Tyler Courtney made a late pass to win the opening night of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial Thursday (Chad Warner Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
Giovanni Scelzi, Rico Abreu, Justin Peck, and Tyler Courtney All Lead at "The Diamond of Dirt Tracks"
WHEATLAND, MO. (September 17, 2026) - Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing joined the 16th annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial for the first time ever on Thursday night, and promptly delivered a spectacular show at Lucas Oil Speedway.
The 30-lap preliminary produced four different leaders as Giovanni Scelzi led from the jump, Rico Abreu whipped by him momentarily, Scelzi stormed back by, then Justin Peck drove to the point on Lap 14, and ultimately Tyler Courtney came from 12th to take control on Lap 26 once and for all.
"Sunshine" was elated in Whiskey Myers Victory Lane - his second trip of the year - after making it back-to-back winners from row six with High Limit (McFadden from 11th at Port Royal). It was his ninth-career win with the series and more notably, his third score in seven tries at "The Diamond of Dirt Tracks."
Justin Peck, celebrating his 28th birthday on Thursday, earned a heartbreaking second-place finish - his sixth runner-up of the season in the Rudeen Racing #26. Giovanni Scelzi, after leading early on, rounded out the podium in his Spire Motorsports, Chili's Grill & Bar #77.
Closing out the top-five on Thursday was Ashton Torgerson with a High Limit career-best of 4th in the Johnny Herrera #45X and Tanner Thorson with an 11th-to-5th drive in the JST Motorsports #88.
Finishing out the top-10 in the Hockett/McMillin opener was Pennsylvanian Brent Marks in sixth, Californian Rico Abreu in seventh, Australian Scott Bogucki in eighth, Floridian Danny Sams III in ninth, and Ohioan Kasey Jedrzejek in tenth.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (Thursday, September 17, 2026)
Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, Missouri)
16th Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Giovanni Scelzi (13.076)
Capitol Renegade QuickTime - Aaron Reutzel (12.779)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Tanner Thorson
DMI Heat Two Winner - Tyler Courtney
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Chase Randall
Rod End Supply Heat Four Winner - Sye Lynch
FK Rod Ends C-Main Winner - Landon Crawley
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Cam Sorrels
DURST Dice Roll Driver - Brent Marks (8th-to-6th)
Jake’s Golf Carts Fastest Lap - Rico Abreu (14.414 on Lap 3)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Daison Pursley +13 (24th-to-11th)
Whiskey Meyers Victory Lane Visitors - Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC (2nd of year)
CASM Win Sticker - Tyler Courtney (9th of career)
Lap Leader(s) - Scelzi 1-2; Abreu 3-4; Scelzi 5-13; Peck 14-25; Courtney 26-30
Interstate Batteries A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[12]; 2. 26-Justin Peck[3]; 3. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 4. 45X-Ashton Torgerson[4]; 5. 88-Tanner Thorson[11]; 6. 19-Brent Marks[8]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 8. 1X-Scott Bogucki[16]; 9. 24D-Danny Sams III[9]; 10. 5-Kasey Jedrzejek[5]; 11. 9-Daison Pursley[24]; 12. 55-Brady Bacon[6]; 13. 87-Aaron Reutzel[7]; 14. 13-Tanner Holmes[14]; 15. 31-Scotty Thiel[15]; 16. 42-Sye Lynch[13]; 17. 11-Roger Crockett[22]; 18. 74-Xavier Doney[10]; 19. 57-Cam Sorrels[21]; 20. 66-Ryan Newton[19]; 21. 40-Howard Moore[18]; 22. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[23]; 23. 9R-Chase Randall[17]; 24. 52-Blake Hahn[20]
Winters Performance B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 57-Cam Sorrels[2]; 2. 11-Roger Crockett[1]; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[4]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[3]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller[5]; 6. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[7]; 7. 2-Gage Montgomery[8]; 8. 21-Brian Brown[9]; 9. 12X-Landon Crawley[13]; 10. 28-Jace Park[12]; 11. 91-Garrett Benson[10]; 12. 19H-Hank Davis[6]; 13. 63-JJ Hickle[11]; 14. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[14]
