September 29, 2025 | By Brian Walker, High Limit Racing PR

Tanner Thorson Tops Chaotic Feature at Path Valley for Second High Limit Score

SPRING RUN, Pa.—They say the first one is the hardest, and Tanner Thorson's recent triumphs with Kubota High Limit Racing may very well prove that true.

After it took 84 attempts to earn his first-career win with the series at Lernerville Speedway on September 12, it took him only another two weeks and six more races to earn his second score on Sunday night at Path Valley Speedway Park.

Coming from the fifth starting spot, Thorson bided his time behind the lead trio of Giovanni Scelzi, Brad Sweet, and Chase Randall during the opening stages. The Rod Gross Motorsports #88 really came to life once the slightest mishap from Randall - as he spun and brought out the caution battling for second - allowed Thorson to focus on Scelzi and Sweet.

The Minden, NV native clicked off Brad Sweet on Lap 20 and then wasted no time at all flying by Giovanni Scelzi, taking the lead for good on Lap 22. The 35-lap main event was far from other, though, as a hard-charging Brady Bacon pressured Thorson all the way through traffic until he crossed the finish line with a 0.933-second margin of victory.

For Thorson, his second-career victory makes him the 14th driver in Kubota High Limit Racing history with multiple wins. Both of his scores with Rod Gross Motorsports have come in Pennsylvania, the home state of car owners Rod and Nancy Gross.

Daughter Blakelee and Wife Shaylee, along with crew members Brinton Marvel and TJ Nichols are getting quite used to the Whiskey Myers Victory Lane life.

Brady Bacon completed his night with a 10th-to-2nd bid in the Dyson #20, narrowly falling short of putting his first-career Kubota High Limit Racing victory next to a pair of World of Outlaws wins he already has.

Giovanni Scelzi wrapped up his third-straight podium finish aboard the Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #7BC, coming home with a third-place effort after leading the opening 21 laps.

Danny Dietrich, Ashton Torgerson, Brad Sweet, Chase Dietz, Hunter Schuerenberg, Justin Peck, and Brenham Crouch rounded out the top-10 on Sunday night.

It was a dramatic night for championship implications with Rico Abreu and Aaron Reutzel both needing to utilize provisionals while Brad Sweet started on the pole. Ultimately, Abreu comes out 52-points ahead of Sweet in the drivers championship while the RAR #24 leads the RSR #87 by 34-points and the KKR #49 by 52-points in the owners championship. Only five races remain to decide the titles.


THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (9/28/25)
Path Valley Speedway Park (Spring Run, PA)

Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps - Ryan Timms (9.626)
Capitol Renegade QuickTime - Brad Sweet (9.572)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Brad Sweet
DMI Heat Two Winner - Chase Randall
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Tanner Thorson
Rod End Supply Heat Four Winner - Danny Dietrich
FK Rod Ends Dash Winner - Brad Sweet
Winters Performance B-Main Winner - Brent Marks
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Giovanni Scelzi (10.292)
Rod End Supply Hard Charger - Daison Pursley
Lap Leaders - Giovanni Scelzi 1-21; Tanner Thorson 22-35


Kubota A Feature (35 Laps): 1. 88-Tanner Thorson[5]; 2. 20-Brady Bacon[10]; 3. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich[8]; 5. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[11]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 7. 23-Chase Dietz[4]; 8. 55V-Hunter Schuerenberg[13]; 9. 26-Justin Peck[20]; 10. 5-Brenham Crouch[19]; 11. 13-Daison Pursley[23]; 12. 75-Cameron Smith[9]; 13. 42-Sye Lynch[16]; 14. 19-Brent Marks[21]; 15. 24-Rico Abreu[25]; 16. 24D-Danny Sams III[27]; 17. 87-Aaron Reutzel[26]; 18. 9-Chase Randall[3]; 19. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[24]; 20. 99M-Kyle Moody[17]; 21. 17-Dylan Norris[12]; 22. 22-Brandon Spithaler[15]; 23. 38S-Jordan Strickler[14]; 24. 41-Logan Rumsey[7]; 25. 6-Ryan Smith[22]; 26. 10-Ryan Timms[6]; 27. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[18]

Winters Performance B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 6-Ryan Smith[2]; 3. 13-Daison Pursley[7]; 4. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[3]; 5. 39-JJ Loss[5]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 7. 14-Justin Sanders[10]; 8. 24D-Danny Sams III[8]; 9. 77-Michael Walter[11]; 10. 55-Logan Wagner[19]; 11. 55M-Domenic Melair[15]; 12. 38-Brett Strickler[13]; 13. 7-Aidan Borden[12]; 14. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr[4]; 15. 87-Aaron Reutzel[9]; 16. 2-Gerard McIntyre Jr[14]; 17. 27S-Dylan Cisney[16]; 18. 2D-Jordan Givler[17]; 19. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[18]

FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 2. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[2]; 3. 9-Chase Randall[4]; 4. 23-Chase Dietz[3]; 5. 88-Tanner Thorson[5]; 6. 10-Ryan Timms[8]; 7. 41-Logan Rumsey[6]; 8. 48-Danny Dietrich[7]

TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 2. 23-Chase Dietz[1]; 3. 75-Cameron Smith[2]; 4. 55V-Hunter Schuerenberg[5]; 5. 99M-Kyle Moody[7]; 6. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[9]; 7. 39-JJ Loss[8]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 9. 38-Brett Strickler[3]; 10. 2D-Jordan Givler[10]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall[2]; 2. 10-Ryan Timms[3]; 3. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[6]; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler[7]; 5. 5-Brenham Crouch[1]; 6. 19-Brent Marks[4]; 7. 13-Daison Pursley[5]; 8. 77-Michael Walter[10]; 9. 55M-Domenic Melair[9]; 10. 55-Logan Wagner[8]

BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 2. 41-Logan Rumsey[5]; 3. 20-Brady Bacon[6]; 4. 38S-Jordan Strickler[8]; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[1]; 6. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr[3]; 7. 6-Ryan Smith[4]; 8. 14-Justin Sanders[7]; 9. 2-Gerard McIntyre Jr[9]; 10. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[10]

Rod End Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 48-Danny Dietrich[1]; 2. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 3. 17-Dylan Norris[3]; 4. 42-Sye Lynch[2]; 5. 26-Justin Peck[7]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 7. 24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 8. 7-Aidan Borden[8]; 9. 27S-Dylan Cisney[9]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:09.572[20]; 2. 19-Brent Marks, 00:09.589[9]; 3. 23-Chase Dietz, 00:09.702[3]; 4. 5-Brenham Crouch, 00:09.734[17]; 5. 75-Cameron Smith, 00:09.737[10]; 6. 9-Chase Randall, 00:09.737[13]; 7. 38-Brett Strickler, 00:09.793[4]; 8. 10-Ryan Timms, 00:09.821[8]; 9. 55V-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:09.827[7]; 10. 13-Daison Pursley, 00:09.859[6]; 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:09.867[11]; 12. 1A-Ashton Torgerson, 00:09.913[16]; 13. 99M-Kyle Moody, 00:09.927[5]; 14. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:10.054[1]; 15. 39-JJ Loss, 00:10.065[19]; 16. 55-Logan Wagner, 00:10.101[14]; 17. 6K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:10.210[15]; 18. 55M-Domenic Melair, 00:10.239[2]; 19. 2D-Jordan Givler, 00:10.616[12]; 20. 77-Michael Walter, 00:11.706[18]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 6-Ryan Smith, 00:09.596[7]; 2. 7BC-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:09.625[14]; 3. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:09.765[17]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:09.786[10]; 5. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:09.793[2]; 6. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:09.793[3]; 7. 27H-Steven Snyder Jr, 00:09.815[12]; 8. 17-Dylan Norris, 00:09.843[5]; 9. 41-Logan Rumsey, 00:09.856[16]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:09.862[15]; 11. 20-Brady Bacon, 00:09.910[9]; 12. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:10.049[1]; 13. 14-Justin Sanders, 00:10.065[11]; 14. 26-Justin Peck, 00:10.083[13]; 15. 38S-Jordan Strickler, 00:10.099[19]; 16. 7-Aidan Borden, 00:10.186[4]; 17. 2-Gerard McIntyre Jr, 00:10.191[8]; 18. 27S-Dylan Cisney, 00:10.307[18]; 19. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:11.135[6]


NEW 2025 Kubota High Limit Racing Championship Standings (After 46/51 Races):

1. Rico Abreu Racing #24 (2,584 PTS)
2. Ridge & Sons Racing #87 (-34 PTS)
3. Kasey Kahne Racing #49 (-52 PTS)
4. Clauson-Marshall Racing #7BC (-126 PTS)
5. Murray-Marks Motorsports #19 (-198 PTS)
6. Rudeen Racing #26 (-214 PTS)
7. Rod Gross Motorsports #88 (-294 PTS)
8. Buch Motorsports #13 (-538 PTS)
9. Jason Meyers Racing #14 (-702 PTS)
10. CJB Motorsports #5 (-764 PTS)
11. Chase Randall Racing #9R (-804 PTS)
12. Mosites Lynch Racing #42 (-804 PTS)
13. Randerson Racing #24D (-1002 PTS)


UP NEXT: The series will sit idle for the National Open next weekend before finishing the 2025 season with stops at Lakeside Speedway (Oct. 10-11), Lucas Oil Speedway (Oct. 15), and Texas Motor Speedway (Oct. 17-18). Fans can buy tickets at HighLimitRacing.com.