-Eli Johnson[8]; 8. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 9. 14R-Reid Millard[9]; 10. 3S-Brian Shirley[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 97D-Cade Dillard[1]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 3. 13-Dallon Murty[3]; 4. 5-Mark Whitener[7]; 5. 14-Trey Mills[8]; 6. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[5]; 7. B1-Brent Larson[9]; 8. 24-Tyler Wyant[6]; 9. 114K-Evan Koehler[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Cody Overton[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 4. 16S-Sam Seawright[7]; 5. 388-Jackson Hise[8]; 6. 09-Michael Leach[5]; 7. 11-Austin Smith[3]; 8. 19M-Brenden Smith[6]; 9. T1-Todd Morrow[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[4]; 3. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 49M-Luke Morey[2]; 5. 81-Jason Riggs[6]; 6. 31-Tyler Millwood[9]; 7. 8S-Kyle Strickler[5]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson[7]; 9. 99B-Boom Briggs[8]; 10. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[10]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 44-Chris Madden[2]; 3. 71-Hudson O'Neal[6]; 4. 18-Chase Junghans[4]; 5. 58V-Daulton Wilson[3]; 6. 114-Jordan Koehler[5]; 7. 7-Ross Robinson[9]; 8. 8-Matthew Larson[7]; 9. J4-John Garvin Jr[8]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 3. 9M-Tim McCreadie[5]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[3]; 5. 77-Preston Luckman[7]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[8]; 7. 1Z-Logan Zarin[6]; 8. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[4]; 9. 17-Austin Howes[9]

Group 1 Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 15.853[7]; 2. 111-Max Blair, 15.980[2]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 16.091[8]; 4. 11B-Stacy Boles, 16.332[1]; 5. 49-Jake Timm, 16.364[3]; 6. 11R-Josh Rice, 16.487[5]; 7. 0-Glenn Styres, 16.825[4]; 8. 55E-Eli Johnson, 17.147[6]; 9. 14R-Reid Millard, 18.340[10]; 10. 3S-Brian Shirley, 18.340[9]

Group 2 Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 97D-Cade Dillard, 16.003[7]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening, 16.239[8]; 3. 13-Dallon Murty, 16.256[5]; 4. 114K-Evan Koehler, 16.353[4]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 16.370[1]; 6. 24-Tyler Wyant, 16.370[3]; 7. 5-Mark Whitener, 16.377[9]; 8. 14-Trey Mills, 16.617[2]; 9. B1-Brent Larson, 16.617[6]

Group 3 Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 97-Cody Overton, 16.006[3]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 16.136[8]; 3. 11-Austin Smith, 16.256[7]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 16.280[4]; 5. 09-Michael Leach, 16.300[6]; 6. 19M-Brenden Smith, 16.455[5]; 7. 16S-Sam Seawright, 16.578[1]; 8. 388-Jackson Hise, 16.673[9]; 9. T1-Todd Morrow, 16.673[2]

Group 4 Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman, 15.990[4]; 2. 49M-Luke Morey, 16.258[6]; 3. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 16.266[8]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 16.297[10]; 5. 8S-Kyle Strickler, 16.439[1]; 6. 81-Jason Riggs, 16.514[9]; 7. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 16.721[5]; 8. 99B-Boom Briggs, 16.843[7]; 9. 31-Tyler Millwood, 17.474[2]; 10. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 17.965[3]

Group 5 Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb, 16.089[3]; 2. 44-Chris Madden, 16.123[2]; 3. 58V-Daulton Wilson, 16.380[8]; 4. 18-Chase Junghans, 16.390[1]; 5. 114-Jordan Koehler, 16.493[7]; 6. 71-Hudson O'Neal, 16.568[9]; 7. 8-Matthew Larson, 16.763[4]; 8. J4-John Garvin Jr, 16.875[6]; 9. 7-Ross Robinson, 16.914[5]

Group 6 Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman, 16.314[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran, 16.475[8]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 16.513[9]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 16.549[6]; 5. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 16.753[2]; 6. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 16.846[3]; 7. 77-Preston Luckman, 16.978[5]; 8. 60-Dan Ebert, 17.010[4]; 9. 17-Austin Howes[7]

Group 1 Hot Laps: 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 16.056[7]; 2. 111-Max Blair, 16.080[2]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley, 16.281[9]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 16.284[8]; 5. 49-Jake Timm, 16.604[3]; 6. 11B-Stacy Boles, 16.801[1]; 7. 11R-Josh Rice, 16.900[5]; 8. 55E-Eli Johnson, 17.163[6]; 9. 14R-Reid Millard, 18.806[10]; 10. 0-Glenn Styres, 19.013[4]

Group 2 Hot Laps: 1. 24-Tyler Wyant, 16.301[3]; 2. B1-Brent Larson, 16.354[6]; 3. 16-Tyler Bruening, 16.407[8]; 4. 14-Trey Mills, 16.410[2]; 5. 97D-Cade Dillard, 16.432[7]; 6. 5-Mark Whitener, 16.461[9]; 7. 13-Dallon Murty, 16.508[5]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 16.591[1]; 9. 114K-Evan Koehler, 17.015[4]

Group 3 Hot Laps: 1. 16S-Sam Seawright, 16.118[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 16.193[4]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce, 16.254[8]; 4. 97-Cody Overton, 16.292[3]; 5. 09-Michael Leach, 16.295[6]; 6. T1-Todd Morrow, 16.334[2]; 7. 11-Austin Smith, 16.338[7]; 8. 19M-Brenden Smith, 16.539[5]; 9. 388-Jackson Hise, 16.662[9]

Group 4 Hot Laps: 1. 9-Nick Hoffman, 16.019[4]; 2. 49M-Luke Morey, 16.075[6]; 3. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 16.205[3]; 4. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 16.270[8]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 16.439[5]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 16.545[10]; 7. 8S-Kyle Strickler, 16.551[1]; 8. 99B-Boom Briggs, 16.645[7]; 9. 31-Tyler Millwood, 16.645[2]; 10. 81-Jason Riggs, 16.645[9]

Group 5 Hot Laps: 1. 58V-Daulton Wilson, 16.189[8]; 2. 71-Hudson O'Neal, 16.214[9]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans, 16.248[1]; 4. 44-Chris Madden, 16.258[2]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb, 16.391[3]; 6. 8-Matthew Larson, 16.429[4]; 7. 114-Jordan Koehler, 16.749[7]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson, 16.749[5]; 9. J4-John Garvin Jr, 17.307[6]

Group 6 Hot Laps: 1. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 16.119[3]; 2. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 16.273[2]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert, 16.314[4]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman, 16.334[1]; 5. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 16.440[9]; 6. 99-Devin Moran, 16.478[8]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 16.576[6]; 8. 77-Preston Luckman, 16.612[5]; 9. 17-Austin Howes, 16.612[7]