BARBERVILLE, Fla.  With more than two decades of dirt late model experience and hundreds of wins on his résumé, Jonathan Davenport rarely accomplishes a feat for the first time.

But thats exactly what he did Saturday night at Volusia Speedway Park , as Superman scored his first World of Outlaws Late Models victory at the track in the Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals finale.

A 12th-place starting spot could have meant a win was out of the question for most drivers, considering how track position had been at a premium throughout the week. But not for Davenport. The Blairsville, Ga., driver cracked the top 10 by Lap 5, then into the top five a dozen laps later, and finally up to second 20 laps into the 50-lap feature.

What made the drive all the more impressive was that it came without any cautions to bunch the field up. That meant that when Davenport got by Bobby Pierce for second, he had a gap of nearly five seconds to make up to Drake Troutman, who left the field in the dust in the first half of the race.

Davenport was up for the challenge though. The margin immediately began to wither away, and 10 laps later, Davenport was on Troutmans outside, ripping the top lane trying to wrestle the lead away. That would become a theme for the closing laps, as Troutman and most of the field stuck to the rubbered-up bottom groove while Davenport worked the high side for everything it was worth.

I kind of got lost in lap traffic and didnt really know where I was, Davenport said. I looked on the board and saw that I was second and the 22 was leading, so I just started looking for Drake. He was caught in lap traffic just riding around in the rubber, just didnt know I was coming.

Their battle went on pause with 13 to go when a flat right-rear tire on Dustin Walkers  car brought out the caution after 37 laps of green-flag racing. Once the race got going again, it was more of the same between Troutman and Davenport, as the two put on a show running side-by-side lap after lap.

With 10 laps remaining, Davenport finally cleared Troutman, slipped down into the preferred low lane and quickly drove away. A pair of late cautions gave the field their chance at Davenport, but no one was able to stop him from claiming his second Gator of the week.

It just worked out perfect, Davenport said. I aint never raced side-by-side with somebody in the rubber with me on the top, thats just crazy. I hate to do that to Drake, I cleared him just enough into Turn 1 where I could turn back down in the rubber and then protect. From then, I knew I had really burnt my tires up trying to get there. So then it was just ride and save my tires as much as possible.

While Troutman may have come up short, Saturday was nothing short of a statement night for the MD3 Rookie of the Year contender. Following five days of racing that saw the Pennsylvanian finish no better than 15th, Troutman took on one of the greatest dirt late model drivers of all time head-to-head and nearly came out on top.

Went a little bit too hard early and then the track rubbered down on us, we went with soft tires tonight and just used them all up, Troutman said. Congrats to JD, hes a hell of a wheelman and its tough to beat him on this kind of racetrack. Hes really experienced and just really smart behind the wheel. Congrats to him, and well be back.

The finish:

Feature (50 Laps): 1. 49D-Jonathan Davenport[12]; 2. 22*-Drake Troutman[1]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman [4]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[8]; 5. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 8. 111-Max Blair[13]; 9. 58-Garrett Alberson[16]; 10. 19R-Ryan Gustin [5]; 11. 97-Cade Dillard [10]; 12. 16-Tyler Bruending[17]; 13. 9M-Tim McCreadie[9]; 14. 93-Carson Ferguson[18]; 15. 3S-Brian Shirley[15]; 16. 1T-Tyler Erb[11]; 17. 157-Mike Marlar[7]; 18. 60-Dan Ebert[22]; 19. 09-Michael Leach[20]; 20. 74X-Ethan Dotson[23]; 21. 19-Dustin Sorensen [24]; 22. 28-Dennis Erb Jr.[25]; 23. 40B-Kyle Bronson[21]; 24. 1-Brandon Sheppard[19]; 25. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[28]; 26. 114-Jordan Koehler[14]; 27. 14W-Dustin Walker [29]; 28. 2-Cody Overton[27]; 29. 96-Tanner English[30]; 30. B1-Brent Larson- [26]; 31. 18D-Daulton Wilson[31]