Firecracker 100 results from the $50,000 to win finale at Lernerville Speedway for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
It’s the final night of a three-day show in Sarver, Pennsylvania for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. The national dirt late model drivers are set to race for $50,000 to win on the 4/10-mile of Lernerville Speedway.
View Lernerville Speedway results for the Firecracker 100 below.
Firecracker 100 Menu
June 22 | June 23 | June 24
Defending race winner Tim McCreadie has unloaded a backup car ahead of the heat races. He might have hurt the motor during hot laps. He followed that up with a heat win and now he’s rolling into the main event.
Jonathan Davenport and Ricky Thornton Jr set the front row for the main event. 100 laps of dirt track racing in the 17th annual Firecracker 100 are up next…
Firecracker 100
Race Report
Green flag, Davenport slides Thornton Jr into turn one. Davenport leads the field down the backstretch.
Lap 17, Davenport works heavy lap traffic. Thornton Jr has closed to his bumper.
Lap 25, Mason Zeigler has sliced through the field. After start 24th, he’s up to 12th.
Lap 32, Tim McCreadie slows and the first caution is out. He heads to the pit lane.
Green, Davenport leads Thornton Jr.
Lap 34, Logan Zarin is around, caution.
Green, Garrett Alberson spins in front of the field in turn two. He collects Alex Perree, John Garvin Jr and Earl Pearson Jr. The red flag is out as the track is blocked. All drivers are ok.
Green, Davenport leads as Thornton Jr and Hudson O’Neal run side by side for 2nd.
Lap 45, Thornton Jr looks inside of Davenport in the battle for the lead. Side by side for the lead. Hudson O’Neal sticks his nose inside of both of them to make it three wide for the lead! Thornton Jr wins the battle!
Davenport and O’Neal make light contact as they battle for 2nd.
Lap 51
Lap 51, O’Neal looks inside of Thornton Jr for the race lead. The run side by side through lap traffic. O’Neal to the lead.
Lap 55, Thornton Jr boxes O’Neal in behind lap traffic. O’Neal takes the lapper three wide to remain side by side for the lead.
Lap 57, Thornton Jr returns to the lead as O’Neal is trapped behind a lap car on the bottom lane.
O’Neal is glued to the bottom lane. He’s sticking his left front over the inside berm to use every inch of the moisture. Thornton Jr is exploring different lanes. O’Neal is closing.
30 to go, Thornton Jr runs wide off turn four. O’Neal works inside and he drives by to take the lead away once more.
25 to go, O’Neal is boxed in behind lap traffic. Thornton Jr pulls back alongside and Thornton Jr retakes the lead!
10 to go, Thornton Jr leads O’Neal by 3 seconds.
Ricky Thornton Jr drives off to win the Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway!
Lernerville Speedway
Results
June 24, 2023
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2023 results from the Pennsylvania dirt track below.
Practice
Hot Laps – Heat 1 : 1. 11-Spencer Hughes, 00:16.247[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:16.337[3]; 3. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:16.343[4]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:16.380[1]; 5. 3RK-Daryl Charlier, 00:16.588[7]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:16.768[5]; 7. 14A-Dan Angelicchio, 00:17.525[6]
Hot Laps – Heat 2 : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:16.316[4]; 2. 111B-Max Blair, 00:16.380[1]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:16.477[2]; 4. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 00:16.658[3]; 5. 9-Breyton Santee, 00:17.052[5]
Hot Laps – Heat 3 : 1. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:16.374[1]; 2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 00:16.684[2]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:16.848[3]; 4. AUS1-Brent Vosbergen, 00:17.165[5]; 5. 15K-Cody Overton, 00:17.461[6]; 6. 1L-Chuckie Lepsch, 00:18.438[7]
Hot Laps – Heat 4 : 1. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:16.369[2]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:16.459[1]; 3. B22-Bump Hedman, 00:16.513[5]; 4. 14-Braeden Dillinger, 00:16.675[6]; 5. 1C-Alex Ferree, 00:16.791[4]; 6. 1*-Chub Frank, 00:16.891[3]; 7. 11P-Joshua Powell, 00:17.860[8]
Hot Laps – Heat 5 : 1. 9Y-Levi Yetter, 00:16.446[5]; 2. 10-Michael Norris, 00:16.700[1]; 3. 48-Colton Flinner, 00:16.712[3]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:16.730[2]; 5. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 00:16.858[4]; 6. 10L-Gary Lyle, 00:16.948[6]; 7. 8K-Kyle Strickler, 00:17.143[8]
Hot Laps – Heat 6 : 1. 22-Gregg Satterlee, 00:16.704[2]; 2. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:16.758[3]; 3. 99-Devin Moran, 00:16.870[1]; 4. 77-Tyler Dietz, 00:16.955[8]; 5. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:17.018[5]; 6. 11T-Trevor Collins, 00:17.056[4]; 7. J4-John Garvin Jr, 00:17.102[6]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (10 Laps – Top 3 Advance): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 3. 11-Spencer Hughes[2]; 4. 3RK-Daryl Charlier[7]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[5]; 6. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[4]; 7. 14A-Dan Angelicchio[6]; 8. (DNS) 96-Mike Smith; 9. (DNS) 66-Todd Bachman
