10.12.24 Brownstown Speedway Results

BROWNSTOWN SPEEDWAY – 10/12/2024 – “Jackson 100”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary – 45th Annual Jackson 100 – Saturday, October 12, 2024 – Brownstown Speedway – Brownstown, IN

Allstar Performance Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Garrett Alberson | 13.936 seconds
Fast Time Group B: Mike Marlar | 13.907 seconds (overall)

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

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

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

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

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

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

45th Annual Jackson 100 Feature Finish (100 Laps):
Pos Start Car # Competitor Hometown Pay
1 2 157 Mike Marlar Winfield, TN $50,700
2 6 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr Martinsville, IN $20,800
3 4 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL $10,000
4 5 1 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY $8,900
5 3 49 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA $7,900
6 10 99 Devin Moran Dresden, OH $6,800
7 1 58 Garrett Alberson Las Cruces, NM $5,200
8 12 7T Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA $4,800
9 14 111 Max Blair Centerville, PA $4,500
10 15 1G Devin Gilpin Columbus, IN $3,600
11 13 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN $4,200
12 23 71 Hudson O’Neal Martinsville, IN $4,300
13 8 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville, IL $3,000
14 21 9 Nick Hoffman Mooresville, NC $2,500
15 19 96 Tanner English Benton, KY $2,400
16 16 44 Dave Hess Jr Waterford, PA $2,300
17 7 68 Adam Stricker Batavia, OH $2,200
18 18 18D Daulton Wilson Fayetteville, NC $2,800
19 11 6 Clay Harris Jupiter, FL $2,500
20 20 20TC Tristan Chamberlain Richmond, IN $2,000
21 22 22 Matt Boknecht Seymour, IN $2,000
22 9 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL $2,000
23 17 93F Carson Ferguson Lincolnton, NC $2,500
24 25 99B Boom Briggs Bear Lake, PA $600
25 24 7 Ross Robinson Georgetown, DE $2,700
26 26 17SS Brenden Smith Dade City, FL $600
27 27 93 Cory Lawler Hanover, PA $600

Race Statistics
Entrants: 37
Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Garrett Alberson
Lap Leaders: Mike Marlar (Laps 1-5); Bobby Pierce (Laps 6-47); Mike Marlar (Laps 48-100)
Wieland Feature Winner: Mike Marlar
Arizona Sport Shirts Crown Jewel Cup Feature Winner: Mike Marlar
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Mike Marlar
Margin of Victory: 0.967 seconds
Dave Warren Powersports Cautions: Boom Briggs (Initial Start); Matt Boknecht (Lap 42)
LOLMDS Series Provisionals: Hudson O’Neal; Ross Robinson
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
LOLMDS Emergency Provisionals: Boom Briggs; Brenden Smith; Cory Lawler
Track Provisional: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Mike Marlar, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Bobby Pierce
Penske Shocks Top 5: Mike Marlar, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Bobby Pierce, Tim McCreadie, Jonathan Davenport
Todd Steel Buildings Hard Charger of the Race: Hudson O’Neal (Advanced 11 Positions)
PEM 4th Place Feature: Tim McCreadie
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Garrett Alberson
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Dennis Erb, Jr.
MD3 Most Laps Led: Mike Marlar (58 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Ricky Thornton, Jr.; Devin Moran; Jonathan Davenport; Tim McCreadie
O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Drake Troutman
Coltman Farms Fastest Lap of the Race: Mike Marlar (Lap 1 | 14.672 seconds)
Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Mike Marlar
Miller Welders Hard Luck Award: n/a
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Josh Davis (Mike Marlar)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Race Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Tim McCreadie (14.2329 seconds)
Time of Race: 31 minutes 55 seconds

“Pewter Hall” Super Stocks (22 Entries)

HEAT ONE: Jamey Wilson, Tucker Chastain, Greg Amick, Wade Goodale, Ryan Freeland, Tim Eddleman, Jenna Boknecht, Dalton Fleenor,

HEAT TWO: Branden Carr, Tanner Chastain, Jack Roberts, Craig Markel, Danny Hupp, Josh Johnson, Sam Lee

HEAT THREE: Blake Hull, Austin Burton, Broc Burton, Josh Litton, Grant Simpson, Randy Petro, Sam Arthur-DNS

FEATURE: Branden Carr, Tucker Chastain, Jamey Wilson, Tanner Chastain, Austin Burton, Broc Burton, Greg Amick, Jack Roberts, Wade Goodale, Josh Litton, Randy Petro, Jenna Boknecht, Danny Hupp, Ryan Freeland, Craig Markel, Grant Simpson, Dalton Fleenor, Josh Johnson, Blake Hull, Tim Eddleman, Sam Lee-DNS, Sam Arthur-DNS

“Crossroads Truck Equipment” Pure Stocks (27 Entries)

HEAT ONE: Cody Ellison, Joe McLaughlin, Brian Sims, Roger Absher, Donnie Wilson, Kevin Streeval, Davey Waggoner, Travis Howe, Ed Johnson-DNS

HEAT TWO: Hunter Perry, Jt Huffman, Mark Smith, Tommy Fleenor, Ronnie Pardue, Darren Crawhorn, Mike Moody, Mickey Hines, Curtis Roccia-DNS

HEAT THREE: Dalton Roark, Brent McMillan, Dustin Foster, Preston Carr, Keaton Streeval, Josh Turner, Ross Smith, Daniel Hupp, Kenneth Roll

B-MAIN: Ross Smith, Davey Waggoner, Daniel Hupp, Curtis Roccia, Mike Moody, Kenneth Roll, Travis Howe-DNS, Mickey Hines-DNS, Ed Johnson-DNS

FEATURE: Preston Carr, Brent McMillan, Josh Turner, Jt Huffman, Dustin Foster, Cody Ellison, Hunter Perry, Davey Waggoner, Ross Smith, Tommy Fleenor, Joe McLaughlin, Donnie Wilson, Kevin Streeval, Dalton Roark, Darren Crawhorn, Brian Sims, Mark Smith, Keaton Streeval, Ronnie Pardue, Roger Absher