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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. 

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Brian Shirley Breaks Through with Jackson 100 Win a Brownstown

You can finally call Brian Shirley a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series winner as the Chatham, Illinois racer became the 97th different winner on Saturday night at Brownstown Speedway. Shirley captured the 47th Annual WillScot Jackson 100 Presented by the Jackson County Visitors Center.

 

Shirley took the lead from Kyle Bronson on the 24th lap and led the rest of the way to not only pick up the $50,000 first place prize, but a $5,000 bonus from UNOH, and the fourth driver this year to be awarded a $1,000 check from Steering Buddy for becoming a first time series winner.

 

Shirley, who started ninth took the win withstanding challenges from Josh Rice before a caution with 14 laps to go. Shirley would pull away from the Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100 winner to take the victory.

 

Rice finished in second with Max Blair taking the third spot. The defending Jackson 100 winner Ricky Thornton Jr., who led the first lap of the race, finished fourth with 3-time and reigning Indiana Icebreaker winner Devin Moran coming home in fifth.

 

Shirley scored his first win at Brownstown since a Summer Nationals victory in 2008.

 

“It sounds great to be a Lucas Oil winner. There are a few things I want to do in my career before I hang up the hat and one of them was win a Lucas Oil race. I wasn’t wanting to end my career without a Lucas Oil win. This is so rewarding, you know we race against the best guys in the country week in and week out and we get our teeth kicked in here and there.”

 

“Man, that was a long 100 laps. I was just counting and counting, and we were able to get it done. I thought we had a car that was capable of getting to the front and how we was going to manage that when we got to the front. I was really second guessing to go out and go around lapped cars or just ride so I had something left, luckily we had that caution, and I was hoping to see one a little sooner, but all-in-all the good Lord just said it was our night and luckily all things came together.”

 

Rice, who was looking for his second Crown Jewel victory of the season, finished 0.646 seconds behind Shirley.

 

“I felt it took 80 laps for my tires to come in where I could actually steer. I think that was my shot before that caution there. I just couldn’t get back into a rhythm once we had that caution it was like my right front cooled off and I couldn’t steer anymore. Hats off to Brian he did a heck of a job; he did what he had to do to win. He played the lapped traffic perfect. He could swing out on those straightaways where I had to kind of stay in the mud.”

 

Blair came from the 14th starting position to round out the Big River Steel Podium.

 

“I honestly think we were good enough to win. Josh never made a mistake on that bottom it was like I had a chain to his bumper for 100 laps. I thought I had a shot at him two or three times, but it was going to get hairy and probably was going to be contact, so I lifted and seen the next lap. Man, I love this place, it is a lot of fun. We weren’t real good last night, the track was little different tonight, so we changed a couple of things, so we are definitely headed in the right direction. I wish it would have been 130 laps.”

 

The winner’s Bob and Lisa Cullen-owned, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Durham Racing Engine and sponsored by Thomason Express, Hoker Trucking, Allgaier Performance, Ted Brown’s Quality Paint and Body Shop, Slicker Graphics, Cheap Cars, J&J Gaming, and J&E Construction.

 

Completing the top ten were Frank Heckenast Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Jonathan Davenport, and Carson Ferguson.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 

Race Summary 

47th Annual Jackson 100

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Brownstown Speedway | Brownstown, IN

 

Allstar Performance Time Trials

Fast Time Group A: Brody Smith | 13.730 seconds (overall)

Fast Time Group B: Josh Rice | 13.974 seconds

 

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[6]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith[1]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[5]; 7. S21-Seth Daniels[9]; 8. 11C-Tyler Collins[8]; 9. D48-Derek Groomer[7]; 10. 17W-Lee Williams[10]

 

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 3. 12J-Jason Jameson[8]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 5. 21R-Colby Reed[9]; 6. 35-Dustin Linville[2]; 7. 93F-Carson Ferguson[5]; 8. 76S-Shelby Miles[6]; 9. JD3-Jack Dossey III[7]; 10. (DNS) 48J-Jug Wethington


 

Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 2. 11-Josh Rice[1]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 4. 111-Max Blair[4]; 5. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]; 6. 32-Chad Stapleton[7]; 7. 20-Tyler Neal[8]; 8. 18L-Trevor Landrum[6]; 9. 6-Clay Harris[10], 10. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[9]


 

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O'Neal[3]; 2. 15R-James Rice[2]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[1]; 5. C7-Adam Stricker[6]; 6. 22F-Chris Ferguson[8]; 7. P3-Steve Peeden[7]; 8. 22X-Matt Boknecht[5]; 9. 23-Keegan Cox[9]


 

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[3]; 2. 17SR-Brody Smith[1]; 3. 11C-Tyler Collins[7]; 4. 21R-Colby Reed[2]; 5. D48-Derek Groomer[9]; 6. 93F-Carson Ferguson[6]; 7. 17W-Lee Williams[11]; 8. S21-Seth Daniels[5]; 9. (DNS) 35-Dustin Linville; 10. (DNS) 76S-Shelby Miles; 11. (DNS) JD3-Jack Dossey III; 12. (DNS) 48J-Jug Wethington


 

UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (9 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 8-Dillon McCowan[1]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[4]; 3. 32-Chad Stapleton[3]; 4. 18L-Trevor Landrum[7]; 5. P3-Steve Peeden[6]; 6. 20-Tyler Neal[5]; 7. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[9]; 8. 22X-Matt Boknecht[8]; 9. 6-Clay Harris[11]; 10. (DNS) C7-Adam Stricker; 11. (DNS) 23-Keegan Cox

 

47th Annual Jackson 100 | Feature Finish (100 Laps):

Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Earnings

1 - 9 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - $56,900

2 - 6 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - $21,000

3 - 14 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - $10,900

4 - 1 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - $9,300

5 - 12 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $8,300

6 - 3 - 99JR - Frank Heckenast Jr - Frankfort, IL - $6,000

7 - 4 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $5,800

8 - 5 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $5,000

9 - 10 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $3,800

10 - 24 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $4,500

11 - 18 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - $4,300

12 - 13 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - $4,100

13 - 17 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - $3,900

14 - 23 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $3,500

15 - 15 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - $2,400

16 - 2 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - $3,200

17 - 22 - 32 - Chad Stapleton - Edinburgh, IN - $2,200

18 - 25 - D48 - Derek Groomer - Bloomington, IN - $2,100

19 - 11 - 12J - Jason Jameson - Lawrenceburg, IN - $2,000

20 - 7 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $2,900

21 - 19 - 17SR - Brody Smith - Dade City, FL - $2,000

22 - 20 - 22F - Chris Ferguson - Mt. Holly, NC - $2,000

23 - 16 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - $2,900

24 - 8 - 15R - James Rice - Verona, KY - $2,000

25 - 21 - 11C - Tyler Collins - North Vernon, IN - $2,000

 

Race Statistics  

Entrants: 39

Bilstein Shocks Pole Sitter: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

MD3 Lap Leaders: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Lap 1); Kyle Bronson (Laps 2-23); Brian Shirley (Laps 24-100)

Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Brian Shirley

Wieland Feature Winner: Brian Shirley

Margin of Victory: 0.646 seconds

Hellraizer Jacks Cautions: Jason Jameson, Brody Smith, Chad Stapleton (initial start); Tyler Collins, Dan Ebert, Clay Harris (Lap 2); Derek Groomer (Lap 86)

MyRacePass Series Provisional: Clay Harris; Carson Ferguson

Fast Time Provisional: n/a

Emergency Provisionals: n/a

Track Provisional: Derek Groomer

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Brian Shirley, Josh Rice, Max Blair

Penske Shocks Top 5: Brian Shirley, Josh Rice, Max Blair, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Devin Moran

Behrent’s One-Lap-to-Go Top 3: Brian Shirley, Josh Rice, Max Blair

PEM 4th Place Feature: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

Diversified Machine 5th Place Feature: Devin Moran

Wilwood Brakes 7th Place Feature: Hudson O’Neal

Wehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Dillon McCowan

Velocity Manufacturing 13th Place Feature: Dan Ebert

XS Power Batteries 15th Place Feature: Mike Marlar

Hoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Carson Ferguson (Advanced 14 positions)

MD3 Most Laps Led: Brian Shirley (77 Laps)

Sunoco Race Fuels Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Josh Rice

Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Sheppard

O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Josh Rice

Pro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Frank Heckenast, Jr. | Lap 7 | 14.641 seconds

FK Rod Ends Hard Luck Award: Clay Harris

Victory Fuel Power Move of the Race: Max Blair

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Anthony Martin

ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Durham Race Engines

Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Hudson O’Neal | 14.0493 seconds

Time of Race: 36 minutes 35 seconds

 

Big River Steel Championship Standings Presented by ARP:

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Earnings

1 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 6725 - $278,500

2 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 6705 - $265,500

3 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6600 - $321,374

4 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 6230 - $252,425

5 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 6230 - $162,700

6 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 6125 - $164,025

7 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - 5880 - $214,275

8 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - 5800 - $166,700

9 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5635 - $122,825

10 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 5410 - $105,975

11 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 5365 - $99,050

12 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - 5345 - $92,175

13 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 5280 - $147,975

14 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - 5195 - $118,525

15 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 4640 - $66,700

16 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - 4290 - $53,125

17 - 93L - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3970 - $34,475

 

Big River Steel Top 5 Bonus Standings Presented by ARP ($100,000):

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Gap

1 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 210 - 0

2 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 205 - -5

3 - 71 - Hudson O’Neal - Martinsville, IN - 195 - -15

4 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 190 - -20

5 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 170 - -40

 

Big River Steel 6th-15th Bonus Standings Presented by ARP ($25,000):

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Gap

1 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - 250 - 0

2 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - 240 - -10

3 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 220 - -30

4 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 180 - -70

5 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - 175 - -75

6 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 165 - -85

7 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 160 - -90

8 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - 150 - -100

9 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 130 - -120

10 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 125 - -125

 

 

BROWNSTOWN, IN (September 25, 2026) – Hudson O’Neal returned Friday night to the track where he began his racing career and led wire-to-wire to win the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series C.J. Rayburn Memorial at Brownstown Speedway.

 

In addition to the $10,000 winner’s purse, O’Neal earned a $5,000 bonus from Big River Steel, bringing his total winnings to $15,000 for SSI Motorsports. O’Neal completed a clean sweep of the night and cut Brandon Sheppard’s championship points lead to 25 heading into Saturday night’s $50,000-to-win Jackson 100.

 

Sheppard passed Ricky Thornton Jr. with 10 laps remaining to finish second. Thornton rounded out the Big River Steel podium in third. Josh Rice and Brandon Overton completed the top five.

 

O’Neal visited Wieland Victory Lane for the 40th time in his Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series career. The 26-year-old Martinsville, Indiana, native recorded his ninth career win at Brownstown, where he began racing 10 years ago.

 

“It means a lot to win this race. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a big race or a local race; it just seems to mean a little more. I grew up racing here, and it’s been a few years since I have won here. So it’s pretty cool to be standing back up here on this stage. It’s a good time to start doing it, too. We have a tight points battle. It’s coming down to the wire, so finding some speed at the right time of the year is really important for us,” said the 2019 Jackson 100 winner.

 

“C.J. Rayburn meant so much to my dad (Don O’Neal) throughout his career, even at the end. My dad credited C.J. for a lot of his career. So it’s pretty cool to win this and put my name on this trophy. Knowing my dad, it probably means a little bit more to him as well. Hopefully we can get our second Jackson win tomorrow.”

 

Sheppard entered the weekend with a 55-point lead over O’Neal, but O’Neal trimmed 30 points from that advantage Friday night.

 

“I felt like we had a pretty good car there. I felt pretty balanced. The later the race went, the better I was getting. Hudson kind of found a line that I was running late in lapped traffic, and he was diamonding off between a few of those guys. So, I don’t know if there was anything I could do to pass him. Congrats to him. He did a good job. It was a fun race. The track was pretty tricky there. We are 50/50 in that type of track condition here.”

 

Thornton, who has won two of the last three Jackson 100s, ran second until 10 laps remained and finished third.

 

“I felt like I had about 12 laps to do something. Congrats to Hud. His stuff was good, and he could get through traffic a little bit better than we could. We have a lot to work on for tomorrow.”

 

O’Neal’s winning Todd and Vickie Burns/SSI Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Big River Steel, Wheeler Metals, Sub-Surface of Indiana, Merrill Bonding, Professional Concrete Cutting and Drilling, O’Neal’s Salvage and Recycling, Lineal Contracting, Sunoco Race Fuels, Beeman Lumber, Indiana USSSA Fastpitch Softball, Seven Spurs Ranch, Penske Racing Shocks, Dicky’s Doghouse, and Lucas Oil Products.

