Goldesberry, Sparks claim open wheel night A-main victories

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 20, 2023 – On a night when nothing but open wheel race cars took to The Plymouth Dirt Track third-mile clay oval in Plymouth, Wis., 31-year racing veteran Lance Fassbender of Burnett led all 25 laps on the way to his first Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing – Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main victory of the 2023 season Saturday, May 20.

In the 30-lap Frank Filskov Memorial Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series A main, 2022 IRA champion Jordan Goldesberry of Springfield, Ill. emerged from a thrilling late-race duel with 10-time IRA champ Bill Balog of Hartland and two-time IRA champion Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, Ill. to claim his second IRA A-main victory of the 2023 season.

Jace Sparks of Crystal Lake, Ill. led every lap of the 25-lap main event to notch his first career Badger Midgets A-main victory.

After starting on the pole of the 25-lap PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car A main, 2008 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing and 2005 Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender jumped into the lead on the drop of the green flag utilizing the preferred low groove, followed by 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Ben Schmidt of Plymouth, who started third, in second.

On lap 3, fifth starter Alex Pokorski of West Bend slipped past the high-riding machine of two-time PDTR and five-time MSA 360 Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee, who started second, to move into third.

As Fassbender built up a solid lead in the early going, the first of third caution flags in the event appeared on lap six when two-time PDTR and MSA 360 Sprint Car champion Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls spun to a stop in turn two.

Following the restart, Pokorski maneuvered past Schmidt to assume second on lap 7. Fassbender caught the rear of the field on lap 12, which allowed Pokorski to cut the gap. While closing in on Fassbender for the lead, a potential career-best finish for Pokorski was derailed when he was collected after rookie T.J. Haddy of Waupun and Chris Larson of Franksville made contact in turn four.

Fassbender controlled the lead after the ensuing restart and built up a half-straight away cushion over Schmidt by lap 22. As the leaders closed in on slower traffic, the third and final caution flew when Kurt Davis hit the backstretch wall on lap 28.

Fassbender was not to be denied on the final restart as he cruised to his eighth career PDTR 360 Sprint A-main victory and 22^nd career MSA 360 Sprint Car main event triumph.

Schmidt placed second, seventh starter Chris Clayton of Waldo finished a strong third, fourth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend took fourth and two-time PDTR and four-time MSA 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh moved up from the eighth starting spot to round out the top five.

“I was actually glad to see that final caution come out because those lapped cars were going to be really hard to get around at the end,” Fassbender said.

Polesitter Jake Blackhurst raced into the lead on the opening lap of the 30-lap IRA 410 Sprint Car Frank Filskov Memorial A main. On lap five, fourth starter Bill Balog used the outside groove to power into the lead in turn one.

The first of two caution flags appeared on lap six when Josh Schneiderman of West Burlington, Iowa spun in turn four. Following the restart, Jordan Goldesberry, who started fifth, used a low move to slip past Blackhurst into second.

As the cushion-pounding Balog caught lapped traffic on lap 13, Goldesberry closed considerably along the low line. The second and final caution flag of the race then appeared on the following lap as Tyler Tischendorf of Waupaca and Ion Stear of Hebron, Ill. make contact in turn third.

Goldesberry continued to hound Balog for the lead over the next six laps before surging ahead in turn four on lap 19. However, Balog battled back to regain the lead on lap 21 in turn two.

On the next lap, Blackhurst reentered the lead battle as Balog, Goldesberry and Blackhurst went into turn three three-wide with Blackhurst emerging in the lead exiting turn four.

As the leaders weaved their way through slower traffic, Balog regained the top spot in turn two as he continued to stick with the high line. Goldesberry remained patient along the low line to move back into the lead exiting turn four on lap 29.

On the final lap, Balog attempted to make one final bid for the lead, but he spun into the wall along the far outside portion of the track in turn four as Goldesberry crossed the finish line at the head of the pack to secure his ninth career IRA Sprint Car Series A-main victory.

“I didn’t have an idea we were going to be that good in the A main,” Goldesberry said. “As the race went on, I knew lapped traffic would be a problem running down low. I didn’t know if we would be as fast the guys running the top, but luckily it turned out in our favor.”

Russel Borland, who started eighth, charged up to finish a career-best second, IRA rookie Brenham Crouch of Lubbock, Texas, started and finished third, two-time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel of Beaver Dam placed fourth after starting eighth and Blackhurst placed fifth.

Polesitter Jace Sparks assumed the top spot on the opening lap of the 25-lap Badger Midget A main as fifth starter Brandon Waelti of Sun Prairie used a strong start to move into second.

The lone caution of the race appeared on lap five when Tommy Colburn of New Berlin spun in turn four on lap 5. Three laps later, Waelti closed in to challenge the low-riding Sparks along the low line.

The leaders remained in lock-step order along the inside groove until Sparks caught the rear of the field on lap 21. Waelti then drifted out of the preferred low line on lap 22 which allowed the third place car of Cody Weisensel of Sun Prairie, who started fourth, to move into second.

Sparks held on over the final three laps to secure his first career Badger Midgets A-main victory. Weisensel placed second, sixth starter Todd Kluever of Sun Prairie placed third, Daltyn England of Springfield, Ill., who started ninth, placed fourth and seventh starter Kyle Stark of Marshall rounded out the top five.

Travis Arenz (PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars), Anthony Knierim of Franksville (IRA 410 Sprint Cars) and R.J. Corson of Markham, Ill. (Badger Midgets) each claimed B-main victories.

Ben Schmidt earned top PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car qualifying honors with a lap of 13.331 seconds.

Mike Reinke of Howards Grove was the top IRA 410 Sprint Series qualifier with a fast lap of 11.695 seconds.

Todd Kluever collected Badger Midgets fast qualifier accolades with a lap of 14.017 seconds.

The third event of the 2023 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Hopf Farms, drew a total of 89 cars, including 27 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 31 IRA 410 Sprint Cars and 31 Badger Midgets

After taking the Memorial Day weekend off, The Plymouth Dirt Track will host the Rayce Rudeen Foundation $26,000-to-win Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions-Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series event on Saturday, June 3. The PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars will also be on the card for the all-Sprint Car event.

Pit gates open at 2 p.m., followed by grandstand gates at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m.

Advance tickets for the Rayce Rudeen Foundation event are available on My Race Pass.

