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About Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

Founded in 2005, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series showcases the talents of the top dirt late model drivers from across the country. In 2023, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will sanction 56 events across 16 states, including some of the biggest marquee events in the industry, providing dirt slinging, sideways, door-to-door racing action lap after lap. 

 The series receives national exposure through a television package streamed live via MAVTV on FloRacing, with select broadcasts on MAVTV Motorsports Network.  

 The in your face excitement of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is second to none in motorsports. For more information, including the latest news, tour schedule, driver information, and more, visit the official website at: www.LucasDirt.com.

 

Mike Marlar Triumphs for First Career Jackson 100 at Brownstown

BROWNSTOWN, IN (October 12, 2024) – Mike Marlar scored a popular win on Saturday night as the Winfield, Tennessee, native picked up his first Jackson 100 presented by Summit Racing Equipment, becoming the 33rd different driver to win Brownstown Speedway’s most prestigious event.

 

Marlar collected $50,000 for the win in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event, which was the richest in the track's 72-year history. Marlar led 58 of the 100 laps, taking the lead for good from Bobby Pierce on lap 48. He led the rest of the way in a race that saw only one caution flag. 

 

Ricky Thornton Jr. moved into second around Pierce on lap 53 as he trailed Marlar to the finish line. Pierce, who led for 42 laps, rounded out the Big River Steel podium in third. Tim McCreadie finished in fourth, and Jonathan Davenport rounded out the top five.

 

Marlar’s 23rd career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win was hard-earned as he led on two different occasions during the race. He was out in front for the first five laps until Pierce, who started fourth, took over the point. Pierce then started to pull away from Marlar, but Marlar began to track down the driver who was looking for his 35th win of the season. Marlar was able to catch up to Pierce, passing him with 48 laps scored.

 

For the second time this season, in Lucas Oil Victory Lane, an emotional Marlar emerged from his car in front of an appreciative crowd.

 

“It’s been a trying season for sure. I love my guys; they’re my family. It’s been rough. I mean, usually, I don’t get that emotional, but man, we’ve been through it. I knew the track would clean up pretty fast; I thought I was in trouble when it cleaned up there. I had some good runs but didn’t want to be in that traffic. I finally got the open track, and he [Pierce] was struggling a little bit, so I got by him there, and you know he’s tough to beat. It’s fun racing with those guys. I am getting to be the old guy in the crowd, and you know them young kids can still make me better all the time.”   

 

Thornton leaves Brownstown as the Midwest Sheet Metal point leader heading into the season finale at Eldora next weekend - holding a 50-point lead in the race for the $200,000 championship.

 

“It was a really good weekend for us. Obviously, we wanted to win tonight; congrats to Mikey. He’s been really good this weekend, too. Hopefully, we can carry this momentum into Eldora next week. I felt like we’ve got a little more balance that we’ve been looking for. So, hopefully, we can keep the speed going. The only thing is I should have got up on the wheel and qualified a little better. But other than that, I think we ran the best race that we could have run there. There were a couple of times I could have run Mikey over for the lead, but I knew he wouldn’t race me that way.”

 

Pierce, who entered the weekend as the country's top-ranked driver, came home in third.

 

“We have got to get better on the long runs here. We love it, Brownstown is a great facility and racetrack right here in Indiana. We were just loose, and there was not a whole lot we could do. We fell back to third and we were hanging on.”

 

The winner’s Greg Bruening-owned, Skyline Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Truck Country, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olson Explosives, Bilstein Shocks, Go Lithium, Paulson Stussy, VP Fuels, Capital Signs, Bruening Rock Products, Brown’s Heavy Equipment, and Bennett Explosives,

 

Devin Moran, Garrett Alberson, Drake Troutman, Max Blair, and Devin Gilpin completed the top ten.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 

Race Summary 

45th Annual Jackson 100 presented by Summit Racing Equipment

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Brownstown Speedway – Brownstown, IN

 

Allstar Performance Time Trials

Fast Time Group A: Garrett Alberson | 13.936 seconds

Fast Time Group B: Mike Marlar | 13.907 seconds (overall)

 

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 1-Tim McCreadie[2]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 5. 93F-Carson Ferguson[7]; 6. 96-Tanner English[8]; 7. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[9]; 8. 24-Jared Bailey[4]; 9. 71X-Don O'Neal[6]; 10. 14-Casey White[10]

 

Summit Racing Equipment Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 68-Adam Stricker[2]; 3. 6-Clay Harris[3]; 4. 1G-Devin Gilpin[4]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[6]; 6. 71-Hudson O'Neal[7]; 7. 12-Jason Jameson[5]; 8. 18-Shannon Babb[9]; 9. 1T-Tyler Erb[8]


 

Earnhardt Technologies Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 4. 111-Max Blair[5]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson[9]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]; 8. 93X-Zak Blackwood[8]; 9. 76-Shelby Miles[7]

 

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[2]; 4. 44-Dave Hess Jr[5]; 5. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[6]; 6. 22-Matt Boknecht[8]; 7. 93-Cory Lawler[7]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith[4]; 9. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford[9]

 

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 93F-Carson Ferguson[1]; 2. 96-Tanner English[3]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[2]; 4. 71-Hudson O'Neal[4]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[5]; 6. 24-Jared Bailey[7]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb[10]; 8. 12-Jason Jameson[6]; 9. 18-Shannon Babb[8]; 10. 14-Casey White[11]; 11. (DNS) 71X-Don O'Neal


 

UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[1]; 2. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[2]; 3. 22-Matt Boknecht[4]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[3]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 7. 76-Shelby Miles[9]; 8. 93X-Zak Blackwood[7]; 9. 93-Cory Lawler[6]; 10. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford[10]

 

45th Annual Jackson 100 presented by Summit Racing Equipment Feature Finish (100 Laps):

Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Pay

1 - 2 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - $50,700

2 - 6 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Martinsville, IN - $20,800

3 - 4 - 32P - Bobby Pierce - Oakwood, IL - $10,000

4 - 5 - 1 - Tim McCreadie - Watertown, NY - $8,900

5 - 3 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $7,900

6 - 10 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $6,800

7 - 1 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $5,200

8 - 12 - 7T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - $4,800

9 - 14 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - $4,500

10 - 15 - 1G - Devin Gilpin - Columbus, IN - $3,600

11 - 13 - 20 - Jimmy Owens - Newport, TN - $4,200

12 - 23 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $4,300

13 - 8 - 28 - Dennis Erb Jr - Carpentersville, IL - $3,000

14 - 21 - 9 - Nick Hoffman - Mooresville, NC - $2,500

15 - 19 - 96 - Tanner English - Benton, KY - $2,400

16 - 16 - 44 - Dave Hess Jr - Waterford, PA - $2,300

17 - 7 - 68 - Adam Stricker - Batavia, OH - $2,200

18 - 18 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - $2,800

19 - 11 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $2,500

20 - 20 - 20TC - Tristan Chamberlain - Richmond, IN - $2,000

21 - 22 - 22 - Matt Boknecht - Seymour, IN - $2,000

22 - 9 - B5 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $2,000

23 - 17 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $2,500

24 - 25 - 99B - Boom Briggs - Bear Lake, PA - $600

25 - 24 - 7 - Ross Robinson - Georgetown, DE - $2,700

26 - 26 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - $600

27 - 27 - 93 - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - $600

 

Race Statistics  

Entrants: 37

Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Garrett Alberson

Lap Leaders: Mike Marlar (Laps 1-5); Bobby Pierce (Laps 6-47); Mike Marlar (Laps 48-100)

Wieland Feature Winner: Mike Marlar

Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Mike Marlar

Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Mike Marlar

Margin of Victory: 0.967 seconds 

Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Boom Briggs (Initial Start); Matt Boknecht (Lap 42)

LOLMDS Series Provisionals: Hudson O’Neal; Ross Robinson

Fast Time Provisional: n/a

LOLMDS Emergency Provisionals: Boom Briggs; Brenden Smith; Cory Lawler

Track Provisional: n/a

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Mike Marlar, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Bobby Pierce

Penske Shocks Top 5: Mike Marlar, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Bobby Pierce, Tim McCreadie, Jonathan Davenport

Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Hudson O’Neal (Advanced 11 Positions) 

PEM 4th Place Feature: Tim McCreadie

Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Garrett Alberson

Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Dennis Erb, Jr.

MD3 Most Laps Led: Mike Marlar (58 Laps) 

Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.; Devin Moran; Jonathan Davenport; Tim McCreadie

O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Drake Troutman

Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Mike Marlar (Lap 1 | 14.672 seconds)

Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Mike Marlar

Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: n/a

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Josh Davis (Mike Marlar)

ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Race Engines

Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Tim McCreadie (14.2329 seconds)

Time of Race: 31 minutes 55 seconds

 

Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Pay

1 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Martinsville, IN - 6690 - $424,869

2 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - 6640 - $383,800

3 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6640 - $363,555

4 - 1 - Tim McCreadie - Watertown, NY - 6525 - $232,075

5 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 5790 - $189,928

6 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5615 - $156,255

7 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - 5545 - $198,715

8 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - 5310 - $164,135

9 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 5255 - $129,040

10 - 20 - Jimmy Owens - Newport, TN - 5180 - $107,965

11 - 7T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - 4795 - $100,735

12 - 7 - Ross Robinson - Georgetown, DE - 4515 - $89,505

13 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 4480 - $65,725

14 - 99B - Boom Briggs - Bear Lake, PA - 4020 - $54,805

15 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - 3895 - $41,255

16 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 3860 - $65,715

17 - 93 - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3705 - $26,625

 

 

Late Race Pass Earns Thornton C.J. Rayburn Memorial Victory at Brownstown

BROWNSTOWN, IN (October 11, 2024) - Ricky Thornton Jr. passed race leader Bobby Pierce on lap 34 to win the 3rd Annual C.J. Rayburn Memorial on Friday night at Brownstown Speedway. It was Thornton’s 14th win this season with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, as he collected $10,000 for the win, leading the final seven circuits.

