Brandon Overton Snares $50,000 Mountain Moonshine Classic Title
Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series Doubleheader Up Next

EVANS, Ga. (06/17/24) – Brandon Overton led flag-to-flag in Saturday night’s Mountain Moonshine Classic finale at Smoky Mountain Speedway to collect the $50,000 top prize with his Wells & Sons Motorsports No. 76 Convenient Lube / Muscle Factory/ Wells Motorsports Infinity Race Car / Clements Racing Engines - powered Super Late Model.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) victory pushed his 2024-win total to seven.

"We made the right decisions," Overton said in Victory Lane. "I think the first lap, me and Ryan (Gustin), I think we both knew how important it was to get out to clean air. We kind of rubbed down there, but that's awesome. The only two Infinity cars here run 1-2 most of the race. So, like I said, hats off to Eric and everybody back at the shop."

On a ‘special night,’ Overton also thanked his crew for helping him keep his chin up.

"My boys, you know, they've been, they've been busting their ass, man," Overton said. "I need them to keep me upbeat. You know what I mean? I'm pretty hard on myself and I get down and they've got a good attitude and (the success is credited) more to them than it is to me. They give their life to this stuff."

Brandon Overton opened a tripleheader weekend on Friday with a visit to Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tenn.) for the two-day Mountain Moonshine Classic.

Against a field of 42 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) entries, Overton followed up a runner-up heat race showing with a seventh-place finish in Friday’s 40-lap preliminary feature.

Back at the Tennessee oval on Saturday, Brandon claimed the All Star Performance Fast Time honors with a 14.459-second lap before picking up a flag-to-flag heat race win. Despite an early challenge from fellow front-row starter Ryan Gustin in the feature, Overton cruised to a dominant $50,000 victory in Saturday’s Mountain Moonshine Classic finale.

He took the checkers ahead of Ricky Thornton Jr., Gustin, Jonathan Davenport, and Brandon Sheppard.

The six-figure payday marked his seventh win of the season and 16th career LOLMDS triumph.

Overton's weekend concluded with an eighth-place finish in Sunday's inaugural Sidney Langston Memorial at Ultimate Motorsports Park (Friendship, N.C.) aboard his Wells Motorsports No. 76 Infinity Chassis Super Late Model.

Full results from the events can be found at www.LucasDirt.com and www.UltimateMotorsportsRVPark.com .

Overton now turns his attention back to the Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series and as the series’ point leader will resume action this weekend with a pair of South Carolina events. Action opens on Friday at Lancaster Motor Speedway with a $12,000-to-win event before rolling into Cherokee Speedway on Saturday for a $20,000-to-win program.

Brandon holds a 68-point advantage atop the latest series’ standings.

For more information on the weekend, please visit www.HTFseries.com .

Brandon Overton would like to thank all of his marketing partners, which include Muscle Factory, Wells Motorsports, Garnto Southern Construction, Coltman Farms Racing, Harco Construction, Longhorn Chassis by Wells, Big Dog Stump and Tree, RW Powell Construction, Victory Fuel, Convenient Lube, Supply Chain Management, Big Blue Smoke House, Boswell Oil, Doug Campbell Body Shop, Clements Racing Engines, Penske Shocks, Hoosier by Brian, Top Notch Kustom Koncepts, Victory Fuel, Steering Buddy, Impact Race Gear, Swift Springs, Penn Grade Oil, Quarter Master, Earnhardt Technologies Group, Wilwood, All-Star Performance, Wehrs Machine, Schoenfeld, Winters Performance, Performance Bodies, Peterson Fluid Systems, VP Racing Fuels, Fast Shafts, AFCO Racing Products, COMP Cams, Quickcar Products, and MyRacePass Marketing Services.

For the latest information about Brandon Overton and the Wells Motorsports team, please visit www.BrandonOverton76.com.

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Ricky Thornton Jr. Wins $10,000 in Mountain Moonshine Classic Opener
Set to Defend Firecracker 100 Title this Weekend

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (06/17/24) – Ricky Thornton Jr. was $10,000 richer on Friday night after topping the Mountain Moonshine Classic opener on Friday night with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) aboard his SSI Motorsports / Coltman Farms / Hoker Trucking No. 20RT Dyno One Inc. / Excel Floor Covering / Sub-Surface of Indiana / Longhorn Chassis / Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model.

The win was Thornton Jr.’s 17th overall win of the season and paired with a second-place finish on Saturday night, allowed him to extend his advantage atop the latest series’ standings.