The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds is located at 229 Fairview Drive in Plymouth, Wis. For more information, visit www.plymouthdtr.com or check out Plymouth Dirt Track Racing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

 A Main (25 Laps): 1. 7-Lance Fassbender [1]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt [3]; 3. 2-Chris Clayton [7]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [4]; 5. 98-Brandon McMullen [8]; 6. 11-Tim Haddy [10]; 7. 30-Doug Wondra [6]; 8. 66-Nick Daywalt [11]; 9. 53-Shane Wenninger [17]; 10. 22B-Brandon Berth [9]; 11. 69S-TJ Smith [18]; 12. 69-Bill Taylor [21]; 13. 85J-Logan Julien [13]; 14. 4-Alex Pokorski [5]; 15. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [19]; 16. 51-Chris Larson [20]; 17. 54G-Scott Grissom [14]; 18. 53A-Paul Pokorski [15]; 19. 6K-Kurt Davis [2]; 20. (DNF) 3-Justin Erickson [12]; 21. (DNF) 21H-TJ Haddy [22]; 22. (DNF) 25T-Travis Arenz [16]

B Main (10 Laps): 1. 25T-Travis Arenz [10]; 2. 53-Shane Wenninger [6]; 3. 69S-TJ Smith [3]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [1]; 5. 51-Chris Larson [2]; 6. 69-Bill Taylor [8]; 7. 1-Tommy Colburn [9]; 8. 5-Kevin Seidler [4]; 9. 66T-Tristan Koenings [7]; 10. 54-Randy Post [5]; 11. (DNS) 12P-JJ Pagel

Heat 1: 1. 98-Brandon McMullen [3]; 2. 7-Lance Fassbender [1]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 4. 11-Tim Haddy [5]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson [7]; 6. 53-Shane Wenninger [2]; 7. 69S-TJ Smith [8]; 8. 69-Bill Taylor [6]; 9. 66T-Tristan Koenings [9]

Heat 2: 1. 30-Doug Wondra [1]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [2]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien [4]; 5. 66-Nick Daywalt [7]; 6. 51-Chris Larson [6]; 7. 5-Kevin Seidler [8]; 8. 1-Tommy Colburn [5]; 9. (DNS) 25T-Travis Arenz

Heat 3: 1. 2-Chris Clayton [1]; 2. 4-Alex Pokorski [3]; 3. 6K-Kurt Davis [4]; 4. 53A-Paul Pokorski [2]; 5. 54G-Scott Grissom [5]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [6]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy [9]; 8. 54-Randy Post [8]; 9. (DNF) 12P-JJ Pagel [7]

Qualifying 1 (10 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.331 [1]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen, 13.376 [7]; 3. 53-Shane Wenninger, 13.780 [4]; 4. 7-Lance Fassbender, 13.789 [5]; 5. 11-Tim Haddy, 13.813 [8]; 6. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.847 [3]; 7. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.879 [9]; 8. 69S-TJ Smith, 14.641 [6]; 9. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 14.733 [2]

Qualifying 2 (10 Laps): 1. 25T-Travis Arenz, 13.343 [6]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.527 [5]; 3. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.630 [1]; 4. 30-Doug Wondra, 13.678 [7]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien, 13.795 [3]; 6. 1-Tommy Colburn, 13.955 [8]; 7. 51-Chris Larson, 14.088 [4]; 8. 66-Nick Daywalt, 14.417 [2]; 9. 5-Kevin Seidler, 14.672 [9]

Qualifying 3 (10 Laps): 1. 6K-Kurt Davis, 13.349 [1]; 2. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.540 [5]; 3. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 13.992 [7]; 4. 2-Chris Clayton, 14.378 [4]; 5. 54G-Scott Grissom, 14.385 [8]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 14.431 [3]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy, 14.790 [9]; 8. 12P-JJ Pagel, 14.793 [2]; 9. 54-Randy Post, 14.901 [6]

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION 410 SPRINT CARS

A Main (30 Laps): 1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [5]; 2. 23-Russel Borland [8]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch [3]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst [1]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel [6]; 6. 35-Zach Hampton [2]; 7. 3N-Jake Neuman [13]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann [9]; 9. 10W-Mike Reinke [7]; 10. 79-Blake Nimee [12]; 11. 10V-Kurt Davis [17]; 12. 9K-Kyle Schuett [16]; 13. U2-Jack Vanderboom [10]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz [14]; 15. 21-Will Gerrits [18]; 16. 88-Christopher Flick [20]; 17. 16-Anthony Knierim [19]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer [24]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech [22]; 20. 25-Danny Schlafer [15]; 21. 17B-Bill Balog [4]; 22. 19CW-Ion Stear [23]; 23. 49-Josh Schneiderman [11]; 24. 26-Tyler Tischendorf [21]

B Main (12 Laps): 1. 16-Anthony Knierim [1]; 2. 88-Christopher Flick [4]; 3. 26-Tyler Tischendorf [5]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech [3]; 5. 19CW-Ion Stear [10]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer [2]; 7. 99-Tyler Brabant [7]; 8. 3B-Shelby Bosie [13]; 9. 25T-Travis Arenz [12]; 10. 26R-Preston Ruh [6]; 11. 24-Scott Conger [8]; 12. 39V-William Huck [9]; 13. (DNS) 47-Todd King

Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 96-Jake Blackhurst [1]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch [3]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [5]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke [2]; 5. 87A-Austin Hartmann [4]

Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 35-Zach Hampton [1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog [2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel [4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland [3]; 5. U2-Jack Vanderboom [5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Brenham Crouch [2]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst [3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke [4]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer [6]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett [9]; 6. 10V-Kurt Davis [7]; 7. 16-Anthony Knierim [1]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer [5]; 9. 24-Scott Conger [8]; 10. 19CW-Ion Stear [10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog [2]; 2. 49-Josh Schneiderman [1]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee [6]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman [5]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [3]; 6. 35-Zach Hampton [4]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech [7]; 8. 26R-Preston Ruh [8]; 9. 39V-William Huck [9]; 10. (DNF) 47-Todd King [10]; 11. (DNS) 3B-Shelby Bosie

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Russel Borland [1]; 2. U2-Jack Vanderboom [3]; 3. 87A-Austin Hartmann [2]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz [5]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel [4]; 6. 21-Will Gerrits [7]; 7. 88-Christopher Flick [9]; 8. 26-Tyler Tischendorf [8]; 9. (DNF) 25T-Travis Arenz [10]; 10. (DNF) 99-Tyler Brabant [6]