 

Mike Marlar, the defending C.J. Rayburn Memorial winner, edged out Pierce at the finish to finish second. Pierce, who led 33 of the 40 laps, rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third. Completing the top five were Tanner English and Hudson O’Neal.

 

In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the 42nd time in his career, Thornton earned his third career win at Brownstown with the triumph.

 

“It’s awesome to win a race with C.J.’s name on it. He was a pioneer in the sport. It’s super hard to be patient in traffic. I almost felt like I was in a better spot than Bobby because I could slow down and see him move out to get around a lapped car. He would pass a lapped car but never really get out, so I knew there, towards the end, I got behind a couple of really good cars around the bottom. I felt like if I followed them and finished the race, they would have to be really good around that middle. It worked out for us. The car was pretty awesome all night.”

 

Marlar had one of the fastest cars on the track at one point and drove from tenth to second with 25 laps complete, but he slipped off the embankment and dropped back a few positions. He recovered in the last 15 laps to just edge out Pierce at the line for second.

 

“It was a huge night for us. We have had a rough time, and I hate it for my guys. It’s been a rough summer, but you know I was digging hard for C.J. I thought I put it on my lid there, coming off four in that lap. I just didn’t get there. It was a good race. The fans saw a good race. Bobby and Ricky, we had a little excitement there at the end. Ricky snuck in there. It’s a rare thing to see Bobby get caught up in something. I am just glad to get the 157 anywhere near the front.” 

 

The winners’ Bobby and Jessica Koehler-owned, Koehler Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Coltman Farms, Hoker Trucking, D&E Outside Services, Capital Waste, Traffic Control Safety Services, Ultimate Towing and Recovery, Rogers Realty and Auction Company, Inc. Five Star Metal Buildings, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

 

Dennis Erb Jr., Max Blair, Brandon Sheppard, Jonathan Davenport, and Devin Moran completed the top ten.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 

Race Summary 

3rd Annual CJ Rayburn Memorial

Friday, October 11, 2024

Brownstown Speedway – Brownstown, IN

 

Allstar Performance Time Trials

Fast Time Group A: Bobby Pierce | 13.558 seconds

Fast Time Group B: Ricky Thornton, Jr. | 13.520 seconds (overall)

 

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 4. 96-Tanner English[5]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 6. 68-Adam Stricker[9]; 7. 99-Devin Moran[8]; 8. 18D-Daulton Wilson[7]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 10. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford[10]

 

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 12-Jason Jameson[3]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[5]; 4. 111-Max Blair[2]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[6]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[4]; 7. 71X-Don O'Neal[7]; 8. 93F-Carson Ferguson[8]; 9. 93-Cory Lawler[9]


 

Earnhardt Technologies Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 4. 7R-Chad Stapleton[2]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[7]; 6. 18-Shannon Babb[5]; 7. 76-Shelby Miles[6]; 8. 1G-Devin Gilpin[8]; 9. 93X-Zak Blackwood[9]; 10. 43-Kody Marsee[10]

 

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O'Neal[1]; 2. 1-Tim McCreadie[2]; 3. 44-Dave Hess Jr[4]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[5]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[6]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 7. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[3]; 8. 11T-Tyler Collins[8]; 9. 14-Quentin White[9]

 

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 68-Adam Stricker[3]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[5]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 5. 93F-Carson Ferguson[8]; 6. 18D-Daulton Wilson[7]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[4]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 9. 71X-Don O'Neal[6]; 10. 93-Cory Lawler[10]; 11. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford[11]


 

UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[2]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 3. 99B-Boom Briggs[1]; 4. 18-Shannon Babb[3]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 6. 76-Shelby Miles[5]; 7. 93X-Zak Blackwood[9]; 8. 1G-Devin Gilpin[7]; 9. 11T-Tyler Collins[8]; 10. 43-Kody Marsee[11]; 11. 14-Quentin White[10]

 

3rd Annual CJ Rayburn Memorial Feature Finish (40 Laps):

Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Pay

1 - 2 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Martinsville, IN - $10,100

2 - 10 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - $5,500

3 - 1 - 32P - Bobby Pierce - Oakwood, IL - $3,500

4 - 13 - 96 - Tanner English - Benton, KY - $2,700

5 - 4 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $2,500

6 - 9 - 28 - Dennis Erb Jr - Carpentersville, IL - $2,300

7 - 15 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - $2,200

8 - 5 - B5 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $2,100

9 - 3 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $2,150

10 - 21 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $2,200

11 - 17 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $1,600

12 - 11 - 7T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - $1,500

13 - 18 - 9 - Nick Hoffman - Mooresville, NC - $1,200

14 - 23 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - $1,000

15 - 19 - 68 - Adam Stricker - Batavia, OH - $950

16 - 6 - 1T - Tyler Erb - New Waverly, TX - $925

17 - 24 - 20 - Jimmy Owens - Newport, TN - $900

18 - 16 - 7 - Ross Robinson - Georgetown, DE - $875

19 - 8 - 1 - Tim McCreadie - Watertown, NY - $950

20 - 14 - 7R - Chad Stapleton - Edinburgh, IN - $825

21 - 20 - 99JR - Frank Heckenast Jr - Frankfort, IL - $800

22 - 27 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $100

23 - 22 - 99B - Boom Briggs - Bear Lake, PA - $800

24 - 25 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $100

25 - 26 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - $100

26 - 7 - 12 - Jason Jameson - Lawrenceburg, IN - $800

27 - 28 - 93 - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - $100

28 - 12 - 44 - Dave Hess Jr - Waterford, PA - $800

 

Race Statistics  

Entrants: 38

Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Bobby Pierce

Lap Leaders: Bobby Pierce (Laps 1-33); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 34-40)

Wieland Feature Winner: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a

Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a

Margin of Victory: 1.356 seconds 

Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Daulton Wilson (Initial Start); Chad Stapleton (Lap 3); Tim McCreadie (Lap 8); Boom Briggs (Lap 21)

LOLMDS Series Provisionals: Daulton Wilson; Jimmy Owens

Fast Time Provisional: n/a

LOLMDS Emergency Provisionals: Clay Harris; Brenden Smith; Carson Ferguson; Cory Lawler

Track Provisional: n/a

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Mike Marlar, Bobby Pierce

Penske Shocks Top 5: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Mike Marlar, Bobby Pierce, Tanner English, Hudson O’Neal

Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Devin Moran (Advanced 11 Positions) 

PEM 4th Place Feature: Tanner English

Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Max Blair

Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Nick Hoffman

MD3 Most Laps Led: Bobby Pierce (33 Laps) 

Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.; Devin Moran; Jonathan Davenport; Tim McCreadie

O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Drake Troutman

Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Bobby Pierce (Lap 4 | 14.154 seconds)

Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Mike Marlar

Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Tim McCreadie

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Chris Madden (Ricky Thornton, Jr.)

ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Race Engines

Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Bobby Pierce (13.7769 seconds)

Time of Race: 19 minutes 22 seconds

 

Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Pay

1 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Martinsville, IN - 6460 - $404,069

2 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6440 - $356,755

3 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - 6435 - $375,900

4 - 1 - Tim McCreadie - Watertown, NY - 6315 - $223,175

5 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 5620 - $185,628

6 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5410 - $151,055

7 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - 5285 - $148,015

8 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - 5170 - $161,335

9 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 5070 - $124,540

10 - 20 - Jimmy Owens - Newport, TN - 5005 - $103,765

11 - 7T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - 4605 - $95,935

12 - 7 - Ross Robinson - Georgetown, DE - 4390 - $86,805

13 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 4345 - $63,225

14 - 99B - Boom Briggs - Bear Lake, PA - 3895 - $54,205

15 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - 3770 - $40,655

16 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 3735 - $63,215

17 - 93 - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3580 - $26,025

 

Gustin Goes Wire-To-Wire For K.C. Cup Victory At I-70 Speedway

Thursday October 10TH....Ryan Gustin scored his third Lucas Oil MLRA victory of the season on Thursday night, cashing in on the $7,000 to win K.C. Cup at the I-70 Speedway. Photo Credit: Mike Ruefer Photo

For Immediate Release

Wheatland, MO (October 10, 2024) – Ryan Gustin rolled into the I-70 Speedway in Odessa, MO for the first time on Thursday night, and displayed a dominate performance over the Lucas Oil MLRA field to capture his 3rd series win of the season. 

 

Having won two of the last three MLRA events, Gustin led the field to the green flag for the 30-lap main event, alongside of Dillon McCowan. The “Reaper” would jump out front at the drop of the green, and made sure to take advantage of the clean air at the super-fast I-70 and stretched out the advantage in just a matter of laps to two plus seconds. 

 

The nights first of four cautions slowed the pace on lap eight, when Daniel Hilsabeck slowed on the race track with a shredded right rear tire. Gustin led McCowan and championship leader Chad Simson back to the green, again pulling away until Jon Binning spun to the infield on lap 15 just as Gustin began to work his way through lapped traffic.

Hilsabeck charged his way back through the field after his early race caution and was sitting in 6th, when he jumped the turn four cushion and made heavy contact with the turn three wall. The Earlham, Iowa driver’s night came to an early end but fortunately he was able to walk away. 

 

The nights final stoppage occurred with just four laps to go for Steve Stultz who had slowed exiting turn four directly in front of the race leader Gustin. The final restart of the night would go single file, giving Chad Simpson one final shot at taking down his second win of the season. It would be all for not however, as Gustin picked up his 13th career Lucas Oil MLRA win by 2.777 seconds over Simpson. Tony Jackson Jr. would move up five positions, and in doing so earned the Swift Springs Move of the Race. McCowan and Chris Simpson would round out the nights top five.

 

Following his $7,000 victory Gustin commented on his first ever visit to I-70 in saying, “This place is fun, I have never been here before. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it widened out there toward the end of that race. After the race I peeled to the bottom and I had traction down there too.  All-in-all it was a very good night, very fast race car and an awesome place.”

 

The biggest challenge on the night for Gustin came in the form of the four restarts. “The biggest thing is just not getting over that ledge, and letting them get under you and get a run or what not. Your definitely on the edge of your seat any time you see a yellow flag. You know you have to nail your restart and especially not get slide there, especially when the top is that wide getting in like that. All-in-all this Infinity race car was awesome and our Jay Dickens Engine ran great,” he concluded.