 

Jonathan Davenport, Devin Moran, Clay Harris, Max Blair, and Mike Marlar completed the top 10.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 

Race Summary 

5th Annual CJ Rayburn Memorial

Friday, September 25, 2026

Brownstown Speedway | Brownstown, IN

 

Allstar Performance Time Trials

Fast Time Group A: Hudson O’Neal | 13.635 seconds (Overall)

Fast Time Group B: Jonathan Davenport | 13.782 seconds

 

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O'Neal[1]; 2. 11-Josh Rice[3]; 3. 12J-Jason Jameson[2]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar[5]; 6. 76S-Shelby Miles[7]; 7. D48-Derek Groomer[9]; 8. 18L-Trevor Landrum[8]; 9. 17SR-Brody Smith[6]; 10. 42-Terry Casey[10]

 

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 111-Max Blair[3]; 3. C7-Adam Stricker[1]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[6]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 6. 93F-Carson Ferguson[5]; 7. 11C-Tyler Collins[7]; 8. 4-Cody Mahoney[8]; 9. 22X-Matt Boknecht[9]; 10. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[10]


 

Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 6-Clay Harris[2]; 3. 22F-Chris Ferguson[7]; 4. 20-Tyler Neal[4]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[8]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 7. S21-Seth Daniels[5]; 8. P3-Steve Peeden[9]; 9. JD3-Jack Dossey III[10]; 10. 71D-Don O'Neal[3]


 

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[8]; 5. 32-Chad Stapleton[6]; 6. 15R-James Rice[5]; 7. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 8. 21R-Colby Reed[9]; 9. (DNS) 1G-Devin Gilpin


 

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 93F-Carson Ferguson[4]; 3. D48-Derek Groomer[5]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 5. 11C-Tyler Collins[6]; 6. 17SR-Brody Smith[9]; 7. 76S-Shelby Miles[3]; 8. 18L-Trevor Landrum[7]; 9. 42-Terry Casey[11]; 10. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[12]; 11. 4-Cody Mahoney[8]; 12. (DNS) 22X-Matt Boknecht


 

UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 2. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 3. S21-Seth Daniels[5]; 4. 32-Chad Stapleton[2]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[6]; 6. 15R-James Rice[4]; 7. JD3-Jack Dossey III[9]; 8. P3-Steve Peeden[7]; 9. 21R-Colby Reed[8]; 10. (DNS) 71D-Don O'Neal; 11. (DNS) 1G-Devin Gilpin

 

5th Annual CJ Rayburn Memorial | Feature Finish (40 Laps):

Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Earnings

1 - 1 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $15,000

2 - 3 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $5,600

3 - 4 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - $3,500

4 - 5 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - $2,800

5 - 8 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - $2,500

6 - 2 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $2,300

7 - 12 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $2,200

8 - 6 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $2,100

9 - 7 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - $2,050

10 - 17 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - $2,000

11 - 15 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - $1,600

12 - 19 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $1,400

13 - 9 - 12J - Jason Jameson - Lawrenceburg, IN - $1,200

14 - 21 - D48 - Derek Groomer - Bloomington, IN - $1,000

15 - 11 - C7 - Adam Stricker - Batavia, OH - $950

16 - 10 - 22F - Chris Ferguson - Mt. Holly, NC - $925

17 - 13 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - $900

18 - 24 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - $875

19 - 23 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $850

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

21 - 14 - 20 - Tyler Neal - Paragon, IN - $800

22 - 16 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - $800

23 - 25 - 11C - Tyler Collins - North Vernon, IN - $800

24 - 22 - S21 - Seth Daniels - Jackson, OH - $800

25 - 18 - 99JR - Frank Heckenast Jr - Frankfort, IL - $800

 

Race Statistics  

Entrants: 39

Bilstein Shocks Pole Sitter: Hudson O’Neal

MD3 Lap Leaders: Hudson O’Neal

Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Hudson O’Neal

Wieland Feature Winner: Hudson O’Neal

Margin of Victory: 1.057 seconds

Hellraizer Jacks Cautions: n/a

MyRacePass Series Provisional: Garrett Alberson; Dan Ebert

Fast Time Provisional: n/a

Emergency Provisionals: n/a

Track Provisional: Tyler Collins

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Ricky Thornton, Jr.

Penske Shocks Top 5: Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Josh Rice, Brandon Overton

Behrent’s One-Lap-to-Go Top 3: Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Ricky Thornton, Jr.

PEM 4th Place Feature: Josh Rice

Diversified Machine 5th Place Feature: Brandon Overton

Wilwood Brakes 7th Place Feature: Devin Moran

Wehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Dillon McCowan

Velocity Manufacturing 13th Place Feature: Jason Jameson

XS Power Batteries 15th Place Feature: Adam Stricker

Hoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Mike Marlar (Advanced 7 positions)

MD3 Most Laps Led: Hudson O’Neal (40 Laps)

Sunoco Race Fuels Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Hudson O’Neal

Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Sheppard

O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Josh Rice

Pro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Ricky Thornton, Jr. | Lap 3 | 15.328 seconds

FK Rod Ends Hard Luck Award: Frank Heckenast Jr

Victory Fuel Power Move of the Race: Brandon Sheppard

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Jason Durham

ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing Engines

Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Mike Marlar | 13.2684 seconds

Time of Race: 10 minutes 52 seconds

 

Big River Steel Championship Standings Presented by ARP:

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Earnings

1 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 6535 - $273,500

2 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 6510 - $259,700

3 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6395 - $313,074

4 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 6060 - $158,600

5 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 6020 - $243,125

6 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 5905 - $153,125

7 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - 5640 - $193,275

8 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - 5550 - $109,800

9 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5505 - $119,925

10 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 5250 - $102,475

 

 

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (September 15, 2026) – The 22nd running of the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, scheduled for September 17-19 at Knoxville Raceway, has been canceled due to heavy rainfall throughout the week and the forecast for additional rain through the weekend.

 

After closely monitoring conditions and consulting with weather partners at BAM Weather, Knoxville Raceway and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials determined that the event could not be completed as scheduled.

 

With competitors and fans preparing to travel long distances to Knoxville, officials believed making an early decision was in everyone’s best interest. The high cost of fuel and other travel-related expenses were important considerations, and announcing the cancellation as soon as possible will help prevent fans and race teams from incurring unnecessary costs.

 

All tickets and camping will be refunded to your Knoxville Raceway account and can be used toward your purchase for the 2027 Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, scheduled for September 16-18, 2027. Those who prefer a refund may request one by contacting the Knoxville Raceway ticket office at 641-842-5431.

 

The Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals annually brings many of the nation’s best Dirt Late Model drivers to Knoxville Raceway for one of the sport’s most anticipated events. Although officials are disappointed that this year’s event cannot take place, Knoxville Raceway and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series thank the fans, competitors, sponsors and partners for their continued support.

 

Everyone involved with the event looks forward to welcoming the dirt late model community back to Knoxville Raceway on September 16-18, 2027.

 

For the latest news, results, championship standings, and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing, please visit LucasDirt.com.

 

 

PORT ROYAL, PA (August 29, 2026) – Jonathan Davenport ended Ricky Thornton Jr.’s four-race winning streak at Port Royal Speedway in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competition, leading all 50 laps and collecting $50,000 for winning the Rumble by the River presented by FK Rod Ends on Saturday night.

 

Thornton, who was victorious Friday night, had won the previous four LOLMDS races held at Port Royal over the past two years, but that streak ended as Davenport led wire to wire. Thornton ran second for the entire distance and banked $20,000 for the runner-up finish. Brandon Overton climbed to third just past the halfway mark and rounded out the Big River Steel Podium, taking home $10,000.

 

Chris Madden, who ran fourth Friday night, duplicated that finish in Saturday’s finale. Hudson O’Neal, a three-time winner at Port Royal, rounded out the top five. With his fifth-place finish, O’Neal now trails Brandon Sheppard, who finished 12th, by 55 points heading into the next series event at Knoxville Raceway in September.

 

In Wieland Victory Lane for the 97th time in his career, the three-time series champion earned his first Port Royal victory since 2024.

 

“My car was really good in clean air. I was free the whole time. The lapped cars were running a little lower, and I would just try to move up. But I feel like if we could have ever gotten into a rhythm with the lapped cars, we were going to be okay because it would have slowed everybody else up, too. Obviously, it would have slowed me up. Everybody keeps saying we’re retiring or I can’t hang because I don’t race every week, but when they put us in certain situations, we are just as good as anyone in the country,” said the Blairsville, Georgia, native.

 

“It’s just slick enough that on this front straightaway, you’re easing onto the throttle as gently as you can. On that last restart, I found just a little bit off of four, and I spun the tires there for about 10 or 15 feet. Then I had to crawl back and try to catch back up with it. I hope nobody got run over because I actually entered a little bit lower than I normally would have. I know that Ricky kept picking the top, so I didn’t know if he was going to try to ring the cushion, get a run down the hill and slide me into one. That’s always in the back of your mind. You don’t know they’re coming until you hear them or see them go by, and by that time, you’re not really set up for it. It worked out for us tonight.”

 

Thornton, who entered the night looking to win the Rumble by the River finale for the second year in a row, came home in second.

 

“Obviously, JD was really good as soon as he got out front. I was going to have to slide him on that last restart. I thought the top was still good in one and two, but not in three and four. I figured the smart thing was to salvage a second-place finish rather than try to win it and tear everything up. That’s the way our year has gone. I feel like we get up there and win or finish dead last. I kept watching the board. When Overton got to third, I knew he was going to get a really good restart on the bottom. I thought I had a right-rear flat, and it started vibrating really badly and hopping. I don’t know if we broke a shock or something weird like that, but for the last five or six laps, I was really hanging on.”

 

Overton, who started fifth, moved past Dan Ebert for third just past the halfway mark and held that position for the rest of the race.

 

“We had a decent weekend. We struggled a little bit last night, and to come out of here on the podium, we’ll take it. I enjoy coming here. I love this big track, and it’s always fun. We’ll take our third-place finish and go on to the next one.”

 

Davenport’s Lance and Darla Landers/Double L Motorsports Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsored by Ace Doran Hauling and Rigging, Nutrien Ag Solutions, ASC Warranty, Mark Martin Automotive, and Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas.

 

Completing the top 10 were Devin Moran, Dan Ebert, Chris Ferguson, Dillon McCowan, and Mason Zeigler.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 

Race Summary 

Rumble by the River presented by FK Rod Ends | Night 2

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA

 

Allstar Performance Time Trials

Fast Time Group A: Ricky Thornton, Jr. | 18.501 seconds

Fast Time Group B: Jonathan Davenport | 18.354 seconds(Overall)

 

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[3]; 3. 93F-Carson Ferguson[2]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 5. 11AC-Trevor Collins[5]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 7. 55-Jamie Lathroum[6]; 8. 15-Scott Flickinger[9]; 9. 48F-Colton Flinner[8]

 

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 9M-Hayes Mattern[1]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[2]; 3. 8K-Kyle Strickler[3]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[5]; 5. 1C-Alex Ferree[4]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson[6]; 7. 17SR-Brody Smith[7]; 8. 4S-Danny Snyder[8]; 9. (DNS) 93L-Cory Lawler


 

Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 5T-Drake Troutman[2]; 3. 24M-Kenny Moreland[4]; 4. 66C-Matt Cosner[3]; 5. 27E-Dylan Yoder[6]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[5]; 7. 0-Andrew Yoder[7]; 8. 80D-Greg Diehl[8]


 

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O'Neal[2]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 24-Rick Eckert[5]; 5. 11-Josh Rice[4]; 6. 2J-Justin Weaver[7]; 7. 03-Brenden Queen[8]; 8. 21-Chad Myers[6]; 9. (DNS) 86-Austin Berry


 

MyRacePass Heat Race #5 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[1]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[3]; 3. 22G-Gregg Satterlee[4]; 4. 72-Michael Norris[2]; 5. 27-Trever Feathers[5]; 6. D19-Dillan Stake[6]; 7. 4-Gary Stuhler[7]; 8. 15K-Lane Snook[8]


 

Lucas Oil Products Heat Race #6 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 44M-Chris Madden[2]; 2. 111-Max Blair[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 4. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 5. 32J-Shaun Jones[7]; 6. 5J-Chad Julius[5]; 7. 121-Tristin Neiderer[8]; 8. 2-Jason Schmidt[6]


 

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 3. 1C-Alex Ferree[5]; 4. 66C-Matt Cosner[3]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[8]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]; 7. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 8. 27E-Dylan Yoder[6]; 9. 17SR-Brody Smith[11]; 10. 11AC-Trevor Collins[4]; 11. 80D-Greg Diehl[15]; 12. 55-Jamie Lathroum[10]; 13. 0-Andrew Yoder[12]; 14. 4S-Danny Snyder[14]; 15. 15-Scott Flickinger[13]; 16. (DNS) 48F-Colton Flinner; 17. (DNS) 93L-Cory Lawler


 

UNOH B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 24-Rick Eckert[1]; 2. 72-Michael Norris[2]; 3. 11-Josh Rice[4]; 4. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 5. 2J-Justin Weaver[7]; 6. 32J-Shaun Jones[6]; 7. D19-Dillan Stake[8]; 8. 4-Gary Stuhler[11]; 9. 03-Brenden Queen[10]; 10. 5J-Chad Julius[9]; 11. 121-Tristin Neiderer[12]; 12. 21-Chad Myers[13]; 13. 2-Jason Schmidt[15]; 14. 15K-Lane Snook[14]; 15. 27-Trever Feathers[5]; 16. (DNS) 86-Austin Berry


 

Rumble by the River presented by FK Rod Ends - Night 2 | Feature Finish (50 Laps):

Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Earnings

1 - 2 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $50,000

2 - 1 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - $21,300

3 - 5 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - $10,900

4 - 6 - 44M - Chris Madden - Gray Court, SC - $8,000

5 - 8 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $8,300

6 - 21 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $7,300

7 - 4 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - $5,400

8 - 9 - 22F - Chris Ferguson - Mt. Holly, NC - $4,000

9 - 10 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - $4,800

10 - 7 - 25Z - Mason Zeigler - Chalk Hill, PA - $3,600

11 - 12 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - $4,300

12 - 14 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $4,200

13 - 13 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $3,900

14 - 18 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - $3,400

15 - 24 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $3,300

16 - 17 - 24M - Kenny Moreland - Waldorf, MD - $2,300

17 - 23 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - $3,100

18 - 19 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - $3,000

19 - 11 - 5T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - $2,000

20 - 20 - 24 - Rick Eckert - York, PA - $2,000

21 - 25 - 27 - Trever Feathers - Winchester, VA - $2,000

22 - 22 - 72 - Michael Norris - Sarver, PA - $2,000

23 - 15 - 8K - Kyle Strickler - Mooresville, NC - $2,000

24 - 3 - 9M - Hayes Mattern - Beavertown, PA - $2,000

25 - 16 - 22G - Gregg Satterlee - Indiana, PA - $2,100

 

