Jonathan Davenport ended Ricky Thornton Jr.’s four-race winning streak at Port Royal Speedway in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competition, leading all 50 laps and collecting $50,000 for winning the Rumble by the River presented by FK Rod Ends on Saturday night.

Thornton, who was victorious Friday night, had won the previous four LOLMDS races held at Port Royal over the past two years, but that streak ended as Davenport led wire to wire.

Thornton ran second for the entire distance and banked $20,000 for the runner-up finish. Brandon Overton climbed to third just past the halfway mark and rounded out the Big River Steel Podium, taking home $10,000.

Chris Madden, who ran fourth Friday night, duplicated that finish in Saturday’s finale. Hudson O’Neal, a three-time winner at Port Royal, rounded out the top five. With his fifth-place finish, O’Neal now trails Brandon Sheppard, who finished 12th, by 55 points heading into the next series event at Knoxville Raceway in September.

In Wieland Victory Lane for the 97th time in his career, the three-time series champion earned his first Port Royal victory since 2024.

“My car was really good in clean air. I was free the whole time. The lapped cars were running a little lower, and I would just try to move up. But I feel like if we could have ever gotten into a rhythm with the lapped cars, we were going to be okay because it would have slowed everybody else up, too. Obviously, it would have slowed me up. Everybody keeps saying we’re retiring or I can’t hang because I don’t race every week, but when they put us in certain situations, we are just as good as anyone in the country,” said the Blairsville, Georgia, native.

“It’s just slick enough that on this front straightaway, you’re easing onto the throttle as gently as you can. On that last restart, I found just a little bit off of four, and I spun the tires there for about 10 or 15 feet. Then I had to crawl back and try to catch back up with it. I hope nobody got run over because I actually entered a little bit lower than I normally would have. I know that Ricky kept picking the top, so I didn’t know if he was going to try to ring the cushion, get a run down the hill and slide me into one. That’s always in the back of your mind. You don’t know they’re coming until you hear them or see them go by, and by that time, you’re not really set up for it. It worked out for us tonight.”

Thornton, who entered the night looking to win the Rumble by the River finale for the second year in a row, came home in second.

“Obviously, JD was really good as soon as he got out front. I was going to have to slide him on that last restart. I thought the top was still good in one and two, but not in three and four. I figured the smart thing was to salvage a second-place finish rather than try to win it and tear everything up. That’s the way our year has gone. I feel like we get up there and win or finish dead last. I kept watching the board. When Overton got to third, I knew he was going to get a really good restart on the bottom. I thought I had a right-rear flat, and it started vibrating really badly and hopping. I don’t know if we broke a shock or something weird like that, but for the last five or six laps, I was really hanging on.”

Overton, who started fifth, moved past Dan Ebert for third just past the halfway mark and held that position for the rest of the race.

“We had a decent weekend. We struggled a little bit last night, and to come out of here on the podium, we’ll take it. I enjoy coming here. I love this big track, and it’s always fun. We’ll take our third-place finish and go on to the next one.”

Davenport’s Lance and Darla Landers/Double L Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsored by Ace Doran Hauling and Rigging, Nutrien Ag Solutions, ASC Warranty, Mark Martin Automotive, and Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas.

Completing the top 10 were Devin Moran, Dan Ebert, Chris Ferguson, Dillon McCowan, and Mason Zeigler.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 
Race Summary 
Rumble by the River presented by FK Rod Ends | Night 2
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA

Allstar Performance Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Ricky Thornton, Jr. | 18.501 seconds
Fast Time Group B: Jonathan Davenport | 18.354 seconds(Overall)

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[3]; 3. 93F-Carson Ferguson[2]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 5. 11AC-Trevor Collins[5]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 7. 55-Jamie Lathroum[6]; 8. 15-Scott Flickinger[9]; 9. 48F-Colton Flinner[8]

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 9M-Hayes Mattern[1]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[2]; 3. 8K-Kyle Strickler[3]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[5]; 5. 1C-Alex Ferree[4]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson[6]; 7. 17SR-Brody Smith[7]; 8. 4S-Danny Snyder[8]; 9. (DNS) 93L-Cory Lawler

Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 5T-Drake Troutman[2]; 3. 24M-Kenny Moreland[4]; 4. 66C-Matt Cosner[3]; 5. 27E-Dylan Yoder[6]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[5]; 7. 0-Andrew Yoder[7]; 8. 80D-Greg Diehl[8]

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 24-Rick Eckert[5]; 5. 11-Josh Rice[4]; 6. 2J-Justin Weaver[7]; 7. 03-Brenden Queen[8]; 8. 21-Chad Myers[6]; 9. (DNS) 86-Austin Berry

MyRacePass Heat Race #5 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[1]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[3]; 3. 22G-Gregg Satterlee[4]; 4. 72-Michael Norris[2]; 5. 27-Trever Feathers[5]; 6. D19-Dillan Stake[6]; 7. 4-Gary Stuhler[7]; 8. 15K-Lane Snook[8]

Lucas Oil Products Heat Race #6 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 44M-Chris Madden[2]; 2. 111-Max Blair[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 4. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 5. 32J-Shaun Jones[7]; 6. 5J-Chad Julius[5]; 7. 121-Tristin Neiderer[8]; 8. 2-Jason Schmidt[6]

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 3. 1C-Alex Ferree[5]; 4. 66C-Matt Cosner[3]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[8]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 7. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 8. 27E-Dylan Yoder[6]; 9. 17SR-Brody Smith[11]; 10. 11AC-Trevor Collins[4]; 11. 80D-Greg Diehl[15]; 12. 55-Jamie Lathroum[10]; 13. 0-Andrew Yoder[12]; 14. 4S-Danny Snyder[14]; 15. 15-Scott Flickinger[13]; 16. (DNS) 48F-Colton Flinner; 17. (DNS) 93L-Cory Lawler