Tony Jackson Jr. 3rd (Left), Ryan Gustin 1st (Center), Chad Simpson 2nd (Right). Photo Credit: Mike Ruefer Photos

Chad Simpson grabbed a valuable 10 bonus points earlier in the night by grabbing the MyRacePass overall “Fast Time Award”. Combined with his runner-up finish, Simpson now holds a 95-point margin over Tony Jackson Jr. heading into Friday nights finale at Tri-City Speedway.

 

“It cleaned off pretty good tonight and made it a pretty good race,” commented Simpson.  “That top was still pretty much dominate up there and made it pretty fast. I passed all my cars going around the bottom, so there was definitely some grip down there and we could make it work.”

 

“This place carries so much speed, it’s really really tough, and if you don’t get in the corner just right to where you can get off just right you can lose a ton of ground up and off the corner. You just kind of had to cry that momentum and get rolling and Ryan was pretty dam good tonight, but we did all we could to chase him.”

 

Jackson used as second consecutive podium run to leap Chris Simpson and take over second by a mere five points. “This was the first time I’ve been here, and I enjoyed it,” noted Jackson.  “We had trouble with the motor running earlier in the night, but we worked on it and picked our way up through there.”

 

“We heard it was fast,” he noted of I-70. “But it slicked off and there was a top and there was a bottom, and that’s all you can ask for,” concluded the two-time MLRA Champion.

 

The 2024 Lucas Oil MLRA season will conclude on Friday night October 11th, at the Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL. The series $20,000 championship battle will be on the line along with a $7,000 to win main event. Saturday nights schedule season finale was cancelled earlier in the week, putting all of the pressure on the championship drivers on “Championship Friday”.

I-70 Speedway Contingencies 10/10/24

Lap Leaders – Ryan Gustin (1 - 30)

Cautions – 4


 

MyRacePass “Overall Fast Time Award" -- Chad Simpson (15.820 sec.)

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race – Tim Douglas

MD3 "Most Laps Led" – Ryan Gustin (30)

Swift Springs “Move of the Race” – Tony Jackson Jr.

Sunoco Race Fuel “Rookie of the Race” – Aaron Marrant

PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" – Dillon McCowan

Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: – Chris Simpson

Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" – Jay Dickens

Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" – Chad Simpson

MD3 Final Finisher: – Jimmy Vanzandt

A Feature KC Cup30 Laps | 00:27:00.892

1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 25-Chad Simpson[5]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[8]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[2]; 5. 32-Chris Simpson[3]; 6. 11-Jeff Herzog[6]; 7. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[10]; 8. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[9]; 9. 78S-Steve Stultz[12]; 10. 1XK-Richard Kimberling[15]; 11. (DNF) 22H-Dustin Hodges[13]; 12. (DNF) 1XM-Aaron Marrant[4]; 13. (DNF) 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 14. (DNF) 65-Jon Binning[11]; 15. (DNS) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt


 

Heat 18 Laps | 00:02:50.000

1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[4]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 4. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 5. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[5]; 6. 65-Jon Binning[6]; 7. 1XK-Richard Kimberling[8]; 8. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[7]


 

Heat 28 Laps | 00:03:36.769

1. 8-Dillon McCowan[1]; 2. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[4]; 3. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[3]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[5]; 6. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 7. (DNS) 22H-Dustin Hodges


 

Qualifying 1 My Race Pass| 00:02:07.000

1. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:15.820[12]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.896[9]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.921[14]; 4. 11-Jeff Herzog, 00:16.007[7]; 5. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:16.233[1]; 6. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:16.266[8]; 7. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:16.307[6]; 8. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:16.350[4]; 9. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:16.530[10]; 10. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:16.532[13]; 11. 65-Jon Binning, 00:16.826[5]; 12. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:16.874[11]; 13. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt, 00:17.524[2]; 14. (DNS) 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:18.000; 15. (DNS) 1XK-Richard Kimberling, 00:20.000

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Davenport Breaks Through With First Career Pittsburgher

 

IMPERIAL, PA (October 5, 2024) – Jonathan Davenport, a three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, has previously come close to winning the Pittsburgher presented by Big River Steel. However, on Saturday night, he dominated the 70-lap feature race and secured his first Pittsburgher win, taking home $50,000 out of the $150,000 purse.

 

Davenport first raced at the "Monster Half-Mile" known as Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway nine years ago. On Saturday night, he put an exclamation mark on the event by becoming a first-time winner. Devin Moran charged from the 12th starting spot to finish second, earning $20,000 for his runner-up finish in the Double Down Motorsports entry.

 

At the checkers, Moran finished 1.864 seconds behind the winner and maintains a 10-point lead heading to Brownstown Speedway next weekend over Davenport in the Chase for the Championship.

 

Max Blair put on another strong performance in a Crown Jewel event, finishing third on the Big River Steel Podium. Tim McCreadie, who held second place at one point during the race, finished fourth, and former Pittsburgher winner Hudson O’Neal rounded out the top five drivers.

 

For the 40-year-old native of Blairsville, Georgia, the win was his 83rd in his Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series career, breaking a tie with Jimmy Owens for second on the all-time win list.

 

“I have been coming here since 2015, the first time I was with Kevin Rumley. I fell in love with the place. This place is awesome, it’s big and wide, and it raced like I never thought it would tonight. I would have thought for sure it would have moved back up the racetrack.”

 

The race was slowed by only one caution flag, with 42 laps scored. Davenport had built a 7-second lead over the field, but the huge advantage would disappear with the restart.

 

“We just got to where we were running around the bottom there, and I was making pretty good time on the lapped cars that were still way out on the track. I knew we had a pretty good long run there, and I said before the edges of our tires were killed. I figured the first couple of laps when we went back green would be more momentum, so I tried to float out and just kind of move around, but I just didn’t feel the racetrack as good as I needed to even when my tires cooled down so I just kept migrating back to the bottom.”

 

Moran, who won the weekend opener on Friday night, quickly came up through the field from his outside the sixth-row starting spot. He climbed to third and then eventually to second before the caution flag. But, on the restart, Moran slipped back to fourth but recovered in the remaining laps to close the gap on Davenport, but he never could get close enough to make a last-lap challenge.

 

“That restart, you know, I have watched a ton of film from here. The bottom got the top on the restarts like 12 out of 15 times, so I thought that bottom would be good, and that’s why I picked it. The top was just cleaned up enough, so I had to get back by Hudson [O’Neal] and Timmy [McCreadie] again. Our car ran really, really good tonight. I felt like we had a great car, and JD did too, obviously. Congrats to him on the win. I think we will have a dogfight in these last three races.”

 

Blair, like many other competitors in the field, was seeking his first win in Pittsburgh, his home state. He finished third in the Centerline Motorsports entry and earned a $10,000 prize.

 

“Even if we have started farther forward, I wasn’t real good at the beginning of the race. The bottom had so much moisture in it the first little while I think you had to be in it, and I wasn’t good enough to be in it down there. I just rode around for as long as I could, but once it slowed down, you could run across the racetrack. This car really came alive at the end of the race. I thought I was going to run second there for a minute. To run third in the Pittsburgher is pretty awesome.”

 

The winner’s Lance and Darla Landers-owned, Double L Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine is sponsored by Nutrien Ag Solutions, Dyna Gro Seed, Lucas Oil Products, Bob Cat of Batesville, Bilstein Shocks, ASC Warranty, Mark Martin Automotive, Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, VP fuels, and Midwest Sheet Metal.

 

Ricky Thornton Jr., Mason Zeigler, Clay Harris, Carson Ferguson, and Drake Troutman completed the top ten.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 

Race Summary 

36th Annual Pittsburgher Presented by Big River Steel | Night 2

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway – Imperial, PA

 

Allstar Performance Time Trials

Fast Time Group A: Mason Zeigler | 18.469 seconds (overall)

Fast Time Group B: Tim McCreadie | 18.728 seconds

 

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[1]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 4. 1Z-Logan Zarin[4]; 5. 93F-Carson Ferguson[5]; 6. 97-Cody Overton[6]; 7. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[7]; 8. 5M-Ryan Markham[9]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 10. 01-Ron Hall[10]

 

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 02-Michael Norris[2]; 2. 111-Max Blair[1]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 5. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 6. 48-Colton Flinner[8]; 7. 10M-Jared Miley[6]; 8. 24-Tyler Wyant[7]; 9. EZ1-Ron Fink[9]


 

Earnhardt Technologies Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 1-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 71-Hudson O'Neal[3]; 4. 7T-Drake Troutman[5]; 5. 0-Rick Eckert[4]; 6. 93-Cory Lawler[9]; 7. 184-Kyle Lukon[7]; 8. 9Y-Levi Yetter[6]; 9. 36-Tony Musolino[8]; 10. 27T-Tony White[10]

 

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 4. 6-Clay Harris[6]; 5. 1C-Alex Ferree[5]; 6. 17-Logan Roberson[7]; 7. 22-Gregg Satterlee[4]; 8. 55-Chris Schneider[8]; 9. (DNS) 10-Ryan Christoff

 

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 93F-Carson Ferguson[1]; 2. 97-Cody Overton[3]; 3. 99B-Boom Briggs[2]; 4. 10M-Jared Miley[6]; 5. 48-Colton Flinner[4]; 6. 24-Tyler Wyant[8]; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[7]; 8. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[5]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 10. 01-Ron Hall[11]; 11. EZ1-Ron Fink[10]


 

UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 0-Rick Eckert[1]; 2. 22-Gregg Satterlee[6]; 3. 17-Logan Roberson[4]; 4. 1C-Alex Ferree[2]; 5. 184-Kyle Lukon[5]; 6. 36-Tony Musolino[9]; 7. 93-Cory Lawler[3]; 8. 55-Chris Schneider[8]; 9. 9Y-Levi Yetter[7]; 10. 27T-Tony White[11]; 11. (DNS) 10-Ryan Christoff