“I didn’t mind seeing that yellow,” said Thornton Jr. referring to the only caution of the race for Drake Troutman’s flat tire with 25 laps scored on Friday night. Thornton was racing in heavy traffic as McDowell had closed to within a car length of Thornton before the yellow flag waved.

“I was running too hard trying to get by the lapped cars there. I was really beating my tires. So, the yellow came out and I saw T-Mac (Tim McCreadie) get back to second and I knew he didn’t pass Dale on the bottom, so I knew I had to move up and just try and keep some speed there. Me and Ross [Robinson] hit a little bit there when I was lapping him. He was just trying to race, and he had no idea I was there so luckily it wasn’t too bad. Overall, it was a really good night for us, I think we broke the track record in qualifying.”

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) brought point-leader Ricky Thornton Jr. and 41 competitors to Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tenn.) over the weekend for the two-day Mountain Moonshine Classic.

Pulling off a clean sweep in Friday’s preliminary program aboard his SSI Motorsports No. 20RT Late Model, Ricky followed up the overall fast time honors with a flag-to-flag victory in his heat and the 40-lap preliminary. He collected $10,000 for his 17th overall win of the season.

On Saturday, Thornton followed up an uncontested heat race win with a runner-up showing in the 60-lap finale, chasing race-long pacesetter Brandon Overton the checkers with Ryan Gustin joining the podium in third.

"Especially with (Overton) being on the pole, I knew he'd be really tough to pass," Thornton said on Saturday night’s podium. "The lapped cars made it tough for him. There's a lot of them that he really had to slide and hoped they'd slow down. It's just tough at this place. It hard to really juice up the bottom to make it fast enough to compete with that middle (groove). But overall, a really good weekend for us.”

Thornton’s lead over Jonathan Davenport atop the LOLMDS point standings increased to 185 markers.

Full results from the weekend can be found at www.LucasDirt.com .

Ricky Thornton Jr. and SSI Motorsports now turn their attention to the 18th annual Firecracker 100 presented by Big River Steel, which is set for this Thursday – Saturday at Lernerville Speedway (Sarver, Pa.). The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) tripleheader opens with the field divided into twin $5,000-to-win programs on Thursday and Saturday, followed by a $50,000-to-win finale on Saturday.

Ricky picked up his first win in the coveted event in 2023.

Ricky Thornton Jr. would like to thank all of his marketing partners, which include: SSI Motorsports, Dyno One, Excel Floor Covering, Coltman Farms, Hoker Trucking, Certified Inspection Service (CSI), High Performance Lubricants, Big River Steel, Van Meter Insurance Group, Varsitee Screen Printing, West Side Tractor Sales Co., Sub-Surface of Indiana, Midwest Sheet Metal, D&E Outside Services, Lethal Chassis, Dylan Earven Foundation, EMD Wraps, Brembo, Keyser Manufacturing, Wiles Driveshafts, Barnes Systems, Strange Oval, Schoenfeld Headers, The Joie of Seating, Earnhardt Technologies, FK Rod Ends, BMRS, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Hoosier Tire, Performance Bodies, Jones Racing Products, Simpson Racing Products, NAPA (Morgantown – Bargersville), Swift Springs, Bilstein, Winning Edge Carburetion, Longhorn Chassis, Clements Racing Engines, and MyRacePass Marketing Services.

Visit the team’s official website at www.TwentyRT.com often for the latest team information. You can also stay connected with Ricky Thornton Jr. on social media at https://www.facebook.com/rickythorntonjrracing on Facebook, and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RThornton20rt.

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Spencer Hughes and JCM Motorsports Sweep Clash at The Mag Weekend
Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Next on the Schedule

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (06/17/24) – Spencer Hughes broke out the broom and swept the 2024 edition of the Clash at the Mag weekend with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOMLDS) over the weekend at Magnolia Motor Speedway.

With back-to-back wins on Friday and Saturday, Hughes collected $17,000 behind the wheel of the JCM Motorsports / Yellow Hammer Design & Construction No. 19m Dread River Distilling Co. / Cliburn Tank Lines / Neon Bubbles Car Wash / XR1 Rocket Chassis / Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model in Victory Lane.

“I knew we wasn’t bad right there, I just wasn’t very good on the cushion,” Hughes said in Victory Lane on Saturday night. “We really just needed some green flag laps, so once this (track) cleaned up, you could race all over it.

“This was such a great weekend for our team. It’s awesome seeing all these fans out here. I seen so many new t-shirts walking around too. I appreciate all y’all supporting us and glad finally able to come back here in front of a packed house and put on a good show.”

Competing in his home state of Mississippi over the weekend, Spencer Hughes joined the JCM Motorsports team as the crew invaded Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Miss.) on Friday afternoon for the first night of the Clash at the Mag.

