Brian Shirley Breaks Through with Jackson 100 Win a Brownstown

2913 9/26/2026 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Brian Shirley Breaks Through with Jackson 100 Win a Brownstown You can finally call Brian Shirley a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series winner as the Chatham, Illinois racer became the 97th different winner on Saturday night at Brownstown Speedway. Shirley captured the 47th Annual WillScot Jackson 100 Presented by the Jackson County Visitors Center. Shirley took the lead from Kyle Bronson on the 24th lap and led the rest of the way to not only pick up the $50,000 first place prize, but a $5,000 bonus from UNOH, and the fourth driver this year to be awarded a $1,000 check from Steering Buddy for becoming a first time series winner. Shirley, who started ninth took the win withstanding challenges from Josh Rice before a caution with 14 laps to go. Shirley would pull away from the Sunoco Race Fuels North/South 100 winner to take the victory. Rice finished in second with Max Blair taking the third spot. The defending Jackson 100 winner Ricky Thornton Jr., who led the first lap of the race, finished fourth with 3-time and reigning Indiana Icebreaker winner Devin Moran coming home in fifth. Shirley scored his first win at Brownstown since a Summer Nationals victory in 2008. “It sounds great to be a Lucas Oil winner. There are a few things I want to do in my career before I hang up the hat and one of them was win a Lucas Oil race. I wasn’t wanting to end my career without a Lucas Oil win. This is so rewarding, you know we race against the best guys in the country week in and week out and we get our teeth kicked in here and there.” “Man, that was a long 100 laps. I was just counting and counting, and we were able to get it done. I thought we had a car that was capable of getting to the front and how we was going to manage that when we got to the front. I was really second guessing to go out and go around lapped cars or just ride so I had something left, luckily we had that caution, and I was hoping to see one a little sooner, but all-in-all the good Lord just said it was our night and luckily all things came together.” Rice, who was looking for his second Crown Jewel victory of the season, finished 0.646 seconds behind Shirley. “I felt it took 80 laps for my tires to come in where I could actually steer. I think that was my shot before that caution there. I just couldn’t get back into a rhythm once we had that caution it was like my right front cooled off and I couldn’t steer anymore. Hats off to Brian he did a heck of a job; he did what he had to do to win. He played the lapped traffic perfect. He could swing out on those straightaways where I had to kind of stay in the mud.” Blair came from the 14th starting position to round out the Big River Steel Podium. “I honestly think we were good enough to win. Josh never made a mistake on that bottom it was like I had a chain to his bumper for 100 laps. I thought I had a shot at him two or three times, but it was going to get hairy and probably was going to be contact, so I lifted and seen the next lap. Man, I love this place, it is a lot of fun. We weren’t real good last night, the track was little different tonight, so we changed a couple of things, so we are definitely headed in the right direction. I wish it would have been 130 laps.” The winner’s Bob and Lisa Cullen-owned, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Durham Racing Engine and sponsored by Thomason Express, Hoker Trucking, Allgaier Performance, Ted Brown’s Quality Paint and Body Shop, Slicker Graphics, Cheap Cars, J&J Gaming, and J&E Construction. Completing the top ten were Frank Heckenast Jr., Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard, Jonathan Davenport, and Carson Ferguson. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary 47th Annual Jackson 100 Saturday, September 26, 2026 Brownstown Speedway | Brownstown, IN Allstar Performance Time Trials Fast Time Group A: Brody Smith | 13.730 seconds (overall) Fast Time Group B: Josh Rice | 13.974 seconds Penske Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[6]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith[1]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[5]; 7. S21-Seth Daniels[9]; 8. 