 

36th Annual Pittsburgher Presented by Big River Steel | Night 2 Feature Finish (70 Laps):

Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Pay

1 - 1 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $50,900

2 - 12 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $20,900

3 - 7 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - $10,700

4 - 2 - 1 - Tim McCreadie - Watertown, NY - $8,900

5 - 10 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $8,000

6 - 6 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Martinsville, IN - $6,800

7 - 5 - 25Z - Mason Zeigler - Chalk Hill, PA - $4,500

8 - 16 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $4,600

9 - 17 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $4,300

10 - 14 - 7T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - $4,300

11 - 4 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $4,100

12 - 15 - 20 - Jimmy Owens - Newport, TN - $4,000

13 - 11 - 7 - Ross Robinson - Georgetown, DE - $3,700

14 - 18 - 0 - Rick Eckert - York, PA - $2,500

15 - 19 - 97 - Cody Overton - Thomson, GA - $2,400

16 - 13 - 1Z - Logan Zarin - Hookstown, PA - $2,300

17 - 22 - 17 - Logan Roberson - Waynesboro, VA - $2,200

18 - 8 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - $2,800

19 - 9 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - $2,700

20 - 21 - 99B - Boom Briggs - Bear Lake, PA - $2,500

21 - 3 - 2 - Michael Norris - Sarver, PA - $2,000

22 - 24 - 93 - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - $2,500

23 - 20 - 22 - Gregg Satterlee - Indiana, PA - $2,000

24 - 23 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - $2,500

 

Race Statistics  

Entrants: 38

Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Jonathan Davenport

Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1-70)

Wieland Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport

Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport

Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport

Margin of Victory: 1.864 seconds 

Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Boom Briggs (Lap 42)

LOLMDS Series Provisionals: Brenden Smith; Cory Lawler

Fast Time Provisional: n/a

LOLMDS Emergency Provisionals: n/a

Track Provisional: n/a

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Jonathan Davenport, Devin Moran, Max Blair

Penske Shocks Top 5: Jonathan Davenport, Devin Moran, Max Blair, Tim McCreadie, Hudson O’Neal

Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Devin Moran (Advanced 10 Positions) 

PEM 4th Place Feature: Tim McCreadie

Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Mason Zeigler

Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Ross Robinson

MD3 Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport (70 Laps) 

Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Tim McCreadie

Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.; Devin Moran; Jonathan Davenport; Tim McCreadie

O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Clay Harris

Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Lap 2 | 18.743 seconds)

Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Devin Moran

Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Boom Briggs

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Cory Fostvedt (Jonathan Davenport)

ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Race Engines

Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Tim McCreadie (18.354 seconds)

Time of Race: 30 minutes 31 seconds

 

Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Pay

1 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6260 - $354,555

2 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - 6250 - $373,750

3 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Martinsville, IN - 6200 - $393,969

4 - 1 - Tim McCreadie - Watertown, NY - 6180 - $222,225

5 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 5415 - $183,128

6 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5235 - $149,455

7 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - 5055 - $142,515

8 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - 5010 - $160,335

9 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 4875 - $122,340

10 - 20 - Jimmy Owens - Newport, TN - 4860 - $102,865

11 - 7T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - 4435 - $94,435

12 - 7 - Ross Robinson - Georgetown, DE - 4250 - $85,930

13 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 4220 - $63,125

14 - 99B - Boom Briggs - Bear Lake, PA - 3770 - $53,405

15 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - 3645 - $40,555

16 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 3610 - $63,115

17 - 93 - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3455 - $25,925

 

 

Moran Is Perfect in Pittsburgher Opener

Imperial, PA (October 4, 2024) – Devin Moran achieved a clean sweep on the opening night of the 36th Annual Pittsburgher 100 Presented by Big River Steel on Friday night at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. He secured his seventh Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of the season, earning a $10,000 victory.

 

Moran, who turned 30 years old last week, scored his first career win at PPMS. This track was where his dad, Donnie, won 12 times during his Hall-of-Fame career. Jonathan Davenport made it a close race at the end, finishing just 0.186 seconds behind the driver from Dresden, Ohio.

 

Ricky Thornton Jr., who ran as high as second in the race, finished in third, followed by Carson Ferguson, whose first trip to Pittsburgh netted him a fourth-place finish. Max Blair earned the Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race as he came from the 17th starting spot to complete the top five drivers.

 

Moran jumped to the lead at the start of the 30-lap main event with Thornton in tow. Thornton ran in the second spot and was closing back in on Moran when the only caution of the race flew with 16 laps complete for fourth place running Garrett Alberson, who slowed with a shredded right tire.

 

After the restart, Moran began to widen the gap as Davenport picked up speed and passed Thornton for second place on lap 17. Davenport was about nine car lengths behind Moran, but in the last 10 laps, he managed to close in on Moran as they encountered traffic. Davenport got within one car length in the final couple of laps but fell just short of winning his first race at PPMS.

 

For the 15th time in Lucas Oil Victory Lane, Moran took the first step towards his first-ever Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series title.

 

“Man, I have been coming to Pittsburgh a long time, even back in the day with my dad. I can’t think of a better time to get my first win here. It’s a great way to start the Pittsburgher 100 weekend, for sure. My heart rate was up to whole time. I know it’s like everything is moving in slow motion. You drive so hard at this place. I don’t think Cody [Overton] and I got into each other. But I just knew I had to slide him and keep on going not to lose my momentum because once you lose your momentum here, they can catch you so quick,” said the winner.

 

Davenport, seeking his fourth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series title to tie both Earl Pearson Jr. and Jimmy Owens, came home in the runner-up spot.

 

“It was just a combination of things from qualifying on. If we could have started on the outside of the front row instead of fourth, I might have worked him [Moran] more. He did an awesome job. He moved around when he needed to. I was trying to go where he wasn’t. I tried to run a little above him or below him, but it just didn’t work out for us.”

 

Thornton, who has won two of the last three Pittsburgher races, finished third on the Big River Steel Podium.

 

“I didn’t want that yellow. I felt like without the yellow, we had a good shot of winning. I didn’t fire off as well as I needed to. JD’s stuff was really good too. In the grand scheme of things, I am happy with our night. We ran really well and were fast all night. Luckily, we’ve got a little bit we can work on for tomorrow. I know last year when I was here, there was a really big lip around the top, and this year, it’s all knocked down.”

 

The winner’s Roger Sellers-owned, Double Down Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Big River Steel, C&W Trucking, Lazydays RV, Southeastern Equipment, CarSourceAuto.com, Haulin’ Haskell’s, Red Oak Pub, Bilstein Shocks, Smoky Mountain Speedway, Pee Wee’s Wrecker Service, Lincoln Smith Racing, McHugh Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram.

 

The top ten included Mason Zeigler, Drake Troutman, Tim McCreadie, Gregg Satterlee, and Mike Marlar.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 

Race Summary 

36th Annual Pittsburgher Presented by Big River Steel | Night 1

Friday, October 4, 2024

Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway – Imperial, PA

 

Allstar Performance Time Trials

Fast Time Group A: Devin Moran | 17.621 seconds (overall)

Fast Time Group B: Ricky Thornton, Jr. | 17.912 seconds

 

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 7T-Drake Troutman[4]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[6]; 4. 71-Hudson O'Neal[5]; 5. 97-Cody Overton[7]; 6. 111-Max Blair[3]; 7. 17-Logan Roberson[9]; 8. 93-Cory Lawler[8]; 9. 36-Tony Musolino[10]; 10. 02-Michael Norris[2]

 

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 1C-Alex Ferree[3]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson[5]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[4]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 6. 0-Rick Eckert[2]; 7. 24-Tyler Wyant[8]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 9. 9Y-Levi Yetter[9]


 

Earnhardt Technologies Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 1-Tim McCreadie[2]; 3. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 5. 1Z-Logan Zarin[5]; 6. 184-Kyle Lukon[6]; 7. 55-Chris Schneider[8]; 8. 01-Ron Hall[9]; 9. 10-Ryan Christoff[7]; 10. (DNS) 10M-Jared Miley

 

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 93F-Carson Ferguson[2]; 3. 22-Gregg Satterlee[4]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 5. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[3]; 6. 48-Colton Flinner[6]; 7. 27T-Tony White[7]; 8. 5M-Ryan Markham[9]; 9. EZ1-Ron Fink[8]

 

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 111-Max Blair[3]; 2. 02-Michael Norris[11]; 3. 97-Cody Overton[1]; 4. 17-Logan Roberson[5]; 5. 0-Rick Eckert[4]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[2]; 7. 24-Tyler Wyant[6]; 8. 36-Tony Musolino[9]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 10. 9Y-Levi Yetter[10]; 11. 93-Cory Lawler[7]


 

UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1Z-Logan Zarin[1]; 2. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[2]; 3. 48-Colton Flinner[4]; 4. 55-Chris Schneider[5]; 5. 184-Kyle Lukon[3]; 6. 5M-Ryan Markham[8]; 7. EZ1-Ron Fink[10]; 8. 27T-Tony White[6]; 9. 01-Ron Hall[7]; 10. 10-Ryan Christoff[9]; 11. (DNS) 10M-Jared Miley

 

36th Annual Pittsburgher Presented by Big River Steel | Night 1 Feature Finish (30 Laps):

Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Pay

1 - 1 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $10,100

2 - 4 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $5,600

3 - 2 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Martinsville, IN - $3,600

4 - 8 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $2,800

5 - 17 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - $2,600

6 - 9 - 25Z - Mason Zeigler - Chalk Hill, PA - $2,300

7 - 5 - 7T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - $2,200

8 - 6 - 1 - Tim McCreadie - Watertown, NY - $2,200

9 - 12 - 22 - Gregg Satterlee - Indiana, PA - $2,050

10 - 14 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - $2,000

11 - 11 - 7 - Ross Robinson - Georgetown, DE - $1,600

12 - 16 - 20 - Jimmy Owens - Newport, TN - $1,400

13 - 7 - 1C - Alex Ferree - Saxonburg, PA - $1,200

14 - 10 - 99B - Boom Briggs - Bear Lake, PA - $1,000

15 - 18 - 1Z - Logan Zarin - Hookstown, PA - $950

16 - 13 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $925

17 - 15 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - $900

18 - 21 - 97 - Cody Overton - Thomson, GA - $875

19 - 3 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $850

20 - 24 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - $825

21 - 22 - 48 - Colton Flinner - Allison Park, PA - $800

22 - 23 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $800

23 - 19 - 2 - Michael Norris - Sarver, PA - $800

24 - 20 - 69 - Jon Hodgkiss - Pittsburgh, PA - $800

25 - 25 - 93 - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - $100

 

Race Statistics  

Entrants: 38

Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Devin Moran

Lap Leaders: Devin Moran (Laps 1-30)

Wieland Feature Winner: Devin Moran

Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: n/a

Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: n/a

Margin of Victory: 0.187 seconds 

Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Garrett Alberson (Lap 14)

LOLMDS Series Provisionals: Clay Harris; Brenden Smith

Fast Time Provisional: n/a

LOLMDS Emergency Provisionals: Cory Lawler

Track Provisional: n/a

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Devin Moran, Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr.

