The 2026 World of Outlaws Super Dirt Late Model Series was back in action on Friday night at Modoc Speedway in Modoc, South Carolina for night 1 of Modoc 100 weekend.
It was a month ago that the Outlaw Late Models last raced, when they had a two-night series at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Series Raceway in Pevely, Missouri, in September. World 100 winner at Eldora Speedway, Nick Hoffman claimed the two nights that were called “King of the Arch.”
Meanwhile, Bobby Pierce, who has won a season-high 20 races in one season, continues to lead the overall championship points by 96 over Hoffman.
When all was said and done at the end of the 40-lap feature, the checkered flag went to Cody Overton, who fended off Pierce in a late-race rally to secure his first-ever career victory with the Outlaw Late Models.
“I really didn’t think nothing about it,” C. Overton said to Dirtvision in victory lane when asked about Pierce running him down. “I kept telling myself, he’s going to have to kill me to come through here. Anybody that tries to (pass) me, because I’m telling you, I was driving my heart out, man. This has been a long time. No one understands how hard it is to win one of these (races). This is a dream come true, it is. I can’t thank James (Trantina III, Team Owner), and I know it’s not a lot of money, but these are the hardest races to win, and no one gets it. I got one.”
39 Dirt Late Models were on the entry list for tonight’s event.
Feature Race Recap – 40-Laps – $12,000 To Win
C. Overton started on the pole thanks to the re-draw dash, and Garrett Smith started on the outside pole.
C. Overton led the first lap and had the lead at Lap 10 with no yellows. At Lap 14, C. Overton began lapping Eli Johnson’s car. C. Overton continued to lead at the halfway mark with Garrett Smith, Chris Madden, Hudson O’Neal, and Jonathan Davenport, who completed the top five. The first yellow occurred on the same lap for Carson Ferguson, who spun off Turn 2 due to contact from Tyler Erb. Johnson also pulled in the infield during the stoppage. The second yellow didn’t take long as it came out on Lap 25 for Johnson, who had spun around in Turn 4.
The green flag flew with 16 laps to go and had a short run before the third caution was displayed with seven laps to go for Erb. Erb pulled his car in the infield and fixed the minimal damage on the right-rear quarter panel. The team later reported it was a broken axle for Erb, and he was done for the night.
Pierce slipped into the third position with five laps to go on the restart and inched his way closer to the race leader of, C. Overton. Despite the rally from Pierce, C. Overton held on to win his first career World of Outlaws Super Dirt Late Models victory.
Heat Race Recaps – Top Four Transfer – 8 Laps A Piece
Prior to the heat races, there was a Hot Lap and Qualifying session. Carson Ferguson was fastest in Hot Laps with a time of 15.119 seconds. In Flight A qualifying, Tim McCreadie was originally the fastest, but was disqualified; therefore, the fastest in Flight A went to Mike Marlar instead, with a time of 15.511 seconds. For Flight B qualifying, the fastest went to Hoffman with a time of 15.750 seconds.
Heat 1 – Chris Madden had the pole for the first heat. Hunter Kohn got up high off Turn 2 on the first lap and slowed a little bit, but no yellow was thrown. On the next lap, Marlar also had trouble and was slow in the same turn.
Madden went on to win the heat race with Daulton Wilson, Tristan Chamberlain, and Ethan Dotson taking the top four.
Heat 2 – Garrett Smith was on pole for the second heat. Garrett would take the heat race victory with Brandon Overton, Michael Brown, and Kyle Strickler transferring.
Heat 3 – Hoffman had the top spot for the third heat. C. Overton took the lead from Hoffman going into Turns 3 and 4 after being side-by-side with Hoffman on the first lap. Meanwhile, Pierce stuffed the wall off Turn 2 on Lap 3, but kept going without issue.
C. Overton won the third heat with Hoffman, O’Neal, and Chris Ferguson as the top four transfers.
Heat 4 – Davenport started first and finished first for the fourth and final heat, and took home the heat victory. Carson Ferguson, Erb, and Trey Mills rounded out the transfer spots.
In the World of Outlaws Re-draw dash for the top eight starters, it was C. Overton who took the No. 1 spot and started on the pole for the feature. Garrett Smith drew second, Madden third, Davenport fourth, Hoffman fifth, Daulton Wilson sixth, Brandon Overton seventh, and Carson Ferguson eighth.
There were two Last Chance Showdown features that were 10 laps a piece, with the top three rounding out the final transfer spots. Ross Bailes won the first showdown, while Ryan Gustin took the second showdown win. Others moving on from the LCS were Ethan Wilson, Dennis Erb Jr., Pierce, and Logan Zarin.
For those who missed the feature, you can watch the highlights below.
Official Race Results Following Night 1 at Modoc Speedway
- Cody Overton
- Bobby Pierce
- Jonathan Davenport
- Chris Madden
- Nick Hoffman
- Hudson O’Neal
- Brandon Overton
- Dennis Erb Jr
- Trey Mills
- Garrett Smith
- Ethan Dotson
- Daulton Wilson
- Tim McCreadie
- Dustin Sorensen
- Ethan Wilson
- Ryan Gustin
- Michael Brown
- Ross Bailes
- Kyle Strickler
- Tristan Chamberlain
- Tyler Erb
- Chris Ferguson
- Carson Ferguson
- Logan Zarin
- Eli Johnson
- Brent Larson
Up Next – Night 2 of the Modoc 100 continues Saturday night at Modoc Speedway, live on Dirtvision.
