Story By: BRIAN WALKER / HIGH LIMIT RACING – SARVER, PA – There was chaos everywhere at the front of the field, but when it mattered most, Tyler Courtney survived everything thrown his way to cash a $50,000 jackpot at Lernerville Speedway’s Commonwealth Clash on Saturday night.
Corey Day, chasing a weekend sweep in Sarver, PA, appeared destined to go for two-for-two and clear a $60,000 trip as he jumped to the early lead and controlled the opening 17 laps. However, it all went upside down when he the right rear snapped off the axle and sent the Jason Meyers Racing, Driven2SaveLives #14 flying over the cushion and off the edge. He was okay, but his dominating run was done.
From there, Myerstown, PA’s Brent Marks assumed the lead with only 23 laps separating his Murray-Marks Motorsports, McGrewBid.com #19 from a Commonwealth Clash title – which would’ve been his first win at Lernerville and third High Limit win. However, more drama ensued, as Marks suffered a flat right rear tire on Lap 20 and was forced to the Rod End Supply Work Area.
After that, Sunshine was handed control of the field with 20 to go. The Clauson Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #7BC was given one fierce fight by local ace, Sye Lynch, who brought the crowd to their feet as he challenged Courtney for the win.
Ultimately, the Indianapolis, IN native was able to fend off Lynch’s attacks and worked through lap traffic to a 2.772-second margin of victory with a $50,000 check waiting on the other side. The win was Courtney’s sixth trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane this year and his 12th overall, moving the #7BC ahead of Rico Abreu Racing for second in the Kubota High Limit Racing championship chase.
Apollo, PA’s Sye Lynch brought the #42 home in second-place for the second-straight night – this time seriously challenging for the victory before ultimately claiming a $20,000 runner-up in front of a packed house of Sye Lynch fans.
James McFadden rounded out the podium with an 11th-to-3rd drive sending the Roth Motorsports #83 home with a $10,000 reward.
Closing out the top-10 at Lernerville’s Commonwealth Clash was Tanner Thorson, Spencer Bayston, Brad Sweet, Jacob Allen, Emerson Axsom, Zeb Wise, and Chris Windom.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (9/14/24)
Lernerville Speedway (Sarver, PA)
Capital Custom Trailers QuickTime – Brent Marks (13.235)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner – Skylar Gee
DMI Heat Two Winner – Logan Wagner
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner – Brent Marks
Winters Performance Heat Four Winner – Jacob Allen
C-Main Winner – Hunter Schuerenberg
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner – Logan Wagner
B-Main Winner – Cory Eliason
Jake’s Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award – Tyler Courtney (14.228)
Hard Charger – Emerson Axsom +14, 22nd-to-8th
Lap Leaders – Corey Day 1-17; Brent Marks 18-20; Tyler Courtney 21-40.
Kubota A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 2. 42-Sye Lynch[6]; 3. 83-James McFadden[11]; 4. 88-Tanner Thorson[17]; 5. 5-Spencer Bayston[9]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet[10]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen[7]; 8. 27-Emerson Axsom[22]; 9. 26-Zeb Wise[14]; 10. 55-Chris Windom[24]; 11. 39M-Anthony Macri[5]; 12. 69K-Logan Wagner[1]; 13. 19-Brent Marks[3]; 14. 9-Kasey Kahne[13]; 15. 1-Brenham Crouch[23]; 16. 8-Cory Eliason[21]; 17. 6-Ryan Smith[20]; 18. 99-Skylar Gee[8]; 19. 14-Corey Day[2]; 20. 71-AJ Flick[16]; 21. 13-Justin Peck[12]; 22. 20B-Cody Bova[19]; 23. 24-Rico Abreu[15]; 24. 11T-TJ Stutts[18]
FK Rod Ends B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 8-Cory Eliason[1]; 2. 27-Emerson Axsom[2]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 4. 55-Chris Windom[3]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell[6]; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler[5]; 7. 24D-Danny Sams III[9]; 8. 9P-Parker Price Miller[14]; 9. 5K-Adam Kekich[8]; 10. 12-Lance Dewease[10]; 11. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[13]; 12. 3-John Jerich[12]; 13. 29-Logan McCandless[7]; 14. 21-Brian Brown[11]
C Feature (8 Laps): 1. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[2]; 2. 9P-Parker Price Miller[4]; 3. 17GP-Justin Henderson[1]; 4. 11-Carl Bowser[3]; 5. 46-Michael Bauer[9]; 6. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[5]; 7. 71RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[7]; 8. 21S-Bryan Salisbury[6]; 9. 4K-Todd Burgurd[11]; 10. 7T-Brett Brunkenhoefer[10]; 11. 11J-David Kalb[8]
FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 69K-Logan Wagner[1]; 2. 14-Corey Day[3]; 3. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri[6]; 6. 42-Sye Lynch[7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen[8]; 8. 99-Skylar Gee[5]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Skylar Gee[1]; 2. 5-Spencer Bayston[5]; 3. 9-Kasey Kahne[6]; 4. 14-Corey Day[4]; 5. 88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 6. 55-Chris Windom[7]; 7. 8-Cory Eliason[3]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III[8]; 9. 17GP-Justin Henderson[9]; 10. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[11]; 11. 46-Michael Bauer[10]
DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 69K-Logan Wagner[1]; 2. 83-James McFadden[2]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[3]; 5. 20B-Cody Bova[6]; 6. 22-Brandon Spithaler[8]; 7. 29-Logan McCandless[5]; 8. 21-Brian Brown[7]; 9. 11-Carl Bowser[9]; 10. 71RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[10]; 11. 4K-Todd Burgurd[11]
BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 3. 26-Zeb Wise[2]; 4. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 5. 11T-TJ Stutts[6]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch[7]; 7. 28M-Conner Morrell[8]; 8. 12-Lance Dewease[5]; 9. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[9]; 10. 21S-Bryan Salisbury[10]; 11. 7T-Brett Brunkenhoefer[11]
Winters Performance Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1A-Jacob Allen[2]; 2. 13-Justin Peck[1]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 4. 71-AJ Flick[6]; 5. 6-Ryan Smith[5]; 6. 27-Emerson Axsom[3]; 7. 5K-Adam Kekich[9]; 8. 3-John Jerich[8]; 9. 9P-Parker Price Miller[7]; 10. 11J-David Kalb[10]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.266[4]; 2. 69K-Logan Wagner, 00:13.285[1]; 3. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.304[3]; 4. 83-James McFadden, 00:13.306[14]; 5. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:13.389[2]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:13.395[20]; 7. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:13.472[18]; 8. 29-Logan McCandless, 00:13.499[13]; 9. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:13.518[15]; 10. 20B-Cody Bova, 00:13.552[7]; 11. 55-Chris Windom, 00:13.573[10]; 12. 21-Brian Brown, 00:13.573[5]; 13. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.652[11]; 14. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:13.807[12]; 15. 17GP-Justin Henderson, 00:13.808[16]; 16. 11-Carl Bowser, 00:13.831[6]; 17. 46-Michael Bauer, 00:13.846[8]; 18. 71RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.967[19]; 19. 3J-Jacob Begenwald, 00:14.000[9]; 20. 4K-Todd Burgurd, 00:15.308[17]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.235[8]; 2. 13-Justin Peck, 00:13.361[12]; 3. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:13.397[7]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.453[19]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:13.470[2]; 6. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.486[17]; 7. 12-Lance Dewease, 00:13.560[4]; 8. 6-Ryan Smith, 00:13.588[11]; 9. 11T-TJ Stutts, 00:13.606[9]; 10. 71-AJ Flick, 00:13.613[1]; 11. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.645[5]; 12. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:13.663[6]; 13. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.676[14]; 14. 3-John Jerich, 00:13.685[3]; 15. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.709[18]; 16. 5K-Adam Kekich, 00:13.792[15]; 17. 21S-Bryan Salisbury, 00:13.907[10]; 18. 11J-David Kalb, 00:14.110[13]; 19. 7T-Brett Brunkenhoefer, 00:14.747[16]
Dirt Draft Hot Laps: 1. 19-Brent Marks, 00:13.372[28]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:13.421[39]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:13.528[42]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:13.575[43]; 5. 13-Justin Peck, 00:13.601[32]; 6. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:13.640[38]; 7. 83-James McFadden, 00:13.660[14]; 8. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:13.663[3]; 9. 69K-Logan Wagner, 00:13.678[1]; 10. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.689[25]; 11. 14-Corey Day, 00:13.711[40]; 12. 55-Chris Windom, 00:13.723[10]; 13. 27-Emerson Axsom, 00:13.724[37]; 14. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:13.741[4]; 15. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:13.772[27]; 16. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.832[34]; 17. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:13.838[2]; 18. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:13.843[41]; 19. 20B-Cody Bova, 00:13.849[7]; 20. 21-Brian Brown, 00:13.911[5]; 21. 11J-David Kalb, 00:13.948[33]; 22. 17GP-Justin Henderson, 00:13.950[16]; 23. 29-Logan McCandless, 00:14.030[13]; 24. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:14.063[26]; 25. 5K-Adam Kekich, 00:14.133[35]; 26. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:14.137[11]; 27. 6-Ryan Smith, 00:14.181[31]; 28. 11T-TJ Stutts, 00:14.221[29]; 29. 3J-Jacob Begenwald, 00:14.318[9]; 30. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:14.329[12]; 31. 11-Carl Bowser, 00:14.368[6]; 32. 21S-Bryan Salisbury, 00:14.567[30]; 33. 7T-Brett Brunkenhoefer, 00:14.835[36]; 34. (DNS) 46-Michael Bauer; 35. (DNS) 9-Kasey Kahne; 36. (DNS) 4K-Todd Burgurd; 37. (DNS) 5-Spencer Bayston; 38. (DNS) 71RT-Ricky Thornton Jr; 39. (DNS) 24-Rico Abreu; 40. (DNS) 71-AJ Flick; 41. (DNS) 49-Brad Sweet; 42. (DNS) 3-John Jerich; 43. (DNS) 12-Lance Dewease