Davenport fast qualifier for World finals, Texan Brown 30th

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Davenport Emerges As Star Of 76-Car Late Model Field With Two Fast-Time Honors During Thursday’s Lowes Foods World Finals Qualifying Night

 

CONCORD, NC - Nov. 4, 2010 - Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., was perfect of Thursday night, sweeping fast-time honors in the two rounds of time trials that kicked off the fourth annual Lowes Foods World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by Bimbo Bakeries and Tom’s Snacks at The Dirt Track Charlotte.

 

A talent-laden field of 76 dirt Late Models jammed the pit area for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series event, which is part of a blockbuster season-ending tripleheader at the four-tenths-mile oval. The program also attracted 56 machines for the companion World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series meet and 52 entries for the Super DIRTcar Series big-block action.

 

Davenport, who turned 27 on Oct. 31, was spectacular in becoming the second driver to emerge with the quickest time in both rounds of Lowes Foods World Finals qualifying, duplicating the feat of Vienna, W.Va.’s Steve Shaver in 2007. He ripped off consecutive laps of 15.178 seconds and 15.130 seconds during the single session of WoO LMS qualifying.

 

With weather concerns prevailing after a wet overnight and morning in the Charlotte area, WoO LMS and Charlotte Motor Speedway officials decided to condense the traditional pair of World Finals Late Model qualifying legs into a single session. Drivers turned two laps – the first used to line up Friday night’s heat race, the second to align Saturday evening’s heats.

 

A 50-lap A-Main paying $10,000 to win will top the WoO LMS agenda each evening.

 

Davenport, who has never won a WoO LMS A-Main, will start from his Barry Wright Race Cars house car from the pole position in the first 10-lap heat race on both Friday and Saturday night. He will be seeking to erase memories of his last visit to The Dirt Track on Oct. 13, when he was forced to relinquish his pole starting spot in the 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Showdown because an incorrect rear quarter-panel height measurement during pre-race inspection prompted officials to penalize him to the rear of the field.

 

Davenport was the only driver to secure two pole starting spots in World Finals heat races. Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills, Pa., Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., and Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, Wis., earned pole slots for Friday prelims, while NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader of Concord, N.C., Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Tommy Kerr of Maryville, Tenn., and John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va., will start from the pole in Saturday heats.

 

Defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who enters the World Finals leading the national tour’s points standings by 22 points over 2008 titlist Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., timed 15th fastest in Friday’s qualifying round and 19th fastest in Saturday’s session. Richards got an early upper hand on Lanigan, who managed only the 48th and 42nd fastest laps during Thursday’s qualifying rounds and will have to work his way forward in both of his heats.

 

The World Finals continue on Friday and Saturday, with gates opening at 3 p.m. and hot laps scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. each night. Racing will immediately follow the completion of practice sessions for the WoO LMS, WoO Sprint Car Series and Super DIRTcar Series big-block Modifieds.

 

Saturday night’s World Finals program will be televised live by the SPEED cable network from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight ET.

 

For more information, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com or www.charlottemotorspeedway.com.

 

Round 1 Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results For Fri., Nov. 5 Heat Races (Position/No./Driver/Hometown/Best Lap):

 

