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Thornton Takes Second Career Jackson 100 at Brownstown

BROWNSTOWN, IN (September 27, 2025) – Ricky Thornton Jr. took the lead for good on lap 76 after a spirited battle with Devin Moran that lasted for several laps, then led the rest of the way to win the 46th Annual Jackson 100 presented by the Jackson County Visitors Center on Saturday night at Brownstown Speedway.

Thornton’s 14th Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing win of the year earned the Chandler, Arizona native $50,000 for his second Jackson 100 in the last three years.

Moran finished in second, followed by Bobby Pierce, Carson Ferguson, and Tyler Erb.

Moran led the first 21 laps of the race from the Victory Fuel Pole, as the two-time and reigning Indiana Icebreaker winner was aiming for his first Jackson 100 victory. Moran maintained his lead until Pierce, who started on the inside of row five, took the lead on the 22nd lap.

Pierce then held the point until Moran regained the lead on lap 46. Moran then saw Thornton, who started on the outside of the front row and had dropped back to seventh at one point, climb back to second on lap 66 and then went back-and-forth with Moran for the lead before finally overtaking him for good on lap 76.

In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the 56th time in his career, Thornton will hold the championship points lead heading into Pittsburgh next weekend.

“I felt like I needed to go way before that,” said the winner after he finally was able to clear Moran for the lead with 24 laps to go. “I felt like me and Terbo ran door-to-door for 20 to 25 laps, and it's nice to know you can race a car super hard like that, and he gives you plenty of room. I didn’t know what happened there with Devin and JD; it looked like they both were just kind of going to the bottom and made a little contact, and JD went around. Obviously, you don’t ever want to see that with a championship competitor like that, but luckily for us, it was one really good car we didn’t have to worry about after that.”

I didn’t know whether I needed to be on the bottom or the top, and I knew I was going to go to the bottom at that point. I got the lead up top; you could circle around the bottom and build so much speed that the top couldn’t keep up. We had that yellow, and Bobby chose the bottom. I don’t think he knew the top was a little better, just that during that first lap or two, once your tires got cold and before they warmed up again, you could just take advantage of the choppiness of the race track and really get going again.

Moran and Davenport made contact while racing for second on lap 44, giving his point of view of the incident in Victory Lane after finishing in second after leading the most laps in the race.

“I definitely didn’t want that to happen, and he was just laying out really hard. I filled the gap right there, and we must have hit tire to tire because neither of us had any marks on our cars or anything. It’s really unfortunate; I didn’t want that to happen. I wanted to race it out, but it’s a bummer. All in all, it was a good run for sure. We were sliding back and forth lap after lap, and I found a really good line during the last six or seven laps. I felt like I was inching closer to him, but it was just too late at that point. Ricky is just a really good racer, and it makes this chase for the championship just a little bit harder.”

Pierce, who entered the weekend as the winningest dirt late model driver in the country with 29 feature wins, led laps 22-45 and finished on the Big River Steel Podium in third.

“I've been around long enough to know not to count my eggs before they hatch. Many times here, I've been at the start of the race. It’s a great feeling when you drive from ninth to the lead and start pulling away, but it’s still very early in the race. Heck, we still had a whole other feature to go, and about 50 laps left at that point. I knew the track was going to evolve, and once the speeds slowed down a bit, I feel like that’s when I struggled to keep the car on the race track when we were crawling around. I have to say, those guys up front are a bunch of wheelmen battling for the lead. That was fun to watch when I was back in third.”

The winner’s Koehler Motorsports, Longhorn Chassis is powered by Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Ultimate Towing and Recovery, Hoker Trucking, Knight’s Companies, Coltman Farms Racing, Elite Ready Mix, Capital Waste, EMD Wraps, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bilstein Shocks, and Certified Inspection Services.

Completing the top ten were Jonathan Davenport, Tanner English, Nick Hoffman, Brandon Sheppard, and Garrett Alberson.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
46th Annual Jackson 100 presented by Jackson County Visitor Center
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Brownstown Speedway | Brownstown, IN

Allstar Performance Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Devin Moran | 13.653 seconds (Overall)
Fast Time Group B: Brandon Sheppard| 13.755 seconds

Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 01-Tyler Erb[3]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[5]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 5. 12-Jason Jameson[2]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[7]; 7. 32C-Chad Stapleton[9]; 8. 93L-Cory Lawler[6]; 9. 71D-Don O'Neal[11]; 10. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[8]; 11. 2ND-Jacob Leitzman[12]; 12. (DNS) 1G-Devin Gilpin

Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 4. 22F-Chris Ferguson[4]; 5. 20-Tyler Neal[5]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner[7]; 7. 79-Donald McIntosh[8]; 8. 7-Justin Smith[6]; 9. 18-Trevor Landrum[10]; 10. 48J-Justin Wethington[11]; 11. 81-Conner Mertens[9]; 12. (DNS) 4-Cody Mahoney

Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 3. 71-Hudson O'Neal[3]; 4. 96-Tanner English[5]; 5. 57M-Camaron Marlar[4]; 6. 16J-Justin Rattliff[6]; 7. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 8. 1Z-Logan Zarin[8]; 9. 111-Max Blair[10]; 10. 93X-Zak Blackwood[12]; 11. 29-Evan Harrell[9]; 12. 24-Jared Bailey[11]

