Tanner Thorson won the Skagit Nationals opener Thursday (Chad Warner Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
JST Motorsports is 29th Team to Earn Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Victory
ALGER, WASH. (September 3, 2026) - Ending a 29-race dry spell dating back to March, Tanner Thorson made his long-awaited return to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing on Thursday night at Skagit Speedway.
Dominating all 30 laps of the Angel of the Winds Skagit Nationals opener, Thorson launched from the outside pole and quickly took the lead from pole sitter Tyler Courtney before never looking back. Finishing the race on a 24-lap run, Thorson mastered traffic down the stretch and build a lead big enough to never be challenged - crossing the stripe with a 1.553-second margin of victory.
The win was extra special as it marked Thorson's first High Limit win since JST Motorsports acquired the #88 in late July - making Jason & Shantel Tessier the 29th car owners to claim victory with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing, the fourth new team this year.
Thursday's triumph marked the first win at Skagit Speedway for the Minden, Nevada native in his 10th try at the Alger, Washington oval. He exits the opening night of Skagit Nationals tied for high point man honors with 385 points.
Following a win on Monday at Douglas County, Aaron Reutzel continued his strong recovery in the PNW with a fourth-to-second drive at Skagit Speedway. He's tied with Thorson for high point honors this week and chopped Rico Abreu's championship lead down to 32-points holding him off at the end.
After five-straight High Limit wins at Skagit, Abreu's incredible streak at the track finally came to an end as the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #24 finished third-from-fifth.
Closing out the top-five on Thursday was Washington's Trey Starks aboard his own #55X and Australia's James McFadden in the Tarlton Racing #21.
Also earning top-10 finishes at Skagit was Tyler Courtney (6th) in the Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC, Tanner Holmes (7th) in the Buch Motorsports #13, Danny Sams III (8th) in the Randerson Racing #24D, Daison Pursley (9th) in the Kasey Kahne Racing #9, and Justin Sanders (10th) in the Demo Mittry #2X.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (Thursday, September 3, 2026)
Skagit Speedway (Alger, Washington)
Night 1 of $126,000-to-win Angel of the Winds Casino Resort Skagit Nationals
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Trey Starks (11.473)
Capitol Renegade QuickTime - Brent Marks (11.448)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Tanner Holmes
DMI Heat Two Winner - Justin Peck
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Kerry Madsen
Rod End Supply Heat Four Winner - Justin Sanders
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Brent Marks
DURST Dice Roll Driver - Kasey Kahne (10th-to-13th)
Jake’s Golf Carts Fastest Lap - Aaron Reutzel (11.888 on Lap 4)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Daison Pursley +14 (23rd-9th)
Whiskey Meyers Victory Lane Visitors - JST Motorsports #88 (1st of season)
CASM Win Sticker - Tanner Thorson (5th of career)
Lap Leader(s) - Tanner Thorson 1-30
Interstate Batteries A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 4. 55X-Trey Starks[6]; 5. 21-James McFadden[8]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 7. 13-Tanner Holmes[9]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III[3]; 9. 9-Daison Pursley[23]; 10. 2X-Justin Sanders[12]; 11. 26-Justin Peck[11]; 12. 10-Dominic Gorden[14]; 13. 4-Kasey Kahne[10]; 14. 1C-Colton Heath[7]; 15. 55-Kerry Madsen[16]; 16. 21P-Robbie Price[22]; 17. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[24]; 18. 9R-Chase Randall[19]; 19. 19-Brent Marks[21]; 20. 26R-Levi Hillier[18]; 21. 5-Dominic Scelzi[13]; 22. 2XM-Max Mittry[20]; 23. 91-Chase Goetz[17]; 24. 77A-Levi Klatt[15]