Penske Shocks Top 5: Devin Moran, Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Carson Ferguson, Max Blair

Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Max Blair (Advanced 12 Positions) 

PEM 4th Place Feature: Carson Ferguson

Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Drake Troutman

Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Alex Ferree

MD3 Most Laps Led: Devin Moran (30 Laps) 

Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.; Devin Moran; Jonathan Davenport; Tim McCreadie

O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Carson Ferguson

Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Devin Moran (Lap 2 | 18.702 seconds)

Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Jonathan Davenport

Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: Garrett Alberson

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Chuck Kimble (Devin Moran)

ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Race Engines

Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (17.4349 seconds)

Time of Race: 13 minutes 22 seconds

 

Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Pay

1 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6030 - $333,655

2 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Martinsville, IN - 6000 - $387,169

2 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - 6000 - $322,850

4 - 1 - Tim McCreadie - Watertown, NY - 5960 - $213,325

5 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 5210 - $175,128

6 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5060 - $145,355

7 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - 4915 - $139,715

8 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - 4875 - $157,635

9 - 20 - Jimmy Owens - Newport, TN - 4690 - $98,865

10 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 4655 - $111,640

11 - 7T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - 4255 - $90,135

12 - 7 - Ross Robinson - Georgetown, DE - 4085 - $82,230

13 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 4030 - $58,525

14 - 99B - Boom Briggs - Bear Lake, PA - 3640 - $50,905

15 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - 3520 - $38,055

16 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 3425 - $58,815

17 - 93 - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3330 - $23,425

 

 

Take-Two: Record Paying Jackson 100 Weekend Up Next

 

BATAVIA, Ohio (October 7, 2024) – Brownstown Speedway takes center stage once again as the top drivers of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series descend upon Brownstown, Ind., for an adrenaline-fueled showdown. Brownstown Speedway is set to host its most lucrative weekend, with two days of racing action on Friday and Saturday.

 

The festivities will begin on Friday, October 11, with the 3rd Annual CJ Rayburn Memorial. The event will include Dirt Draft Hot Laps, Allstar Performance Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a 40-lap, $10,000-to-win A-Main.

 

On Saturday, October 12, there will be a full show of Dirt Draft Hot Laps, Allstar Performance Time Trials, Heat Races, and B-Mains for the 45th Annual Jackson 100 presented by Summit Racing Equipment. The highlight of the evening will be a thrilling 100-lap race, with a record-breaking $50,000 prize for the winner.

 

All gates will open at 12:00 PM (noon) each day. Hot Laps are scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM on Friday and 6:00 PM on Saturday. A Dirt Racing Outreach service will occur at 3:00 PM on Saturday in the Pavilion. The Indiana Pro Late Models join the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series on Friday, with Pure Stocks and Super Stocks on the card for Saturday.

 

Brownstown Speedway is a quarter-mile oval just off Highway 250 at the Jackson County Fairground, one mile southeast of Brownstown, Indiana. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, please visit www.brownstownspeedway.com.

 

With just three events left, the Big River Steel Chase for the Championship presented by ARP is heating up! Devin Moran is leading the pack by ten points over Jonathan Davenport, with Ricky Thornton Jr. not far behind in third place and Tim McCreadie holding strong in fourth.

 

For the latest news, results, championship standings, and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, please visit www.lucasdirt.com.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Purses:

3rd Annual CJ Rayburn Memorial (Friday): 1. $10,000, 2. $5,500, 3. $3,500, 4. $2,700, 5. $2,500, 6. $2,300, 7. $2,200, 8. $2,100, 9. $2,050, 10. $2,000, 11. $1,600, 12. $1,400, 13. $1,200, 14. $1,000, 15. $950, 16. $925, 17. $900, 18. $875, 19. $850, 20. $825, 21. $800, 22. $800, 23. $800, 24. $800 = Total $48,575

 

45th Annual Jackson 100 (Saturday): 1. $50,000, 2. $20,000, 3. $10,000, 4. $8,000, 5. $7,000, 6. $6,000, 7. $4,500, 8. $4,000, 9. $3,800, 10. $3,600, 11. $3,400, 12. $3,200, 13. $3,000, 14. $2,500, 15. $2,400, 16. $2,300, 17. $2,200, 18. $2,100, 19. $2,000, 20. $2,000, 21. $2,000, 22. $2,000, 23. $2,000, 24. $2,000 = $150,000

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Tire Rule:

Left Rear/Fronts - Hoosier (90) NLMT2, (90) NLMT3

Right Rear - Hoosier (92) NLMT3, (92) NLMT4

 

Previous Jackson 100 Winners:

2023 - Ricky Thornton Jr.

2022 - Tim McCreadie

2021 - Jimmy Owens

2020 - Tim McCreadie

2019 - Hudson O’Neal

2018 - Bobby Pierce

2017 - Scott Bloomquist

2016 - Scott Bloomquist

2015 - Jonathan Davenport

2014 - Scott Bloomquist

2013 - Don O’Neal

2012 - Jimmy Owens

2011 - Scott Bloomquist

2010 - Scott Bloomquist

2009 - Earl Pearson Jr.

2008 - Tim McCreadie

2007 - Matt Miller

2006 - Don O’Neal

2005 - Billy Drake

2004 - Don O’Neal

2003 - Jim Curry

2002 - Billy Drake

2001 - Brian Brikhofer

2000 - Don O’Neal

1999 - Billy Moyer

1998 - Jim Curry

1997 - Rick Aukland

1996 - John Gill

1995 - Jack Boggs

1994 - John Gill

1993 - Davey Johnson

1992 - Billy Moyer

1991 - Scott Bloomquist

1990 - Scott Bloomquist

1989 - Jeff Purvis

1988 - Jim Curry

1987 - Billy Moyer

1986 - Jack Boggs

1985 - Kenny Brightbill

1984 - Kenny Simpson

1983 - Russ Petro

1982 - Russ Petro

1981 - Paul Crockett

1980 - Charlie Swartz

 

About Summit Racing Equipment:

It was 1968, and a young engineer owned a big block-powered 1967 Corvette roadster with a 427. He made some connections to get hop-up parts at a discount, and it wasn't long before his drag racing buddies found out and wanted the same deal. From such humble beginnings Summit Racing Equipment was born. Fast-forward to 2021 and that one-man startup is now the World's Speed Shop® the go-to parts source for thousands of gearheads around the globe.

 

To learn more about Summit racing Equipment visit www.summitracing.com.

 

 

6th Annual Pittsburgher Next on Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Docket

BATAVIA, Ohio (October 1, 2024) – The Big River Steel Chase for the Championship, presented by ARP, continues this week as the stars of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series invade Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Pennsylvania, for the 36th Annual Pittsburgher presented by Big River Steel.

 

Get ready for two exciting nights of racing featuring a star-studded lineup of local and regional standouts taking on the nation’s top dirt late model drivers. They'll compete for a share of the over $200,000 weekend purse.

 

The first green flag will drop on Friday, October 4, with drivers battling for a $10,000 top prize. Saturday night will feature the biggest payout in Pittsburgher history, with the winner driving away with $50,000. Each night will feature a full schedule including Dirt Draft Hot Laps, Allstar Performance Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and the respective A-Main for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

 

The Penn Ohio Pro Stocks will be part of the racing program on Friday, while the RUSH Late Model Series will compete in a full program on both Friday and Saturday.

 

On Friday, the pit gates open at 2:00 PM, followed by general admission at 3:00 PM. The on-track action kicks off with Hot Laps at 6:00 PM. The pit gates will open at 12:00 PM (noon) on Saturday, with general admission once again slated for 3:00 PM. A driver autograph session is scheduled from 4:30 to 5:15 PM, with Hot Laps beginning at 6:00 PM.

 

Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, a half-mile oval known as "Dirt's Monster Half Mile," is situated at 170 Kelso Road, just a short drive from downtown Pittsburgh. To purchase tickets or find more information, visit www.ppms.com.

 

The Big River Steel Chase for the Championship, presented by ARP, will now be a five-race showdown among four drivers. Ricky Thornton Jr., Devin Moran, Jonathan Davenport, and Tim McCreadie will fiercely battle over the next three weeks to determine the 20th Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion.

 

For the latest news, results, championship standings, and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, please visit www.lucasdirt.com.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Purses:

Friday, October 4: 1. $10,000, 2. $5,500, 3. $3,500, 4. $2,700, 5. $2,500, 6. $2,300, 7. $2,200, 8. $2,100, 9. $2,050, 10. $2,000, 11. $1,600, 12. $1,400, 13. $1,200, 14. $1,000, 15. $950, 16. $925, 17. $900, 18. $875, 19. $850, 20. $825, 21. $800, 22. $800, 23. $800, 24. $800 = $48,575

 

Saturday, October 5: 1. $50,000, 2. $20,000, 3. $10,000, 4. $8,000, 5. $7,000, 6. $6,000, 7. $4,500, 8. $4,000, 9. $3,800, 10. $3,600, 11. $3,400, 12. $3,200, 13. $3,000, 14. $2,500, 15. $2,400, 16. $2,300, 17. $2,200, 18. $2,100, 19. $2,000, 20. $2,000, 21. $2,000, 22. $2,000, 23. $2,000, 24. $2,000 = $150,000

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Tire Rule:

Left Rear/Fronts - Hoosier (90) NLMT2, (90) NLMT3

Right Rear - Hoosier (92) NLMT2, (92) NLMT3, (92) NLMT4

 

MIDWEST  late model series

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The Midwest Late Model Racing Association dirt track late model racing was born in the heartland, and that's where you'll still find the most dedicated drivers and fans of the sport. The Lucas Oil Midwest Latemodel Racing Association employs strict rules and regulations, ensuring that only the toughest and most talented drivers become champion.

