Corey Day won Friday night's High Limit event at Lernerville (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
After heartbreaking DNF's at the Skagit Nationals and Tuscarora 50, Corey Day bounced back in a big way on a Friday night - dominating the Commonwealth Clash opener at Lernerville Speedway.
The Jason Meyers Racing, Driven2SaveLives #14BC rolled from P3 at the start of the 30-lapper but faded as far back to fifth at one point before rallying back to the front and sparking a three-way battle for the lead with Sye Lynch, Tyler Courtney, and Corey Day all trading the top spot in three consecutive laps.
Lynch led lap 11 with Courtney controlling lap 12 before Day darted to command on Lap 13.
From there, the Clovis, CA 18-year-old pulled away and mastered lap traffic in a non-stop 30-lapper, extending his advantage to a 4.5-second margin of victory. The win marked Day's seventh trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane with Kubota High Limit Racing - creating a three-way tie with Rico Abreu and Brad Sweet for winningest driver with the series in 2024.
Apollo, PA's Sye Lynch capped a career-best performance finishing 2nd aboard his #42 after leading the opening 11 laps. He'll vie for $50,000 tomorrow night at Lernerville, hoping to follow in his father's footsteps as Ed Lynch Jr. beat the World of Outlaws at Lernerville back in 2002.
Rounding out the podium was Tyler Courtney with his 17th podium of the year with Kubota High Limit Racing, tightening the points battle for 2nd with Rico Abreu Racing and his Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #7BC.
Closing out the top-10 on Friday at Lernerville was Anthony Macri, James McFadden, Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, Jacob Allen, Spencer Bayston, and Tanner Thorson.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (9/13/24)
Lernerville Speedway (Sarver, PA)
Capital Custom Trailers QuickTime - Rico Abreu (12.794)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - James McFadden
DMI Heat Two Winner - Anthony Macri
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Brad Sweet
Winters Performance Heat Four Winner - Tyler Courtney
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - Sye Lynch
B-Main Winner - Logan Wagner
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Sye Lynch (14.229)
Hard Charger - Rico Abreu +7, 22nd-to-15th
Lap Leaders - Sye Lynch 1-11; Tyler Courtney 12; Corey Day 13-30.
Commonwealth Clash
Kubota High Limit Sprint Car Series
Lernerville Speedway
Sarver, Pennsylvania
Friday, September 13, 2024
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps)
1. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.794[4]
2. 19-Brent Marks, 12.802[8]
3. 83-James McFadden, 12.917[19]
4. 39M-Anthony Macri, 12.947[2]
5. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.025[3]
6. 27-Emerson Axsom, 13.077[6]
7. 71-AJ Flick, 13.144[13]
8. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.189[15]
9. 55-Chris Windom, 13.223[16]
10. 9-Kasey Kahne, 13.226[5]
11. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 13.247[10]
12. 6-Ryan Smith, 13.257[9]
13. 5K-Adam Kekich, 13.346[17]
14. 26-Zeb Wise, 13.348[14]
15. 11-Carl Bowser, 13.688[11]
16. 21S-Bryan Salisbury, 13.774[12]
17. 3J-Jacob Begenwald, 13.868[20]
18. 4K-Todd Burgurd, 15.276[1]
19. 13-Justin Peck[7]
20. 99-Skylar Gee[18]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps)
1. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.012[9]
2. 14-Corey Day, 13.013[1]
3. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.071[7]
4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 13.114[8]
5. 24D-Danny Sams III, 13.125[10]
6. 21-Brian Brown, 13.137[6]
7. 5-Spencer Bayston, 13.223[4]
8. 1-Brenham Crouch, 13.264[2]
9. 69K-Logan Wagner, 13.271[14]
10. 28M-Conner Morrell, 13.277[15]
11. 88-Tanner Thorson, 13.316[17]
12. 20B-Cody Bova, 13.341[12]
13. 8-Cory Eliason, 13.412[13]
14. 17GP-Justin Henderson, 13.423[11]
15. 12-Lance Dewease, 13.460[20]
16. 11J-David Kalb, 13.494[16]
17. 3-John Jerich, 13.573[3]
18. 29-Logan McCandless, 13.577[19]
