2022 Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals

Live From St. Louis: Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals Thursday Updates

Live From St. Louis: Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals Thursday Updates

Results, lineups and updates from Thursday at the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals.

Dec 1, 2022 by Brandon Paul
Setting The Stage: Gateway Opening Day

One of the most unique motorsports events of the year gets underway Thursday in St. Louis. The Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America's Center begins with two nights of preliminary action to set the stage for Saturday's main event. 

Race fans at the event and watching live on FloRacing can check back on this page throughout the night for lineups, results and updates. 

Late Model A-Main Results

(Top Three Transfer to Saturday's A-Main)

1

Bobby Pierce

2

Ryan Unzicker

3

Tanner English

4

Ricky Thornton, Jr. 

5

Chris Simpson

6

Brandon Sheppard

7

Jason Feger

8

Kylan Garner

9

Kyle Hammer

10

Rusty Schlenk

11

Ryan Montgomery

12

Ryan Wilson

13

Shannon Babb

14

Tanner Collins

15

Chris Carpenter

16

Jayme Zidar

17

Freddie Carpenter

18

Gordy Gundaker

Modified A-Main Results

1

Drake Troutman

2

Tyler Peterson

3

Michael Ledford

4

Michael Altobelli

5

Mike Harrison

6

Tyler Nicely

7

Dylan Thornton

8

Kyle Steffens

9

Clay Money

10

Dean Hoffman

11

Joseph Thomas

12

Mitch Thomas

13

K.C. Burdette

14

Trevor Anderson

15

Tim Nash

16

Rick Conoyer

17

Ben Harmon

18

Dillon Nusbaum

Late Model Starting Lineup

1

Bobby Pierce

2

Ryan Unzicker

3

Shannon Babb

4

Tanner English

5

Ricky Thornton, Jr. 

6

Chris Simpson

7

Jayme Zidar

8

Gordy Gundaker

9

Kyle Hammer

10

Tanner Collins

11

Brandon Sheppard

12

Jason Feger

13

Rusty Schlenk

14

Freddie Carpenter

15

Ryan Montgomery

16

Kylan Garner

17

Ryan Wilson

18

Chris Carpenter

Modified Starting Lineup

(Top Three Transfer to Saturday's A-Main)

1

Mike Harrison

2

Drake Troutman

3

Michael Ledford

4

Michael Altobelli

5

Tyler Peterson

6

Tim Nash

7

Tyler Nicely

8

Dylan Thornton

9

Kyle Steffens

10

Clay Money

11

K.C. Burdette

12

Mitch Thomas

13

Ben Harmon

14

Rick Conoyer

15

Trevor Anderson

16

Dillon Nusbaum

17

Joseph Thomas

18

Dean Hoffman

Late Model B-Main Results

(Top Three Transfer To Thursday's A-Main)

B-Main 1

1

Rusty Schlenk

2

Ryan Montgomery

3

Ryan Wilson

4

Bob Gardner

5

Jim Rogers

6

Chad Zobrist

7

Dewayne Kiefer

8

Scott Bell

9

Daniel Adam

10

Josh Boller

11

David McCoy

12

Colt Smith

13

Blake Higginbotham

14

Rachel Carpenter

15

Jason Wagner

B-Main 2

1

Freddie Carpenter

2

Kylan Garner

3

Chris Carpenter

4

Jeffrey Ledford

5

Jacob Magee

6

Jeffrey Shackelford

7

Jake Miller

8

Steve Fairbanks

9

Erik Thorne

10

Morgan Alexander

11

Chris Fetter

12

Joe Denby

13

Josh Baker

14

Doug Tye

15

Matt Koch

Modified B-Main Results

(Top Two Transfer to Thursday's A-Main)

