Schmidt, Richards, Thomas bag A-main wins

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 10, 2024 – In his first appearance of the 2024 season at The Plymouth Dirt Track, Nick Anvelink of Bonduel utilized a late-race restart to slip past Random Lake’s Brad Mueller of Random Lake on the way to a $5,000 victory in the 30-lap Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 106.5 The Buzz Seubert Calf Ranches Super Six Late Model Series 2024 season finale A-main at the venerable third-mile clay oval in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 10.

On the strength of a second place finish in the main event, Brad Mueller secured his second consecutive Super Six Late Model Series title and a record sixth Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Late Model championship.

Former PDTR and Midwest Sprint Car Association champion and current point leader Ben Schmidt of Plymouth captured the 25-lap Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car A-main

Jake Richards of Neshkoro scored a wire-to-wire victory in the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National main event.

Cole Thomas of Franklin survived an incident-plagued time-shortened 21-lap Sheboygan Flooring B Mod A-main to claim his second A-main victory of the season in PDTR competition.

Outside front-row starter Mike Mullen of Seymour used the high groove to move around polesitter Brad Mueller and secure the initial lead of the 30-lap Super Six Late Model Series main event.

On lap 5, Nick Anvelink, who started third, moved in to challenge the high-riding Mueller for second along the inside lane. The two celebrated veteran competitors exchanged the runner-up spot before Mueller cleared Anvelink to maintain the spot on lap 9.

Meanwhile, Mullen caught up to the rear of the field on lap 9. Five laps later he found himself immersed in dense two-wide lapped traffic, which allowed Mueller and Anvelink to surge in to make it a three-way battle for the top spot.

With Mullen wedged in behind a pair of slower cars, Mueller used a high move in turn two on lap 16 to take over the top spot before the first of two caution flags appeared on lap 17 when Shawn Miller of Gillett spun in turn two.

On the restart, Anvelink dove low to power past Mullen and briefly challenge Mueller for the lead along the inside line of the smooth, slick, and multi-groove racing surface.

However, Mueller fended off Anvelink’s advances to maintain the lead along the cushion. The running order at the head of the pack stayed locked in place until the second caution flag flew on lap 27 when Kurt Moeller of Kaukauna spun along the back stretch.

Following a single-file restart, Anvelink reeled off a perfectly executed low-to-high short slider move to wrestle the top spot away from Mueller exiting turn four. The six-time WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour champion went on to secure his third career PDTR Late Model A-main victory and take home a big $5,000 first-place check in a rare appearance at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

“I saw Brad [Mueller] had his quarter panel ripped off, which probably wasn’t helping him near the end of the race,” Anvelink said. “I was able to get a run on that last restart, which ended up being just what we needed to end up with the win. They’ve done a great job with this series. I wished we would have been able to make it for more of these races this year, but it just didn’t work out for us schedule-wise. I have to thank everyone involved in making this happen. It was a fun race tonight.”

Mueller placed second to nail down back-to-back Super Six Late Model Series titles. In addition, Mueller moves to the top of the list of drivers who have competed in the PDTR Late Model division over the past 20 years by securing his sixth career track championship.

Mullen finished third, 2014 PDTR Late Model champion Mitch McGrath of Waukesha placed fourth after starting seventh and fourth starter Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha rounded out the top five.

The action was equally hot and heavy in the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car main event, as 1998 and 1999 Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Winged Super Modified champion Billy Kreutz of Kiel jumped out to the lead from the pole position.

On lap 4, 14-year-old 360 Sprint Car rookie Joseph Hintz of Burnett moved in from this third starting spot to challenge the cushion-pounding Kreutz along the low groove. Meanwhile, 2011 PDTR and MSA champion Ben Schmidt rode the high line from his sixth starting spot into third on lap 6.

Two laps later, Kreutz, Hintz and Schmidt became embroiled in a heated three-car tussle for the point with Hintz surging into the lead on lap 11 as Schmidt pulled off a slide job to roll past Kreutz into second exiting turn four.

On lap 13, Schmidt shot into the lead along the cushion in turn two. One lap later, the lone caution flag appeared following a Josh Bilicki of Menominee Falls spin in turn two.

Schmidt darted away from the field on the ensuing restart while Kreutz battled back to regain second from Hintz on lap 17.

The 25-year racing veteran cruised over the final 10 laps of the race to secure his second PDTR A-main victory and third overall MSA win of the 2024 campaign.

In addition, Schmidt moved into third place on the all-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory list by claiming his 24^th main event victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track, while also claiming his 45^th career MSA A-main triumph to tie five-time MSA champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh for third on the all-time MSA victory list.

Kreutz notched a PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car career-best second place showing, Hintz was third, fourth starter T.J. Smith of Greenville placed fourth and seventh starter Alex Pokorski of West Bend completed the top five.

Polesitter Jake Richards outdueled outside front-row starter Jake Wiroll of Sheboygan to grab the lead on the first lap of the Grand National main event. By lap nine, Richards had built up a half-straightaway cushion over Wiroll.

On lap 10, fourth starter Scott Kafka of Cleveland was dueling with Wiroll for second when a flat tire on Kafka’s machine brought out the first of three race stoppages.

With sixth starter Nick Schumacher of Eagle his new pursuer, Richards again powered away from the field on the restart as two-time PDTR Grand National champ and seven-time overall track champion at The Plymouth Dirt Track Brian Gilles of Plymouth slowed with a flat tire before Jared Weiss of Fond du Lac made contact with Gilles’ disabled car along the front stretch to produce another caution on lap 11.

A four-car incident, which blocked the backstretch, forced a red flag on lap 13. Following the final restart, Schumacher stayed close to Richards during the second half of the race, as action raged behind them with four drivers racing in close quarters for third place in the closing laps.

Richards went on to post his first career PDTR Grand National A-main victory in very limited appearances at The Plymouth Dirt Track, Schumacher finished second, seventh starter Steven Weber of Plymouth took third, 2019 PDTR Grand National champ Tyler Kulow of Plymouth placed fourth after starting eighth and defending PDTR Grand National-co-champion and current point leader Will Sorce of Franklin moved up from the 13^th starting position to finish fifth.

Rookie Zachary Schmidt of West Bend assumed the early lead in the B Mod main event from the pole, while fifth starter Cole Thomas mounted an early charge to the front assuming second on lap 3 and taking over the lead from Schmidt with a low move in turn four.

The first of five caution periods came on lap 6 with a five-car incident on turn two. By lap 9, Thomas had built up a huge half-lap advantage over seventh starter Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls.

The ensuing 12 laps were interspersed with four more caution flags with Barrett Hummelmeier’s run from the 11^th starting spot into second on lap 18 highlighting the green flag action.

The fifth caution flag displayed upon the completion of lap 21 prompted the race to end due to the 25-minute time limit.

Thomas posted his second PDTR B Mod A-main victory of the 2024 season and his career at The Plymouth Dirt Track. Hummelmeier finished second, Long wound up third, Brandon Knepprath of Boltonville moved up from the ninth starting position to place fourth and PDTR B Mod point leader Travis Schmidt of Plymouth advanced from the 12^th starting spot to finish fifth.

Hunter Larson of Oshkosh won the B Mod B main.

Brad Mueller claimed fast qualifier honors in Super Six Late Model Series qualifying with a lap of 13.261 seconds.

Brandon Berth of Cascade earned the overall PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car fast qualifier award with a quick lap of 12.608 seconds.

The 10^th event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Mayer Automotive, drew 79 total entries, including 23 B Mods, 21 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 20 Late Models and 15 Grand Nationals.

The A-main winners in each division received additional pay from Judy Deicher in memory of her late husband, Dave Deicher, who was a longtime supporter of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track as a Winged Super Modified and Sportsman driver, as well as a flagman.

The next PDTR racing program on Saturday, Aug. 17 will include special guest appearances from the Midwest Legends Dirt Series and Street Stock divisions.

The PDTR 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals and B Mods will also be in action.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The 2024 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Awards Ceremony is set to take place Saturday, Oct. 12 at Racers Hall in Plymouth at 7 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

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 SEUBERT CALF RANCHES SUPER SIX LATE MODEL SERIES

A Main (30 Laps): 1. 15-Nick Anvelink [3]; 2. 89-Brad Mueller [1]; 3. 99M-Mike Mullen [2]; 4. 74-Mitch McGrath [7]; 5. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [4]; 6. 70-Justin Ritchie [5]; 7. 77-Bill Edler [6]; 8. D1-Turk Letizia [9]; 9. 22-Charlie Schmidt [11]; 10. 99-Sawyer Specht [12]; 11. 9N-Tom Naeyaert [13]; 12. 42-Paul Niznik [16]; 13. 55B-Joe Bongiorno [15]; 14. 21X-Kurt Moeller [18]; 15. 79-Jim Schmidt [14]; 16. 10-Paul Parker [19]; 17. 21M-Shawn Miller [17]; 18. 97-Justin Schmidt [20]; 19. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [10]; 20. 54-Kevin Baldry [8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Nick Anvelink [2]; 2. 70-Justin Ritchie [1]; 3. 74-Mitch McGrath [3]; 4. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [4]; 5. 9N-Tom Naeyaert [5]; 6. 42-Paul Niznik [7]; 7. (DNF) 10-Paul Parker [6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99M-Mike Mullen [3]; 2. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [2]; 3. 99-Sawyer Specht [1]; 4. 22-Charlie Schmidt [4]; 5. 79-Jim Schmidt [5]; 6. 55B-Joe Bongiorno [7]; 7. 21X-Kurt Moeller [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Brad Mueller [3]; 2. 77-Bill Edler [1]; 3. D1-Turk Letizia [2]; 4. 54-Kevin Baldry [5]; 5. 21M-Shawn Miller [4]; 6. (DNS) 97-Justin Schmidt

Qualifying 1: 1. 74-Mitch McGrath, 13.841 [5]; 2. 15-Nick Anvelink, 13.947 [1]; 3. 70-Justin Ritchie, 14.084 [2]; 4. 24S-Jayden Schmidt, 14.177 [3]; 5. 9N-Tom Naeyaert, 14.261 [6]; 6. 10-Paul Parker, 14.456 [4]; 7. 42-Paul Niznik, 14.594 [7]

Qualifying 2: 1. 99M-Mike Mullen, 13.637 [4]; 2. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 13.761 [1]; 3. 99-Sawyer Specht, 13.885 [6]; 4. 22-Charlie Schmidt, 13.994 [3]; 5. 79-Jim Schmidt, 14.078 [7]; 6. 21X-Kurt Moeller, 14.403 [5]; 7. 55B-Joe Bongiorno, 14.661 [2]

Qualifying 3: 1. 89-Brad Mueller, 13.261 [3]; 2. D1-Turk Letizia, 13.875 [4]; 3. 77-Bill Edler, 13.908 [6]; 4. 97-Justin Schmidt, 14.162 [2]; 5. 21M-Shawn Miller, 14.225 [5]; 6. 54-Kevin Baldry, 14.269 [1]

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt [6]; 2. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [1]; 3. 14J-Joseph Hintz [3]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith [8]; 5. 4-Alex Pokorski [7]; 6. 69-Bill Taylor [4]; 7. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [10]; 8. 3-Justin Erickson [12]; 9. 11-Tony Wondra [2]; 10. 53A-Paul Pokorski [5]; 11. 22B-Brandon Berth [20]; 12. 09-Clayton Rossmann [15]; 13. 30-Doug Wondra [18]; 14. 24-Scott Conger [9]; 15. 46-Kevin Ruh [17]; 16. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [13]; 17. 51-Josh Bilicki [14]; 18. 24X-Eric Wilke [16]; 19. 98M-Ron Malec [19]; 20. 12P-JJ Pagel [11]; 21. (DNS) 51T-Shane Wenninger

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 53A-Paul Pokorski [2]; 2. 69S-TJ Smith [4]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt [3]; 4. 11-Tony Wondra [1]; 5. 51-Josh Bilicki [7]; 6. 46-Kevin Ruh [6]; 7. 24X-Eric Wilke [5

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Bill Taylor [1]; 2. 24-Scott Conger [2]; 3. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [3]; 4. 14J-Joseph Hintz [5]; 5. 12P-JJ Pagel [6]; 6. 09-Clayton Rossmann [7]; 7. (DQ) 22B-Brandon Berth [4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Justin Erickson [1]; 2. 51T-Shane Wenninger [2]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [4]; 4. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [3]; 5. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [5]; 6. 30-Doug Wondra [6]; 7. 98M-Ron Malec [7]

Qualifying 1: 1. 69S-TJ Smith, 12.666 [5]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.704 [1]; 3. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 12.743 [6]; 4. 11-Tony Wondra, 12.905 [2]; 5. 24X-Eric Wilke, 13.211 [7]; 6. 46-Steven Ruh, 13.427 [3]; 7. (DNF) 51-Josh Bilicki [4]

Qualifying 2: 1. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 12.619 [2]; 2. 24-Scott Conger, 12.639 [6]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor, 12.772 [1]; 4. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 12.799 [4]; 5. 12P-JJ Pagel, 12.940 [5]; 6. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 12.996 [7]; 7. (DQ) 22B-Brandon Berth, 12.608 [3]

Qualifying 3: 1. 4-Alex Pokorski, 12.680 [4]; 2. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 12.916 [1]; 3. 51T-Shane Wenninger, 12.963 [5]; 4. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.161 [2]; 5. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.162 [3]; 6. 30-Doug Wondra, 13.441 [6]; 7. 98M-Ron Malec, 13.924 [7]

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 8-Jake Richards [1]; 2. 47-Nick Schumacher [6]; 3. 34-Steven Weber [7]; 4. 24K-Tyler Kulow [8]; 5. 14X-Will Sorce [13]; 6. 53W-Dustin Weiss [9]; 7. 95-Donny Kulow [15]; 8. 23-Scott Kafka [4]; 9. 42-Jason Juech [14]; 10. 15-Derek Kaat [5]; 11. 54-Austin Yancey [11]; 12. 89-Brian Gilles [10]; 13. 52W-Jack Wiroll [2]; 14. 5M-Nate Ruh [3]; 15. 35-Jared Weiss [12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Jake Richards [1]; 2. 23-Scott Kafka [4]; 3. 5M-Nate Ruh [3]; 4. 47-Nick Schumacher [5]; 5. 53W-Dustin Weiss [7]; 6. 54-Austin Yancey [2]; 7. 14X-Will Sorce [8]; 8. 95-Donny Kulow [6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Brian Gilles [7]; 2. 52W-Jack Wiroll [1]; 3. 24K-Tyler Kulow [6]; 4. 34-Steven Weber [5]; 5. 15-Derek Kaat [4]; 6. 35-Jared Weiss [2]; 7. 42-Jason Juech [3]

SHEBOYGAN FLOORING B MODS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 91-Cole Thomas [5]; 2. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [11]; 3. 59S-Spencer Long [7]; 4. 17-Brandon Knepprath [9]; 5. 3-Travis Schmidt [12]; 6. 73-Rory Welch [6]; 7. 66-Steve Lorier [10]; 8. 89-Logan Brass [14]; 9. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [1]; 10. 26-David Paskiewicz [17]; 11. 9-Hunter Larson [16]; 12. 29S-Scott Quarnstrom [18]; 13. XV-Don Marquart [2]; 14. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [19]; 15. 19-Parker Glander [3]; 16. 11B-Brad Buckman [13]; 17. 25S-Steve Ellis [20]; 18. 69-Travis Kleindl [4]; 19. 32Z-Andy Welter [8]; 20. 9R-Matthew Roehl [15]

B Main: 1. 9-Hunter Larson [1]; 2. 26-David Paskiewicz [2]; 3. 29S-Scott Quarnstrom [3]; 4. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [5]; 5. 25S-Steve Ellis [6]; 6. 18-Miranda Sandholm [7]; 7. 54-Michael Strean [4]; 8. (DNS) 54S-Ryan Spoehr

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [7]; 2. 17-Brandon Knepprath [6]; 3. 73-Rory Welch [5]; 4. 69-Travis Kleindl [4]; 5. 11B-Brad Buckman [3]; 6. 18-Miranda Sandholm [8]; 7. 29S-Scott Quarnstrom [1]; 8. 25S-Steve Ellis [2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Cole Thomas [4]; 2. 3-Travis Schmidt [7]; 3. 59S-Spencer Long [5]; 4. XV-Don Marquart [2]; 5. 89-Logan Brass [3]; 6. 9-Hunter Larson [6]; 7. 54-Michael Strean [1]; 8. (DNF) 54S-Ryan Spoehr [8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [1]; 2. 19-Parker Glander [3]; 3. 66-Steve Lorier [6]; 4. 32Z-Andy Welter [5]; 5. 9R-Matthew Roehl [7]; 6. 26-David Paskiewicz [4]; 7. (DNF) 31W-Kelan Wolfe [2]

Schumacher, Lorier, Petska score Plymouth Dirt Track Racing A-main victories

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 3, 2024 – Youth trumped experience as 14-year-old Plymouth Dirt Track Racing-Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car rookie Joseph Hintz of Burnett edged 60-year-old open-wheel racing veteran and five-time track champion Donny Goeden of Kewaskum to claim his first career 25-lap Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 3.

Nick Schumacher of Eagle made a rare appearance at The Plymouth Dirt Track well worth it with a wire-to-wire win in the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National main event.

Steve Lorier of Sheboygan notched his first main event triumph of the 2024 campaign in the 25-lap Sheboygan Flooring B Mod A-main.

Nick Petska of Spring Grove, Ill. claimed the victory in the 15-lap 106.5 The Buzz IRA Lightning Sprints main event.

Outside front row starter Justin Erickson of Plymouth outpowered polesitter Hayden Johnson of Campbellsport to grab the lead on the opening lap of the PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car main event.

On lap 2, three-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Donny Goeden rode the outside groove to move into second before vaulting past Erickson into the lead one lap later.

Meanwhile, fifth starter Joseph Hintz engaged in a spirited duel with third starter T.J. Smith of Greenville for the third spot on lap 4. Four laps later, Goeden caught the back of the field and sliced his way through slower traffic.

The first of two race stoppages appeared on lap 11 when Bill Taylor of Boltonville spun in turn three. On the restart, Hintz shot into second along the inside groove and quickly moved in to challenge the high-riding Goeden on the smooth, multi-groove racing surface.

The first-year 360 Sprint Car driver reeled in Goeden on lap 15 to mount a challenge for the top spot. Hintz hit his marks along the inside lane with precision to take over the top spot on lap 17 before impressively extending his lead to a full straightaway on lap 21.

With Hintz comfortably leading the pack, a red flag was displayed when Smith flipped in turn two on the white-flag lap. Hintz maintained the top spot along the low groove on the green-white-checkered flag restart and held off a final charge from Goeden along the cushion to secure his first career PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint A-main victory in just his sixth career 360 Sprint Car start.

Goeden, who began his racing career in the Eastern Wisconsin Stock Winged Super Modified division at Plymouth in 1985, had to settle for second, two-time PDTR and five-time MSA champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee placed third after starting seventh, Erickson placed fourth and sixth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend placed fifth.

With his victory, Hintz became the sixth different driver to claim a win in the nine MSA 360 Sprint Car main events contested during the 2024 campaign.

Nick Schumacher used his pole starting position to seize the lead from the start of the 25-lap Grand National headliner with 2022 PDTR Grand National champion Luke Scholten, who started fourth, sliding into second. On lap 9, Scholten bolted in to briefly challenge Schumacher for the lead on the tacky and smooth track surface.

However, Schumacher maintained the top spot and was building up a solid lead when the lone caution flag of the race appeared on lap 12 after Dustin Weiss of Iron Ridge and 2018 PDTR Grand National champ Tyler Kulow of Plymouth collided in turn four.

On the restart, Schumacher pulled away from Scholten and led the remainder of the event en route to his third career PDTR Grand National A-main victory and his first A-main triumph of the 2024 campaign.

Scholten placed second, Jeff Muehlbauer of Elkhart Lake, who started fifth, placed third, 2023 PDTR Grand National co-champion Will Sorce of Franklin took fourth after starting 11th, and two-time Grand National and six-time Plymouth track champion Brian Gilles of Plymouth charged up from the ninth starting spot to place fifth.

David Paskiewicz of Wind Lake grabbed the lead of the 25-lap B Mod A-main from the pole on the opening lap. On lap 2, third starter Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls took over the second spot and moved into pressure Paskiewicz for the top spot.

A pair of back-to-back caution flags bunched the field on lap 7, which allowed seventh starter Steve Lorier to move in to hound Long for the lead starting on lap 9. However, Long fended off his advances until lap 20 when a slower car boxed in Long along the low groove, while Lorier rode the top of the track to snatch the lead away from Long in turn two on lap 23.

Lorier held on the rest of the way to notch his fifth career and first PDTR B Mod main event of the 2024 season.

Long took second, eighth starter Travis Schmidt of Plymouth placed third, 2022 PDTR B Mod champion Andy Welter of Cedarburg finished fourth after starting fifth and Barrett Hummelmeier of Beaver Dam bounced back after hitting the turn three wall on lap 7 to place fifth.

The start of the 20-lap IRA Lightning Sprints main event got off to a rough start when polesitter Brian Strane, Jr. of Paris, who came into the event as the series points leader and winner of all five 2024 IRA Lightning Sprints A-main races, hit an infield tire and flipped in turn two on the opening lap.

With Strane Jr. out of the race, Nick Petska moved up from his original third starting spot to the pole position when the race began. Petska then proceeded to open up a full straightaway cushion over Mark Heinert of Waukesha, who started fifth.

The second and final yellow flag appeared on lap two for the spinning car Max Brannam on lap 16 to set up a four-lap dash to the finish following a single-file restart.

Petska proved to be too strong for his challengers to overcome in the closing laps on the way to his first IRA Lightning Sprint A-main triumph of the 2024 campaign.

Heinert placed second, fourth starter Mike Neau of Pleasant Prairie took third, Tim Brannam of Holiday Hills, Ill, who started second, finished fourth and Ron Brannam of Holiday Hills, Ill. tallied a fifth place showing after starting ninth.

Scott Conger of Eagle claimed the overall PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car fast qualifier award with a quick lap of 13.101 seconds.

Mike Neau was the top qualifier in the IRA Lightning Sprints division with a lap of 13.966 seconds.

The ninth event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Pit Stop Pizza, drew 72 total entries, including 25 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 17 B Mods, 15 Grand Nationals and 15 IRA Lightning Sprints.

The program also included a coin and candy drop sponsored by VanDerVart Concrete and a coloring contest featuring prizes donated by Plymouth Dirt Track Racing, Donna Bader and Pedal Down Promotions.

The next PDTR racing program on Saturday, Aug. 10 features the finale of the 2024 106.5 The Buzz Seubert Calf Ranches Super Six Late Model Series with the 2024 champion set to be crowned.

Five-time PDTR Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake heads into the season-capping race with a four-point cushion over Taylor Scheffler and a 14-point lead over Justin Ritchie of New London.

The PDTR 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals and B Mods will also be in action.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The 2024 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Awards Ceremony is set to take place Saturday, Oct. 12 at Racers Hall in Plymouth at 7 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

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. 14J-Joseph Hintz [5]; 2. 27G-Donny Goeden [4]; 3. 39K-Kurt Davis [7]; 4. 3-Justin Erickson [2]; 5. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [6]; 6. 35-Ben Schmidt [8]; 7. 22B-Brandon Berth [10]; 8. 09-Clayton Rossmann [11]; 9. 4-Paul Pokorski [17]; 10. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [12]; 11. 12P-JJ Pagel [9]; 12. 30-Shane Wenninger [18]; 13. 11-Tony Wondra [14]; 14. 24-Scott Conger [16]; 15. 33M-Josh Bilicki [21]; 16. 69-Bill Taylor [13]; 17. 46-Steven Ruh [22]; 18. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [20]; 19. 44-Hayden Johnson [1]; 20. 55P-Brady Portschy [15]; 21. 69S-TJ Smith [3]; 22. 66T-Tristan Koenings [19]

B Main (12 Laps): 1. 24-Scott Conger [1]; 2. 4-Paul Pokorski [2]; 3. 30-Shane Wenninger [4]; 4. 66T-Tristan Koenings [5]; 5. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [9]; 6. 33M-Josh Bilicki [8]; 7. 46-Steven Ruh [6]; 8. 53A-Spyder Akright [7]; 9. (DNF) 21H-TJ Haddy [3]; 10. (DNS) 51-Chris Larson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39K-Kurt Davis [1]; 2. 12P-JJ Pagel [2]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 4. 27G-Donny Goeden [5]; 5. 44-Hayden Johnson [6]; 6. 24-Scott Conger [4]; 7. 30-Shane Wenninger [8]; 8. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [9]; 9. 21H-TJ Haddy [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 2. 69S-TJ Smith [1]; 3. 14J-Joseph Hintz [2]; 4. 09-Clayton Rossmann [6]; 5. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [3]; 6. 4-Paul Pokorski [5]; 7. 66T-Tristan Koenings [7]; 8. 46-Steven Ruh [8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Justin Erickson [2]; 2. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [1]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor [4]; 4. 11-Tony Wondra [5]; 5. 55P-Brady Portschy [7]; 6. (DNF) 51-Chris Larson [3]; 7. (DNF) 53A-Spyder Akright [6]; 8. (DNS) 33M-Josh Bilicki

Qualifying 1: 1. 24-Scott Conger, 13.101 [8]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.108 [2]; 3. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.174 [7]; 4. 39K-Kurt Davis, 13.270 [4]; 5. 27G-Donny Goeden, 13.377 [5]; 6. 44-Hayden Johnson, 13.491 [9]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy, 13.515 [3]; 8. 30-Shane Wenninger, 13.616 [6]; 9. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [1]

Qualifying 2: 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.238 [2]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.341 [4]; 3. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.362 [1]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.378 [3]; 5. 4-Paul Pokorski, 13.407 [5]; 6. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 13.550 [7]; 7. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 13.832 [6]; 8. 46-Steven Ruh, 14.289 [8]

Qualifying 3: 1. 51-Chris Larson, 13.377 [2]; 2. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.421 [8]; 3. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 13.603 [3]; 4. 33M-Josh Bilicki, 13.604 [4]; 5. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.976 [5]; 6. 11-Tony Wondra, 14.029 [7]; 7. 55P-Brady Portschy, 14.125 [6]; 8. 53A-Spyder Akright, 14.133 [1]

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 47-Nick Schumacher [1]; 2. 80-Luke Scholten [4]; 3. 5M-Jeff Muehlbauer [5]; 4. 14X-Will Sorce [11]; 5. 89-Brian Gilles [9]; 6. 53B-Brad Weiss [7]; 7. 23-Scott Kafka [3]; 8. 34-Steven Weber [12]; 9. 95-Donny Kulow [14]; 10. 5R-Nate Ruh [15]; 11. 6-Dick Hed [6]; 12. 35-Jared Weiss [2]; 13. 15-Derek Kaat [13]; 14. 24K-Tyler Kulow [8]; 15. 53W-Dustin Weiss [10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Nick Schumacher [1]; 2. 5M-Jeff Muehlbauer [3]; 3. 23-Scott Kafka [2]; 4. 6-Dick Hed [5]; 5. 24K-Tyler Kulow [7]; 6. 14X-Will Sorce [8]; 7. 15-Derek Kaat [6]; 8. 5R-Nate Ruh [4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 80-Luke Scholten [2]; 2. 53B-Brad Weiss [5]; 3. 35-Jared Weiss [1]; 4. 53W-Dustin Weiss [7]; 5. 89-Brian Gilles [6]; 6. 34-Steven Weber [3]; 7. 95-Donny Kulow [4]

SHEBOYGAN FLOORING B MODS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 66-Steve Lorier [7]; 2. 59S-Spencer Long [3]; 3. 3-Travis Schmidt [8]; 4. 32Z-Andy Welter [5]; 5. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [10]; 6. 17-Brandon Knepprath [6]; 7. 26-David Paskiewicz [1]; 8. 9-Hunter Larson [14]; 9. 73-Rory Welch [4]; 10. 96-Brian Konitzer [11]; 11. 117B-Tom Barnharst [15]; 12. 27L-Brendan Ostrowski [13]; 13. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [16]; 14. 19-Parker Glander [2]; 15. 6Z-Jim Zdroik [9]; 16. 18Z-Geoff Zdroik [12]; 17. 3Z-Austin Zdroik [17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Steve Lorier [4]; 2. 3-Travis Schmidt [5]; 3. 96-Brian Konitzer [6]; 4. 73-Rory Welch [3]; 5. 27L-Brendan Ostrowski [1]; 6. 117B-Tom Barnharst [2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18Z-Geoff Zdroik [6]; 2. 19-Parker Glander [2]; 3. 32Z-Andy Welter [3]; 4. 6Z-Jim Zdroik [5]; 5. 9-Hunter Larson [4]; 6. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [5]; 2. 59S-Spencer Long [2]; 3. 26-David Paskiewicz [1]; 4. 17-Brandon Knepprath [3]; 5. (DNS) 3Z-Austin Zdroik

106.5 THE BUZZ LIGHTNING SPRINTS

A Main (20 Laps): 1. 18-Nick Petska [3]; 2. 55H-Mark Heinert [5]; 3. 16-Mike Neau [4]; 4. 74-Tim Brannam [2]; 5. 01-Ron Brannam [9]; 6. 5S-Chad Stouthamer [13]; 7. 14-Nate Kirchner [7]; 8. 9-John Kirk [6]; 9. 17-Jordan Funderburk [11]; 10. 74M-Max Brannam [8]; 11. 6-Jeff Schmidt [12]; 12. 63-Jacob Irwin [10]; 13. 13-Tucker Richards [14]; 14. 23-Dominick Swierad [15]; 15. (DNF) 22S-Brian Strane Jr [1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Tim Brannam [3]; 2. 14-Nate Kirchner [1]; 3. 01-Ron Brannam [5]; 4. 55H-Mark Heinert [2]; 5. 16-Mike Neau [4]; 6. 6-Jeff Schmidt [6]; 7. 13-Tucker Richards [7]; 8. 23-Dominick Swierad [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Nick Petska [4]; 2. 74M-Max Brannam [1]; 3. 22S-Brian Strane Jr  [3]; 4. 9-John Kirk [2]; 5. 63-Jacob Irwin [6]; 6. 5S-Chad Stouthamer [7]; 7. 17-Jordan Funderburk [5]

Qualifying 1: 1. 16-Mike Neau, 13.966 [5]; 2. 18-Nick Petska, 14.116 [8]; 3. 74-Tim Brannam, 14.134 [9]; 4. 22S-Brian Strane Jr, 14.335 [3]; 5. 55H-Mark Heinert, 14.348 [7]; 6. 9-John Kirk, 14.365 [12]; 7. 14-Nate Kirchner, 14.386 [6]; 8. 74M-Max Brannam, 14.542 [15]; 9. 01-Ron Brannam, 14.606 [2]; 10. 17-Jordan Funderburk, 14.636 [13]; 11. 6-Jeff Schmidt, 14.654 [4]; 12. 63-Jacob Irwin, 14.665 [1]; 13. 13-Tucker Richards, 14.721 [10]; 14. 5S-Chad Stouthamer, 14.929 [14]; 15. 23-Dominick Swierad, 15.135 [11]

Myers Jr., Sandholm earn initial A-main victories

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 27, 2024 – If you were to describe the eighth Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program of the 2024 season on Saturday, July 27 in one word, “ordinary” most certainly wouldn’t be it.

