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Jonathan Davenport and Kyle Larson, the top-two finishers in Flo Racing Night in America points a year ago, split the trophies during the first week of the 2022 tour.
How it Happened
2022 Flo Racing Night in America
Where: Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio & Brownstown Speedway – Brownstown, Ind.
Winner’s Purse: $22,022 (nightly)
Davenport’s winless streak to start 2022 already seems like a distant memory. The defending Flo Racing Series champion, Davenport took the lead from Mike Marlar barely a tenth of the way into Wednesday’s (April 27) feature at Brownstown Speedway and left the field in the dust, scoring his second super late model win of the year in convincing fashion.
🎤 @Castrol Victory Lane with @TheFast49 at @btownspeedway! pic.twitter.com/zdHwEbrPQz
— FloRacing (@FloRacing) April 28, 2022
Though Davenport remarked in victory lane that he felt like he was struggling with lapped cars, the outcome of the race was never in doubt. Though a number of drivers made steady progress through the field, by race’s end at Brownstown the running order was all but locked down.
The previous night at Eldora Speedway was far removed from those track conditions at Brownstown. A rainy spring and new clay at Tony Stewart’s famed Ohio oval made for rough track conditions similar to those seen at Volusia Speedway Park during the Sunshine Nationals back in January, though the damage through the field was nowhere near as acute.
As for the race itself, the hammer-down conditions left Larson to put an absolute spanking on the field, winning by a country mile and lapping up to sixth place despite the feature having been cut from 50 to 30 laps due to track conditions.
🏁 WINNING MOMENT: @KyleLarsonRacin gets by @TheFast49 early to win @Castrol FloRacing Night in America Race #1 at @EldoraSpeedway pic.twitter.com/zAB4PUnstH
— FloRacing (@FloRacing) April 27, 2022
The win marked Larson’s third on dirt in 2022 and first in a super late…
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