11C-Tyler Collins[8]; 9. D48-Derek Groomer[7]; 10. 17W-Lee Williams[10] Summit Racing Products Heat Race #2 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 3. 12J-Jason Jameson[8]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 5. 21R-Colby Reed[9]; 6. 35-Dustin Linville[2]; 7. 93F-Carson Ferguson[5]; 8. 76S-Shelby Miles[6]; 9. JD3-Jack Dossey III[7]; 10. (DNS) 48J-Jug Wethington Cool-It Thermo-Tec Heat Race #3 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 2. 11-Josh Rice[1]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 4. 111-Max Blair[4]; 5. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]; 6. 32-Chad Stapleton[7]; 7. 20-Tyler Neal[8]; 8. 18L-Trevor Landrum[6]; 9. 6-Clay Harris[10], 10. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[9] Simpson Race Products Heat Race #4 Finish (8 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O'Neal[3]; 2. 15R-James Rice[2]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[1]; 5. C7-Adam Stricker[6]; 6. 22F-Chris Ferguson[8]; 7. P3-Steve Peeden[7]; 8. 22X-Matt Boknecht[5]; 9. 23-Keegan Cox[9] Fast Shafts B-Main Race #1 Finish (8 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[3]; 2. 17SR-Brody Smith[1]; 3. 11C-Tyler Collins[7]; 4. 21R-Colby Reed[2]; 5. D48-Derek Groomer[9]; 6. 93F-Carson Ferguson[6]; 7. 17W-Lee Williams[11]; 8. S21-Seth Daniels[5]; 9. (DNS) 35-Dustin Linville; 10. (DNS) 76S-Shelby Miles; 11. (DNS) JD3-Jack Dossey III; 12. (DNS) 48J-Jug Wethington UNOH B-Main Race #2 Finish (9 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 8-Dillon McCowan[1]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[4]; 3. 32-Chad Stapleton[3]; 4. 18L-Trevor Landrum[7]; 5. P3-Steve Peeden[6]; 6. 20-Tyler Neal[5]; 7. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[9]; 8. 22X-Matt Boknecht[8]; 9. 6-Clay Harris[11]; 10. (DNS) C7-Adam Stricker; 11. (DNS) 23-Keegan Cox 47th Annual Jackson 100 | Feature Finish (100 Laps): Pos - Start - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Earnings 1 - 9 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - $56,900 2 - 6 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - $21,000 3 - 14 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - $10,900 4 - 1 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - $9,300 5 - 12 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - $8,300 6 - 3 - 99JR - Frank Heckenast Jr - Frankfort, IL - $6,000 7 - 4 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - $5,800 8 - 5 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - $5,000 9 - 10 - 49 - Jonathan Davenport - Blairsville, GA - $3,800 10 - 24 - 93F - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - $4,500 11 - 18 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - $4,300 12 - 13 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - $4,100 13 - 17 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - $3,900 14 - 23 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - $3,500 15 - 15 - 157 - Mike Marlar - Winfield, TN - $2,400 16 - 2 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - $3,200 17 - 22 - 32 - Chad Stapleton - Edinburgh, IN - $2,200 18 - 25 - D48 - Derek Groomer - Bloomington, IN - $2,100 19 - 11 - 12J - Jason Jameson - Lawrenceburg, IN - $2,000 20 - 7 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - $2,900 21 - 19 - 17SR - Brody Smith - Dade City, FL - $2,000 22 - 20 - 22F - Chris Ferguson - Mt. Holly, NC - $2,000 23 - 16 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - $2,900 24 - 8 - 15R - James Rice - Verona, KY - $2,000 25 - 21 - 11C - Tyler Collins - North Vernon, IN - $2,000 Race Statistics Entrants: 39 Bilstein Shocks Pole Sitter: Ricky Thornton, Jr. MD3 Lap Leaders: Ricky Thornton, Jr. (Lap 1); Kyle Bronson (Laps 2-23); Brian Shirley (Laps 24-100) Hellraizer Jacks Halfway Leader: Brian Shirley Wieland Feature Winner: Brian Shirley Margin of Victory: 0.646 seconds