Whether it was a father-son 1-2 finish, inspired runs from the back to the front of the field, a heaping helping of slide jobs, a pair of A-main leaders meeting misfortune in the same race, a father driving his daughter’s car to an A-main win or two  incidents involving hard impacts with the outer wall and fence, action in the Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Cars, PDTR B Mods and the visiting Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car divisions provided Plymouth Dirt Track Racing fans with an abundance of wheel-to-wheel entertainment.

Two-time Akright Auto 360 Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee bested a career-best run from his son, Tyler, to capture his first A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in over three years as the Davis’ achieved a rare 1-2 father-son showing in the 25-lap PDTR-MSA main event.

After the first two leaders encountered misfortune, Joel Myers Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif. nailed down a victory in the 30-lap IRA 410 Sprint Car Series main event.

Mike Sandholm of Oconomowoc made his first start in the car normally wheeled by his daughter, Miranda, a memorable one as he led wire-to-wire en route to victory in the 25-lap PDTR B Mod A-main.

In the 25-lap PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car main event, polesitter Bill Taylor of Boltonville raced into the lead on the drop of the green flag as Kurt Davis, who started fourth, jumped to the high groove of the third-mile clay oval to challenge third starter T.J. Smith of Greenville for second.

The first caution of two cautions appeared on lap 3 when Justin Erickson of Plymouth spun in turn two and collected Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, Ill, T.J. Haddy of Waupun and Alex Pokorski of West Bend. All three drivers retreated to the work area before rejoining the race at the rear of the field on the ensuing restart.

Taylor continued to hold down the lead when the race resumed while Kurt Davis stormed into second place along with the cushion on lap 7. Three laps later, the all-time winningest driver in the 25-season history of the Akright Auto Midwest Sprint Car Association powered his way past Taylor to secure the lead on the slick, smooth and multi-groove racing surface.

The second and final caution flag was displayed on lap 13 when Taylor and Brandon Berth of Cascade were involved in an incident in turn two during a four-car duel for second. Both drivers were able to return to the race.

Following the restart, Kurt’s son, Tyler Davis of Franklin, moved up from the sixth starting spot to shoot past Smith into second on lap 14 as ninth starter Robbie Pribnow charged into third along the outside line.

With five laps to go, Kurt Davis caught the rear of the field and had to deal with a swarm of slower cars, which allowed Tyler Davis to reel in his father.

With one lap to go, Tyler pulled to within striking distance his father. However, Kurt Davis proved to be the top Davis family finisher on this occasion as he held on by a car length to capture his first victory in PDTR 360 Sprint Car competition since May 8, 2021, as well as his 26^th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main triumph and MSA A-main leading 65^th career A-main win.

In his 39^th season of competition, Kurt Davis’ PDTR 360 Sprint Car win moved him to within seven victories of all-time PDTR A-main victory leader Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh, who currently sits at the top of the heap at The Plymouth Dirt Track with 33 wins.

The win also helped Kurt Davis to stretch his lead at the top of the MSA 360 Sprint Car all-time A-main victory list to 13 over current runner-up Danny Schlafer of Sussex, who has 52 MSA 360 Sprint Car A-main victories to his credit. It was Davis’ first MSA win since May 15, 2022 at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis.

“I’ve been going through the year doubting myself – am I too old, did I lose some stuff?” Kurt Davis said. “I may be a little bit more out of shape. I may have lost a bit of timing, but this one’s for the old guys. As for running the number 39 this year, we lost Cole Possi last year. The Possi family have been great friends to me. I’m glad I could at least pay them back for all their years of friendship and support with a victory.”

Tyler Davis claimed a career-best second place showing, Pribnow placed third, Smith wound up fourth and Chris Clayton of Waldo mounted an inspired run from the 20^th starting spot to secure a fifth place showing in his first appearance of the 2024 season in PDTR and MSA 360 Sprint Car competition.

The 30-lap IRA A-main proved to overflow with action in various ways. Polesitter and early race leader Danny Schlafer of Sussex took the lead at the start before the red flag appeared when Mike Reinke of Howards Grove made hard contact with the turn four wall and flipped on lap 3.

Schlafer controlled the restart and hit lapped traffic on lap 9 as second starter Jake Neuman of New Berlin, Ill., two-time IRA champion Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, Ill., who started fourth, fifth starter Blake Nimee of Oswego, Ill. and Joel Myers Jr. who started eighth, waged an epic slide job-laden battle for third.

After leading the first 11 laps of the event, Schlafer made contact with a lapped car on lap 12, which launched his No. 25 car on a series of flips into the turn one fence.

With Schlafer out of the race, second starter Jake Neumann of New Berlin, Ill. assumed the top spot until his 3N machine rolled to a stop in turn three on lap 20 to become the second race leader to drop out of the event over the span of eight laps.

Blackhurst inherited the lead with Myers Jr. and Max Guilford of Aukland, New Zealand, who started 11^th, lurking close behind. The fourth and final stoppage of the race occurred with five laps to go when Ryan Zielski of Oconomowoc spun.

The closing laps saw Blackhurst, Myers Jr. and Nimee relentlessly duel for the top spot as the trio reeled off slide job after slide job. Myers Jr. eventually swept into the lead along the high line. At the same time, Nimee ducked under Blackhurst utilizing the low groove as the trio raced three-wide coming out of turn four on lap 27.

Myers Jr. surged ahead of Nimee for good on lap 28 with Guilford charging back into the top three as the checkered flag flew to cap the action-packed race with Myers Jr. collecting his first career IRA A-main triumph.

Nimee finished second, Guilford wound up third, two-time PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car champion Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls charged up 16 spots from the 20^th starting position to place fourth and Blackhurst finished fifth.

Filling in for his daughter, Miranda, Mike Sandholm grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap PDTR B Mod A-main.

Sandholm held down a solid cushion over Brad Buckman of Kiel before the first of three caution flags appeared on lap 7 when Scott Quarnstrom of Lake Villa, Ill. spun in turn four.

Sandholm maintained the top spot on the restart as fifth starter Brandon Knepprath of Boltonville slipped into second place on lap 8 with Hunter Larson of Oshkosh, who started seventh taking over third.

The second caution flag appeared on lap 9 for a six-car incident in turn two. After fending off Larson’s challenge for second, Knepprath set his focus on tracking down Sandholm.

As the leaders hit slower traffic, Knepprath remained highly determined as he remained within striking distance when the third and final caution period occurred on lap 19. When the race resumed Knepprath stayed glued to Sandholm’s bumper and stayed there straight through to the finish.

However, Sandholm proved to have just enough to claim his first career PDTR B Mod main event victory. Knepprath finished a career-best second, Larson wound up third, 11^th starter Travis Schmidt of Plymouth charged up from the 11^th starting spot to finish fourth and Barrett Hummelmeier of Beaver Dam, advanced from the 12^th starting position to place fifth.

Jake Blackhurst was the top qualifier in the IRA 410 Sprint Car ranks with a lap of    11.882 seconds.

Clayton Rossmann claimed fast qualifier honors in PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car group qualifying with a time 13.365 of seconds.

The eighth event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Hopf Farms, featured 72 total entries, including 28 IRA 410 Sprint Cars, 23 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars and 21 B Mods.

The next Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program on Saturday, Aug. 3 will feature the PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals, B Mods, IRA Lightning Sprints and the High School Racing Association.

The program will also include the VanDerVart Concrete Coin and Candy Drop, along with a coloring contest, which will feature prizes for the winners.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

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. 39K-Kurt Davis [4]; 2. 68T-Tyler Davis [6]; 3. 0-Robbie Pribnow [9]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith [3]; 5. 2-Chris Clayton [20]; 6. 14J-Joseph Hintz [19]; 7. 35-Ben Schmidt [8]; 8. 53A-Paul Pokorski [2]; 9. 30-Doug Wondra [15]; 10. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [11]; 11. 3-Justin Erickson [5]; 12. 4-Alex Pokorski [13]; 13. 22B-Brandon Berth [7]; 14. 55P-Brady Portschy [21]; 15. 11-Tony Wondra [16]; 16. 09-Clayton Rossmann [10]; 17. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [14]; 18. 69-Bill Taylor [1]; 19. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [17]; 20. 21H-TJ Haddy [18]; 21. 24-Scott Conger [12]; 22. 46-Kevin Ruh [23]; 23. (DNF) 52-Cody Schlafer [22]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 69S-TJ Smith [1]; 2. 68T-Tyler Davis [2]; 3. 09-Clayton Rossmann [4]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [5]; 5. 0-Robbie Pribnow [3]; 6. 14J-Joseph Hintz [8]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy [7]; 8. 11-Tony Wondra [6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 53A-Paul Pokorski [2]; 2. 39K-Kurt Davis [3]; 3. 3-Justin Erickson [4]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [1]; 5. 30-Doug Wondra [5]; 6. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [6]; 7. 46-Kevin Ruh [7]; 8. 55P-Brady Portschy[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Scott Conger [1]; 2. 69-Bill Taylor [2]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 4. 4-Alex Pokorski [5]; 5. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 6. 2-Chris Clayton [6]; 7. 52-Cody Schlafer [7]

Qualifying 1: 1. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 13.365 [7]; 2. 0-Robbie Pribnow, 13.375 [6]; 3. 68T-Tyler Davis, 13.591 [3]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.631 [5]; 5. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.671 [4]; 6. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.885 [2]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy, 13.950 [8]; 8. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.978 [1]

Qualifying 2: 1. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.600 [5]; 2. 39K-Kurt Davis, 13.629 [1]; 3. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 13.658[7]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.845[2]; 5. 30-Doug Wondra, 13.871[4]; 6. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 13.925 [3]; 7. 55P-Brady Portschy, 14.507 [8]; 8. (DNF) 46-Kevin Ruh [6]

Qualifying 3: 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.478[1]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.574 [5]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.670 [3]; 4. 24-Scott Conger, 13.727 [7]; 5. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.774 [4]; 6. 2-Chris Clayton, 14.299 [6]; 7. 52-Cody Schlafer, 14.849 [2]

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION 410 SPRINT CAR SERIES

A Main (30 Laps): 1. 19-Joel Myers Jr. [8]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee [5]; 3. 79M-Max Guilford [11]; 4. 25T-Travis Arenz [20]; 5. 96-Jake Blackhurst [4]; 6. 85J-Logan Julien [7]; 7. 73-Scotty Thiel [16]; 8. 16C-Tylar Rankin [13]; 9. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [3]; 10. 37-Bryce Norris [10]; 11. 16-Anthony Knierim [9]; 12. 87A-Austin Hartmann [17]; 13. 9K-Kyle Schuett [19]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [15]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech  [6]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder [23]; 17. 9-Tyler Duff [18]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz  [21]; 19. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski [24]; 20. 33B-Scott Broty [22]; 21. (DNF) 3B-Shelby Bosie [14]; 22. (DNF) 3N-Jake Neuman [2]; 23. (DNF) 25-Danny Schlafer [1]; 24. (DNF) 10W-Mike Reinke [12]

B Main (12 Laps): 1. 9K-Kyle Schuett [1]; 2. 25T-Travis Arenz [3]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz [2]; 4. 33B-Scott Broty [4]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder [6]; 6. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski [8]; 7. 88-Chris Flick [5]; 8. 17-Dylan Winkel [9]; 9. 70W-Logan Wienke [10]; 10. (DNF) 26R-Preston Ruh [7]

Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 25-Danny Schlafer [2]; 2. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [4]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee [3]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien [5]; 5. 16-Anthony Knierim [1]

Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 3N-Jake Neuman [2]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst [3]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech [1]; 4. 19-Joel Myers Jr. [5]; 5. 37-Bryce Norris [4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [1]; 2. 19-Joel Myers Jr [3]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer [2]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst [4]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [5]; 6. 73-Scotty Thiel [6]; 7. 25T-Travis Arenz [9]; 8. 33B-Scott Broty [8]; 9. 26R-Preston Ruh [7]; 10. (DNF) 70W-Logan Wienke [10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee [4]; 2. 85J-Logan Julien [3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke [5]; 4. 3B-Shelby Bosie [6]; 5. 16-Anthony Knierim [2]; 6. 9-Tyler Duff [9]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett [1]; 8. 88-Chris Flick [8]; 9. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3N-Jake Neuman [2]; 2. 79M-Max Guilford [1]; 3. 37-Bryce Norris [4]; 4. 16C-Tylar Rankin [5]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech [3]; 6. 87A-Austin Hartmann [7]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz [6]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder [9]; 9. 17-Dylan Winkel [8]

Qualifying: 1. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 11.882 [5]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.160 [9]; 3. 37-Bryce Norris, 12.194[2]; 4. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 12.226 [12]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien, 12.231 [8]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.297 [3]; 7. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.307 [7]; 8. 16-Anthony Knierim, 12.317 [6]; 9. 3N-Jake Neuman, 12.378 [22]; 10. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 12.422[28]; 11. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 12.428 [23]; 12. 79M-Max Guilford, 12.443 [24]; 13. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.455 [15]; 14. 10W-Mike Reinke, 12.531 [19]; 15. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 12.708 [16]; 16. 73-Scotty Thiel, 12.849 [27]; 17. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 12.913 [26]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.972 [10]; 19. 26R-Preston Ruh, 12.980 [4]; 20. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski, 12.988 [1]; 21. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 13.002 [18]; 22. 33B-Scott Broty, 13.035 [17]; 23. 88-Chris Flick, 13.050 [11]; 24. 17-Dylan Winkel, 13.084 [14]; 25. 25T-Travis Arenz, 13.196 [20]; 26. 9-Tyler Duff, 13.200 [21]; 27. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 13.478 [13]; 28. 70W-Logan Wienke, 14.506 [25]

Hot Laps: 1. 79M-Max Guilford, 11.964 [24]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel, 12.013 [27]; 3. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 12.022 [12]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 12.092 [23]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke, 12.098 [19]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman, 12.223 [22]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.260 [15]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 12.264 [18]; 9. 37-Bryce Norris, 12.297 [2]; 10. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 12.374 [26]; 11. 9-Tyler Duff, 12.379 [21]; 12. 33B-Scott Broty, 12.430 [17]; 13. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 12.458 [16]; 14. 25T-Travis Arenz, 12.459 [20]; 15. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 12.471 [5]; 16. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 12.582[28]; 17. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.687 [7]; 18. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 12.741 [13]; 19. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.018 [9]; 20. 85J-Logan Julien, 13.146 [8]; 21. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski, 13.218 [1]; 22. 88-Chris Flick, 13.289 [11]; 23. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.303 [10]; 24. 16-Anthony Knierim, 13.340 [6]; 25. 68-Dave Uttech, 13.343 [3]; 26. 70W-Logan Wienke, 13.351 [25]; 27. 26R-Preston Ruh, 13.410 [4]; 28. 17-Dylan Winkel, 13.489 [14]

SHEBOYGAN FLOORING B MODS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 18-Mike Sandholm [1]; 2. 17-Brandon Knepprath [5]; 3. 9-Hunter Larson [7]; 4. 3-Travis Schmidt [11]; 5. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [12]; 6. 66-Steve Lorier [8]; 7. 69-Travis Kleindl [14]; 8. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [2]; 9. 19-Parker Glander [18]; 10. 117-Tom Barnharst [19]; 11. 11B-Brad Buckman [3]; 12. 29S-Scott Quarnstrom [20]; 13. 35W-Wayne Walker [16]; 14. 25S-Steve Ellis [17]; 15. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [15]; 16. 26-Ryan Pafford [13]; 17. 73-Rory Welch [6]; 18. 59S-Spencer Long [9]; 19. 89-Logan Brass [4]; 20. 91-Cole Thomas [10]; 21. 54-Michael Strean [21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11B-Brad Buckman [2]; 2. 59S-Spencer Long [6]; 3. 73-Rory Welch [5]; 4. 18-Mike Sandholm [1]; 5. 26-Ryan Pafford [4]; 6. 35W-Wayne Walker [3]; 7. (DNS) 29S-Scott Quarnstrom

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Brandon Knepprath [4]; 2. 3-Travis Schmidt [6]; 3. 9-Hunter Larson [5]; 4. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [1]; 5. 69-Travis Kleindl [3]; 6. 25S-Steve Ellis [2]; 7. 54-Michael Strean [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Logan Brass [3]; 2. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [6]; 3. 66-Steve Lorier [5]; 4. 91-Cole Thomas [7]; 5. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [1]; 6. 19-Parker Glander [4]; 7. 117-Tom Barnharst [2]

Smith, Sorce, Thompson register A-main triumphs

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 20, 2024 – Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha held off the spirited challenges of five-time Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake and Jayden Schmidt of Seymour to rack up his second consecutive 30-lap 106.5 The Buzz Seubert Calf Ranches Super Six Late Model Series A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, July 20.

With rain and curfew plaguing seven of the first 11 racing programs of the 2024 season, the event was the fourth full race night of the 2024 PDTR campaign.

In the 25-lap Akright Auto PDTR – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car main event, T.J. Smith of Greenville registered a flag-to-flag victory.

Defending PDTR Grand National co-champion Will Sorce of Franklin secured his first A-main victory of the 2024 season in the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National main event.

Plymouth’s Rory Welch pulled off a late pass to rack up his first career Sheboygan Flooring PDTR B Mod A-main victory.

In the High School Racing Association’s first-ever appearance at The Plymouth Track Racing, Hixton resident and Osseo-Fairchild High School student Charles Thompson raced to victory in the 12-lap JDL Automotive and Detailing HSRA main event.

Taylor Scheffler used his outside front row starting spot to dart into the lead on the opening lap of the 30-lap Super Six Late Model Series A main with polesitter Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove sliding into second.

As Scheffler bolted away from the field, third starter Jayden Schmidt maneuvered around Charlie Schmidt to take the second spot on lap 5 before the first of six race stoppages occurred when eighth starter Turk Letizia of Milwaukee spun in turn three to bring out a yellow flag on lap 6.

After another caution flag was displayed for a spin involving Charlie Schmidt on the ensuing restart, fourth starter Brad Mueller pulled in to pass Jayden Schmidt for second on lap 7.

The third caution period came on lap 10 when Eric Michael of Cleveland spun in turn four. Mueller used a good restart to duck underneath Scheffler and mount a bid for the top spot on lap 11. The two prodigious Late Model competitors dueled side-by-side before Scheffler retained command on the smooth, slick and multi-groove racing surface.

The race was halted on lap 16 when a fire erupted in Milwaukee driver Joe Bongiorno’s machine. The Scheffler-Mueller battle raged on when the race resumed with both drivers swapping between the equally effective high and low grooves of the venerable third-mile clay oval.

Scheffler again stayed ahead before Mueller moved in to wage another bid for the lead on lap 21 until the fifth caution flag was waved on lap 22 when Kevin Baldry of Omro stopped in turn one.

Following the restart, Jayden Schmidt and Mueller re-engaged in a side-by-side jaunt for the runner-up position as Scheffler built up a solid cushion at the front of the field. The sixth and final yellow flag came out on lap 26 when Bill Edler of Howards Grove made contact with the turn-four wall.

After the ensuing single-file restart, Scheffler proved to be too strong for his fellow competitors to overcome as he rolled to his second PDTR Super Six Late Model Series main event triumph of the 2024 campaign, third career Super Six Late Model win and ninth overall PDTR Late Model victory of his career.

Mueller had to settle for second, Jayden Schmidt placed third, Turk Letizia rallied from his lap 6 spin to secure fourth and fifth starter Justin Ritchie of New London rounded out the top five.

The 2024 Super Six Late Model Series is slated to wrap up on Saturday, Aug. 10 with Brad Mueller holding a four-point lead over Taylor Scheffler and a 14-point cushion over Justin Ritchie heading into the finale.

In the 25-lap PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car A-main, T.J. Smith outdueled polesitter Randy Post of Oostburg to gain the lead in turn two on the opening lap with Post following in second and Alex Pokorski of West Bend moving up from the fourth starting position into third.

Meanwhile, 2011 PDTR and MSA 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Plymouth, who started 10th, used the high groove to power his way into the top five on lap 5 as eighth starter Brandon Berth of Cascade worked the outside line to follow Schmidt into sixth.

Smith caught the rear of the field on lap 10, while Schmidt vaulted his way past Post into second on lap 14 and quickly moved in to challenge Smith for the lead.

With the leaders fully entwined in thick lapped traffic, Berth slipped into third on lap 17 before Schmidt pulled even with Smith at the head of the field. One circuit later, disaster struck as Schmidt made contact with Smith’s right rear tire, which sent his machine hard into the turn three wall before flipping.

On the restart, Berth tried to track down Smith, while third starter Justin Erickson of Plymouth gained third on lap 18. Smith continued his smooth and steady pace at the point over the final seven laps to notch his second career PDTR and MSA 360 Sprint Car A-main triumph.

Berth placed second, Erickson was third, Pokorski claimed fourth and T.J. Haddy of Waupun worked his way up from the ninth starting spot to round out the top five.

On the opening lap of the 25-lap PDTR Grand National main event, octogenarian competitor Dick Hed of Plymouth worked the high line to assume the lead on the first lap as fourth-starting Derek Kaat took second from polesitter Jason Juech of Plymouth.

Hed set the pace at the front of the field before the first of two caution periods came on lap 4 for a three-car incident in turn two.

Following the restart, Kaat powered in to challenge Hed for the lead on lap 5 as Will Sorce shot into third from his eighth starting spot. The second and final yellow flag came out on lap 8 when Jack Wiroll of Sheboygan stopped in turn four with a fire under the hood of his car.

The restart allowed Sorce to move up to Hed’s rear bumper and vault his way into the lead on lap 8. Four laps later, ninth starter Dustin Weiss of Iron Ridge worked past Hed to nail down second while seven-time Plymouth track champion and two-time PDTR Grand National champ Brian Gilles of Plymouth bolted in from the 13th starting position to snag third on lap 15.

With Sorce securely in the lead, Gilles slipped past Dustin Weiss to take over second on lap 20. Sorce went on to notch his first A-main victory of 2024 and his ninth career PDTR Grand National main event win.

Gilles placed second, Dustin Weiss was third, 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Plymouth, who started 10th, finished fourth, while 1966 Plymouth Sportsman and 1969 Modified champion Dick Hed rounded out the top five.

Fresh off of his first career A-main victory in the last PDTR B Mod main event on June 29, Barrett Hummelmeier of Beaver Dam secured the lead on the first circuit of the 25-lap B Mod A-main.

The lone caution flag flew on lap 4 when Brendan Ostrowski of Milwaukee spun in turn third.

When the race resumed, Hummelmeier commanded the top spot while fourth starter Rory Welch moved into second on lap five. After building up a half-straightaway cushion over the field, Hummelmeier’s advantage shrank gradually as Welch chipped away at the lead gap.

On lap 18, Hummelmeier was bound up in slower traffic, which allowed Welch to advance to his rear bumper. After following close behind Hummelmeier over the next six laps, Welch finally made the winning move when he ducked low to shoot into the top spot in turn two on lap 24.

Welch held on to seal his first career PDTR B Mod A-main triumph in stirring fashion. Hummelmeier placed second, Travis Schmidt of Plymouth worked his way up from the eighth starting spot to finish third, seventh starter Steve Lorier of Sheboygan finished fourth and polesitter Ryan Pafford of Kiel placed fifth.

Charles Thompson fended off a spirited effort from Jackson Martindale of Stillman Valley High School in Stillman Valley, Ill. to earn the victory in the first-ever 12-lap High School Racing Association main event at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Brad Mueller of Random Lake secured Super Six Late Model Series fast qualifier honors with a lap of 13.802 seconds.

Ben Schmidt topped PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car group qualifying with a quick lap of 13.326 seconds.

The seventh event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Butch and Blondie Hafemann, drew 79 total entries, including 23 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 21 B Mods, 19 Grand Nationals, 13 Late Models and three High School Racing Association cars.

