Cody Overton Captures First Career Spring Nationals Series Main Event At Senoia Raceway

Story By: RYAN DELPH / SPRING NATIONALS SERIES – SENOIA, GA – After starting out the Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series presented by Coltman Farms Racing and fueled by Sunoco season with trouble on Friday at Swainsboro Raceway, Cody Overton rebounded in a big way on Saturday at Senoia Raceway by picking up his first career win with the tour.

Cody stopped the clock fifth quickest overall during the qualifying session prior to securing a heat race triumph. After starting the 53-lap headliner from the outside of the front row, Cody grabbed the top spot from polesitter Cory Hedgecock on the third circuit and never looked back.

With the track turning bottom dominant in the early stages of the race, Cody kept his #2 machine glued to the inside groove, repelled a late-race challenge by Ethan Dotson, and won by 0.837 of a second in the caution-free affair to bag the $10,053 payday. Finishing second at the Senoia, Georgia oval was the sixth-starting Dotson. Ashton Winger ran in the runner-up spot through much of the contest before rounding out the podium in third. Cory Hedgecock, who narrowly led the first couple of laps, came home in the fourth position, while Dalton Cook recorded his second straight fifth place performance with the Spring Nationals tour.

“Just proves how good my guys are by rebounding like that after we had some trouble last night at Swainsboro,” quoted Overton in Schaeffer’s Oil victory lane. “Accidents like that happen. It’s just tough, we were non-stop changing stuff and some things got left behind. My car was really good though and it showed tonight. I hate that the track took rubber like that because I felt like we were maneuverable and I could have put my car wherever it needed to go. Thanks to everyone associated with our team – the crew guys and all of our great sponsors!”

The Evans, Georgia ace piloted a Dave Steine Motorsports #2 Longhorn Chassis powered by a Clements Racing Engine with sponsorship in part from Shaw Trucking, Big Dog Stump & Tree, Richard David Legacy Motors, Morley Enterprises, Supply Chain Management, Coltman Farms Racing, Tribble Electric, Budweiser, Buffalo Bar & Grill, Southern Time Clothing, H&A Development, and Bilstein Shock Absorbers.

A contingent of 30 competitors piled into the Senoia Raceway pit area to do battle in the first round of the Coltman Farms Cup. Cody Overton went quickest in MyRacePass Fantasy Racing Hot Laps with a time of 15.498 seconds, while Cory Hedgecock earned Fast Time honors during FK Rod Ends qualifying with his fast lap of 15.587 seconds. The trio of heat races were won by Hedgecock, Overton, and Zack Mitchell. The lone B-Main was captured by Michael Page.

After the pair of Spring Nationals races over the weekend in the Peach State, Ethan Dotson, of Bakersfield, California, currently sits atop of the miniseries point standings. Chris Madden and Trey Mills are tied for the second spot – only six markers behind Dotson. Dalton Cook and Ashton Winger round out the top five in the latest series standings. By virtue of his victory at Senoia, Cody Overton finds himself on top of the leaderboard for the Coltman Farms Cup.

Next up for the Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series presented by Coltman Farms Racing and fueled by Sunoco will be an Alabama two-step on March 28-29. Up first will be a visit to Buckshot Speedway in Clanton, Alabama on that Friday for a $7,553 to win event, while Saturday’s show at the historic East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Alabama will shell out a $10,053 first place prize. The shootout at EAMS will also be the second race in the chase for the coveted Coltman Farms Cup.

Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series presented by Coltman Farms Racing
Round 2 Race Summary
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Senoia Raceway – Senoia, Georgia

Super Late Model

A Feature 1 (53 Laps): 1. 2-Cody Overton[2]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 3. 12-Ashton Winger[4]; 4. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[1]; 5. 44D-Dalton Cook[8]; 6. 14JR-Trey Mills[7]; 7. 93-Carson Ferguson[9]; 8. 57-Zack Mitchell[3]; 9. 44-Chris Madden[5]; 10. 96-Tanner English[11]; 11. 10-Garrett Smith[10]; 12. 15K-Wil Herrington[12]; 13. 16-Sam Seawright[16]; 14. 22*-Drake Troutman[13]; 15. 66K-Dylan Knowles[14]; 16. 24-Zach Leonhardi[15]; 17. 24D-Michael Brown[18]; 18. 42K-Cla Knight[21]; 19. 388-Jackson Hise[20]; 20. 6-Clay Harris[17]; 21. 09-Michael Leach[22]; 22. 18X-Michael Page[19]

Entries: 30
Lap Leaders: Cory Hedgecock (Laps 1-2), Cody Overton (Laps 3-53)
DirtCarLift.com Cautions: 0
MyRacePass Fantasy Racing Hot Laps: Fast Lap: Cody Overton 15.498
FK Rod Ends Time Trials: Fast Time Overall: Cory Hedgecock 15.587