Winters Performance B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 21P-Robbie Price[2]; 3. 9-Daison Pursley[4]; 4. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 5. 11DB-Colin Mackey[3]; 6. 42-Sye Lynch[8]; 7. 21L-Landon Brooks[7]; 8. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 9. 18-Jason Solwold[10]; 10. 95-Justin Youngquist[6]; 11. 10L-Tyler Thompson[11]; 12. 8-Devon Borden[14]; 13. 29K-Levi Kuntz[17]; 14. 66-Tanner Holm[16]; 15. 27C-Camden Robustelli[12]; 16. 5X-Cole Danell[15]; 17. 95R-Dan Reynold[13]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]; 2. 77A-Levi Klatt[1]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 4. 1C-Colton Heath[5]; 5. 2XM-Max Mittry[8]; 6. 11DB-Colin Mackey[4]; 7. 21L-Landon Brooks[9]; 8. 19-Brent Marks[6]; 9. 95R-Dan Reynold[10]; 10. 29K-Levi Kuntz[7]
DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 26-Justin Peck[2]; 2. 91-Chase Goetz[1]; 3. 4-Kasey Kahne[3]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 5. 21-James McFadden[6]; 6. 9-Daison Pursley[7]; 7. 42-Sye Lynch[8]; 8. 18-Jason Solwold[4]; 9. 8-Devon Borden[9]
BR Motorsports Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 55-Kerry Madsen[1]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden[2]; 4. 5-Dominic Scelzi[3]; 5. 9R-Chase Randall[7]; 6. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 7. 21P-Robbie Price[6]; 8. 10L-Tyler Thompson[8]; 9. 5X-Cole Danell[9]
Rod End Supply Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 26R-Levi Hillier[1]; 3. 88-Tanner Thorson[4]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III[5]; 5. 55X-Trey Starks[6]; 6. 95-Justin Youngquist[3]; 7. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 8. 27C-Camden Robustelli[9]; 9. 66-Tanner Holm[8]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks, 11.448[6]; 2. 21-James McFadden, 11.622[27]; 3. 21P-Robbie Price, 11.636[2]; 4. 55X-Trey Starks, 11.647[30]; 5. 1C-Colton Heath, 11.651[4]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu, 11.653[7]; 7. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 11.670[23]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III, 11.671[18]; 9. 11DB-Colin Mackey, 11.675[25]; 10. 18-Jason Solwold, 11.685[3]; 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 11.700[26]; 12. 88-Tanner Thorson, 11.714[15]; 13. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 11.715[16]; 14. 4-Kasey Kahne, 11.728[11]; 15. 5-Dominic Scelzi, 11.736[14]; 16. 95-Justin Youngquist, 11.777[10]; 17. 13-Tanner Holmes, 11.796[35]; 18. 26-Justin Peck, 11.798[8]; 19. 10-Dominic Gorden, 11.800[24]; 20. 2X-Justin Sanders, 11.810[22]; 21. 77A-Levi Klatt, 11.811[13]; 22. 91-Chase Goetz, 11.817[28]; 23. 55-Kerry Madsen, 11.828[33]; 24. 26R-Levi Hillier, 11.849[9]; 25. 29K-Levi Kuntz, 11.868[1]; 26. 9-Daison Pursley, 11.892[36]; 27. 9R-Chase Randall, 11.914[12]; 28. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss, 11.917[29]; 29. 2XM-Max Mittry, 11.931[17]; 30. 42-Sye Lynch, 11.949[5]; 31. 10L-Tyler Thompson, 11.963[37]; 32. 66-Tanner Holm, 11.975[19]; 33. 21L-Landon Brooks, 12.006[31]; 34. 8-Devon Borden, 12.060[21]; 35. 5X-Cole Danell, 12.115[20]; 36. 27C-Camden Robustelli, 12.207[34]; 37. 95R-Dan Reynold, 12.446[32]
NEW Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Championship Standings (After 39/54 Races):
2,287 pts – Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #24 (Rico Abreu)
-32 pts - Ridge & Sons Racing #87 (Aaron Reutzel)
-112 pts – Spire Motorsports #77 (Giovanni Scelzi)
-161 pts – Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC (Tyler Courtney)
-185 pts – Rudeen Racing #26 (Justin Peck)
-193 pts – Chase Briscoe Racing #19 (Brent Marks)
-286 pts – JST Motorsports #88 (Tanner Thorson)
-370 pts – Vermeer Motorsports #55 (Kerry Madsen)
-447 pts – Buch Motorsports #13 (Tanner Holmes)
-454 pts – Kasey Kahne Racing w/ Mike Curb #9 (Daison Pursley)
-684 pts – Mosites Lynch Racing #42 (Sye Lynch)
-694 pts – CJB Motorsports #5 (Brenham Crouch sub w/ Dominic Scelzi)
-773 pts – Chase Randall Racing #9R (Chase Randall)
-774 pts – Michael Dutcher Motorsports #17GP (Brock Zearfoss)
-880 pts – Randerson Racing #24D (Danny Sams III)
WHAT’S NEXT: The highest-paying event of the 2026 Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing campaign continues at Alger, Washington's Skagit Speedway this weekend. Friday's event (9/4) will be the $26,000-to-win, $2,000-to-start Rayce Rudeen Foundation Race before Saturday's show (9/5) offers $126,000-to-win, $3,000-to-start in the Angel of the Winds Casino Resort Skagit Nationals. Tickets are available for purchase at SkagitSpeedway.com, or you can watch every event live on FloRacing.