The next Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program on Saturday, July 27 will feature the third scheduled Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series event of the 2024 campaign at The Plymouth Dirt Track with the Akright Auto PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars and Sheboygan Flooring B Mods rounding out the card.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with “on-track action” scheduled to commence at 5:30 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

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 SEUBERT CALF RANCHES SUPER SIX LATE MODEL SERIES

A Main (30 Laps): 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [2]; 2. 89-Brad Mueller [4]; 3. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [3]; 4. D1-Turk Letizia [8]; 5. 70-Justin Ritchie [5]; 6. 10-Paul Parker [10]; 7. 22-Charlie Schmidt [1]; 8. 97-Justin Schmidt [11]; 9. 57M-Eric Michaels [12]; 10. 79-Jim Schmidt [9]; 11. 77-Bill Edler [7]; 12. 54-Kevin Baldry [13]; 13. 55B-Joe Bongiorno [6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Charlie Schmidt [2]; 2. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [3]; 3. 79-Jim Schmidt [1]; 4. 55B-Joe Bongiorno [5]; 5. D1-Turk Letizia [6]; 6. 10-Paul Parker [4]; 7. (DNF) 57M-Eric Michaels [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [2]; 2. 89-Brad Mueller [3]; 3. 70-Justin Ritchie [5]; 4. 77-Bill Edler [4]; 5. 97-Justin Schmidt [1]; 6. (DNS) 54-Kevin Baldry

Qualifying 1: 1. 24S-Jayden Schmidt, 14.060 [5]; 2. 22-Charlie Schmidt, 14.126 [1]; 3. 79-Jim Schmidt, 14.350 [6]; 4. 10-Paul Parker, 14.393 [2]; 5. 55B-Joe Bongiorno, 14.580 [4]; 6. D1-Turk Letizia, 15.263 [3]; 7. 57M-Eric Michaels, 15.340 [7]

Qualifying 2: 1. 89-Brad Mueller, 13.802 [5]; 2. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 13.811 [6]; 3. 97-Justin Schmidt, 13.920 [2]; 4. 77-Bill Edler, 14.031 [1]; 5. 70-Justin Ritchie, 14.086 [3]; 6. 54-Kevin Baldry, 16.083 [4]

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 69S-TJ Smith [2]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth [8]; 3. 3-Justin Erickson [3]; 4. 4-Alex Pokorski [4]; 5. 21H-TJ Haddy [9]; 6. 54-Randy Post [1]; 7. 51-Chris Larson [16]; 8. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [6]; 9. 09-Clayton Rossmann [7]; 10. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [11]; 11. 69-Bill Taylor [15]; 12. 30-Doug Wondra [20]; 13. 14J-Joseph Hintz [12]; 14. 11-Tony Wondra [14]; 15. 24-Scott Conger [13]; 16. 46-Steven Ruh [17]; 17. 53A-Spyder Akright [5]; 18. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [18]; 19. 55P-Brady Portschy [19]; 20. (DNF) 35-Ben Schmidt [10]; 21. (DNS) 44-Hayden Johnson; 22. (DNS) 19-Ion Stear; 23. (DNS) 16-Anthony Knierim

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Randy Post [1]; 2. 21H-TJ Haddy [4]; 3. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [3]; 4. 53A-Spyder Akright [2]; 5. 14J-Joseph Hintz [6]; 6. 16-Anthony Knierim [7]; 7. 46-Steven Ruh [5]; 8. (DNS) 30-Doug Wondra

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 09-Clayton Rossmann [1]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 3. 3-Justin Erickson [5]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith [6]; 5. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [7]; 6. 55P-Brady Portschy [8]; 7. (DNF) 51-Chris Larson [2]; 8. (DNF) 44-Hayden Johnson [3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Alex Pokorski [3]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth [4]; 3. 24-Scott Conger [1]; 4. 69-Bill Taylor [6]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra [5]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [7]; 7. (DNS) 19-Ion Stear

Qualifying 1: 1. 21H-TJ Haddy, 13.380 [5]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.614 [2]; 3. 53A-Spyder Akright, 13.628 [3]; 4. 54-Randy Post, 13.793 [8]; 5. 46-Steven Ruh, 13.838 [1]; 6. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.950 [6]; 7. 16-Anthony Knierim, 13.957 [4]; 8. 30-Doug Wondra [7]

Qualifying 2: 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.326 [8]; 2. 44-Hayden Johnson, 13.421 [3]; 3. 51-Chris Larson, 13.459 [4]; 4. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 13.590 [7]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.739 [5]; 6. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.746 [6]; 7. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 13.875 [2]; 8. 55P-Brady Portschy, 14.642 [1]

Qualifying 3: 1. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.427 [4]; 2. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.707 [2]; 3. 19-Ion Stear, 14.099 [7]; 4. 24-Scott Conger, 14.118 [5]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra, 14.178 [6]; 6. 69-Bill Taylor, 14.233 [1]; 7. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 14.291 [3]

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 14X-Will Sorce [8]; 2. 89-Brian Gilles [13]; 3. 53W-Dustin Weiss [9]; 4. 24K-Tyler Kulow [10]; 5. 6-Dick Hed [2]; 6. 53B-Brad Weiss [15]; 7. 15-Derek Kaat [4]; 8. 95-Donny Kulow [5]; 9. 34-Steven Weber [7]; 10. 80-Luke Scholten [6]; 11. 3-Jim Wirtz [19]; 12. 42-Jason Juech [1]; 13. 35-Jared Weiss [17]; 14. 5R-Nate Ruh [14]; 15. 54-Austin Yancey [16]; 16. 23-Scott Kafka [18]; 17. 8-Jake Richards [11]; 18. 37-Ryan Minster [12]; 19. 52W-Jack Wiroll [3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dick Hed [2]; 2. 15-Derek Kaat [3]; 3. 14X-Will Sorce [5]; 4. 80-Luke Scholten  [4]; 5. 89-Brian Gilles [6]; 6. 54-Austin Yancey [1]; 7. 3-Jim Wirtz [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 53W-Dustin Weiss [5]; 2. 95-Donny Kulow [3]; 3. 52W-Jack Wiroll [2]; 4. 8-Jake Richards [6]; 5. 5R-Nate Ruh [4]; 6. 35-Jared Weiss [1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Jason Juech [1]; 2. 24K-Tyler Kulow [5]; 3. 34-Steven Weber [4]; 4. 37-Ryan Minster [6]; 5. 53B-Brad Weiss [3]; 6. 23-Scott Kafka [2]

SHEBOYGAN FLOORING B MODS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 73-Rory Welch [4]; 2. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [2]; 3. 3-Travis Schmidt [8]; 4. 66-Steve Lorier [7]; 5. 26-Ryan Pafford [1]; 6. 9-Hunter Larson [6]; 7. 10F-Mitchell Fairbank [16]; 8. 59S-Spencer Long [9]; 9. 98-Dustin Wudstrack [11]; 10. 17-Brandon Knepprath [19]; 11. 89-Logan Brass [5]; 12. 14-Craig Gessner [12]; 13. 19-Parker Glander [15]; 14. 117-Jim Juneau [10]; 15. 27L-Brendan Ostrowski [3]; 16. 81-Dan Melton [13]; 17. XV-Don Marquart [18]; 18. 11B-Brad Buckman [17]; 19. 18-Miranda Sandholm [21]; 20. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [14]; 21. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Rory Welch [3]; 2. 26-Ryan Pafford [1]; 3. 27L-Brendan Ostrowski [2]; 4. 9-Hunter Larson [4]; 5. 81-Dan Melton [6]; 6. 10F-Mitchell Fairbank [7]; 7. 17-Brandon Knepprath [5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Schmidt [5]; 2. 66-Steve Lorier [4]; 3. 14-Craig Gessner [7]; 4. 117-Jim Juneau [6]; 5. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [1]; 6. 11B-Brad Buckman [3]; 7. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [1]; 2. 59S-Spencer Long [5]; 3. 98-Dustin Wudstrack [6]; 4. 89-Logan Brass [3]; 5. 19-Parker Glander [4]; 6. XV-Don Marquart [2]; 7. (DNS) 18-Miranda Sandholm

HIGH SCHOOL RACING ASSOCIATION

A-main (12 Laps) 1. Charles Thompson; 2. Jackson Martindale; 3. Adrian Barrow

Heat 1 (6 Laps) 1. Charles Thompson; 2. Jackson Martindale; 3. Adrian Barrow

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 13, 2024 – To say the weather has been unkind to the 2024 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing season would be quite an understatement.

Through the first 10 scheduled events of the 2024 campaign, just three nights have been completed in full, while seven have experienced A-main cancellations due to rain or curfew at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis.

The latest PDTR racing program with A-main events falling victim to rain came during the third annual Plymouth Racing Wall of Fame Induction Night racing program on Saturday, July 13.

After the completion of all heat races in the Seubert Calf Ranches 106.5 The Buzz Super Six Late Model Series, Akright Auto PDTR-Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Cars, Oostburg Automotive Grand Nationals and Sheboygan Flooring B Mods, along with the visiting Vintage Modifieds, the remainder of the PDTR program was cancelled six laps into the scheduled 30-lap Super Six Late Model Series main event as heavy rain, coupled with lightning brought the night to an early conclusion.

Since all preliminary races (heat races in this case) were completed in each of the five racing divisions, the event went down as an official racing program per PDTR rules. As a result, points and payout were split evenly among the scheduled A-main starters in each of the four PDTR divisions.

A total of 12 names were added to the Plymouth Racing Wall of Fame during the third annual Class of 2024 induction ceremony held at intermission.

Fuzzy Fassbender, Donny Goeden, Dave Haag, Steve Hoffmann, Randy Markwardt, Pete Ostrowski, Steve Schad and K.J. Skelton were inducted as drivers. The names of track workers Lee Glomski, John Laack and Bill Krueger were etched on the Wall of Fame in the Dedicated to Racing category. The McMullen racing family joined the six previous Wall of Fame-worthy racing families.

Five-time PDTR Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake picked up the Super Six Late Model Series fast qualifier award with a lap of 13.535 seconds.

Paul Pokorski of West Bend topped PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car group qualifying with a fast lap of 12.698 seconds.

The sixth event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Butch and Blondie Hafemann, drew 100 total entries, including 25 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 24 B Mods, 19 Grand Nationals, 19 Late Models and 13 Vintage Modifieds.

The next Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program on Saturday, July 20 will feature the sixth round of competition in the 106.5 The Buzz Seubert Calf Ranches Super Six Late Model Series, as well as the Akright Auto PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, Oostburg Automotive Grand Nationals, Sheboygan Flooring B Mods, along with the debut of the High School Racing Association at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

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 SEUBERT CALF RANCHES SUPER SIX LATE MODEL SERIES

A-main (30 laps) Cancelled due to rain

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [3]; 2. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [5]; 3. 97-Justin Schmidt [1]; 4. 22-Charlie Schmidt [6]; 5. 99-Scott Specht [2]; 6. D1-Turk Letizia [4]; 7. 21M-Shawn Miller [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55B-Joe Bongiorno [2]; 2. 19J-Justin Green [1]; 3. 54-Kevin Baldry [3]; 4. 42-Paul Niznik [6]; 5. 10-Paul Parker [4]; 6. 57M-Eric Michaels [5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Brad Mueller [3]; 2. 9Z-Jayme Zidar [1]; 3. 79-Jim Schmidt [2]; 4. 70-Justin Ritchie [6]; 5. 74-Mitch McGrath [4]; 6. 77-Bill Edler [5]

Qualifying 1: 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 13.841 [7]; 2. 99-Scott Specht, 14.230 [2]; 3. 97-Justin Schmidt, 14.240 [6]; 4. D1-Turk Letizia, 14.275 [1]; 5. 24S-Jayden Schmidt, 14.426 [5]; 6. 22-Charlie Schmidt, 14.633 [3]; 7. 21M-Shawn Miller, 14.947 [4]

Qualifying 2: 1. 54-Kevin Baldry, 14.533 [4]; 2. 55B-Joe Bongiorno, 14.823 [6]; 3. 19J-Justin Green, 14.928 [2]; 4. 10-Paul Parker, 15.428 [5]; 5. 57M-Eric Michaels, 15.541 [3]; 6. 42-Paul Niznik, 16.562 [1]

Qualifying 3: 1. 89-Brad Mueller, 13.535 [2]; 2. 79-Jim Schmidt, 13.749 [6]; 3. 9Z-Jayme Zidar, 13.937 [4]; 4. 74-Mitch McGrath, 13.967 [1]; 5. 77-Bill Edler, 14.056 [5]; 6. 70-Justin Ritchie, 14.404 [3]

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

A-main: Cancelled due to rain

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 69S-TJ Smith [2]; 2. 66-Donny Goeden [3]; 3. 85J-Logan Julien [5]; 4. 30-Doug Wondra [7]; 5. 53A-Paul Pokorski [4]; 6. 54-Randy Post [9]; 7. 55P-Brady Portschy [8]; 8. (DNF) 0-Robbie Pribnow [1]; 9. (DNF) 12P-JJ Pagel [6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22B-Brandon Berth [1]; 2. 11-Tony Wondra [3]; 3. 21H-TJ Haddy [2]; 4. 09-Clayton Rossmann [8]; 5. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [6]; 6. 24-Scott Conger [5]; 7. 14J-Joseph Hintz [7]; 8. (DNF) 63K-Kevin Karnitz [4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 2. 39K-Kurt Davis [3]; 3. 3-Justin Erickson [5]; 4. 69-Bill Taylor [1]; 5. 4-Alex Pokorski [7]; 6. 51-Chris Larson [6]; 7. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [2]; 8. 46-Kevin Ruh [8]

Qualifying 1: 1. Paul Pokorski, 12.698 [4]; 2. 66-Donny Goeden, 12.779 [3]; 3. 69S-TJ Smith, 12.872 [7]; 4. 0-Robbie Pribnow, 12.907 [8]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien, 12.919 [6]; 6. 12P-JJ Pagel, 12.983 [5]; 7. 30-Doug Wondra, 13.306 [1]; 8. 55P-Brady Portschy, 13.408 [9]; 9. 54-Randy Post, 14.112 [2]

Qualifying 2: 1. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 12.726 [5]; 2. 11-Tony Wondra, 12.741 [3]; 3. 21H-TJ Haddy, 12.750 [6]; 4. 22B-Brandon Berth, 12.776 [2]; 5. 24-Scott Conger, 12.778 [7]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 12.819 [4]; 7. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 12.853 [1]; 8. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 12.879 [8]

Qualifying 3: 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.799 [2]; 2. 39K-Kurt Davis, 12.831 [4]; 3. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 12.912 [7]; 4. 69-Bill Taylor, 12.939 [8]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.044 [1]; 6. 51-Chris Larson, 13.055 [5]; 7. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.117 [6]; 8. 46-Kevin Ruh, 13.758 [3]

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A-main: Cancelled due to rain

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 72E-Chad Espen [4]; 2. 89-Brian Gilles [6]; 3. 6-Dick Hed [1]; 4. 24K-Tyler Kulow [7]; 5. 95-Donny Kulow [5]; 6. 52W-Jack Wiroll [3]; 7. 35-Jared Weiss [2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Jason Juech [2]; 2. 15-Derek Kaat [3]; 3. 14X-Will Sorce [6]; 4. 47-Nick Schumacher [1]; 5. 34-Steven Weber [4]; 6. 69-TJ Smith [5]; 7. 23B-Trent Bogart [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 80-Luke Scholten [4]; 2. 53W-Dustin Weiss [6]; 3. 53B-Brad Weiss [5]; 4. 23-Scott Kafka [2]; 5. 5M-Nate Ruh [3]; 6. 54-Austin Yancey [1]

SHEBOYGAN FLOORING B MODS

A-main – Cancelled due to rain

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66C-Colten Van Hierden [7]; 2. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [2]; 3. 19-Parker Glander [4]; 4. 32Z-Andy Welter [6]; 5. 11B-Brad Buckman [3]; 6. 27L-Brendan Ostrowski [8]; 7. 66-Steve Lorier [5]; 8. (DNF) 29S-Scott Quarnstrom [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Schmidt [6]; 2. 73-Rory Welch [3]; 3. 89-Logan Brass [2]; 4. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [1]; 5. 17-Brandon Knepprath [5]; 6. XV-Don Marquart [4]; 7. 35W-Wayne Walker [8]; 8. 117B-Tom Barnharst [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [2]; 2. 91-Cole Thomas [6]; 3. 59S-Spencer Long [5]; 4. 9-Hunter Larson [4]; 5. 69-Travis Kleindl [3]; 6. 26-David Paskiewicz [7]; 7. 25S-Steve Ellis [1]; 8. 54-Michael Strean [8]

VINTAGE MODIFIEDS

A-main: Cancelled due to rain

Heat 1 (6 Laps) 1. Darrin Allard

Heat 2 (6 Laps) 1. Butch Hafemann

Pribnow, Dustin Weiss, Hummelmeier claim A-main triumphs

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 29, 2024 – Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha survived six caution flags and fended off former Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Late Model champs Mitch McGrath and Brad Mueller to secure the 30-lap Seubert Calf Ranches 106.5 The Buzz Super Six Late Model A-main victory worth $2,500 in the third complete PDTR program of the 2024 season Saturday, June 29 at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis.

In the 25-lap Akright Auto 360 Sprint Car main event, Robbie Pribnow of Lomira outdueled 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Ben Schmidt of Plymouth in the closing laps to capture his first A-main victory of the 2024 season behind the wheel of Blake Wondra’s No. 0 machine.

Dustin Weiss of Iron Ridge rolled up from the 12^th starting spot to record his first career 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National main event victory.

Barrett Hummelmeier of Beaver Dam led wire-to-wire en route to the first A-main victory of his career in the 25-lap Sheboygan Flooring B Mod A-main.

Polesitter Taylor Scheffler bolted into the lead on the drop of the green flag in the 30-lap Super Six Late Model Series headliner with 2014 PDTR Late Model champion Mitch McGrath of Waukesha, who started fourth, seizing second on the opening lap.

On lap five, five-time PDTR Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake took over third in the running order after starting sixth. The first of six caution flags appeared on lap 8 when Turk Letizia of Milwaukee spun in turn two.

Following another caution flag on lap 9, Scheffler bolted out to a half-straightaway advantage over McGrath on lap 13 before the third caution flag of the event was displayed when Turk Letizia spun in turn two.

Five laps later, Sawyer Specht of Sheboygan Falls and Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove collided in turn four to bring out the fourth caution of the race on lap 18.

On the restart, five-time PDTR Late Model champ Justin Schmidt of Cleveland slowed in turn out to draw the fifth caution of the race. Mueller moved in to challenge McGrath for second on lap l9 along the outside groove of the dry and dusty racing surface.

McGrath, who leads the way with three career Super Six Late Model Series A-main victories at Plymouth, retained second on lap 22 and was reeling in Scheffler when Bill Edler of Howards Grove and Jim Schmidt of Cleveland spun along the front stretch to bring out the sixth and final caution flag of race.

Following a single-file restart, McGrath attempted to duck underneath Scheffler. However, Scheffler held on to secure his second-career Super Six Late Model Series A-main victory and eighth overall PDTR Late Model main event win of his career, which earned him a $2,500 first-place check.

McGrath had to settle for second, Mueller was third, Spencer Diercks of Davenport, Iowa, who started second, placed fourth and Justin Ritchie of New London stormed up from the 14^th starting position to round out the top five.

Inside second row starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend used a daring three-wide move to zip past front row starters Bill Taylor Boltonville and Chris Larson of Franksville to grab the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main.

With Karnitz holding a comfortable lead, fifth starter Ben Schmidt used the outside groove to vault his way into the top five on the second circuit before the lone caution flag of the race appeared on lap 5. Following the restart, Schmidt bolted past Larson, Taylor, Robbie Pribnow to secure second and move in to challenge Karnitz for the top spot on lap 6.

Three laps later, Schmidt used the high groove to shoot past Karnitz to secure the top spot in turn one on lap 11. Karnitz attempted to battle back over the ensuing lap along the inside lane. However, Schmidt was too strong as he powered away as he weaved his way through slower traffic starting on lap 13.

Schmidt, who captured seven main event victories at Plymouth during the 2023 campaign and has one A-main win in 2024, continued to hold down the top spot over Karnitz over the ensuing 10 laps.

Meanwhile, fourth starter Robbie Pribnow was mounting a spirited charge to the front utilizing the outside lane of the third-mile clay oval to take over third on lap 16. After disposing of Karnitz on lap 18, Pribnow started to reel in the leader.

On lap 23 Pribnow moved in to challenge Schmidt for the top spot before slipping past the 25-year veteran in turn two on lap 24. Pribnow powered away from Schmidt over the final two circuits to secure his fourth career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and ninth career Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car main event triumph.

Schmidt placed second, Karnitz placed third, Taylor wound up fourth and rookie Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, Ill. rounded out the top five after starting sixth.

Rookie Austin Yancey of Sheboygan, who started on the pole, outbattled second starter Mavrick Ruh of Elkhart Lake to lead the opening lap of the 25-lap Grand National main event with Ruh and third starter Steven Weber of Plymouth securing second and third respectively in the running order.

On lap 6, eighth starter T.J. Smith of Greenville executed a three-wide pass to take over fifth before advancing to third along the high line on lap 8.

One lap later, Ruh briefly took the lead before Smith bolted by to take the top spot on lap 12. Ruh remained close behind Smith before the first caution of the race appeared on lap 16.

Following the restart, Dustin Weiss, who started 12^th, flexed his muscle to sweep into second place on lap 16. One lap later, Yancey spun in turn fourth to prompt the second caution flag of the race.

The third and final caution flag of the race was displayed on the ensuing restart when Weber spun in turn two. When the race returned to green flag action, Weiss completed his stirring run to the front by powering past Smith along the outside groove. Once he was out front, Weiss bolted away from the field to post his first-career PDTR Grand National main event win.

Smith held on to place second, Tyler Kulow of Plymouth moved up from the ninth starting position to finish third, 2023 PDTR Grand National co-champion Will Sorce of Franklin placed fourth from his 11^th starting spot and seven-time Plymouth track champ Brian Gilles of Plymouth charged up from the 10^th starting position to finish fifth.

Outside front row starter Barrett Hummelmeier seized the lead on the drop of the green flag in the 25-lap B Mod A-main with rookie polesitter Parker Glander of Sheboygan Falls sliding into second.

The first of three caution periods occurred on lap two for a four-car incident in turn two. On the restart, Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls moved up from his sixth starting position to secure second.

The leaders caught the rear of the field on lap 11 as Travis Schmidt of Plymouth advanced from the 10^th starting spot to take over third. After two more caution flags on lap 18, Long began to pressure Hummelmeier for the lead on lap 19.

However, Long slipped back a spot when Schmidt wrestled the second position away on lap 24. Meanwhile, Hummelmeier stormed to his first career A-main victory.

Schmidt took home second, Long wound up third, Brian Konitzer of Sheboygan improved seven spots from the 11^th starting position to place fourth and 2022 PDTR B Mod champ Andy Welter of Cedarburg started and finished fifth.

Mike Mullen of Seymour picked up the Super Six Late Model Series fast qualifier award with a lap of 13.967 seconds.

Alex Pokorski claimed his second fast time award of the 2024 campaign in PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car hot-lap-group qualifying with a lap of 13.363 seconds.

GoFundMe donations continue to be accepted for 2005 MSA and 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender of Burnett, who suffered serious burns in a methanol fire during hot lap qualifying at The Plymouth Dirt Track on Saturday, June 15.

Those wishing to assist Fassbender and his family during his recovery can donate by visiting https://gofundme.com/f/help-lance-and-his-family-during-his-recovery.

The fifth event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Pedal Down Promotions, drew 89 total entries, including 24 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 23 Late Models, 22 B Mods and 20 Grand Nationals.

After taking a weekend off, the next Plymouth Dirt Track Racing event will feature the third annual Plymouth Racing Wall of Fame Induction Night Program on Saturday, July 13, during which the names of eight drivers (Fuzzy Fassbender, Donny Goeden, Dave Haag, Steve Hoffmann, Randy Markwardt, Pete Ostrowski, Steve Schad and K.J. Skelton), three track workers (Lee Glomski, John Laack and Bill Krueger) and the McMullen racing family will be added to the track’s Wall of Fame.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

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 SEUBERT CALF RANCHES SUPER SIX LATE MODEL SERIES

A Main: 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [1]; 2. 74-Mitch McGrath [4]; 3. 89-Brad Mueller [6]; 4. 29-Spencer Diercks [2]; 5. 70-Justin Ritchie [14]; 6. 10-Paul Parker [16]; 7. 9N-Tom Naeyaert [5]; 8. 54-Kevin Baldry [19]; 9. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [23]; 10. 9Z-Jayme Zidar [20]; 11. 19J-Justin Green [21]; 12. 55B-Joe Bongiorno [18]; 13. 77-Bill Edler [7]; 14. 42-Paul Niznik [15]; 15. 57M-Eric Michaels [12]; 16. 79-Jim Schmidt [11]; 17. 99-Sawyer Specht [10]; 18. 97-Justin Schmidt [17]; 19. 22-Charlie Schmidt [3]; 20. 99M-Mike Mullen [9]; 21. D1-Turk Letizia [8]; 22. 7X-Jesse Glenz [13]; 23. (DNS) 03-Dan White

Heat 1: 1. 22-Charlie Schmidt [1]; 2. 77-Bill Edler [2]; 3. 99M-Mike Mullen [3]; 4. 99-Sawyer Specht [5]; 5. 70-Justin Ritchie [4]; 6. 57M-Eric Michaels [7]; 7. (DNF) 03-Dan White [6]; 8. (DNF) 24S-Jayden Schmidt [8]

Heat 2: 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [3]; 2. D1-Turk Letizia [1]; 3. 79-Jim Schmidt [2]; 4. 89-Brad Mueller [7]; 5. 7X-Jesse Glenz [4]; 6. 97-Justin Schmidt [6]; 7. 19J-Justin Green [5]; 8. 9Z-Jayme Zidar [8]

Heat 3: 1. 29-Spencer Diercks [2]; 2. 74-Mitch McGrath [3]; 3. 9N-Tom Naeyaert [5]; 4. 55B-Joe Bongiorno  [1]; 5. 42-Paul Niznik [4]; 6. 10-Paul Parker [6]; 7. 54-Kevin Baldry [7]

Qualifying 1: 1. 99M-Mike Mullen, 13.967 [8]; 2. 77-Bill Edler, 14.170 [6]; 3. 22-Charlie Schmidt, 14.197 [4]; 4. 70-Justin Ritchie, 14.225 [5]; 5. 99-Sawyer Specht, 14.245 [2]; 6. 03-Dan White, 14.546 [7]; 7. 57M-Eric Michaels, 14.883 [1]; 8. (DNS) 24S-Jayden Schmidt, 14.883

Qualifying 2: 1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 14.003 [3]; 2. 79-Jim Schmidt, 14.187 [6]; 3. D1-Turk Letizia, 14.205 [2]; 4. 7X-Jesse Glenz, 14.234 [1]; 5. 19J-Justin Green, 14.390 [7]; 6. 97-Justin Schmidt, 14.541 [5]; 7. 89-Brad Mueller, 14.541 [4]; 8. 9Z-Jayme Zidar, 14.541 [8]

Qualifying 3: 1. 74-Mitch McGrath, 13.970 [4]; 2. 29-Spencer Diercks, 13.975 [2]; 3. 55B-Joe Bongiorno, 14.476 [7]; 4. 42-Paul Niznik, 14.565 [5]; 5. 9N-Tom Naeyaert, 14.588 [6]; 6. 10-Paul Parker, 14.679 [1]; 7. 54-Kevin Baldry, 15.197 [3]

 

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main: 1. 0-Robbie Pribnow [4]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt [5]; 3. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [3]; 4. 69-Bill Taylor [1]; 5. 09-Clayton Rossmann [6]; 6. 21H-TJ Haddy [7]; 7. 4-Alex Pokorski [8]; 8. 69S-TJ Smith [15]; 9. 3-Justin Erickson [13]; 10. 51-Chris Larson [2]; 11. 39K-Kurt Davis [9]; 12. 12P-JJ Pagel [10]; 13. 22B-Brandon Berth [11]; 14. 53A-Paul Pokorski [17]; 15. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [12]; 16. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [20]; 17. 16-Anthony Knierim [23]; 18. 11-Tony Wondra [14]; 19. 54-Randy Post [19]; 20. 24-Scott Conger [18]; 21. 55P-Brady Portschy [24]; 22. 46-Kevin Ruh [22]; 23. 14J-Joseph Hintz [16]; 24. 33-Josh Bilicki [21]

