December 16, 2023 | By MyRacePass

Thornton Jr scores Friday night prelim win at the Dome

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Ricky Thornton Jr. slid Chris Simpson off a restart with 11 laps to go and sped away to a Friday night preliminary win at the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals at the Dome at America's Center.  Simpson settled for runner-up honors while Brandson Sheppard made a late pass of Tanner English with three laps left to snag the final automatic transfer spot into Saturday night's main event.

In Modified action, Nebraska's Jordan Grabouski also utilited a late slider on Drake Troutman to win the 20-lap nightcap.   Mike Harrsion finished third behind Troutman.




SUPER LATE MODELS

Velocita A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 2. 4C-Chris Simpson[2]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[6]; 4. 11R-Josh Rice[8]; 5. 96V-Tanner English[3]; 6. 19M-Spencer Hughes[5]; 7. 20-Jimmy Owens[12]; 8. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[1]; 9. USA1-Kylan Garner[11]; 10. 19X-Cody Bauer[14]; 11. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[15]; 12. 24-Ryan Unzicker[7]; 13. 99-Devin Moran[13]; 14. 9D-Josh Dietz[18]; 15. 17A-Austin Howes[16]; 16. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[17]; 17. (DNF) 10M-Jacob Magee[10]; 18. (DNF) 28-Tyler Carpenter[9]

PEM Racing B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 2. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[6]; 3. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[4]; 4. C6-Oakley Johns[5]; 5. 75D-Patrik Daniel[1]; 6. 4K-Jason Knowles[8]; 7. 34C-Delbert Crum III[7]; 8. 53M-Jason Miles[10]; 9. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[12]; 10. 41-Casey White[9]; 11. NE11-Matthew Tribble[15]; 12. 00M-Ruben Mayfield[14]; 13. 111-Jon Woods[13]; 14. 5-Jon Mitchell[2]; 15. (DNF) 32F-Derek Fetter[11]

Heart O Texas Speedway B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 19X-Cody Bauer[1]; 2. 17A-Austin Howes[2]; 3. 9D-Josh Dietz[3]; 4. 66-Jody Knowles[9]; 5. 10-Joseph Joiner[4]; 6. 995-Manny Falcon[7]; 7. 95-Nicky Pennington[10]; 8. C2-Corey DeLancey[6]; 9. 9H-Tim Hancock Jr[13]; 10. 75-Daniel Adam[5]; 11. 93-Mike Kline[12]; 12. (DNF) T22-Tegan Evans[15]; 13. (DNF) 1W-Shaun WiltjerHunt[11]; 14. (DNF) C66-Donald Johns[14]; 15. (DNF) 16T-Brandon Tibaldi[8]

Rapid Air Products Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker[6]; 3. 75D-Patrik Daniel[7]; 4. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[3]; 5. 34C-Delbert Crum III[8]; 6. 53M-Jason Miles[9]; 7. 111-Jon Woods[11]; 8. 122-Timmy Dick[5]; 9. (DNF) 317-Blake Creech[10]; 10. (DNF) 45-Scott Bell[2]; 11. (DNF) 14X-Wil Herrington[4]

Dirt Car Lift Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 96V-Tanner English[2]; 2. 28-Tyler Carpenter[3]; 3. 5-Jon Mitchell[5]; 4. C6-Oakley Johns[8]; 5. 4K-Jason Knowles[6]; 6. 32F-Derek Fetter[4]; 7. 00M-Ruben Mayfield[7]; 8. 5RT-Scott Rhoades[11]; 9. 00F-Carson Ferguson[1]; 10. 4E-Scott Geaschel[9]; 11. 25J-Ted Johnson Jr[10]

Walker Performance Filtration Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4C-Chris Simpson[2]; 2. USA1-Kylan Garner[5]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 4. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[1]; 5. 41-Casey White[7]; 6. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[3]; 7. NE11-Matthew Tribble[10]; 8. 1*-Max Baker[6]; 9. 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr[9]; 10. 10J-TeeJay Janousek[8]

FK Rod Ends Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 11R-Josh Rice[2]; 3. 19X-Cody Bauer[4]; 4. 10-Joseph Joiner[3]; 5. 995-Manny Falcon[7]; 6. 95-Nicky Pennington[10]; 7. 9H-Tim Hancock Jr[8]; 8. 32P-Preston Farmer[11]; 9. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck[9]; 10. 27D-Joe Denby[6]; 11. 21M-Chris McKeehan[5]