1

Joseph Thomas

2

Dean Hoffman

3

Austin Holcombe

4

Todd Sherman

5

Trent Young

6

Mark Anderson

7

Ryan Ayers

8

Tyler Droste

9

Ryan Toole

10

Jeff Larson

11

Treb Jacoby

12

Joe Dresch

13

Michael Steele

Late Model B-Main Lineups

(Top Three Transfer To Thursday's A-Main)

B-Main 1

1

Rusty Schlenk

2

Ryan Montgomery

3

Ryan Wilson

4

Jason Wagner

5

Jim Rogers

6

 Bob Gardner

7

Josh Boller

8

Scott Bell

9

Chad Zobrist

10

Dewayne Kiefer

11

Daniel Adam

12

David McCoy

13

Colt Smith

14

Rachel Carpenter

15

Blake Higginbotham

B-Main 2

1

Freddie Carpenter

2

Kylan Garner

3

Jake Miller

4

Chris Carpenter

5

Jeffrey Ledford

6

Jacob Magee

7

Steve Fairbanks

8

Jeffrey Shackelford

9

Joe Denby

10

Morgan Alexander

11

Doug Tye

12

Josh Baker

13

Erik Thorne

14

Chris Fetter

15

Matt Koch

Modified B-Main Lineup

1

Dean Hoffman

2

Joseph Thomas

3

Austin Holcombe

4

Tyler Droste

5

Trent Young

6

Jeff Larson

7

Mark Anderson

8

Todd Sherman

9

Ryan Ayers

10

Ryan Toole

11

Joe Dresch

12

Michael Steele

13

Trey Jacoby

Late Model Heat Race Results

(Top Two Transfers To Thursday A-Main)

Heat 1

1

Bobby Pierce

2

Jayme Zidar

3

Rusty Schlenk

4

Jason Wagner

5

Josh Boller

6

Dewayne Kiefer

7

Colt Smith

8

Quentin White

9

Justin White

10

Brandon Tibaldi

11

Adam Elliott

Heat 2

1

Ryan Unzicker

2

Gordy Gundaker

3

Ryan Montgomery

4

Jim Rogers

5

Scott Bell

6

Daniel Adam

7

Rachel Carpenter

8

Jeff Neubert

9

Patrick Kelley

10

Michael King, Jr. 

11

Brian Wolfmeier

Heat 3

1

Chris Simpson

2

Kyle Hammer

3

Ryan Wilson

4

Bob Gardner

5

Chad Zobrist

6

David McCoy

7

Blake Higginbotham

8

Matthew Tribble

9

Jacob Kolwyck

10

Tegan Evans

11

Timothy Welch II

Heat 4

1

Ricky Thornton, Jr. 

2

Tanner Collins

3

Freddie Carpenter

4

Chris Carpenter

5

Steve Fairbanks

6

Morgan Alexander

7

Erik Thorne

8

Dakota Smith

9

W.L. Stile

10

Kyle Wiser

11

Jordan Barbee

Heat 5

1

Tanner English

2

Brandon Sheppard

3

Kylan Garner

4

Jeffrey Ledford

5

Jeffrey Shackelford

6

Doug Tye

7

Chris Fetter

8

James Walters

9

Preston Farmer

10

Chase Burda

11

Brayton Laster

Heat 6

1

Shannon Babb

2

Jason Feger

3

Jake Miller

4

Jacob Magee

5

Joe Denby

6

Josh Baker

7

Matt Koch

8

Kevin Smith

9

Scott Rhoades

10

Jon Woods

Modified Heat Race Results

(Top Four Transfer to Thursday's A-Main)

