Ricky Thornton, Jr. scored the win in both Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series races on the weekend. Photo: LOLMDS Media
Ricky Thornton, Jr. swept the weekend in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competition to pick up a pair of victories.
Thornton opened the weekend with a win at Raceway 7 in Monroe Center, Ohio on Friday. He followed that on Saturday with a victory at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Pennsylvania.
On Friday, Thornton led wire-to-wire to score the win at Raceway 7. Thornton earned $12,000 for his 22nd series win of the season.
Devin Moran finished in second followed by Blairsville, Georgia’s Jonathan Davenport in third, Tim McCreadie in fourth, and Daulton Wilson in fifth.
“Overall, it was a good night for us,” Thornton said. “I felt like we qualified as good as we were going to. For us to be able to win the heat and start on the front row of the feature, it shows how good my guys work, we had a good car all night.”
On Saturday, Thornton, Jr. survived a back-and-forth battle with Jonathan Davenport to earn his second career Pittsburgher win in the last three years on at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.
Thornton took home $30,000 of the $100,000 feature purse.
Devin Moran, Tim McCreadie, Hudson O’Neal, and Earl Pearson, Jr. rounded out the top five.
“He (Davenport) was way better than I was,” Thornton said. “On the restarts I had to get back by Brandon (Overton) and I pretty much held it on the floor after that. I have got to thank Clements for building an awesome motor here it held up for the final 60 laps flat on the floor. I guess I wanted it a little bit more.
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is slated to close out the 2023 season with the Dirt Track World Championship at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on Friday and Saturday, October 20-21. For more information, visit LucasDirt.com.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Raceway 7 – Monroe Center, OH
Great Lakes 50 – September 29, 2023
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr.
2. 99-Devin Moran
3. 49-Jonathan Davenport
4. 39-Tim McCreadie
5. 18D-Daulton Wilson
6. 58-Garrett Alberson
7. 1H-Hudson O’Neal
8. 111B-Max Blair
9. 11-Spencer Hughes
10. 99B-Boom Briggs
11. 7-Ross Robinson
12. 1T-Tyler Erb
13. 76-Brandon Overton
14. 46-Earl Pearson, Jr.
15. 111L-Matthew Lux
16. 19-Bob Dorman
17. B22-Bump Hedman
18. 89-Logan Roberson
19. 22B-Darrell Bossard
20. 99*-Logan Jaquay
21. 9S-Kevin Santee
22. 7T-Drake Troutman
23. 9-Breyton Santee
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway – Imperial, PA
35th Annual Pittsburgher – September 30, 2023
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr.
2. 99-Devin Moran
3. 39-Tim McCreadie
4. 1H-Hudson O’Neal
5. 46-Earl Pearson, Jr.
6. 111B-Max Blair
7. 1C-Alex Ferree
8. 49-Jonathan Davenport
9. 76-Brandon Overton
10. 25Z-Mason Zeigler
11. 11-Spencer Hughes
12. 18D-Daulton Wilson
13. 11H-Keith Jackson
14. 58-Garrett Alberson
15. 1T-Tyler Erb
16. 10-Garrett Smith
17. 10M-Michael Norris
18. 7T-Drake Troutman
19. 2T-Kyle Lee
20. 7-Ross Robinson
21. 48-Colton Flinner
22. 66C-Matt Cosner
23. 4-Gary Stuhler
24. 99B-Boom Briggs
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