KOKOMO, Ind. — In his second race at “Indiana’s Baddest Bullring,” Oregon native Tanner Holmes put on a masterclass to win Driven2SaveLives Sunday Funday.
Leading all 35 laps at Kokomo Speedway, the Buch Motorsports No.13 pilot was untouchable en route to his second win with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing.
Starting outside the front row, Holmes ripped past polesitter Kasey Jedrzejek’s CJB Motorsports No. 5 on the start and never looked back.
Battling through lap traffic for the first 32 laps until a caution flew, Holmes amassed a near three-second lead at one point while Daison Pursley and Chase Randall waged war behind him.
A Lap-32 caution created a restart with three laps left and gave us one big slider from Randall, but an even bigger decision to stay flat-out full throttle when Holmes saw the No. 9r coming right at him and he never lifted to drive around him.
That sealed the deal on Holmes’ second-career Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing win – both trips to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane coming in Roto-Rooter Midweek Series competition.
Prior to his Driven2SaveLives Sunday Funday score, he first triumphed during the Iowa Lottery Shelby County Showdown in June.
Randall, who came so close to pulling off a stunner on the last restart, settled for a second-place finish. It was his first podium of the season and marks his career-best finish with High Limit as he continues to chase his first win.
Fresh off his sixth-career 4-Crown title (in Silver Crown) the night before at Eldora, Pursley used that momentum to produce his third podium result of the season with High Limit – taking the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 9 to a third-place effort.
Kasey Jedrzejek and Justin Peck completed the top five.
Finishing, Brent Marks did enough to secure the 2026 Roto-Rooter Midweek Series title and earn a $25,000 bonus for the Chase Briscoe Racing, Magical Vacation Planner No.19 team.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]; 2. 9R-Chase Randall[4]; 3. 9-Daison Pursley[3]; 4. 5-Kasey Jedrzejek[1]; 5. 26-Justin Peck[10]; 6. 66-Ryan Newton[5]; 7. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[8]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 9. 88-Tanner Thorson[17]; 10. 71-Parker Price Miller[9]; 11. 87-Aaron Reutzel[22]; 12. 19-Brent Marks[7]; 13. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[14]; 14. 10-Ryan Timms[16]; 15. 42-Sye Lynch[13]; 16. 24D-Danny Sams III[15]; 17. 49X-Zeth Sabo[11]; 18. 2MD-Darin Naida[20]; 19. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[18]; 20. 1A-Cameron Smith[23]; 21. 24T-Christopher Thram[21]; 22. 24S-Logan Seavey[24]; 23. 14-Zane DeVault[12]; 24. 17GP-Kerry Madsen[19]
