Lavonia Speedway
Davenport doubles down for Lavonia victories
By Dustin Jarrett
DirtonDirt.com correspondent
Jonathan Davenport captured two features. (carlsonracephotos.com)
LAVONIA, Ga. (March 22) — Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., doubled down at Lavonia Speedway. Leading every single lap in two feature events, Davenport earned $5,000 for his victory on the O’Reilly Southern All Star circuit in a Super Late Model and $2,000 for his Fastrak Racing Series victory in a crate engine Late Model. | Slideshow
In the Southern All Star main event, Davenport started outside the front row and faced virtually no challenges in leading all 50 laps at the 3/8-mile oval. He had no problem weaving through lapped traffic midway through the race in building up a full straightaway advantage, and he pulled away after the final lap-35 caution for the victory. Travis Pennington squeezed past Stacy Holmes to take the runner-up slot on the 15th lap and finished third while Casey Roberts, Ken Schrader and Dennis “Rambo” Franklin rounded out the top five. Polesitter Randle Chupp, who got stuck in the outside groove and quickly faded to sixth, was among the victims of a lap-seven stackup exiting turn four along with David Smith and Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, who was treated by emergency personnel for a possible broken hand. Benji Cole was also involved but was able to continue.
Immediately following his SAS victory, Davenport climbed behind the wheel of his own No. 49 car and cruised 40 laps to outrun Matt Long and Smith for a victory. In other action in Late Model-type cars, Jamie Oliver won the 40-lap Southeastern Late Model Sportsman Series feature.
Notes: Davenport's Clements-powered Barry Wright Race Car is sponsored by Beaver Bail Bonds. ... The "Late Model Extravaganza" drew 35 SAS cars, 39 Fastrak machines and 21 sportsman. ... The top 10 SAS qualifiers were locked into the field with the remainder of the entries running consolation races. ... Shane Clanton scratched from the feature and Randy Nichols stood in as the alternate. ... The SAS feature was slowed by six cautions. ... Ronny Lee Hollingsworth suffered a minor hand injury in the lap-seven accident. — Additional information from Kelley Carlton
O’Reilly SAS @ Lavonia: (1) Jonathan Davenport, (2) Travis Pennington, (3) Casey Roberts, (4) Ken Schrader, (5) Dennis Franklin, (6) Randy Weaver, (7) Benji Cole, (8) Jason Fitzgerald, (9) Dion Deason, (10) Derek Ellis, (11) Clint Smith, (12) Ivedent Lloyd Jr., (13) Jeff Webb, (14) Stacy Holmes, (15) Dillon Wood, (16) Randy Nichols, (17) Dingus Griffin, (18) Anthony Hill, (19) Doug English, (20) Frankie Beard, (21) Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, (22) Randle Chupp, (23) David Smith, (24) James Roulette. Fast qualifier (among 35 cars): Chupp. Consolation race winners: Hollingsworth, Cole. Provisional starters: Griffin, Roulette.