Heat 1

1

Michael Altobelli

2

Tyler Peterson

3

Kyle Steffens

4

Ben Harmon

5

Dean Hoffman

6

Trent Young

7

Ryan Ayers

8

Trey Jacoby

Heat 2

1

Mike Harrison

2

Tim Nash

3

Clay Money

4

Rick Conoyer

5

Joseph Thomas

6

Jeff Larson

7

Ryan Toole

Heat 3

1

Drake Troutman

2

Tyler Nicely

3

K.C. Burdette

4

Trevor Anderson

5

Austin Holcombe

6

Mark Anderson

7

Joe Dresch

Heat 4

1

Michael Ledford

2

Dylan Thornton

3

Mitch Thomas

4

Dillon Nusbaum

5

Tyler Droste

6

Todd Sherman

7

Michael Steele

Late Model Heat Race Lineups

Heat 1

1

Bobby Pierce

2

Jayme Zidar

3

Rusty Schlenk

4

Josh Boller

5

Jason Wagner

6

Dewayne Kiefer

7

Colt Smith

8

Quentin White

9

Adam Elliott

10

Justin White

11

Brandon Tibaldi

Heat 2

1

Ryan Unzicker

2

Jim Rogers

3

Gordy Gundaker

4

Ryan Montgomery

5

Scott Bell

6

Brian Wolfmeier

7

Daniel Adam

8

Patrick Kelley

9

Jeff Neubert

10

Rachel Carpenter

11

Michael King, Jr. 

Heat 3

1

Chris Simpson

2

Ryan Wilson

3

Bob Gardner

4

Kyle Hammer

5

Chad Zobrist

6

David McCoy

7

Blake Higginbotham

8

Matthew Tribble

9

Tegan Evans

10

Jacob Kolwyck

11

Timothy Welch II

Heat 4

1

Ricky Thornton, Jr. 

2

Tanner Collins

3

Freddie Carpenter

4

Jordan Barbee

5

Chris Carpenter

6

Steve Fairbanks

7

Erik Thorne

8

Kyle Wiser

9

Morgan Alexander

10

Dakota Smith

11

W.L. Stile

Heat 5

1

Tanner English

2

Brandon Sheppard

3

Kylan Garner

4

James Walters

5

Jeffrey Ledford

6

Doug Tye

7

Chase Burda

8

Jeffrey Shackelford

9

Preston Farmer

10

Chris Fetter

11

Brayton Laster

Heat 6

1

Jason Feger

2

Shannon Babb

3

Jacob McGee

4

Jake Miller

5

Joe Denby

6

Josh Baker

7

Scott Rhoades

8

Matt Koch

9

Kevin Smith

10

Jon Woods

Modified Heat Race Lineups

Heat 1

1

Michael Altobelli

2

Ben Harmon

3

Tyler Peterson

4

Ryan Ayers

5

Kyle Steffens

6

Dean Hoffman

7

Trey Jacoby

8

Trent Young

Heat 2

1

Mike Harrison

2

Joseph Thomas

3

Tim Nash

4

Rick Conoyer

5

Clay Money

6

Jeff Larson

7

Ryan Toole

Heat 3

1

Drake Troutman

2

Trevor Anderson

3

Tyler Nicely

4

Mark Anderson

5

K.C. Burdette

6

Joe Dresch

7

Austin Holcombe

Heat 4

1

Michael Ledford

2

Dylan Thornton

3

Tyler Droste

4

Mitch Thomas

5

Dillon Nusbaum

6

Todd Sherman

7

Michael Steele

Late Model Qualifying Results

Group 1

1

Bobby Pierce

2

Ryan Unzicker

3

Chris Simpson

4

Jayme Zidar

5

Jim Rogers

6

Ryan Wilson

7

Rusty Schlenk

8

Gordy Gundaker

9

Bob Gardner

10

Josh Boller

11

Ryan Montgomery

12

Kyle Hammer

13

Jason Wagner

14

Chad Zobrist

15

Scott Bell

16

Dewayne Kiefer

17

Brian Wolfmeier

18

David McCoy

19

Colt Smith

20

Daniel Adam

21

Blake Higginbotham

22

Quentin White

23

Patrick Kelley

24

Matthew Tribble

25

Adam Elliott

26

Jeff Neubert

27

Tegan Evans

28

Justin White

29

Rachel Carpenter

30

Jacob Kolwyck

31

Brandon Tibaldi

32

Michael King, Jr. 