Qualifying: 1. 10W-Mike Reinke, 11.695 [3]; 2. 35-Zach Hampton, 11.791 [6]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 11.879 [1]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 11.944 [5]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 11.948 [19]; 6. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 12.058 [10]; 7. 1-Brenham Crouch, 12.123 [4]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.135 [29]; 9. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 12.140 [9]; 10. 16-Anthony Knierim, 12.216 [14]; 11. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 12.234 [16]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 12.287 [7]; 13. 29-Hunter Custer, 12.320 [2]; 14. 3N-Jake Neuman, 12.357 [15]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.367 [25]; 16. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.417 [24]; 17. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.486 [27]; 18. 99-Tyler Brabant, 12.528 [13]; 19. 10V-Kurt Davis, 12.529 [11]; 20. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.562 [22]; 21. 21-Will Gerrits, 12.689 [12]; 22. 24-Scott Conger, 12.767 [17]; 23. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 12.840 [8]; 24. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 12.842 [28]; 25. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 13.011 [26]; 26. 26R-Preston Ruh, 13.182 [18]; 27. 88-Christopher Flick, 13.224 [23]; 28. 19CW-Ion Stear, 13.367 [21]; 29. 39V-William Huck, 14.031 [31]; 30. 25T-Travis Arenz [20]; 31. 47-Todd King [30]

Hot Laps: 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 11.771 [29]; 2. 35-Zach Hampton, 12.031 [6]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 12.074 [26]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 12.094 [5]; 5. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 12.123 [16]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.151 [4]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 12.304 [1]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 12.376 [9]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.377 [19]; 10. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 12.434 [8]; 11. 23-Russel Borland, 12.527 [7]; 12. 10W-Mike Reinke, 12.533 [3]; 13. 3N-Jake Neuman, 12.571 [15]; 14. 47-Todd King, 12.581 [30]; 15. 16-Anthony Knierim, 12.606 [14]; 16. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 12.617 [28]; 17. 19CW-Ion Stear, 12.637 [21]; 18. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.740 [27]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.752 [25]; 20. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.759 [24]; 21. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.761 [22]; 22. 10V-Kurt Davis, 12.811 [11]; 23. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 12.847 [10]; 24. 99-Tyler Brabant, 13.031 [13]; 25. 29-Hunter Custer, 13.068 [2]; 26. 24-Scott Conger, 13.096 [17]; 27. 21-Will Gerrits, 13.236 [12]; 28. 26R-Preston Ruh, 13.330 [18]; 29. 88-Christopher Flick, 13.478 [23]; 30. 39V-William Huck, 13.789 [31]; 31. 25T-Travis Arenz, 13.789 [20]

BADGER MIDGETS

Advanced Fastening Supply AFS A Main (25 Laps): 1. 40-Jace Sparks [1]; 2. 20-Cody Weisensel [4]; 3. 55-Todd Kluever [6]; 4. 19E-Daltyn England [9]; 5. 2-Kyle Stark [7]; 6. 9S-Mike Stroik [2]; 7. 57-Daniel Robinson [3]; 8. 3W-Brandon Waelti [5]; 9. 36-Chris Baue [17]; 10. 5K-Kevin Douglas [8]; 11. 15C-RJ Corson (16]; 12. 28-Jim Fuerst [22]; 13. 29-Harrison Kleven [19]; 14. 7-Brian Peterson [13]; 15. 87-Jake Dohner [18]; 16. 10A-Tommy Colburn [11]; 17. 68-Eric Blumer [21]; 18. 8-Jake Goeglein [15]; 19. 53M-Miles Doherty [20]; 20. 59-Kyle Koch [12]; 21. (DNF) 56-Charles Rufi [10]; 22. (DNF) 40JR-Dave Collins Jr. [14]

High Performance Lubricants B Main (12 Laps): 1. 15C-RJ Corson [3]; 2. 36-Chris Baue [5]; 3. 87-Jake Dohner [4]; 4. 29-Harrison Kleven [7]; 5. 53M-Miles Doherty [9]; 6. 68-Eric Blumer [11]; 7. 28-Jim Fuerst [6]; 8. 31-Shay Sassano [1]; 9. 1W-Robby Wirth [13]; 10. 45-Trey Weishoff [2]; 11. 10-Denny Smith [8]; 12. 17-Nick Kilian [10]; 13. (DNF) 41-Parker Jones [12]

Behlings Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Todd Kluever [8]; 2. 19E-Daltyn England [3]; 3. 40-Jace Sparks [5]; 4. 7-Brian Peterson [1]; 5. 10A-Tommy Colburn [2]; 6. 31-Shay Sassano [4]; 7. (DNF) 5X-Adam Taylor [6]; 8. (DNS) 38-Matt Rechek

Simpson Race Products Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Kyle Stark [4]; 2. 57-Daniel Robinson [5]; 3. 3W-Brandon Waelti [7]; 4. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr [1]; 5. 59-Kyle Koch [2]; 6. 53M-Miles Doherty [8]; 7. 15C-RJ Corson [3]; 8. (DNF) 6B-Mitchell Davis [6]

Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5K-Kevin Douglas [5]; 2. 20-Cody Weisensel [7]; 3. 9S-Mike Stroik [6]; 4. 56-Charles Rufi [3]; 5. 8-Jake Goeglein [1]; 6. 45-Trey Weishoff [2]; 7. (DNS) 87-Jake Dohner; 8. (DQ) 36-Chris Baue [8]

FiveOne Motorsports Fast Time Qualifying  (25 Laps): 1. 55-Todd Kluever, 14.017 [14]; 2. 3W-Brandon Waelti, 14.061 [15]; 3. 36-Chris Baue, 14.191 [9]; 4. 38-Matt Rechek, 14.218 [18]; 5. 6B-Mitchell Davis, 14.289 [28]; 6. 20-Cody Weisensel, 14.460 [17]; 7. 5X-Adam Taylor, 14.536 [4]; 8. 57-Daniel Robinson, 14.560 [21]; 9. 9S-Mike Stroik, 14.628 [23]; 10. 40-Jace Sparks, 14.913 [30]; 11. 2-Kyle Stark, 14.920 [5]; 12. 5K-Kevin Douglas, 14.999 [25]; 13. 31-Shay Sassano, 15.048 [13]; 14. 53M-Miles Doherty, 15.133 [20]; 15. 87-Jake Dohner, 15.138 [6]; 16. 19E-Daltyn England, 15.190 [11]; 17. 15C-RJ Corson,  15.225 [2]; 18. 56-Charles Rufi, 15.250 [12]; 19. 10A-Tommy Colburn, 15.251 [19]; 20. 59-Kyle Koch, 15.261 [16]; 21. 45-Trey Weishoff, 15.308 [31]; 22. 7-Brian Peterson, 15.338 [22]; 23. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr, 15.649 [1]; 24. 8-Jake Goeglein, 15.776 [29]; 25. 10-Denny Smith, 15.856 [24]; 26. 29-Harrison Kleven, 15.860 [3]; 27. 28-Jim Fuerst, 15.894 [26]; 28. 41-Parker Jones, 15.982 [7]; 29. 1W-Robby Wirth, 16.472 [27]; 30. 68-Eric Blumer, 16.857 [8]; 31. (DNS) 17-Nick Kilian, 16.857

Madison Extinguisher Service Non Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 28-Jim Fuerst [1]; 2. 68-Eric Blumer [5]; 3. 41-Parker Jones [6]; 4. 29-Harrison Kleven [2]; 5. 10-Denny Smith [3]; 6. 1W-Robby Wirth [4]; 7. 17-Nick Kilian [7]

McMullen, Sorce, Sheppard notch A-main triumphs

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 13, 2023 – One week after leading all but the final two laps of the inaugural Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Super Six Late Model Series main event, Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha was not to be denied in the second Super Six Late Model Series A main of the 2023 season, as he led all 30 laps en route to victory on Saturday, May 13 at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis.

