Ricky Thornton Jr passed pre-race favorite Jonathan Davenport midway through the event, then held off a furious charge from Dale McDowell (19th to 2nd) to win his first World 100 in front of a sold out crowd at Eldora on Saturday night. Full story to come…
09-06-2025
Heat #1 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[6]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 3. 22X-Drake Troutman[4]; 4. 111-Max Blair[7]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 6. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce[5]; 8. 16-Tyler Bruening[11]; 9. 17D-Zach Dohm[9]; 10. O9-Michael Leach[8]; 11. 1R-Kent Robinson[14]; 12. 28B-Carson Brown[13]; 13. 99T-Dylan Thompson[10]; 14. 64-Luke Anstett[17]; 15. 17-Nevin Gainey[15]; 16. 7-Montana Dudley[12]; 17. 17C-Andy Clark[16]
Heat #2 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 93-Carson Ferguson[5]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[6]; 3. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 4. 19M-Joseph Joiner[1]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson[10]; 6. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[4]; 7. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[11]; 8. 88-Trent Ivey[7]; 9. 388-Jackson Hise[9]; 10. C4-Freddie Carpenter[14]; 11. 53C-Colten Burdette[12]; 12. 55-Eli Johnson[16]; 13. 1N-Casey Noonan[15]; 14. 10C-Ryan Crane[13]; 15. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[17]; 16. 28C-Tyler Carpenter[8]; 17. 57-Zack Mitchell[3]
Heat #3 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 3S-Brian Shirley[2]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 3. 96-Tanner English[3]; 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal[5]; 5. 9M-Tim McCreadie[4]; 6. 17M-Dale McDowell[6]; 7. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[9]; 8. 14JR-Trey Mills[7]; 9. 13-Dylan Thornton[10]; 10. 89-Mike Spatola[11]; 11. O-Bayley Currey[15]; 12. 71R-Rod Conley[13]; 13. S21-Seth Daniels[12]; 14. 4S-Gary Stuhler[14]; 15. 26K-Dillon Kohn[16]; 16. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[8]; 17. 25-Shane Clanton[17]
Heat #4 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 44-Chris Madden[5]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 4. 8-Kyle Strickler[7]; 5. 15K-Wil Herrington[9]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[13]; 7. 44D-Dalton Cook[8]; 8. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[6]; 9. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[11]; 10. 12-Jason Jameson[4]; 11. T1-Todd Morrrow[10]; 12. 114E-Evan Koehler[15]; 13. 99J-Donnie Jeschke[16]; 14. 6-Michael Chilton[3]; 15. 111S-Steven Roberts[12]; 16. 26-Kaede Loudy[14]; 17. 18X-Michael Page[17]
Heat #5 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[6]; 3. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 4. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson[5]; 6. 81F-Jadon Frame[7]; 7. 18J-Chase Junghans[8]; 8. 4-Travis Stemler[12]; 9. 15-Clay Stuckey[14]; 10. 21-Mario Gresham[13]; 11. 49M-Luke Morey[9]; 12. 15D-Justin Duty[10]; 13. 17SR-Brody Smith[17]; 14. 5D-Bryant Dickinson[16]; 15. 29H-Evan Harrell[15]; 16. 95-Jerry Bowersock[11]; 17. 60-Dan Ebert[2]
Heat #6 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[6]; 5. 11-Austin Smith[13]; 6. 101-Forrest Trent[14]; 7. 18-Shannon Babb[8]; 8. 29-Clinton Keenan[10]; 9. 14-Haiden Cowan[3]; 10. P3-Jeff Robertson[16]; 11. 81-Jason Riggs[9]; 12. 114-Jordan Koehler[4]; 13. 31-Tyler Millwood[7]; 14. 1G-Rusty Ballenger[11]; 15. 91-Rusty Schlenk[12]; 16. 39-Brandon Moore[15]
B-Feature #1 – (15)Laps – Top 4 Transfer 1. 9M-Tim McCreadie[6]; 2. 111-Max Blair[1]; 3. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce[9]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]; 6. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[8]; 7. 14JR-Trey Mills[14]; 8. 19M-Joseph Joiner[2]; 9. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[10]; 10. 89-Mike Spatola[20]; 11. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 12. 388-Jackson Hise[16]; 13. 53C-Colten Burdette[22]; 14. 17D-Zach Dohm[15]; 15. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[11]; 16. 71R-Rod Conley[24]; 17. 1R-Kent Robinson[21]; 18. 88-Trent Ivey[13]; 19. 13-Dylan Thornton[17]; 20. O9-Michael Leach[18]; 21. 16-Tyler Bruening[12]; 22. C4-Freddie Carpenter[19]; 23. O-Bayley Currey[23]; 24. 97-Cade Dillard[7]
B-Feature #2 – (15)Laps – Top 4 Transfer 1. 8-Kyle Strickler[1]; 2. 11R-Josh Rice[2]; 3. 22-Chris Ferguson[5]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 5. 18J-Chase Junghans[11]; 6. 4-Travis Stemler[13]; 7. 11-Austin Smith[6]; 8. 81F-Jadon Frame[8]; 9. 15-Clay Stuckey[16]; 10. 44D-Dalton Cook[10]; 11. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[15]; 12. T1-Todd Morrrow[21]; 13. 17SS-Brenden Smith[7]; 14. 49M-Luke Morey[22]; 15. 12-Jason Jameson[18]; 16. 14-Haiden Cowan[17]; 17. 114E-Evan Koehler[24]; 18. 101-Forrest Trent[9]; 19. 29-Clinton Keenan[14]; 20. 15K-Wil Herrington[4]; 21. 21-Mario Gresham[19]; 22. P3-Jeff Robertson[20]; 23. 18-Shannon Babb[12]; 24. 81-Jason Riggs[23]
A-Feature – (100)Laps 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell[19]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[6]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[16]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin[12]; 6. 1-Brandon Sheppard[8]; 7. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 8. 22-Chris Ferguson[26]; 9. 32-Bobby Pierce[27]; 10. 96-Tanner English[15]; 11. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[9]; 12. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[20]; 13. 44-Chris Madden[3]; 14. 99-Devin Moran[11]; 15. 93-Carson Ferguson[5]; 16. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 17. 25F-Jason Feger[17]; 18. 22X-Drake Troutman[13]; 19. 9M-Tim McCreadie[21]; 20. 74X-Ethan Dotson[14]; 21. 8-Kyle Strickler[22]; 22. 20-Jimmy Owens[18]; 23. 76-Brandon Overton[7]; 24. 10-Garrett Smith[10]; 25. 71-Hudson O’Neal[25]; 26. 58-Garrett Alberson[28]; 27. 111-Max Blair[23]; 28. 11R-Josh Rice[24]
Photos by Mike Campbell