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2023 Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals

2023 Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals: Friday Lineups, Results And Updates

2023 Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals: Friday Lineups, Results And Updates

Lineup, results and updates from Friday's preliminary night at the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals.

Dec 15, 2023 by Brandon Paul
Hunt The Front Loving Their Gateway Debut

Night 2 of the 2023 Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals at the The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis has arrived. Super Late Model and Modifieds will be in action on Friday night with lock-in spots for Saturday's main event on the line.

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Super Late Model A-Main Results

*Top Three Transfer to Saturday's A-Main

1

Ricky Thornton Jr. 

2

Chris Simpson

3

Brandon Sheppard

4

Josh Rice

5

Tanner English

6

Spencer Hughes

7

Jimmy Owens

8

Trevor Gundaker

9

Kylan Garner

10

Cody Bauer

11

Ryan Montgomery

12

Ryan Unzicker

13

Devin Moran

14

Josh Dietz

15

Austin Howes

16

Jeffrey Ledford

17

Jacob Magee

18

Tyler Carpenter

Modified A-Main Results

*Top Three Transfer to Saturday's A-Main

1

Jordan Grabouski

2

Drake Troutman

3

Mike Harrison

4

Kyle Steffens

5

Joseph Thomas

6

Dave Wietholder

7

Guy Taylor

8

Brandon Copp

9

Austen Becerra

10

Tim Ward

11

Carolos Ahumada Jr. 

12

K.C. Burdette

13

Chase Holland

14

Mike McKinney

15

Tim Luttrell

16

Jimmy Lennex Jr. 

17

Jeff Parsons

18

Dean Hoffman

Super Late Model A-Main Lineup

*Top Three Transfer To Saturday's A-Main

1

Trevor Gundaker

2

Chris Simpson

3

Tanner English

4

Ricky Thornton Jr. 

5

Spencer Hughes

6

Brandon Sheppard

7

Ryan Unzicker

8

Josh Rice

9

Tyler Carpenter

10

Jacob Magee

11

Kylan Garner

12

Jimmy Owens

13

Devin Moran

14

Cody Bauer

15

Ryan Montgomery

16

Austin Howes

17

Jeffrey Ledford

18

Josh Dietz

Modified A-Main Lineup

*Top Three Transfer To Saturday's A-Main

1

Drake Troutman

2

Dave Wietholder

3

Kyle Steffens

4

Jordan Grabouski

5

Dean Hoffman

6

Mike Harrison

7

Guy Taylor

8

Jeff Parsons

9

Carlos Ahumada Jr. 

10

Joseph Thomas

11

Austen Becerra

12

Mike McKinney

13

Jimmy Lennex Jr. 

14

Brandon Copp

15

K.C. Burdette

16

Tim Luttrell

17

Chase Holland

18

Tim Ward

Super Late Model B-Main Results

*Top Three Transfer To Friday's A-Main

B-Main 1

1

Devin Moran

2

Ryan Montgomery

3

Jeffrey Ledford

4

Oakley Johns

5

Patrik Daniel

6

Jason Knowles

7

Delbert Crum III

8

Jason Miles

9

Jayme Zidar

10

Casey White

11

Matthew Tribble

12

Ruben Mayfield

13

Jon Woods

14

Jon Mitchell

15

Derek Fetter

B-Main 2

1

Cody Bauer

2

Austin Howes

3

Josh Dietz

4

Jody Knowles

5

Joseph Joiner

6

Manny Falcon

7

Nicky Pennington

8

Corey DeLancey

9

Tim Hancock Jr. 

