The Headline(s)
Jonathan Davenport continued to own the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track while Kyle Larson led a charge of driver vitriol against the World of Outlaws.
How it Happened
2022 Bristol Bash (World of Outlaws late models, sprint cars)
Where: Bristol Dirt Track – Bristol, Tenn. (streamed on DirtVision)
Winner’s Purse: $25,000 (nightly)
On a rare doubleheader weekend for the touring series under the World of Outlaws banner, it was the late models that stole the weekend headlines. Saturday night’s feature saw 2019 series Rookie of the Year Ricky Weiss score a major breakthrough, finally scoring a Bristol win after showing speed all through this spring’s Bristol Dirt Nationals and last year’s WoO program at Bristol, besting Chris Madden after briefly losing the race leader to last year’s series runner-up around the mid-race point.
. @dirtvision REPLAY: @weissracing7 Dominated The night @BMSupdates!!!…fast qualifier, winner of his heat, he drew the pole, and won the feature!! pic.twitter.com/Flv9YzENzQ
— World of Outlaws Late Models (@WoOLateModels) May 1, 2022
Friday night’s show had far more fireworks. Not only did Jonathan Davenport break through to become the first driver to win a WoO from outside the front row since the return of Bristol dirt last year, he had to hold off a furious charge from the night’s hard charger, Larson.
. @dirtvision REPLAY: Tonight’s Feature race @BMSupdates was won by @TheFast49 but it was @KyleLarsonRacin Who stole the show! pic.twitter.com/ymwkiYa5gx
— World of Outlaws Late Models (@WoOLateModels) April 30, 2022
Larson, who finished eighth after slapping the wall on the last lap trying to catch Davenport, had been forced to start at the tail of the field after his No. 6 car was late to the staging area for the night’s feature. Larson and owner Kevin Rumley both blasted WoO series officials for the decision (more on that later), part of a chorus of high-profile drivers taking very public…
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