The Headline(s)
Jonathan Davenport and team guessed right in setup, leading all 50 laps on a heavily-farmed Stuart International Speedway surface to win the opening night of the Fever Heat 100.
How it Happened
2022 Fever Heat 100 (XR Super Series)
Where: Stuart International Speedway – Stuart, Iowa (streamed on RaceXR)
Winner’s Purse: $20,000
After uncharacteristic struggles Saturday night in the Gopher 50 feature at Deer Creek Raceway, Jonathan Davenport wasted no time returning to form on the black dirt of the Midwest. Leading all 50 laps from the pole Monday night (July 11), Davenport was never challenged in scoring a $20,000 victory.
🏁 Jonathan Davenport drops the steering wheel at Stuart!
He wins tonights #FeverHeat100 with the #RaceXR Super Series!
🥈 Tim McCreadie
🥉 Ryan Gustin pic.twitter.com/ihBvT6j4wp— Always Race Day (@AlwaysRaceDay) July 12, 2022
Davenport and crew threw what the driver called a neutral setup at their car because the track crew at Stuart opted to completely farm the track between the stock car and late model features, tilling and watering the entire racing surface. The decision was criticized (subtly) by Davenport and explicitly by runner-up Tim McCreadie during post-race interviews.
2022 FEVER HEAT 100 RACE RESULTS
There will be no change atop the XR Super Series points standings, as current leader Chris Madden finished sixth. The biggest mover in points was a backwards move for Chris Ferguson, who despite sitting third in the tour standings did not make the trip to Stuart.
Success Stories
Not only did Davenport dominate the entire evening in Stuart, winning quick time, his heat race and leading all 50 laps of the Fever Heat 100 feature, he was leading a charmed life as well. Davenport didn’t slow a bit despite slapping the wall under a lap 17 yellow flag after Daulton Wilson pounded the fence in front of him, leaving the No. 49 with no room to evade.
If there was any driver in the field hard done by how long it took the track to come in, it’d likely be Ryan Gustin’s No. 19 car. Gustin absolutely tore through the field up to third in the closing laps on the far high side of the track and was a handful of laps away from factoring in for the win.
Bobby Pierce, who’s running away with what will likely be another DIRTcar Summer Nationals championship, made a nine-hour detour from that circuit to race at Stuart Monday, and earned $4,000 for an eighth-place finish. Considering he’s spent the last…
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