A $50,000 top prize will be on the line this weekend when the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visits Lernerville Speedway for the Firecracker 100. The event will feature three nights of racing beginning Thursday night, June 19 and ending with the main event on Saturday, June 21. 

Here's everything you need to know about the Firecracker 100.

When Is The Firecracker 100?

June 19-21 (split-field qualifying nights on Thursday and Friday, featuring 25-lap, $5,000-to-win semifeatures for Late Models; heat races and consolations precede Saturday’s 100-lap finale; RUSH Crate Late Models are on the undercard nightly)

2025 Firecracker 100 Event Schedule

Thursday

(All times local; subject to change)

3 p.m. - Pits open

4 p.m. - Grandstands open

6 p.m. - On-track activity

- Late Model hot laps

- 604 Crate hot laps

- Late Model time trials (2 laps)

- 604 Crate time trials (2 laps)

Opening ceremonies

- Late Model heats (8 laps)

Intermission/track prep

- First Thursday semifeature (25 laps)

- Second Thursday semifeature (25 laps)

Friday

(All times local; subject to change)

3 p.m. - Pits open

4 p.m. - Grandstands open

6 p.m. - On-track activity

- Late Model hot laps

- 604 Crate hot laps

- Late Model time trials (2 laps)

Opening ceremonies

- 604 Crate heats (8 laps)

- Late Model heats (8 laps)

- 604 Crate dash (6 laps)

Intermission/track prep

- First Friday semifeature (25 laps)

- Second Friday semifeature (25 laps)

Saturday

(All times local; subject to change)

2 p.m. - Pits open

2 p.m. - Dirt Racing Outreach service

3 p.m. - Grandstands open

4:30-5:15 p.m. - Driver autograph session

6 p.m. - On-track activity

- 604 Crate hot laps

- Late Model hot laps

Opening ceremonies

- 604 Crate consolations (12 laps)

- Late Model heats (10 laps)

- Late Model consolations (12 laps)

- 604 Crate locked-in A-main hot laps

Late Model driver introductions

- Late Model Firecracker feature (100 laps)

- 604 Crate Bill Emig Memorial (50 laps)

- 604 Crate non-qualifiers’ race (20 laps)

Where Is The Firecracker 100 Held?

The Firecracker 100 is held at Lernerville Speedway, a high-banked 4/10-mile clay oval located in Sarver, Pennsylvania. 

Firecracker 100 Purse

The Firecracker 100 is headlined by a $50,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature.

Thursday-Friday semifeatures

1. $5,000

2. $3,000

3. $2,000

4. $1,500

5. $1,250

6. $1,000

7. $950

8. $900

9. $850

10. $800

11. $700

12.-16. $600

17. $550

18.-24. $500

Saturday’s main event

1. $50,000

2. $20,000

3. $10,000

4. $8,000

5. $7,000

6. $6,000

7. $4,500

8. $4,000

9. $3,800

10. $3,600

11. $3,400

12. $3,200

13. $3,000

14. $2,500

15. $2,400

16. $2,300

17. $2,200

18. $2,100

19-26. $2,000

Who Won Last Year’s Firecracker 100? 

Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., won his second consecutive Firecracker in 2024. 

Firecracker 100 Notes

• Lernerville Speedway hosts the 19th annual Firecracker 100 presented by Experience Butler County, Pa., a three-day event for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competitors. 
• On-track activity begins with 25-lap, $5,000-to-win semifeatures Thursday and Friday, where accumulative points set the lineup for Saturday’s heat races; consolations also precede Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale
• Lucas Oil points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., has won back-to-back Firecrackers entering this year’s edition, earning more than $100,000. Thornton leads all drivers with nine series victories in 2025
• Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga. (2017, ’21), Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. (2019, ’22) and Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis. (2009, ’11), join Thornton as two-time Firecracker winners. 
• The late Scott Bloomquist leads all drivers with three event triumphs (2007, ’12, ’16)
• Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio (five wins) and Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga. (four wins) enter as Thornton’s biggest competition in Lucas Oil Series action. Davenport is fresh off a $100,000 victory in securing his fourth career Dream at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. 
• RUSH 604 Crates are on the undercard nightly and will contest its $20,000-to-win Bill Emig Memorial following Saturday’s 100-lap Firecracker. 
• Pits open at 3 p.m. and grandstands open at 4 p.m. Thursday-Friday, with everything opening one hour earlier for Saturday’s finale; hot laps at 6 p.m., nightly.

Firecracker 100 Winners

Year: Winner, hometown

2024: Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz.

2023: Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz.

2022: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.

2021: Brandon Overton, Evans, Ga.

2020: Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.

2019: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.

2018: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.

2017: Brandon Overton, Evans, Ga.

2016: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2015: Rick Eckert, York, Pa.

2014. Darrell Lanigan, Union, Ky.

2013: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.

2012: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

2011: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.

2010: Shane Clanton, Zebulon, Ga.

2009: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.

2008: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa

2007: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.

Firecracker 100 Tickets

Thursday

One-day general admission (11-and-up): $40

Three-day general admission (11-and-up): $125 (includes free pit pass upgrade for Thursday or Friday)

Five-day general admission (11-and-up): $135

Three-day reserved (all ages): $140

One-day child general admission (10 and under): free

Reserved seating: Additional $10

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $45

Three-day all access pit pass (all ages): $145

Friday

One-day general admission (11-and-up): $45

Two-day general admission (11-and-up): $70

Two-day reserved (all ages): $110

One-day child general admission (10-and-under): free

Reserved seating: Additional $10

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $55

Two-day all access pit pass (all ages): $110

Saturday

One-day general admission (11-and-up): $50

One-day child general admission (10-and-under): free

Reserved seating: Additional $10

One-day all access pit pass (all ages): $60

Website: lernerville.com

Track phone: (724) 353-1511