UNOH B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 24-Rick Eckert[1]; 2. 72-Michael Norris[2]; 3. 11-Josh Rice[4]; 4. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 5. 2J-Justin Weaver[7]; 6. 32J-Shaun Jones[6]; 7. D19-Dillan Stake[8]; 8. 4-Gary Stuhler[11]; 9. 03-Brenden Queen[10]; 10. 5J-Chad Julius[9]; 11. 121-Tristin Neiderer[12]; 12. 21-Chad Myers[13]; 13. 2-Jason Schmidt[15]; 14. 15K-Lane Snook[14]; 15. 27-Trever Feathers[5]; 16. (DNS) 86-Austin Berry

Rumble by the River presented by FK Rod Ends – Night 2 | Feature Finish (50 Laps):
Pos – Start – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Earnings
1 – 2 – 49 – Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA – $50,000
2 – 1 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – $21,300
3 – 5 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – $10,900
4 – 6 – 44M – Chris Madden – Gray Court, SC – $8,000
5 – 8 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – $8,300
6 – 21 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – $7,300
7 – 4 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – $5,400
8 – 9 – 22F – Chris Ferguson – Mt. Holly, NC – $4,000
9 – 10 – 8 – Dillon McCowan – Urbana, MO – $4,800
10 – 7 – 25Z – Mason Zeigler – Chalk Hill, PA – $3,600
11 – 12 – 111 – Max Blair – Centerville, PA – $4,300
12 – 14 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – $4,200
13 – 13 – 93F – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – $3,900
14 – 18 – 3s – Brian Shirley – Chatham, IL – $3,400
15 – 24 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – $3,300
16 – 17 – 24M – Kenny Moreland – Waldorf, MD – $2,300
17 – 23 – 11 – Josh Rice – Crittenden, KY – $3,100
18 – 19 – 40B – Kyle Bronson – Brandon, FL – $3,000
19 – 11 – 5T – Drake Troutman – Hyndman, PA – $2,000
20 – 20 – 24 – Rick Eckert – York, PA – $2,000
21 – 25 – 27 – Trever Feathers – Winchester, VA – $2,000
22 – 22 – 72 – Michael Norris – Sarver, PA – $2,000
23 – 15 – 8K – Kyle Strickler – Mooresville, NC – $2,000
24 – 3 – 9M – Hayes Mattern – Beavertown, PA – $2,000
25 – 16 – 22G – Gregg Satterlee – Indiana, PA – $2,100

Race Statistics  
Entrants: 51
Bilstein Shocks Pole Sitter: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
MD3 Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1-50)
Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Jonathan Davenport
Wieland Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport
Margin of Victory: 3.136 seconds
Hellraizer Jacks Cautions: Hayes Mattern (Lap 3); Kenny Moreland (Lap 7); Kyle Strickler (Lap 21); Debris (Lap 33); Rick Eckert (Lap 37)
MyRacePass Series Provisional: Josh Rice; Clay Harris
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Track Provisional: Trever Feathers
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Overton
Penske Shocks Top 5: Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Overton, Chris Madden, Hudson O’Neal
Behrent’s One-Lap-to-Go Top 3: Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Overton
PEM 4th Place Feature: Chris Madden
Diversified Machine 5th Place Feature: Hudson O’Neal
Wilwood Brakes 7th Place Feature: Dan Ebert
Wehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Max Blair
Velocity Manufacturing 13th Place Feature: Carson Ferguson
XS Power Batteries 15th Place Feature: Clay Harris
Hoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Devin Moran (Advanced 15 positions)
MD3 Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport (50 Laps)
Sunoco Race Fuels Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Sheppard
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Dillon McCowan
Pro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport | Lap 1 | 19.966 seconds
FK Rod Ends Hard Luck Award: Gregg Satterlee
Victory Fuel Power Move of the Race: Brandon Overton
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Cory Fostvedt
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Vic Hill Race Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Dan Ebert | 18.1613 seconds
Time of Race: 32 minutes 13 seconds

Big River Steel Championship Standings Presented by ARP:
Pos – Car # – Competitor – Hometown – Points – Earnings
1 – 1 – Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL – 6305 – $267,900
2 – 71 – Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN – 6250 – $244,700
3 – 99 – Devin Moran – Dresden, OH – 6200 – $310,874
4 – 76 – Brandon Overton – Evans, GA – 5855 – $156,100
5 – 20RT – Ricky Thornton Jr – Chandler, AZ – 5800 – $239,625
6 – 111 – Max Blair – Centerville, PA – 5720 – $151,075
7 – 11 – Josh Rice – Crittenden, KY – 5430 – $190,475
8 – 3s – Brian Shirley – Chatham, IL – 5405 – $108,900
9 – 58 – Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM – 5370 – $119,075
10 – 40B – Kyle Bronson – Brandon, FL – 5070 – $88,175
11 – 6 – Clay Harris – Jupiter, FL – 5060 – $100,375
12 – 93 – Carson Ferguson – Lincolnton, NC – 5015 – $93,150
13 – 60 – Dan Ebert – Lake Shore, MN – 4975 – $143,200
14 – 8 – Dillon McCowan – Urbana, MO – 4845 – $112,625
15 – 22 – Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA – 4390 – $66,700
16 – 17SS – Brenden Smith – Dade City, FL – 4035 – $49,400
17 – 93L – Cory Lawler – Hanover, PA – 3720 – $34,475

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