April 16, 2026 | By Volunteer Speedway PR

Brandon Overton victorious on night two of Gauntlet

“Big Sexy” Brandon Overton captured night two of the inaugural Gauntlet at the Gap tonight at Volunteer Speedway!  Brandon laid down the quickest lap in Group B during qualifying prior to winning his heat race.  After starting from the outside of the front row in the 40-lap headliner, the Evans, Georgia standout led all forty circuits en route to capturing the $10,000 first place prize over runner-up Benji Hicks, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Zack Mitchell, and nineteenth-starting Devin Moran.

The action continues at Volunteer Speedway on Friday, April 17 with the Super Late Models gunning for a $20,000 paycheck.  See you here at the track or watch every lap LIVE on www.thethrill.tv.


Super Late Models

A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 2. 55-Benji Hicks[4]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 4. 57M-Zack Mitchell[8]; 5. 99-Devin Moran[19]; 6. 10-Garrett Smith[5]; 7. 79-Jeremy Steele[9]; 8. 93-Carson Ferguson[11]; 9. 157-Mike Marlar[14]; 10. 09-Michael Leach[13]; 11. 20-Jimmy Owens[16]; 12. 71-Mack McCarter[22]; 13. 44-Chris Madden[3]; 14. 27-Jordon Horton[20]; 15. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[10]; 16. 74X-Ethan Dotson[17]; 17. 0-Jake O’Neil[15]; 18. 8-Kyle Strickler[12]; 19. 17M-Dale McDowell[7]; 20. T1-Todd Morrow[18]; 21. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 22. 57-Camaron Marlar[21]

Last Chance Qualifier (12 Laps): 1. 74X-Ethan Dotson[1]; 2. T1-Todd Morrow[3]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 4. 27-Jordon Horton[2]; 5. 57-Camaron Marlar[7]; 6. 71-Mack McCarter[8]; 7. 101-Forrest Trent[6]; 8. 55E-Eli Johnson[11]; 9. (DNS) 95-Alex Vance; 10. (DNS) 14-Chris Ferguson; 11. (DNS) 126-Kaede Loudy; 12. (DNS) 22T-Karl Tipton

Heat One (10 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[2]; 3. 79-Jeremy Steele[4]; 4. 09-Michael Leach[3]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 6. 95-Alex Vance[7]; 7. 14-Chris Ferguson[5]

Heat Two (10 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Madden[1]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell[2]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson[4]; 4. 0-Jake O’Neil[3]; 5. T1-Todd Morrow[6]; 6. 57-Camaron Marlar[5]; 7. 55E-Eli Johnson[7]

Heat Three (10 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[3]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 5. 27-Jordon Horton[6]; 6. 101-Forrest Trent[5]; 7. (DNS) 126-Kaede Loudy

Heat Four (10 Laps): 1. 55-Benji Hicks[1]; 2. 57M-Zack Mitchell[2]; 3. 8-Kyle Strickler[3]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[6]; 5. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 6. 71-Mack McCarter[5]; 7. (DNS) 22T-Karl Tipton

Qualifying Group A: 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 12.088[8]; 2. 44-Chris Madden, 12.137[2]; 3. 10-Garrett Smith, 12.318[3]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell, 12.367[6]; 5. 09-Michael Leach, 12.445[1]; 6. 0-Jake O’Neil, 12.517[13]; 7. 79-Jeremy Steele, 12.536[9]; 8. 93-Carson Ferguson, 12.550[5]; 9. 14-Chris Ferguson, 12.557[7]; 10. 57-Camaron Marlar, 12.576[12]; 11. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 12.605[4]; 12. T1-Todd Morrow, 12.724[11]; 13. 95-Alex Vance, 12.990[14]; 14. 55E-Eli Johnson, 13.038[10]

Qualifying Group B: 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 12.378[9]; 2. 55-Benji Hicks, 12.430[3]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.459[11]; 4. 57M-Zack Mitchell, 12.517[14]; 5. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 12.529[5]; 6. 8-Kyle Strickler, 12.542[2]; 7. 157-Mike Marlar, 12.549[4]; 8. 99-Devin Moran, 12.562[13]; 9. 101-Forrest Trent, 12.568[1]; 10. 71-Mack McCarter, 12.646[7]; 11. 27-Jordon Horton, 12.767[10]; 12. 20-Jimmy Owens, 12.858[6]; 13. 126-Kaede Loudy, 13.166[12]; 14. 22T-Karl Tipton[8]

Hot Laps: 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 12.238[8]; 2. 44-Chris Madden, 12.258[2]; 3. 79-Jeremy Steele, 12.276[9]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.346[25]; 5. 55-Benji Hicks, 12.350[17]; 6. 76-Brandon Overton, 12.362[23]; 7. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 12.374[19]; 8. 57M-Zack Mitchell, 12.405[28]; 9. 157-Mike Marlar, 12.456[18]; 10. 17M-Dale McDowell, 12.482[6]; 11. 57-Camaron Marlar, 12.497[12]; 12. 99-Devin Moran, 12.505[27]; 13. 101-Forrest Trent, 12.525[15]; 14. 10-Garrett Smith, 12.563[3]; 15. 20-Jimmy Owens, 12.589[20]; 16. 71-Mack McCarter, 12.608[21]; 17. 93-Carson Ferguson, 12.622[5]; 18. T1-Todd Morrow, 12.645[11]; 19. 126-Kaede Loudy, 12.686[26]; 20. 09-Michael Leach, 12.698[1]; 21. 95-Alex Vance, 12.713[14]; 22. 0-Jake O’Neil, 12.737[13]; 23. 8-Kyle Strickler, 12.767[16]; 24. 27-Jordon Horton, 12.771[24]; 25. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 12.821[4]; 26. 55E-Eli Johnson, 12.857[10]; 27. 22T-Karl Tipton, 13.023[22]; 28. 14-Chris Ferguson, 12.599[7]


Sportsman

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 17-Hayden Cardwell[3]; 2. 28-Jesse Helton[1]; 3. 63-Josh Collins[2]; 4. 7-Heath Alvey[5]; 5. 56J-Jody Horton[4]; 6. 118-Jared Delk[6]; 7. 55-Cody Courtney[7]; 8. 01-Jason Welshan[12]; 9. 10P-James Parrott[8]; 10. 15-Bryson Dennis[9]; 11. 18-Brad Dyer[10]; 12. 3S-Shane Starnes[16]; 13. 3-Floyd Self[15]; 14. 4-Clyde Overholt[14]; 15. 31-Ernie Stuart[13]; 16. (DNS) 33-Warren McMahan; 17. (DNS) 2-Dale Ball; 18. (DNS) J2-Larry James

Qualifying: 1. 28-Jesse Helton, 13.179[9]; 2. 63-Josh Collins, 13.220[4]; 3. 17-Hayden Cardwell, 13.289[3]; 4. 56J-Jody Horton, 13.373[10]; 5. 7-Heath Alvey, 13.387[1]; 6. 118-Jared Delk, 13.505[6]; 7. 55-Cody Courtney, 13.517[5]; 8. 10P-James Parrott, 13.527[14]; 9. 15-Bryson Dennis, 13.559[7]; 10. 18-Brad Dyer, 13.593[8]; 11. 33-Warren McMahan, 13.725[12]; 12. 01-Jason Welshan, 13.777[18]; 13. 31-Ernie Stuart, 13.888[17]; 14. 4-Clyde Overholt, 13.940[13]; 15. 3-Floyd Self, 14.063[15]; 16. 3S-Shane Starnes, 14.194[16]; 17. 2-Dale Ball, 14.285[2]; 18. J2-Larry James, 14.503[11]