Race Statistics  

Entrants: 51

Bilstein Shocks Pole Sitter: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

MD3 Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1-50)

Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Jonathan Davenport

Wieland Feature Winner: Jonathan Davenport

Margin of Victory: 3.136 seconds

Hellraizer Jacks Cautions: Hayes Mattern (Lap 3); Kenny Moreland (Lap 7); Kyle Strickler (Lap 21); Debris (Lap 33); Rick Eckert (Lap 37)

MyRacePass Series Provisional: Josh Rice; Clay Harris

Fast Time Provisional: n/a

Emergency Provisionals: n/a

Track Provisional: Trever Feathers

Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Overton

Penske Shocks Top 5: Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Overton, Chris Madden, Hudson O’Neal

Behrent’s One-Lap-to-Go Top 3: Jonathan Davenport, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Brandon Overton

PEM 4th Place Feature: Chris Madden

Diversified Machine 5th Place Feature: Hudson O’Neal

Wilwood Brakes 7th Place Feature: Dan Ebert

Wehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Max Blair

Velocity Manufacturing 13th Place Feature: Carson Ferguson

XS Power Batteries 15th Place Feature: Clay Harris

Hoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Devin Moran (Advanced 15 positions)

MD3 Most Laps Led: Jonathan Davenport (50 Laps)

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

Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Sheppard

O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Dillon McCowan

Pro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport | Lap 1 | 19.966 seconds

FK Rod Ends Hard Luck Award: Gregg Satterlee

Victory Fuel Power Move of the Race: Brandon Overton

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Cory Fostvedt

ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Vic Hill Race Engines

Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Dan Ebert | 18.1613 seconds

Time of Race: 32 minutes 13 seconds

 

Big River Steel Championship Standings Presented by ARP:

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Earnings

1 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 6305 - $267,900

2 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 6250 - $244,700

3 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6200 - $310,874

4 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 5855 - $156,100

5 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 5800 - $239,625

6 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 5720 - $151,075

7 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - 5430 - $190,475

8 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - 5405 - $108,900

9 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5370 - $119,075

10 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - 5070 - $88,175

11 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 5060 - $100,375

12 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 5015 - $93,150

13 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 4975 - $143,200

14 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - 4845 - $112,625

15 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 4390 - $66,700

16 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - 4035 - $49,400

17 - 93L - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3720 - $34,475

 

 

PORT ROYAL, PA (August 28, 2026) – Ricky Thornton Jr. made it four straight Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victories at Port Royal Speedway, leading all but two laps of Night One of the Rumble by the River presented by FK Rod Ends. The win earned him $10,000 and marked his 62nd career series victory.

 

Thornton, who won three times at Port Royal a year ago, went to Wieland Victory Lane for the sixth time this season after taking a 1.392-second victory over Devin Moran. Jonathan Davenport rounded out the Big River Steel Podium in third.

 

Chris Madden, who led the first two laps, finished fourth, with Max Blair completing the top five.

Making his fifth career visit to Wieland Victory Lane at Port Royal, the defending winner of the $50,000-to-win Rumble by the River set his sights on a repeat victory Saturday night.

 

“I felt good all night. It’s just hard whenever you are never behind anyone to gain on them. That first lap behind Madden, he was just far enough out where I could keep my nose in clean air so I could roll around the bottom, and luckily we got by him. It’s good to be out front. Obviously, it felt like once I got to within about half a straightaway of the lapped cars, I just, like, stalled hard, so I think that’s going to be good for tomorrow,” said the Chandler, Arizona, native.

 

“Once a couple of guys did move and I started moving around, I got, like, a little bit of clean air. I felt like my pace picked back up, so at the end, I figured I would live or die by the wall here in one and two. In four, I didn’t really know. I kept touching the wall, and I’m like, ‘Man, that opening is going to bite me.’ So, I started cheating a little bit, and I was waiting for Devin to get next to me. I knew he was getting close. I could hear him every now and then. My car is so wheeled up on the right rear, you can’t really see if a guy gets under you.”

 

Moran, who ran in second place from lap four until the finish, closed on Thornton late in the race as the leader battled heavy traffic.

 

“Congrats to those guys. They have had the unluckiest year of anybody. I wish we could have beaten them, but I’m glad they got it done. Ricky was railing that top, and, man, I thought his tires were eventually going to have to slow down. As he was doing that, I was driving a little bit harder. The car wasn’t quite where we needed it to be, but obviously, it was really good to finish second. There are just a couple of things we need to tweak, and my guys are going to work hard to be sure we do that.”

 

Davenport, who started 13th, charged to third to round out the Big River Steel Podium.

 

“I don’t know what we needed to do. We were really good in the feature. The heat race didn’t go our way. Chris (Madden) beat me into turn one, and then he pushed on the first lap. I wasn’t smart enough to follow him into three, so I tried to slide him, and he wasn’t quite clear. I gave him a lane, and that let (Dan) Ebert get a run on us. That put us starting 13th, but we had a really good hot rod. I thought we were going to get there when they caught lapped traffic. I could see Ricky and Devin right in front of me, but they scooted through those lapped cars pretty quickly, and I just couldn’t quite get through there. I had melted my stuff by the time I got there.”

 

Thornton’s Koehler Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Knight’s Companies, Hoker Trucking, Coltman Farms Racing, Capital Waste, Certified Inspection Services, Elite Ready Mix, Strange Oval, SI Towing and Recovery, Sunoco Race Fuels, and D&E Outside Services.

 

Completing the top 10 were Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Mason Zeigler, Michael Norris, and Dan Ebert.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 

Race Summary 

Rumble by the River presented by FK Rod Ends | Night 1

Friday, August 28, 2026

Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA

 

Allstar Performance Time Trials

Fast Time Group A: Jonathan Davenport | 18.793 seconds (Overall)

Fast Time Group B: Devin Moran | 19.230 seconds

 

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 44M-Chris Madden[2]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[3]; 5. 15K-Lane Snook[7]; 6. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[8]; 7. 24-Rick Eckert[5]; 8. 4-Gary Stuhler[9]; 9. 0-Andrew Yoder[6]

 

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 1C-Alex Ferree[2]; 3. 71-Hudson O'Neal[3]; 4. 9M-Hayes Mattern[5]; 5. 11-Josh Rice[7]; 6. 27E-Dylan Yoder[4]; 7. 2J-Justin Weaver[6]; 8. 5J-Chad Julius[8]; 9. (DNS) 2-Jason Schmidt


 

Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 5T-Drake Troutman[2]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 4. D19-Dillan Stake[6]; 5. 8K-Kyle Strickler[3]; 6. 66C-Matt Cosner[5]; 7. 24M-Kenny Moreland[8]; 8. 03-Brenden Queen[7]; 9. (DNS) 11M-Greg Moore


 

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 111-Max Blair[2]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 4. 1K-Gene Knaub[5]; 5. 48F-Colton Flinner[6]; 6. 32J-Shaun Jones[9]; 7. 15-Scott Flickinger[7]; 8. 93L-Cory Lawler[3]; 9. 80D-Greg Diehl[8]


 

Lucas Oil Products Heat Race #5 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[1]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[5]; 3. 93F-Carson Ferguson[2]; 4. 17SR-Brody Smith[8]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 6. 27-Trever Feathers[6]; 7. 11AC-Trevor Collins[7]; 8. 6M-Matt Martin[9]; 9. 22G-Gregg Satterlee[3]


 

FloRacing Heat Race #6 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 72-Michael Norris[2]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]; 5. 4S-Danny Snyder[4]; 6. 121-Tristin Neiderer[9]; 7. 21-Chad Myers[8]; 8. 55-Jamie Lathroum[7]; 9. 86-Austin Berry[6]


 

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 9M-Hayes Mattern[2]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[1]; 3. 24-Rick Eckert[10]; 4. D19-Dillan Stake[3]; 5. 11-Josh Rice[5]; 6. 15K-Lane Snook[4]; 7. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 8. 8K-Kyle Strickler[6]; 9. 27E-Dylan Yoder[8]; 10. 2J-Justin Weaver[11]; 11. 66C-Matt Cosner[9]; 12. 4-Gary Stuhler[13]; 13. 03-Brenden Queen[15]; 14. 0-Andrew Yoder[16]; 15. 5J-Chad Julius[14]; 16. 2-Jason Schmidt[17]; 17. 24M-Kenny Moreland[12]; 18. (DNS) 11M-Greg Moore


 

UNOH B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 6-Clay Harris[5]; 2. 48F-Colton Flinner[4]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 4. 27-Trever Feathers[8]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith[2]; 6. 11AC-Trevor Collins[11]; 7. 32J-Shaun Jones[7]; 8. 121-Tristin Neiderer[9]; 9. 21-Chad Myers[12]; 10. 86-Austin Berry[18]; 11. 93L-Cory Lawler[13]; 12. 15-Scott Flickinger[10]; 13. 80D-Greg Diehl[16]; 14. 4S-Danny Snyder[6]; 15. 1K-Gene Knaub[1]; 16. (DNS) 6M-Matt Martin; 17. (DNS) 55-Jamie Lathroum; 18. (DNS) 22G-Gregg Satterlee

 

Rumble by the River presented by FK Rod Ends - Night 1 | Feature Finish (40 Laps):

Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Earnings

1 - 3 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - $10,000

2 - 2 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $5,500

3 - 13 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $3,500

4 - 1 - 44M - Chris Madden - Gray Court, SC - $2,700

5 - 8 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - $2,500

6 - 15 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $2,300

7 - 5 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $2,300

8 - 4 - 25Z - Mason Zeigler - Chalk Hill, PA - $2,100

9 - 12 - 72 - Michael Norris - Sarver, PA - $2,050

10 - 23 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - $2,000

11 - 7 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - $1,600

12 - 6 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - $1,400

13 - 17 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - $1,200

14 - 26 - 24 - Rick Eckert - York, PA - $1,000

15 - 11 - 5T - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - $950

16 - 21 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - $925

17 - 16 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $900

18 - 20 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $875

19 - 14 - 7 - Ross Robinson - Georgetown, DE - $850

20 - 25 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - $125

21 - 18 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - $800

22 - 24 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - $800

23 - 10 - 22F - Chris Ferguson - Mt. Holly, NC - $800

24 - 9 - 1C - Alex Ferree - Saxonburg, PA - $800

25 - 19 - 9M - Hayes Mattern - Beavertown, PA - $800

26 - 22 - 48F - Colton Flinner - Allison Park, PA - $800

 

Race Statistics  

Entrants: 54

Bilstein Shocks Pole Sitter: Chris Madden

MD3 Lap Leaders: Chris Madden (Laps 1-2); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 3-38)

Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

Wieland Feature Winner: Ricky Thornton, Jr.

Margin of Victory: 1.392 seconds

Hellraizer Jacks Cautions: Colton Flinner (Lap 3); Chris Ferguson (Lap 10); Alex Ferree (Lap 15)

MyRacePass Series Provisional: Josh Rice; Kyle Bronson

Fast Time Provisional: n/a

Emergency Provisionals: Daniel Hilsabeck

Track Provisional: Rick Eckert

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

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

Behrent’s One-Lap-to-Go Top 3: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Devin Moran, Jonathan Davenport

PEM 4th Place Feature: Chris Madden

Diversified Machine 5th Place Feature: Max Blair

Wilwood Brakes 7th Place Feature: Brandon Sheppard

Wehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Dan Ebert

Velocity Manufacturing 13th Place Feature: Brian Shirley

XS Power Batteries 15th Place Feature: Drake Troutman

Hoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Josh Rice (Advanced 13 positions)

MD3 Most Laps Led: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (38 Laps)

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

Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Sheppard

O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Josh Rice

Pro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Ricky Thornton, Jr. | Lap 12 | 19.697 seconds

FK Rod Ends Hard Luck Award: Colton Flinner

Victory Fuel Power Move of the Race: Hudson O’Neal

Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Anthony Burroughs

ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing Engines

Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Ricky Thornton, Jr. | 18.0489 seconds

Time of Race: 23 minutes 37 seconds

 

Big River Steel Championship Standings Presented by ARP:

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Earnings

1 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 6135 - $263,700

2 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 6045 - $236,400

3 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6000 - $303,574

4 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 5635 - $145,200

5 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 5560 - $218,325

6 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 5545 - $146,775

7 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - 5285 - $187,275

8 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5245 - $119,075

9 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - 5245 - $105,500

10 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - 4930 - $85,175

11 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 4905 - $97,075

12 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 4850 - $89,250

13 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 4780 - $137,800

14 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - 4660 - $107,825

15 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 4270 - $65,500

16 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - 3930 - $48,275

17 - 93L - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3670 - $34,475

 

 

47th Annual Jackson 100 Brings Lucas Oil Late Model Stars to Brownstown Speedway


 

One of Indiana’s most celebrated dirt-track traditions returns next week when Brownstown Speedway hosts the 47th Annual WillScot Jackson 100 presented by Jackson County Visitor Center on Friday and Saturday, September 25-26.


