It took a little longer than he would have liked, but Jonathan Davenport is officially a winner with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision in 2026.

Less than 90 minutes south of his home on the “Dirty Dollar Ranch” in Belton, SC, “Superman” took the checkers on the final night of the Modoc 100 at Modoc Speedway to cap off the track’s first weekend on the national Late Model stage.

Despite never competing full-time on the World of Outlaws tour, Davenport is among the most successful drivers in Series history regardless. His Modoc win was the 19th of his career with the World of Outlaws, placing him in a tie with Mike Marlar and Nick Hoffman for 14th on the all-time list, and leaving him behind only Jimmy Owens as the second-winningest driver without a full-time season under their belt.

Davenport got to the lead at Modoc at the expense of Friday winner Cody Overton, who got over the cushion and pounded the Turn 1 wall on Lap 20, ending his night and handing the lead to Davenport. The No. 49 looked dominant in clean air, but traffic allowed his challengers to get back in range.

As the laps continued to wind down, his biggest threat became Bobby Pierce, who worked his way from 21st in the starting order all the way to second. But as Pierce was sizing up a move for the lead with five to go, the No. 32 slowed on the backstretch and entered the infield with a broken oil pump belt, leaving Pierce as a DNF in 18th.

His misfortune handed second to Ryan Gustin, who ripped the cushion for all it was worth to try and pass Davenport, ultimately ending up a few car-lengths short in second.

“Good thing I ain’t got a rearview mirror because I really don’t know where they was at,” Davenport said. “I didn’t know where I was best at or worse at. What a phenomenal racetrack. I wasn’t in love with it last night, but it was better than old Modoc. But tonight, I loved it, it was really good. You had to really hit your marks to where you were going to run at on the racetrack, you could really slip and not get back going the other way. It’s just so icy slick.”

Gustin’s second-place result was his best Series finish since Georgetown Speedway on May 13, while Hudson O’Neal put the K&L Rumley Enterprises No. 6 on a World of Outlaws podium for the seventh time this season in third. Trey Mills finished in a career-best fourth ahead of Nick Hoffman, whose fifth-place run combined with Pierce’s DNF has his points deficit at 76 markers with three race nights remaining at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

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RACE NOTES:

Chris Ferguson set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Cody Overton won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Cody Overton won Heat 1.

Hudson O’Neal won STAKT Products Heat 2.

Tyler Erb won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.

Ryan Gustin won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.

Ethan Dotson and Brandon Overton won the Last Chance Showdowns.

Cody Overton won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Luke Morey won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Trey Mills won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

Ryan Gustin was the Air National Guard Second-Place Finisher.

Hudson O’Neal was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Trey Mills was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Tim McCreadie was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Ross Bailes was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Tyler Erb was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Ethan Dotson was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Carson Ferguson was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Dennis Erb Jr. was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Chris Ferguson was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Garrett Smith was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Bobby Pierce was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

Feature (60 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[7]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 3. 6-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 4. 14-Trey Mills[9]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[5]; 6. 9M-Tim McCreadie[8]; 7. 16B-Ross Bailes[14]; 8. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 9. 49M-Luke Morey[20]; 10. 74X-Ethan Dotson[17]; 11. 93-Carson Ferguson[11]; 12. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[23]; 13. 22-Chris Ferguson[15]; 14. 10-Garrett Smith[25]; 15. 1Z-Logan Zarin[26]; 16. 19-Dustin Sorensen[10]; 17. 58V-Daulton Wilson[12]; 18. 32-Bobby Pierce[21]; 19. 157-Mike Marlar[6]; 20. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[24]; 21. 44-Chris Madden[13]; 22. 76-Brandon Overton[18]; 23. 55E-Eli Johnson[16]; 24. 15-Ethan Wilson[22]; 25. 8-Kyle Strickler[19]; 26. 97-Cody Overton[1]

This article was republished with permission from the World of Outlaws Late Models. The original article can be found here: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/davenport-scores-first-world-of-outlaws-win-of-2026-in-modoc-100-finale/

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