ELLISVILLE, Fla. — Jonathan Davenport finally got his first victory of the season on Saturday night at All-Tech Raceway, and it was a big one.
Davenport led all 50 laps of the Florida Dirt Nationals feature sanctioned by the XR Super Series to bank the $50,000 top prize aboard his familiar No. 49 late model.
Davenport was the fast qualifier with a lap of 17.938 seconds and started outside the front row. Despite several yellow flags along the way, Davenport took the checkered flag nearly four seconds ahead of Kyle Strickler.
It was the second consecutive runner-up effort for Strickler.
Brandon Overton came home third, with Ashton Winger and Shane Clanton rounding out the top five.
The finish:
Jonathan Davenport, Kyle Strickler, Brandon Overton, Ashton Winger, Shane Clanton, Chris Madden, Chris Ferguson, Tim McCreadie, Joseph Joiner, Dale McDowell, Bobby Pierce, Jimmy Owens, Mike Marlar, Wil Herrington, Jeff Smith, Kyle Bronson, Kyle Larson, Ricky Thornton Jr., Brenden Smith, Cade Dillard, Jason Garver, Ricky Weiss, Mark Whitener, Scott Bloomquist