With 49 COMP Cams Super Late Models checked in, Hughes picked up a heat race victory which placed him on the second-row for the 30-lap feature. Chasing down Ethan Dotson in the opening laps, Hughes slid into the lead on lap 15 and led the rest of the way to collect the $5,000 payday. He topped Ashton Winger and Payton Freeman who joined him on the podium for night one.

Rolling off fourth in Saturday's $12,000-to-win finale, Hughes once again battled Ethan Dotson for the lead before Dotson had a mechanical failure with less than 15 laps to go. Leading the final 12 circuits, Spencer secured the $12,000 victory and swept the Clash at the Mag weekend. The win was his third of the year at Magnolia Motor Speedway and his fifth win overall.

In his fourth-career CCSDS triumph, Hughes outran Josh Putnam and Chad Trash to the checkered flag.

Full results from the doubleheader weekend are available at www.COMPDirt.com .

Th team now prepares to head northeast to Lernerville Speedway (Sarver, Pa.) this weekend for the 18th annual Firecracker 100 presented by Big River Steel. The weekend starts with the field divided into twin $5,000-to-win, preliminary programs on Thursday and Friday followed by a $50,000-to-win finale on Saturday.

Spencer was 14th in the 2023 finale and in three-career Firecracker 100 starts his best finish was ninth in 2021.

Full event details are available at www.LucasDirt.com .

JCM Motorsports would like to thank their marketing partners, which include Yellow Hammer Design & Construction, Cliburn Tank Lines, Dread River Distilling Co., Professional Concrete Cutting & Drilling, The Mercantile by Miller, Neon Bubbles Car Wash, Link Construction inc., Torco Lubricants, KB Motorsports, XS Power Batteries, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Durham Racing Engines, PEM Racing, FastShafts, Steering Buddy, FOX Racing Shox, DirtCarLift.com, Rocket Chassis, Boswell Oil, Hoosier Tire by Brian, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Midwest Sheet Metal, True Speed Fast Wear, FreeStyle Graphix, Advanced Laser & Machine, USSSA, JJ Motorsports, Xtreme Design & Graphics, and MyRacePass Website & Marketing Services.

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Tim McCreadie Second in LOLMDS Smoky Mountain Speedway Opener
Set to Pursue Third-Career Firecracker 100 Title

SHINNSTON, W.Va. (06/17/24) – Tim McCreadie raced to a second-place finish in Friday night’s Mountain Moonshine Classic opener Valvoline / Seubert Calf Ranches No. 1 Rocket1 Racing / Ace Metal Works / XR1 Rocket Chassis / Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model.

He added a seventh-place finish in Saturday’s finale at Smoky Mountain Speedway. With his weekend results, McCreadie continued his upward trajectory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) standings and now sits fourth.

“Yeah, we will take it. I mean these guys went to work every day this week after Eldora, trying to make this car more suitable to me as a driver, and it came right out of the box tonight and was fast from the get-go,” McCreadie said following Friday night’s program. This is the first night we probably put together a whole night where we have been good all night.”

Rocket1 Racing and Tim McCreadie returned to action with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) over the weekend for the two-day Mountain Moonshine Classic at Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tenn.).

With 42 Late Model entries converged at the 3/8-mile oval on Friday, McCreadie outran pole-starting Devin Moran in his heat race to capture the eight-lap victory. Lined up second for the $10,000-to-win preliminary feature, Tim slipped back to third during the race’s middle stages before rebounding late to a second-place finish in the 50-lap affair. He followed race-long pacesetter Ricky Thornton Jr. across the line with Dale McDowell rounding out the podium.

On Saturday, Tim’s third-place heat result positioned him on the sixth row for the $50,000-to-win Mountain Moonshine Classic finale. Wheeling his way into the top-10, McCreadie climbed five positions to finish seventh.

Tim is currently fourth in the latest LOLMDS point standings.

Full results from the event are available at www.LucasDirt.com .

McCreadie and Rocket1 Racing continue LOLMDS competition this weekend with a trip to Lernerville Speedway (Sarver, Pa.) for the 18th annual Firecracker 100 presented by Big River Steel. McCreadie, who won the event in 2019 and 2022, will take part in his respective $5,000-to-win prelim features on Thursday and Friday before setting his sights on a $50,000 winner’s check on Saturday.
In addition to McCreadie’s two triumphs in the event, Rocket1 Racing picked up the Firecracker 100 title in 2013 with Josh Richards at the wheel.

For more details on the weekend, please visit www.Lernerville.com .