UCoatIt Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[2]; 2. 10M-Jacob Magee[4]; 3. 17A-Austin Howes[7]; 4. 75-Daniel Adam[6]; 5. 16T-Brandon Tibaldi[5]; 6. 1W-Shaun WiltjerHunt[11]; 7. C66-Donald Johns[9]; 8. 99T-Dylan Thompson[3]; 9. 44-James O'Hara[10]; 10. (DNF) 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[1]; 11. (DNF) 18X-Robbie Scott[8]

Tire Demon Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 3. 9D-Josh Dietz[1]; 4. C2-Corey DeLancey[2]; 5. 66-Jody Knowles[4]; 6. 93-Mike Kline[8]; 7. T22-Tegan Evans[7]; 8. (DNF) M5-Timothy Welch II[10]; 9. (DNF) 63-Michael Luna[9]; 10. (DNS) B89-Dakota Smith

Twisted Tech Qualifying A: 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes, 00:11.732[14]; 2. 00F-Carson Ferguson, 00:11.755[4]; 3. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:11.811[27]; 4. 45-Scott Bell, 00:11.918[1]; 5. 96V-Tanner English, 00:11.944[26]; 6. 4C-Chris Simpson, 00:11.958[10]; 7. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:11.970[17]; 8. 28-Tyler Carpenter, 00:11.988[7]; 9. 9Z-Jayme Zidar, 00:12.012[12]; 10. 14X-Wil Herrington, 00:12.109[29]; 11. 32F-Derek Fetter, 00:12.112[3]; 12. 99-Devin Moran, 00:12.114[16]; 13. 122-Timmy Dick, 00:12.126[23]; 14. 5-Jon Mitchell, 00:12.128[11]; 15. USA1-Kylan Garner, 00:12.178[30]; 16. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:12.216[28]; 17. 4K-Jason Knowles, 00:12.220[9]; 18. 1*-Max Baker, 00:12.232[2]; 19. 75D-Patrik Daniel, 00:12.232[13]; 20. 00M-Ruben Mayfield, 00:12.237[8]; 21. 41-Casey White, 00:12.284[5]; 22. 34C-Delbert Crum III, 00:12.389[6]; 23. C6-Oakley Johns, 00:12.455[18]; 24. 10J-TeeJay Janousek, 00:12.555[25]; 25. 53M-Jason Miles, 00:12.555[32]; 26. 4E-Scott Geaschel, 00:12.698[24]; 27. 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr, 00:12.724[15]; 28. 317-Blake Creech, 00:12.809[21]; 29. 25J-Ted Johnson Jr, 00:12.835[31]; 30. NE11-Matthew Tribble, 00:13.156[20]; 31. 111-Jon Woods, 00:13.591[22]; 32. 5RT-Scott Rhoades, 00:14.583[19]

Twisted Tech Qualifying B: 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.010[4]; 2. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr, 00:12.185[9]; 3. 9D-Josh Dietz, 00:12.237[3]; 4. 11R-Josh Rice, 00:12.243[16]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:12.268[17]; 6. C2-Corey DeLancey, 00:12.352[8]; 7. 10-Joseph Joiner, 00:12.355[12]; 8. 99T-Dylan Thompson, 00:12.357[22]; 9. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.438[31]; 10. 19X-Cody Bauer, 00:12.490[1]; 11. 10M-Jacob Magee, 00:12.498[24]; 12. 66-Jody Knowles, 00:12.576[23]; 13. 21M-Chris McKeehan, 00:12.610[14]; 14. 16T-Brandon Tibaldi, 00:12.660[19]; 15. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:12.665[28]; 16. 27D-Joe Denby, 00:12.701[10]; 17. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:12.705[26]; 18. B89-Dakota Smith, 00:12.733[20]; 19. 995-Manny Falcon, 00:12.821[29]; 20. 17A-Austin Howes, 00:12.866[25]; 21. T22-Tegan Evans, 00:12.900[11]; 22. 9H-Tim Hancock Jr, 00:12.939[21]; 23. 18X-Robbie Scott, 00:12.984[2]; 24. 93-Mike Kline, 00:13.000[18]; 25. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck, 00:13.046[5]; 26. C66-Donald Johns, 00:13.073[13]; 27. 63-Michael Luna, 00:13.153[32]; 28. 95-Nicky Pennington, 00:13.203[27]; 29. 44-James O'Hara, 00:13.295[30]; 30. M5-Timothy Welch II, 00:13.450[7]; 31. 32P-Preston Farmer[6]; 32. 1W-Shaun WiltjerHunt[15]