 

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing will headline both nights, bringing many of the nation’s premier Super Late Model drivers to Brownstown Speedway.


 

Friday’s program featuring the 5th Annual CJ Rayburn Memorial, presented by Jackson County Visitor Center, will pay $10,000 to the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series winner. The evening will also include the 15th Annual Bowman Family 50 for the Indiana Late Model Series Pro Late Models.


 

The stakes rise Saturday with the 47th Annual WillScot Jackson 100 presented by Jackson County Visitor Center, a 100-lap test paying $50,000 to win. Brownstown’s Pure Stocks will complete Saturday’s racing card.


 

All gates will open at 3:00 PM on Friday and 12:00 PM (noon) on Saturday. A Dirt Racing Outreach service will take place at 2:00 PM on Saturday, followed by an autograph session with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers from 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM. The on-track action is set to begin at 6:00 PM each night.


 

Defending winner Ricky Thornton Jr. will be among the weekend’s leading storylines. Thornton captured the 2025 Jackson 100 after taking command on lap 76 of a closely contested feature, earning his second victory in the prestigious event in three years.


 

Devin Moran also figures prominently in the Brownstown conversation. The defending Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national champion has repeatedly shown speed at the Jackson County oval, including a victory in the 2026 Indiana Icebreaker in March. Brandon Sheppard, Hudson O’Neal, Max Blair, Brandon Overton and other national and regional standouts are expected to make the Jackson 100 weekend one of the season’s most competitive events.


 

Brownstown Speedway is located on the Jackson County Fairgrounds at 476 East County Road 100 South in Brownstown, Indiana. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, please visit BrownstownSpeedway.com.


 

Following the cancellation of the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals because of heavy rainfall, the $5,000 Big River Steel bonus originally scheduled for Knoxville will now be awarded during Friday night’s program at Brownstown Speedway. The highest-finishing eligible driver in Friday’s 5th Annual CJ Rayburn Memorial will receive the additional $5,000 Big River Steel bonus. 


 

The originally scheduled UNOH bonus will remain in place for Saturday’s 47th Annual Jackson 100. The highest-finishing eligible driver from among the top 15 in the championship standings in the 100-lap finale will collect the additional $5,000.


 

For the latest news, results, championship standings, and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing, please visit LucasDirt.com.


 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Purses:

5th 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


 

47th Annual WillScot Jackson 100 presented by Jackson County Visitor Center (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) NRM NLMT3, (92) NRM NLMT4


 

Previous Jackson 100 Winners:

2025 - Ricky Thornton Jr.

2024 - Mike Marlar

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
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With the 2026 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing season entering its final stretch, competitors have even more on the line as the $275,000 Big River Steel Bonus Program presented by ARP prepares to reward drivers for their performance throughout the closing weeks of the season.


 

Originally announced ahead of the 2026 campaign, the lucrative bonus program adds another layer of excitement and opportunity as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship battle approaches its conclusion.
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Hudson O'Neal

- 55 PTS

Brandon Sheppard

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Devin Moran

- 105 PTS
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KNOXVILLE, Iowa (September 15, 2026) – The 22nd running of the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, scheduled for September 17-19 at Knoxville Raceway, has been canceled due to heavy rainfall throughout the week and the forecast for additional rain through the weekend.

 

After closely monitoring conditions and consulting with weather partners at BAM Weather, Knoxville Raceway and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials determined that the event could not be completed as scheduled.

 

With competitors and fans preparing to travel long distances to Knoxville, officials believed making an early decision was in everyone’s best interest. The high cost of fuel and other travel-related expenses were important considerations, and announcing the cancellation as soon as possible will help prevent fans and race teams from incurring unnecessary costs.

 

All tickets and camping will be refunded to your Knoxville Raceway account and can be used toward your purchase for the 2027 Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, scheduled for September 16-18, 2027. Those who prefer a refund may request one by contacting the Knoxville Raceway ticket office at 641-842-5431.

 

The Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals annually brings many of the nation’s best Dirt Late Model drivers to Knoxville Raceway for one of the sport’s most anticipated events. Although officials are disappointed that this year’s event cannot take place, Knoxville Raceway and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series thank the fans, competitors, sponsors and partners for their continued support.

 

Everyone involved with the event looks forward to welcoming the dirt late model community back to Knoxville Raceway on September 16-18, 2027.

 

For the latest news, results, championship standings, and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing, please visit LucasDirt.com.

 

BATAVIA, Ohio (September 14, 2026) - The biggest names in Dirt Late Model racing will converge on historic Knoxville Raceway this Thursday through Saturday, September 17-19, for the 22nd running of the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals.

 

The three-day crown-jewel event will bring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series to one of America’s most celebrated dirt tracks, culminating in Saturday night’s 75-lap finale and a $75,000 payday for the winner.

 

Thursday and Friday will feature complete preliminary programs, with competitors taking part in time trials, heat races, b-mains and a $10,000-to-win feature each night. Points accumulated during the two preliminary programs will help determine the starting lineup for Saturday’s championship races.

 

Saturday’s program will give drivers one final opportunity to race their way into the main event through a b-main before the weekend concludes with the 75-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals feature.

 

Numerous off-track activities will take place surrounding the three-day event. The Hall of Fame Auction will take place at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum, behind turn two, on Saturday at 11:30 AM. There will be a Dirt Racing Outreach service in the Dyer Hudson Hall at 1:45 PM, with an autograph session to follow at 4:00 PM, on Saturday.

 

This half-mile speed plant is located within the Marion County Fairgrounds, in the heart of Knoxville, Iowa, just a short drive from Des Moines. Known worldwide as the “Sprint Car Capital of the World,” Knoxville has also developed a rich Late Model tradition since the inaugural Late Model Knoxville Nationals was held in 2004.

 

Additional event information, tickets and schedule updates are available at KnoxvilleRaceway.com. Fans may also contact the Knoxville Raceway ticket office at 641-842-5431.

 

The battle for the Big River Steel Championship presented by ARP remains tight entering Knoxville. Brandon Sheppard leads the standings, but Hudson O’Neal sits just 55 points behind. Devin Moran remains firmly in contention, only 105 markers behind Sheppard.

 

Brandon Overton enters the weekend fourth, followed by Ricky Thornton Jr. and Max Blair. Josh Rice is seventh, Brian Shirley holds eighth, Garrett Alberson is ninth and Kyle Bronson completes the top 10.


 

Saturday’s finale will also serve as the opening round of the Big River Steel Bonus Program presented by ARP. In addition to the posted event purse, Big River Steel will award a $5,000 bonus to the highest-finishing eligible driver from among the top 15 in the championship standings. Knoxville is the first of five consecutive Saturday bonus rounds that will add another layer of intensity to the closing stretch of the season.

 

For the latest news, results, championship standings, and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing, please visit LucasDirt.com.

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Purses:

Thursday - September 17

B-Main Purses: 1. Transfer + $100, 2. Transfer + $100, 3. Transfer + $100, 4. $200, 5. $200, 6. $200, 7. $200, 8. $200, 9. $200, 10. $200, 11. $200, 12. $200, 13. $200, 14. $200, 15. $200, 16. $200, 17. $200, 18. $200, 19. $200, 20. $200, 21. $200, 22. $200, 23. $200, 24. $200 = $4,500

 

A-Main Purse: 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

 

Friday - September 18

B-Main Purses: 1. Transfer + $100, 2. Transfer + $100, 3. Transfer + $100, 4. $200, 5. $200, 6. $200, 7. $200, 8. $200, 9. $200, 10. $200, 11. $200, 12. $200, 13. $200, 14. $200, 15. $200, 16. $200, 17. $200, 18. $200, 19. $200, 20. $200, 21. $200, 22. $200, 23. $200, 24. $200 = $4,500

 

A-Main Purse: 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 - September 19

B-Main Purses: 1. Transfer + $200, 2. Transfer + $200, 3. Transfer + $200, 4. $500, 5. $500, 6. $500, 7. $500, 8. $500, 9. $500, 10. $500, 11. $500, 12. $400, 13. $400, 14. $400, 15. $400, 16. $400, 17. $400, 18. $400, 19. $400, 20. $400, 21. $400, 22. $400, 23. $400, 24. $400 = $9,800

 

A-Main Purse: 1. $75,000, 2. $25,000, 3. $10,000, 4. $9,000, 5. $8,000, 6. $7,000, 7. $6,000, 8. $5,000, 9. $4,500, 10. $4,000, 11. $3,800, 12. $3,700, 13. $3,600, 14. $3,500, 15. $3,400, 16. $3,300, 17. $3,200, 18. $3,100, 19. $3,000, 20. $2,900, 21. $2,800, 22. $2,700, 23. $2,600, 24. $2,500, 25. $2,500, 26. $2,500, 27. $2,500, 28. $2,500, 29. $2,500, 30. $2,500, 31. $2,500, 32. $2,500 = $217,600

 

Total Weekend Purse: $352,350

 

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Tire Rule:

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

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

 

Previous Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals Winners:

2025 - Hudson O’Neal

2024 - Bobby Pierce

2023 - Ricky Thornton Jr.

2022 - Jonathan Davenport

2021 - Mike Marlar

2019 - Jimmy Owens

2018 - Jimmy Owens

2017 - Mike Marlar

2016 - Mike Marlar

2015 - Jared Landers

2014 - Brian Birkhofer

2013 - Darrell Lanigan

2012 - Steve Francis

2011 - Don O'Neal

2010 - Billy Moyer

2009 - Scott Bloomquist

2008 - Tim McCreadie

2007 - Brady Smith

2006 - Brian Shirley

2005 - Scott Bloomquist

2004 - Brian Birkhofer

 

BATAVIA, Ohio (September 10, 2026) - With the 2026 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Presented by FloRacing season entering its final five race weekends, the battle atop the Big River Steel Championship Standings Presented by ARP remains wide open.

 

Brandon Sheppard leads the championship standings entering the Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals at Knoxville Raceway, but Hudson O’Neal and Devin Moran remain close behind. O’Neal trails Sheppard by only 55 points, while Moran is just 50 points behind O’Neal.

 

Only 105 points separate the top three contenders as the series prepares for three nights of competition at the famed half-mile Knoxville Raceway.

 

O’Neal returns to Knoxville as the defending winner of the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals. The Martinsville, Indiana, driver charged from the 15th starting position to capture the 2025 edition of the event, taking the lead from Moran on lap 57 before pulling away to an 8.368-second victory.

 

The triumph marked O’Neal’s first Knoxville Nationals victory and placed him alongside his father, Don O’Neal, as an event winner.

 

Several of this year’s leading championship contenders also recorded strong finishes in last season’s Knoxville finale. Ricky Thornton Jr. finished second, Moran placed third, and Sheppard crossed the finish line fourth.

 

Three-day ticket packages and single-night tickets are available at KnoxvilleRaceway.com or by calling the ticket office at 641-842-5431.

 

While Sheppard, O’Neal, and Moran have separated themselves at the front of the standings, the competition behind them remains equally intense. Brandon Overton currently occupies fourth, holding a 55-point advantage over Thornton. Max Blair sits sixth, only 80 points behind Thornton.

 

Further down the standings, Josh Rice leads Brian Shirley by just 25 points in the battle for seventh, while Shirley holds a 35-point advantage over Alberson. Kyle Bronson currently rounds out the top 10, only 10 points ahead of Clay Harris.

 

Following Knoxville, the championship battle continues with the Jackson 100 weekend at Brownstown Speedway, Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, Eldora Speedway, and West Virginia Motor Speedway.

 

The season concludes October 16-17 with the 46th Annual Dirt Track World Championship at West Virginia Motor Speedway, where the 2026 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion will be crowned.

 

For the latest news, results, championship standings, and more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing, please visit LucasDirt.com.

 

Big River Steel Championship Standings Presented by ARP:

Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Earnings

1 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 6305 - $267,900

2 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 6250 - $244,700

3 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6200 - $310,874

4 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 5855 - $156,100

5 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 5800 - $239,625

6 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 5720 - $151,075

7 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - 5430 - $190,475

8 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - 5405 - $108,900

9 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5370 - $119,075

10 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - 5070 - $88,175

11 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 5060 - $100,375

12 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 5015 - $93,150

13 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 4975 - $143,200

14 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - 4845 - $112,625

15 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 4390 - $66,700

16 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - 4035 - $49,400

  

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JACOB WHITT EMERGES VICTORIOUS IN A WILD 40-LAP FEATURE AT WINCHESTER FOR HIS 1ST CAREER HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN’S TIRE/GUNTER'S HONEY TOUR WIN; BECOMES 10TH DIFFERENT WINNER IN 11 RACES THIS SEASON

By Mike Leone


 

September 19, 2026 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Winchester, VA)...Mother Nature hasn’t been kind for much of the rain-plagued 2026 season and always seems to threaten, delay or rainout the program when the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Model Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Touring Series has events scheduled at Winchester Speedway. In fact, Mother Nature has washed out the last three spring events at Winchester and highly threatened last year’s fall make-up; however, on Saturday night, a reprieve was granted as the show was completed before showers, which cancelled numerous events to the northwest, rolled into the region just after the completion of the show. Thirty-nine cars from seven different states turned out for race #11 of the 2026 season and the 10th all-time Tour event at Winchester. 