Rocket1 Racing would like to thank all of their marketing partners, which include Valvoline, Seubert Calf Ranches, Rocket Chassis, Ace Metal Works, Durham Racing Engines, Five Star RaceCar Bodies, Gunter’s Honey, Performance Grading, Stiles Marine & Maintenance, Hoosier Racing Tire, Fox Racing Shox, Keyser Manufacturing, Petroff Towing, On Time Body & Graphic, Franklin Enterprises, Bubba Army, Sweet Manufacturing, Sunoco Race Fuels, Accu-Force Shock Service, ATL Fuel Cells, Aurora Rod Ends, Barnes Dry Sump Oil Systems, Bazell Race Fuels, Beyea Custom Headers, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Brinn Transmissions, Sharp Advantage Safety Products, CP Carrillo, Dohm Cycles, Fibreworks Composites, Hardrock Powder Coating, Howe Racing Enterprises, Jones Racing Products, Kenny’s Components, MSD, E3 Spark Plugs, Tel Tac, Performance Bodies, Peterson Fluid Systems, Powers Performance, Performance Rod & Custom, QuickCar Racing Products, MatMan Designs, Allgaier Performance Parts, Rocket Pre-Owned Motors, Show Trucks Unlimited, Simpson, Stealth Carburetors, Strange Oval, Suave Talk, Total Power Valvoline Pro-V Racing, Walker Performance Filtration, Wiles Driveshafts, Wilwood Brakes, Winters Performance Products, Wrisco Aluminum, Xceldyne Valvetrain, and MyRacePass Website & Marketing Services.

For the latest information on Rocket1Racing please visit the team website at www.Rocket1Racing.com as well as their social media channels at www.facebook.com/Rocket1Racing, www.twitter.com/Rocket1_Racing, and www.instagram.com/rocket1racing .

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Tyler Erb Sweeps Opening Week of the ‘Hell Tour’
Ready to Roll with Week No. 2

ST. MARYS, Ohio (06/17/24) – Tyler Erb enjoyed a dominant start to the 2024 DIRTcar Summer Nationals. In fact, he won the first three events with only Mother Nature stopping him in the week’s other two scheduled events.

His triumphs with his Bulk Material Lift / Anthony’s Pizza No. 1 Best Performance Motorsports / Langenfelder Mechanical Contractors / First Class Septic / XR1 Rocket Chassis / Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model came on Wednesday at Peoria Speedway, Friday at Tri-City Speedway, and Saturday at Fairbury Speedway.

His winnings for the week exceeded $25,000.

“We were looking to shake things up this year and do something different, so we decided it was time to go have some Summernationals fun. We raced three Summernationals events, and we won three Summernationals events. That’s pretty awesome,” Erb said. “Hated to see those two rainouts last week, but that’s part of the game. We’re ready to roll again this week and go after more big checks. Thank you to all our supporters and this awesome team.”

Taking part in the 39th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals, Tyler Erb unloaded his Best Performance Motorsports / Langenfelder Mechanical Contractors No. 1 Super Late Model at Peoria (Ill.) Speedway on Wednesday afternoon for the first round of the grueling summer series.

With a heat race victory placing him on the front row for the opener, Tyler soared ahead of fast qualifier and pole-starting Dennis Erb Jr. on the opening lap and never looked back, claiming his fourth win of the season and the $5,000 winner's payday.

He finished 2.170 seconds ahead of Erb Jr. with Dillon McCowan joining them on the podium.

After Wednesday’s stop at Kankakee (Ill.) County Speedway was cancelled due to an unfavorable forecast, Erb traveled to Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, Ill.) on Friday night and found himself in Victory Lane again. Starting the St. Louis Screw & Bolt 40 A-Main in the fourth position, Tyler drove around Kye Blight on the 10th circuit and went onto capture his second win in as many nights. The New Waverly, Texas driver earned $10,000 for the winning performance.

Seeking his third-straight Hell Tour victory in Saturday’s event at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway, Tyler outran Dennis Erb Jr. in the 50-lap feature to secure back-to-back $10,000 victories. After leading laps 11-26, Tyler regained the point from Dennis Erb Jr. on lap 27 and ran away with his sixth victory of the 2024 campaign.

Sunday's slated weekend finale at Sycamore Speedway (Maple Park, Ill.) was postponed by weather.

Tyler holds a 50-point advantage over the current standings.

Full results from the events can be found at www.TheHellTour.com.

