ST. LOUIS — Ricky Thornton Jr. won his 40th feature of the season on night two of the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center on Friday night.
Thornton grabbed the lead from Chris Simpson on a lap-15 restart and led the remainder of the 25-lap late model feature on the fifth-mile temporary dirt track.
Thornton, who won the modified main event on Thursday, defeated Simpson by 3.802 seconds and earned $5,000 for the triumph.
Brandon Sheppard, Josh Rice and Tanner English rounded out the top five.
Spencer Hughes, who finished sixth, was the fast qualifier for the 64-car field with a lap of 11.732 seconds.
The finish:
Ricky Thornton Jr., Chris Simpson, Brandon Sheppard, Josh Rice, Tanner English, Spencer Hughes, Jimmy Owens, Trevor Gundaker, Kylan Garner, Cody Bauer, Ryan Montgomery, Ryan Unzicker, Devin Moran, Josh Dietz, Austin Howes, Jeffrey Ledford, Jacob Magee, Tyler Carpenter.