MODIFIEDS

Summit Racing Equipment A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 30-Jordan Grabouski[4]; 2. 5-Drake Troutman[1]; 3. 24H-Mike Harrison[6]; 4. 8S-Kyle Steffens[3]; 5. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[10]; 6. 05-Dave Wietholder[2]; 7. 4T-Guy Taylor[7]; 8. 22-Brandon Copp[14]; 9. 22A-Austen Becerra[11]; 10. 4TW-Tim Ward[18]; 11. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[9]; 12. 44-KC Burdette[15]; 13. 45-Chase Holland[17]; 14. 96M-Mike McKinney[12]; 15. (DNF) 99L-Tim Luttrell[16]; 16. (DNF) 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr[13]; 17. (DNF) 44P-Jeff Parsons[8]; 18. (DNF) 1D-Dean Hoffman[5]

Wehrs Machine B Feature (8 Laps): 1. 45-Chase Holland[2]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward[4]; 3. 38T-Dylan Thornton[6]; 4. 13-Charlie Mefford[1]; 5. 01-Peyton Taylor[8]; 6. 25N-Rob Neubauer[9]; 7. 49-Jake Timm[12]; 8. 8A-Austin Holcombe[13]; 9. 12T-Jeff Larson[11]; 10. 84-Ryan Toole[14]; 11. 60-William Gould[5]; 12. (DNF) 130-Chase Allen[7]; 13. (DNF) 47-Jack Sartain[10]; 14. (DNS) 97-Mitch Thomas

PPM Racing Products Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 1D-Dean Hoffman[5]; 3. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[4]; 4. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr[2]; 5. 13-Charlie Mefford[7]; 6. 60-William Gould[3]; 7. 25N-Rob Neubauer[6]; 8. 8A-Austin Holcombe[8]

Hellraizer Jacks Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Jordan Grabouski[1]; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison[2]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[3]; 4. 22-Brandon Copp[5]; 5. 45-Chase Holland[6]; 6. 38T-Dylan Thornton[8]; 7. 47-Jack Sartain[4]; 8. 84-Ryan Toole[7]

Mittler Brothers Machine Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Dave Wietholder[6]; 2. 4T-Guy Taylor[4]; 3. 22A-Austen Becerra[1]; 4. 44-KC Burdette[3]; 5. (DNF) 97-Mitch Thomas[2]; 6. (DNF) 130-Chase Allen[5]; 7. (DNF) 12T-Jeff Larson[7]

Tire Demon Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 8S-Kyle Steffens[2]; 2. 44P-Jeff Parsons[4]; 3. 96M-Mike McKinney[3]; 4. 99L-Tim Luttrell[6]; 5. 4TW-Tim Ward[5]; 6. (DNF) 01-Peyton Taylor[7]; 7. (DNF) 49-Jake Timm[1]

Wehrs Machine Qualifying: 1. 5-Drake Troutman, 00:12.577[18]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski, 00:12.603[2]; 3. 22A-Austen Becerra, 00:12.712[8]; 4. 49-Jake Timm, 00:12.805[7]; 5. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr, 00:12.826[3]; 6. 24H-Mike Harrison, 00:12.859[29]; 7. 97-Mitch Thomas, 00:12.882[19]; 8. 8S-Kyle Steffens, 00:13.018[5]; 9. 60-William Gould, 00:13.021[1]; 10. 6ST-Joseph Thomas, 00:13.033[6]; 11. 44-KC Burdette, 00:13.056[15]; 12. 96M-Mike McKinney, 00:13.075[28]; 13. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:13.122[4]; 14. 47-Jack Sartain, 00:13.209[17]; 15. 4T-Guy Taylor, 00:13.213[16]; 16. 44P-Jeff Parsons, 00:13.234[11]; 17. 1D-Dean Hoffman, 00:13.239[20]; 18. 22-Brandon Copp, 00:13.239[22]; 19. 130-Chase Allen, 00:13.264[26]; 20. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:13.286[12]; 21. 25N-Rob Neubauer, 00:13.289[14]; 22. 45-Chase Holland, 00:13.290[23]; 23. 05-Dave Wietholder, 00:13.324[24]; 24. 99L-Tim Luttrell, 00:13.337[10]; 25. 13-Charlie Mefford, 00:13.342[13]; 26. 84-Ryan Toole, 00:13.354[9]; 27. 12T-Jeff Larson, 00:13.434[27]; 28. 01-Peyton Taylor, 00:13.592[25]; 29. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 00:13.877[21]; 30. 38T-Dylan Thornton[30]