Hellraizer Jacks Cautions: Jason Jameson, Brody Smith, Chad Stapleton (initial start); Tyler Collins, Dan Ebert, Clay Harris (Lap 2); Derek Groomer (Lap 86) MyRacePass Series Provisional: Clay Harris; Carson Ferguson Fast Time Provisional: n/a Emergency Provisionals: n/a Track Provisional: Derek Groomer Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Brian Shirley, Josh Rice, Max Blair Penske Shocks Top 5: Brian Shirley, Josh Rice, Max Blair, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Devin Moran Behrent’s One-Lap-to-Go Top 3: Brian Shirley, Josh Rice, Max Blair PEM 4th Place Feature: Ricky Thornton, Jr. Diversified Machine 5th Place Feature: Devin Moran Wilwood Brakes 7th Place Feature: Hudson O’Neal Wehrs Machine 11th Place Feature: Dillon McCowan Velocity Manufacturing 13th Place Feature: Dan Ebert XS Power Batteries 15th Place Feature: Mike Marlar Hoker Trucking Hard Charger of the Race: Carson Ferguson (Advanced 14 positions) MD3 Most Laps Led: Brian Shirley (77 Laps) Sunoco Race Fuels Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Josh Rice Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Brandon Sheppard O’Reilly Auto Parts Rookie of the Race: Josh Rice Pro Fabrication Headers Fastest Lap of the Race: Frank Heckenast, Jr. | Lap 7 | 14.641 seconds FK Rod Ends Hard Luck Award: Clay Harris Victory Fuel Power Move of the Race: Max Blair Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Anthony Martin ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Durham Race Engines Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Longhorn Chassis Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Hudson O’Neal | 14.0493 seconds Time of Race: 36 minutes 35 seconds Big River Steel Championship Standings Presented by ARP: Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Earnings 1 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 6725 - $278,500 2 - 71 - Hudson O'Neal - Martinsville, IN - 6705 - $265,500 3 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 6600 - $321,374 4 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 6230 - $252,425 5 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 6230 - $162,700 6 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 6125 - $164,025 7 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - 5880 - $214,275 8 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - 5800 - $166,700 9 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 5635 - $122,825 10 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 5410 - $105,975 11 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 5365 - $99,050 12 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - 5345 - $92,175 13 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 5280 - $147,975 14 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - 5195 - $118,525 15 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 4640 - $66,700 16 - 17SS - Brenden Smith - Dade City, FL - 4290 - $53,125 17 - 93L - Cory Lawler - Hanover, PA - 3970 - $34,475 Big River Steel Top 5 Bonus Standings Presented by ARP ($100,000): Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Gap 1 - 20RT - Ricky Thornton Jr - Chandler, AZ - 210 - 0 2 - 99 - Devin Moran - Dresden, OH - 205 - -5 3 - 71 - Hudson O’Neal - Martinsville, IN - 195 - -15 4 - 1 - Brandon Sheppard - New Berlin, IL - 190 - -20 5 - 76 - Brandon Overton - Evans, GA - 170 - -40 Big River Steel 6th-15th Bonus Standings Presented by ARP ($25,000): Pos - Car # - Competitor - Hometown - Points - Gap 1 - 3s - Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL - 250 - 0 2 - 11 - Josh Rice - Crittenden, KY - 240 - -10 3 - 111 - Max Blair - Centerville, PA - 220 - -30 4 - 93 - Carson Ferguson - Lincolnton, NC - 180 - -70 5 - 8 - Dillon McCowan - Urbana, MO - 175 - -75 6 - 60 - Dan Ebert - Lake Shore, MN - 165 - -85 7 - 6 - Clay Harris - Jupiter, FL - 160 - -90 8 - 40B - Kyle Bronson - Brandon, FL - 150 - -100 9 - 58 - Garrett Alberson - Las Cruces, NM - 130 - -120 10 - 22 - Daniel Hilsabeck - Earlham, IA - 125 - -125 Article Credit: James Essex Submitted By: Jeremy Shields Back to News