FK Rod Ends C Feature (8 Laps): 1. 12X-Landon Crawley[1]; 2. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[3]; 3. 98P-Miles Paulus[7]; 4. 75-Tyler Blank[4]; 5. 74N-Natalie Doney[2]; 6. 15-Jack Potter[10]; 7. B8-John Barnard[9]; 8. 88C-Brogan Carder[5]; 9. G6-Kyle Jones[8]; 10. 22M-Rees Moran[6]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[3]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[4]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 5. 66-Ryan Newton[8]; 6. 9-Daison Pursley[1]; 7. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[5]; 8. 63-JJ Hickle[7]; 9. 12X-Landon Crawley[10]; 10. 88C-Brogan Carder[9]; 11. B8-John Barnard[11]
DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 2. 5-Kasey Jedrzejek[4]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[6]; 4. 55-Brady Bacon[5]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn[9]; 6. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[1]; 7. 2-Gage Montgomery[8]; 8. 28-Jace Park[7]; 9. 74N-Natalie Doney[10]; 10. 22M-Rees Moran[3]; 11. 15-Jack Potter[11]
BR Motorsports Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 9R-Chase Randall[1]; 2. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 3. 1X-Scott Bogucki[2]; 4. 45X-Ashton Torgerson[5]; 5. 31-Scotty Thiel[3]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller[8]; 7. 21-Brian Brown[7]; 8. 11-Roger Crockett[6]; 9. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 10. 98P-Miles Paulus[10]
Rod End Supply Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 42-Sye Lynch[2]; 2. 40-Howard Moore[1]; 3. 74-Xavier Doney[4]; 4. 13-Tanner Holmes[3]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III[5]; 6. 19H-Hank Davis[7]; 7. 91-Garrett Benson[9]; 8. 57-Cam Sorrels[6]; 9. 75-Tyler Blank[8]; 10. G6-Kyle Jones[10]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 12.779[11]; 2. 19-Brent Marks, 12.791[6]; 3. 11-Roger Crockett, 12.866[4]; 4. 57-Cam Sorrels, 12.869[13]; 5. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr, 12.893[2]; 6. 55-Brady Bacon, 13.021[36]; 7. 45X-Ashton Torgerson, 13.031[15]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III, 13.044[1]; 9. 26-Justin Peck, 13.072[3]; 10. 5-Kasey Jedrzejek, 13.084[12]; 11. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 13.111[32]; 12. 74-Xavier Doney, 13.145[33]; 13. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.151[42]; 14. 22M-Rees Moran, 13.157[16]; 15. 31-Scotty Thiel, 13.173[40]; 16. 13-Tanner Holmes, 13.195[18]; 17. 88-Tanner Thorson, 13.201[23]; 18. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 13.203[21]; 19. 1X-Scott Bogucki, 13.215[7]; 20. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.229[24]; 21. 9-Daison Pursley, 13.234[20]; 22. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 13.250[8]; 23. 9R-Chase Randall, 13.266[31]; 24. 40-Howard Moore, 13.291[30]; 25. 63-JJ Hickle, 13.313[10]; 26. 28-Jace Park, 13.356[17]; 27. 21-Brian Brown, 13.362[37]; 28. 19H-Hank Davis, 13.364[9]; 29. 66-Ryan Newton, 13.380[27]; 30. 2-Gage Montgomery, 13.382[34]; 31. 51B-Joe B Miller, 13.406[14]; 32. 75-Tyler Blank, 13.460[5]; 33. 88C-Brogan Carder, 13.465[22]; 34. 52-Blake Hahn, 13.472[19]; 35. 17GP-Brock Zearfoss, 13.486[29]; 36. 91-Garrett Benson, 13.508[41]; 37. 12X-Landon Crawley, 13.542[25]; 38. 74N-Natalie Doney, 13.591[38]; 39. 98P-Miles Paulus, 13.690[26]; 40. G6-Kyle Jones, 13.797[39]; 41. B8-John Barnard, 13.938[28]; 42. 15-Jack Potter, 13.965[35]
NEW Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Championship Standings (After 45/54 Races):
2,684 pts – Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #24 (Rico Abreu)
-97 pts - Ridge & Sons Racing #87 (Aaron Reutzel)
-149 pts – Spire Motorsports #77 (Giovanni Scelzi)
-252 pts – Rudeen Racing #26 (Justin Peck)
-261 pts – Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC (Tyler Courtney)
-295 pts – Chase Briscoe Racing #19 (Brent Marks)
-375 pts – JST Motorsports #88 (Tanner Thorson)
-492 pts – Buch Motorsports #13 (Tanner Holmes)
-493 pts – Vermeer Motorsports #55 (Kerry Madsen)
-563 pts – Kasey Kahne Racing w/ Mike Curb #9 (Daison Pursley)
-883 pts – CJB Motorsports #5 (Brenham Crouch sub w/ Dominic Scelzi)
-927 pts – Mosites Lynch Racing #42 (Sye Lynch)
-929 pts – Chase Randall Racing #9R (Chase Randall)
-1,034 pts – Michael Dutcher Motorsports #17GP (Brock Zearfoss)
n-1,049 pts – Randerson Racing #24D (Danny Sams III)
WHAT’S NEXT: The 16th annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial continues at Lucas Oil Speedway on Friday and Saturday, September 18-19 with two more nights of Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing and POWRi WAR Non-Wing Sprint Cars on the docket at "The Diamond of Dirt Tracks." Tickets are available for purchase at HighLimitRacing.com, or you can watch every event live on FloRacing.