 

Chris Simpson Wins Finale As Chad Simpson Collects 5th MLRA Championship

Friday October 11TH....Chris Simpson captured the MLRA season finale at the Tri-City Speedway on Friday, his third series win of the season. Photo Credit: Mike Ruefer Photos

 

Wheatland, MO (October 11, 2024) – After a season of work, the 2024 Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA) championship came down to the final night on Friday at the Tri-City Speedway, with not two but three drivers vying for the crown. In true championship style, all three title contenders rolled to the green of the 30 lapper from the top three positions on the grid.


 

Chris Simpson would take the lead from the onset, with Tony Jackson Jr. riding in second. Jackson, entered the night just five points in front of Chris Simpson for the runner up position. A caution slowed the pace on lap seven when the nights MyRaceFast Time winner Kayden Clatt clipped a tire at the inside of turn four.


 

On the restart, it would continue to be Chris Simpson showing the way over Jackson, and Midwest Sheet Metal point leader Chad Simpson riding in third. The nights final caution would wave on lap 11 when Billy Laycock came to a stop at the top of turn three.


 

Simpson would continue to control the pace along the high line, as Jackson continued to apply heavy pressure from start to finish on the back bumper of the race leader. Simpson would make a couple of late race bobbles in turns three and four, opening the door for Jackson to charged to the bottom off the exit. Just as quick as the opportunity opened for Jackson it would close, as Simpson powered off the exit and raced to his third MLRA victory of the season over Jackson. By virtue of the $7,000 victory, Simpson would finish second in the seasons Championship standings collecting $10,000 for his efforts while Jackson takes home $7,500 for third.


 

Chad Simpson took care of business in the finale with a third-place run, which proved to be more than enough to grab his third consecutive and fifth career Lucas Oil MLRA Championship. Both Rickey Frankel and Aaron Marrant saved their best for last, as the duo finished in 4th and 5th respectively in the Championship finale, both season best finishes.


 

“We did what we had to do,” explained Chris Simpson following his victory. “I told Chad (Simondsen/crew chief) on the way here last night after our run which was right around the top, I said we might as well rip the deck out of it tonight, we’ve got all winter to fix it. We were up there and I knew those guys were coming and I was struggling through those holes, but I finally moved down a little on entry and then could slide to it. I knew if I did that and hit that exit, I’d be find.”


 

“I’ve got to thank Tony (Jackson Jr.). He raced me clean, he could have done a dirty one on me and park me but he raced me clean, so I have to appreciate that,” concluded Simpson.


 

Jackson’s runner up finish was his second consecutive podium run to end the season. “We had a really good car and I probably gave that one away, but woulda coulda shoulda,” he explained. “It was definitely top dominant tonight, but we all had the same opportunity. Chris did what he needed to do and when he did mess up, he was able to stay down. All-in-all it was a good night.”

CHAD SIMPSON SCORES THIRD CONSECUTIVE MLRA CHAMPIONSHIP

Chad Simpson and team celebrates their 3rd consecutive Lucas Oil MLRA Championship at the Tri City Speedway. Photo Credit: Mike Ruefer Photos

For the third consecutive season Chad Simpson topped the MLRA to bring home his fifth career Lucas Oil MLRA title. Simpson came into the night having to finish 12th or better to win the title, and most importantly had to make it to the finish.


 

“We fired off there pretty tough and got into third there right away, explained Chad Simpson. “I would just bounce so much across that top and I knew that something stupid would happen, or something would break, so I just put myself into conservative mode. I didn’t want to give up that third spot you know but obviously them guys that were right in front of me were the ones that were on my heels all year long with this championship. They had good race cars and had to do everything they could do. They had to try to win the race and hope I dropped out of the race, so I just put myself in the position where I could still run strong and stay with them or at least where I can see them, but not do anything stupid."


 

"We switch to this Longhorn car and that really helped, these last two years for sure. They are definitely getting harder and harder to get every year. They are tough and the competition is just that much tougher. We go out there in qualifying tonight and we’re all within a tenth of half a tenth. Its just great race cars and great drivers and everybody is just right there on top of it."


 

"It’s definitely a lot of pressure off," noted Simpson of one of his toughest Championship battles to date. "This last month has definitely been the most pressure on me in my entire racing career. I’ve just got to thank everybody that helps me out, everybody that puts us here every week and allows us to do this. It’s a lot of work and cost a lot of money, and I’m just fortunate to be here."

Tri-City Speedway Contingencies 10/11/24

Lap Leaders – Chris Simpson (1 - 30)

Cautions – 3


 

MyRacePass “Overall Fast Time Award" -- Kayden Clatt (14.844 sec.)

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race – Chad Simondsen

MD3 "Most Laps Led" – Chris Simpson (30)

Swift Springs “Move of the Race” – Ricky Frankel

Sunoco Race Fuel “Rookie of the Race” – Aaron Marrant

PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" – Rickey Frankel

Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: – Aaron Marrant

Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" – Durham

Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" – Chad Simpson

MD3 Final Finisher: – Robbie Moore

St. Louis. Screw and Bolt

30 Laps

  1. 32-Chris Simpson[2]; 2. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[1]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 4. 33F-Rickey Frankel[12]; 5. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[10]; 6. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[5]; 7. 11-Jeff Herzog[9]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[7]; 9. 42L-Lane Ehlert[14]; 10. 7M-Allan Middendorf[17]; 11. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[8]; 12. 82-Billy Laycock[13]; 13. 22H-Dustin Hodges[11]; 14. 15-Chris Fetter[15]; 15. 50C-Kayden Clatt[4]; 16. 4E-Scott Geaschel[19]; 17. 44-Blaze Burwell[6]; 18. 4D-Doug Tye[16]; 19. 11M-Robby Moore[18]; 20. (DNS) T4-Adam Tischauser

Heat 1

8 Laps | 00:03:59.518

  1. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 2. 50C-Kayden Clatt[1]; 3. 78S-Steve Stultz[3]; 4. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[4]; 5. 82-Billy Laycock[5]; 6. 4D-Doug Tye[6]; 7. 4E-Scott Geaschel[7]

Heat 2

8 Laps | 00:03:28.404

  1. 32-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[2]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[3]; 4. 22H-Dustin Hodges[4]; 5. 42L-Lane Ehlert[5]; 6. 7M-Allan Middendorf[6]; 7. (DNS) T4-Adam Tischauser

Heat 3

8 Laps | 00:03:24.136

  1. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 2. 44-Blaze Burwell[2]; 3. 11-Jeff Herzog[3]; 4. 33F-Rickey Frankel[4]; 5. 15-Chris Fetter[6]; 6. 11M-Robby Moore[5]

Qualifying 1 My Race Pass

00:16:20.000

  1. 50C-Kayden Clatt, 00:14.844[15]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:14.873[18]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:14.894[1]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:14.931[12]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:14.949[20]; 6. 44-Blaze Burwell, 00:14.989[14]; 7. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.064[3]; 8. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:15.078[5]; 9. 11-Jeff Herzog, 00:15.119[2]; 10. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:15.127[7]; 11. 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:15.255[10]; 12. 33F-Rickey Frankel, 00:15.393[9]; 13. 82-Billy Laycock, 00:15.478[11]; 14. 42L-Lane Ehlert, 00:15.672[6]; 15. 11M-Robby Moore, 00:15.833[13]; 16. 4D-Doug Tye, 00:15.891[16]; 17. 7M-Allan Middendorf, 00:16.864[17]; 18. 15-Chris Fetter, 00:19.933[8]; 19. 4E-Scott Geaschel, 00:20.109[4]; 20. (DNS) T4-Adam Tischauser, 00:21.000

For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com.

 

Chris Simpson Rolls To $10,000 Victory In MLRA Fall Nationals Finale

Saturday October 5TH.. Chris Simpson captured his 18th career Lucas Oil MLRA victory on Saturday night, winning the final night of the MLRA Fall Nationals. Photo Credit: Todd Boyd

 

For Immediate Release

Wheatland, MO (October 5, 2024) – After playing the role of bridesmaid the prior two nights, Chris Simpson proved to be the man to beat on Saturday night in winning the $10,000 finale of the 2024 MLRA “Fall Nationals” at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO.

 

The Oxford, IA driver was buried deep in the field following MyRacePass qualifying, but managed to race from fifth to the runner up position in his heat race, good enough to put him into the 8th starting position for the feature. Dustin Hodges grabbed his second MRP Fast Time award of the season and started from the pole, alongside of Stormy Scott for the 50 lap feature event.

 

On the initial start, Scott jumped before entering the Nutrien Ag Solutions Start Zone, resulting in a one row penalty that moved point leader Chad Simpson to the outside front row. Chad Simpson would capitalize, and took control on the opening lap with Hodges in tow. 

By lap 12 Chad Simpson had to begin working his way through lapped traffic, all the while Chris Simpson was methodically working his way toward the front along the low line. The brotherly battle would heat up with Chris making his way into second on lap 11 setting up a battle between them as they navigated lapped traffic.  Chris Simpson made the Swift Springs Move of the race on lap 18 when he charged to the inside of Chad Simpson and took the lead exiting turn four. 

 

The lone caution of the night waved on lap 30, when Ryan Gustin slowed on the front stretch. Gustin would exit the track under his own power, retiring from the main event where he would be scored in 20th in the final run down after winning the first two nights of the Fall Nationals.