19. 71RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 13.642[5]
20. 7T-Brett Brunkenhoefer, 14.059[18]
TJ Forged Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 83-James McFadden[1]
2. 42-Sye Lynch[2]
3. 71-AJ Flick[3]
4. 55-Chris Windom[5]
5. 9P-Parker Price Miller[6]
6. 13-Justin Peck[10]
7. 24-Rico Abreu[4]
8. 11-Carl Bowser[8]
9. 5K-Adam Kekich[7]
10. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[9]
DMI Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]
2. 27-Emerson Axsom[2]
3. 19-Brent Marks[4]
4. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[3]
5. 6-Ryan Smith[6]
6. 9-Kasey Kahne[5]
7. 26-Zeb Wise[7]
8. 21S-Bryan Salisbury[8]
9. 4K-Todd Burgurd[9]
DNS: 99-Skylar Gee
BR Motorsports Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 49-Brad Sweet[1]
2. 24D-Danny Sams III[2]
3. 5-Spencer Bayston[3]
4. 88-Tanner Thorson[6]
5. 1A-Jacob Allen[4]
6. 8-Cory Eliason[7]
7. 69K-Logan Wagner[5]
8. 12-Lance Dewease[8]
9. 3-John Jerich[9]
10. 71RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[10]
Winters Performance Heat Race #4 (8 Laps)
1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]
2. 21-Brian Brown[2]
3. 14-Corey Day[4]
4. 20B-Cody Bova[6]
5. 1-Brenham Crouch[3]
6. 28M-Conner Morrell[5]
7. 29-Logan McCandless[9]
8. 17GP-Justin Henderson[7]
9. 11J-David Kalb[8]
10. 7T-Brett Brunkenhoefer[10]
FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps)
1. 42-Sye Lynch[1]
2. 39M-Anthony Macri[3]
3. 14-Corey Day[2]
4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]
5. 19-Brent Marks[6]
6. 83-James McFadden[5]
7. 49-Brad Sweet[7]
8. 1A-Jacob Allen[8]
FK Rod Ends B-Main (12 Laps)
1. 69K-Logan Wagner[2]
2. 24-Rico Abreu[1]
3. 8-Cory Eliason[4]
4. 13-Justin Peck[3]
5. 9-Kasey Kahne[5]
6. 28M-Conner Morrell[6]
7. 12-Lance Dewease[10]
8. 26-Zeb Wise[7]
9. 11-Carl Bowser[9]
10. 5K-Adam Kekich[13]
11. 11J-David Kalb[16]
12. 17GP-Justin Henderson[12]
13. 3-John Jerich[14]
14. 71RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[18]
15. 21S-Bryan Salisbury[11]
16. 7T-Brett Brunkenhoefer[20]
17. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[17]
18. 4K-Todd Burgurd[15]
19. 29-Logan McCandless[8]
20. 99-Skylar Gee[19]
Kubota A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 14-Corey Day[3]
2. 42-Sye Lynch[1]
3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]
4. 39M-Anthony Macri[2]
5. 83-James McFadden[6]
6. 19-Brent Marks[5]
7. 49-Brad Sweet[7]
8. 1A-Jacob Allen[8]
9. 5-Spencer Bayston[14]
10. 88-Tanner Thorson[16]
11. 27-Emerson Axsom[9]
12. 55-Chris Windom[13]
13. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[15]
14. 9P-Parker Price Miller[17]
15. 24-Rico Abreu[22]
16. 21-Brian Brown[12]
17. 24D-Danny Sams III[10]
18. 13-Justin Peck[24]
19. 8-Cory Eliason[23]
20. 1-Brenham Crouch[20]
21. 6-Ryan Smith[19]
22. 71-AJ Flick[11]
23. 20B-Cody Bova[18]
24. 69K-Logan Wagner[21]
Updated Championship Standings (After 45/54 Races):
Kasey Kahne Racing #49 - Brad Sweet (2,683 PTS... -)
Rico Abreu Racing #24 - Rico Abreu (2,437 PTS... -246)
Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC - Tyler Courtney (2,422 PTS... -261)
Roth Motorsports #83 - James McFadden (2,299 PTS... -384)
Murray-Marks Motorosports #19 - Brent Marks (2,298 PTS... -385)
Jason Meyers Racing #14 - Corey Day (2,261 PTS... -422)
Buch Motorsports #13 - Justin Peck (2,209 PTS... -474)
PPM Racing #9P - Parker Price-Miller (2,055 PTS... -628)
CJB Motorsports #5 - Spencer Bayston (2,025 PTS... -658)
Ridge & Sons Racing #8 - Cory Eliason (1,919 PTS... -764)
Rod Gross Motorsports #88 - Tanner Thorson (1,895 PTS... -788)
Rudeen Racing #26 - Zeb Wise (1,846 PTS... -837)
Shark Racing #1A - Jacob Allen (1,713 PTS... -970)
Kasey Kahne Racing #9 - Kasey Kahne (1,675 PTS... -1,008)
Vermeer Motorsports #55 - Chris Windom (1,613 PTS... -1,070)
Crouch Motorsports #1 - Brenham Crouch (1,386 PTS... -1,297)
UP NEXT: The Commonwealth Clash will conclude at Lernerville Speedway tomorrow, Saturday, September 13 with 40+ Kubota High Limit Racing teams competing for a $50,000-to-win, $2,000-to-start main event.
Article Credit: Brian Walker