Jonathan Davenport (# 49) of Blairsville, Ga. is on a roll in the dirt super late model ranks. Since last Saturday's $50,000 victory in Florida, the racer known as Superman hasn't finished worst than first but once out four races. Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway the World of Outlaw Late Models invaded the clay covered 1/2 mile, high banks for the first of two $25,000 to win features. JD won Wednesday in Indiana with the Castrol Floracing Night in America series worth $22,022 and was only second Tuesday night in Ohio.
Friday JD rocketed into the lead passing Canadian Ricky Weiss in lapped traffic and then held off a hard charging NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Larson for the victory.
Larson dove in too deep attempting to pass JD for the lead on the last lap and bounced off the concrete, damaging his mount and dropping to 8th overall. Weiss and Floridian Kyle Bronson finished up the podium. Tennessean's Scott Bloomquist was fourth and Jimmy Owens was sixth. Only 22 entrants entered the event.
Ohio native Jared Horstman (# 17) won opening night at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater Friday. Round #2 for the USCS Sprint Cars is scheduled for Saturday night at 7PM EST. Boyd's Speedway host the Iron-Man Super Late Models Saturday for a $4,000 to win feature that supports autism awareness. Television star John Schneider (aka. Bo Duke from the Dukes of Hazard) will be on hand meeting fans. Racing starts at 7 p.m. Fort Payne Motor Speedway just South of Chattanooga down I-59 hosts weekly racing with Super Late Models topping the card Saturday night at 7 p.m. CST. Mountain View Raceway in Dayton/Spring City also has weekly racing Saturday night at 7 p.m.