Two-time Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh utilized a start strong and an impressive finish in heavy lapped traffic to claim his first 25-lap Akright Auto 360 Sprint Car A-main victory of the 2023 season.

Will Sorce of Franklin successfully worked the middle and outside groove of the wide, smooth and slick track surface to punch his first ticket to Plymouth Dirt Track Racing main event victory lane in 2023 in the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National A main.

2018 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing B Mod champion Tim Sheppard of Beaver Dam led flag-to-flag on the way to his initial main event triumph of the 2023 campaign in the 25-lap Next Step Insurance B Mod A main.

For the second week in a row, Taylor Scheffler started on the pole of the 30-lap 106.5 The Buzz Super Six Late Model Series A main and bolted into lead on the drop of the green flag with five-time defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland sliding into second from his fourth starting spot on lap 2.

On lap 5, Scheffler caught the rear of the field and began to slice his way through lapped traffic along the outside groove of the historic third-mile clay oval. Five laps later, Scheffler had built up a full straightaway cushion over Schmidt.

On lap 17, Scheffler was briefly slowed by the lapped car of Justin Green of Sheboygan Falls, which allowed Schmidt to cut the gap considerably. After Scheffler slid underneath Green on lap 14, four-time PDTR Late Model champ Brad Mueller of Random Lake moved in from his sixth starting position to pressure third starter Justin Ritchie of New London for third.

Mueller and Ritchie then engaged in three laps of heated back-and-forth dueling for the third spot until the first caution flag was displayed on lap 19 when Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove and the second-place machine of Justin Schmidt collided in turn four.

On the restart, Mueller worked past Ritchie into second and attempted to close the gap on the high-riding Scheffler along the outside line. The second caution flag of the race was displayed on lap 24 when Sawyer Specht of Sheboygan Falls spun into the turn four wall.

Following a green-white-checkered single-file restart, Scheffler held off Mueller over the final two laps en route to his seventh career PDTR Late Model A-main victory.

“It felt good to get this win tonight, especially after how the race ended last week,” Scheffler said. “I hit my marks and didn’t mess up tonight.”

Mueller, who edged Scheffler to claim the inaugural Super Six Late Model Series main event victory on May 6, had to settle for second. Ritchie took third, ninth starter Jim Schmidt of Sheboygan Falls took fourth and Bill Edler of Howards Grove, who started second, placed fifth.

In the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car A main, outside front row starter Brandon McMullen got a huge jump on the drop of the green flag from his outside second row starting spot and powered his way into the lead in turn four on the opening lap as 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Ben Schmidt of Plymouth, who started third, took second in turn two on lap two.

One lap later, Chris Clayton of Waldo spun into the infield in turn three to bring out the first of two caution flags. On the restart, Schmidt attempted to slide his way past McMullen entering turn two, but the four-time Midwest Sprint Car Association champion fended off the challenge to maintain the lead.

On lap 4, 10^th starter Alex Pokorski of West Bend used the high line to pass sixth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend to claim fifth in the running order before working around polesitter Tony Wondra of Campbellsport to grab fourth.

Meanwhile, McMullen built up a full straight away lead over Schmidt by lap 7. One lap later, McMullen caught the rear of the field and began to negotiate slower traffic, which allowed Schmidt to cut the gap.

Schmidt worked the high line to reel in McMullen on lap 13 before the second and final caution flag appeared when Chris Larson of Franksville spun into the infield in turn three.

On the restart, 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Lance Fassbender of Burnett, who started seventh, ducked under Schmidt to assume second before Pokorski moved past Schmidt on lap 15 to take over third.

Over the final 10 laps, McMullen weaved his way through dense lapped traffic with Fassbender and Pokorski following close behind as the groove moved to the bottom of the track as rubber built up on the racing surface.

McMullen successfully negotiated the slower cars on the way to his division-leading 28^th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car and 39^th career Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main triumph.

“We normally don’t start the year too well, so it feels good to get one out of the gate,” McMullen said. “I saw Lance [Fassbender] on the restart and knew I had to get going. The crew always gives me a great car and I couldn’t do this without them.”

McMullen dedicated the victory to late PDTR 360 Sprint Car competitor Cole Possi of Rock, Mich., who passed away in March.

“This win is for Cole Possi,” he said. “It’s terrible what happened to him. I wish he were here tonight racing with us tonight.”

Fassbender placed second, Pokorski finished a career-best third, Tyler Brabant of Waupun placed fourth after starting 12^th and eighth starter Will Gerrits of Waupun rounded out the top five.

Polesitter Dustin Weiss of Iron Ridge and second starter Brad Weiss of Cascade waged a heated side-by-side battle with the top spot for the first five laps of the 25-lap Grand National main event.

Dustin Weiss finally surged ahead in turn four on lap six before 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Sheboygan, who started eighth, sixth starter Will Sorce and Weiss went three wide for second with Sorce grabbing the runner-up spot on lap 10.

Two laps later, Sorce worked the high groove to surge past Weiss into the lead, while seventh starter Justin Pearson of Horicon followed Sorce along the outside lane to take second on lap 13.

As Sorce settled into the middle groove of the third-mile clay oval, Pearson used a slightly higher line to try to reel in the leader. Pearson closed the gap momentarily on lap 20 before Sorce used some nifty moves in lapped traffic to pull away en route to his fifth career PDTR A-main triumph in the caution-free race.

Pearson took second, Donny Kulow of Plymouth, who started third, placed third, Dustin Weiss placed fourth and Brad Weiss completed the top five.

Polesitter Tim Sheppard bolted into the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap B Mod main event as outside front row starter Marcus Hoeppner of Rubicon settled into second.

On lap five, 2022 PDTR B Mod champ Andy Welter of Cedarburg, who started fourth dueled with third starter Shane Long of Sheboygan Falls for third. By lap 8, Sheppard had built up a half-lap lead over Hoeppner.

Sheppard caught the rear of the field on lap 11 as ninth starter Barry Maas of Cascade worked his way into third on lap 14 using the high groove.

Over the final 11 laps, Sheppard continued to pull away from the field on the way to his second career PDTR B Mod A-main victory in the non-stop event.