Tyler’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals action continues this week with the following slate:

July 18: Davenport (Iowa) Speedway - $5,000-to-win
July 19: Adams County Speedway (Quincy, Ill.) - $5,000-to-win
July 20: Spoon River Speedway (Banner, Ill.) - $5,000-to-win
July 21: Brownstown (Ill.) Bullring - $10,000-to-win
July 22: Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 - $10,000-to-win
July 23: Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway - $5,000-to-win

Mallett Caps ASCS National Tour Speedweek With Second-Place Performance

Inside Line Promotions - POCOLA, Okla. (June 17, 2024) - Jordon Mallett produced a top-10 result during all four ASCS National Tour Speedweek races last week with the best saved for last.

Mallett and Brandon Anderson Motorsports posted a sixth-place finish last Tuesday at Texarkana 67 Speedway in Texarkana, Ark.; ninth-place results on Thursday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., and Friday at Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, Okla.; and a second-place showing on Saturday at Tri-State Speedway.

The strong week landed Mallett tied for third place in the Speedweek standings.

"After Saturday night, big picture, we're in a better direction," Mallett said. "We were always good right out of the gate every night. We'd qualify good and heat race good. Then it was like in the feature we'd start strong, but not be good at the end."

Mallett qualified third quickest in his group and placed second in a heat race before advancing from eighth to sixth place in the A Main at Texarkana 67 Speedway.

"We finished sixth, but had a fourth-place car," he said. "I should have moved up to the top of the race track toward the end of the race and we'd have preserved fourth. We got blasted on a restart by a couple of guys who jumped up there and I didn't get up quick enough."

Mallett was second quickest in his qualifying group before he won a heat race and placed sixth in the dash at Creek County Speedway.

"We rolled into Creek and timed in good and heat raced good," he said. "I made an error in the dash. They had watered the track before the dash. I got too aggressive and ducked down too low going into turn one. I got into some grease and spun it out. We started sixth in the feature and we were good early on running third or fourth. About the last eight or 10 laps the car started to go away and I couldn't do anything right. It didn't matter where I ran on the track, it was like we threw a boat anchor out. Come to find out we had a bleeder break."

The team timed in second quickest in a qualifying group before finishing second in a heat race at Arrowhead Speedway.

"We were good in qualifying and the heat race, but we missed it in the feature," he said. "We could move around, but got too tight running the bottom when everybody moved down. We struggled on the top at times as well. It was just an off night in that feature."

It all came together on Saturday at Tri-State Speedway, where Mallett qualified second quickest in his group and ended third in a heat race before rallying from eighth to second place in the A Main.

"We timed in good and heat raced all right, but having to start on the inside in the heat race was not ideal," he said. "In the feature it was a cumulative effect of we were wanting to get aggressive to find something to move forward because the features had been our weak point all Speedweek. We said let's go with what we think we need and go way past that. We swung for the fences and wound up with a really good race car. We look forward to moving on because we found what helps us claw forward and be more comfortable in a feature."

The second-place showing tied a career best for Brandon Anderson Motorsports with the ASCS National Tour.

Mallett and the team will compete this Saturday at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark., with the ASCS National Tour. He placed fourth at the track in 2022 during his most recent visit.

QUICK RESULTS -

June 11 - Texarkana 67 Speedway in Texarkana, Ark - Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 2 (2); Feature: 6 (8).

June 13 - Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla. - Qualifying: 2; Heat race: 1 (1); Dash: 6 (3); Feature: 9 (6).

June 14 - Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, Okla. - Qualifying: 2; Heat race: 2 (1); Feature: 9 (9).

June 15 - Tri-State Speedway in Pocola, Okla. - Qualifying: 2; Heat race: 3 (1); Feature: 2 (8).

SEASON STATS -

10 races, 1 win, 4 top fives, 8 top 10s, 9 top 15s, 10 top 20s

UP NEXT -

Saturday at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark., with the ASCS National Tour

MEDIA LINKS -

Website: http://jordonmallett.myracepass.com

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jordonmallettmotorsports

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"Porter Commercial Refrigeration is a huge supporter of our team," Mallett said. "They are always stepping up to help us however they can and we really appreciate the partnership."

Mallett would like to thank Awakening Events, Awakening Foundation, Water for Christ, Porter Commercial Refrigeration, Red River Rack Co., D&K Farms, Powers HVAC, DHR Suspension, Racing Optics, Triple X Race Co., KSE Racing Products, FK Rod Ends, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Sinco, Inc., Autometer, Callies Racing Products, DynoTech Race Engines, Hero Graphics, Hilborn Fuel Injection, ISC Racers Tape, K&N Engineering, Lone Star Super Gas (Sunoco), HRP Wings, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Smiley's Racing Products, MetTec Titanium, MotorState Distributing, DMI, Fast 5 Solutions and Superior Bearing and Supply for their continued support.