 

On July 4, Jacob Whitt won his first career RUSH Late Model feature in a Colussy Chevrolet Weekly Series event at Winchester. On Saturday night, Whitt emerged victorious in a wild 40-lap feature after Kyle Hardy, Devin Brannon, Christian Schneider, and Jeremy Wonderling all has issues either leading or challenging for the lead. Those racers misfortunes proved beneficial for Whitt, who inherited the lead with two laps to go, and held off 2025 Winchester Champion, Davin Kaiser, for the $5,000 victory, which resulted in a raucous celebratory scene in Landrum Performance Springs Victory Lane. Whitt became the amazing 10th different winner in 11 Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Tour races this season and fourth to win his first career Tour event!


 

“That right there means everything to me,” expressed the emotional 25-year-old Stephens City, VA winner.  “We put so many hours into this program all year, but night after night we’ve had carburetor and fuel problems. I didn’t have anything for those guys, but they honestly drove like idiots. I was just riding around and waiting for them to take each other out. I can’t say enough about my family- my wife, my kids, my mom and dad. I come home from work at four and then go into the shop and work until eight every single night. We are literally a small, local-based team so this means the world to me. I could hang it up and be thrilled right now. I joked all week and said if I win, I won’t go to work all week, now I don’t know what I’m going to do. Kyle Hardy is the man- he’s the crew chief of the year, friend of the year. I have to thank him for everything he’s done for me. He didn’t have to put his eggs in my basket. He’s a class act and never fails to pull through with whatever.”


 

Schneider and Brannon led the 25-car starting field to green with Brannon taking command, while Hardy moved past Schneider for second. Brannon and Hardy quickly distanced themselves from the field by lap three. The duo then raced side-by-side for the lead over the next three laps with Hardy making a slingshot pass in turns three and four as he officially led five. Hardy was unable to get away from Brannon in the ensuing laps. Lapped traffic came into play on lap 12 as Brannon pulled even. Hardy was able to maintain the lead, but shortly after lost power in turn two with 13 laps completed.


 

This moved Brannon back to the lead with Schneider to second. Four more laps were completed before a caution preceded a long green flag run between laps 17-38. Brannon took off in the lead in the IllusionCoats Powder Coating “Firing Zone” as Schneider followed in second. Schneider went with the hard tire compound and as the laps ticked off without a caution, Schneider reeled Brannon back in especially when lapped traffic came into play on lap 30. By lap 35, Schneider closed in and was on the leader on lap 36. The two were about to battle for the lead when fourth place running Bubby Tharp, Jr. spun in turns one and two to bring out the caution and setup a two-lap shootout to the finish.


 

When racing resumed, Schneider made contact with Brannon in turn two with Brannon spinning and bringing out the caution. This gave Schneider the lead, but his lead would be short-lived. When green replaced yellow, second running Wonderling tried to make a move in turns three and four and contact sent both cars spinning, which brought out the event’s final caution.


 

After all of the issues from Hardy, Tharp, Brannon, Schneider and Wonderling, Whitt inherited the lead and kept Kaiser at bay in the final two laps as he took the checkered flag first by 0.618 seconds in his Race Wraps/J&S Home Services/All State/Integra Shocks by Daugherty-sponsored #33. Whitt became the 54th driver all-time to win a Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Tour race. In addition, Whitt remains the only Virginia driver to win a Tour race at Winchester outside of Canadian Charlie Sandercock’s upset in 2023.


 

Kaiser, who just took over the driving duties of the Benjamin Seals #00, came home second for his best career Tour finish worth $2,500. “I was able to keep my nose clean and get a really good finish,” acknowledged the 19-year-old hometown Winchester resident. “I tried my best to get Jacob and roughed him up a bit. Congrats to Jacob- the last two weeks he’s been the car to beat around here. We’re still learning the car as I’ve only drove it a handful of times. As a driver, I’m just trying to adapt to the car and go from there. I can’t thank him (Benjamin Seals) enough for doing this along with my mom and dad for letting me do what I love along with girlfriend and sponsors.”


 

Austin Allen, who was fresh off his first career Tour victory at the last event at Tri-City Raceway Park on September 6, came home 3rd after starting 12th for a $1,250 payday. Demetrios Drellos raced from 19th to 4th for $1,000 along with the $100 Big Daddy’s Speed Center/Hoosier Tire Western PA gift card for being the “Pedal Down” Hard Charger. Drellos has now finished in the top 10 in all 11 Tour events this season to close within four points of Wonderling in the race for the $20,000 championship. New York racer Bill Holmes III made his first ever visit to Winchester and recorded his first career top five on the Tour. 


 

Jason Knowles was 6th after starting 17th for his sixth top 10 of the season. Hardy, the 2021 Tour Champion, was able to come back to finish seventh. Winchester regulars Branson Woodward and Kris Hutton were eighth and ninth respectively. Maryland racer, Jeremy Pilkerton, made his first Tour start since April 14, 2023 at Potomac Speedway and finished 10th.


 

Making his first ever Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Tour start, Codey Breeden led all 10 non-stop laps of the Real Merchant Services DMV Non-Qualifier. The 21-year-old Fairplay, Maryland racer earned $200 aboard the Trae Sutphin-owned #15 as he became the amazing 93rd different winner in 118 Non-Qualifier events all-time! Breeden also received a $50 Holley Performance gift card for being the first feature non-qualifier. Josh Williams was second. Dylan High passed Scott Sweeney Jr. for third. Sweeney was fourth over Nick Hausenfluck. 


 

Hardy started the night off strong earning the $50 Schneider Trucks “Hottest of the Hot” for fast time in hot laps with a 16.645. Hardy then went on to set fast time overall against the 39-car field in FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Qualifying with a lap of 16.864. Hardy proceeded to win the first FK Rod Ends heat race for another $25, while Whitt, Brannon, and Kaiser won the other heat races. Doug Jones and Brayden Carter captured the last chance B mains. Schneider became the ninth different Sunoco Dash winner of the season and received a $100 Sunoo Fuel card.   

 

Also winning $100 Sunoco Fuel cards were Tour racers, Ben Easler and Cody Dawson, while Holmes, Dylan High, Doug Jones, and Hardy won the $50 fuel cards all part of the “Fill’er up with Sunoco Bucks” presented by Bazell Racr Fuels.

 

Dusty Waters made the five-hour tow from Portville, NY to Winchester for the first time ever and suffered engine issues in hot laps, which ended his night. Waters was selected as the as Close Racing Supply “Tough Break of the Night” recipient and received a $100 CRS gift card. Henry's Headers & Exhaust Systems awarded a $500 certificate towards the purchase of stainless-steel Crate Late Model Henry's headers in a random drawing won by Kurt Stebbins, which is part of the Tour's Loyalty Program. Landrum Performance Springs, which will award a $5,000 Loyalty Bonus at the season ending event, distributed BOGO certificates, were won by Williams, Schneider, Brodie Oravetz, Allen, and Sweeney.


 

The next events for Flynn’s Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series will be the “Bill Hendren Memorial” events at Pittsburgh PA Motor Speedway on October 2-3. Friday’s Platinum event will pay $4,000 to-win with $10,000 on the line on Saturday night. 


 

Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Late Model Flynn’s Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series Race #11 (40 laps, $5,000 to-win): 1. JACOB WHITT (33) 2. Davin Kaiser (Seals 00) 3. Austin Allen (Mullen 32) 4. Demetrios Drellos (111) 5. Bill Holmes III (8) 6. Jason Knowles (4) 7. Kyle Hardy (99) 8. Branson Woodward (3) 9. Kris Hutton (Beverlin 11) 10. Jeremy Pilkerton (8) 11. Kurt Stebbins (26) 12. Doug Jones (16J) 13. Brayden Carter (5*) 14. Steven Powell (51) 15. Christian Schneider (56) 16. Brodie Oravetz (91B) 17. Austin Yarbrough (Hurley 67) 18. Jeremy Wonderling (3J) 19. Bubby Tharp, Jr. (44) 20. Ben Easler (02) 21. Brayden Armel (Hollidge 15) 22. Trevor N. Collins (2) 23. Chase Hardy (99CH) 24. Cody Dawson (36) DSQ: Devin Brannon (unsportsmanlike conduct). (Note: Ben Easler took a Tour provisional).

 

Real Merchant Services DMV Jewelers Non-Qualifier (10 laps, $200 to-win): 1. Codey Breeden (15) 2. Josh Williams (29) 3. Dylan High (1) 4. Scott Sweeney, Jr. (40s) 5. Nick Hausenfluck (21) 6. Marty Pownall (26) 7. Tommy Shingleton (2) 8. Matthew Sims (36) 9. Jim Pownall (9). DNS: Mike Franklin (74), Morgan Johnston (Jones 447), Kevin Powell (73), Dusty Waters (14).

 

Car Count: 39

Feature Margin of Victory: 0.618 seconds

Feature Lap Leaders: Devin Brannon (1-4, 14-38), Kyle Hardy (5-13), Jacob Whitt (39-40)

Close Racing Supply “Tough Brake of the Night: Dusty Waters

Henry's Headers $500 Certificate for Crate Late Model Headers: Kurt Stebbins

Hoosier Tire Western PA/Big Daddy’s Speed Center Hard Charger: Demetrios Drellos (+15)

Holley Performance Group “Nosed Out”: Cody Breeden

Landrum Performance Springs BOGO Certificates: Josh Williams, Christian Schneider, Brodie Oravetz, Austin Allen & Scott Sweeney, Jr.

Ontime Body & Graphic “Spoiler Alert” Spoiler Kit: Kurt Stebbins

Schneider Trucks “Hottest of the Hot” Fastest in Hot Laps: Kyle Hrdy 16.645

Sunoco Fuel Card Winners presented by Bazell Race Fuels: Ben Easler ($100), Cody Dawson ($100), Bill Holmes III ($50), Dylan High ($50), Doug Jones ($50), Kyle Hardy ($50)

 

FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Qualifying Flight A ($100 for fast time) (Track record 15.119 by Kyle Hardy on 4/17/21) : 1. 99-Kyle Hardy, 16.864[9]; 2. 33W-Jacob Whitt, 17.299[11]; 3. 56-Christian Schneider, 17.471[12]; 4. 99CH-Chase Hardy, 17.477[4]; 5. 15A-Brayden Armel, 17.517[15]; 6. 3W-Branson Woodward, 17.535[1]; 7. 74-Mike Franklin, 17.556[17]; 8. 111D-Demetrios Drellos, 17.577[3]; 9. 67-Austin Yarbrough, 17.594[5]; 10. 91B-Brodie Oravetz, 17.639[16]; 11. 9-Jim Pownall, 17.742[8]; 12. 2-Trevor Collins, 17.771[18]; 13. 16J-Doug Jones, 17.847[6]; 14. 447-Morgan Johnston, 17.928[10]; 15. 4-Jason Knowles, 17.964[13]; 16. 1H-Dylan High, 18.011[2]; 17. 02-Ben Easler, 18.033[14]; 18. (DNS) 14W-Dusty Waters, 18.271; 19. (DQ) 29W-Josh Williams, 17.715[7]; 20. (DQ) 73-Kevin Powell, 18.271[19]

 

FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Qualifying Flight B (Track record 15.119 by Kyle Hardy on 4/17/21): 1. 137-Devin Brannon, 17.096[5]; 2. 00-Davin Kaiser, 17.314[13]; 3. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling, 17.320[17]; 4. 44T-Bubby Tharp Jr, 17.362[19]; 5. 26-Kurt Stebbins, 17.571[6]; 6. 8P-Jeremy Pilkerton, 17.582[1]; 7. 26P-Marty Pownall, 17.671[2]; 8. 32A-Austin Allen, 17.691[8]; 9. 15R-Codey Breeden, 17.702[10]; 10. 51P-Steven Powell, 17.703[7]; 11. 8-Bill Holmes, 17.733[4]; 12. 5*-Brayden Carter, 17.873[14]; 13. 29-Ryan Hare, 17.969[12]; 14. 21-Nick Hausenfluck, 18.067[15]; 15. 2S-Tommy Shingleton, 18.090[16]; 16. 36-Cody Dawson, 18.101[18]; 17. 40S-Scott Sweeney Jr, 18.183[11]; 18. 36S-Matthew Sims, 18.883[3]; 19. (DQ) 11B-Kris Hutton, 17.541[9]

 

FK Rod Ends Heat 1 (10 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 99-Kyle Hardy[1]; 2. 56-Christian Schneider[2]; 3. 67-Austin Yarbrough[5]; 4. 15A-Brayden Armel[3]; 5. 4-Jason Knowles[8]; 6. 16J-Doug Jones[7]; 7. 02-Ben Easler[9]; 8. 29W-Josh Williams[10]; 9. 9-Jim Pownall[6]; 10. 74-Mike Franklin[4].

 

FK Rod Ends Heat 2 (10 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 33W-Jacob Whitt[1]; 2. 99CH-Chase Hardy[2]; 3. 3W-Branson Woodward[3]; 4. 91B-Brodie Oravetz[5]; 5. 111D-Demetrios Drellos[4]; 6. 2-Trevor Collins[6]; 7. 1H-Dylan High[8]; 8. 447-Morgan Johnston[7]; 9. 73-Kevin Powell[10]; 10. (DNS) 14W-Dusty Waters.

