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Thornton Nabs Second Consecutive Super Nationals Late Model Championship

Ricky Thornton Jr. kicked off the 38th Annual IMCA Super Nationals at Boone (Iowa) Speedway on Monday night in triumphant fashion.

Piloting the Todd Cooney-owned No. 30 Spangler Automotive/ May Properties/ Capital Race Cars entry, Thornton won the opening night Late Model IMCA Super Nationals championship for the second consecutive year.

“It was really hard this year,. I tried high, I tried low and I was finally able to move by him (Aikey) for the lead,” Thornton said. “Every Super Nationals championship is special,” said Thornton, also the 2016 Modified king, “but this one means a lot because we really had to work for it.”

With 32 entries registered for the event, Thornton charged from sixth to grab a heat race victory, locking him into the seventh starting position for the 50-lap main event. Taking the lead from Jeff Aikey on the 32nd circuit, Thornton then led Richie Gustin through lapped traffic through the $3,000 checkers. Gustin was second, Aikey was third, while Andy Nezworski, and Jesse Sobbing rounded out the Top-5.

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