Heat 1: 1. 39K-Kurt Davis [1]; 2. 4-Alex Pokorski [4]; 3. 51-Chris Larson [2]; 4. 22B-Brandon Berth [5]; 5. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [6]; 6. 24-Scott Conger [7]; 7. (DNF) 33-Josh Bilicki [8]; 8. (DNS) 16-Anthony Knierim

Heat 2: 1. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [1]; 2. 09-Clayton Rossmann [3]; 3. 0-Robbie Pribnow [2]; 4. 21H-TJ Haddy [4]; 5. 69-Bill Taylor [5]; 6. 14J-Joseph Hintz [6]; 7. 53A-Paul Pokorski [7]; 8. 46-Kevin Ruh [8]

Heat 3: 1. 3-Justin Erickson [2]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 3. 11-Tony Wondra [1]; 4. 12P-JJ Pagel [3]; 5. 69S-TJ Smith [7]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [6]; 7. 54-Randy Post [5]; 8. 55P-Brady Portschy [8]

Qualifying 1: 1. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.363 [8]; 2. 16-Anthony Knierim, 13.633 [1]; 3. 51-Chris Larson, 13.683 [4]; 4. 39K-Kurt Davis, 13.724 [6]; 5. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.900 [3]; 6. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 13.936 [2]; 7. 24-Scott Conger, 14.004 [7]; 8. 33-Josh Bilicki, 14.709 [5]

Qualifying 2: 1. 21H-TJ Haddy, 13.380 [6]; 2. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 13.576 [4]; 3. 0-Robbie Pribnow, 13.635 [3]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.643 [1]; 5. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.694 [8]; 6. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.846 [7]; 7. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 13.986 [5]; 8. 46-Kevin Ruh, 15.160 [2]

Qualifying 3: 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.627 [5]; 2. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.845 [1]; 3. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.961 [4]; 4. 11-Tony Wondra, 14.096 [7]; 5. 54-Randy Post, 14.288 [3]; 6. 55P-Brady Portschy, 14.313 [8]; 7. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 14.356 [2]; 8. (DNS) 69S-TJ Smith, 14.356

 

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Main: 1. 53W-Dustin Weiss [12]; 2. 69-TJ Smith [8]; 3. 24K-Tyler Kulow [9]; 4. 14X-Will Sorce [11]; 5. 89-Brian Gilles [10]; 6. 93-Mavrick Ruh [2]; 7. 53B-Brad Weiss [7]; 8. 72E-Chad Espen [6]; 9. 95-Donny Kulow [13]; 10. 15-Derek Kaat [5]; 11. 41S-Scott Sohrweide [17]; 12. 23-Scott Kafka [4]; 13. 34-Steven Weber [3]; 14. 42-Jason Juech [16]; 15. 35-Jared Weiss [19]; 16. 54-Austin Yancey [1]; 17. 80-Luke Scholten [15]; 18. 9-Josh Koslowski [18]; 19. 23B-Trent Bogart [20]; 20. 52W-Jack Wiroll [14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Brian Gilles [5]; 2. 54-Austin Yancey [1]; 3. 72E-Chad Espen [3]; 4. 53W-Dustin Weiss [6]; 5. 95-Donny Kulow [4]; 6. 42-Jason Juech [2]; 7. 23B-Trent Bogart [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Mavrick Ruh [1]; 2. 14X-Will Sorce [5]; 3. 69-TJ Smith [4]; 4. 23-Scott Kafka [2]; 5. 52W-Jack Wiroll [3]; 6. 35-Jared Weiss [7]; 7. (DNF) 9-Josh Koslowski [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 53B-Brad Weiss [3]; 2. 34-Steven Weber [1]; 3. 24K-Tyler Kulow [4]; 4. 15-Derek Kaat [2]; 5. 80-Luke Scholten [5]; 6. 41S-Scott Sohrweide [6]

 

SHEBOYGAN FLOORING B MODS

A Main: 1. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [2]; 2. 3-Travis Schmidt [10]; 3. 59S-Spencer Long [6]; 4. 96-Brian Konitzer [11]; 5. 32Z-Andy Welter [5]; 6. 19-Parker Glander [1]; 7. 9-Hunter Larson [15]; 8. 5X-Tony Gates [9]; 9. 66-Steve Lorier [7]; 10. 73-Rory Welch [4]; 11. 17-Brandon Knepprath [8]; 12. XV-Don Marquart [14]; 13. 69-Travis Kleindl [13]; 14. 89-Logan Brass [21]; 15. 25-Jim Fischer [16]; 16. 25S-Steve Ellis [18]; 17. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [19]; 18. 11B-Brad Buckman [3]; 19. 26-Ryan Pafford [12]; 20. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [17]; 21. (DNS) 29S-Scott Quarnstrom; 22. (DNS) 18-Miranda Sandholm

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Brandon Knepprath [5]; 2. 11B-Brad Buckman [3]; 3. 32Z-Andy Welter [4]; 4. 26-Ryan Pafford [7]; 5. 69-Travis Kleindl [6]; 6. 25-Jim Fischer [1]; 7. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [2]; 8. (DNF) 18-Miranda Sandholm [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5X-Tony Gates [5]; 2. 59S-Spencer Long [4]; 3. 73-Rory Welch [3]; 4. 19-Parker Glander [2]; 5. XV-Don Marquart [6]; 6. (DNF) 31W-Kelan Wolfe [7]; 7. (DNS) 29S-Scott Quarnstrom

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [2]; 2. 3-Travis Schmidt [5]; 3. 66-Steve Lorier [4]; 4. 96-Brian Konitzer [6]; 5. 9-Hunter Larson [3]; 6. 25S-Steve Ellis [1]; 7. 89-Logan Brass [7]

Fundraiser established to assist injured racer Lance Fassbender

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 15, 2024 – A season that has been reluctant to fully accelerate finally kicked into gear as Plymouth Dirt Track Racing completed its second full racing program of the 2024 campaign out of seven scheduled attempts at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, June 15

In just the second 25-lap Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing-Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car A-main event of the 2024 season, 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Plymouth put on a driving clinic en route to the initial main event victory of his 25^th season of racing.

Veteran Steven Weber of Plymouth earned a wire-to-wire triumph in the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National A-main.

Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls endured eight cautions to capture his first career A-main triumph in the time-shortened Sheboygan Flooring B Mod main event.

In the visiting 20-lap 106.5 The Buzz IRA Lightning Sprints A-main, Brian Strane Jr. of Paris, Wis. continued his stellar 2024 season by capturing another main event triumph in convincing fashion.

Behind the wheel of the Nick Daywalt-owned No. 66 machine, three-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Donny Goeden of Kewaskum emerged from semi-retirement to grab the lead on the drop of the green flag of the 25-lap PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car main event from the pole.

Goeden, who was making just his fourth 360 Sprint Car start since his retirement from full-time racing competition after the 2016 season, proceeded to build a solid lead in the early stages of the event as outside front-row starter T.J. Haddy of Waupun gave chase in the runner-up spot.

Things started to get interesting when Goeden caught up to the rear of the field on lap 9. As the leaders bunched up in slower traffic, Ben Schmidt, who started 12^th, flexed his muscle by working both the high and low grooves of the fast and smooth racing surface to slip past sixth starter Brandon Berth of Cascade and secure third on lap 11.

One lap later, Schmidt swiped second from Haddy and gradually reeled in Goeden for the top spot. On lap 17, Schmidt pounced to lift the lead from Goeden’s possession after executing what proved to be the winning move in turn two.

Once out front, Schmidt was not to be denied as he stretched out a full straightaway advantage en route to his 23^rd career PDTR 360 Sprint Car main event victory and 43^rd career Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main win. Schmidt’s triumph moved him into a tie with Danny Schlafer of Sussex for third place on the all-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory list.

Goeden held on to finish second, Alex Pokorski of West Bend stormed up from the eighth starting position to place third, Haddy claimed a career-best fourth-place showing and Berth rounded out the top five in the caution-free, non-stop, green-to-checkered flag race.

Polesitter Steven Weber outpowered octogenarian racer Dick Hed of Plymouth to take the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap Grand National A-main. Hed, who claimed a Sportsman division co-championship in 1966 and the 1969 Modified title at Plymouth, battled back along the high groove to challenge Weber for the top spot on lap 2.

The two veterans dueled side by side until Weber surged ahead on lap 4. With Weber holding down the top spot, 2010 and defending PDTR Grand National co-champion Brian Gilles of Plymouth moved up from his seventh starting spot and 11^th starter T.J. Smith of Greenville flew in to battle door to door with Gilles for third on lap 9.

One lap later, eighth starter Scott Kafka of Cleveland spun into the infield in turn two while Smith slowed before retiring to the pits with an apparent mechanical issue.

With Smith out of the picture, Gilles, who owns a grand total of seven Plymouth track championships in the Super Stock and Grand National ranks, moved in to challenge Weber for the top spot starting on lap 17, while 2022 PDTR Grand National champ Luke Scholten of Oostburg seized third after starting ninth.

The lone caution flag of the event was displayed when Mavrick Ruh of Elkhart Lake stopped along the front stretch on lap 20. Weber maintained the lead after the restart and motored away from the field to notch his fifth career PDTR Grand National A-main triumph.

Gilles finished second, Scholten wound up third, 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Sheboygan finished fourth after starting eighth and 2023 PDTR Grand National division co-champion Will Sorce of Franklin charged up from the 16^th starting spot to round out the top five.

Seven caution flags prompted the scheduled 25-lap B Mod main event to be shortened to 15 laps upon triggering the race’s 25-minute time limit.

Fourth starter Spencer Long maneuvered past rookie Parker Glander of Sheboygan Falls, who started second, to grab the lead on the opening circuit. Following the first two caution flags of the race, fifth starter Brandon Knepprath of Boltonville advanced to second on lap 3.

Following a flurry of five caution flags reeled off in rapid succession, Cole Thomas of Franklin moved in from his ninth starting spot to duel with fourth starter Rory Welch of Plymouth for the runner-up spot.

Thomas sealed second on lap 14 and was reeling in Long when Welch stopped along the front stretch to bring out the race’s seventh caution flag and invoke the race’s 25-minute time limit.

When the dust settled on an eventful main event, Long guided his No. 59s machine to victory lane for the first time in his career.

Thomas had to settle for second, Colten Van Hierden of Waupun moved up from the 10^th starting spot to place third, Knepprath came home fourth and Tony Gates of Chilton moved up six spots from his 11^th starting position to round out the top-five finishers.

In the visiting IRA Lightning Sprint main event, Tim Brannam of Holiday Hills, Ill. grabbed the initial lead from his outside front row starting position with fourth starter Jordan Funderburk of Wadsworth, Ill. and polesitter Ron Brannam of Barrington, Ill. giving chase.

By lap 5, Tim Brannam built up a full straightaway lead over Funderburk before Mark Heinert of Waukesha, who started eighth, passed Funderburk for second lap 8.

With the leaders moving through slower traffic, Heinert advanced his way in to challenge Tim Brannam for the lead before seventh starter Brian Strane Jr. bolted in to sweep around both Heinert and Brannam to grab the top spot on lap 12.

Over the final eight laps, Strane Jr. built up a big half-lap lead en route to his third IRA Lightning Sprints A-main victory of the 2024 campaign in three outings.

Heinert finished second, ninth starter Nick Petska of Spring Grove, Ill. placed third, Tim Brannam was fourth and Mike Neau of Pleasant Prairie advanced from the 10^th starting position to take fifth.

Two-time PDTR and five-time MSA champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee won the 12-lap PDTR-MSA B-main.

Will Sorce won the 12-lap Grand National B-main.

Alex Pokorski claimed the fast time award in PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car hot-lap-group qualifying with a 12.450-second lap.

Mike Neu earned fast qualifier honors in 106.5 The Buzz IRA Lightning Sprints qualifying with a lap of 13.515 seconds.

During PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car qualifying, 2005 MSA and 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender of Burnett was transported to an area medical care center after suffering burns in a methanol fire.

A Go Fund Me fundraiser has been set up to help Lance and his family during his recovery. Donations can be made by visiting https://gofundme.com/f/help-lance-and-his-family-during-his-recovery.

The fourth event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Josfo Electric, attracted 86 total entries, including 27 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 23 Grand Nationals, 18 B Mods and 18 IRA Lightning Sprints.

Plymouth Dirt Track Racing action continues on Saturday, June 22 with the lone 2024 appearance of the Badger Midgets, which will serve as the evening’s featured guest division. The PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals and B Mods will also be in action.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

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 Feature (25 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt [12]; 2. 66-Donny Goeden [1]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [8]; 4. 21H-TJ Haddy [2]; 5. 22B-Brandon Berth [6]; 6. 3-Justin Erickson [4]; 7. 11-Tony Wondra [5]; 8. 69-Bill Taylor [7]; 9. 0-Robbie Pribnow [13]; 10. 39-Kurt Davis [16]; 11. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [3]; 12. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [17]; 13. 33M-Josh Bilicki [9]; 14. 7L-Ellie Hensley [18]; 15. 69S-TJ Smith [15]; 16. 54-Randy Post [11]; 17. 53A-Paul Pokorski [19]; 18. 51-Chris Larson [14]; 19. 14J-Joseph Hintz [22]; 20. 24-Scott Conger [10]; 21. 30-Doug Wondra [20]; 22. 46-Steven Ruh [21]

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 39-Kurt Davis [6]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [7]; 3. 7L-Ellie Hensley [4]; 4. 53A-Paul Pokorski [2]; 5. 30-Doug Wondra [8]; 6. 46-Steven Ruh [1]; 7. 14J-Joseph Hintz [9]; 8. 55P-Brady Portschy [10]; 9. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [3]; 10. (DNF) 12P-JJ Pagel [5]; 11. (DNS) 7-Lance Fassbender; 12. (DNS) 09-Clayton Rossmann

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Robbie Pribnow [2]; 2. 66-Donny Goeden [4]; 3. 69S-TJ Smith [6]; 4. 35-Ben Schmidt [3]; 5. 51-Chris Larson [1]; 6. 39-Kurt Davis [5]; 7. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [7]; 8. 30-Doug Wondra [8]; 9. 55P-Brady Portschy [9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Scott Conger [1]; 2. 21H-TJ Haddy [2]; 3. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [3]; 4. 11-Tony Wondra [4]; 5. 54-Randy Post [5]; 6. 53A-Paul Pokorski [7]; 7. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [8]; 8. 7L-Ellie Hensley [9]; 9. (DNF) 09-Clayton Rossmann [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22B-Brandon Berth [2]; 2. 3-Justin Erickson [1]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor [3]; 4. 4-Alex Pokorski [4]; 5. 33M-Josh Bilicki [6]; 6. 14J-Joseph Hintz [8]; 7. 46-Steven Ruh [5]; 8. (DNF) 12P-JJ Pagel [7]; 9. (DNS) 7-Lance Fassbender

Qualifying 1: 1. 66-Donny Goeden, 12.802 [8]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.939 [7]; 3. 0-Robbie Pribnow, 13.035 [5]; 4. 51-Chris Larson, 13.038 [9]; 5. 39-Kurt Davis, 13.286 [3]; 6. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.304 [1]; 7. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.411 [2]; 8. 30-Doug Wondra, 13.613 [6]; 9. 55P-Brady Portschy, 14.536 [4]

Qualifying 2: 1. 11-Tony Wondra, 12.639 [7]; 2. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 12.749 [8]; 3. 21H-TJ Haddy, 12.777 [2]; 4. 24-Scott Conger, 12.850 [1]; 5. 54-Randy Post, 12.860 [6]; 6. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 12.923 [9]; 7. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 12.943 [5]; 8. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 13.089 [3]; 9. 7L-Ellie Hensley, 13.154 [4]

Qualifying 3: 1. 4-Alex Pokorski, 12.450 [2]; 2. 7-Lance Fassbender, 12.506 [8]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor, 12.564 [1]; 4. 22B-Brandon Berth, 12.608 [5]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson, 12.659 [4]; 6. 46-Steven Ruh, 12.734 [7]; 7. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 12.798 [9]; 8. 33M-Josh Bilicki, 12.848 [6]; 9. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.213 [3]

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Feature: 1. 34-Steven Weber [1]; 2. 89-Brian Gilles [7]; 3. 80-Luke Scholten [9]; 4. 24K-Tyler Kulow [8]; 5. 14X-Will Sorce [16]; 6. 53W-Dustin Weiss [10]; 7. 52W-Jack Wiroll [3]; 8. 5R-Nate Ruh [4]; 9. 95-Donny Kulow [6]; 10. 55-Tony Miller [13]; 11. 72E-Chad Espen [15]; 12. 53B-Brad Weiss [14]; 13. 42-Jason Juech [17]; 14. 58-Dave Holm [18]; 15. 23-Scott Kafka [5]; 16. 55S-Don Singer [19]; 17. 98G-Shawn Goetsch [20]; 18. (DNF) 93-Mavrick Ruh [12]; 19. (DNF) 69-TJ Smith [11]; 20. (DNF) 6-Dick Hed [2]

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 14X-Will Sorce [1]; 2. 42-Jason Juech [3]; 3. 58-Dave Holm [2]; 4. 55S-Don Singer [5]; 5. 98G-Shawn Goetsch [6]; 6. 41-Mark Haskins [4]; 7. 23B-Trent Bogart [7]; 8. 54-Austin Yancey [8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Steven Weber [1]; 2. 52W-Jack Wiroll [2]; 3. 89-Brian Gilles [4]; 4. 93-Mavrick Ruh [6]; 5. 55-Tony Miller [3]; 6. 14X-Will Sorce [5]; 7. 41-Mark Haskins [7]; 8. 23B-Trent Bogart [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24K-Tyler Kulow [4]; 2. 5R-Nate Ruh [2]; 3. 6-Dick Hed [1]; 4. 53W-Dustin Weiss [5]; 5. 53B-Brad Weiss [3]; 6. 58-Dave Holm [6]; 7. 55S-Don Singer [7]; 8. 54-Austin Yancey [8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 80-Luke Scholten [4]; 2. 23-Scott Kafka [2]; 3. 95-Donny Kulow [3]; 4. 69-TJ Smith [5]; 5. 72E-Chad Espen [6]; 6. 42-Jason Juech [1]; 7. 98G-Shawn Goetsch [7]

SHEBOYGAN FLOORING B MODS

A Feature: 1. 59S-Spencer Long [3]; 2. 91-Cole Thomas [9]; 3. 66C-Colten Van Hierden [10]; 4. 17-Brandon Knepprath [5]; 5. 5X-Tony Gates [11]; 6. 66-Steve Lorier [6]; 7. 11B-Brad Buckman [12]; 8. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [1]; 9. 19-Parker Glander [2]; 10. 89-Logan Brass [18]; 11. 73-Rory Welch [4]; 12. 3-Travis Schmidt 8]; 13. 18-Miranda Sandholm [15]; 14. 25S-Steve Ellis [17]; 15. 9-Hunter Larson [7]; 16. 29S-Scott Quarnstrom [13]; 17. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [16]; 18. (DNS) 33H-Mark Hummelmeier

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Steve Lorier [4]; 2. 91-Cole Thomas [5]; 3. 89-Logan Brass [6]; 4. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [2]; 5. 11B-Brad Buckman [3]; 6. 18-Miranda Sandholm [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66C-Colten Van Hierden [5]; 2. 73-Rory Welch [3]; 3. 9-Hunter Larson [4]; 4. 19-Parker Glander [2]; 5. 29S-Scott Quarnstrom [1]; 6. (DNF) 31W-Kelan Wolfe [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 59S-Spencer Long [2]; 2. 3-Travis Schmidt [4]; 3. 17-Brandon Knepprath [3]; 4. 5X-Tony Gates [5]; 5. 33H-Mark Hummelmeier [6]; 6. 25S-Steve Ellis [1]

106.5 THE BUZZ IRA LIGHTNING SPRINTS

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 22S-Brian Strane Jr. [7]; 2. 55H-Mark Heinert [8]; 3. 18-Nick Petska [9]; 4. 74-Tim Brannam [2]; 5. 16-Mike Neau [10]; 6. 17-Jordan Funderburk [4]; 7. 18Q-Chris Quillman [3]; 8. 5S-Chad Stouthamer [14]; 9. 74M-Max Brannam [6]; 10. 14-Nate Kirchner [15]; 11. 87R-Josh Rehberg [5]; 12. 63-Jacob Irwin [18]; 13. 13-Tucker Richards [16]; 14. 01-Ron Brannam [1]; 15. 55X-Xander York [13]; 16. 23-Dominick Swierad [11]; 17. 00-Dakota Duncanson [17]; 18. 6-Jeff Schmidt [12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74M-Max Brannam [2]; 2. 55H-Mark Heinert [3]; 3. 16-Mike Neau [4]; 4. 17-Jordan Funderburk [1]; 5. 74-Tim Brannam [5]; 6. 55X-Xander York [7]; 7. 14-Nate Kirchner [8]; 8. 23-Dominick Swierad [6]; 9. 00-Dakota Duncanson [9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Nick Petska [4]; 2. 22S-Brian Strane Jr. [3]; 3. 87R-Josh Rehberg [2]; 4. 18Q-Chris Quillman [1]; 5. 01-Ron Brannam [5]; 6. 5S-Chad Stouthamer [7]; 7. 6-Jeff Schmidt [6]; 8. 13-Tucker Richards [8]; 9. (DNS) 63-Jacob Irwin

Qualifying: 1. 16-Mike Neau, 13.515 [15]; 2. 18-Nick Petska, 13.699 [8]; 3. 55H-Mark Heinert, 13.795 [3]; 4. 22S-Brian Strane Jr, 13.916 [2]; 5. 74M-Max Brannam, 14.000 [9]; 6. 87R-Josh Rehberg, 14.033 [7]; 7. 17-Jordan Funderburk, 14.238 [13]; 8. 18Q-Chris Quillman, 14.317 [14]; 9. 74-Tim Brannam, 14.570 [17]; 10. 01-Ron Brannam, 14.587 [6]; 11. 23-Dominick Swierad, 14.902 [11]; 12. 6-Jeff Schmidt, 15.009 [18]; 13. 55X-Xander York, 15.067 [16]; 14. 5S-Chad Stouthamer, 15.079 [12]; 15. 14-Nate Kirchner, 15.639 [1]; 16. 13-Tucker Richards, 16.386 [10]; 17. 00-Dakota Duncanson, 16.639 [4]; 18. (DNS) 63-Jacob Irwin

Curfew claims 360 Sprint Car main, Hensley earns first Wingless win

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 18, 2024 – On a night that resembled more of a marathon than a sprint, an accomplished veteran added another main event triumph to his resume, a young up-and-comer collected his first career A-main victory and curfew cut the final scheduled A main in the Spring Sprintacular all-Sprint Car racing program at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, May 18.

In the 25-lap Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series A main, Blake Nimee of Oswego, Ill. notched his first main event victory of the 2024 season.

Tate Hensley of Trevor made his maiden victory lane visit in the 15-lap Autometer Wisconsin wingLESS A main.

Following multiple rounds of track work throughout the racing program, both completed main events were shortened by five laps in an attempt to get each of the three A mains in before the city of Plymouth’s 11 p.m. curfew.

However, the Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car main event fell victim to the city of Plymouth’s 11 p.m. curfew. All points and payout for the 360 Sprint Car portion of the program were distributed evenly through the 25-car field.

The initial start of the time-shortened 25-lap IRA 410 Sprint Car A main was aborted when Tyler Tischendorf of Waupaca drew a red flag after his machine flipped turn one.

When the green flag was displayed to the field, Nimee bolted into the lead from his outside front row starting position while two-time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel of Beaver Dam slipped into second after starting on the pole.

IRA points leader Scotty Thiel of Sheboygan spun turn in two on lap 2 to slow the racing action for the second time. Following back-to-back cautions on lap 3 when 2022 IRA champion Jordan Goldesberry stopped in turn two and IRA rookie competitor Tyler Rankin of Coldwater, Mich. slowed in turn two, Nimee controlled the ensuing restart with Neitzel in tow.

By lap 8, the leaders caught the rear of the field and began to dice their way through slower traffic on the ultra-tacky and undulating track surface.

Two laps later, Neitzel closed the gap on Nimee in lapped traffic, before the fifth caution flag of the race appeared when Scott Bietzer of West Bend stopped in turn two on lap 14.

The final 11 laps were contested at a break-neck pace on the fast and narrow racing surface with Nimee again locking down the lead and Neitzel giving chase, while two-time IRA champ Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, Ill., who started fourth held down the third position in the running order.

Shortly after the leaders took the checkered flag, the remainder of the final lap was halted when Scotty Thiel, who had worked his way into the top 10 after restarting at the rear of the field on lap 2, flipped in turn four to produce the sixth and final red flag of the A main.

Nimee held on to notch his seventh career IRA 410 Sprint Car Series A-main victory, while Neitzel had to settle for second. Blackhurst placed third, followed by sixth starter Mike Reinke of Howards Grove in fourth and third starter Max Guilford of Auckland, New Zealand rounding out the top five.

The shortened 15-lap Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car Series A main got off to a timid start when Tyler Kuxhouse of Antioch, Ill. stopped in turn three after contact along the back stretch.

On the ensuing restart, a multi-car incident in turn three, which yielded a pair of flips, prompted the first red flag of the race.

With 17 of the scheduled 22 cars still on the track, Hensley, who started on the pole, powered away from third starter John Fahl of Brown Deer when the race took the green flag. Fahl used the inside lane to challenge for the top spot starting on lap 2 and continued to intermittently battle back and forth with Hensley for the lead over the next 12 circuits.

After Hensley and Fahl finished lap 13 in a near-dead heat for the lead, Hensley maintained the top spot before Miles Doherty of Delmar, Iowa spun in turn four on lap 13. Over the final two laps, Hensley secured the lead position with Fahl trailing in second.

Hensley cruised the rest of the way to earn his first Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car A-main victory of his young racing career.

Fahl placed second, Furseth wound up third from the fifth starting spot, sixth starter Ryan Marshall of Kansasville placed fourth and Jimmy Sivia of Winthrop Harber, Ill. placed fifth after starting ninth.

Todd King of Sheboygan Falls was victorious in the 10-lap IRA 410 Sprint Car Series B main.

Jake Blackhurst notched the overall fast qualifier award in IRA 410 Sprint Car Series qualifying with a fast lap of 11.563 seconds.

T.J. Haddy of Waupun claimed the fast time in PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car hot-lap-group qualifying in 12.557 seconds.

Tyler Kuxhouse earned fast qualifier honors in the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car hot lap-qualifying session in a Wingless Sprint Car new track record time of 13.719 seconds.

The third event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Jensen Sales & Service, attracted 79 total entries, including 32 IRA 410 Sprint Cars, 25 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars and 22 Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Cars.