 

After dropping to as low as 6th on lap 12, Stormy Scott was the only driver in the closing laps to apply pressure to the back bumper of Chris Simpson. After restarting in second, Scott was able to close to within a couple of car lengths in the closing laps, but Chris Simpson would go on to capture his second MLRA win of the season by 1.008 seconds over Scott.

 

Tony Jackson Jr. grabbed his first podium finish of the weekend with a third-place run, ahead of Dillon McCowan and Chad Simpson.  

Stormy Scott 2rd (Left), Chris Simpson 1st (Center), Tony Jackson Jr. 3rd (Right).

Photo Credit: Todd Boyd

Chris Simpson added the MD3 Most Laps Led contingency to his portfolio in the dominating performance that found him to be unbeatable on Saturday night.  “If you would have told me that (being unbeatable) after we qualified, I would say you were nuts, we timed really bad.”


 

“This was a good way to end it,” Simpson said of his weekend. “We have been working hard all year and had speed, just kind of stupid stuff happened like last time we were here, we broke the power steering line during our warm up lap and kind of ruined our points deal.”

 

Chad Simpson now holds a 65-point advantage heading into the final three races of the season, while Chris Simpson moves to second after entering the weekend with a 200 point deficit. Tony Jackson Jr. also made-up ground, after entering the weekend 100 points behind Chad Simpson he now rests just 75 points from a third career MLRA championship.

 

Scott’s runner up was his second top five finish of the weekend, finishing no worse than 7th in the three night affair. “We feel like we have qualifying figured out, we’re just trying to work on figuring out what we need on these new cars for when the race track starts to dry out and in these longer races.  We were definitely better tonight, there was more moisture in it for sure but I think we found some gains. Hopefully we can come do this again and put it in victory lane.”

 

Jackson’s podium run marked his 9th top five finish of the season. “We had a good car all weekend, I just can’t qualify here for whatever reason. I should probably work on that for as many times as we come here,” exclaimed Jackson. “It was a good race track, a fun race track, and we had a great car tonight,” he concluded.

 

Lucas Oil MLRA action will resume this Thursday October 10th, when the series makes a visit to the I-70 Speedway in Odessa, MO for a $7,000 to win feature event. The 2024 season will then close out with two big nights of racing on Friday and Saturday at the Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL for the annual “MLRA Championship Weekend”.

Lucas Oil Speedway Contingencies 10/5/24

Lap Leaders – Chad Simpson (1 - 18), Chad Simpson (19 - 50)

Cautions – 1


 

MyRacePass “Overall Fast Time Award" – Dustin Hodges (14.479 sec.)

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race – Chad Simondsen

MD3 "Most Laps Led" – Chris Simpson (32)

Swift Springs “Move of the Race” – Chris Simpson

Sunoco Race Fuel “Rookie of the Race” – Aaron Marrant

PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" – Dillon McCowan

Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: – Chad Simpson

Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" – Durham

Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" – Chad Simpson

MSD Performance Holley: “1st B-Main NON-Qualifier” – Earl Pearson Jr.

MD3 Final Finisher: – Jimmy Vanzndt

Fall Nationals Night #350 Laps | 00:25:35.083

1. 32-Chris Simpson[8]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[5]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[16]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 6. 50C-Kayden Clatt[7]; 7. 36M-Logan Martin[13]; 8. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[6]; 9. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[14]; 10. 2T-Tyler Stevens[10]; 11. 22H-Dustin Hodges[1]; 12. 31C-Cole Henson[9]; 13. 78S-Steve Stultz[15]; 14. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[18]; 15. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[21]; 16. 11-Jeff Herzog[19]; 17. 65-Jon Binning[22]; 18. (DNF) 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[20]; 19. (DNF) 9G-Joseph Gorby[17]; 20. (DNF) 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 21. (DNF) 29-Keith Hammett[11]; 22. (DNF) 93-Mason Oberkramer[12]; 23. (DNF) 1XM-Aaron Marrant[23]; 24. (DNF) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[24]


 

B Feature 1 Fast Shafts10 Laps | 00:07:37.811

1. 9G-Joseph Gorby[3]; 2. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[2]; 3. 11-Jeff Herzog[1]; 4. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[12]; 5. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[4]; 6. 65-Jon Binning[6]; 7. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[8]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[10]; 9. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[5]; 10. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[9]; 11. (DNF) 7M-Allan Middendorf[7]; 12. (DNS) 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain; 13. (DNS) 16-Rusty Griffaw; 14. (DNS) 1S-Shawn Knuckles


 

H1-Flo Sports8 Laps | 00:07:46.278

1. 22H-Dustin Hodges[1]; 2. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 3. 31C-Cole Henson[3]; 4. 36M-Logan Martin[6]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[5]; 6. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[8]; 7. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[7]; 8. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[4]


 

H2-Simpson Race Products8 Laps | 00:10:06.836

1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 50C-Kayden Clatt[1]; 3. 29-Keith Hammett[3]; 4. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 5. 9G-Joseph Gorby[4]; 6. (DNF) 7M-Allan Middendorf[8]; 7. (DNF) 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 8. (DNF) 16-Rusty Griffaw[7]


 

H3-Earnhardt Technologies8 Laps | 00:03:54.012

1. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 2. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[4]; 3. 2T-Tyler Stevens[3]; 4. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[6]; 5. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[7]; 6. 65-Jon Binning[5]; 7. 10M-Jacob Magee[2]; 8. (DNS) 49W-Justin Wells


 

H4- Lucas Oil8 Laps | 00:02:41.429

1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[5]; 3. 93-Mason Oberkramer[2]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 5. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[6]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 7. (DNF) 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[3]

For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com.

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Reaper Domination--Ryan Gustin Runs Away With MLRA Fall Nationals Night # 2 Win

Friday October 4TH...Ryan Gustin used a dominating performance on Friday night to grab his second consecutive Lucas Oil MLRA victory during the MLRA Fall Nationals. Photo Credit: Todd Boyd

Wheatland, MO (October 4, 2024) – For the second consecutive night, the “Reaper” Ryan Gustin proved to be too tough to tame, as the Marshalltown, Iowa driver cruised to his 12th career Lucas Oil MLRA victory in the second of three nights for the MLRA Fall Nationals at the Lucas Oil Speedway.

 

Gustin started the 30 lapper from the outside of row two after winning the nights fourth heat race. MLRA point leader Chad Simpson started the race from the pole alongside of MyRacePass Fast Time award winner Stormy Scott. Simpson jumped to the race lead from the onset with Scott running in second, until giving way to Gustin on lap three for the runner up spot. 

 

With Simpson maintaining the race lead, the nights only caution slowed the pace on lap seven when Payton Looney made hard contact with the turn four wall, bringing his night to an early ending. With Simpson and Gustin showing the way, all eyes were on up & coming driver Tyler Kuykendall who had raced from his sixth starting position to third at the time of the caution, and was testing Gustin for second.

On the restart Simpson moved back to the point, but it was only a matter of laps before Gustin found a rhythm along the top side of the Lucas Oil Speedway. Chad Simpson would slip up in turn 1 and 2, opening the door for Gustin to have a monster run off the exit of turn two, putting the Todd Cooney Motorsports 19r out front for the first time on the night. 

 

Gustin would stretch out the advantage through lapped traffic in the closing laps to cash in on another $5,000 pay day by a margin of 5.379 seconds. “He was good there,” Gustin commented of the early race battle with Chad Simpson. “I thought I about put him through the fence there when I through that slider, I didn’t know if it was going to stick or not but it did.”

Chad Simpson 3rd (Left), Ryan Gustin 1st (Center), Chris Simpson 2nd (Right). Photo Credit: Todd Boyd

Chris Simpson raced his way from tenth into a podium position and eventually into the second spot for the second night in a row after passing brother Chad with just five laps to go. “We felt good,” explained Chris Simpson. “We just didn’t qualify where we needed. We had to work our way up through there, and got up there pretty good. The felt good, we had to do a little more to it today than we did yesterday and it felt good. It’s just when Ryan starts up front you ain’t going to catch him. This would be two wins for us if Ryan would’ve stay home, but we’ll take it,” joked Simpson. “He’s a hell of a racer and he has proven this year that they are the best of the best, so to come out here and run second to him twice, we’ll take it.”

 

Chad Simpson completed the nights podium in third while Justin Wells finished in fourth, his second straight top four run. Kuykendall would manage to hold onto 5th for his first career top five run with the Lucas Oil MLRA in just his first full year of open late model racing.

 

“Tonight was probably better than the last five races we’ve had so we’re getting our stride back and getting closer, we’re just still a tick off,” noted Chad Simpson. “I think them guys found something a little better on the bottom than I did. I tried to go down there but I just felt like I had to whoa up so much to run down there. We definitely need to get a little better to run the bottom here and get around here just a little better. Hopefully I fixed my entry and we will get better.”

 

Saturday night will put a cap on the MLRA “Fall Nationals” weekend. Action will include another complete show, culminating with a $10,000 to win and $700 to start 50 lap main event. Also on the card will be the $10,000 to win feature for the “Big Buck 50” Super Stocks.

Lucas Oil Speedway Contingencies 10/4/24

Lap Leaders – Chad Simpson (1 -12 ), Todd Cooney (13 - 30)

Cautions – 1


 

MyRacePass “Overall Fast Time Award" -- Stormy Scott (15.318 sec.)