Article Credit: Brian Walker
POWRI/WAR Results
Start2Finish A-Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1-Rylan Gray[1]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[7]; 3. 6-Mario Clouser[11]; 4. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman[6]; 5. 11W-Wyatt Burks[3]; 6. 11X-Tom Curran[9]; 7. 44-Wesley Smith[18]; 8. 34-RJ Miller[10]; 9. 13-Chase Howard[14]; 10. 97-Cam Schafer[8]; 11. 73-Samuel Wagner[20]; 12. 41-Ricky Lewis[4]; 13. 11-James Lyerla[21]; 14. 6K-Jake Kouba[17]; 15. 33-Bryson Smith[13]; 16. 27-Justin Johnson[19]; 17. 33X-Justin Patocka[22]; 18. 76-Edison Aldrich[15]; 19. 91-Riley Kreisel[2]; 20. 2-Luke Howard[12]; 21. 98P-Ryan Padgett[16]; 22. 21K-Kobe Simpson[5]
RaceTech Titanium B-Feature (12 Laps): 1. 6K-Jake Kouba[2]; 2. 44-Wesley Smith[6]; 3. 27-Justin Johnson[5]; 4. 73-Samuel Wagner[1]; 5. 11-James Lyerla[12]; 6. 33X-Justin Patocka[7]; 7. 52-Dean Bowers[3]; 8. 99-Jarrett Weyant[10]; 9. 00W-Noah Whitehouse[11]; 10. 24LCR-Brett Combs[9]; 11. (DNS) 00-Nathan Schank; 12. (DNS) 79F-Cooper Sullivan; 13. (DNS) 6W-Isaac Chapple; 14. (DNS) B52-Blake Bowers
Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman[1]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[2]; 3. 97-Cam Schafer[3]; 4. 76-Edison Aldrich[5]; 5. 6K-Jake Kouba[6]; 6. 00-Nathan Schank[4]; 7. 24LCR-Brett Combs[7]; 8. 00W-Noah Whitehouse[8]
Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21K-Kobe Simpson[1]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks[3]; 3. 6-Mario Clouser[2]; 4. 2-Luke Howard[6]; 5. 98P-Ryan Padgett[8]; 6. 79F-Cooper Sullivan[5]; 7. 44-Wesley Smith[4]; 8. 11-James Lyerla[7]
MVT Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Riley Kreisel[4]; 2. 41-Ricky Lewis[3]; 3. 13-Chase Howard[1]; 4. 73-Samuel Wagner[2]; 5. 27-Justin Johnson[5]; 6. 33X-Justin Patocka[6]; 7. 99-Jarrett Weyant[7]
Engler Machine Tool Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Rylan Gray[4]; 2. 11X-Tom Curran[1]; 3. 34-RJ Miller[2]; 4. 33-Bryson Smith[3]; 5. 52-Dean Bowers[6]; 6. (DNS) 6W-Isaac Chapple; 7. (DNS) B52-Blake Bowers
Big R Stores Qualifying Group 1 (3 Laps): 1. 00-Nathan Schank, 15.423[1]; 2. 97-Cam Schafer, 15.449[7]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner, 15.563[8]; 4. 1Z-Justin Zimmerman, 15.690[5]; 5. 76-Edison Aldrich, 15.961[4]; 6. 6K-Jake Kouba, 16.376[6]; 7. 24LCR-Brett Combs, 16.569[3]; 8. 00W-Noah Whitehouse, 19.422[2]
Big R Stores Qualifying Group 2 (3 Laps): 1. 44-Wesley Smith, 15.074[2]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks, 15.269[6]; 3. 6-Mario Clouser, 15.550[5]; 4. 21K-Kobe Simpson, 15.565[3]; 5. 79F-Cooper Sullivan, 15.614[1]; 6. 2-Luke Howard, 16.173[4]; 7. 11-James Lyerla, 16.297[8]; 8. 98P-Ryan Padgett, 21.000[7]
Big R Stores Qualifying Group 3 (3 Laps): 1. 91-Riley Kreisel, 15.081[6]; 2. 41-Ricky Lewis, 15.529[7]; 3. 73-Samuel Wagner, 15.829[5]; 4. 13-Chase Howard, 15.878[2]; 5. 27-Justin Johnson, 16.181[3]; 6. 33X-Justin Patocka, 16.518[4]; 7. 99-Jarrett Weyant, 16.885[1]
Big R Stores Qualifying Group 4 (3 Laps): 1. 1-Rylan Gray, 15.025[3]; 2. 33-Bryson Smith, 15.096[2]; 3. 34-RJ Miller, 15.303[1]; 4. 11X-Tom Curran, 15.593[6]; 5. 6W-Isaac Chapple, 20.001[4]; 6. 52-Dean Bowers, 20.002[5]; 7. B52-Blake Bowers, 20.003[7]