Jonathan Davenport took the lead from a slowing Kyle Strickler on the final lap of the Intercontinental Classic to earn the $50,000 payday on Saturday night. Strickler slowed coming to the white after leading 65 laps in his most impressive performance to date.
Davenport’s win was the fifth major event Eldora triumph of his career.
Heat #1 – (15)Laps – Top 4 Transfer 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[1]; 2. 7-Ricky Weiss[4]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[5]; 4. 11H-Spencer Hughes[2]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr.[3]; 6. 0-Scott Bloomquist[6]; 7. 57-Zack Mitchell[8]; 8. 11-Gordy Gundaker[11]; 9. 95-Jerry Bowersock[12]; 10. 15-Jon Henry[10]; 11. 23-Cory Hedgecock[7]
Heat #2 – (15)Laps – Top 4 Transfer 1. 44-Chris Madden[2]; 2. 14-Josh Richards[5]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 4. 18-Chase Junghans[1]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr.[8]; 6. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[9]; 7. 3-Matt Miller[11]; 8. 58-Ross Bailes[7]; 9. 18B-Shannon Babb[3]; 10. 12D-Doug Drown[10]
Heat #3 – (15)Laps – Top 4 Transfer 1. 8-Kyle Strickler[3]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[5]; 3. 29V-Darrell Lanigan[2]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 5. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[11]; 6. 71-Hudson O’Neal[9]; 7. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[10]; 8. 7R-Kent Robinson[8]; 9. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 10. 157-Mike Marlar[1]
Heat #4 – (15)Laps – Top 4 Transfer 1. 22F-Chris Ferguson[4]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[5]; 3. 83-Scott James[9]; 4. 1C-Chad Simpson[1]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 6. 22-Gregg Satterlee[8]; 7. 36-Logan Martin[10]; 8. 111-Steven Roberts[6]; 9. 25F-Jason Feger[2]
B-Feature #1 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 0-Scott Bloomquist[1]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr.[2]; 3. 95-Jerry Bowersock[7]; 4. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[4]; 5. 57-Zack Mitchell[3]; 6. 3-Matt Miller[6]; 7. 15-Jon Henry[9]; 8. 11-Gordy Gundaker[5]; 9. 58-Ross Bailes[8]; 10. 12D-Doug Drown[10]; 11. 23-Cory Hedgecock[11]
B-Feature #2 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 7R-Kent Robinson[7]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[9]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 4. 22-Gregg Satterlee[4]; 5. 111-Steven Roberts[8]; 6. 36-Logan Martin[6]; 7. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[5]; 8. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[1]; 9. 25F-Jason Feger[10]; 10. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 11. 157-Mike Marlar[11]
A-Feature – (67)Laps 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[8]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[9]; 3. 18B-Shannon Babb[18]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr.[17]; 5. 22F-Chris Ferguson[1]; 6. 8-Kyle Strickler[2]; 7. 0-Scott Bloomquist[19]; 8. 18-Chase Junghans[14]; 9. 44-Chris Madden[3]; 10. 1-Brandon Sheppard[10]; 11. 83-Scott James[12]; 12. 76-Brandon Overton[7]; 13. 29V-Darrell Lanigan[11]; 14. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr.[21]; 15. 95-Jerry Bowersock[23]; 16. 1C-Chad Simpson[16]; 17. 17M-Dale McDowell[4]; 18. 7R-Kent Robinson[20]; 19. 7-Ricky Weiss[5]; 20. 11H-Spencer Hughes[13]; 21. 14-Josh Richards[6]; 22. 32-Bobby Pierce[22]; 23. 40B-Kyle Bronson[24]; 24. 20-Jimmy Owens[15]
Courtesy Campbell / Yost / Arch