 

FK Rod Ends Heat 3 (10 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 137-Devin Brannon[1]; 2. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[2]; 3. 26-Kurt Stebbins[3]; 4. 8-Bill Holmes[6]; 5. 11B-Kris Hutton[10]; 6. 15R-Codey Breeden[5]; 7. 26P-Marty Pownall[4]; 8. 29-Ryan Hare[7]; 9. 40S-Scott Sweeney Jr[9]; 10. 2S-Tommy Shingleton[8]

 

FK Rod Ends Heat 4 (10 laps, Top 5 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 00-Davin Kaiser[1]; 2. 44T-Bubby Tharp Jr[2]; 3. 32A-Austin Allen[4]; 4. 8P-Jeremy Pilkerton[3]; 5. 51P-Steven Powell[5]; 6. 36-Cody Dawson[8]; 7. 5*-Brayden Carter[6]; 8. 21-Nick Hausenfluck[7]; 9. 36S-Matthew Sims[9].

 

Last Chance B Main 1 (10 laps, Top 2 transfer to A): 1. 16J-Doug Jones[1]; 2. 2-Trevor Collins[2]; 3. 02-Ben Easler[3]; 4. 29W-Josh Williams[5]; 5. 1H-Dylan High[4]; 6. 9-Jim Pownall[7]. DNS: 74-Mike Franklin, 447-Morgan Johnston, 73-Kevin Powell, 14W-Dusty Waters.

 

Last Chance B Main 2 (10 laps, Top 2 transfer to A): 1. 5*-Brayden Carter[4]; 2. 36-Cody Dawson[2]; 3. 15R-Codey Breeden[1]; 4. 40S-Scott Sweeney Jr[7]; 5. 36S-Matthew Sims[8]; 6. 21-Nick Hausenfluck[6]; 7. 26P-Marty Pownall[3]; 8. 2S-Tommy Shingleton[9]; 9. 29-Ryan Hare[5]

 

Sunoco Dash (6 laps, $100 Sunoco fuel card to win): 1. 56-Christian Schneider[2]; 2. 137-Devin Brannon[1]; 3. 99-Kyle Hardy[6]; 4. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[4]; 5. 33W-Jacob Whitt[7]; 6. 00-Davin Kaiser[3]; 7. 99CH-Chase Hardy[8]. DNS: 44T-Bubby Tharp Jr.

 

The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, Colussy Chevrolet Flynn's Tire, Gunter's Honey, Rustler Sales & Service, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Capital Contracting Service, Joseph J. Oliva Attorney at Law, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Landrum Performance Springs, Russ King Racing, 3C Graphix, Velocita-USA, Wieland Metal Services, Real Merchant Services DMV, IllusionCoats Powder Coating, Hoosier Tire Western Pennsylvania/Big Daddy's Speed Center, Close Racing Supply, Keyser Manufacturing/Integra Racing Shocks, Seal-Tite Paving & Excavating, MotoRad, Schneider Trucks, Ontime Body & Graphic, Henry's Headers & Exhaust Systems, D&V Jewelers, AERO Race Wheels, Racing Electronics, Design Creations, and Competition Crate Parts.

 

E-mail can be sent to the RUSH Racing Series at info@rushracingseries.com and snail mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300. The RUSH Late Model website is www.rushlatemodels.com. Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @RUSHLM.

 

 

AUSTIN ALLEN BECOMES 9TH DIFFERENT WINNER IN 10 HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN’S TIRE/GUNTER’S HONEY TOUR RACES IN 2026 WITH HIS 1ST CAREER SERIES VICTORY ON SUNDAY AT TRI-CITY

By Mike Leone


 

September 6 2026 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Franklin, PA)...After three weekends off, the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Model Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series returned to action on Sunday evening at Tri-City Raceway Park part of the track’s annual “Oil Region Labor Day Classic”. It marked the 11th all-time appearance at the half-mile Venango County, Pennsylvania oval, but first since the 2025 Labor Day weekend event after the Memorial Day weekend event was rained out. In the weather-challenged 2026 season, beautiful weather allowed race #10 to be completed.

 

Austin Allen is in his third season as a full-time driver on the Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Touring Series and sixth year racing a RUSH Late Model after serving as a crew member on 2017 Series Champion, Bryce Davis. On Sunday night, Allen debuted a new Rocket XR2 Chassis and was the class of the field. Allen won his heat race from third, won the Sunoco Dash, and went out and dominated all 30 laps of the feature for his first career Tour victory worth $4,000! Allen also became the 9th different winner to reach Landrum Performance Springs Victory Lane in 10 Tour races as five-time Series Champion Jeremy Wonderling remains the only repeat winner of 2026.

 

“Oh man it’s been a long three years- we’ve worked our asses off for this and I’m speechless,” expressed the emotional 29-year-old Canisteo, New York winner. “So much hard work and late nights in the shop; leaning on my friends- Bryce (Davis), Ed Carley, Dave Davis, Jason Knowles, and for all this to pay off- this is as big as it gets for me and is awesome. We’ve had a monkey on our backs all year and two weeks ago decided to get a new XR2. Rocket and Ed Carley had it done last Thursday and here we are in victory lane. I couldn’t be prouder of the work he put in for our team. I’m so happy to finally be on the stage and have my name etched as a winner on the RUSH Touring Series. I kept driving harder and harder giving it all she had; this car could take it and I wasn’t going to let this one slip away to anyone. I was going to drive the wheels off it.”

 

Allen and Wonderling led the 24-car stating field to green in the 30-lap feature with Allen taking the lead over Wonderling, while Demetrios Drellos and Zack Carley passed Kurt Stebbins for third and fourth respectively. It was three-wide for second on lap two between Wonderling, Drellos, and Carley with Drellos advancing to runner-up; meanwhile Daryl Charlier shot into the fourth position.

 

Charlier poked under Wonderling looking to grab the third spot on lap five, but wasn’t able to complete the pass. Ninth starting Kyle Zimmerman was able to get by Carley for fifth on lap six. By lap seven, Allen and Drellos began to distance themselves from the field, while Wonderling and Charlier battled lap after lap for third. With the laps ticking off caution-free, Allen caught lapped traffic on lap 11 and had built a lead of 1.7 seconds. Drellos closed in on lap 13 and was right on the leader at the halfway point. Allen though was able to make the right moves in traffic to expand his lead on lap 19

 

Allen continued to get faster as the race went on and expanded his lead to more than a straightaway in the final laps; however, a spin by Ben Easler, who running 10th, on the last lap brought out the first caution of the event. Easler was chosen as the Close Racing Supply “Tough Break of the Night” recipient and received a $100 CRS gift car. When racing resumed, Rob Coffaro and Jamie Wrightsman tangled to bring out another caution.

 

When green replaced yellow for the final time, Allen took off in the IllusionCoats Powder Coating “Firing Zone” and beat Drellos back to the finish line by 0.993 seconds to become the 53rd different winner all-time on the Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Tour aboard the Kyle Mullen-owned, Hubertus Service Station/Valley Bar & Grill/Davis Electric/Ed Carley Motorsports/Close Racing Supply/Empire Crushing-sponsored #32. 

 

Drellos, the 2025 3C Graphix Rookie-of-the-Year, was second for the third straight race and earned $2,000. Drellos has finished in the top 10 in all 10 Tour events this season to remain second in points. “Another good points night and its testament to how good we’ve been. Congrats to Austin (Allen) on his first win- that’s awesome. He was really good and the best all night by far. Congrats to their team- they deserve it.”

 

Zimmerman had an excellent restart going fifth to third to secure his season’s best finish and second top five of the 2026 campaign worth $1,000. Wonderling, who continues to lead the $20,000 to-win Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Tour points, was fourth as his lead continues to shrink after getting beat by Drellos for the fifth time in the last six races. Charlier, who won the 2025 Memorial Day weekend event at Tri-City, was fifth for his season’s third top five. 

 

Stebbins dropped to sixth over Carley. Christian Schneider, the current 3C Graphix Rookie-of-the-Year points leader, was eighth for his eighth straight top 10 finish. Ashton Briggs was ninth as he recorded his first top 10 finish since a fifth in his first Tour start of 2026 back on May 17 at Eriez Speedway. Ryan Hare was 10th and also scored his first top 10 finish since a season best seventh in the 2026 Tour opener back on April 24 at Georgetown Speedway. Hare started 23rd and earned the $100 “Pedal Down” Hard Charger gift card from Big Daddy’s Speed Center as well as a spoiler kit from Ontime Body & Graphic.

 

Austin Hauser stated the night off being the fastest in Schneider Trucks Hot Laps with a 19.153 and earned $50. Drellos set fast time in FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Qualifying over the 28-car field with a lap of 19.220 and earned $100. Winning the $25 FK Rod Ends heat races were Allen, Wonderling, and Schneider. Cory Sines won the last chance B main. Steve Hollabaugh was the first non-qualifier and received a $50 Holley Performance gift card. Allen won his first Sunoco Dash and received a $100 Sunoco Fuel gift card.

 

Also winning $100 Sunoco Fuel cards were Tour racers Zimmerman and Carley, while Leo Iarrapino, Hare, Dylan Cecce, and Coffaro won the $50 fuel cards all part of the “Fill’er up with Sunoco Bucks” presented by Bazell Racr Fuels.

 

Landrum Performance Springs, which will award a $5,000 Loyalty Bonus at the season ending event, distributed BOGO certificates, were won by Wrightsman, Chris Hackett, Cody Dawson, Tony Musolino, and Cory Sines

 

Up next for the Flynn’s Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series will be Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Virginia for a $5,000 to-win event on Saturday, September 19. 

 

Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Late Model Flynn’s Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series Race #10 (Platinum) (30 laps, $4,000 to-win): 1. AUSTIN ALLEN (Mullen 32) 2. Demetrios Drellos (111) 3.Kyle Zimmerman (Stockdale 101) 4. Jeremy Wonderling (3J) 5. Daryl Charlier (Dobnak 42) 6. Kurt Stebbins (26) 7. Zack Carley (2) 8. Christian Schneider (56) 9. Ashton Briggs (11A) 10. Ryan Hare (29) 11. Jason Knowles (4) 12. Logen Lockhart (58) 13. Cody Dawson (36) 14. Zach Gunn (17G) 15. Ben Easler (02) 16. Cory Sines (25s) 17. Jamie Wrightsman (21J) 18. Chris Hackett (Huey 16) 19. Tony Musolino (Dobnak 42D) 20. Rob Coffaro (24c) 21. Brodie Oravetz (91B) 22. Austin Hauser (51) 23. Cody Koteles (Beach 33x) 24. Dylan Cecce (Clark 18*).

 

DNQ: Steve Hollabaugh (3), Leo Iarrapino (45L), Jason Witherite (24M), Tyler Ellenberger (77E).

 

Car Count: 28

Feature Margin of Victory: 0.993 seconds

Feature Lap Leaders: Austin Allen (1-30)

Close Racing Supply “Tough Brake of the Night: Ben Easler

Hoosier Tire Western PA/Big Daddy’s Speed Center Hard Charger: Ryan Hare

Holley Performance Group “Nosed Out”: Steve Hollabaugh

Landrum Performance Springs BOGO Certificates: Jamie Wrightsman, Chris Hackett, Cody Dawson, Tony Musolino & Cory Sines

Ontime Body & Graphic “Spoiler Alert” Spoiler Kit: Ryan Hare

Schneider Trucks “Hottest of the Hot” Fastest in Hot Laps: Austin Hauser 19.153

Sunoco Fuel Card Winners presented by Bazell Race Fuels: Kyle Zimmerman ($100), Zack Carley ($100), Leo Iarrapino ($50), Ryan Hare ($50), Dylan Cecce ($50), Rob Coffaro ($50)

 

FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Qualifying (Track record 18.708 by Christian Schneider on 8/29/25)  ($100 for fast time): 1. 111D-Demetrios Drellos, 19.220[17]; 2. 4-Jason Knowles, 19.284[3]; 3. 56-Christian Schneider, 19.332[8]; 4. 11A-Ashton Briggs, 19.425[12]; 5. 26-Kurt Stebbins, 19.478[10]; 6. 2C-Zack Carley, 19.506[25]; 7. 32A-Austin Allen, 19.543[2]; 8. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling, 19.569[28]; 9. 21J-Jamie Wrightsman, 19.577[1]; 10. 58-Logen Lockhart, 19.592[21]; 11. 02-Ben Easler, 19.656[27]; 12. 18*-Dylan Cecce, 19.766[26]; 13. 25S-Cory Sines, 19.775[23]; 14. 36-Cody Dawson, 19.790[7]; 15. 101-Kyle Zimmerman, 19.793[24]; 16. 29-Ryan Hare, 19.820[9]; 17. 51-Austin Hauser, 19.872[11]; 18. 33X-Cody Koteles, 19.881[13]; 19. 42-Daryl Charlier, 19.952[16]; 20. 42D-Tony Musolino, 19.984[14]; 21. 24M-Jason Witherite, 19.988[15]; 22. 17G-Zach Gunn, 20.010[22]; 23. 16H-Chris Hackett, 20.027[6]; 24. 24C-Rob Coffaro, 20.535[18]; 25. 3-Steve Hollabaugh, 20.631[19]; 26. 45L-Leo Iarrapino, 20.819[5]; 27. 77E-Tyler Ellenberger, 21.433[20]; 28. 91B-Brodie Oravetz, DSQ (did not scale).

 

FK Rod Ends Heat 1 (8 laps, Top 6 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 32A-Austin Allen[3]; 2. 111D-Demetrios Drellos[1]; 3. 42-Daryl Charlier[7]; 4. 11A-Ashton Briggs[2]; 5. 58-Logen Lockhart[4]; 6. 91B-Brodie Oravetz[10]; 7. 25S-Cory Sines[5]; 8. 17G-Zach Gunn[8]; 9. 29-Ryan Hare[6]; 10. 3-Steve Hollabaugh[9].

