Brandon Overton celebrates after scoring his second career Firecracker 100 victory on Saturday night in World of Outlaws Late Model Series action at Lernerville Speedway. Photo: Jacy Norgaard
Brandon Overton’s expression in Victory Lane on Saturday night wasn’t what you’d expect. As he kissed the Firecracker 100 trophy and held it in the air, his smile showed signs of relief instead of excitement.
The Evans, Georgia driver won the Firecracker 100 for the second time Saturday at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania. But he thought his luck may run out before taking the checkered flag in the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature.
“I’m glad to finish,” Overton said. “The (car) was darting like crazy and I was just waiting any minute for something to happen. Our luck’s been too good for nothing to go wrong.”
But nothing went wrong for Overton, who collected $30,000 Saturday and more than $36,000 in winnings over the weekend.
The victory comes at the same track he won his first crown jewel event at in 2017—a moment Overton will never forget.
“(Lernerville) is special to me and this place is going to always be special to me,” he said. “I won my first big one here and to come back and do it with a different team means a lot to me.”
Overton bided his time at the start of the feature. He dropped to fifth but worked his way back to second in the first 30 laps.
Overton caught Chris Madden a few laps later and powered around the outside of the leader, taking the lead on lap 41.
Overton’s car gave him a sign telling him he couldn’t wait any longer to strike.
“I was just trying to ride at the beginning, but I kept getting run over so I was like damn I better pick up the pace some,” Overton said. “When I felt like the tires were hot and I could feel it start pulling a little bit leaving the corner I said damn I need to go get him.”
The Firecracker 100 is Overton’s sixth win in his last seven races and 16th career World of Outlaws triumph.
Madden settled for second, after trading the position with Dennis Erb, Jr. in the closing stages of the race.
Darrell Lanigan finished in fourth, with Brandon Sheppard in fifth.
The World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Models starts its Northern swing with a doubleheader at Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minnesota on July 9-10. Visit WorldofOutlaws.com for more information.
WoO Morton Buildings Late Model Series
Lernerville Speedway – Sarver, Pennsylvania
Firecracker 100 – June 26, 2021
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1. 76-Brandon Overton
2. 44-Chris Madden
3. 28-Dennis Erb
4. 29-Darrell Lanigan
5. 1-Brandon Sheppard
6. 111V-Max Blair
7. 72-Mike Norris
8. 25Z-Mason Zeigler
9. 11H-Spencer Hughes
10. 16-Tyler Bruening
11. B1-Brent Larson
12. 97-Cade Dillard
13. 22F-Chris Ferguson
14. 7-Ricky Weiss
15. 2-Dan Stone
16. 22-Gregg Satterlee
17. 48-Colton Flinner
18. 0E-Rick Eckert
19. 19R-Ryan Gustin
20. 58-Mark Whitener
21. 10-Jared Miley
22. 0-Scott Bloomquist
23. 99B-Boom Briggs
24. 8-Kyle Strickler
25. 7R-Ross Robinson
26. 72C-Jason Covert
27. 119-Chub Frank
28. 1C-Alex Ferree
29. 25-Mike Benedum
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