After taking the Memorial Day weekend off, Plymouth Dirt Track Racing action resumes on Saturday, June 1 with the third scheduled Seubert Calf Ranches Super Six Late Model Series event of the 2024 season, along with the PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals and B Mods.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

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: Canceled due to the city of Plymouth curfew

Heat 1: 1. 11-Tim Haddy [2]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [1]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [4]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith [3]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson [5]; 6. 35-Ben Schmidt [7]; 7. 66T-Tristan Koenings [8]; 8. 14J-Joseph Hintz [9]; 9. (DNF) 3BK-Bill Kreutz [6]

Heat 2: 1. 0-Blake Wondra [2]; 2. 7-Lance Fassbender [4]; 3. 24-Scott Conger [6]; 4. 09-Clayton Rossmann [3]; 5. 69-Bill Taylor [5]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [1]; 7. 51-Chris Larson [7]; 8. (DNS) 30-Doug Wondra

Heat 3: 1. 39-Kurt Davis [2]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 3. 21H-TJ Haddy [4]; 4. 12P-JJ Pagel [1]; 5. 33-Josh Bilicki [5]; 6. 53A-Paul Pokorski [7]; 7. 52-Cody Schlafer [6]; 8. 46-Kevin Ruh [8]

Qualifying 1: 1. 4-Alex Pokorski, 12.635 [4]; 2. 69S-TJ Smith, 12.733 [5]; 3. 11-Tim Haddy, 12.768 [6]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.001 [3]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.050 [8]; 6. 3BK-Bill Kreutz, 13.089 [2]; 7. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.160 [1]; 8. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.311 [9]; 9. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 14.542 [7]

Qualifying 2: 1. 7-Lance Fassbender, 12.614 [7]; 2. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 12.935 [1]; 3. 0-Blake Wondra, 12.963 [8]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.284 [4]; 5. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.300 [2]; 6. 24-Scott Conger, 13.419 [5]; 7. 51-Chris Larson, 13.449 [3]; 8. 30-Doug Wondra, 14.423 [6]

Qualifying 3: 1. 21H-TJ Haddy, 12.557 [3]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 12.607 [6]; 3. 39-Kurt Davis, 12.630 [4]; 4. 12P-JJ Pagel, 12.909 [2]; 5. 33-Josh Bilicki, 13.061 [5]; 6. 46-Kevin Ruh, 13.355 [8]; 7. 52-Cody Schlafer, no time; 8. 53A-Paul Pokorski, no time

 

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION 410 SPRINT CARS

A Main (30 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee [2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel [1]; 3. 96-Jake Blackhurst [4]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke [6]; 5. 79M-Max Guilford [3]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer [5]; 7. 87A-Austin Hartmann [7]; 8. 49-Josh Schneiderman [11]; 9. 25-Danny Schlafer [15]; 10. 42P-Preston Perlmutter [8]; 11. 3N-Jake Neuman [17]; 12. 1T-Trevin Littleton [12]; 13. 25T-Travis Arenz [10]; 14. 9K-Kyle Schuett [19]; 15. 16C-Tylar Rankin [22]; 16. 73-Scotty Thiel [9]; 17. (DNF) 10V-Matt VanderVere[18]; 18. (DNF) 3B-Shelby Bosie[13]; 19. (DNF) 26R-Preston Ruh[23]; 20. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer[24]; 21. (DNF) 14AJ-Ryan Zielski[20]; 22. (DNF) 65-Jordan Goldesberry[16]; 23. (DNF) 47-Todd King[21]; 24. (DNF) 26-Tyler Tischendorf[14]

B Main (12 Laps): 1. 47-Todd King [1]; 2. 16C-Tylar Rankin [2]; 3. 26R-Preston Ruh [4]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer [3]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech [5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder [7]; 7. 99-Tyler Brabant [10]; 8. 16-Anthony Knierim [9]; 9. 85J-Logan Julien [11]; 10. 21-Will Gerrits [8]; 11. 88-Christopher Flick [12]; 12. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz [6]

Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel [1]; 2. 79M-Max Guilford [3]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer [4]; 4. 87A-Austin Hartmann [2]; 5. 73-Scotty Thiel [5]

Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee [1]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst [2]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke [3]; 4. 42P-Preston Perlmutter [4]; 5. 25T-Travis Arenz [5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 79M-Max Guilford [2]; 2. 49-Josh Schneiderman [1]; 3. 87A-Austin Hartmann [4]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel [3]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett [5]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer [7]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech [6]; 8. 16-Anthony Knierim [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 85M-Steve Meyer [2]; 2. 3B-Shelby Bosie [1]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer [3]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman [6]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee [4]; 6. 47-Todd King [5]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder [7]; 8. (DNS) 85J-Logan Julien

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42P-Preston Perlmutter [1]; 2. 1T-Trevin Littleton [2]; 3. 96-Jake Blackhurs t[4]; 4. 25T-Travis Arenz [3]; 5. 10V-Matt VanderVere [6]; 6. 16C-Tylar Rankin [5]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz [8]; 8. 99-Tyler Braban t[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Scotty Thiel [2]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke [4]; 3. 26-Tyler Tischendorf [1]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [3]; 5. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski [6]; 6. 26R-Preston Ruh[5]; 7. 21-Will Gerrits [8]; 8. 88-Christopher Flick [7]

Qualifying A: 1. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:11.762[10]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:11.832[11]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.949[13]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.006[1]; 5. 79M-Max Guilford, 00:12.018[9]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.049[8]; 7. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.166[14]; 8. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 00:12.167[2]; 9. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.203[12]; 10. 47-Todd King, 00:12.314[15]; 11. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.359[4]; 12. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:12.367[5]; 13. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.438[3]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.450[16]; 15. 16-Anthony Knierim, 00:13.815[6]; 16. 85J-Logan Julien[7]

Qualifying B: 1. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.563[14]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:11.606[12]; 3. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:11.628[1]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:11.844[13]; 5. 1T-Trevin Littleton, 00:11.999[4]; 6. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.007[5]; 7. 42P-Preston Perlmutter, 00:12.063[11]; 8. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:12.090[16]; 9. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 00:12.134[6]; 10. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:12.305[2]; 11. 10V-Matt VanderVere, 00:12.334[15]; 12. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski, 00:12.578[10]; 13. 99-Tyler Brabant, 00:12.671[8]; 14. 88-Christopher Flick, 00:12.817[3]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.917[7]; 16. 21-Will Gerrits[9]

Hot Laps: 1. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.569[30]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:12.646[5]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.848[29]; 4. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 00:12.864[2]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:12.996[28]; 6. 10V-Matt VanderVere, 00:13.010[31]; 7. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.035[1]; 8. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:13.100[17]; 9. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:13.177[32]; 10. 42P-Preston Perlmutter, 00:13.218[27]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.221[3]; 12. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski, 00:13.381[26]; 13. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:13.548[14]; 14. 79M-Max Guilford, 00:13.718[9]; 15. 21-Will Gerrits, 00:13.751[25]; 16. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:13.796[12]; 17. 1T-Trevin Littleton, 00:13.880[20]; 18. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.893[16]; 19. 16-Anthony Knierim, 00:13.909[6]; 20. 47-Todd King, 00:13.942[15]; 21. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:14.039[21]; 22. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:14.046[10]; 23. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:14.056[8]; 24. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:14.074[13]; 25. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 00:14.503[22]; 26. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:14.564[23]; 27. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:14.699[18]; 28. 99-Tyler Brabant, 00:14.754[24]; 29. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:14.805[4]; 30. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:14.910[11]; 31. 88-Christopher Flick, 00:15.609[19]; 32. (DNS) 85J-Logan Julien

AUTOMETER WISCONSIN WINGLESS SPRINT CARS

A Main (15 Laps): 1. 70H-Tate Hensley [1]; 2. 0-John Fahl [3]; 3. 57-Tristan Furseth [5]; 4. 7X-Ryan Marshall [6]; 5. 91-Jimmy Sivia [9]; 6. 24-Eric Wilke [2]; 7. 11-Austin Hansen [14]; 8. 40-Tim Cox [7]; 9. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse [8]; 10. 50-Rusty Egan [10]; 11. 99J-Seth Johnson [13]; 12. 7D-Josh Davidson [19]; 13. 7-Trinity Uttech [12]; 14. 29J-Ralph Johnson [16]; 15. 67-Miles Doherty [21]; 16. 86-Johnny Meyer [22]; 17. (DNF) 38-Allen Hafford [11]; 18. (DNF) 23Z-Zach Raidart [4]; 19. (DNF) 17-Bryce Andrew s[17]; 20. (DNF) 29OG-Tom Eller [20]; 21. (DNF) 4G-George Gaertner III [15]; 22. (DNF) 4L-Lance Thompson [18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Eric Wilke [2]; 2. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse [4]; 3. 57-Tristan Furseth [3]; 4. 7-Trinity Uttech [1]; 5. 11-Austin Hansen [6]; 6. 29J-Ralph Johnson [5]; 7. 7D-Josh Davidson [7]; 8. 86-Johnny Meye r[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Rusty Egan [1]; 2. 40-Tim Cox [4]; 3. 23Z-Zach Raidart [3]; 4. 70H-Tate Hensley [2]; 5. 99J-Seth Johnson [5]; 6. 4L-Lance Thompson [6]; 7. 29OG-Tom Eller [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7X-Ryan Marshall [4]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia [2]; 3. 38-Allen Hafford [1]; 4. 0-John Fahl [3]; 5. 4G-George Gaertner III [6]; 6. 17-Bryce Andrews [5]; 7. 67-Miles Doherty [7]

Qualifying: 711-Tyler Kuxhouse, 00:13.719[2]; 2. 40-Tim Cox, 00:13.722[21]; 3. 7X-Ryan Marshall, 00:13.985[14]; 4. 57-Tristan Furseth, 00:13.992[3]; 5. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 00:13.995[17]; 6. 0-John Fahl, 00:14.138[18]; 7. 24-Eric Wilke, 00:14.161[16]; 8. 70H-Tate Hensley, 00:14.259[19]; 9. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:14.276[6]; 10. 7-Trinity Uttech, 00:14.290[11]; 11. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:14.292[12]; 12. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:14.347[9]; 13. 29J-Ralph Johnson, 00:14.413[20]; 14. 99J-Seth Johnson, 00:14.510[13]; 15. 17-Bryce Andrews, 00:14.592[7]; 16. 11-Austin Hansen, 00:14.690[10]; 17. 4L-Lance Thompson, 00:14.880[5]; 18. 86-Johnny Meyer, 00:14.949[22]; 19. 4G-George Gaertner III, 00:14.993[15]; 20. 7D-Josh Davidson, 00:15.028[1]; 21. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:15.150[8]; 22. (DNS) 67-Miles Doherty

Wet weather washes out Sprint Car main events

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) April 27, 2024 – On an evening hampered by on-and-off rain showers, Plymouth Dirt Track Racing fired up the 2024 racing season in truncated fashion at a damp Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, April 27. 

After pressing through two separate rain delays, the third round of rain coupled with lightning brought the program to an early close with two of the four scheduled A-mains managing to make it to the checkered flag.

T.J. Smith of Greenville skillfully negotiated a slew of slower traffic to become the first Plymouth Dirt Track Racing A-main victor of the 2024 campaign in the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National main event. 

In his first career appearance at The Plymouth Dirt Track, PDTR rookie Cole Thomas of Franklin delivered a standout debut performance on the way to victory in the Sheboygan Flooring 25-lap B Mod A main.

The first rain delay came shortly after the completion of the heat race competition in each of the four divisions. After the track was worked back into racing condition for the Grand National main event, the ensuing B Mod A main was halted for another rain shower on lap eight.

Another round of track manicuring during the second rain delay resulted in the completion of the B Mod main event. However, rain hit the track for a third time as the 106.5 The Buzz Autometer Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Cars pushed off for A-main action, which led to the cancellation of the remainder of the season-opening racing program.

As a result, points and payout were evenly divided among the scheduled A-main starters in the Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car and the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car divisions. 

Outside front row starter T.J. Smith outdueled polesitter Brad Weiss of Cascade to take the lead of the 25-lap PDTR Grand National A main in turn two of the opening lap. Smith promptly built up a solid cushion at the head of the pack in the early going as fourth starter Dustin Weiss of Iron Ridge and Brad Weiss settled into second and third respectively.

On lap four, Smith already found himself negotiating slower traffic while maintaining a quarter-straightaway lead over Dustin Weiss. Four laps later, defending Grand National division co-champion Will Sorce of Franklin, who started third, slipped past Brad Weiss to assume third in the running order.

Smith got held up among a gaggle of slower cars on lap 11, which allowed Dustin Wess and Sorce to move in to challenge for the top spot. After Smith recovered to maintain a solid advantage, another swarm of lapped cars nearly caused the second-year PDTR 360 Sprint Car competitor and infrequent PDTR Grand National racer to surrender the lead as Dustin Weiss charged in to briefly duck underneath Smith in turn two on lap 21.

Once again, Smith rebounded to retain the top spot on the way to his second career PDTR Grand National A-main victory in the caution-free race, which was completed in a swift six minutes and fifty-six seconds. 

Dustin Weiss had to settle for second, Sorce placed third, 2022 PDTR Grand National champion Luke Scholten of Oostburg, who started 10th, charged up to place fourth and two-time and defending PDTR Grand National champion Brian Gilles of Plymouth moved up from the 12th starting position to finish fifth.

Outside front row starter Cole Thomas got the jump on polesitter Brandon Knepprath of Boltonville to lead the opening lap of the B Mod A main. On lap 3, the first of four caution flags appeared when ninth starter Travis Schmidt of Plymouth spun in turn three.

Thomas controlled the ensuing restart with Knepprath holding down second and third starter Rory Welch of Plymouth running in third. Steve Lorier of Sheboygan, who started sixth, overtook Welch for third before the second caution was displayed for the stalled car of Hunter Larson of Oshkosh along the front stretch wall. 

Following the next restart, Lorier moved past Knepprath into the runner-up spot as Thomas bolted away from the field. After two more cautions slowed the pace on lap 7 and lap 8, the first rain delay of the evening took hold.

After the completion of track restoration work, Thomas continued undeterred as he bolted away from the pack while seventh starter Barrett Hummelmeier of Beaver Dam powered past Lorier to take over second on lap nine. 

Thomas, who has competed primarily on asphalt during his racing career, built up a big half-lap lead over Hummelmeier by lap 17 and weaved his way through slower traffic over the final five laps on the way to his first career PDTR B Mod A-main victory.

Hummelmeier placed second, Lorier wound up third, Travis Schmidt rebounded from his lap 3 spin to place fourth and Knepprath rounded out the top five. 

T.J. Haddy of Waupun turned the overall fastest lap in Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car hot lap-heat race group qualifying in 12.883 seconds. 

John Fahl of Brown Deer claimed the fast qualifier award in the 106.5 The Buzz Autometer Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car division with a lap of 13.755 seconds. 

The first event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Vesta accounting, wealth, and financial advisory firm drew a total of 81 entries, including 23 PDTR 360 Sprint Cars, 23 Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Cars, 20 Grand Nationals and 15 B Mods. 

The next Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program on Saturday, May 4 will feature the 2024 Seubert Calf Ranches Super Six Late Model Series season opener, along with PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals and B Mods. 

Earlier start times will again be in place with pit gates opening at 2 p.m. grandstand gates opening at 4 p.m. and racing beginning at 5 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com. 

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): Rained Out

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Scott Conger [2]; 2. 69S-TJ Smith [1]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 4. 7-Lance Fassbender [4]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer [5]; 6. 11-Tony Wondra [7]; 7. 46-Steven Ruh [8]; 8. 66T-Tristan Koenings [6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt [2]; 2. 21H-TJ Haddy [4]; 3. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [1]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [3]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson [5]; 6. 52-Cody Schlafer [8]; 7. 12P-JJ Pagel [6]; 8. 54-Randy Post [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Alex Pokorski [2]; 2. 09-Clayton Rossmann [4]; 3. 33-Josh Bilicki [1]; 4. 69-Bill Taylor [3]; 5. 30-Doug Wondra [5]; 6. 51-Chris Larson [7]; 7. 53A-Spyder Akright [6]

Qualifying Heat Race Group 1 (3 Laps): 1. 7-Lance Fassbender, 13.050 [3]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.098 [2]; 3. 24-Scott Conger, 13.296 [5]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.341 [1]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer, 13.343 [7]; 6. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 13.365 [4]; 7. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.433 [6]; 8. 46-Steven Ruh, 13.459 [8]

Qualifying Heat Race Group 2 (3 Laps): 1. 21H-TJ Haddy, 12.883 [7]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 12.905 [5]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.954 [6]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.008 [3]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.186 [4]; 6. 52-Cody Schlafer, 13.328 [8]; 7. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.965 [1]; 8. 54-Randy Post, 14.109 [2]

Qualifying Heat Race Group 3 (3 Laps): 1. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 12.898 [4]; 2. 69-Bill Taylor, 12.923 [2]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.070 [5]; 4. 33-Josh Bilicki, 13.192 [7]; 5. 30-Doug Wondra, 13.214 [6]; 6. 53A-Spyder Akright, 13.240 [3]; 7. 51-Chris Larson, 13.833 [1]

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 69-TJ Smith [2]; 2. 53W-Dustin Weiss [4]; 3. 14X-Will Sorce [3]; 4. 80-Luke Scholten [10]; 5. 89-Brian Gilles [12]; 6. 5M-Jeff Muehlbauer [11]; 7. 23-Scott Kafka [7]; 8. 55-Tony Miller [5]; 9. 95-Donny Kulow [14]; 10. 15-Derek Kaat [13]; 11. 54-Austin Yancey [18]; 12. 24K-Tyler Kulow [9]; 13. 14-Benjamin Mccoy [17]; 14. (DNF) 35-Jared Weiss [16]; 15. (DNF) 52W-Jack Wiroll [8]; 16. (DNF) 23B-Trent Bogart [15]; 17. (DNF) 53B-Brad Weiss [1]; 18. (DNF) 5MM-Nate Ruh [6]; 19. (DNS) 34-Steven Weber; 20. (DNS) 6-Dick Hed

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 53W-Dustin Weiss [2]; 2. 80-Luke Scholten [1]; 3. 14X-Will Sorce [4]; 4. 5M-Jeff Muehlbauer [5]; 5. 15-Derek Kaat [6]; 6. 23B-Trent Bogart [7]; 7. (DNF) 6-Dick Hed [3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24K-Tyler Kulow [1]; 2. 89-Brian Gilles [2]; 3. 52W-Jack Wiroll [3]; 4. 23-Scott Kafka [4]; 5. 95-Donny Kulow [5]; 6. 35-Jared Weiss [6]; 7. 54-Austin Yancey [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5MM-Nate Ruh [2]; 2. 69-TJ Smith [4]; 3. 53B-Brad Weiss [5]; 4. 55-Tony Miller [3]; 5. 34-Steven Weber [1]; 6. 14-Benjamin Mccoy [6]

SHEBOYGAN FLOORING B MODS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 91-Cole Thomas [2]; 2. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [7]; 3. 66-Steve Lorier [6]; 4. 3-Travis Schmidt [9]; 5. 17-Brandon Knepprath [1]; 6. 9-Hunter Larson [5]; 7. 59S-Spencer Long [11]; 8. 73-Rory Welch [3]; 9. 11B-Brad Buckman [12]; 10. 2-Joe Shelby [13]; 11. (DNF) 19-Parker Glander [10]; 12. (DNF) 11S-Zachary Schmidt [8]; 13. (DNF) 22M-Barry Maas [4]; 14. (DNF) 31W-Kelan Wolfe [14]; 15. (DNS) 25-Jim Fischer

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Brandon Knepprath [1]; 2. 66-Steve Lorier [3]; 3. 22M-Barry Maas [8]; 4. 19-Parker Glander [2]; 5. 73-Rory Welch [5]; 6. 59S-Spencer Long [4]; 7. 11B-Brad Buckman [6]; 8. 2-Joe Shelby [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Cole Thomas [2]; 2. 3-Travis Schmidt [1]; 3. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier [5]; 4. 9-Hunter Larson [3]; 5. 11S-Zachary Schmidt [4]; 6. 25-Jim Fischer [7]; 7. 31W-Kelan Wolfe [6]

106.5 THE BUZZ AUTOMETER WISCONSIN WINGLESS SPRINT CAR SERIES

A Main (20 Laps): Rained Out

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Rusty Egan [3]; 2. 40-Tim Cox [5]; 3. 0-John Fahl [4]; 4. 38-Allen Hafford [2]; 5. 14Z-Ryan Zielski [6]; 6. 7-Trinity Uttech [7]; 7. 29OG-Tom Eller [1]; 8. (DNS) 17-Bryce Andrews

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7X-Ryan Marshall [2]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia [4]; 3. 23Z-Zach Raidart [3]; 4. 70H-Tate Hensley [1]; 5. 11-Austin Hansen [5]; 6. 29J-Ralph Johnson [6]; 7. 4G-George Gaertner III [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 70-Chris Klemko [2]; 2. 57F-Tristan Furseth [3]; 3. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse [4]; 4. 7D-Josh Davidson [6]; 5. 13A-Dave Wallace [7]; 6. (DNF) 99J-Seth Johnson [1]; 7. (DNF) 4L-Lance Thompson [5]

Qualifying: 1. 0-John Fahl, 13.755 [2]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 13.816 [7]; 3. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse, 13.849 [13]; 4. 50-Rusty Egan, 13.897 [3]; 5. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 13.941 [19]; 6. 57F-Tristan Furseth, 13.977 [10]; 7. 38-Allen Hafford, 14.016 [4]; 8. 7X-Ryan Marshall, 14.027 [12]; 9. 70-Chris Klemko, 14.046 [8]; 10. 29OG-Tom Eller, 14.136 [6]; 11. 70H-Tate Hensley, 14.200 [1]; 12. 99J-Seth Johnson, 14.249 [16]; 13. 40-Tim Cox, 14.254 [22]; 14. 11-Austin Hansen, 14.280 [20]; 15. 4L-Lance Thompson, 14.411 [21]; 16. 14Z-Ryan Zielski, 14.435 [9]; 17. 29J-Ralph Johnson, 14.485 [11]; 18. 7D-Josh Davidson, 14.496 [5]; 19. 7-Trinity Uttech, 14.616 [18]; 20. 4G-George Gaertner III, 15.264 [17]; 21. (DNF) 13A-Dave Wallace [14]; 22. (DNF) 17-Bryce Andrews [15]

Balog, Sivia, Heinert post A-main triumphs in Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 30, 2023 – In one of his infrequent starts behind the wheel of an Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car, Scotty Thiel of Sheboygan outdueled newly crowned three-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh to capture the 25-lap Fuzzy Fassbender Tribute A-main, during the sixth annual Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships Presented by A-Main Apparel at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Sept. 30.

Despite falling just short in his A-main victory bid, Brandon McMullen celebrated his third career Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car title by wrapping up the 2023 PDTR 360 Sprint Car championship to go along with the titles he captured in 2020 and 2017.

Ten-time Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series champion Bill Balog of Hartland notched a flag-to-flag victory in the 30-lap Rick Schmidt Memorial IRA 410 Sprint Car main event, while rookie Brenham Crouch of Lubbock, Texas closed out his first career IRA 410 Sprint Car Series championship.

Jimmy Sivia of Winthrop Harbor, Ill. recorded his first career victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in the 20-lap Autometer Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car A main as Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, Ill. racked up his second career Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car Series title.

Mark Heinert of Waukesha earned the 20-lap IRA Lightning Sprints A-main triumph to wrap up his first career IRA Lightning Sprints championship.

On the initial start of the 25-lap Akright Auto PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car main event, contact in turn two resulted in the machine of Brandon Berth of Cascade flipping in turn two.

Following a complete restart, Bill Taylor of Boltonville grabbed the lead from the pole with outside front row starter Alex Pokorski of West Bend following in second. On lap 5, Pokorski made contact with the back stretch wall, which brought out the second caution flag of the event and ended the fourth-year 360 Sprint Car driver’s night.

When the race resumed, Taylor again bolted in the lead, while 2011 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing and Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car champ Ben Schmidt of Plymouth moved into second after starting fifth and ninth starter Scotty Thiel vaulted in third on lap 6.

Two laps later, the high riding Thiel bolted around Schmidt to advance into the runner-up spot before the now five-time Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen worked his way past Schmidt to seize third on lap 9.

One lap later, Thiel closed to within striking distance of Taylor for the top spot before surging into the top spot along the high groove in turn one on lap 12.

Thiel, who launched his Sprint Car career by earning the PDTR 360 Sprint Car Rookie of the Year Award in 2008, caught lapped traffic on lap 13, which allowed McMullen to gradually reel in the leader. After following in Thiel’s tire tracks for several laps, McMullen utilizing the inside groove to briefly surge into the top spot exiting turn four on lap 24.

In his first PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car start of the 2023 season, Thiel was not to be denied as he powered Randy Sippel’s 39s car back around McMullen in turn two on the final lap en route to his third career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and 13^th career MSA 360 Sprint Car main event triumph.

With the victory in the 24^th and final event of the 2023 MSA season, Thiel became the eighth driver to post an MSA A-main triumph this season.

“I felt comfortable in the car and I thought we were getting through lapped traffic pretty good,” Thiel said in victory lane. “I was kind of falling out of the seat there near the end of the race, but then I saw [Brandon McMullen] pass me on the second-from-last lap and I had to get up on the wheel. It was a pretty fun night with the 360 Sprint Car. I have to thank Randy Sippel for everything he does to get this 39s 360 car on the track and providing me with a fast car all night.”

McMullen had to settle for second, Schmidt placed third, Taylor wound up fourth and eighth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend rounded out the top five.

Bill Balog grabbed the lead on the drop of the green flag in the 30-lap IRA 410 Sprint Car Series A-main from the pole, while outside front row starter Austin McCarl of Altoona, Iowa followed in second.

On lap 3, the first of two caution flags appeared when debris was spotted on the track. When the race resumed, sixth starter Scotty Thiel worked past J.J. Hickle of Quilcene, Wash., who started third, to take over third in turn three on lap 4.

Balog caught the rear of the field on lap 7. However, he did not let the traffic slow his momentum as he maintained a strong half-lap lead over McCarl, who had Hickle and Thiel hot on his heels.

On lap 14, the second caution flag appeared when Tyler Tischendorf of Waupaca flipped in turn four following a multi-car incident in turn four, which prompted the second place car of Austin McCarl to retire from the event.

Following the restart, Thiel charged into second and quickly set his sights on the lead. With Balog mired in thick lapped traffic, Thiel reduced the gap on lap 18. However, Balog again worked expertly through a maze of lapped machines to maintain the lead, while Brenham Crouch, who started fifth, slipped past Thiel to grab second on lap 29.

Balog went on to notch his seventh A-main win in his last 11 IRA 410 Sprint Car Series starts at The Plymouth Dirt Track, along with his sixth IRA A-main victory of the 2023 season and series-best 140^th overall career IRA main event triumph.

Crouch placed second, Thiel was third, Hickle took fourth and fourth starter Mike Reinke of Howards Grove finished fifth.

Polesitter Rusty Egan of Round Lakes Heights, Ill. took the lead on the opening lap of the 20-lap Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car A main with third starter Chris Klemko of Bristol falling into second. On lap 2, fifth starter Allen Hafford of Beach Park, Ill. moved into third before surrendering the spot to Jimmy Sivia, who started sixth, on lap 5.

One lap later Klemko pulled in to pressure Egan for the top position before the top five cars of Egan, Klemko, Sivia, Hafford and Ryan Zielski of Oconomowoc ran in tight nose-to-tail formation along the low groove starting on lap 12.

Three laps later, Sivia rode the high line into second, before taking advantage of lapped traffic to cut the lead gap on Egan significantly. On lap 18, Egan drifted high in turn one, which allowed Sivia to pounce and grab the lead in turn two.  Meanwhile, fourth starter Ryan Marshall of Kansasville powered into second on the second-to-last circuit of the race.

Sivia went on to claim his first career victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track and fourth A-main triumph of the 2023 Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car season in the caution-free race.

Marshall placed second, Klemko was third, Egan wound up fourth and Hafford rounded out the top five.

In the 20-lap IRA Lightning Sprints A main, polesitter Mike Neau of Pleasant Prairie took the early lead before newly crowned 2023 IRA Lightning Sprints champion Mark Heinert, who started fourth, slipped past Neu to take the lead on lap 10.

Heinert then pulled away to notch his eighth IRA Lightning Sprints A-main triumph of the 2023 season, while putting a ribbon on the 2023 IRA Lightning Sprints championship.

Neu finished second, Brian Strane Jr., who started sixth, placed third, Nick Petska of Spring Grove, Ill. finished fourth after starting third and Tim Brannam of Holiday Hills, Ill. finished fifth after starting fifth.