Hoeppner finished second, seventh starter Travis Schmidt of Plymouth placed third, Long finished fourth and Steve Lorier of Sheboygan worked his way up from the 10^th starting spot to finish fifth.

Bill Taylor of Boltonville won the 12-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car B main.

Mitch McGrath of Waukesha was the top qualifier in the Late Model group qualifying session with a lap of 13.596 seconds.

Brandon McMullen turned the fastest overall lap in 360 Sprint Car group qualifying with a lap of 12.907 seconds.

The second event of the 2023 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by the city of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department, drew a total of 81 cars, including 17 Late Models, 28 360 Sprint Cars, 18 Grand Nationals and 18 B Mods.

The Plymouth Dirt Track will host an all-open wheel event on Saturday, May 20, featuring the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series, Plymouth Dirt Track Racing-Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Cars and Badger Midgets.

Pit gates open at 2 p.m., followed by grandstand gates at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m.

The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds is located at 229 Fairview Drive in Plymouth, Wis. For more information, visit www.plymouthdtr.com or check out Plymouth Dirt Track Racing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

106.5 THE BUZZ SUPER SIX LATE MODEL SERIES

A Main (30 Laps): 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [1]; 2. 89-Brad Mueller [6]; 3. 70-Justin Ritchie [3]; 4. 79-Jim Schmidt [9]; 5. 77-Bill Edler [2]; 6. 9Z-Jayme Zidar [11]; 7. 9N-Tom Naeyaert [7]; 8. 24-Turk Letizia [5]; 9. 54-Kevin Baldry [17]; 10. 55B-Joe Bongiorno [14]; 11. 57M-Eric Michaels [10]; 12. 99-Sawyer Specht [12]; 13. 19J-Justin Green [8]; 14. 97-Justin Schmidt [4]; 15. 22-Charlie Schmidt [13]; 16. 74-Mitch McGrath [16]; 17. (DNS) 5X-Chad Ludwigson

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [3]; 2. 89-Brad Mueller [2]; 3. 79-Jim Schmidt [4]; 4. 22-Charlie Schmidt [1]; 5. 54-Kevin Baldry [6]; 6. (DNF) 55B-Joe Bongiorno [5]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 77-Bill Edler [1]; 2. 24-Turk Letizia [3]; 3. 9N-Tom Naeyaert [4]; 4. 9Z-Jayme Zidar [2]; 5. 57M-Eric Michaels [5]; 6. (DNS) 5X-Chad Ludwigson

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 70-Justin Ritchie [1]; 2. 97-Justin Schmidt [3]; 3. 19J-Justin Green [4]; 4. 99-Sawyer Specht [2]; 5. (DNS) 74-Mitch McGrath

Qualifying 1: 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 13.813; 2. 89-Brad Mueller, 13.919; 3. 22-Charlie Schmidt, 13.988; 4. 79-Jim Schmidt, 14.172; 5. 55B-Joe Bongiorno, 14.377; 6. 54-Kevin Baldry, 14.724

Qualifying 2: 1. 24-Turk Letizia, 13.692; 2. 9Z-Jayme Zidar, 13.828; 3. 77-Bill Edler, 13.908; 4. 9N-Tom Naeyaert, 14.054; 5. 57M-Eric Michaels, 14.768; 6. 5X-Chad Ludwigson, 14.768

Qualifying 3: 1. 74-Mitch McGrath, 13.596; 2. 99-Sawyer Specht, 13.825; 3. 70-Justin Ritchie, 13.899; 4. 97-Justin Schmidt, 14.006; 5. 19J-Justin Green, 14.455

 

AKRIGHT AUTO 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 98-Brandon McMullen [4]; 2. 7-Lance Fassbender [7]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [10]; 4. 99B-Tyler Brabant [12]; 5. 21-Will Gerrits [8]; 6. 11-Tony Wondra [1]; 7. 35-Ben Schmidt [3]; 8. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [6]; 9. 53-Shane Wenninger [5]; 10. 69-Bill Taylor [18]; 11. 3-Justin Erickson [19]; 12. 1-Tommy Colburn [13]; 13. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [11]; 14. 2-Chris Clayton [2]; 15. 85J-Logan Julien [22]; 16. 53A-Spyder Akright [16]; 17. 69S-TJ Smith [15]; 18. 51-Chris Larson [9]; 19. 30-Doug Wondra [14]; 20. 54G-Scott Grissom [17]; 21. 12P-JJ Pagel [21]; 22. 22B-Brandon Berth [23]; 23. 66T-Tristan Koenings [20]

B Main: 1. 69-Bill Taylor [2]; 2. 3-Justin Erickson [4]; 3. 66T-Tristan Koenings [3]; 4. 12P-JJ Pagel [6]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien [10]; 6. 22B-Brandon Berth [7]; 7. 54G-Scott Grissom [1]; 8. 54-Randy Post [5]; 9. 21H-TJ Haddy [12]; 10. 5-Kevin Seidler [9]; 11. 38-Michael Klein [11]; 12. 39-Michael Decker [8]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 53-Shane Wenninger [2]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen [4]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [3]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [5]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson [1]; 6. 12P-JJ Pagel [6]; 7. 39-Michael Decker [7]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 21-Will Gerrits [4]; 2. 2-Chris Clayton [3]; 3. 69S-TJ Smith [6]; 4. 53A-Spyder Akright [2]; 5. 54G-Scott Grissom [1]; 6. 66T-Tristan Koenings [7]; 7. 5-Kevin Seidler [5]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [3]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 3. 30-Doug Wondra [2]; 4. 51-Chris Larson [5]; 5. 69-Bill Taylor [1]; 6. 85J-Logan Julien [6]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy [7]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Lance Fassbender [4]; 2. 11-Tony Wondra [1]; 3. 1-Tommy Colburn [1]; 4. 99B-Tyler Brabant [5]; 5. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 6. 54-Randy Post [6]; 7. 38-Michael Klein [7]

Qualifying 1: 1. 98-Brandon McMullen, 12.907; 2. 4-Alex Pokorski, 12.930; 3. 53-Shane Wenninger, 13.284; 4. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.394; 5. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.529; 6. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.576; 7. 39-Michael Decker, 13.617

Qualifying 2: 1. 21-Will Gerrits, 13.516; 2. 2-Chris Clayton, 13.566; 3. 53A-Spyder Akright, 13.669; 4. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.704; 5. 54G-Scott Grissom, 14.055; 6. 5-Kevin Seidler, 14.279; 7. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 14.280

Qualifying 3: 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.307; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.438; 3. 85J-Logan Julien, 13.856; 4. 30-Doug Wondra, 14.032; 5. 69-Bill Taylor, 14.251; 6. 51-Chris Larson, 14.291; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy, 14.398

