6/20/2024
Lernerville Speedway
18th Annual Firecracker 100 At a Glance; What to Expect; Ticket Into; Important Times
Sarver, PA (June 19, 2024) The World’s finest Super Late Model pilots are now on their way to do battle for three straight nights at The Action Track for the 18th annual Firecracker 100 presented by Big River Steel. Aside from the racing, there’s concerts, an autograph session with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers on Saturday, June 22 just prior to racing and even more daily fun to be had as part of the inaugural Firecracker Fest.
What to Expect
Expect three great nights of racing with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Late Models as they compete for the Firecracker 100 and Bill Emig Memorial Championships respectively. Starting with preliminary night one on Thursday, June 20, the drivers will partaking in time trials, heat races, last chance showdowns and twin 25 lap features Thursday and Friday for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series while the RUSH Late Models complete their hot laps and time trials on Thursday, heat races and qualifying dash on Friday night. Then on Saturday night, The Lucas Oil Late Models will start with heat races lined up by their best feature finish from the preliminary nights, followed by last chance showdown races and the $50,000-to-win, 100 lap Firecracker 100 finale. While the RUSH Late Models will start off with last chance showdowns on Saturday night, followed by the $20,000-to-win, 50-Lap Bill Emig Memorial.
Coming into the weekend, the outcome of Saturday’s racing is wide open as former champions Brandon Overton, Tim McCreadie, 2023 champion Ricky Thornton Jr all attempt to etch their name onto the winner’s list one more time while household names such as Jonathan Davenport, Mike Marlar, Devin Moran and Hudson O’Neal look to take their first career title. They’ll meet a local crop of drivers from our own weekly Precise Racing Products Late Model series, headed by former preliminary night winner Michael Norris who has managed five victories in six races thus far in 2024. Meanwhile, the RUSH Late Models will look to add a third name to a trophy that in five years has seen just two winners as Florida’s Mark Whitener and Pennsylvania native Max Blair have dominated the event since it’s rebirth in 2019 in the Bill Emig Memorial, one of the richest purses for Crate Late Model racing in the entire country.
Previous Firecracker 100 Feature Winners
• 2023 - Ricky Thornton Jr.
• 2022 - Tim McCreadie
• 2021 - Brandon Overton
• 2020 - Cade Dillard
• 2019 - Tim McCreadie
• 2018 - Chris Madden
• 2017 - Brandon Overton
• 2016 - Scott Bloomquist
• 2015 - Rick Eckert
• 2014 - Darrell Lanigan
• 2013 - Josh Richards
• 2012 - Scott Bloomquist
• 2011 - Jimmy Mars
• 2010 - Shane Clanton
• 2009 – Jimmy Mars
• 2008 – Brian Birkhofer
• 2007 – Scott Bloomquist
Previous Bill Emig Memorial Feature Winners
• 2023 - Max Blair
• 2022 - Mark Whitener
• 2021 - Mark Whitener
• 2020 - Max Blair
• 2019 - Max Blair
Off The Track
The Firecracker 100 weekend is about more than just racing. This year, we’ve got two special post-race concerts following the final checkered flag as The S’Wearing Hats perform on Thursday night, bringing their upbeat repertoire of crowd friendly songs from the 1980s and 90s, and on Friday night national country music performer Wyatt Turner brings his original songs to the stage. Speaking of stage, we have a new entertainment area located behind the backstretch which offers some general seating and hillside seating as well! Aside from the stage, there’s still plenty to enjoy at Sprankle Woods as many different outdoor games including bocce, disc golf and cornhole and more plus, stock up on your camping and food supplies at Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market. Shuttles to Sprankle Woods and the market will be occurring from 10 am to 4 pm every day through the 22nd. Shuttles can be found at the speedway office parking area on route 356.
Tickets and Pit Pass Information
Although fans have always been encouraged to purchase three day tickets in advance to take advantage of our free fan pit pass upgrade for Thursday and Friday shows, there will still be plenty of tickets to be found both online at Lernerville.com and at our ticket windows for all three nights. General admission tickets can be purchased now online as well as reserved three day tickets. Following Thursday’s racing, two-day reserved tickets may be purchased and Saturday only reserved tickets may be reserved starting on Saturday morning. All reserved tickets will need to be purchased online as we will not have them available at our ticket windows. All children ages 10 and under will be admitted FREE in the general admission seating areas. Pit passes will be available at the pit windows for all three nights as well. See our price listing below.
Three Day Reserved Tickets $79
Three Day General Admission Tickets $70
Two Day Reserved Tickets (Fri and Sat) $95
Two Day General Admission Tickets (Fri and Sat) $85
Saturday Only Reserved Tickets $50
Thursday Only General Admission Tickets $40
Friday Only General Admission Tickets $40
Saturday Only General Admission Tickets $45
Three Day Pit Pass $145
Two Day Pit Pass (Thursday and Friday) $110
Thursday Only Pit Pass $50
Saturday Only Pit Pass $60
Dates and Times
Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June 21
Pit Gates Open 3 PM
Grandstands Open 4 PM
Hot Laps followed by Qualifying 6 PM
Opening Ceremonies followed by Racing 7:30 PM
Saturday June, 22
Dirt Racing Outreach Service 2 PM
Pit Gates Open 2 PM
Grandstands Open 3 PM
Driver Autograph Session 4:30-5: 15 PM
Hot Laps followed by Opening Ceremonies and Racing 6 PM
Submitted By: Gary Heeman