Justin Erickson of Plymouth won the 15-lap PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car B main.

Jake Neumann of New Berlin, Ill. captured the 10-lap IRA 410 Sprint Car B Main.

Trinity Uttech of New Berlin won the 10-lap Wisconsin wingLESS B main.

J.J. Hickle earned fast qualifier honors in the Bumper to Bumper IRA 410 Sprint Car division with a lap of 11.249 seconds.

Kevin Karnitz of West Bend recorded the fastest lap in the Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car division by touring the third-mile clay oval in 12.194 seconds.

Mark Heinert turned in a lap of 14.517 seconds to claim the IRA Lightning Sprints fast qualifier award.

The 18^th and final event of the 2023 campaign at The Plymouth Dirt Track, which was sponsored by Jensen Sales & Service, drew a season-high total of 117 cars, including a season-high 33 Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing-Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Cars, 38 Bumper to Bumper IRA 410 Sprint Cars, 28 Autometer Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Cars and 18 IRA Lightning Sprints.

The 2023 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Awards presentation will take place on Saturday, Oct. 14 at Racers Hall in Plymouth, Wis. starting at 7 p.m. The top three finishers and special award winners in the 360 Sprint Car, Grand National, B Mod and Late Model divisions will be honored during the event.

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. 39S-Scotty Thiel [9]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen [4]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt [5]; 4. 69-Bill Taylo r[1]; 5. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [8]; 6. 69S-TJ Smith [7]; 7. 85J-Logan Julien [13]; 8. 2-Chris Clayton [15]; 9. 16-Anthony Knierim [6]; 10. 10V-Matt VanderVere [10]; 11. 3-Justin Erickson [16]; 12. 44-Hayden Johnson [17]; 13. 51-Chris Larson [19]; 14. 11-Tony Wondra [11]; 15. 21H-TJ Haddy [14]; 16. 30-Doug Wondra [21]; 17. 66-Nick Daywalt [20]; 18. 52-Cody Schlafer [22]; 19. 6K-Kurt Davis [3]; 20. 12P-JJ Pagel [18]; 21. 4-Alex Pokorski [2]; 22. (DNF) 22B-Brandon Berth [12]

B Main (15 Laps): 1. 3-Justin Erickson [1]; 2. 44-Hayden Johnson [5]; 3. 12P-JJ Pagel [2]; 4. 51-Chris Larson [4]; 5. 66-Nick Daywalt [3]; 6. 30-Doug Wondra [6]; 7. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [9]; 8. 66T-Tristan Koenings [10]; 9. 53A-Spyder Akright [14]; 10. 54-Randy Post [8]; 11. 22-Greg Alt [7]; 12. 38-Ben Doak [11]; 13. (DNF) 7-Kristian Wagner [13]; 14. (DNF) 25-Kasey Schlafer [12]; 15. (DNS) 29J-Ralph Johnson; 16. (DNS) 26-Al Schlafer; 17. (DNS) 55S-Ryan Sawusch

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Anthony Knierim [1]; 2. 6K-Kurt Davis [2]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [4]; 4. 21H-TJ Haddy [3]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson [5]; 6. 30-Doug Wondra [6]; 7. 54-Randy Post [8]; 8. 7-Kristian Wagner [7]; 9. (DNS) 26-Al Schlafer

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 69S-TJ Smith [2]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen [3]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt [6]; 4. 44-Hayden Johnson [1]; 5. 66-Nick Daywalt [5]; 6. 52-Cody Schlafer [8]; 7. (DNF) 66T-Tristan Koenings [4]; 8. (DNF) 55S-Ryan Sawusch [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 39S-Scotty Thiel [4]; 2. 53A-Paul Pokorski [1]; 3. 11-Tony Wondra [2]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien [3]; 5. 2-Chris Clayton [5]; 6. 22B-Brandon Berth [8]; 7. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [6]; 8. 38-Ben Doak [7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [4]; 2. 69-Bill Taylor [1]; 3. 10V-Matt VanderVere [3]; 4. 51-Chris Larson [2]; 5. 12P-JJ Pagel [5]; 6. 22-Greg Alt [6]; 7. 25-Kasey Schlafer [8]; 8. (DNS) 29J-Ralph Johnson

Qualifying 1: 1. 4-Alex Pokorski, 12.238 [1]; 2. 21H-TJ Haddy, 12.249 [8]; 3. 6K-Kurt Davis, 12.269 [7]; 4. 16-Anthony Knierim, 12.326 [3]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson, 12.557 [5]; 6. 30-Doug Wondra, 12.740 [4]; 7. 7-Kristian Wagner, 13.203 [9]; 8. 54-Randy Post, 13.511 [2]; 9. 26-Al Schlafer, 14.590 [6]

Qualifying 2: 1. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 12.296 [1]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen, 12.334 [3]; 3. 69S-TJ Smith, 12.376 [7]; 4. 44-Hayden Johnson, 12.506 [2]; 5. 66-Nick Daywalt, 12.602 [6]; 6. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.704 [4]; 7. 52-Cody Schlafer, 15.020 [8]; 8. 55S-Ryan Sawusch, 15.043 [5]

Qualifying 3: 1. 39S-Scotty Thiel, 12.218 [3]; 2. 85J-Logan Julien, 12.275 [7]; 3. 11-Tony Wondra, 12.361 [5]; 4. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 12.484 [6]; 5. 2-Chris Clayton, 12.507 [2]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 12.560 [4]; 7. 38-Ben Doak, 13.204 [8]; 8. (DNS) 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.204

Qualifying 4: 1. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 12.194 [3]; 2. 10V-Matt VanderVere, 12.447 [6]; 3. 51-Chris Larson, 12.528 [1]; 4. 69-Bill Taylor, 12.791 [7]; 5. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.010 [5]; 6. 22-Greg Alt, 13.065 [4]; 7. 29J-Ralph Johnson, 13.386 [2]; 8. 25-Kasey Schlafer, 16.515 [8]

BUMPER TO BUMPER 410 SPRINT CARS

A Main (30 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog [1]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch [5]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel [6]; 4. 50-JJ Hickle [3]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke [4]; 6. 25-Danny Schlafer [14]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [7]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel [8]; 9. 16C-Tylar Rankin [13]; 10. U2-Jack Vanderboom [15]; 11. 49-Josh Schneiderman [12]; 12. 21-Will Gerrits [16]; 13. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [19]; 14. 9K-Kyle Schuett [10]; 15. 23-Russel Borland [18]; 16. 47-Todd King [24]; 17. 3N-Jake Neuman [21]; 18. 13-Van Gurley Jr [23]; 19. 85M-Steve Meyer [22]; 20. 87A-Austin Hartmann [20]; 21. 16-Anthony Knierim [9]; 22. (DNF) 79-Blake Nimee [17]; 23. (DNF) 88M-Austin McCarl [2]; 24. (DNF) 26-Tyler Tischendorf [11]

B Main (10 Laps): 1. 3N-Jake Neuman [4]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer [1]; 3. 13-Van Gurley Jr [3]; 4. 47-Todd King [5]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien [12]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz [10]; 7. 25T-Travis Arenz [18]; 8. 99-Tyler Brabant [6]; 9. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski [9]; 10. 43-Jereme Schroeder [14]; 11. 7A-Will Armitage [8]; 12. 24-Scott Conger [16]; 13. 88-Chris Flick [13]; 14. 38-Allen Hafford [11]; 15. 17W-Dylan Winkel [15]; 16. 39V-William Huck [17]; 17. (DNF) 19CW-Ion Stear [7]; 18. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech [2]

Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog [1]; 2. 50-JJ Hickle [2]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch [3]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [4]; 5. 16-Anthony Knierim [5]

Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 88M-Austin McCarl [2]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke [1]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel [4]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel [3]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett [5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Brenham Crouch [1]; 2. 26-Tyler Tischendorf [2]; 3. 50-JJ Hickle [4]; 4. 16-Anthony Knierim [3]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee [5]; 6. 13-Van Gurley Jr [7]; 7. 47-Todd King [6]; 8. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski [8]; 9. 88-Chris Flick [9]; 10. 39V-William Huck [10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog [4]; 3. 16C-Tylar Rankin [3]; 4. U2-Jack Vanderboom [2]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz [7]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer [5]; 7. 19CW-Ion Stear [6]; 8. 38-Allen Hafford [8]; 9. 17W-Dylan Winkel [9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88M-Austin McCarl [3]; 2. 49-Josh Schneiderman [2]; 3. 21-Will Gerrits [5]; 4. 23-Russel Borland [6]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke [4]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman [7]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz [8]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder [9]; 9. 25T-Travis Arenz [10]; 10. (DNS) 68-Dave Uttech

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Scotty Thiel [1]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer [2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel [4]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett [3]; 5. 87A-Austin Hartmann [6]; 6. 99-Tyler Brabant [7]; 7. 7A-Will Armitage [5]; 8. 85J-Logan Julien [8]; 9. 24-Scott Conger [9]

Qualifying A: 1. 50-JJ Hickle, 11.249 [1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 11.261 [4]; 3. 16-Anthony Knierim, 11.364 [10]; 4. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 11.396 [6]; 5. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 11.471 [18]; 6. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 11.474 [13]; 7. 1-Brenham Crouch, 11.475 [5]; 8. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 11.511 [14]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee, 11.513 [16]; 10. 85M-Steve Meyer, 11.553 [8]; 11. 47-Todd King, 11.589 [7]; 12. 19CW-Ion Stear, 11.685 [17]; 13. 13-Van Gurley Jr, 11.690 [15]; 14. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.08 0[9]; 15. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski, 12.106 [11]; 16. 38-Allen Hafford, 12.180 [3]; 17. 88-Chris Flick, 12.369 [19]; 18. 17W-Dylan Winkel, 12.464 [12]; 19. 39V-William Huck, 12.471 [2]

Qualifying B: 1. 10W-Mike Reinke, 11.251 [15]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 11.286 [19]; 3. 88M-Austin McCarl, 11.351 [18]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 11.375 [5]; 5. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 11.396 [11]; 6. 25-Danny Schlafer, 11.408 [10]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech, 11.460 [7]; 8. 73-Scotty Thiel, 11.540 [2]; 9. 21-Will Gerrits, 11.616 [17]; 10. 7A-Will Armitage, 11.640 [14]; 11. 23-Russel Borland,  11.648 [12]; 12. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 11.696 [8]; 13. 3N-Jake Neuman, 11.717 [6]; 14. 99-Tyler Brabant, 11.762 [13]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 11.812 [4]; 16. 85J-Logan Julien, 11.823 [9]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 12.024 [1]; 18. 24-Scott Conger, 12.166 [16]; 19. 25T-Travis Arenz, 12.269 [3]

Hot Laps: 1. 88M-Austin McCarl, 11.596 [37]; 2. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 11.661 [30]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 11.724 [38]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke, 11.740 [34]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 11.744 [31]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 11.984 [24]; 7. 7A-Will Armitage, 12.010 [33]; 8. 73-Scotty Thiel, 12.061 [21]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.115 [14]; 10. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.213 [29]; 11. 1-Brenham Crouch, 12.235 [5]; 12. 13-Van Gurley Jr, 12.328 [15]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 12.400 [20]; 14. 50-JJ Hickle, 12.419 [1]; 15. 19CW-Ion Stear, 12.506 [17]; 16. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 12.517 [13]; 17. 21-Will Gerrits, 12.563 [36]; 18. 24-Scott Conger, 12.656 [35]; 19. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.682 [4]; 20. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.693 [26]; 21. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 12.751 [18]; 22. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 12.773 [27]; 23. 99-Tyler Brabant, 12.775 [32]; 24. 38-Allen Hafford, 12.913 [3]; 25. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 12.935 [6]; 26. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.997 [16]; 27. 85J-Logan Julien, 13.078 [28]; 28. 47-Todd King, 13.118 [7]; 29. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.147 [9]; 30. 16-Anthony Knierim, 13.149 [10]; 31. 3N-Jake Neuman, 13.211 [25]; 32. 25T-Travis Arenz, 13.239 [22]; 33. 88-Chris Flick, 13.302 [19]; 34. 14AJ-Ryan Zielski, 13.323 [11]; 35. 85M-Steve Meyer, 13.368 [8]; 36. 4K-Kris Spitz,  13.426 [23]; 37. 39V-William Huck, 14.171 [2]; 38. 17W-Dylan Winkel, 14.863 [12]

WISCONSIN WINGLESS SPRINT CARS

A Main (20 Laps): 1. 91-Jimmy Sivia [6]; 2. 7X-Ryan Marshall [4]; 3. 70-Chris Klemko [3]; 4. 50-Rusty Egan [1]; 5. 38-Allen Hafford [5]; 6. 24-Eric Wilke [9]; 7. 14Z-Ryan Zielski [7]; 8. 09-Clayton Rossmann [8]; 9. 40-Tim Cox [2]; 10. 0-John Fahl [10]; 11. 11D-Zach Raidart [15]; 12. 14AJ-Derek Crane [18]; 13. 57F-Tristan Furseth [13]; 14. 11-Austin Hansen [16]; 15. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse [14]; 16. 24J-Ralph Johnson [11]; 17. 17-Bryce Andrews [12]; 18. 41-Dennis Spitz [22]; 19. 4-Jordan Paulsen [24]; 20. 12-Shawn Swim [19]; 21. 29OG-Tom Eller [17]; 22. 7D-Josh Davidson [23]; 23. 99J-Seth Johnson [20]; 24. 7-Trinity Uttech [21]

B Main (10 Laps): 1. 7-Trinity Uttech [2]; 2. 41-Dennis Spitz [3]; 3. 7D-Josh Davidson [1]; 4. 4-Jordan Paulsen [8]; 5. 22-Greg Alt [7]; 6. 4G-George Gaertner III [4]; 7. 66-Will Lynn [5]; 8. (DNS) 4L-Lance Thompson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24J-Ralph Johnson [2]; 2. 57F-Tristan Furseth [3]; 3. 11D-Zach Raidart [7]; 4. 29OG-Tom Eller [5]; 5. 12-Shawn Swim [8]; 6. 7D-Josh Davidson [4]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz [6]; 8. 66-Will Lynn [9]; 9. (DNF) 22-Greg Alt [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Bryce Andrews [2]; 2. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse [6]; 3. 11-Austin Hansen [4]; 4. 14AJ-Derek Crane [5]; 5. 99J-Seth Johnson [1]; 6. 7-Trinity Uttech [3]; 7. 4G-George Gaertner III [7]; 8. 4L-Lance Thompson [8]; 9. 4-Jordan Paulsen [9]

A-Feature Lock In Hot Laps: 1. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 13.738 [3]; 2. 14Z-Ryan Zielski, 13.796 [2]; 3. 24-Eric Wilke, 13.850 [9]; 4. 70-Chris Klemko, 13.889 [6]; 5. 50-Rusty Egan, 13.889 [8]; 6. 40-Tim Cox, 13.959 [7]; 7. 0-John Fahl, 14.030 [10]; 8. 38-Allen Hafford, 14.698 [4]; 9. (DNS) 09-Clayton Rossmann; 10. (DNS) 7X-Ryan Marshall

All Other Hot Laps: 1. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse, 14.249 [11]; 2. 17-Bryce Andrews, 14.303 [2]; 3. 7-Trinity Uttech, 14.376 [18]; 4. 14AJ-Derek Crane, 14.447 [3]; 5. 4L-Lance Thompson, 14.514 [17]; 6. 99J-Seth Johnson, 14.544 [10]; 7. 11-Austin Hansen, 14.794 [8]; 8. 11D-Zach Raidart, 14.884 [14]; 9. 4G-George Gaertner III, 14.999 [7]; 10. 57F-Tristan Furseth, 15.040 [6]; 11. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 15.393 [13]; 12. 29OG-Tom Eller, 15.789 [5]; 13. 24J-Ralph Johnson, 15.996 [9]; 14. 41-Dennis Spitz, 16.013 [15]; 15. 12-Shawn Swim, 16.278 [16]; 16. 7D-Josh Davidson, 16.334 [4]; 17. 22-Greg Alt, 16.355 [1]; 18. 66-Will Lynn, 16.391 [12]

IRA LIGHTNING SPRINTS

A Main (20 Laps): 1. 55H-Mark Heinert [4]; 2. 16-Mike Neau [1]; 3. 22S-Brian Strane Jr [6]; 4. 18-Nick Petska [3]; 5. 74-Tim Brannam [5]; 6. 74M-Max Brannam [2]; 7. 87R-Josh Rehberg [12]; 8. 9-John Kirk [10]; 9. 63-Jacob Irwin [9]; 10. 17-Jordan Funderburk [16]; 11. 01-Ron Brannam [14]; 12. 0-Grant Harvey [13]; 13. 55X-Xander York [8]; 14. 23-Dominick Swierad [15]; 15. 33-Dakota Duncanson [17]; 16. (DNF) 18Q-Chris Quillman [7]; 17. (DNF) 6-Jeff Schmidt [11]; 18. (DNF) 7-Carl Stur t[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 55H-Mark Heinert [4]; 2. 74-Tim Brannam [2]; 3. 74M-Max Brannam [3]; 4. 18Q-Chris Quillman [1]; 5. 63-Jacob Irwin [6]; 6. 0-Grant Harvey [8]; 7. 6-Jeff Schmidt [5]; 8. 23-Dominick Swierad [7]; 9. 33-Dakota Duncanson [9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22S-Brian Strane Jr [2]; 2. 18-Nick Petska [4]; 3. 16-Mike Neau [3]; 4. 9-John Kirk [6]; 5. 55X-Xander York [1]; 6. 87R-Josh Rehberg [5]; 7. 01-Ron Brannam [7]; 8. 17-Jordan Funderburk [8]; 9. (DNF) 7-Carl Sturt [9]

Qualifying: 1. 55H-Mark Heinert, 14.517 [18]; 2. 18-Nick Petska, 14.681 [13]; 3. 74M-Max Brannam, 14.903 [5]; 4. 16-Mike Neau, 15.236 [12]; 5. 74-Tim Brannam, 15.383 [7]; 6. 22S-Brian Strane Jr, 15.396 [6]; 7. 18Q-Chris Quillman, 15.438 [10]; 8. 55X-Xander York, 15.636 [17]; 9. 6-Jeff Schmidt, 15.701 [14]; 10. 87R-Josh Rehberg, 15.710 [15]; 11. 63-Jacob Irwin, 15.760 [3]; 12. 9-John Kirk, 15.892 [4]; 13. 23-Dominick Swierad, 16.208 [2]; 14. 01-Ron Brannam, 16.382 [8]; 15. 0-Grant Harvey, 16.547 [9]; 16. 17-Jordan Funderburk, 17.316 [1]; 17. 33-Dakota Duncanson, 24.124 [11]; 18. (DNS) 7-Carl Sturt

Zielke, Schmidt, Eisel notch Plymouth A-main victories

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 23, 2023 – Nick Anvelink of Bonduel outdueled 2014 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Late Model champion Mitch McGrath of Waukesha to collect the 30-lap Jim Wildman Watson Classic Presented by Galloping Ghost Motorsports and Transportation main event victory and wrap up his sixth career WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour championship at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Sept. 23.

Ryan Zielski of Oconomowoc turned back a late challenge from Zach Raidart of Gurnee, Ill. to post a victory in the 20-lap Autometer Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car A main.

Jayden Schmidt of Seymour rode the high groove to victory lane in the 20-lap A Modified main event and Jason Eisel of Rhinelander was victorious in the 20-lap Street Stock A main.

In the sixth annual Jim Wildman Watson Classic Dirt Kings Late Model Tour A main, outside front row starter Mitch McGrath jumped into the lead in turn two on the opening lap with polesitter Sawyer Specht of Sheboygan Falls settling into second.

The first of six caution flags appeared on lap 3 for debris. When the race resumed, third starter Nick Anvelink worked past Specht to take over second with fourth starter Jordan Yaggy of Rochester, Minn. in tow.

The second caution flag was displayed on lap 4 when Paul Niznik of Medford and five-time Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake spun in turn two. On the restart, Yaggy slipped past Anvelink to assume the runner-up spot on lap 5 before Anvelink battled back to regain second from Yaggy on lap 7.

A two-car incident involving Niznik and Chris Engels of Green Bay in turn three brought out the third caution flag of the race on lap 8. McGrath bolted away from Anvelink on the ensuing restart as he held his 74M machine tight to the inside lane of the smooth, wide and multi-groove third-mile clay oval racing surface. Meanwhile, sixth starter Kyle Raddant of Shawano used the high groove to power around fifth starter Justin Ritchie of New London into fourth on lap 14.

Three laps later, McGrath caught the rear of the field and began to work his way through lapped traffic as Anvelink cut into the lead gap. On lap 23, Raddant spun along the cushion in turn three to bring out the fourth caution flag.

After choosing to restart the race in the outside lane, Anvelink worked the high and middle grooves to pull off what proved to be the winning move as he charged past McGrath coming to the start-finish line to begin lap 24.

The fifth caution flag was displayed on lap 25 for the slowing car of Joel Bennett Hortonville. McGrath restarted in the outside lane and attempted to use the outside groove to challenge Anvelink for the top spot. However, Anvelink pulled away from McGrath along the inside lane before the sixth and final caution period on lap 26 for an incident involving Justin Ritchie and Jayden Schmidt in turn two.

Anvelink controlled the final restart to pull away from McGrath over the final four laps en route to his second career Late Model A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track, which was worth $2,500.

“I knew it was going to be a tough race with Mitch [McGrath] starting in front of us,” Anvelink said. “Mitch was really good on the bottom in the early part of the race. I had a really good restart after finding something in the middle of the track and everything played to our favor to get the lead.”

McGrath had to settle for second, Yaggy took third, Bill Edler of Howards Grove charged from the 19^th starting spot to place fourth and 16^th starter Brett Swedberg of Shawano rounded out the top five.

In the 20-lap Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car Series A main, Bryce Andrews of Kenosha jumped into the lead from the pole before outside front row starter Ryan Zielski rode the high grove into the lead in turn two on lap 2.

As Zielski bolted out to a commanding lead, eighth starter Zach Raidart worked the high line to move into fourth on lap before pulling off a nifty two-for-one move to sweep past both Andrews and fifth starter Clayton Rossman of Wadsworth, Ill. and take over second in the running order.

On lap 14, Zielski was negotiating his way through dense lapped traffic when the lone caution of race appeared for the stalled car of Greg Alt of Watertown in turn two.

Following the restart, Raidart powered in to challenge Zielski for the top spot along the high groove on lap 15. Two laps later, Raidart pulled even with Zielski exiting turn two before pulling off a slide job entering turn three to take over the lead briefly in turn four.

However, Zielski battled back by turning under Raidart and regained the top spot heading down the front stretch on lap 18. As Zielski again powered away from the rest of the field, seventh starter Ryan Marshall of Kansasville worked his way into third along the high line.

Zielski cruised over the final two circuits to notch his third career Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car main event triumph at The Plymouth Dirt Track and fifth A-main victory of the 2023 Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car Series campaign, while collecting the $1,200 first-place prize.

Raidart placed second, Marshall finished third, Rossmann wound up fourth and fourth starter Jimmy Sivia of Winthrop Harbor, Ill. placed fifth after starting fourth.

Polesitter Joel Seegert of Sheboygan grabbed the lead of the 20-lap A Modified main event before the first of three caution flags appeared before one official lap could be completed when Mike Simons of Genoa City hit the front stretch wall.

Following a complete restart, Seegert again seized the top spot with third starter Jeff Steenbergen of Johnson Creek following in second. On lap 5, the second caution flag of the race was displayed when Steve Mueller of Eagle spun along the backstretch.

When the race resumed, fourth starter Jayden Schmidt used the high groove to move around Steenbergen into second. Two laps later, Schmidt, Steenbergen and Seegert went three wide in turn four with Schmidt emerging on top heading down the front stretch.

After dueling side by side over the next two laps, Steenbergen surged past Seegert into second on lap 10. The third and final caution flag appeared later on lap 10 when Steve Lorier of Sheboygan spun in turn four and Joel Crowbridge of Union Grove stalled in turn two.

Schmidt flexed his muscle following the final restart and pulled away from the field during the second half of the race to pocket $1,100 for his first career A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in the A Modified division.

Steenbergen came home second, Seegert took third, Joe Huenefeld of Freeport, Ill. moved up from the ninth starting spot to place fourth and three-time Plymouth Dirt Track Racing B Mod champion Tim Warner of Malone rounded out the top five after starting fifth.

Polesitter James Fletcher of Beaver Dam led the opening lap of the 20-lap Street Stock A main before outside front row starter Jason Eisel used the outside line to take over the top spot in turn four on the second circuit.

With Eisel riding comfortably at the front of the field, sixth starter Jon Schultz of Waunakee moved into third place by passing fourth starter Kelly Brown of Beaver Dam on lap 8.

On lap 17, Eisel found himself negotiating voluminous lapped traffic as Schultz worked his way into second in turn three on lap 18 before Fletcher struck back to regain second in turn four on lap 19.

Eisel went on to pocket $700 for his first career Street Stock A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in the caution-free event.

Fletcher placed second, Schultz placed third, fourth starter Kelly Brown of Beaver Dam wound up fourth and Jesse Krahn of Beaver Dam moved up from the seventh starting spot to complete the top five.

Eric Wilke won the 10-lap Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car B main and Brad McGuire of New Berlin earned the victory in the 10-lap A Modified B main.

Mitch McGrath earned top overall WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour qualifying honors with a fast lap of 14.172 seconds.

Chris Klemko claimed the fast qualifier award in the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car division with a lap of 14.302 seconds.

Jayden Schmidt was the top qualifier in the A Modified division with a lap of 15.480 seconds.

Kelly Brown earned fast qualifier accolades in the Street Stock division with a time of 16.777 seconds.

The 17^th event of the 2023 campaign at The Plymouth Dirt Track drew a total of 110 cars, including 23 Dirt Kings Late Model Tour cars, 28 Autometer Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car Series cars, 36 A Modifieds and 23 Street Stocks.

The 2023 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing season will conclude with the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships on Saturday, Sept. 30 featuring the 2023 season finales for the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Cars, Plymouth Dirt Track Racing – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Cars, Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Cars and IRA Lightning Sprints.

Pit gates open at 2 p.m. with spectator gates opening at 4:30 p.m. and on-track action at 4:45 p.m., followed by hot laps, qualifying and racing.

The 2023 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing awards presentation will take place on Saturday, Oct. 14 at Racers Hall in Plymouth, Wis. starting at 7 p.m. The top three finishers and special award winners in the 360 Sprint Car, Grand National, B Mod and Late Model divisions will be honored during the event.

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.