Heat 2 (10 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 2. 111B-Max Blair[1]; 3. 1Z-Logan Zarin[4]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 5. 9-Breyton Santee[6]; 6. 55C-Chris Schneider[7]; 7. (DNS) 22B-Darrell Bossard; 8. 97-Kevin Smith; 9. (DNS) 10K-Zachary Kane
Heat 3 (10 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson[3]; 4. 15K-Cody Overton[6]; 5. 29-Ken Schaltenbrand[4]; 6. AUS1-Brent Vosbergen[5]; 7. 1L-Chuckie Lepsch[8]; 8. (DNS) 25S-Cory Sines; 9. (DNS) 184-Kyle Lukon
Heat 4 (10 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 1*-Chub Frank[3]; 3. 1C-Alex Ferree[4]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 5. B22-Bump Hedman[5]; 6. 14-Braeden Dillinger[6]; 7. 11P-Joshua Powell[8]; 8. (DNS) 01-Ron Hall
Heat 5 (10 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 10-Michael Norris[1]; 2. 48-Colton Flinner[3]; 3. 9Y-Levi Yetter[5]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 5. 20D-Doug Eck[7]; 6. 10L-Gary Lyle[6]; 7. 8K-Kyle Strickler[8]; 8. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[4]
Heat 6 (10 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 22-Gregg Satterlee[2]; 3. J4-John Garvin Jr[6]; 4. 99B-Boom Briggs[3]; 5. 55-Benji Hicks[5]; 6. 77-Tyler Dietz[8]; 7. 11T-Trevor Collins[4]; 8. 20N-Nicholas Eck[7]
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (12 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 2. 29-Ken Schaltenbrand[6]; 3. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[4]; 4. 3RK-Daryl Charlier[1]; 5. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[7]; 6. 14A-Dan Angelicchio[10]; 7. AUS1-Brent Vosbergen[9]; 8. 55C-Chris Schneider[8]; 9. 9-Breyton Santee[5]; 10. 1L-Chuckie Lepsch[11]; 11. 15K-Cody Overton[3]
B-Main 2 (12 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 2. 99B-Boom Briggs[3]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[13]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[1]; 5. 55-Benji Hicks[6]; 6. 11P-Joshua Powell[10]; 7. 14-Braeden Dillinger[7]; 8. 11T-Trevor Collins[12]; 9. B22-Bump Hedman[4]; 10. 20D-Doug Eck[5]; 11. 20N-Nicholas Eck[14]; 12. 10L-Gary Lyle[8]; 13. 77-Tyler Dietz[9]; 14. (DNS) 8K-Kyle Strickler
Lernerville Speedway
Feature Race Results
June 24, 2023
A-Main (100 Laps – $50,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]
2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[9]
3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]
4. 22-Gregg Satterlee[12]
5. 99-Devin Moran[6]
6. 76-Brandon Overton[3]
7. 10-Michael Norris[5]
8. 29-Ken Schaltenbrand[21]
9. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[24]
10. 111B-Max Blair[8]
11. 1T-Tyler Erb[20]
12. 7-Ross Robinson[15]
13. 18D-Daulton Wilson[19]
14. 11-Spencer Hughes[13]
15. 48-Colton Flinner[11]
16. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[23]
17. 77-Tyler Dietz[27]
18. 1Z-Logan Zarin[14]
19. 1*-Chub Frank[10]
20. 16-Tyler Bruening[25]
21. 9Y-Levi Yetter[17]
22. 99B-Boom Briggs[22]
23. 58-Garrett Alberson[7]
24. 1C-Alex Ferree[16]
25. J4-John Garvin Jr[18]
26. 39-Tim McCreadie[4]
27. 10L-Gary Lyle[28]
28. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[26]
Race Statistics
Entrants: 51
Terminal Maintenance & Construction Pole Sitter: Jonathan Davenport
Lap Leaders: Jonathan Davenport (Laps 1-44); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 45-52); Hudson O’Neal (Laps 53-56); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 57-70); Hudson O’Neal (Laps 71-74); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 75-100)
Wieland Feature Winner: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Margin of Victory: 4.912 seconds
Stop-Tech Brakes Cautions: Tim McCreadie (Lap 31); Logan Zarin (Lap 33); John Garvin, Earl Pearson, Jr., Garrett Alberson, Alex Ferree (Lap 33 restart)
Series Provisionals: Tyler Bruening
Firecracker Points Provisional: Ryan Montgomery
Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Track Provisional: Tyler Dietz; Gary Lyle
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Jonathan Davenport
Penske Shocks Top 5: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Jonathan Davenport, Gregg Satterlee, Devin Moran
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Mason Zeigler (Advanced 15 Positions) Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Michael Norris
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Daulton Wilson
Earnhardt Technologies Most Laps Led: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (47 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Max Blair
Etchberger Trucking Fastest Lap of the Race: Jonathan Davenport (Lap 6 – 16.680 seconds)
MD3 Tough Break of the Race: Tim McCreadie
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Anthony Burroughs (Ricky Thornton, Jr.)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Spencer Hughes (16.247 seconds)
Time of Race: 55 minutes 52 seconds
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points
Pos | Driver | Points | Earnings
1. Ricky Thornton Jr
3910 | $249,700
2. Hudson O’Neal
3705 | $141,350
3. Brandon Overton
3520 | $104,650
4. Tim McCreadie
3355 | $102,800
5. Jonathan Davenport
3315 | $90,675
6. Devin Moran
3305 | $113,500
7. Daulton Wilson
3165 | $75,350
8. Max Blair
3105 | $56,450
9. Tyler Erb
3100 | $65,700
10. Spencer Hughes
3035 | $64,325
11. Earl Pearson Jr
2985 | $52,775
12. Jimmy Owens
2825 | $44,150
13. Garrett Alberson
2765 | $48,700
14. Tyler Bruening
2615 | $33,650
15. Ross Robinson
2560 | $27,625
16. Boom Briggs
2090 | $20,075
