May 29, 2024 | By Brian Walker, High Limit Racing PR

Marks passes Courtney on last lap at Grandview

BECHTELSVILLE, Pa. — It was going to be tough to beat the race from Sunday's Bob Weikert Memorial at Port Royal Speedway, but Tuesday's Midweek Money Series event at Grandview Speedway may have done it.

Another record-setting field - with 42 cars signed-in at Grandview Speedway - showcased arguably one of the best races in Kubota High Limit Racing history during the 35-lap A-Main.

Three of the best Sprint Car drivers in the country - Brent Marks, Brad Sweet, Tyler Courtney - traded the lead back-and-forth with three official lead changes coming in the final five laps, including a last-lap pass that sent the packed house into a frenzy in Bechtelsville, PA.

Marks, who earned the pole position with a dauntingly dominant 5.7-second margin of victory in the FK Rod Ends Dash, cruised through the opening 24 laps with control of the lead, but it became an all-out war over the closing 10 laps.

Marks and Sweet raced side-by-side for more than five laps as they fought each other and lap traffic to try and secure the top spot. Sweet officially led laps 25-29 aboard his Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts #49 but a big bobble against the cushion in turn three let Marks slip back underneath to regain control on lap 30.

That didn't last long, however, as Tyler Courtney came into play and swooped by both Sweet and Marks to put the Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #7BC to the point on lap 31. He appeared to have his fourth win of the year waiting on the other side, but a dart to the top of turn one on the final lap proved costly as Marks was able to scoot underneath him again.

The Murray-Marks Motorsports #19 held on through two final corners and crossed the checkered flags with his fellow Pennsylvania natives going crazy in the crowd.

Also collecting a Pioneer Pole Buildings bonus for winning as a native son to "The Keystone State," the Myerstown, PA resident pushed his earnings to $22,000 on Tuesday night with his second win with Kubota High Limit Racing. It was also his first-ever score at Grandview Speedway.

For the second-straight race, it was a heartbreaking runner-up result for "Sunshine." Courtney is now up to eight second-place finishes this year with Kubota High Limit Racing as he continues to lead the championship chase over Brad Sweet.

Rico Abreu rounded out the podium, collecting his third-straight top-three run following a win at Utica-Rome and third at Port Royal. The RAR #24 is slowly, but surely building momentum ahead of a jam-packed summer.

Sweet and Corey Day closed out the top-five with Parker Price-Miller, Tyler Ross, Tanner Thorson, Spencer Bayston, and Zeb Wise finishing out the top-10.


THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (5/28/24)
Grandview Speedway (Becthelsville, PA)

Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime - Brad Sweet (11.848 seconds)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Brent Marks
DMI Heat Two Winner - Reese Nowotarski
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Tyler Courtney
Winters Performance Heat Four Winner - Corey Day
C-Main Winner - Freddie Rammer
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - Brent Marks
B-Main Winner - TJ Stutts
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Brent Marks (12.700 seconds)
Hard Charger - Parker Price-Miller +7, 13th-to-6th
Lap Leaders - Marks 1-24; Sweet 25-29; Marks 30; Courtney 31-34; Marks 35

Kubota A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 5. 14-Corey Day[8]; 6. 9P-Parker Price Miller[13]; 7. 5R-Tyler Ross[2]; 8. 88-Tanner Thorson[14]; 9. 5-Spencer Bayston[11]; 10. 26-Zeb Wise[12]; 11. 13-Justin Peck[6]; 12. 39M-Anthony Macri[10]; 13. 48-Danny Dietrich[15]; 14. 83-James McFadden[17]; 15. 16T-Cole Macedo[19]; 16. 2MD-Cap Henry[18]; 17. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[20]; 18. 10X-Reese Nowotarski[7]; 19. 9-Kasey Kahne[22]; 20. 42-Sye Lynch[16]; 21. 1A-Jacob Allen[25]; 22. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[23]; 23. 11-TJ Stutts[21]; 24. 1-Brenham Crouch[26]; 25. 39-Briggs Danner[24]; 26. 8-Cory Eliason[9]

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 11-TJ Stutts[1]; 2. 9-Kasey Kahne[4]; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[2]; 4. 39-Briggs Danner[3]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen[9]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch[8]; 7. 17-Dylan Norris[6]; 8. 10-Mark Smith[11]; 9. 10B-Kerry Madsen[12]; 10. 55-Chris Windom[7]; 11. 5T-Ryan Timms[5]; 12. 51-Freddie Rahmer[13]; 13. 66-Ryan Newton[14]; 14. 35-Austin Bishop[10]

C Feature (8 Laps): 1. 51-Freddie Rahmer[4]; 2. 66-Ryan Newton[2]; 3. 19A-Aaron Bollinger[1]; 4. 79-Jordan Thomas[7]; 5. 20B-Tim Buckwalter[10]; 6. 67-JJ Loss[5]; 7. 11T-Mike Thompson[8]; 8. 16TH-Kevin Newton[6]; 9. (DNF) 20-Ryan Taylor[3]; 10. (DNF) V60-Jordyn Charge[9]

FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 2. 5R-Tyler Ross[4]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[6]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 6. 13-Justin Peck[8]; 7. 10X-Reese Nowotarski[1]; 8. 14-Corey Day[7]

TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 8-Cory Eliason[2]; 3. 5-Spencer Bayston[5]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich[6]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 6. 39-Briggs Danner[8]; 7. 55-Chris Windom[3]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen[9]; 9. 19A-Aaron Bollinger[11]; 10. 67-JJ Loss[10]; 11. 79-Jordan Thomas[7]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10X-Reese Nowotarski[1]; 2. 5R-Tyler Ross[2]; 3. 9P-Parker Price Miller[3]; 4. 83-James McFadden[9]; 5. 16T-Cole Macedo[6]; 6. 5T-Ryan Timms[5]; 7. 11-TJ Stutts[4]; 8. 10-Mark Smith[8]; 9. 20-Ryan Taylor[7]; 10. V60-Jordyn Charge[10]

BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 3. 13-Justin Peck[4]; 4. 88-Tanner Thorson[3]; 5. 2MD-Cap Henry[5]; 6. 9-Kasey Kahne[7]; 7. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[6]; 8. 35-Austin Bishop[10]; 9. 66-Ryan Newton[11]; 10. 16TH-Kevin Newton[8]; 11. 20B-Tim Buckwalter[9]

Winters Performance Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Corey Day[1]; 2. 26-Zeb Wise[2]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 4. 42-Sye Lynch[5]; 5. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[3]; 6. 17-Dylan Norris[6]; 7. 1-Brenham Crouch[7]; 8. 10B-Kerry Madsen[8]; 9. 51-Freddie Rahmer[9]; 10. 11T-Mike Thompson[10]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A: 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:11.848[3]; 2. 11-TJ Stutts, 00:11.851[1]; 3. 19-Brent Marks, 00:11.876[10]; 4. 10X-Reese Nowotarski, 00:11.946[8]; 5. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:11.951[15]; 6. 5R-Tyler Ross, 00:11.998[4]; 7. 55-Chris Windom, 00:12.007[2]; 8. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:12.036[12]; 9. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:12.104[5]; 10. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:12.114[14]; 11. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:12.132[13]; 12. 16T-Cole Macedo, 00:12.164[19]; 13. 79-Jordan Thomas, 00:12.170[6]; 14. 20-Ryan Taylor, 00:12.189[9]; 15. 39-Briggs Danner, 00:12.229[11]; 16. 10-Mark Smith, 00:12.239[7]; 17. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:12.267[16]; 18. 83-James McFadden, 00:12.347[20]; 19. 67-JJ Loss, 00:12.552[17]; 20. V60-Jordyn Charge, 00:12.614[18]; 21. 19A-Aaron Bollinger, 00:12.829[21]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B: 1. 13-Justin Peck, 00:11.939[14]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:11.995[21]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:12.008[20]; 4. 14-Corey Day, 00:12.097[4]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.121[15]; 6. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:12.126[13]; 7. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:12.159[11]; 8. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 00:12.305[17]; 9. 2MD-Cap Henry, 00:12.320[18]; 10. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:12.340[6]; 11. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 00:12.349[8]; 12. 17-Dylan Norris, 00:12.378[12]; 13. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:12.413[9]; 14. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.419[7]; 15. 16TH-Kevin Newton, 00:12.477[2]; 16. 10B-Kerry Madsen, 00:12.478[19]; 17. 20B-Tim Buckwalter, 00:12.509[10]; 18. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 00:12.561[5]; 19. 35-Austin Bishop, 00:12.586[1]; 20. 11T-Mike Thompson, 00:12.919[3]; 21. 66-Ryan Newton, 00:12.927[16]



Updated Championship Standings (After 19/55 Races):

1  Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC - Tyler Courtney (1,276)
2  Kasey Kahne Racing #49 - Brad Sweet (-8)
3  Murray-Marks Motorosports #19 - Brent Marks (-85)
4  Jason Meyers Racing #14 - Corey Day (-182)
5  Rico Abreu Racing #24 - Rico Abreu (-200)
6  Roth Motorsports #83 - James McFadden (-282)
7  PPM Racing #9P - Parker Price-Miller (-287)
8  CJB Motorsports #5 - Spencer Bayston (-289)
9  Buch Motorsports #13 - Justin Peck (-293)
10  Rudeen Racing #26 - Zeb Wise (-382)
11 Rod Gross Motorsports #88 - Tanner Thorson (-424)
12 Shark Racing #1A - Jacob Allen (-431)
13  Ridge & Sons Racing #8 - Cory Eliason (-469)
14 Kasey Kahne Racing #9 - Kasey Kahne (-492)
15  Vermeer Motorsports #55 - Chris Windom (-522)
16  Crouch Motorsports #1 - Brenham Crouch (-614)


NEW Midweek Money Series Points (After 4/9 Races):

1  Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC - Tyler Courtney (289)
2  Kasey Kahne Racing #49 - Brad Sweet (-39)
3  Murray-Marks Motorosports #19 - Brent Marks (-46)
4  Jason Meyers Racing #14 - Corey Day (-47)
5  CJB Motorsports #5 - Spencer Bayston (-52)
6  Rod Gross Motorsports #88 - Tanner Thorson (-64)
7  PPM Racing #9P - Parker Price-Miller (-71)
8  Rico Abreu Racing #24 - Rico Abreu (-72)
9  Buch Motorsports #13 - Justin Peck (-75)
10 Roth Motorsports #83 - James McFadden (-79)

UP NEXT: Kubota High Limit Racing will head for Indiana and Michigan this weekend as the series debuts at a pair of new tracks, both paying $12,000-to-win, $1,200-to-start. On Friday, May 31 it's Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg, IN and then on to Butler Motor Speedway in Quincy, MI on Saturday, June 1.