 

FK Rod Ends Heat 2 (8 laps, Top 6 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[3]; 2. 26-Kurt Stebbins[2]; 3. 4-Jason Knowles[1]; 4. 02-Ben Easler[4]; 5. 36-Cody Dawson[5]; 6. 42D-Tony Musolino[7]; 7. 51-Austin Hauser[6]; 8. 16H-Chris Hackett[8]; 9. 45L-Leo Iarrapino[9].

 

FK Rod Ends Heat 3 (8 laps, Top 6 transfer to A, $25 to-win): 1. 56-Christian Schneider[1]; 2. 2C-Zack Carley[2]; 3. 101-Kyle Zimmerman[5]; 4. 18*-Dylan Cecce[4]; 5. 21J-Jamie Wrightsman[3]; 6. 33X-Cody Koteles[6]; 7. 24M-Jason Witherite[7]; 8. 24C-Rob Coffaro[8]; 9. 77E-Tyler Ellenberger[9].

 

Last Chance B Main (10 laps, Top 6 transfer to A): 1. 25S-Cory Sines[1]; 2. 17G-Zach Gunn[4]; 3. 51-Austin Hauser[2]; 4. 16H-Chris Hackett[5]; 5. 29-Ryan Hare[7]; 6. 24C-Rob Coffaro[6]; 7. 3-Steve Hollabaugh[10]; 8. 45L-Leo Iarrapino[8]; 9. 24M-Jason Witherite[3]-DSQ (did not scale). DNS: Tyler Ellenberger (77E).

 

Sunoco Dash (6 laps, $100 Sunoco fuel card to-win): 1. 32A-Austin Allen[1]; 2. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[4]; 3. 26-Kurt Stebbins[2]; 4. 111D-Demetrios Drellos[3]; 5. 2C-Zack Carley[5]; 6. 56-Christian Schneider[6].

 

The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, Colussy Chevrolet Flynn's Tire, Gunter's Honey, Rustler Sales & Service, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Capital Contracting Service, Joseph J. Oliva Attorney at Law, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Landrum Performance Springs, Russ King Racing, 3C Graphix, Velocita-USA, Wieland Metal Services, Real Merchant Services DMV, IllusionCoats Powder Coating, Hoosier Tire Western Pennsylvania/Big Daddy's Speed Center, Close Racing Supply, Keyser Manufacturing/Integra Racing Shocks, Seal-Tite Paving & Excavating, MotoRad, Schneider Trucks, Ontime Body & Graphic, Henry's Headers & Exhaust Systems, D&V Jewelers, AERO Race Wheels, Racing Electronics, Design Creations, and Competition Crate Parts.

 

E-mail can be sent to the RUSH Racing Series at info@rushracingseries.com and snail mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300. The RUSH Late Model website is www.rushlatemodels.com. Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @RUSHLM.

 

MARSHALL O’BRIAN (RUSH LATE MODELS), LOGEN LOCKHART (RUSH SPRINTS), KARSTON KING (RUSH SPORTSMAN MODS) & VAUGHN NYSTROM (RUSH PRO MODS) SCORE THEIR 1ST CAREER DIVISIONAL WINS

By Marcie Barlow


 

September 4, 2026 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Pulaski, PA)...The month of August marks the end of regular weekly action at many of the Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH Racing Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants sanctioned tracks, but the racing action certainly did not disappoint as several first-time winners entered their names into the record books.  Current Russ King Racing Futures Cup points leader, Marshall O’Brian, scored his career first win in RUSH Late Model Colussy Chevrolet Weekly Series action at Woodhull Raceway. Third generation racer Karston King claimed his first ever Hovis RUSH Sportsman Modified victory, while second generation driver Logen Lockhart celebrated his career first RUSH Sprint Car victory in Rustler Sales and Service Weekly Series action. Veteran Vaughn Nystrom earned his first career victory in Hovis RUSH Pro Mod action as four of the five RUSH classes featured first career winners!

 

Friday evening at Raceway 7, Breyton Santee led the entire distance of the RUSH Late Model main event to tally his second victory of the season at the facility and his third overall in Colussy Chevrolet Weekly Series action.  Kyle Zimmerman claimed second with Austin Hauser finishing third in his first start of the season at the Conneaut, Ohio oval. Billy Henry, Jr. and Cory Sines rounded out the top five. Santee’s victory also propelled him to the $1,000 Track Pack title as he beat out Henry and Jeff Watson by just one-point!

 

Tom Snyder, Jr. continued his dominance at Dog Hollow Speedway as he tallied win number eight of the season on Friday night in RUSH Late Model Colussy Chevrolet Weekly Series action. Skylar Park was a career best second as Leo Irrapino, Cody Koteles and Tyler Ellenberger followed.

 

It looked like Russ King Racing Futures Cup points leader Marshall O’Brian’s 2026 season may have been over with terminal engines issues on Augus 22 at Woodhull Raceway. Marshall though was able to get a new powerplant installed from Ingram Engines to return to action on Saturday and the 19-year-old was able to capture his first career win in the RUSH Late Models!   Brian Knowles and O’Brian led the field to green with Knowles leading the first lap. O’Brian took command on the second lap, withstood the challenges of veteran Steve LeBarron, and went on to score the popular victory.  Rickie Loucks, Wyatt White and Joe Layfield finished third through fifth.  

 

Hovis RUSH Late Model competitors at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway competed in two 20-lap Colussy Chevrolet Weekly Series events Saturday.  Tommy Schirnhofer, Jr. and Matt Bernard led the 24-car field to the green. Schrinhofer, Jr. led the first six circuits with fourth place starter Christian Schneider settling into second. As the duo entered lapped traffic, Schneider made his move and took command. At the checkered it was Schneider taking the $1,010 victory by 1.473 seconds over Bernard. Schirnhofer, Jr. claimed third with Daryl Charlier and Clinton Hersh completing the top five.

 

Schneider spun a six on the Wheel of Misfortune in victory lane which meant the top six finishers from the first main event would be inverted for the second 20-lap event. This placed Jake Gunn on the pole with Hersh starting second. Gunn wasted no time jumping out to the lead and went on to score a convincing 4.647 second win worth $1,010 over Charlier.  Hersh claimed third with Bernard and Schneider rounding out the top five.

 

RUSH Late Model action brought out a strong 24-car field to Stateline Speedway on Saturday night. The 20-lap feature saw a thrilling three-wide battle between Jason Genco, Jeremy Wonderling and rookie Branden Warner.  Warner led the first 13 laps until Wonderling utilized his experience to take the lead.  A late race caution set up a two-lap dash to the checkered with Genco clearing Warner and mounting a high side charge to challenge Wonderling, but Wonderling was able to hold on for his second win of the season at the Busti, NY oval and ninth overall of 2026 in Colussy Chevrolet Weekly Series action. Warner was third for his third straight podium finish for the rookie Late Model racer. Dusty Waters was fourth in his first appearance since opening night. Track Pack points leader, Jake Wilber, was fifth.   

 

After an opening lap crash between Dave DuBois and Doug Ricotta, third place starter Bill Holmes III took the lead on Saturday at The Dirt Track at Genesee when the action resumed and went on to score his second consecutive victory and third overall at the New York oval.  Eleventh place starter David Pangrazio tried his best to pressure Holmes but settled for second place at the checkered flag. Jimmy Johnson, J.J. Mazur and Dubois finished third through fifth respectively. 

 

Hovis Late Model Colussy Chevrolet Weekly Series action returned to Muskingum County Speedway this past weekend.  Pole-sitter Logan Stockdale led the way for the first 16 circuits before teammate Kyle Zimmerman took command and went on for his second consecutive win at the Ohio oval.  Stockdale finished second with Anthony Kinkade third. Rusty Redman and Lauren Longbrake rounded out the top five.

 

Devin Brannon tallied his ninth RUSH Late Model win of the season at Winchester Speedway on Saturday to not only maintain the Winchester Track Pack points lead but also the Colussy Chevrolet National Weekly Series lead.  Kristopher Hutton led the first two laps before Brannon took the top spot and cruised to victory in the 20-lap event. Bubby Tharp, Jr. finished second with Hutton getting third. Seventh place starter Steve Powell came home in fourth with Dylan Rutherford finishing fifth.

 

Jason Dobson and Kurt Stebbins paced the RUSH Late Model field at Bradford Speedway Sunday evening. Stebbins immediately took command and led the entire distance of the 25-lap main event to score the win. It was Stebbins’ first win of the season at the track and his third overall in Colussy Chevrolet Weekly Series action. Fourth place starter Jeremy Wonderling came home in second with Jake Wilber finishing third. Dobson and Jacob Tubbs rounded out the top five.

 

Hovis RUSH Sprint Cars teams were in action at Tri-City Raceway Park on Friday night as a season high 21 cars turned out for the annual “Manufacturers Night” presented by MSD Performance.  Fourteen-year-old Logen Lockhart grabbed the lead at the start and drove a flawless race to score his career first divisional victory. Blaze Myers, who started sixth, came home in the runner-up position to earn the $100 “Kenny’s Cash” in memory of Kenny Kent from Arnie Kent. Gale Ruth, Jr. was third. Russ King Racing Futures Cup points leader Brayden Blackshear was fourth over Devon Deeter.          

 

The RUSH Sprint Cars were also in action at the “Monster Half-Mile” at PPMS.  Veteran Gale Ruth, Jr. led the first two circuits before Trent Marshall made his move to take the top spot.  Marshall went on to lead the remainder of the 15-lap event to score his career first victory at the speedway. The win was also Marshall’s second of the season in Rustler Sales and Service Weekly Series action.  Ruth, Jr. came home in second.  Wyatt Long was third and earned the $100 Kenny’s Cash. Luke Roessner and Samantha Priest completing the top five.

 

The lone Hovis RUSH Sportsman Modified event took place Friday at Raceway 7. Anthony Antus led the first three circuits before third generation racer Karston King took the top spot. The 16-year-old driver would lead the remainder of the 20-lap event to claim his career first RUSH victory by 1.721 seconds.  Doug Rutana was second. Kole Holden finished third and also secured the 2026 track championship in the division. Jacob Rutana came home in fourth, and Kyle Hanshaw had a solid run to finish fifth in his 2026 Raceway 7 debut.

 

The Hovis RUSH Pro Mod teams were back in action Saturday at Stateline Speedway. Veteran Vaughn Nystrom started second but was not to be denied as he led the entire distance of the 15-lap event to score his career first victory in more than 25 years of racing.  Tyler Oakes, Josh Wilcox, Al Brewer and Tim Peterson completed the top five.

 

Hovis ARUSH Stock car action saw a three-way battle for the lead Friday at Tri-City Raceway Park between Raiddan Wilson, William Baker, Jr. and Cole Laskey. Baker spun on lap eight and again on lap nine setting up a battle between Wilson and Laskey for the win. The final six laps of the event saw Wilson use the bottom groove to score the win. Laskey, Baker, Robert Switser, and Darr Diegelman followed.

 

Saturday night at Stateline Speedway, Kaden Michael took the lead in the RUSH Stock car main event and played defense to score the victory while three and four wide battles took place behind him. It was Michael’s first Stateline win of the season and just second overall for the defending and two-time Series Champion.  Cole Laskey had his second runner-up finish of the weekend as he currently leads the Russ King Racing Futures Cup points and is fourth in the overall standings. David McAvoy was third as Alex Bush and William Baker, Jr. rounded out the top five.    

 

The lone rainout of the weekend occurred on Sunday as Eriez Speedway as the northwest Pennsylvania oval lost their third straight program and fourth in five shows during the month of August.

 

The Labor Day weekend is here and there is plenty of exciting Hovis Auto and Truck Supply RUSH racing action scheduled. This Sunday evening, the RUSH Late Model Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series will make its first visit of the season to Tri City Raceway Park for a $4,000 to-win Platinum Event. In addition, the RUSH Stock Cars will also be in action competing for a $400 to win top prize.

 

RUSH Late Model Colussy Chevrolet Weekly Series action is scheduled for Dog Hollow Speedway on Friday and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, Stateline Speedway and Woodhull Raceway on Saturday. Bradford will complete their season on Sunday.

 

Hovis RUSH Sprint Car teams will compete in Rustler Sales and Service Weekly Series action Saturday at Tri-City Raceway Park. The event will pay a season best $1,000 to-win, $175 to start.

 

RUSH Pro Mod and Stock Car competitors will be in action Saturday at Stateline Speedway, while RUSH Sportsman Modified competitors will have the weekend off.

 

It’s the last holiday weekend of the Summer so get out and enjoying all of the exciting RUSH Racing Series action at a speedway near you!

 

The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, Colussy Chevrolet Flynn's Tire, Gunter's Honey, Rustler Sales & Service, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Capital Contracting Service, Joseph J. Oliva Attorney at Law, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Landrum Performance Springs, Russ King Racing, 3C Graphix, Velocita-USA, Wieland Metal Services, Real Merchant Services DMV, IllusionCoats Powder Coating, Hoosier Tire Western Pennsylvania/Big Daddy's Speed Center, Close Racing Supply, Keyser Manufacturing/Integra Racing Shocks, Seal-Tite Paving & Excavating, MotoRad, Schneider Trucks, Ontime Body & Graphic, Henry's Headers & Exhaust Systems, D&V Jewelers, AERO Race Wheels, Racing Electronics, Design Creations, and Competition Crate Parts.

 

E-mail can be sent to the RUSH Racing Series at info@rushracingseries.com and mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300. The RUSH Late Model website is www.rushlatemodels.com. Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @RUSHLM.
 