10

Daniel Adam

11

Mike Kline

12

Tegan Evans

13

Shaun WiltjerHunt

14

Donald Johns

15

Brandon Tibaldi

Super Late Model B-Main Lineups

B-Main 1

1

Patrik Daniel

2

Jon Mitchell

3

Devin Moran

4

Jeffrey Ledford

5

Oakley Johns

6

Ryan Montgomery

7

Delbert Crum III

8

Jason Knowles

9

Casey White

10

Jason Miles

11

Derek Fetter

12

Jayme Zidar

13

Jon Woods

14

Ruben Mayfield

15

Matthew Tribble

B-Main 2

1

Cody Bauer

2

Austin Howes

3

Josh Dietz

4

Joseph Joiner

5

Daniel Adam

6

Corey DeLancey

7

Manny Falcon

8

Brandon Tibaldi

9

Jody Knowles

10

Nicky Pennington

11

Shaun WiltjerHunt

12

Mike Kline

13

Tim Hancock Jr. 

14

Donald Johns

15

Tegan Evans

Super Late Model Heat Race Results

*Top Two In Each Heat Qualify To Friday's A-Main

Heat 1

1

Spencer Hughes

2

Ryan Unzicker

3

Patrik Daniel

4

Jeffrey Ledford

5

Delbert Crum III

6

Jason Miles

7

Jon Woods

8

Timmy Dick

9

Blake Creech

10

Scott Bell

11

Wil Herrington

Heat 2

1

Tanner English

2

Tyler Carpenter

3

Jon Mitchell

4

Oakley Johns

5

Jason Knowles

6

Derek Fetter

7

Ruben Mayfield

8

Scott Rhoades

9

Carson Ferguson

10

Scott Geaschel

11

Ted Johnson Jr. 

Heat 3

1

Chris Simpson

2

Kylan Garner

3

Devin Moran

4

Ryan Montgomery

5

Casey White

6

Jayme Zidar

7

Matthew Tribble

8

Max Baker

9

Darin Weisinger Jr. 

10

TeeJay Janousek

Heat 4

1

Ricky Thornton Jr. 

2

Josh Rice

3

Cody Bauer

4

Joseph Joiner

5

Manny Falcon

6

Nicky Pennington

7

Tim Hancock Jr. 

8

Preston Farmer

9

Jacob Kolwyck

10

Joe Denby

11

Chris McKeehan

Heat 5

1

Trevor Gundaker

2

Jacob Magee

3

Austin Howes

4

Daniel Adam

5

Brandon Tibaldi

6

Shaun WiltjerHunt

7

Donald Johns

8

Dylan Thompson

9

James O’Hara

10

Steve Sheppard Jr. 

11

Robbie Scott

Heat 6

1

Brandon Sheppard

2

Jimmy Owens

3

Josh Dietz

4

Corey DeLancey

5

Jody Knowles

6

Mike Kline

7

Tegan Evans

8

Timothy Welch II

9

Michael Luna

10

Dakota Smith

Super Late Model Heat Race Lineups

Heat 1

1

Spencer Hughes

2

Scott Bell

3

Jeffrey Ledford

4

Wil Herrington

5

Timmy Dick

6

Ryan Unzicker

7

Patrik Daniel

8

Delbert Crum III

9

Jason Miles

10

Blake Creech

11

Jon Woods

Heat 2

1

Carson Ferguson

2

Tanner English

3

Tyler Carpenter

4

Derek Fetter

5

Jon Mitchell

6

Jason Knowles

7

Ruben Mayfield

8

Oakley Johns

9

Scott Geaschel

10

Ted Johnson Jr. 

11

Scott Rhoades

Heat 3

1

Ryan Montgomery

2

Chris Simpson

3

Jayme Zidar

4

Devin Moran

5

Kylan Garner

6

Max Baker

7

Casey White

8

TeeJay Janousek

9

Darin Weisinger Jr. 

10

Matthew Tribble

Heat 4

1

Ricky Thornton Jr. 

2

Josh Rice

3

Joseph Joiner

4

Cody Bauer

5

Chris McKeehan

6

Joe Denby

7

Manny Falcon

8

Tim Hancock Jr. 