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race – Tim Douglas

MD3 "Most Laps Led" – Ryan Gustin (18)

Swift Springs “Move of the Race” – Ryan Gustin

Sunoco Race Fuel “Rookie of the Race” – Aaron Marrant

PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" – Justin Wells

Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: – Tyler Kuykendall

Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" – Jay Dickens

Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" – Chad Simpson

MSD Performance Holley: “1st B-Main NON-Qualifier” – Rickey Frankel

MD3 Final Finisher: – Jimmy Vanzandt

Fall Nationals Night #230 Laps | 00:04:28.223

1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[10]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 4. 49W-Justin Wells[8]; 5. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[6]; 6. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 7. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 8. 93-Mason Oberkramer[5]; 9. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[15]; 10. 8-Dillon McCowan[11]; 11. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[9]; 12. 22H-Dustin Hodges[12]; 13. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[21]; 14. 11-Jeff Herzog[18]; 15. 2T-Tyler Stevens[13]; 16. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[20]; 17. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[17]; 18. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[16]; 19. 29-Keith Hammett[22]; 20. 78S-Steve Stultz[23]; 21. (DNF) 36M-Logan Martin[14]; 22. (DNF) 31C-Cole Henson[19]; 23. (DNF) 15L-Payton Looney[3]; 24. (DNF) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[24]


 

B Feature 1 Fast Shafts10 Laps | 00:10:36.132

1. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[1]; 2. 31C-Cole Henson[2]; 3. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 4. 33F-Rickey Frankel[5]; 5. 78S-Steve Stultz[7]; 6. 7W-Cole Wells[4]; 7. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[6]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[8]; 9. (DNF) 26G-Glen Powell[9]


 

B Feature 2 Wieland10 Laps | 00:09:02.495

1. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[1]; 3. 29-Keith Hammett[3]; 4. 50C-Kayden Clatt[6]; 5. 9G-Joseph Gorby[5]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw[7]; 7. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[9]; 8. (DNF) 15S-Clayton Stuckey[4]; 9. (DNS) 7M-Allan Middendorf


 

H1-Flo Sports8 Laps | 00:03:30.433

1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 93-Mason Oberkramer[1]; 3. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[4]; 4. 2T-Tyler Stevens[3]; 5. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[5]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[8]; 7. 33F-Rickey Frankel[7]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 9. 26G-Glen Powell[9]


 

H2-Simpson Race Products8 Laps | 00:03:33.216

1. 15L-Payton Looney[1]; 2. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 3. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[7]; 5. 31C-Cole Henson[2]; 6. 7W-Cole Wells[4]; 7. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[6]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[8]


 

H3-Earnhardt Technologies8 Laps | 00:02:45.315

1. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 2. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[2]; 3. 32-Chris Simpson[4]; 4. 36M-Logan Martin[3]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 6. 29-Keith Hammett[6]; 7. 9G-Joseph Gorby[5]; 8. 16-Rusty Griffaw[8]; 9. (DNS) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt


 

H4- Lucas Oil8 Laps | 00:01:17.756

1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 49W-Justin Wells[3]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[4]; 4. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[6]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[5]; 6. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[8]; 7. 50C-Kayden Clatt[2]; 8. (DNF) 7M-Allan Middendorf[7]

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Ryan Gustin Tops MLRA Fall Nationals Opener At Lucas Oil Speedway

Thursday October 3RD...Ryan Gustin topped Chris Simpson in a back-and-fourth battle for the lead on Thursday night to claim the $5,000 weekend opener in the MLRA Fall Nationals. Photo Credit: Todd Boyd

Wheatland, MO (October 3, 2024) – Ryan Gustin survived a back-and-forth battle for the lead and a late race charge from Chris Simpson to score the opening night win in the MLRA “Fall Nationals” on Thursday at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO.

 

Not only was the action intense at the top, the drama also continued in the Championship Chase throughout the night, with multiple top five drivers having their struggles while others found a way to capitalize with just five races remaining on the 2024 season.

 

Jon Binning brought the field to the green for the 30-lap main event along side of Chris Simpson. Simpson grab the lead on the initial circuit, and as the field completed lap one it was Binning losing grip and spinning in turns one and two to bring out the nights first of three cautions. Simpson again grabbed control and was able to maintain the advantage over fourth stating Gustin and Stormy Scott, before a Jeff Herzog spin slowed the pace again on lap 8.

With Gustin closing ground just prior to the caution, he picked up where he left off and took his first lead of the night on lap 11. Trouble next struck MLRA point leader Chad Simpson on lap 16 when he spun to the infield with 14 laps to go while running in 8th. Simpson would visit the hot pit before returning and finishing in 15th. 

 

Gustin again jumped back to the point on the final restart of the night, but it was Chris Simpson finding his way back out front on lap twenty for the second time on the night. That lead would be short lived as Gustin once again raced back by for the top spot just one lap later. Simpson would continue to pressure Gustin for the lead in the closing laps, circling the low line while Gustin moved to the top side. Lap traffic on the final lap would block any advances by Simpson, as Gustin drove to his 11th career Lucas Oil MLRA victory, and 5th all-time in Wheatland.

 

Simpson’s second place run, allowed him to close back in on the championship battle taking a 200-point deficit down to just 120 heading into Friday night. Lucas Oil Speedway champion Justin Wells raced from 13th to round out the podium in third. Stormy Scott would hold on for 4th while Tony Jackson Jr. finished in 5th, closing to within just 55 points of Midwest Sheet Metal Point Leader Chad Simpson. 

Justin Wells 3rd (Left), Ryan Gustin 1st (Center), Chris Simpson 2nd (Right). Photo Credit: Todd Boyd

“This is a different tire combination than what we normally run here with the four on the right rear and twos everywhere else ,” explained Gustin. “It’s definitely a different ballgame compared to what were used to running on, but we’ll go to work on it and make it better for tomorrow.”

 

For Gustin, the advantage may have been running in second which allowed him to watch the moves of Simpson early in the going. “I seen his (Chris Simpson) signal guy move him down there and I figured we were just going to crack the whip and run the cushion and hope for the best, and tonight it all worked out,” he concluded. As for his success at the Lucas Oil Speedway he continued, “it’s a love hate relationship here I guess. Sometimes where almost unstoppable here and other times we don’t even make the show, so hopefully we can keep it rolling and be standing here again tomorrow night.”

 

Simpson’s runner up finish marked his third MLRA podium of the season and second at the Lucas Oil Speedway. “You get out in the lead there and then I seen Ryan below me and I knew if Ryan was good down there I could be really good down there,” noted Simpson. “I moved down there on that restart, and I probably should have ran the top one lap to stop him from getting a run, but either way it was a good race. We were a little better down here in three and four than he was and I think we might have had something there on that las lap but Kayden was in the way, so we’ll take it. It’s a three-night weekend, so to get second tonight you know is still a good night for us.” 

The MLRA Fall Nationals continues on Friday night with another complete $5,000 to win main event. Action for the weekend will conclude at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks on Saturday night with the $10,000 MLRA finale, along with the $10,000 to win feature event for the "Big Buck 50" Super Stocks.

Lucas Oil Speedway Contingencies 10/3/24

Lap Leaders – Chris Simpson (1 - 10), Ryan Gustin (11 - 19), Chris Simpson (20), Ryan Gustin (21 - 30)

Cautions – 3


 

MyRacePass “Overall Fast Time Award" – Stormy Scott (14.793 sec.)

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race – Tim Douglas

MD3 "Most Laps Led" – Ryan Gustin (19)

Swift Springs “Move of the Race” – Earl Pearson Jr.

Sunoco Race Fuel “Rookie of the Race” – Aaron Marrant

PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" – Stormy Scott

Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: – Tony Jackson Jr.

Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" – Jay Dickens

Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" – Chad Simpson

MSD Performance Holley: “1st B-Main NON-Qualifier” – Shawn Knuckles

MD3 Final Finisher: – Jon Binning

Fall Nationals Night #130 Laps | 00:24:13.811

1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[2]; 3. 49W-Justin Wells[13]; 4. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 5. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[11]; 6. 22H-Dustin Hodges[15]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[16]; 8. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[24]; 9. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[21]; 10. 15L-Payton Looney[8]; 11. 8-Dillon McCowan[23]; 12. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[17]; 13. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[22]; 14. 25-Chad Simpson[9]; 15. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[19]; 16. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[12]; 17. 50C-Kayden Clatt[10]; 18. (DNF) 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[3]; 19. (DNF) 36M-Logan Martin[6]; 20. (DNF) 2T-Tyler Stevens[14]; 21. (DNF) 9G-Joseph Gorby[18]; 22. (DNF) 93-Brandon Overton[7]; 23. (DNF) 11-Jeff Herzog[20]; 24. (DNF) 65-Jon Binning[1]


 

B Feature 1 Fast Shafts10 Laps | 00:03:30.889

1. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[2]; 2. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[1]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[4]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[9]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 6. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[7]; 7. 10M-Jacob Magee[5]; 8. (DNF) 1T-Tucker Cox[8]; 9. (DNF) 7W-Cole Wells[6]


 

B Feature 2 Wieland10 Laps | 00:06:21.283

1. 9G-Joseph Gorby[8]; 2. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 3. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[5]; 4. 16-Rusty Griffaw[1]; 5. 29-Keith Hammett[6]; 6. 5V-Austin Vincent[3]; 7. 7M-Allan Middendorf[7]; 8. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson; 9. (DNS) 15S-Clayton Stuckey


 

H1-Flo Sports8 Laps | 00:03:21.760

1. 65-Jon Binning[2]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 4. 49W-Justin Wells[4]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[7]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[6]; 7. 10M-Jacob Magee[8]; 8. (DNF) 1S-Shawn Knuckles[9]; 9. (DNS) 8-Dillon McCowan


 

H2-Simpson Race Products8 Laps | 00:02:36.832

1. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[1]; 2. 93-Brandon Overton[5]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 4. 22H-Dustin Hodges[7]; 5. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[3]; 6. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[6]; 7. 7W-Cole Wells[8]; 8. 1T-Tucker Cox[4]


 

H3-Earnhardt Technologies8 Laps | 00:02:45.728

1. 32-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 36M-Logan Martin[2]; 3. 50C-Kayden Clatt[3]; 4. 2T-Tyler Stevens[6]; 5. 16-Rusty Griffaw[5]; 6. 5V-Austin Vincent[4]; 7. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 8. 7M-Allan Middendorf[8]; 9. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson


 

H4- Lucas Oil8 Laps | 00:04:17.941

1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 15L-Payton Looney[3]; 3. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[1]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[7]; 6. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[6]; 7. 29-Keith Hammett[8]; 8. 9G-Joseph Gorby[4]

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