Group 2

1

Ricky Thornton, Jr. 

2

Tanner English

3

Jason Feger

4

Tanner Collins

5

Brandon Sheppard

6

Shannon Babb

7

Freddie Carpenter

8

Kylan Garner

9

Jacob McGee

10

Jordan Barbee

11

James Walters

12

Jake Miller

13

Chris Carpenter

14

Jeffrey Ledford

15

Joe Denby

16

Steve Fairbanks

17

Doug Tye

18

Josh Baker

19

Erik Thorne

20

Chase Burda

21

Scott Rhoades

22

Kyle Wiser

23

Jeffrey Shackelford

24

Matt Koch

25

Morgan Alexander

26

Preston Farmer

27

Kevin Smith

28

Dakota Smith

29

Chris Fetter

30

Jon Woods

31

W.L. Stile

32

Brayton Laster

Modified Qualifying Results

1

Michael Altobelli

2

Mike Harrison

3

Drake Troutman

4

Michael Ledford

5

Ben Harmon

6

Joseph Thomas

7

Trevor Anderson

8

Dylan Thornton

9

Tyler Peterson

10

Tim Nash

11

Tyler Nicely

12

Tyler Droste

13

Ryan Ayers

14

Rick Conoyer

15

Mark Anderson

16

Mitch Thomas

17

Kyle Steffens

18

Clay Money

19

K.C. Burdette

20

Dillon Nusbaum

21

Dean Hoffman

22

Jeff Larson

23

Joe Dresch

24

Todd Sherman

25

Trey Jacoby

26

Ryan Toole

27

Austin Holcombe

28

Michael Steele

29

Trent Young

What To Expect Thursday

More than 60 Dirt Late Models and 30 Modifieds will be in action Thursday night to kick things off at Gateway. Both divisions will compete in a full program that includes hot laps, qualifying, heat races, b-mains and features. Only the top-three finishers in each division will lock themselves into Saturday night's main event. 

Schedule

3 p.m. - On-Track Activity Begins

Super Late Model Hot Laps

Super Late Model Qualifying

Modified Qualifying/Hot Laps

5 p.m. - Opening Ceremonies

Super Late Model Heats (8 Laps)

Modified Heats (8 Laps)

Super Late Model B-Mains (10 Laps)

Modified B-Mains (8 Laps)

Super Late Model A-Main (25 Laps)

Modified A-Main (20 Laps)

Thursday Late Model Prelim Roster

Adam Elliott

Blake Higginbotham

Bob Gardner

Bobby Pierce

Brandon Tibaldi

Brandon Sheppard

Brayton Laster

Brian Wolfmeier

Chad Zobrist

Chase Burda

Chris Simpson

Chris Fetter

Chris Carpenter

Colt Smith

Dakota Smith

Daniel Adam

David McCoy

Dewayne Kiefer

Doug Tye

Erik Thorne

Freddie Carpenter

Gordy Gundaker

Jacob Kolwyck

Jacob Magee

Jake Miller

James Walters

Jason Wagner

Jason Feger

Jayme Zidar

Jeff Neubert

Jeffrey Ledford

Jeffrey Shackelford

Jim Rogers

Joe Denby

Jonathan Woods

Jordan Barbee

Josh Baker

Josh Boller

Justin White

Kevin Smith

Kylan Garner

Kyle Hammer

Kyle Wiser

Matt Koch

Matthew Tribble

Michael King, Jr. 

Moran Alexander

Patrick Kelley

Preston Farmer

Quentin White

Rachel Carpenter

Ricky Thornton, Jr. 

Rusty Schlenk

Ryan Montgomery

Ryan Wilson

Ryan Unzicker

Scott Bell

Scott Rhoades

Shannon Babb

Steve Fairbanks

Tanner Collins

Tanner English

Tegan Evans

Timothy Welch II

William Stile