9

Jacob Kolwyck

10

Nicky Pennington

11

Preston Farmer

Heat 5

1

Steve Sheppard Jr. 

2

Trevor Gundaker

3

Dylan Thompson

4

Jacob Magee

5

Brandon Tibaldi

6

Daniel Adam

7

Austin Howes

8

Robbie Scott

9

Donald Johns

10

James O’Hara

11

Shaun WiltjerHunt

Heat 6

1

Josh Dietz

2

Corey DeLancey

3

Brandon Sheppard

4

Jody Knowles

5

Jimmy Owens

6

Dakota Smith

7

Tegan Evans

8

Mike Kline

9

Michael Luna

10

Timothy Welch II

Modified B-Main Results

1

Chase Holland

2

Tim Ward

3

Dylan Thornton

4

Charlie Mefford

5

Peyton Taylor

6

Rob Neubauer

7

Jake Timm

8

Austin Holcombe

9

Jeff Larson

10

Ryan Toole

11

William Gould

12

Chase Allen

13

Jack Sartain

14

Mitch Thomas

Modified B-Main Lineup

1

Charlie Mefford

2

Chase Holland

3

Mitch Thomas

4

Tim Ward

5

William Gould

6

Dylan Thornton

7

Chase Allen

8

Peyton Taylor

9

Rob Neubauer

10

Jack Sartain

11

Jeff Larson

12

Jake Timm

13

Austin Holcombe

14

Ryan Toole

Modified Heat Race Results

*Top Four Transfer To Friday A-Main

Heat 1

1

Drake Troutman

2

Dean Hoffman

3

Carlos Ahumada Jr. 

4

Jimmy Lennex Jr. 

5

Charlie Mefford

6

William Gould

7

Rob Neubauer

8

Austin Holcombe

Heat 2

1

Jordan Grabouski

2

Mike Harrison

3

Joseph Thomas

4

Brandon Copp

5

Chase Holland

6

Dylan Thornton

7

Jack Sartain

8

Ryan Toole

Heat 3

1

Dave Wietholder

2

Guy Taylor

3

Austen Becerra

4

K.C. Burdette

5

Mitch Thomas

6

Chase Allen

7

Jeff Larson

Heat 4

1

Kyle Steffens

2

Jeff Parsons

3

Mike McKinney

4

Tim Luttrell

5

Tim Ward

6

Peyton Taylor

7

Jake Timm

Modified Heat Race Lineups

Heat 1

1

Drake Troutman

2

Jimmy Lennex Jr. 

3

William Gould

4

Carlos Ahumada Jr. 

5

Dean Hoffman

6

Rob Neubauer

7

Charlie Mefford

8

Austin Holcombe

Heat 2

1

Jordan Grabouski

2

Mike Harrison

3

Joseph Thomas

4

Jack Sartain

5

Brandon Copp

6

Chase Holland

7

Ryan Toole

8

Dylan Thornton

Heat 3

1

Austen Becerra

2

Mitch Thomas

3

K.C. Burdette

4

Guy Taylor

5

Chase Allen

6

Dave Wietholder

7

Jeff Larson

Heat 4

1

Jake Timm

2

Kyle Steffens

3

Mike McKinney

4

Jeff Parsons

5

Tim Ward

6

Tim Luttrell

7

Peyton Taylor

Super Late Model Qualifying Results

1

Spencer Hughes

2

Carson Ferguson

3

Ryan Montgomery

4

Scott Bell

5

Tanner English

6

Chris Simpson

7

Jeffrey Ledford

8

Tyler Carpenter

9

Ricky Thornton Jr. 

10

Jayme Zidar

11

Wil Herrington

12

Derek Fetter

13

Devin Moran

14

Timmy Dick

15

Jon Mitchell

16

Kylan Garner

17

Steve Sheppard Jr. 