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]; 3. 22*-Drake Troutman[4]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[9]; 6. 29J-Jordan Wever[10]; 7. P3-Steve Peeden[6]; 8. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 9. 11C-Tyler Collins[8]; 10. 22X-Matt Boknecht[7]; 11. (DNS) D48-Derek Groomer

Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20-Tyler Neal[2]; 2. 12-Jason Jameson[1]; 3. 4G-Bob Gardner[4]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 5. 79-Donald McIntosh[6]; 6. 71D-Don O'Neal[9]; 7. 32C-Chad Stapleton[5]; 8. 93L-Cory Lawler[7]; 9. 18-Trevor Landrum[10]; 10. 7-Justin Smith[8]; 11. 48J-Justin Wethington[12]; 12. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[11]; 13. 2ND-Jacob Leitzman[13]; 14. 81-Conner Mertens[14]; 15. (DNS) 1G-Devin Gilpin; 16. (DNS) 4-Cody Mahoney

UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 57M-Camaron Marlar[1]; 2. 6-Clay Harris[5]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 4. 29J-Jordan Wever[4]; 5. 111-Max Blair[9]; 6. P3-Steve Peeden[6]; 7. 11C-Tyler Collins[10]; 8. 1Z-Logan Zarin[7]; 9. 24-Jared Bailey[14]; 10. 29-Evan Harrell[13]; 11. 93X-Zak Blackwood[11]; 12. 18D-Daulton Wilson[8]; 13. 16J-Justin Rattliff[3]; 14. 22X-Matt Boknecht[12]; 15. (DNS) D48-Derek Groomer

46th Annual Jackson 100 presented by Jackson County Visitor Center Feature Finish (100 Laps):
Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Pay
1 - 2 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - $51,200
2 - 1 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $21,100
3 - 9 - 32 - Bobby Pierce - Oakwood, IL - $10,000
4 - 8 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $8,700
5 - 5 - 1 - Tyler Erb - New Waverly, TX - $7,000
6 - 3 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $7,100
7 - 14 - 96 - Tanner English - Benton, KY - $4,500
8 - 4 - 9 - Nick Hoffman - Mooresville, NC - $4,000
9 - 6 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $4,500
10 - 13 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $4,300
11 - 7 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - $4,100
12 - 22 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - $4,000
13 - 11 - 11R - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - $3,000
14 - 19 - 12 - Jason Jameson - Lawrenceburg, IN - $2,500
15 - 23 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - $3,100
16 - 16 - 28 - Dennis Erb Jr - Carpentersville, IL - $2,300
17 - 10 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $3,000
18 - 21 - 4G - Bob Gardner - Washington, IL - $2,100
19 - 25 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - $800
20 - 15 - 22F - Chris Ferguson - Mt. Holly, NC - $2,000
21 - 20 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $2,700
22 - 17 - 20 - Tyler Neal - Paragon, IN - $2,000
23 - 12 - 22* - Drake Troutman - Hyndman, PA - $2,000
24 - 26 - 1G - Devin Gilpin - Columbus, IN - $2,000
25 - 24 - 79 - Donald McIntosh - Dawsonville, GA - $2,700
26 - 18 - 57M - Camaron Marlar - Winfield, TN - $2,000

Race Statistics
Entrants: 47
Victory Fuel Pole Sitter: Devin Moran
MD3 Lap Leaders: Devin Moran (Laps 1-21); Bobby Pierce (Laps 22-45); Devin Moran (Laps 46-75); Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Laps 76-100)
Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Devin Moran
Wieland Feature Winner: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Margin of Victory: 0.815 seconds
Coltman Farms Racing Cautions: Clay Harris (Lap 23); Jonathan Davenport (Lap 44); Clay Harris (Lap 65); Chris Ferguson (Lap 86)
Series Provisionals: Daulton Wilson; Donald McIntosh
Fast Time Provisional: n/a
Emergency Provisional: Daniel Hilsabeck
Track Provisional: Devin Gilpin
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Devin Moran, Bobby Pierce
Penske Shocks Top 5: Ricky Thornton, Jr., Devin Moran, Bobby Pierce, Carson Ferguson, Tyler Erb
PEM 4th Place Feature: Carson Ferguson
DMI Rearends 5th Place Feature: Tyler Erb
Wilwood Brakes Lucky 7th Place Feature: Tanner English
Wehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Brandon Overton
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13th Place Feature: Josh Rice
MD3 24th Place Feature: Devin Gilpin
Hoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Dan Ebert (Advanced 10 positions)
MD3 Most Laps Led: Devin Moran (50 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: Dan Ebert
Pro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: n/a
Slicker Graphics Slickest Move of the Race: Ricky Thornton, Jr.
Fresh Roof Hard Luck Award: Donald McIntosh
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Zach Frields
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Brandon Sheppard | 13.875 seconds
Time of Race: 1 hour, 3 minutes, 31 seconds

Big River Steel Chase for the Championship Presented by ARP Point Standings:
Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Pay
1 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 8555 - $551,050
2 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 8475 - $323,449
3 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - 8395 - $419,800
4 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 8285 - $358,600
5 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 7600 - $254,925
6 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 7490 - $197,450
7 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 7110 - $162,500
8 - 18D - Daulton Wilson - Fayetteville, NC - 6520 - $133,225
9 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 6290 - $115,250
10 - 79 - Donald McIntosh - Dawsonville, GA - 6185 - $98,500
11 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 5930 - $86,775
12 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 5755 - $91,325
13 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 5520 - $81,650
14 - 93L - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 4805 - $52,825

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