8/9/2025
Ricky Thornton Jr
Runner-up finish in North/South 100 at Florence Speedway
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) roared back into action Thursday with the 43rd annual Sunoco North/South 100 presented by Lucas Oil at Kentucky’s Florence Speedway.
Results from twin preliminaries on Thursday and Friday set the stage for Saturday’s heat races, where Ricky Thornton Jr. earned a second-row starting spot after registering a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 25-lap features.
A runner-up effort in his heat placed Thornton in the $75,000-to-win main event, where he charged forward six positions to secure a second-place finish. He wrestled the runner-up spot from Devin Moran on lap 98 and held it to the checkers, finishing 2.875 seconds behind winner Bobby Pierce.
Thornton now sits just 25 points behind Jonathan Davenport in the latest LOLMDS standings.
Complete results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
Article Credit: Photo by Heath Lawson
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