Qualifying 4: 1. 7-Lance Fassbender, 13.401; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.755; 3. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.806; 4. 1-Tommy Colburn, 13.836; 5. 99B-Tyler Brabant, 14.101; 6. 54-Randy Post, 14.372; 7. 38-Michael Klein, 15.931

 

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 14X-Will Sorce [6]; 2. E85-Justin Pearson [5]; 3. 95-Donny Kulow [3]; 4. 53W-Dustin Weiss [1]; 5. 53B-Brad Weiss [2]; 6. 34-Steven Weber [4]; 7. 24K-Tyler Kulow [8]; 8. 89-Brian Gilles [7]; 9. 6-Dick Hed [11]; 10. 80-Luke Scholten [17]; 11. 23-Matt Loehr [15]; 12. 6B-Vince Bartolotta [9]; 13. 72E-Chad Espen [12]; 14. 5C-Collin Skindzeleski [10]; 15. 8-Nick Goeman [14]; 16. 55-Don Singer [16]; 17. 42S-Jackson Specht [18]; 18. 15-Derek Kaat [13]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 34-Steven Weber [1]; 2. 89-Brian Gilles [2]; 3. 53W-Dustin Weiss [5]; 4. 6-Dick Hed [4]; 5. 15-Derek Kaat [6]; 6. (DNF) 80-Luke Scholten [3]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 14X-Will Sorce [4]; 2. E85-Justin Pearson [6]; 3. 72E-Chad Espen [1]; 4. 24K-Tyler Kulow [5]; 5. 23-Matt Loehr [3]; 6. 55-Don Singer [2]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 95-Donny Kulow [1]; 2. 53B-Brad Weiss [3]; 3. 5C-Collin Skindzeleski [2]; 4. 6B-Vince Bartolotta [5]; 5. 8-Nick Goeman [4]; 6. 42S-Jackson Specht [6]

 

NEXT STEP INSURANCE B MODS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 29S-Tim Sheppard [1]; 2. 84-Mark Hoeppner [2]; 3. 3-Travis Schmidt [7]; 4. 17S-Shane Long [3]; 5. 66-Steve Lorier [10]; 6. 22M-Barry Maas [9]; 7. 32Z-Andy Welter [4]; 8. 9L-Hunter Larson [6]; 9. 25-Jim Fischer [5]; 10. 29M-Ryan Mech [12]; 11. 59S-Spencer Long [16]; 12. 17-Brandon Knepprath [11]; 13. 5X-Tony Gates [15]; 14. 73-Rory Welch [14]; 15. 28-Rob Szemborski [13]; 16. 19-Parker Glander [18]; 17. 62-James Rautmann [8]; 18. (DNS) 54-Michael Stean

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 84-Mark Hoeppner [1]; 2. 9L-Hunter Larson [2]; 3. 25-Jim Fischer [5]; 4. 62-James Rautmann [6]; 5. 73-Rory Welch [3]; 6. 5X-Tony Gates [4]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 29S-Tim Sheppard [1]; 2. 3-Travis Schmidt [2]; 3. 22M-Barry Maas [3]; 4. 66-Steve Lorier [5]; 5. 28-Rob Szemborski [4]; 6. 19-Parker Glander [6]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 32Z-Andy Welter [3]; 2. 17S-Shane Long [4]; 3. 29M-Ryan Mech [2]; 4. 17-Brandon Knepprath [5]; 5. 59S-Spencer Long [1]; 6. (DNS) 54-Michael Stean

 

Schmidt, Espen, Warner earn opening night main event wins

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 6, 2023 – While the air temperature was leaning on the cold side, the on-track action was anything but, as Plymouth Dirt Track Racing kicked off the 2023 season with a full slate of hotly contested season-opening A-main events Saturday, May 6 at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis.

In the debut event of the Super Six Late Model Series, four-time PDTR Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake outdueled Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha in the closing laps to notch a thrilling season-opening victory in the 30-lap Sheboygan’s Country B93 Late Model headliner.

The PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main featured a heated battle among three former track champions as 2011 champ Ben Schmidt of Plymouth outbattled 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender of Burnett in the early going and fended off a spirited late charge from two-time track champ Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh on the final lap to secure a hard-earned victory in the 25-lap Akright Auto 360 Sprint Car A main.

In the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National A main, Chad Espen of West Bend outclassed the field on the way to victory lane, while two-time PDTR B Mod champion Tim Warner of Malone opened the 2023 PDTR campaign on a strong note by claiming victory in the 25-lap Next Step Insurance B Mod main event.

Taylor Scheffler used his pole position starting spot to seize the lead on the drop of the green flag of the 30-lap Super Six Late Model Series main event. By lap 5, Scheffler had built up a half straight away cushion over third starter Justin Ritchie of New London and on lap 10 his lead grew to a full straight away.

One lap later, Scheffler began to negotiate lapped traffic, which allowed Ritchie to gradually reel in the leader. As the laps wound down, Ritchie cut the gap to a quarter straightaway on lap 23.

Scheffler then found himself boxed in behind a lapped car along the low groove starting on lap 25, which allowed Ritchie and fourth starter Brad Mueller to pull in to challenge for the lead. On lap 28, Mueller ventured up to the high groove to bolt past Ritchie into second place before powering past Scheffler for the lead exiting turn four on the white flag lap.

Mueller went on to nail down his 24^th career PDTR Late Model A-main victory and claim the $1,500 winner’s check in the non-stop event.

Ritchie snuck past Scheffler on the final lap to take second, Scheffler wound up third, Jim Schmidt of Cleveland, who started seventh, placed fourth and Late Model rookie Jayden Schmidt of Seymour, who started 10^th, moved up to finish fifth in his debut appearance in a Late Model at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

“What a way to start the year!” Mueller exclaimed in victory lane. “I tried running the outside a little bit during the race in turns one and two, but the groove was way out there in turns three and four. I wasn’t too sure how it was going to go out there, but I had to try it. I got it to work just enough to get by Taylor at the end. I want to thank the fans for coming out to watch us. I know it’s probably not a lot of fun when it’s this cold, but we appreciate the support.”

Polesitter Lance Fassbender and outside front row starter Ben Schmidt waged an epic side-by-side duel during the first 10 laps of the 25-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main with Fassbender edging ahead of the high-riding Schmidt along the low groove on lap 2.

The two former PDTR and Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car champions dueled back and forth throughout the initial stages of the race until Schmidt ducked low on lap 11 to steal the lead away from Fassbender in turn four.

Three laps later, third starter Brandon McMullen worked his way past Fassbender in thick lapped traffic to take over second and set his sights on the leader. On lap 18, McMullen closed to within striking distance of Schmidt as the leaders weaved their way through heavy lapped traffic on the wide, smooth and slick third-mile clay oval track surface.

