RTJ Snags #39 Of ’23; Ricky Thornton Jr. Takes Thursday’s Gateway Dirt Nationals Mod Prelim

Information By: GATEWAY DIRT NATIONALS – ST. LOUIS, MO – Ricky Thornton Jr. picked up the Modified feature event win on Thursday’s prelim night for the 2023 Gateway Dirt Nationals inside the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, MO.

Michael Ledford was second with Dave Hess in third. Those three are now locked into Saturday evening’s $10,000-to-win main event.

Brayden Watson finished fourth with Trevor Neville completing the top five.

Summit Racing Equipment A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 37L-Michael Ledford[3]; 3. 44H-Dave Hess Jr[1]; 4. 93W-Brayden Watson[4]; 5. 777-Trevor Neville[6]; 6. J82-Treb Jacoby[7]; 7. 36-Kenny Wallace[8]; 8. J24-Jeremy Nichols[14]; 9. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 10. 18-Michael Long[9]; 11. 7-Clay Money[15]; 12. 20-Jimmy Owens[10]; 13. 19H-Trey Harris[11]; 14. 6X-Zach Johnson[17]; 15. 1S-Scott Bintz[16]; 16. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[12]; 17. 7N-Tim Nash[18]; 18. 10Y-Trent Young[13]

MOD Wars 100 B Feature (8 Laps): 1. 6X-Zach Johnson[4]; 2. 7N-Tim Nash[8]; 3. 77-Ray Bollinger[1]; 4. 65-Todd Sherman[9]; 5. 787-Cody Zobrist[10]; 6. 14C-Rick Conoyer[3]; 7. 95-Michael Altobelli[5]; 8. 19-Chad Bauer[7]; 9. 69L-Josh Lemke[6]; 10. C4-Chris Soutiea[11]; 11. (DNF) 14-Dalton Lane[2]; 12. (DNS) 242-Logan Veloz

MD3 Products Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44H-Dave Hess Jr[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 3. 18-Michael Long[3]; 4. 10Y-Trent Young[5]; 5. 77-Ray Bollinger[4]; 6. 95-Michael Altobelli[6]; 7. 65-Todd Sherman[7]

Wilde Arms Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 4. J24-Jeremy Nichols[4]; 5. 14-Dalton Lane[6]; 6. 69L-Josh Lemke[7]; 7. (DNF) 787-Cody Zobrist[5]

Dirt Car Lift Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 37L-Michael Ledford[1]; 2. J82-Treb Jacoby[2]; 3. 19H-Trey Harris[3]; 4. 7-Clay Money[5]; 5. 14C-Rick Conoyer[4]; 6. 19-Chad Bauer[6]; 7. (DNF) C4-Chris Soutiea[7]

Rapid Air Products Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 93W-Brayden Watson[1]; 2. 36-Kenny Wallace[4]; 3. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[6]; 4. 1S-Scott Bintz[5]; 5. 6X-Zach Johnson[2]; 6. 7N-Tim Nash[3]; 7. (DNF) 242-Logan Veloz[7]

Wehrs Machine Qualifying: 1. 44H-Dave Hess Jr, 00:13.412[26]; 2. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:13.415[7]; 3. 37L-Michael Ledford, 00:13.420[14]; 4. 93W-Brayden Watson, 00:13.422[11]; 5. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson, 00:13.491[19]; 6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.562[28]; 7. J82-Treb Jacoby, 00:13.615[4]; 8. 6X-Zach Johnson, 00:13.644[16]; 9. 18-Michael Long, 00:13.683[10]; 10. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:13.701[15]; 11. 19H-Trey Harris, 00:13.727[8]; 12. 7N-Tim Nash, 00:13.756[27]; 13. 77-Ray Bollinger, 00:13.769[2]; 14. J24-Jeremy Nichols, 00:13.772[24]; 15. 14C-Rick Conoyer, 00:13.774[13]; 16. 36-Kenny Wallace, 00:13.778[21]; 17. 10Y-Trent Young, 00:13.832[6]; 18. 787-Cody Zobrist, 00:13.838[5]; 19. 7-Clay Money, 00:13.854[17]; 20. 1S-Scott Bintz, 00:13.854[18]; 21. 95-Michael Altobelli, 00:13.862[9]; 22. 14-Dalton Lane, 00:13.905[12]; 23. 19-Chad Bauer, 00:13.964[20]; 24. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum, 00:14.045[1]; 25. 65-Todd Sherman, 00:14.084[3]; 26. 69L-Josh Lemke, 00:14.148[25]; 27. C4-Chris Soutiea, 00:14.457[22]; 28. (DNS) 242-Logan Veloz, 00:14.457