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 18X-Michael Page[1]; 2. 388-Jackson Hise[2]; 3. 42K-Cla Knight[4]; 4. 09-Michael Leach[3]; 5. 18-Matt Dooley[5]; 6. 11-Cruz Skinner[6]; 7. 33-Colton Leyendecker[7]; 8. 38-Matthew Taylor[10]; 9. 54-Garrett Williams[9]; 10. (DNS) 18D-Derek Dent; 11. (DNS) 14-Haiden Cowan; 12. (DNS) 21-Devon Morgan

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[1]; 2. 12-Ashton Winger[2]; 3. 14JR-Trey Mills[6]; 4. 10-Garrett Smith[4]; 5. 22*-Drake Troutman[3]; 6. 16-Sam Seawright[7]; 7. 18X-Michael Page[5]; 8. 42K-Cla Knight[9]; 9. 33-Colton Leyendecker[10]; 10. 38-Matthew Taylor[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Cody Overton[2]; 2. 44-Chris Madden[4]; 3. 44D-Dalton Cook[5]; 4. 96-Tanner English[3]; 5. 66K-Dylan Knowles[1]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[8]; 7. 388-Jackson Hise[6]; 8. 18-Matt Dooley[7]; 9. 18D-Derek Dent[10]; 10. 14-Haiden Cowan[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Zack Mitchell[2]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[3]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson[1]; 4. 15K-Wil Herrington[4]; 5. 24-Zach Leonhardi[7]; 6. 24D-Michael Brown[6]; 7. 09-Michael Leach[5]; 8. 11-Cruz Skinner[9]; 9. 54-Garrett Williams[10]; 10. 21-Devon Morgan[8]

Qualifying 1: 1. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 00:15.587[23]; 2. 66K-Dylan Knowles, 00:15.614[17]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.633[3]; 4. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:15.650[22]; 5. 2-Cody Overton, 00:15.655[5]; 6. 57-Zack Mitchell, 00:15.661[1]; 7. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:15.670[7]; 8. 96-Tanner English, 00:15.670[19]; 9. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:15.692[12]; 10. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.697[4]; 11. 44-Chris Madden, 00:15.765[26]; 12. 15K-Wil Herrington, 00:15.791[29]; 13. 18X-Michael Page, 00:15.810[11]; 14. 44D-Dalton Cook, 00:15.823[9]; 15. 09-Michael Leach, 00:15.872[10]; 16. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:15.907[24]; 17. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:15.956[2]; 18. 24D-Michael Brown, 00:15.995[20]; 19. 16-Sam Seawright, 00:16.052[18]; 20. 18-Matt Dooley, 00:16.057[8]; 21. 24-Zach Leonhardi, 00:16.059[14]; 22. 38-Matthew Taylor, 00:16.160[25]; 23. 6-Clay Harris, 00:16.200[16]; 24. 21-Devon Morgan, 00:16.257[15]; 25. 42K-Cla Knight, 00:16.289[21]; 26. 14-Haiden Cowan, 00:16.335[6]; 27. 11-Cruz Skinner, 00:16.425[27]; 28. 33-Colton Leyendecker, 00:16.700[28]; 29. 18D-Derek Dent, 00:17.031[13]; 30. 54-Garrett Williams, 00:17.667[30]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 2-Cody Overton, 00:15.498[5]; 2. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:15.525[7]; 3. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:15.540[24]; 4. 15K-Wil Herrington, 00:15.561[29]; 5. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:15.582[22]; 6. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:15.675[3]; 7. 57-Zack Mitchell, 00:15.699[1]; 8. 44-Chris Madden, 00:15.717[26]; 9. 66K-Dylan Knowles, 00:15.734[17]; 10. 96-Tanner English, 00:15.759[19]; 11. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 00:15.768[23]; 12. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:15.802[12]; 13. 16-Sam Seawright, 00:15.813[18]; 14. 24D-Michael Brown, 00:15.818[20]; 15. 18X-Michael Page, 00:15.820[11]; 16. 44D-Dalton Cook, 00:15.873[9]; 17. 6-Clay Harris, 00:15.983[16]; 18. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:15.997[4]; 19. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:16.021[2]; 20. 21-Devon Morgan, 00:16.075[15]; 21. 38-Matthew Taylor, 00:16.134[25]; 22. 14-Haiden Cowan, 00:16.139[6]; 23. 24-Zach Leonhardi, 00:16.193[14]; 24. 18-Matt Dooley, 00:16.223[8]; 25. 11-Cruz Skinner, 00:16.366[27]; 26. 33-Colton Leyendecker, 00:16.372[28]; 27. 09-Michael Leach, 00:16.402[10]; 28. 42K-Cla Knight, 00:16.402[21]; 29. 18D-Derek Dent, 00:16.944[13]; 30. 54-Garrett Williams, 00:16.983[30]