Ricky Thornton Jr. claimed his first-career Super Late Model crown jewel win on Saturday night at Portsmouth Raceway Park. Surging late in the race Ricky scored the $100,000 win in the 41st annual General Tire Dirt Track World Championship aboard his No. 20RT Dyno One Inc./ Excel Floor Covering/ Sub-Surface of Indiana/ Longhorn Chassis/ Clements…

After Mother Nature wiped out the second attempt at the Mountain Moonshine Classic on Friday Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tenn.), Ricky Thornton Jr. followed the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) to Dixie Speedway (Woodstock, Ga.) on Saturday evening for the Dixie Shootout. In a field of 39 cars, Thornton Jr. edged his way…

Ricky Thornton Jr. and the SSI Motorsports team picked back up with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) on Friday evening at Raceway 7 (Conneaut, Ohio) for the Great Lakes 50. With a fourth-place finish in his heat placing him 10th on the starting grid for the opening night feature, Ricky dropped three…