James McFadden won his first High Limit race at Butler Sunday (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
It may have been a day late, but Sunday's Mace Thomas Classic still delivered the goods with a full house at Butler Motor Speedway and another thrilling event for Kubota High Limit Racing.
The box score will say that James McFadden led every lap from the pole position, but that hardly paints the correct story. The Roth Motorsports #83 was forced to fight off countless challenges from multiple drivers on an ever-changing surface all while lap traffic was in the fray.
In order, J-Mac held off Tyler Courtney, then Justin Peck, then Brad Sweet to finally score his first-career win with Kubota High Limit Racing, after coming close many times this season.
In fact, it was a bit of "Sweet" revenge for the Northern Territory, Australia gasser, who lost the closest finish in series history to Brad Sweet by 0.012-seconds three weeks at 34 Raceway. Tonight, it was McFadden who bested Sweet by 0.063-seconds, the second-closest finish in series history.
McFadden and the Roth Motorsports team - consisting of Brent Ventura, Rob Beattie, and Gary Patellaro - are the 10th different winner with Kubota High Limit Racing in 2024.
Sweet finished second aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts #49 - extending his slim championship lead to 16 points ahead of Tyler Courtney and the Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #7BC, who finished third tonight.
Justin Peck and Brent Marks rounded out the top-five while Spencer Bayston, Corey Day, Tanner Thorson, Zeb Wise, and Skylar Gee closed out the top-10.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (6/2/24)
Butler Motor Speedway (Quincy, MI)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime - Justin Peck (12.692 seconds)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Brent Marks
DMI Heat Two Winner - Skylar Gee
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - James McFadden
Winters Performance Heat Four Winner - Chris Windom
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - James McFadden
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - James McFadden (13.330 seconds)
Hard Charger - Zeb Wise +5, 14th-to-9th
Lap Leaders - McFadden 1-30
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying Flight A: 1. 13-Justin Peck, 00:12.692[10]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:12.781[2]; 3. 19-Brent Marks, 00:12.813[1]; 4. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:12.877[15]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:12.885[5]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.909[3]; 7. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:12.940[17]; 8. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:12.949[9]; 9. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.044[11]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.060[16]; 11. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.064[6]; 12. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:13.286[12]; 13. 78-Justin Clark, 00:13.390[7]; 14. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr, 00:13.404[13]; 15. 4-Josh Turner, 00:13.421[8]; 16. 3-Kyle Locke, 00:13.503[4]; 17. 13V-Van Gurley Jr, 00:13.587[14]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying Flight B: 1. 14-Corey Day, 00:12.789[14]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.857[13]; 3. 83-James McFadden, 00:12.862[8]; 4. 55-Chris Windom, 00:12.871[2]; 5. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:12.920[15]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:12.951[1]; 7. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:12.994[12]; 8. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.014[10]; 9. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 00:13.221[3]; 10. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:13.251[11]; 11. 01-Chase Ridenour, 00:13.352[16]; 12. 5E-Bobby Elliott, 00:13.482[9]; 13. 10BR-Jason Blonde, 00:13.937[6]; 14. 20A-Andy Chehowski, 00:14.391[5]; 15. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:15.296[7]; 16. 12-Corbin Gurley, 01:26.682[4]
TJ Forged Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 3. 7N-Darin Naida[3]; 4. 13-Justin Peck[4]; 5. 9P-Parker Price Miller[6]; 6. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5]; 7. 78-Justin Clark[7]; 8. 13V-Van Gurley Jr[9]; 9. 4-Josh Turner[8]
DMI Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Skylar Gee[1]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch[2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 4. 8-Cory Eliason[3]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen[5]; 6. 3-Kyle Locke[8]; 7. 85-Dustin Daggett[6]; 8. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr[7]
BR Motorsports Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 83-James McFadden[1]; 2. 5-Spencer Bayston[3]; 3. 14-Corey Day[4]; 4. 26-Zeb Wise[2]; 5. 01-Chase Ridenour[6]; 6. 24D-Danny Sams III[8]; 7. 10BR-Jason Blonde[7]; 8. 16C-Tylar Rankin[5]
Winters Performance Heat Race #4 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Chris Windom[1]; 2. 88-Tanner Thorson[3]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne[2]; 5. 71H-Max Stambaugh[5]; 6. 5E-Bobby Elliott[6]; 7. 20A-Andy Chehowski[7]; 8. 12-Corbin Gurley[8]
FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 83-James McFadden[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 3. 55-Chris Windom[4]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 5. 19-Brent Marks[6]; 6. 13-Justin Peck[8]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee[5]; 8. 14-Corey Day[7]
B-Main(12 Laps): 1. 24D-Danny Sams III[4]; 2. 14R-Sean Rayhall[1]; 3. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr[11]; 4. 5E-Bobby Elliott[2]; 5. 78-Justin Clark[5]; 6. 4-Josh Turner[12]; 7. 13V-Van Gurley Jr[9]; 8. 12-Corbin Gurley[10]; 9. 20A-Andy Chehowski[8]; 10. 3-Kyle Locke[3]; 11. 10BR-Jason Blonde[6]; 12. 85-Dustin Daggett[7]; 13. 16C-Tylar Rankin[13]
Kubota A-Main (30 Laps): 1. 83-James McFadden[1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 4. 13-Justin Peck[6]; 5. 19-Brent Marks[5]; 6. 5-Spencer Bayston[10]; 7. 14-Corey Day[8]; 8. 88-Tanner Thorson[12]; 9. 26-Zeb Wise[14]; 10. 99-Skylar Gee[7]; 11. 55-Chris Windom[3]; 12. 1-Brenham Crouch[11]; 13. 24-Rico Abreu[9]; 14. 9-Kasey Kahne[16]; 15. 8-Cory Eliason[15]; 16. 9P-Parker Price Miller[17]; 17. 24D-Danny Sams III[21]; 18. 7N-Darin Naida[13]; 19. 10SR-Keith Sheffer Jr[23]; 20. 5E-Bobby Elliott[24]; 21. 1A-Jacob Allen[19]; 22. 01-Chase Ridenour[18]; 23. 71H-Max Stambaugh[20]; 24. 14R-Sean Rayhall[22]
Updated Championship Standings (After 21/55 Races):
Kasey Kahne Racing #49 - Brad Sweet (1,405)
Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC - Tyler Courtney (-16)
Murray-Marks Motorosports #19 - Brent Marks (-94)
Jason Meyers Racing #14 - Corey Day (-197)
Rico Abreu Racing #24 - Rico Abreu (-210)
Roth Motorsports #83 - James McFadden (-287)
CJB Motorsports #5 - Spencer Bayston (-306)
PPM Racing #9P - Parker Price-Miller (-307)
Buch Motorsports #13 - Justin Peck (-308)
Rudeen Racing #26 - Zeb Wise (-413)
Rod Gross Motorsports #88 - Tanner Thorson (-437)
Shark Racing #1A - Jacob Allen (-476)
Ridge & Sons Racing #8 - Cory Eliason (-494)
Kasey Kahne Racing #9 - Kasey Kahne (-535)
Vermeer Motorsports #55 - Chris Windom (-567)
Crouch Motorsports #1 - Brenham Crouch (-657)
UP NEXT: The Midweek Money Series comes back to life this Tuesday, June 4 with a $20,000-to-win, $1,500-to-start show at Iowa's Davenport Speedway. After that, Kubota High Limit Racing heads to I-70 Speedway in Odessa, MO for a doubleheader weekend with the $26,000-to-win Rayce Rudeen Foundation Race this Friday and Saturday, June 7-8.