 

HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN'S TIRE GUNTER'S HONEY TOUR TO CELEBRATE LABOR DAY WEEKEND AT TRI-CITY FOR $4000 TO-WIN ON SUNDAY

By Mike Leone


 

September 2, 2026 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Franklin, PA)...After three weekends off, the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Models Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series will return to action this Sunday night (September 6) at Tri-City Raceway Park in Franklin, Pa. as part of the track’s annual multi-event “Oil Region Labor Day Classic” weekend special.  Race #10 of the of the 2026 season will pay $4,000 to-win. Warmups begin at 6 p.m. followed by qualifying and racing.

 

Mother Nature claimed the first scheduled Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Tour event at Tri-City back on Memorial Day weekend. Sunday is a Platinum Event allowing teams to throw out a prior worst finish or use the event to replace a missed Marquee Event.  In addition to Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Touring Series points being awarded, Colussy Chevrolet National Weekly Series and Russ King Racing Futures Cup points will also be on the line as well.  

 

In May 2024, Tri-City hosted the return of the Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Tour event for the first time in six years.  The event was won by Brock Pinkerous, who celebrated his first career Tour win in Landrum Performance Springs Victory Lane.  Pinkerous went on to win the $20,000 championship.  Last year saw Daryl Charlier end a three-year winless drought with a dominating performance in the Memorial Day weekend event, while Kyle Hardy won the Labor Day weekend event in his first ever visit.

 

The Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series has made 10 visits to Tri-City all-time with seven of them occurring from 2015-2018.  Max Blair and Mike Pegher, Jr. each have won a pair of events, while single victories have gone to Bryce Davis, Jeremy Wonderling, Brady Wonderling, Pinkerous, Charlier, and Hardy.  


 

“We’re looking forward to returning to Tri-City on Sunday,” stated RUSH Director Vicki Emig. “Tri-City is somewhat neutral ground as most of our RUSH racers do not have much experience on the half-mile Venango County oval. The weather is looking great for Sunday and this will be a good show for the fans with the ‘410’ Sprint Cars also featured. We have to thank the Shiffer Family for being a strong supporter of RUSH as they run our RUSH Sprint Cars and RUSH Stock Cars weekly along with events for the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds.” 

 

Five-time Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Touring Series Champion, Jeremy Wonderling, who is the only repeat winner this season, leads the Tour into Tri-City. Wonderling’s point lead has shrunk to 16 over Demetrios Drellos, who has beaten Wonderling in four of the last five events including his first career Tour win at Stateline.  Drellos has finished in the top 10 in all nine events this season.


 

Thanks to seven straight top 10 finishes, Christian Schneider has expanded his lead over Kurt Stebbins to 16 in the battle for third in points as well as the $3,000 to-win 3C Graphix Rookie-of-the-Year standings.  Daryl Charlier is just one-point behind Stebbins in fifth. Sixth through 10th in points are Ben Easler, Jason Knowles, Austin Allen, Ashton Briggs, and Cody Dawson. 

 

$100 "Shock the Clock" Qualifying and $25 to-win heat races will be presented by FK Rod Ends. The Sunoco Dash will set the beginning rows of the feature lineup and will award the winner a $100 Sunoco fuel gift card. The "Fill'er up with Sunoco Bucks" program co-presented by Bazell Race Fuels will include an additional $400 of Sunoco fuel card giveaways; two $100 random draws for drivers in the top 15 of Tour points and another four $50 random draws for all other competitors each night.

 

Hoosier Tire Western PA/Big Daddy's Speed Center will award a $100 gift card for the "Pedal Down" Hard Charger that passes the most cars in the feature.  Close Racing Supply will award a $100 gift card for the driver chosen as the "Tough Break of the Night". Ontime Body & Graphic's "Spoiler Alert" will award a spoiler kit to the 10th place finisher. Schneider Trucks will present the "Hottest of the Hot" with $50 going to the driver that turns the fastest lap in hot laps.  There will also be five BOGO Landrum Performance Springs certificates given away through drawings. 

 

Feature Payoff: 1. $4,000 2. $2,000 3. $1,000 4. $800 5. $700 6. $600 7. $550 8. $500 9. $475 10. $450 11. $425 12. $400 13. $375 14. $360 15. $350 16. $340 17. $330 18. $320  19. $310  20-24. $300  (25-26. $300).

 

Real Merchant Services DMV Non-Qualifier Payoff: 1. $200  2. $190  3. $185  4. $180  5. $175  6. $170  7. $165  8. $160  9. $155  10-24. $150. Tow $125

 

You do not have to be a member of RUSH to compete only to receive Weekly and/or Tour points. The entry fee is $100. AMB/MyLaps transponders will be used; Westhold transponders will NOT work. Units are available to rent for $25. 

 

For Sunday at Tri-City, pit gate and registration/pre-race tech will open at 3 p.m. (access prior).  Driver’s meeting will be at 5:30 p.m.  Warmups will get underway at 6 p.m. followed by qualifying and racing.  Driver radio channel is 454.000. 

 

Tri-City Raceway Park is a ½-mile dirt track owned by the Shiffer Family and is located at 3430 PA-417, Franklin, PA 16323. For more information, check out their website at www.racetri-city.com.  Like their Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063565753208

  

The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, Colussy Chevrolet Flynn's Tire, Gunter's Honey, Rustler Sales & Service, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Capital Contracting Service, Joseph J. Oliva Attorney at Law, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Landrum Performance Springs, Russ King Racing, 3C Graphix, Velocita-USA, Wieland Metal Services, Real Merchant Services DMV, IllusionCoats Powder Coating, Hoosier Tire Western Pennsylvania/Big Daddy's Speed Center, Close Racing Supply, Keyser Manufacturing/Integra Racing Shocks, Seal-Tite Paving & Excavating, MotoRad, Schneider Trucks, Ontime Body & Graphic, Henry's Headers & Exhaust Systems, D&V Jewelers, AERO Race Wheels, Racing Electronics, Design Creations, and Competition Crate Parts.

 

E-mail can be sent to the RUSH Racing Series at info@rushracingseries.com and snail mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300. The RUSH Late Model website is www.rushlatemodels.com. Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @RUSHLM.
 

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2026 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing Schedule

 

Wednesday, February 18 / All-Tech Raceway / Lake City, FL

Winter Nationals / Open Practice

Thursday, February 19 / All-Tech Raceway / Lake City, FL

Winter Nationals / $10k to win / $49k purse

Friday, February 20 / All-Tech Raceway / Lake City, FL

Winter Nationals / $12k to win / $53k purse

Saturday, February 21 / All-Tech Raceway / Lake City, FL

Winter Nationals / $15k to win / $64k purse

 

Monday, February 23 / Ocala Speedway / Ocala, FL

Winter Nationals / Open Practice

Tuesday, February 24 / Ocala Speedway / Ocala, FL

Winter Nationals / $7k to win / $31k purse

Wednesday, February 25 / Ocala Speedway / Ocala, FL

Winter Nationals / $7k to win / $31k purse

Thursday, February 26 / Ocala Speedway / Ocala, FL

Winter Nationals / $10k to win / $49k purse

Friday, February 27 / Ocala Speedway / Ocala, FL

Winter Nationals / $12k to win / $53k purse

Saturday, February 28 / Ocala Speedway / Ocala, FL

Winter Nationals / $25k to win / $83k purse

 

Tuesday, March 3 / Golden Isles Speedway / Brunswick, GA

Super Bowl of Racing / Open Practice

Wednesday, March 4 / Golden Isles Speedway / Brunswick, GA

Super Bowl of Racing / $7k to win / $31k purse

Thursday, March 5 / Golden Isles Speedway / Brunswick, GA

Super Bowl of Racing / $10k to win / $49k purse

Friday, March 6 / Golden Isles Speedway / Brunswick, GA

Super Bowl of Racing / $12k to win / $53k purse

Saturday, March 7 / Golden Isles Speedway / Brunswick, GA

Super Bowl of Racing / $25k to win / $83k purse

 

Friday, March 27 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH

Buckeye Spring 50 / $15k to win / $64k purse

Saturday, March 28 / Brownstown Speedway / Brownstown, IN

Indiana Icebreaker / $25k to win / $83k purse

 

Friday, April 24 / Georgetown Speedway / Georgetown, DE

The Melvin L. Joseph Memorial / $21k to win / $70k purse

Saturday, April 25 / BAPS Motor Speedway / York Haven, PA

Superior Homes Late Model York County Nationals Presented by Pancho's Racing Products / $25k to win / $83k purse

Sunday, April 26 / Hagerstown Speedway / Hagerstown, MD

Conococheague 40 / $10k to win / $49k purse

 

Friday, May 1 / Circle City Raceway / Indianapolis, IN

$15k to win / $64k purse

Saturday, May 2 / Florence Speedway / Union, KY

40th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial / $25k to win / $83k purse

 

Friday, May 8 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL

Farmer City 74 / $25k to win / $83k purse

Saturday, May 9 / Fairbury Speedway / Fairbury, IL

FALS Spring Shootout Presented by Titan Industries / $30k to win / $100k purse

 

Thursday, May 14 / Eagle Raceway / Eagle, NE

Malvern Bank Presents High Bank Heist / $10k to win / $49k purse

Friday, May 15 / Eagle Raceway / Eagle, NE

Malvern Bank Presents High Bank Heist / $10k to win / $49k purse

Saturday, May 16 / Eagle Raceway / Eagle, NE

Malvern Bank Presents High Bank Heist / $50k to win / $150k purse

 

Thursday, May 21 / Lucas Oil Speedway / Wheatland, MO

13th Annual Cowboy Classic / $10k to win / $49k purse

Friday, May 22 / Lucas Oil Speedway / Wheatland, MO

The Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson / $10k to win / $49k purse

Saturday, May 23 / Lucas Oil Speedway / Wheatland, MO

34th Annual Show-Me 100 / $75k to win / $208k purse

 

Friday, June 19 / Smoky Mountain Speedway / Maryville, TN

Mountain Moonshine Classic / $10k to win / $49k purse

Saturday, June 20 / Smoky Mountain Speedway / Maryville, TN

Mountain Moonshine Classic / $30k to win / $100k purse

 

Thursday, June 25 / Lernerville Speedway / Sarver, PA

20th Annual Firecracker 100 / Twin $5k to win / $50k purse

Friday, June 26 / Lernerville Speedway / Sarver, PA

20th Annual Firecracker 100 / Twin $5k to win / $50k purse

Saturday, June 27 / Lernerville Speedway / Sarver, PA

20th Annual Firecracker 100 / $50k to win / $150k purse

 

Friday, July 3 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH

Independence 50 / $25k to win / $83k purse

Saturday, July 4 / Muskingum County Speedway / Zanesville, OH

Freedom 60 / $25k to win / $83k purse

 

Thursday, July 9 / 34 Raceway / Burlington, IA

$15k to win / $64k purse

Friday, July 10 / Lucas Oil Speedway / Wheatland, MO

Salute to Forrest / $15k to win / $64k purse

Saturday, July 11 / Lucas Oil Speedway / Wheatland, MO

20th Annual CMH Diamond Nationals / $25k to win / $83k purse

 

Tuesday, July 14 / Adams County Speedway / Corning, IA

$15k to win / $64k purse

Thursday, July 16 / Shelby County Speedway / Harlan, IA

Go 50 / $15k to win / $64k purse

Friday, July 17 / Shelby County Speedway / Harlan, IA

16th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals / Prelims / $40k purse

Saturday, July 18 / Shelby County Speedway / Harlan, IA

16th Annual Silver Dollar Nationals / $52k to win / $230k purse

 

Thursday, August 6 / Florence Speedway / Union, KY

44th Annual Sunoco North/South 100 / Twin $6k to win / $50k purse

Friday, August 7 / Florence Speedway / Union, KY

44th Annual Sunoco North/South 100 / Twin $6k to win / $50k purse

Saturday, August 8 / Florence Speedway / Union, KY

44th Annual Sunoco North/South 100 / $75k to win / $213k purse

 

Friday, August 14 / Batesville Motor Speedway / Batesville, AR

34th Annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel / Twin $5k to win / $50k purse

Saturday, August 15 / Batesville Motor Speedway / Batesville, AR

34th Annual Nutrien Ag Solutions Topless 100 Presented by Big River Steel / $50k to win / $150k purse

 

Friday, August 28 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA

The Rumble by the River / $10k to win / $49k purse

Saturday, August 29 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA

The Rumble by the River / $50k to win / $150k purse

 

Thursday, September 17 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA

Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals / $10k to win / $49k purse

Friday, September 18 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA

Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals / $10k to win / $49k purse

Saturday, September 19 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA

Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals / $75k to win / $218k purse

 

Friday, September 25 / Brownstown Speedway / Brownstown, IN

5th Annual CJ Rayburn Memorial / $10k to win / $49k purse

Saturday, September 26 / Brownstown Speedway / Brownstown, IN

47th Annual Jackson 100 / $50k to win / $150k purse

 

Friday, October 2 / Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway / Imperial, PA

38th Annual Pittsburgher / $10k to win / $49k purse

Saturday, October 3 / Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway / Imperial, PA

38th Annual Pittsburgher / $50k to win / $150k purse

 

Friday, October 9 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH

$10k to win / $49k purse

Saturday, October 10 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH

$50k to win / $150k purse

 

Friday, October 16 / West Virginia Motor Speedway / Mineral Wells, WV

46th Annual Dirt Track World Championship / Twin $5k to win / $50k purse

Saturday, October 17 / West Virginia Motor Speedway / Mineral Wells, WV

46th Annual Dirt Track World Championship / $100k to win / $216k purse

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