18

Ryan Unzicker

19

Jason Knowles

20

Max Baker

21

Patrik Daniel

22

Josh Dietz

23

Ruben Mayfield

24

Josh Rice

25

Trevor Gundaker

26

Casey White

27

Corey DeLancey

28

Joseph Joiner

29

Dylan Thompson

30

Delbert Crum III

31

Brandon Sheppard

32

Oakley Johns

33

Jacob Magee

34

Jason Miles

35

TeeJay Janousek

36

Jody Knowles

37

Chris McKeehan

38

Brandon Tibaldi

39

(Missing Data)

40

Scott Geaschel

41

Joe Denby

42

Daniel Adam

43

Darin Weisinger Jr. 

44

Dakota Smith

45

Blake Creech

46

Manny Falcon

47

Ted Johnson Jr.

48

Austin Howes

49

Tegan Evans

50

Tim Hancock Jr. 

51

Robbie Scott

52

Mike Kine

53

Jacob Kolwyck

54

Donald Johns

55

Michael Luna

56

Matthew Tribble

57

Nicky Pennington

58

James O’Hara

59

Timothy Welch II

60

Jon Woods

61

Scott Rhoades

Pre-Race Notes

  • Friday’s preliminary program has 64 Dirt Late Models signed in for action
  • During Friday’s drivers’ meeting, event promoter Cody Sommer quipped, “It rained this morning,” referring to the track crew putting more moisture in the surface after Thursday’s conditions turned up smooth but drier than expected.
  • Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., is in his SSI Motorsports Late Model for Friday’s show after scoring a $3,000 modified preliminary feature victory on Thursday.
  • Joseph Joiner of Milton, Fla., will make his first-ever Gateway Dirt Nationals start driving his Hunt the Front team’s Capital Race Car. It’s the first time he’s sat in the machine since November 2022’s Peach State Classic at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway; his crew member, Jesse Enterkin, has piloted the car in Crate Late Model events throughout the 2023 season, including just two weeks ago.
  • Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., has his Sheppard Riggs Racing No. B5 sporting a black-dominated color scheme with Black Rifle Coffee Company displayed as a sponsor. His father, Steve Sheppard Jr., is also part of Friday’s Late Model field.
  • Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, is running Illinois racer Jason Suhre’s No. 4 for the second straight Gateway Dirt Nationals. He joked in a Facebook post that “our team is made up of a bunch of Busch Light and dad bods.”
  • Carson Ferguson of Lincolnton, N.C., will make his Dome debut behind the wheel of a car fielded by South Carolina competitor Kale Green. The vehicle is carrying Ferguson’s No. 00 rather than Green’s usual No. 4.
  • Ryan Montgomery of Fairmont, W.Va., is back in St. Louis for the third straight year with Suppa Motorsports, but this time he’s exchanged the Rayburn car he ran last year for the team’s Capital Chassis.
  • Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., will take his first Late Model laps around the Dome’s fifth-mile oval on Friday after driving a brand-new LG2 modified to a 12th-place finish in the support division’s Thursday preliminary feature. His car owner, Bobby Koehler, and Koehler’s family are in attendance this evening after their plans to arrive for Thursday’s program were dashed by several flight delays and cancellations that plagued their trip.
  • Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, Ga., who led more than half of last year’s Gateway Dirt Nationals, said his crew chief won’t be in attendance this weekend due to problems with his planned flights.

Friday's Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals Schedule

3 p.m. On-Track Activity Begins

- Dirt Draft Hot Laps (SLM)

- Twisted Tech Qualifying (SLM)

- Wehrs Hot Lap/Qualifying (Mods)

5 p.m. Opening Ceremonies

Heat Races (8 Laps)

- COMP Cams Super Late Models

- Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds

B-Mains

- COMP Cams Super Late Models (10 Laps)

- Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds (8 Laps)

A-Mains

- COMP Cams Super Late Models (25 Laps - $5,000 to win)

- Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds (20 Laps - $3,000 to win)

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