On the final circuit, McMullen made a bold move around the outside of Schmidt to briefly surge into the lead in turn three. However, Schmidt battled back to regain the lead exiting turn four en route to his 16^th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car and 33^rd career MSA 360 Sprint Car A-main victory in the caution-free race.

McMullen had to settle for second, Fassbender was third, fourth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend wound up fourth and Alex Pokorski of West Bend finished fifth after starting fifth to equal his career-best 360 Sprint Car A-main showing at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Polesitter Don Singer of Waldo and outside front row starter Chad Espen raced side-by-side for the lead during the opening lap of the 25-lap Grand National A main before Espen rode the high line to take over the top spot in turn four on lap 2.

On lap 5, 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Sheboygan, who started fifth, moved into third, while Espen built up a half straight away lead over Singer on lap 8.

Two laps later, Kulow continued his charge to the front by moving underneath Singer to assume second in turn three. Espen got caught up behind a lapped car on lap 19, which allowed Kulow to close the gap considerably before the lone caution of the race appeared on lap 22 when Nick Goeman of Rubicon and Seth Westimayer of Horicon collided exiting turn four.

Following the single-file restart, Espen pulled away to notch his second career PDTR Grand National A-main victory. Kulow placed second, eighth starter Justin Pearson of Horicon finished third, Will Sorce of Franklin finished fourth after starting ninth and Singer rounded out the top five.

Polesitter Jonathon Baumann of Sheboygan led the opening circuit of the 25-lap B Mod main event before second starter Mark Hoeppner of Rubicon and fifth starter Tim Warner executed a high-low three-wide move to sweep around the sandwiched car of Baumann with Warner emerging with the lead along the low groove in turn three.

Warner wasted little time building up a solid lead before four consecutive caution flags for multi-car spins and collisions slowed the pace starting on lap 9. When the race finally resumed, fourth starter Barry Maas of Cascade rode the high line to take over second.

By lap 17, Warner held a full straightaway cushion over Maas before Cory Kemkes of Appleton, who started ninth, swept past Maas for second with a high move in turn three on lap 22.

However, Warner would not be headed as he pulled away over the final three laps to post his eighth career PDTR B Mod A main victory and move into a tie with Justin Green of Sheboygan Falls for the top spot on the all-time PDTR B Mod main event victory list.

Kemkes finished second, Maas was third, Baumann finished fourth and 2018 PDTR B Mod champ Tim Sheppard of Beaver Dam placed fifth after starting third.

Steven Weber of Plymouth won the 12-lap Grand National B main.

Brad Mueller was the top qualifier in the Late Model division group qualifying session with a lap of 13.525 seconds.

Lance Fassbender turned the fastest lap in 360 Sprint Car group qualifying with a lap of 12.713 seconds.

The 2023 PDTR season opener drew 90 cars, including 18 Late Models, 22 360 Sprint Cars, 27 Grand Nationals and 23 B Mods.

The second event of the six-race 2023 Super Six Late Model Series is scheduled to headline the next PDTR racing program on Saturday, May 13, along with the PDTR 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals and B Mods.

The May 13^th PDTR racing program will also be You’re Our Heroes Night with all military, police fire and EMS personnel admitted free with valid identification.

Grandstand gates open at 4 p.m. with Late Model and Sprint Car qualifying at 4:30 p.m. and racing at 5 p.m.

The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds is located at 229 Fairview Drive in Plymouth, Wis. For more information, visit www.plymouthdtr.com or check out Plymouth Dirt Track Racing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTRY B93 SUPER SIX LATE MODEL SERIES

A Main (30 Laps): 1. 89-Brad Mueller [4]; 2. 70-Justin Ritchie [3]; 3. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [1]; 4. 79-Jim Schmidt [7]; 5. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [10]; 6. 9Z-Jayme Zidar [2]; 7. 97-Justin Schmidt [8]; 8. 19J-Justin Green [5]; 9. 77-Bill Edler [6]; 10. 22-Charlie Schmidt [12]; 11. 74-Mitch McGrath [11]; 12. 55B-Joe Bongiorno [13]; 13. 24-Turk Letizia [14]; 14. 87-Adam Janke [9]; 15. 57M-Eric Michaels [15]; 16. 99M-Mike Mullen [16]; 17. (DNS) 5X-Chad Ludwigson; 18. (DNS) 99-Sawyer Specht

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [3]; 2. 79-Jim Schmidt [1]; 3. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [2]; 4. 87-Adam Janke [5]; 5. 55B-Joe Bongiorno [4]; 6. 57M-Eric Michaels [6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 9Z-Jayme Zidar [1]; 2. 77-Bill Edler [2]; 3. 19J-Justin Green [5]; 4. 22-Charlie Schmidt [4]; 5. (DNF) 99M-Mike Mullen [3]; 6. (DNS) 5X-Chad Ludwigson

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 70-Justin Ritchie [1]; 2. 89-Brad Mueller [3]; 3. 74-Mitch McGrath [2]; 4. 97-Justin Schmidt [6]; 5. 24-Turk Letizia [4]; 6. (DNF) 99-Sawyer Specht [5]

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 13.546 [2]; 2. 24S-Jayden Schmidt, 13.794 [3]; 3. 79-Jim Schmidt, 14.373 [5]; 4. 55B-Joe Bongiorno, 14.461 [1]; 5. 87-Adam Janke, 14.879 [4]; 6. 57M-Eric Michaels, 14.942 [6]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 99M-Mike Mullen, 13.650 [5]; 2. 77-Bill Edler, 13.686[4]; 3. 9Z-Jayme Zidar, 14.047 [1]; 4. 22-Charlie Schmidt, 14.291 [6]; 5. 19J-Justin Green, 14.600 [3]; 6. 5X-Chad Ludwigson, 14.838 [2]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 89-Brad Mueller 13.525 [6]; 2. 74-Mitch McGrath, 13.705 [4]; 3. 70-Justin Ritchie, 13.806 [1]; 4. 24-Turk Letizia, 14.054 [2]; 5. 99-Sawyer Specht, 14.231 [3]; 6. (DNF) 97-Justin Schmidt, 14.231 [5]

AKRIGHT AUTO 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt [2]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen [3]; 3. 7-Lance Fassbender [1]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [4]; 5. 4-Alex Pokorski [5]; 6. 53-Shane Wenninger [7]; 7. 69-Bill Taylor [8]; 8. 30-Doug Wondra [12]; 9. 11-Tony Wondra [6]; 10. 51-Chris Larson [14]; 11. 3-Justin Erickson [15]; 12. 21H-Tim Haddy [11]; 13. 85J-Logan Julien [18]; 14. 12P-JJ Pagel [10]; 15. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [9]; 16. 69S-TJ Smith [19]; 17. 53A-Spyder Akright [13]; 18. 54-Randy Post [16]; 19. (DNF) 22B-Brandon Berth [17]; 20. (DNS) 66-Nick Daywalt; 21. (DNS) 66T-Tristan Koenings; 22. (DNS) 5-Kevin Seidler