WABAM DIRT KINGS LATE MODEL TOUR

Galloping Ghost Motorsports Transportation 6th Annual Watson Classic (30 Laps): 1. 15-Nick Anvelink [3]; 2. 74-Mitch McGrath [2]; 3. 77Y-Jordan Yaggy [4]; 4. 77-Bill Edler [19]; 5. 3-Brett Swedberg [16]; 6. 10P-Paul Parker [8]; 7. 66-Ron Berna [9]; 8. 81-Troy Springborn [22]; 9. 22-Charlie Schmidt [7]; 10. 9N-Tom Naeyaert [11]; 11. 99-Sawyer Specht [1]; 12. 55-Joe Bongiorno [13]; 13. 24-Turk Letizia [14]; 14. (DNF) 70-Justin Ritchie [5]; 15. (DNF) 24S-Jayden Schmidt [20]; 16. (DNF) 7-Joel Bennett [10]; 17. (DNF) 03-Kyle Raddant [6]; 18. (DNF) 5-Lukas Postl [15]; 19. (DNF) 14-Travis Jellum [18]; 20. (DNF) 89-Brad Mueller [21]; 21. (DNF) 33E-Chris Engels [12]; 22. (DNF) 42N-Paul Niznik [17]; 23. (DNS) 29-Spencer Diercks

Klink Equipment Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 15-Nick Anvelink [1]; 2. 70-Justin Ritchie [2]; 3. 22-Charlie Schmidt [3]; 4. 66-Ron Berna [5]; 5. 33E-Chris Engels [6]; 6. 5-Lukas Postl [4]; 7. 14-Travis Jellum [7]; 8. (DNS) 89-Brad Mueller

Ken’s Sports Inc. Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 74-Mitch McGrath [1]; 2. 77Y-Jordan Yaggy [2]; 3. 29-Spencer Diercks [3]; 4. 7-Joel Bennett [4]; 5. 55-Joe Bongiorno [5]; 6. 3-Brett Swedberg [6]; 7. 77-Bill Edler [8]; 8. 81-Troy Springborn [7]

Wehrs Machine Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Sawyer Specht [1]; 2. 03-Kyle Raddant [2]; 3. 10P-Paul Parker [3]; 4. 9N-Tom Naeyaert [4]; 5. 24-Turk Letizia [5]; 6. 42N-Paul Niznik [6]; 7. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [7]

Klink Equipment Qualifying 1: 1. 15-Nick Anvelink, 14.205 [8]; 2. 70-Justin Ritchie, 14.692 [6]; 3. 22-Charlie Schmidt, 14.794 [7]; 4. 5-Lukas Postl, 14.822 [2]; 5. 66-Ron Berna, 14.867 [5]; 6. 33E-Chris Engels, 15.159 [4]; 7. 14-Travis Jellum, 15.559 [3]; 8. (DNF) 89-Brad Mueller, 15.559 [1]

Ken’s Sports Inc Qualifying 2: 1. 74-Mitch McGrath, 14.172 [6]; 2. 77Y-Jordan Yaggy, 14.346 [3]; 3. 29-Spencer Diercks, 14.401 [1]; 4. 7-Joel Bennett, 14.510 [7]; 5. 55-Joe Bongiorno, 14.646 [2]; 6. 3-Brett Swedberg, 14.837 [8]; 7. 81-Troy Springborn, 14.857 [4]; 8. 77-Bill Edler, 15.050 [5]

Wehrs Machine Qualifying 3: 1. 99-Sawyer Specht, 14.367 [6]; 2. 03-Kyle Raddant, 14.451 [3]; 3. 10P-Paul Parker, 14.667 [1]; 4. 9N-Tom Naeyaert, 14.689 [5]; 5. 24-Turk Letizia, 14.775 [7]; 6. 42N-Paul Niznik, 14.835 [4]; 7. 24S-Jayden Schmidt, 14.840 [2]

WISCONSIN WINGLESS SPRINT CARS

A Main (20 Laps): 1. 14Z-Ryan Zielski [2]; 2. 11D-Zach Raidart [8]; 3. 7X-Ryan Marshall [7]; 4. 09-Clayton Rossmann [5]; 5. 91-Jimmy Sivia [4]; 6. 14AJ-Derek Crane [10]; 7. 17-Bryce Andrews [1]; 8. 40-Tim Cox [11]; 9. 38-Allen Hafford [3]; 10. 70-Chris Klemko [6]; 11. 11-Austin Hansen [13]; 12. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse [9]; 13. 24-Eric Wilke [19]; 14. 7D-Josh Davidson [15]; 15. 50-Rusty Egan [14]; 16. 66-Nathan Crane [12]; 17. 29OG-Tom Eller [17]; 18. 12-Shawn Swim [20]; 19. 24J-Ralph Johnson [18]; 20. 71-Andy Dei [22]; 21. 57F-Tristan Furseth [23]; 22. 7-Trinity Uttech [21]; 23. 00-Jason Young [24]; 24. (DNF) 22-Greg Alt [16]

B Main (10 Laps): 1. 24-Eric Wilke [3]; 2. 12-Shawn Swim [1]; 3. 7-Trinity Uttech [4]; 4. 71-Andy Dei [7]; 5. 57F-Tristan Furseth [9]; 6. 00-Jason Young [8]; 7. 99J-Seth Johnson [5]; 8. 4L-Lance Thompson [2]; 9. 4G-George Gaertner III [10]; 10. 52-Craig Lager [6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11D-Zach Raidart [1]; 2. 7X-Ryan Marshall [2]; 3. 38-Allen Hafford [3]; 4. 70-Chris Klemko [4]; 5. 50-Rusty Egan [5]; 6. 24J-Ralph Johnson [8]; 7. 24-Eric Wilke [7]; 8. 12-Shawn Swim [6]; 9. 57F-Tristan Furseth [10]; 10. 4G-George Gaertner III [9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse [1]; 2. 09-Clayton Rossmann [4]; 3. 14Z-Ryan Zielski [3]; 4. 40-Tim Cox [2]; 5. 7D-Josh Davidson [5]; 6. 22-Greg Alt [6]; 7. 7-Trinity Uttech [8]; 8. 71-Andy Dei [9]; 9. 00-Jason Young [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14AJ-Derek Crane [1]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia [4]; 3. 17-Bryce Andrews [3]; 4. 66-Nathan Crane [5]; 5. 11-Austin Hansen [2]; 6. 29OG-Tom Elle r[7]; 7. 99J-Seth Johnson [9]; 8. 52-Craig Lager [8]; 9. 4L-Lance Thompson [6]

Qualifying: 1. 70-Chris Klemko, 14.302 [25]; 2. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 14.375 [24]; 3. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 14.415 [23]; 4. 38-Allen Hafford, 14.439 [21]; 5. 14Z-Ryan Zielski, 14.459 [12]; 6. 17-Bryce Andrews, 14.479 [20]; 7. 7X-Ryan Marshall, 14.593 [19]; 8. 40-Tim Cox, 14.605 [17]; 9. 11-Austin Hansen, 14.691 [7]; 10. 11D-Zach Raidart, 14.695 [26]; 11. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse, 14.705 [9]; 12. 14AJ-Derek Crane, 14.784 [13]; 13. 50-Rusty Egan, 14.943 [1]; 14. 7D-Josh Davidson, 14.956 [4]; 15. 66-Nathan Crane, 14.980 [16]; 16. 12-Shawn Swim, 14.989 [28]; 17. 22-Greg Alt, 15.006 [3]; 18. 4L-Lance Thompson, 15.072 [10]; 19. 24-Eric Wilke, 15.081 [15]; 20. 00-Jason Young, 15.107 [18]; 21. 29OG-Tom Eller, 15.150 [6]; 22. 24J-Ralph Johnson, 15.174 [14]; 23. 7-Trinity Uttech, 15.222 [22]; 24. 52-Craig Lager, 15.230 [8]; 25. 4G-George Gaertner III, 15.649 [5]; 26. 71-Andy Dei, 15.683 [11]; 27. (DNF) 99J-Seth Johnson[2]; 28. (DNS) 57F-Tristan Furseth

A MODIFIEDS

A Main (20 Laps): 1. 24-Jayden Schmidt [4]; 2. 62S-Jeff Steenbergen [3]; 3. 3S-Joel Seegert [1]; 4. 33J-Joe Huenefeld [9]; 5. 03W-Tim Warner [5]; 6. 17-Mike Klenz [6]; 7. 3M-Randy Markwardt Jr. [2]; 8. 18-Matt Klenz [11]; 9. 47G-Ben Godlewski [10]; 10. 15S-Don Scheffler [15]; 11. 11-Bart Sievert [13]; 12. 52M-Brad McGuire [17]; 13. 10G-RJ Gerber [19]; 14. 66-Steve Lorier [16]; 15. 2J-Jason Wirth [14]; 16. 26-David Paskiewicz [20]; 17. (DNF) 28C-Joel Crowbridge [12]; 18. (DNF) 17W-Mitch Webber [7]; 19. (DNF) 2M-Steve Mueller [18]; 20. (DNF) 25-Mike Simons [8]

B Main (10 Laps): 1. 52M-Brad McGuire [1]; 2. 2M-Steve Mueller [3]; 3. 10G-RJ Gerber [5]; 4. 26-David Paskiewicz [7]; 5. 13-Don Paskiewicz [6]; 6. 17B-Scott Barnharst [2]; 7. 68-Tom Neubauer [10]; 8. 19-Gary Glander [4]; 9. 29P-Chris Pigeon [17]; 10. 28-AJ Izzo [15]; 11. 11B-Brad Buchman [16]; 12. 51J-Dustin Jackson [14]; 13. 6W-David Wirth [12]; 14. 21T-Mark Mikos JR [18]; 15. 64-Cory Lightfield [9]; 16. 117-Tom Barnharst [13]; 17. 22M-Barry Maas [8]; 18. A11-Ashley Stevens [11]; 19. (DNS) 88J-Jeremy Johnson; 20. (DNS) 30-John Dost

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17W-Mitch Webber [1]; 2. 24-Jayden Schmidt [4]; 3. 3S-Joel Seegert [3]; 4. 66-Steve Lorier [6]; 5. 10G-RJ Gerber [9]; 6. 17B-Scott Barnharst [2]; 7. 68-Tom Neubauer [7]; 8. 51J-Dustin Jackson [8]; 9. 29P-Chris Pigeon [5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Mike Simons [1]; 2. 62S-Jeff Steenbergen [4]; 3. 03W-Tim Warner [3]; 4. 15S-Don Scheffler [5]; 5. 2M-Steve Mueller [2]; 6. 13-Don Paskiewicz [6]; 7. 6W-David Wirth [8]; 8. 117-Tom Barnharst [7]; 9. 88J-Jeremy Johnson [9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33J-Joe Huenefeld [1]; 2. 17-Mike Klenz [3]; 3. 3M-Randy Markwardt Jr. [4]; 4. 11-Bart Sievert [2]; 5. 19-Gary Glander [5]; 6. 22M-Barry Maas [7]; 7. 64-Cory Lightfield [6]; 8. 28-AJ Izzo [8]; 9. (DNS) 30-John Dost

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 47G-Ben Godlewski [1]; 2. 18-Matt Klenz [3]; 3. 28C-Joel Crowbridge [5]; 4. 2J-Jason Wirth [2]; 5. 52M-Brad McGuire [4]; 6. 26-David Paskiewicz [6]; 7. A11-Ashley Stevens [7]; 8. 11B-Brad Buchman [9]; 9. 21T-Mark Mikos JR [8]

Qualifying: 1. 24-Jayden Schmidt, 15.480 [2]; 2. 62S-Jeff Steenbergen, 15.720 [34]; 3. 3M-Randy Markwardt Jr, 15.835 [27]; 4. 52M-Brad McGuire, 15.845 [16]; 5. 3S-Joel Seegert, 15.930 [23]; 6. 03W-Tim Warner, 15.949 [29]; 7. 17-Mike Klenz, 15.972 [20]; 8. 18-Matt Klenz, 15.999 [9]; 9. 17B-Scott Barnharst, 16.037 [19]; 10. 2M-Steve Mueller, 16.061 [18]; 11. 11-Bart Sievert, 16.094 [4]; 12. 2J-Jason Wirth, 16.097 [14]; 13. 17W-Mitch Webber, 16.134 [32]; 14. 25-Mike Simons, 16.152 [7]; 15. 33J-Joe Huenefeld, 16.214 [8]; 16. 47G-Ben Godlewski, 16.281 [33]; 17. 29P-Chris Pigeon, 16.366 [3]; 18. 15S-Don Scheffler, 16.383 [15]; 19. 19-Gary Glander, 16.576 [17]; 20. 28C-Joel Crowbridge, 16.619 [30]; 21. 66-Steve Lorier, 16.717 [25]; 22. 13-Don Paskiewicz, 16.762 [1]; 23. 64-Cory Lightfield, 16.861 [22]; 24. 26-David Paskiewicz, 16.874 [13]; 25. 68-Tom Neubauer, 16.884 [5]; 26. 117-Tom Barnharst, 16.889 [6]; 27. 22M-Barry Maas, 16.982 [36]; 28. A11-Ashley Stevens, 16.994 [10]; 29. 51J-Dustin Jackson, 17.056 [26]; 30. 6W-David Wirth, 17.090 [28]; 31. 28-AJ Izzo, 17.149 [11]; 32. 11B-Brad Buchman, 17.553 [35]; 33. 21T-Mark Mikos JR, 18.330 [12]; 34. 10G-RJ Gerber, 39.377 [24]; 35. (DNF) 88J-Jeremy Johnson, 39.377 [31]; 36. (DNS) 30-John Dost, 39.377

STREET STOCKS 

A Main (20 Laps): 1. 838-Jason Eisel [2]; 2. 75-James Fletcher [1]; 3. 11X-Jon Schultz [6]; 4. 44B-Kelly Brown [4]; 5. 55K-Jesse Krahn [7]; 6. 71-Edward Anschutz [5]; 7. 24S-Austin Steinke [3]; 8. 8M-Mike Meier [9]; 9. 95-Robby Olson [10]; 10. 99-Rob Maule [8]; 11. 1X-Nate Gross [14]; 12. 64Z-Mike Zitzer [11]; 13. 87-Parker Derks [17]; 14. 5-Todd Berzowski [13]; 15. 21S-John Sidesky [19]; 16. 65-Mark Baker [16]; 17. 55-Keith Stich [21]; 18. 28-Chuck Gilbertson Jr. [20]; 19. 52-Ernie Herlt [15]; 20. 14-Benjamin Mccoy [18]; 21. (DNF) 46A-Courtney Atkinson [22]; 22. (DNF) 83-Roman Blank [12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Jon Schultz [2]; 2. 99-Rob Maule [1]; 3. 838-Jason Eisel [3]; 4. 44B-Kelly Brown [4]; 5. 5-Todd Berzowsk i[5]; 6. 87-Parker Derks [7]; 7. 21S-John Sidesky [6]; 8. 55-Keith Stich [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55K-Jesse Krahn [2]; 2. 8M-Mike Meier [1]; 3. 75-James Fletcher [3]; 4. 83-Roman Blank [5]; 5. 52-Ernie Herlt [7]; 6. 14-Benjamin Mccoy [8]; 7. (DNF) 46A-Courtney Atkinson [4]; 8. (DNF) 52W-Jack Wiroll [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Edward Anschutz [3]; 2. 64Z-Mike Zitzer [6]; 3. 24S-Austin Steinke [4]; 4. 95-Robby Olson [1]; 5. 1X-Nate Gross [5]; 6. 65-Mark Baker [2]; 7. 28-Chuck Gilbertson Jr [7]

Qualifying: 1. 44B-Kelly Brown, 16.777 [13]; 2. 46A-Courtney Atkinson, 16.812 [20]; 3. 24S-Austin Steinke, 16.815 [23]; 4. 838-Jason Eisel, 16.895 [4]; 5. 75-James Fletcher, 16.912 [9]; 6. 71-Edward Anschutz, 17.080 [8]; 7. 11X-Jon Schultz, 17.091 [1]; 8. 55K-Jesse Krahn, 17.124 [11]; 9. 65-Mark Baker, 17.156 [7]; 10. 99-Rob Maule, 17.190 [10]; 11. 8M-Mike Meier, 17.380 [3]; 12. 95-Robby Olson, 17.398 [12]; 13. 5-Todd Berzowski, 17.399 [19]; 14. 83-Roman Blank, 17.440 [14]; 15. 1X-Nate Gross, 17.524 [18]; 16. 21S-John Sidesky, 17.589 [6]; 17. 52W-Jack Wiroll, 17.617 [5]; 18. 64Z-Mike Zitzer, 17.628 [22]; 19. 87-Parker Derks, 17.644 [2]; 20. 52-Ernie Herlt, 17.651 [21]; 21. 28-Chuck Gilbertson Jr, 17.654 [15]; 22. 55-Keith Stich, 17.776 [17]; 23. 14-Benjamin Mccoy, 18.402 [16]

McMullen, Schumacher, Koenig capture PDTR A-main wins

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 25, 2023 – After finishing in a season-ending points deadlock, Will Sorce of Franklin and 2010 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Grand National champion Brian Gilles of Plymouth wrapped up the 2023 season as co-champions in the PDTR Grand National division, while two-time PDTR B Mod champion Tim Warner of Malone erased a 20-point deficit in the final points event of the season to add a third division title to his collection, during an eventful 2023 PDTR Grand National and B Mod championship night racing program Friday, Aug. 25 at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis.

Two-time Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh nailed down his third straight and fifth overall Akright Auto PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main victory of the 2023 campaign to remain on top of the division point standings by 14 points over 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Ben Schmidt of Plymouth with two events remaining in the season.

In the 20-lap Oostburg Automotive Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Grand National main event, Nick Schumacher of Eagle collected his first A-main victory of the 2023 season.

Elijah Koenig of Fox Lake notched his initial triumph of the 2023 campaign in the Next Step Insurance 20

-lap B Mod A-main victory of the 2023 campaign.

The scheduled 30-lap WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour A main was cancelled due to rain.

The initial start of the Akright Auto PDTR – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car A main was aborted when Katelyn Krebsbach of Cascade spun in turn two. Following a complete restart, outside front row starter Chris Larson of Franksville jumped into the lead in turn two on the opening lap with polesitter Brandon McMullen following in second.

On lap 2, McMullen dove low to secure the top spot exiting turn four. With McMullen in control at the front of the field, Ben Schmidt worked his way up from the seventh starting position to take third from fourth starter Alex Pokorski of West Bend on lap 9.

One lap later, Schmidt shot past Larson to gain the runner-up spot as McMullen began to work his way through slower traffic. Schmidt cut into McMullen’s lead as the laps wound down and was within sight of the top spot when the second and final caution flag of the race was displayed on lap 24 after Chris Clayton of Waldo spun in turn three.

Following a single-file restart, McMullen held off Schmidt’s challenge over the final two laps en route to his division-topping 32nd career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and 44th career MSA 360 Sprint main event triumph, along with his third consecutive and fifth overall PDTR A-main victory of the 2023 season.

Schmidt had to settle for second, Pokorski pulled off a final corner pass to finish third, Larson earned a career-best fourth place showing and rookie Tristan Koenings of Van Dyne, who started third, claimed a career-best fifth place finish.

Outside front row starter Donny Kulow of Plymouth grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the 20-lap PDTR Grand National A main with 2019 PDTR Grand National champ Tyler Kulow Plymouth, who started fourth, settling into second.

The first of three caution flags appeared on lap 2 when Vince Bartolotta of Muskego spun in turn two. On the restart, Tyler Kulow rode the high groove to sweep into the lead on lap 3 before the second caution flag flew when Seth Westimayer of Horicon spun in turn two.

Following the restart, Donny Kulow and 2008 PDTR Grand National champion Matt Yancey of Sheboygan, who started on the pole, waged a spirited duel for the top spot.

On lap 5, the third and final caution flag appeared when Bartolotta spun in turn four. When the race resumed Donny Kulow remained in the lead while Yancey, Tyler Kulow and Nick Schumacher, who started 10th, dueled in three-wide fashion for second.

Schumacher emerged in second place on lap 7 and quickly set his sights on the lead. On lap 9, Schumacher ventured up to the high groove to pressure Donny Kulow before taking control of the top spot in turn one on lap 10.

Eighth starter Justin Pearson of Horicon moved into second on lap 11 and worked the high line to cut the gap on Schumacher in the closing laps. Six laps later, Pearson moved in to pressure Schumacher for the lead starting on lap 17.

However, Schumacher successfully fended off Pearson’s challenge on the way to his second career PDTR Grand National A-main victory and first main event win of the 2023 season at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Pearson wound up second, Will Sorce of Franklin moved up from the ninth starting spot to place third, Donny Kulow finished fourth and Brian Gilles, who started seventh, placed fifth.

Sorce and Gilles closed out the final Grand National points race program of the 2023 PDTR season tied at the top of the point standings with 855 points apiece to end up as division co-champions. It marked the first PDTR Grand National championship of Sorce’s career. Gilles claimed his second PDTR Grand National title and seventh overall Plymouth track championship (five Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Super Stock, two PDTR Grand National) to move into second on the track’s all-time track championship list behind Gary Laack, who has nine Plymouth track titles to his credit.

It is the first time two drivers have secured co-championship honors at The Plymouth Dirt Track since the 1995 season when Rick Hed and Tim Thompson shared the Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Hobby Stock track title.

Outside front row starter Steve Lorier of Sheboygan Falls grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the 20-lap PDTR B Mod main event with fourth starter Elijah Koenig trailing in second.

After a spirited duel with Lorier, Koenig used the outside groove to power into the top spot in turn two on lap 5. On lap 8, with his eyes set firmly on securing another B Mod track title, Tim Warner, who started sixth, moved past Lorier into second in turn two on lap 8.

While Warner gradually reeled in Koenig during the second half of the race, seventh starter Travis Schmidt of Plymouth moved in to take third on lap 17. Warner cut the gap significantly on the final lap. However, Koenig held on to rack up his fourth career PDTR B Mod A-main victory and first main event triumph of the 2023 campaign at Plymouth.

Warner secured his third PDTR B Mod championship with a second place finish, Schmidt placed third, Lorier wound up fourth and eight starter Shane Long of Sheboygan Falls placed fifth.

After entering a car in 10 of the 11 PDTR Mod events held during the 2023 campaign, Warner came into the night 20 points behind PDTR B Mod points leader Barry Maas of Cascade. Warner used a heat race victory and a second place finish in the A main to edge Travis Schmidt by two points (863-861) in the chase for the 2023 title. Maas encountered a mechanical issue in heat race action, which prevented him from starting the A main and competing for a B Mod championship.

Brett Swedberg of Shawano was the WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour fast qualifier with a lap of 13.691 seconds.

Brandon McMullen earned the Akright Auto PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car division fast qualifier award with a lap of 12.783 seconds.

The 15^th event of the 2023 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Kriete Truck Center, drew a total of 78 cars, including 25 WABAM Dirt Kings Tour Late Models, 21 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 19 Grand Nationals and 13 B Mods.

The next Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program will take place during the 2023 Sheboygan County Fair on Saturday, Sept. 2, featuring an all-Sprint Car event with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series and Plymouth Dirt Track Racing-Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Cars.

On-track action is scheduled to begin 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.

WABAM DIRT KINGS LATE MODEL TOUR

Klink Equipment Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 3-Brett Swedberg [1]; 2. 74-Mitch McGrath [3]; 3. 81-Troy Springborn [2]; 4. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [6]; 5. 22-Charlie Schmidt [4]; 6. 55-Joe Bongiorno [5]; 7. 24S-Jayden Schmidt [7]; 8. 03-Kyle Raddant [9]; 9. 5-Lukas Postl [8]

Ken’s Sports Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 99M-Mike Mullen [2]; 2. 89-Brad Mueller [1]; 3. 33E-Chris Engels [4]; 4. 99-Sawyer Specht [6]; 5. 21M-Shawn Miller [3]; 6. 9N-Tom Naeyaert [5]; 7. (DNS) 9Z-Jayme Zidar; 8. (DNS) 7-Joel Bennett

Wehrs Machine Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 15-Nick Anvelink [1]; 2. 42-Terry Casey [2]; 3. 70-Justin Ritchie [3]; 4. 24-Turk Letizia [4]; 5. 25-Jared Siefert [6]; 6. 77-Bill Edler [5]; 7. (DNF) 66-Ron Berna [7]; 8. (DNF) 19J-Justin Green [8]

Klink Equipment Qualifying 1: 1. 3-Brett Swedberg, 13.691 [2]; 2. 81-Troy Springborn, 13.917 [3]; 3. 74-Mitch McGrath, 13.950 [8]; 4. 22-Charlie Schmidt, 13.972 [6]; 5. 55-Joe Bongiorno, 14.195 [4]; 6. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 14.227 [9]; 7. 24S-Jayden Schmidt, 14.430 [5]; 8. 5-Lukas Postl, 14.810 [7]; 9. (DQ) 03-Kyle Raddant, 14.141 [1]

Ken’s Sports Qualifying 2: 1. 89-Brad Mueller, 13.912 [3]; 2. 99M-Mike Mullen, 14.153 [6]; 3. 21M-Shawn Miller, 14.206 [4]; 4. 33E-Chris Engels, 14.400 [7]; 5. 9N-Tom Naeyaert, 14.459 [1]; 6. 99-Sawyer Specht, 14.529 [5]; 7. (DNS) 9Z-Jayme Zidar; 8. (DNS) 7-Joel Bennett

Wehrs Machine Qualifying 3: 1. 15-Nick Anvelink, 13.708 [7]; 2. 42-Terry Casey, 14.014 [4]; 3. 70-Justin Ritchie, 14.120 [2]; 4. 24-Turk Letizia, 14.194 [5]; 5. 77-Bill Edler, 14.195 [8]; 6. 25-Jared Siefert, 14.421 [6]; 7. (DQ) 66-Ron Berna, 14.541 [1]; 8. (DQ) 19J-Justin Green, 17.107 [3]

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 98-Brandon McMullen [1]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt [7]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [4]; 4. 51-Chris Larson [2]; 5. 66T-Tristan Koenings [3]; 6. 7-Lance Fassbender [8]; 7. 69S-TJ Smith [5]; 8. 85J-Logan Julien [9]; 9. 22B-Brandon Berth [12]; 10. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [13]; 11. 11-Tony Wondra [11]; 12. 3-Justin Erickson [20]; 13. 53A-Paul Pokorski [14]; 14. 12P-JJ Pagel [16]; 15. 66-Nick Daywalt [18]; 16. 54-Randy Post [15]; 17. 69-Bill Taylor [17]; 18. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [6]; 19. 38-Jeffrey Neubert [21]; 20. 2-Chris Clayton [10]; 21. 21H-TJ Haddy [19]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 51-Chris Larson [2]; 2. 69S-TJ Smith [4]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt [3]; 4. 53A-Paul Pokorski [1]; 5. 22B-Brandon Berth [5]; 6. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [7]; 7. 69-Bill Taylor [6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 4-Alex Pokorski [2]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen [4]; 3. 7-Lance Fassbender [3]; 4. 11-Tony Wondra [5]; 5. 66-Nick Daywalt [1]; 6. 54-Randy Post [6]; 7. 12P-JJ Pagel [7]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 66T-Tristan Koenings [2]; 2. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [4]; 3. 85J-Logan Julien [3]; 4. 2-Chris Clayton [5]; 5. 38-Jeffrey Neubert [7]; 6. (DNF) 3-Justin Erickson [1]; 7. (DNF) 21H-TJ Haddy [6]

Qualifying 1: 1. 69S-TJ Smith, 12.861 [4]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.866 [1]; 3. 51-Chris Larson, 12.932 [6]; 4. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 13.004[5]; 5. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.042 [7]; 6. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.045 [3]; 7. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.106 [2]

Qualifying 2: 1. 98-Brandon McMullen, 12.783 [2]; 2. 7-Lance Fassbender, 12.914 [1]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.002 [3]; 4. 66-Nick Daywalt, 13.013 [4]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.277 [6]; 6. 54-Randy Post, 13.323 [5]; 7. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.474 [7]

Qualifying 3: 1. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 12.923 [6]; 2. 85J-Logan Julien, 13.050 [3]; 3. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 13.306 [5]; 4. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.308 [4]; 5. 38-Jeffrey Neubert, 13.523 [7]; 6. 2-Chris Clayton, 13.565 [2]; 7. (DNS) 21H-TJ Haddy, 13.565

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Main: 1. 47-Nick Schumacher [10]; 2. E85-Justin Pearson [8]; 3. 14X-Will Sorce [9]; 4. 95-Donny Kulow [2]; 5. 89-Brian Gilles [7]; 6. 80-Luke Scholten [3]; 7. 24K-Tyler Kulow [4]; 8. 54-Matt Yancey [1]; 9. 23-Matt Loehr [12]; 10. 38S-Aaron Streblow [13]; 11. 34-Steven Weber [6]; 12. 14-Seth Westimayer [5]; 13. 87-Eric Lingford [18]; 14. 3-Jim Wirtz [11]; 15. 6-Dick Hed [16]; 16. 67-Jeff Storm [17]; 17. 6B-Vince Bartolotta [14]; 18. (DNS) 70JR-Jason Schilling; 19. (DNS) 70W-Steven Wirtz

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. E85-Justin Pearson [3]; 2. 80-Luke Scholten [1]; 3. 24K-Tyler Kulow [4]; 4. 95-Donny Kulow [5]; 5. 23-Matt Loehr [2]; 6. 3-Jim Wirtz [6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 14-Seth Westimayer [1]; 2. 89-Brian Gilles [5]; 3. 54-Matt Yancey [2]; 4. 47-Nick Schumacher [3]; 5. 14X-Will Sorce [6]; 6. 38S-Aaron Streblow [4]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 34-Steven Weber [2]; 2. 87-Eric Lingford [6]; 3. 67-Jeff Storm [7]; 4. 70JR-Jason Schilling [5]; 5. 6B-Vince Bartolotta [1]; 6. (DNF) 70W-Steven Wirtz [3]; 7. (DNF) 6-Dick Hed [4]

NEXT STEP INSURANCE B MODS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 1K-Elijah Koenig [4]; 2. 03W-Tim Warner [6]; 3. 3-Travis Schmidt [7]; 4. 66-Steve Lorier [2]; 5. 17S-Shane Long [8]; 6. 17-Brandon Knepprath [5]; 7. 73-Rory Welch [9]; 8. 59S-Spencer Long [11]; 9. 25-Jim Fischer [1]; 10. 19-Parker Glander [3]; 11. 117-Tom Barnharst [10]; 12. 54-Michael Strean [13]; 13. (DNS) 22M-Barry Maas

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 03W-Tim Warner [4]; 2. 66-Steve Lorier [2]; 3. 1K-Elijah Koenig [7]; 4. 17S-Shane Long [3]; 5. 3-Travis Schmidt [6]; 6. 73-Rory Welch [5]; 7. 117-Tom Barnharst [1]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Brandon Knepprath [2]; 2. 19-Parker Glander [3]; 3. 25-Jim Fischer [1]; 4. (DNF) 59S-Spencer Long [4]; 5. (DNF) 22M-Barry Maas [6]; 6. (DNF) 54-Michael Strean [5]

Weber, Warner, Zellmer bag PDTR main event victories

By Jeff Pederson – Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 19, 2023 – Two-time Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car champion and current division points leader Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh kept himself in the driver’s seat for another title by claiming his fourth 25-lap Akright Auto PDTR 360 Sprint Car main event victory of the 2023 season Saturday, Aug. 19 at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis.