1. 49-Jonathan Davenport/Blairsville, GA 15.178

2. 39-Tim McCreadie/Watertown, NY 15.212

3. 32c-Vic Coffey/Caledonia, NY 15.326

4. 22s-Gregg Satterlee/Rochester Mills, PA 15.345

5. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 15.365

6. s9-Dan Schlieper/Sullivan, WI 15.392

7. 6-Steve Shaver/Vienna, WV 15.393

8. 20-Jimmy Owens/Newport, TN 15.408

9. 28e-Dennis Erb Jr./Carpentersville, IL 15.410

10. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 15.422

11. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 15.490

12. 44M-Chris Madden/Grey Court, SC 15.539

13. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 15.569

14. 1GW-Eric Wells/Hazard, KY 15.616

15. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV 15.639

16. 44-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 15.657

17. 09-Johnny Pursley/Clover, SC 15.673

18. 2J-Jeff Rine/Danville, PA 15.675

19. 91-Billy Decker/Unadilla, NY 15.676

20. 17L-Jared Landers/Batesville, AR 15.677

21. 22F-Chris Ferguson/Mt. Holly, NC 15.677

22. 17z-Zach Dohm/Cross Lanes, WV 15.694

23. 0-Scott Bloomquist/Mooresburg, TN 15.700

24. 1V-Will Vaught/Crane, MO 15.704

25. 9K-Ken Schrader/Concord, NC 15.741

26. 1G-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 15.763

27. 14-April Farmer/Livingston, TN 15.774

28. 71d-Ron Davies/Warren, PA 15.793

29. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 15.798

30. 21b-Chris Brown/Cleveland, TX 15.801

31. 25F-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 15.810

32. 19-Tim Fuller/Watertown, NY 15.811

33. 19H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 15.843

34. 44L-Justin Labonte/Trinity, NC 15.866

35. 07-Brian Ledbetter/Dallas, NC 15.877

36. 1L-John Lobb/Frewsburg, NY 15.881

37. 5-Eric Jacobsen/Sea Cliff Beach, CA 15.892

38. 21M-Jason Montgomery/Jackson, OH 15.911

39. 41-Brad Neat/Dunnville, KY 15.916

40. 20J-Jared Hawkins/Fairmont, WV 15.919

41. 88-Ricky Elliott/Seaford, DE 15.941

42. 18b-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 15.953

43. 44P-Earl Pearson Jr./Jacksonville, FL 15.966

44. 17A-Tim Allen/Kannapolis, NC 15.983

45. 1W-Ricky Weeks/Rutherforton, NC 15.992

46. 4T-Tommy Kerr/Maryville, TN 16.041

47. 20H-Jacob Hawkins/Fairmont, WV 16.058

48. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.076

49. 56-Russell King/Bristolville, OH 16.089

50. 55-Jeep VanWormer/Pinconning, MI 16.097

51.2F-Dennis Franklin/Gaffney, SC 16.106

52. 11-Tyler Reddick/Corning, CA 16.108

53. 28-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 16.130

54. 3P-Phillip Pittman/Vidalia, GA 16.191

55. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.222

56. 84-Jay Sessoms/Stanley, NC 16.241

57. 3d-Rick Delong/Whitehouse, OH 16.250

58. 00H-Chuck Harper/Beverly, WV 16.255

59. 12d-Doug Drown/Wooster, OH 16.478

60. 22-Jill George/Cedar Falls, IA 16.482

61. 4ds-Chad Hollenbeck/Kingsley, PA 16.490

62. K&B-Kerry King/Delmar, DE 16.493

63. 45-Mark Byram/Georgetown, DE 16.731

64. 6T-Tim Dohm/Cross Lanes, WV 16.831

65. 12s-Kevin Scott Jr./Laurel, DE 16.878

66. 16-Brian Nuttal Jr./Claxton, GA 16.954

67. 1s-Chuck Smith/Sanford, NC 17.005

68. 2x-John Henderson/Aiken, SC 17.249

69. 10*-Dane Burns/New London, NC 17.426

70. 281-Kyle Pierce/Statesville, NC 17.617

71. 31-Bob Gordon/Keyser, WV 19.402

72. 18M-Jeff Smith/Dallas, NC N/T

73. 2G-Jon Gunther/Fayetteville, NC N/T

74. 180-Ricky Thornton/Chandler, AZ N/T

75. 44J-James O’Hara/Moscow, PA N/T

76. 99L-Larry Wight/Phoenix, NY N/T

 

Round 2 Ohlins Shocks Time Trial Results For Sat., Nov. 6 Heat Races (Position/Driver/Best Lap):

 

1. Jonathan Davenport 15.130

2. Ken Schrader 15.347

3. Dennis Erb Jr. 15.406

4. Rick Eckert 15.419

5. Tommy Kerr 15.430

6. John Blankenship 15.434

7. Dennis Franklin 15.469

8. Mike Marlar 15.480

9. Billy Decker 15.489

10. Jason Montgomery 15.506

11. Jimmy Owens 15.544

12. Doug Drown 15.552

13. Jason Feger 15.553

14. Chris Ferguson 15.556

15. Earl Pearson Jr. 15.559

16. Jeff Rine 15.560

17. Steve Shaver 15.566

18. Chris Madden 15.573

19. Josh Richards 15.574

20. Ricky Weeks 15.606

21. Dan Schlieper 15.627

22. Ron Davies 15.638

23. Scott Bloomquist 15.640

24. Jared Landers 15.650

25. Steve Francis 15.653

26. Vic Coffey 15.661

27. Dale McDowell 15.673

28. Gregg Satterlee 15.688

29. Ricky Elliott 15.700

30. John Lobb 15.708

31. Chris Brown 15.724

32. Clint Smith 15.735

33. Shane Clanton 15.744

34. Eric Jacobsen 15.753

35. Tim Fuller 15.756

36. Zach Dohm 15.759

37. Shannon Babb 15.770

38. Johnny Pursley 15.786

39. Jeep VanWormer 15.799

40. Eddie Carrier Jr. 15.851

41. Will Vaught 15.870

42. Darrell Lanigan 15.921

43. Kevin Scott 15.986

44. Rick Delong 15.998

45. Jacob Hawkins 16.044

46. Dane Burns 16.049

47. Justin Labonte 16.067

48. Tim Allen 16.076

49. Tim Dohm 16.102

50. Jared Hawkins 16.114

51. Chub Frank 16.129

52. Eric Wells 16.181

53. Bob Gordon 16.229

54. Phillip Pittman 16.237

55. Mark Byram 16.394

56. Chad Hollenbeck 16.414

57. Kerry King 16.442

58. Austin Hubbard 16.496

59. Jill George 16.527

60. Chuck Harper 16.615

61. Jon Gunther 16.660

62. Tim McCreadie 16.702

63. Jay Sessoms 16.849

64. Kyle Pierce 16.986

65. Chuck Smith 17.088

66. Brian Ledbetter 17.227

67. Russell King 18.364

68. Brian Nuttal Jr. 20.378

69. April Farmer N/T

70. Jeff Smith N/T

71. Brad Neat N/T

72. Tyler Reddick N/T

73. John Henderson N/T

74. Ricky Thornton N/T

75. James O’Hara N/T

76. Larry Wight N/T