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 4-Alex Pokorski [1]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [3]; 3. 7-Lance Fassbender [4]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien [8]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson [2]; 6. (DNF) 66T-Tristan Koenings [6]; 7. (DNF) 66-Nick Daywalt [5]; 8. (DNF) 5-Kevin Seidler [7]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 69-Bill Taylor [3]; 2. 53-Shane Wenninger [5]; 3. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [2]; 4. 21H-Tim Haddy [4]; 5. 12P-JJ Pagel [7]; 6. 53A-Spyder Akright [6]; 7. (DNF) 22B-Brandon Berth [1]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 11-Tony Wondra [1]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen [3]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 4. 30-Doug Wondra [2]; 5. 69S-TJ Smith [7]; 6. 51-Chris Larson [5]; 7. 54-Randy Post [6]

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 7-Lance Fassbender, 12.713 [4]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.079 [6]; 3. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.081 [1]; 4. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.101 [5]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien, 13.211 [8]; 6. 66-Nick Daywalt, 13.429 [3]; 7. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 13.773 [2]; 8. 5-Kevin Seidler, 13.789 [7]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 21H-Tim Haddy, 13.197 [5]; 2. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.210 [3]; 3. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.350 [6]; 4. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.386 [2]; 5. 53-Shane Wenninger, 13.545 [4]; 6. 53A-Spyder Akright, 13.724 [1]; 7. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.751 [7]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.881 [1]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen, 12.899 [6]; 3. 30-Doug Wondra, 13.473 [4]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.572 [7]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.627 [3]; 6. 51-Chris Larson, 13.857 [5]; 7. 54-Randy Post, 13.931 [2]

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 72E-Chad Espen [2]; 2. 24K-Tyler Kulow [5]; 3. E85-Justin Pearson [8]; 4. 14X-Will Sorce [9]; 5. 55-Don Singer [1]; 6. 53W-Dustin Weiss [7]; 7. 34-Steven Weber [16]; 8. 5M-Jeff Muehlbauer [13]; 9. 53B-Brad Weiss [11]; 10. 24-Donny Kulow [14]; 11. 6-Dick Hed [15]; 12. 89-Brian Gilles [4]; 13. 5-Collin Skindzeleski [19]; 14. 80-Luke Scholten [6]; 15. 14-Seth Westimayer [17]; 16. 8-Nick Goeman [18]; 17. 6B-Vince Bartolotta [12]; 18. 13-Josh Pierce [3]; 19. 23-Matt Loehr [10]; 20. 47-Nick Schumacher [20]

B Main (12 Laps): 1. 34-Steven Weber [3]; 2. 14-Seth Westimayer [2]; 3. 8-Nick Goeman [4]; 4. 5-Collin Skindzeleski [1]; 5. 42FJB-Jason Schilling [6]; 6. 44T-Paul Tod [7]; 7. 93-Mavrick Ruh [8]; 8. 187-Noah Wachowiacz [11]; 9. 41-Mark Haskins [5]; 10. 82H-Bristol Hitsman [10]; 11. (DNS) 22-Randy Dent

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 80-Luke Scholten [1]; 2. 53W-Dustin Weiss [3]; 3. 47-Nick Schumacher [5]; 4. 23-Matt Loehr [6]; 5. 53B-Brad Weiss [8]; 6. 42FJB-Jason Schilling [2]; 7. 44T-Paul Tod [4]; 8. 14-Seth Westimayer [9]; 9. 93-Mavrick Ruh [7]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 55-Don Singer [1]; 2. 89-Brian Gilles [8]; 3. E85-Justin Pearson [4]; 4. 5M-Jeff Muehlbauer [3]; 5. 24-Donny Kulow [5]; 6. 6-Dick Hed [7]; 7. 8-Nick Goeman [6]; 8. 34-Steven Weber [9]; 9. 187-Noah Wachowiacz [2]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 24K-Tyler Kulow [1]; 2. 13-Josh Pierce [5]; 3. 14X-Will Sorce [4]; 4. 72E-Chad Espen [9]; 5. 6B-Vince Bartolotta [7]; 6. 41-Mark Haskins [2]; 7. 5-Collin Skindzeleski [8]; 8. 82H-Bristol Hitsman [3]; 9. 22-Randy Dent [6]

NEXT STEP INSURANCE B MODS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 03W-Tim Warner [5]; 2. 07-Cory Kemkes [9]; 3. 22M-Barry Maas [4]; 4. 70-Jonathon Baumann [1]; 5. 29S-Tim Sheppard [3]; 6. 84-Mark Hoeppner [2]; 7. 3-Travis Schmidt [12]; 8. 17S-Shane Long [8]; 9. 29-Colton See [14]; 10. 32Z-Andy Welter [15]; 11. 9-Hunter Larson [17]; 12. 66-Steve Lorier [13]; 13. 117-Tony Fletcher [10]; 14. 73-Rory Welch [19]; 15. 25-Jim Fischer [21]; 16. 59S-Spencer Long [7]; 17. 89R-Kolton Roehl [11]; 18. 70JR-Jason Schilling [16]; 19. 96-Brian Konitzer [6]; 20. 19-Parker Glander [22]; 21. 62-James Rautmann [18]; 22. 26JK-Joey Krentz [23]; 23. 28-Rob Szemborski [20]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 70-Jonathon Baumann [1]; 2. 96-Brian Konitzer [2]; 3. 07-Cory Kemkes [3]; 4. 17S-Shane Long [6]; 5. 29-Colton See [4]; 6. 66-Steve Lorier [7]; 7. 26JK-Joey Krentz [8]; 8. (DNF) 28-Rob Szemborski [5]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 22M-Barry Maas [2]; 2. 29S-Tim Sheppard [4]; 3. 3-Travis Schmidt [1]; 4. 59S-Spencer Long [7]; 5. 9-Hunter Larson [3]; 6. 32Z-Andy Welter [6]; 7. 19-Parker Glander [8]; 8. 62-James Rautmann [5]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 03W-Tim Warner [1]; 2. 84-Mark Hoeppner [4]; 3. 89R-Kolton Roehl [2]; 4. 117-Tony Fletcher [5]; 5. 25-Jim Fischer [7]; 6. 70JR-Jason Schilling [6]; 7. (DNF) 73-Rory Welch [3]