Steven Weber of Plymouth secured his first A-main victory of the 2023 campaign in a hotly contested 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Grand National main event.

Two-time PDTR B Mod champion Tim Warner of Malone notched his fifth Next Step Insurance 25-lap B Mod A-main victory of the 2023 campaign.

Adam Zellmer of Horicon captured his second 20-lap 106.5 The Buzz Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series A main of the 2023 season in the Legends’ third and final 2023 appearance at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Outside front row starter Lance Fassbender of Burnett outpowered polesitter Paul Pokorski of West Bend to grab the lead in turn one of the opening lap of the 25-lap PDTR – Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car headliner.

Meanwhile, fourth starter and Plymouth native Brandon McMullen moved past both Justin Erickson of Plymouth and Pokorski to secure second in turn two of the opening lap. On lap 6, Fassbender, who captured the 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car championship, caught the back of the field and began to maneuver his way through lapped traffic.

Three laps later, McMullen moved in to challenge Fassbender for the top spot along the low groove of the fast and challenging track surface. On lap 10, McMullen used the outside line to vault into the lead exiting turn four.

Five laps later, McMullen found himself boxed in behind side-by-side lapped traffic, which allowed Fassbender to reduce the lead gap. On lap 16, the lone caution flag of the race appeared when rookie Tristan Koenings of Van Dyne stopped along the apron of the frontstretch exiting turn four.

Following the restart, 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Plymouth, who started ninth, moved past Pokorski to assume third on lap 17. With McMullen holding down a comfortable lead as the laps wound down, Schmidt moved in to pressure Fassbender for the runner-up spot.

Schmidt then executed a low move to clear Fassbender in turn three on the white flag lap and gain second place, while McMullen notched his all-time division-leading 31^st career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and 43^rd career Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main triumph, along with his fourth PDTR and fifth MSA main event win of the 2023 season.

Schmidt placed second, Fassbender wound up third, Justin Erickson came home fourth and 10^th starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend placed fifth.

“It was pretty tough to pass in turns one and two, but it was pretty good in turns three and four,” McMullen said. “I like tracks like this that have a little bit of character. I have to give props to my guys. The car was really good all night.”

Heading into the final three events of the 2023 PDTR season, McMullen leads Schmidt by nine points in the chase for the PDTR 360 Sprint Car title with Karnitz 89 points behind in third.

Three-time PDTR Grand National champion Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis, who started second, grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap Grand National main event as fourth starter Steven Weber powered into second with Nick Schumacher of Eagle, who started third, settling into third. On lap 7, Schumacher and Weber dueled side by side for second with Weber retaining the spot one lap later.

When Sorce Jr. bobbled slightly on the 11^th circuit, Weber pounced as he charged in to seize the top spot from Sorce Jr. in turn three, while Schumacher followed into the runner-up spot. Two laps later, six-time Plymouth Super Stock and Grand National champion Brian Gilles of Plymouth, who started sixth, moved into third.

Schumacher cut the gap significantly on lap 17 as Weber dealt with lapped traffic, while Gilles, eighth starter Will Sorce of Franklin and fifth starter Justin Pearson of Horicon ran in close quarters formation at the front of the field.

While the top five competitors ran with a blanket over them, Weber continued to fend off Schumacher’s challenges, while Sorce ducked under Gilles to take over third on lap 22.

Weber successfully held off the fast train of cars immediately behind him to claim his fourth career PDTR Grand National A-main victory and first main event triumph of the 2023 campaign.

Schumacher placed second, Sorce was third. Gilles wound up fourth and Pearson finished fifth.

Sorce heads into the final points race of the 2023 PDTR Grand National season on Friday, Aug. 25 with a two-point lead over Gilles, who collected the 2010 PDTR Grand National title, and a 35-point cushion over 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Plymouth in the battle for the 2023 championship.

Outside front row starter Barry Maas of Cascade led the opening lap before polesitter Dan Melton of Rhinelander battled back to seize the lead on lap 2 of the 25-lap PDTR B Mod main event.

On lap 3, Tim Warner moved up from the fourth starting spot to slip past Maas into second with a low move in turn four. Two laps later, Warner began to hound Melton for the lead.

Warner stayed patient over the next 10 laps as he worked the high, low and middle grooves before finally diving low to gain the lead in turn three when Melton drifted high in turn two on lap 15.

Over the final 10 laps, Melton, third starter Travis Schmidt of Plymouth, Jonathon Baumann of Sheboygan, who started seventh, and Maas sliced and diced for the remaining top-five spots.

Warner cruised to his division-leading 12^th career PDTR B Mod A-main victory and fifth A-main triumph of the 2023 season at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Melton wound up second, Schmidt was third, Baumann took fourth and Maas rounded out the top five.

Maas holds a 12-point lead over Schmidt with one race remaining in the 2023 PDTR B Mod season on Friday, Aug. 25. Shane Long of Sheboygan Falls stands 14 points behind in third and Warner sits fourth 20 points in back of the leader with one night left in the 2023 PDTR B Mod campaign.

After starting on the outside of the third row, Adam Zellmer flexed his muscle early to emerge from a three-wide duel with second starter Hunter Cardinal of Richfield and fourth starter Dallas Ross of Sussex to commandeer the lead on the opening lap of the 20-lap Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series main event.

Zellmer then pulled away from Ross and maintained a solid lead cushion throughout the remainder of the race. Behind Zellmer and Ross, ninth starter Hayden Schmuhl of Beaver Dam, eighth starter Eric Blumer of Sun Prairie, Cardinal and Ryan Sullivan of Waupun, who started seventh, engaged in a spirited duel for third starting on lap 15.

Fellmer built up a full-straightaway lead over Ross on lap 18 before a red flag appeared on lap 19 when Ryan Sullivan flipped in turn two.

Following the restart, Fellmer held strong to secure his second 2023 Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series A-main at Plymouth and third overall Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series main event win of the season.

Ross placed second, Blumer was third, Schmuhl placed fourth and 10^th starter Austin Winkel of Sheboygan Falls rounded out the top five.

Alex Pokorski of West Bend claimed his second fast qualifier award of the 2023 season in the Akright Auto PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car division with a lap of 12.534 seconds.

The 14^th event of the 2023 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Schwaller’s Painting & Staining, drew a total of 65 cars, including 21 Grand Nationals, 20 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 13 B Mods and 11 Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series cars.

The next Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program on Friday, Aug. 25 will feature the lone WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour appearance of the 2023 racing season at The Plymouth Dirt Track for a $2,000-to-win event presented by Galloping Ghost Motorsports & Transport.

PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars will also be on the card, along with the final points events of the 2023 season for the PDTR Grand Nationals and B Mods with championships crowned in both divisions.

Grandstand gates open at 5 p.m. with qualifying at 6 p.m. and racing at 6:30 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.

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 98-Brandon McMullen [4]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt [9]; 3. 7-Lance Fassbender [2]; 4. 3-Justin Erickson [3]; 5. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [10]; 6. 69S-TJ Smith [7]; 7. 68T-Tyler Davis [5]; 8. 85J-Logan Julien [12]; 9. 53A-Paul Pokorski [1]; 10. 4-Alex Pokorski [16]; 11. 22B-Brandon Berth [8]; 12. 69-Bill Taylor [6]; 13. 51-Chris Larson [17]; 14. 21H-TJ Haddy [18]; 15. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [11]; 16. 30-Doug Wondra [19]; 17. 66T-Tristan Koenings [13]; 18. 12P-JJ Pagel [15]; 19. 11-Tony Wondra [14]; 20. 54-Randy Post [20]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 98-Brandon McMullen [1]; 2. 3-Justin Erickson [2]; 3. 7-Lance Fassbender [4]; 4. 11-Tony Wondra [3]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien [6]; 6. 21H-TJ Haddy [5]; 7. 30-Doug Wondra [7]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 68T-Tyler Davis [2]; 2. 53A-Paul Pokorski [1]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt [3]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [5]; 5. 4-Alex Pokorski [4]; 6. 12P-JJ Pagel [7]; 7. 54-Randy Post [6]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 69-Bill Taylor [2]; 2. 69S-TJ Smith [1]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [4]; 5. 66T-Tristan Koenings  [6]; 6. 51-Chris Larson [5]

Qualifying 1: 1. 7-Lance Fassbender, 13.182 [2]; 2. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.221 [6]; 3. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.241 [1]; 4. 98-Brandon McMullen, 13.387 [5]; 5. 21H-TJ Haddy, 13.410 [7]; 6. 85J-Logan Julien, 13.458 [4]; 7. 30-Doug Wondra, 13.704 [3]

Qualifying 2: 1. 4-Alex Pokorski, 12.534 [5]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.611 [7]; 3. 68T-Tyler Davis, 12.743 [4]; 4. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 12.782 [2]; 5. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 12.819 [6]; 6. 54-Randy Post, 13.163 [1]; 7. 12P-JJ Pagel [3]

Qualifying 3: 1. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 12.672 [4]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 12.677 [2]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor, 12.750 [1]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith, 12.913 [5]; 5. 51-Chris Larson, 12.950 [3]; 6. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 13.025 [6]

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

A Main: 1. 34-Steven Weber [4]; 2. 47-Nick Schumacher [3]; 3. 14X-Will Sorce [8]; 4. 89-Brian Gilles [6]; 5. E85-Justin Pearson [5]; 6. 80-Luke Scholten [9]; 7. 16-Will Schumacher [7]; 8. 53W-Dustin Weiss [11]; 9. 6-Dick Hed [1]; 10. 95-Donny Kulow [10]; 11. 99-Donald Sorce Jr. [2]; 12. 5M-Jeff Muehlbauer [13]; 13. 54-Matt Yancey [12]; 14. 24K-Tyler Kulow [16]; 15. 5R-Nate Ruh [14]; 16. 23-Scott Kafka [17]; 17. 5-Nick Wunrow [15]; 18. 55-Don Singer [18]; 19. 41-Mark Haskins [20]; 20. 6B-Vince Bartolotta [19]; 21. 93-Mavrick Ruh [21]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 16-Will Schumacher [1]; 2. 34-Steven Weber [2]; 3. 99-Don Sorce Jr. [4]; 4. 95-Donny Kulow [5]; 5. 54-Matt Yancey [7]; 6. 23-Matt Loehr [6]; 7. 41-Mark Haskins [3]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 89-Brian Gilles [1]; 2. 47-Nick Schumacher [2]; 3. 80-Luke Scholten [3]; 4. 53W-Dustin Weiss [5]; 5. 24K-Tyler Kulow [4]; 6. 5-Nick Wunrow [7]; 7. 55-Don Singer [6]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 14X-Will Sorce [2]; 2. 6-Dick Hed [1]; 3. E85-Justin Pearson [5]; 4. 5M-Jeff Muehlbauer [4]; 5. 5R-Nate Ruh [6]; 6. 6B-Vince Bartolotta [3]; 7. (DNF) 93-Mavrick Ruh [7]

NEXT STEP INSURANCE B MODS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 03W-Tim Warner [4]; 2. 81-Dan Melton [1]; 3. 3-Travis Schmidt [3]; 4. 70-Jonathon Baumann [7]; 5. 22M-Barry Maas [2]; 6. 17S-Shane Long [6]; 7. 66-Steve Lorier [5]; 8. 73-Rory Welch [9]; 9. 84-Mark Hoeppner [10]; 10. 59S-Spencer Long [8]; 11. 19-Parker Glander [11]; 12. 17-Brandon Knepprath [12]; 13. 19H-Riley Hull [13]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 03W-Tim Warner [2]; 2. 66-Steve Lorier [3]; 3. 22M-Barry Maas [6]; 4. 70-Jonathon Baumann [5]; 5. 19-Parker Glander [1]; 6. 19H-Riley Hull [7]; 7. 17-Brandon Knepprath [4]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Schmidt [1]; 2. 17S-Shane Long [3]; 3. 81-Dan Melton [6]; 4. 59S-Spencer Long [2]; 5. 73-Rory Welch [4]; 6. 84-Mark Hoeppner [5]

106.5 THE BUZZ WISCONSIN LEGENDS RACING DIRT SERIES

A Main (20 Laps): 1. 117-Adam Zellmer [6]; 2. 87-Dallas Ross [4]; 3. 6E-Eric Blumer [8]; 4. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl [9]; 5. 88-Austin Winkel [10]; 6. 45C-Hunter Cardinal [2]; 7. 51-Tim Franz [11]; 8. 5G-Matt Gritt [5]; 9. 95M-Mike Mueller [3]; 10. 54W-Nate Werner [1]; 11. 20-Ryan Sullivan [7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 117-Adam Zellmer [4]; 2. 45C-Hunter Cardinal [2]; 3. 88-Austin Winkel [6]; 4. 87-Dallas Ross [3]; 5. 6E-Eric Blumer [5]; 6. 51-Tim Franz [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Ryan Sullivan [4]; 2. 95M-Mike Mueller [2]; 3. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl [5]; 4. 5G-Matt Gritt [3]; 5. 54W-Nate Werner [1]

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

Wilson nips Crouch to claim Road America Challenge IRA 410 Sprint Car win

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 28, 2023 – Former Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Plymouth continued his season-long stranglehold over the competition by notching his sixth Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car main event victory of the 2023 campaign during the third annual 25-lap Road America Challenge A-main at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Friday, July 28.

In the 30-lap Road America Challenge Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car main event, two-time All Star Circuit of Champions titlist Greg Wilson of Benton Ridge, Ohio held off points leader Brenham Crouch of Lubbock, Texas in photo-finish fashion to claim his second career Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series A-main victory by 26 one thousands of a second.

In the Akright Auto PDTR-Midwest Sprint Car Association 25-lap Road America Challenge main event, polesitter Kevin Karnitz of West jumped into the lead on the drop of the green flag with rookie T.J. Haddy of Waupun, who started second, and 2011 PDTR and MSA champ Ben Schmidt, who started fourth, following in second and third, respectively.

On lap 3, Schmidt worked his way past Haddy to assume the runner-up spot before Karnitz caught the back of the field on lap 6. Schmidt hounded Karnitz through thick lapped traffic over the next two laps before surging ahead exiting turn four on lap 8.

As Schmidt skillfully sliced his way through lapped traffic on the lightning fast track surface, two-time PDTR and four-time MSA champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh maneuvered his way into third before working past Karnitz to assume second on lap 20.

Two laps later, Devan Myers of Bringhurst, Ind. spun in turn four to bring out the lone caution flag of the race on lap 22. Following the single-file restart, Schmidt pulled away while McMullen moved up to the high line in an attempt to wrestle the lead away from the 24-year racing veteran, who captured the 2011 PDTR and MSA championships.

McMullen’s late bid for the top spot fell short as Schmidt claimed his sixth PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory of the 2023 season, fifth main event victory in the last six main PDTR 360 Sprint Car events, 21^st career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory, seventh MSA A-main win of 2023 and 39^th career MSA main event win.

McMullen had to settle for second, Karnitz was third, fifth starter Chris Clayton of Waldo finished fourth and 10^th starter Alex Pokorski of West Bend rounded out the top five.

In his debut appearance at The Plymouth Dirt Track, Joel Myers Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif. bolted into the lead on the opening lap of the 30-lap Road America Challenge IRA A-main with Brenham Crouch, who started third, sliding into second.

On lap 6, Myers began to work his way through lapped traffic, which allowed Crouch to pull to within striking distance over the next three laps before the rookie IRA driver wrestled the lead away from Myers Jr. with a low move in turn four on lap 9.

Meanwhile, 10-time IRA champion Bill Balog of Hartland disposed of Crouch lap 12 to seize second. Balog, who won the previous two additions of the Road America Challenge event in 2021 and 2022, stalked Crouch for the ensuing 16 laps as the leaders wound their way through slower traffic.

On lap 28, Balog made his move as he dove low in turn three to rip off a well-executed slide job and assume the lead. However, Crouch battled back to regain the lead with a slide job in turn four on lap 29 before the caution flag flew when Scotty Thiel of Sheboygan spun in turn two.

The ensuing restart saw former World of Outlaws Series regular competitor Greg Wilson, who started sixth, flex his muscle by diving low in turn two to move from fourth on the restart to take over the top spot on lap 29. Crouch battled back to pull even with Wilson heading to the checkered flag. However, the veteran Wilson edged out the young up-and-coming racer in a drag race to the finish line by just 26 thousands of a second to collect the $5,000 first-place check.

It was Wilson’s second career IRA A-main victory to go along with 25 career All Star Circuit of Champions main event triumphs and two World of Outlaws Series A-main wins.

“It’s been a hell of a few weeks,” Wilson said. “I have my wife and my two girls here helping me tonight with no other crew. It feels great to come to one of my favorite tracks in the county and get a win on the last lap.

“I knew when that caution came out that the middle would be good, especially if the leaders got to sliding each other and messing around, especially if no one blocked me,” he said. “This is unbelievable. I’m a blessed dude to be able to race cars across the country with my own team at 47 years old.”

Crouch wound up second, Myers Jr. placed third, Balog ended up fourth and two-time PDTR and MSA 360 Sprint Car champion Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls charged up from the 12^th starting spot to finish fifth.

Jack Vanderboom of Dousman won the 10-lap IRA B main.

Tylar Rankin of Coldwater, Mich. earned IRA 410 Sprint Car Series fast qualifier honors with a lap of 13.289 seconds.

Bill Taylor of Boltonville registered top qualifying honors in the PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car division in 13.567 seconds.

The 11^th event of the 2023 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Road America, drew a total of 52 Sprint Cars, including 25 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars and 27 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints 410 Sprint Cars.

The next Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program on Saturday, Aug. 5 will feature a special appearance from the IRA Lightning Sprints, along with the PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals and B Mods.

The event will also feature a kids coin and candy drop provided courtesy of PDTR and VanDerVart Concrete Products.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 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.

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION 410 SPRINT CARS

A Main (30 Laps): 1. W20-Greg Wilson [6]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch [3]; 3. 46-Joel Myers Jr. [2]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [7]; 5. 25T-Travis Arenz [12]; 6. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [1]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [14]; 8. 47-Todd King [4]; 9. 3N-Jake Neuman [11]; 10. 16C-Tylar Rankin [8]; 11. 73-Scotty Thiel [5]; 12. 68-Dave Uttech [10]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz [9]; 14. 9K-Kyle Schuett [16]; 15. 99-Tyler Brabant [24]; 16. 23-Russel Borland [13]; 17. 79-Blake Nimee [15]; 18. 25-Danny Schlafer [20]; 19. 21-Will Gerrits [18]; 20. 49-Josh Schneiderman [17]; 21. U2-Jack Vanderboom [19]; 22. 87A-Austin Hartmann [22]; 23. 26-Tyler Tischendorf [21]; 24. 19CW-Ion Stear [23]

B Main (10 Laps): 1. U2-Jack Vanderboom [3]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer [1]; 3. 26-Tyler Tischendorf [2]; 4. 87A-Austin Hartmann [4]; 5. 19CW-Ion Stear [6]; 6. 99-Tyler Brabant [5]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder [7]; 8. 24-Scott Conger [8]; 9. 6X-Jake Reif [9]

Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel [1]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch [2]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel (3]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [5]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz [4]

Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 46-Joel Myers Jr. [1]; 2. 47-Todd King [2]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [4]; 4. 16C-Tylar Rankin [5]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech [3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Brenham Crouch [2]; 2. 16C-Tylar Rankin [4]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech [1]; 4. 47-Todd King [3]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee [7]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett [5]; 7. 87A-Austin Hartmann [8]; 8. 26-Tyler Tischendorf [6]; 9. 24-Scott Conger [9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Scotty Thiel [1]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman [6]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz [2]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry [5]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [3]; 6. 21-Will Gerrits [7]; 7. 99-Tyler Brabant [8]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder [9]; 9. (DNF) 25-Danny Schlafer [4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog [4]; 2. 46-Joel Myers Jr. [2]; 3. 25T-Travis Arenz [6]; 4. 23-Russel Borland [1]; 5. 2W-Scotty Neitzel [3]; 6. 49-Josh Schneiderman [5]; 7. U2-Jack Vanderboom [7]; 8. 19CW-Ion Stear [8]; 9. 6X-Jake Reif [9]

Qualifying : 1. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 13.289 [1]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer, 13.435 [7]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.474 [4]; 4. 47-Todd King, 13.663 [6]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.733 [8]; 6. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 13.773 [12]; 7. 1-Brenham Crouch, 13.912 [23]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.986 [17]; 9. 46-Joel Myers Jr, 13.999 [20]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech, 14.070 [2]; 11. 73-Scotty Thiel, 14.085 [25]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 14.089 [3]; 13. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 14.134 [19]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 14.151 [14]; 15. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 14.183 [16]; 16. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 14.233 [5]; 17. 3N-Jake Neuman, 14.245 [21]; 18. 25T-Travis Arenz, 14.265 [9]; 19. 79-Blake Nimee, 14.279 [18]; 20. 21-Will Gerrits, 14.329 [13]; 21. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 14.458 [10]; 22. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 14.477 [11]; 23. 99-Tyler Brabant, 14.639 [22]; 24. 19CW-Ion Stear, 14.649 [24]; 25. 24-Scott Conger, 14.741 [15]; 26. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 15.253 [27]; 27. 6X-Jake Reif, 15.259 [26]

Hot Laps: 1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 13.380 [14]; 2. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 13.409 [12]; 3. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 13.431 [16]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 13.593 [19]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.670 [17]; 6. 21-Will Gerrits, 13.796 [13]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.845 [18]; 8. 25-Danny Schlafer, 13.850 [7]; 9. 46-Joel Myers Jr, 13.902 [20]; 10. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.923 [4]; 11. 1-Brenham Crouch, 13.928 [23]; 12. 47-Todd King, 13.937 [6]; 13. 25T-Travis Arenz, 14.146 [9]; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.203 [8]; 15. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 14.215 [1]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 14.229 [2]; 17. 3N-Jake Neuman, 14.306 [21]; 18. 19CW-Ion Stear, 14.360 [24]; 19. 99-Tyler Brabant, 14.486 [22]; 20. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 14.580 [10]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 14.661 [27]; 22. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 14.669 [5]; 23. 23-Russel Borland, 14.974 [3]; 24. 6X-Jake Reif, 15.048 [26]; 25. 24-Scott Conger, 15.346 [15]; 26. (DNS) 87A-Austin Hartmann, 15.346; 27. 73-Scotty Thiel, 15.346

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen [6]; 3. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [1]; 4. 2-Chris Clayton [5]; 5. 4-Alex Pokorski [10]; 6. 21H-TJ Haddy [2]; 7. 7-Lance Fassbender [3]; 8. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [9]; 9. 3-Justin Erickson [7]; 10. 22B-Brandon Berth [12]; 11. 69S-TJ Smith [8]; 12. 6K-Kurt Davis [22]; 13. 53-Shane Wenninger [15]; 14. 51-Chris Larson [11]; 15. 38-Josh Bilicki [16]; 16. 11-Tony Wondra [14]; 17. 69-Bill Taylor [24]; 18. 53A-Paul Pokorski [17]; 19. 66T-Tristan Koenings [13]; 20. 88-Chris Flick [20]; 21. 85J-Logan Julien [21]; 22. 39-Michael Decker [19]; 23. 66-Nick Daywalt [23]; 24. 12P-JJ Pagel [18]; 25. 7R-Devan Myers [25]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Lance Fassbender [2]; 2. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [1]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [3]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith [6]; 5. 53-Shane Wenninger [5]; 6. 38-Josh Bilicki [7]; 7. 53A-Paul Pokorski [9]; 8. 12P-JJ Pagel [8]; 9. (DNF) 69-Bill Taylor [4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt [3]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [2]; 3. 3-Justin Erickson [4]; 4. 22B-Brandon Berth [5]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra [6]; 6. 6K-Kurt Davis [1]; 7. 7R-Devan Myers [8]; 8. 88-Chris Flick [7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 98-Brandon McMullen [4]; 2. 2-Chris Clayton [6]; 3. 51-Chris Larson [3]; 4. 21H-TJ Haddy [8]; 5. 66T-Tristan Koenings [7]; 6. 85J-Logan Julien [1]; 7. 39-Michael Decker [5]; 8. (DNF) 66-Nick Daywalt [2]

Qualifying 1: 1. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.567 [7]; 2. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.612 [6]; 3. 7-Lance Fassbender, 13.738 [1]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.747 [4]; 5. 53-Shane Wenninger, 13.760 [2]; 6. 69S-TJ Smith, 14.077 [3]; 7. 38-Josh Bilicki, 14.140 [8]; 8. 12P-JJ Pagel, 14.210 [5]; 9. 53A-Paul Pokorski, 14.392 [9]

Qualifying 2: 1. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.979 [1]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.985 [6]; 3. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.991 [2]; 4. 6K-Kurt Davis, 13.999 [8]; 5. 22B-Brandon Berth, 14.075 [4]; 6. 11-Tony Wondra, 14.082 [3]; 7. 7R-Devan Myers, 14.353 [5]; 8. 88-Chris Flick, 14.452 [7]

Qualifying 3: 1. 98-Brandon McMullen, 14.276 [3]; 2. 51-Chris Larson, 14.561 [8]; 3. 66-Nick Daywalt, 14.584 [7]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien, 14.737 [2]; 5. 39-Michael Decker, 14.858 [1]; 6. 2-Chris Clayton, 14.966 [4]; 7. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 15.032 [5]; 8. 21H-TJ Haddy, 15.032 [6]