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The NARC 410 Sprint Cars Series has been entertaining fans for more than six decades as the best sprint car teams in California do battle at dirt oval tracks on the West Coast.  We have several great racing events and promotions lined up for you as we go on another quest to crown a “King of the West” champion.

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(9/6/25 - Andrew Kunas) Placerville, CA ... After leaving for a month to pursue other racing opportunities, Justin Sanders made his triumphant return to the NARC King of the West sprint car scene, as he fought his way through traffic and made a late winning pass to score a $5000 Pay Dirt Showdown victory Saturday at Placerville Speedway.

Sanders started the 30-lap feature outside the second row and early on passed Dylan Bloomfield to move into the third position, before quickly going after pole sitter Justyn Cox for second. Making that move into the runner-up spot, Sanders then set his sights on race leader Sean Becker.

Becker survived an assault by Cox in the opening two laps, withstanding slide job attempts and close quarters between cars on the ¼-mile bullring and then taking off from there with the lead. Becker, however, then was forced to contend with constant traffic on the small oval. That allowed Sanders to close in and challenge during the middle and latter parts of the race.

Becker at times made key passes around slower cars to keep Sanders at bay. As the laps winded down, traffic thickened for Becker and left him struggling to find a path around as the race reached five laps to go. That’s when Sanders finally pounced, getting a run around the bottom side of Turns 3 and 4 as Becker was held up by a pair of slower cars right in front of him. Sanders scooted by Becker as they exited the fourth turn to lead the 26th lap.

Sanders led the final five laps to take his series leading seventh NARC win of the season aboard the Yuba Sutter Aviation-sponsored Mittry Motorsports No. 2x Fisher-powered KPC.

Sanders knew Becker was second in NARC points entering the night and was competing for the championship. Because of that, Sanders said he wanted to pass Becker clean and waited for the opportunity to do so as they raced in traffic.

“Sean was running a good race. He was switching up his lines and really making me think about what I had to do to get closer. I looked up on the board on Lap 23 and I was like ‘I don’t know if I’m going to get this’ and then we got into traffic and I made it stick on the bottom,” said Sanders, who again also praised the Mittry Motorsports team. “Awesome to be back in the 2x. Nice to be back home with these guys. Happy to get another 410 win.”

Bloomfield made the late pass around Becker in the closing laps to take the runner-up spot and finished there aboard the Gary Silva Ranches-sponsored Vertullo Racing No. 83v Kistler-powered Maxim. Saturday’s race was Vertullo Racing’s final NARC start before the team relocates to the Midwest after decades as one of the most recognizable cars in California.

After leading 25 laps, Becker finished third aboard the D&J Construction Rental-sponsored Bjork Construction No. 7b Shaver-powered Maxim and shaved a few points off D.J. Netto’s point lead. After starting on the pole, Cox eventually finished fourth aboard the BERCO Redwood-sponsored Bates Hamilton Racing No. 42x Kistler-powered Maxim. Gauge Garcia ran in the Top 5 throughout and finished fifth in the Monarch Ford-sponsored Keller Motorsports No. 2k Speedway-powered Triple X.

Netto finished sixth to maintain his points lead. Chance Grasty, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Kaleb Montgomery and Bud Kaeding rounded out the Top 10. Montgomery earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, coming from 16th to finish ninth.

Cox won the Beacon Wealth Strategies Trophy Dash to claim the pole position for the feature. Heat races earlier in the evening were won by Bloomfield, Netto and Cox.

Grasty paced the 23-car field in Automotive Racing Products Qualifying with a time of 10.217 seconds around the ¼-mile bullring clay oval.

Hoosier Racing Tires Feature (30 laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders[4]; 2. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[3]; 3. 7B-Sean Becker[2]; 4. 42X-Justyn Cox[1]; 5. 2K-Gauge Garcia[8]; 6. 88N-DJ Netto[6]; 7. X1-Chance Grasty[5]; 8. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[9]; 9. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[16]; 10. 29-Bud Kaeding[11]; 11. 83T-Tanner Carrick[13]; 12. 12J-John Clark[12]; 13. 2XM-Max Mittry[17]; 14. 83-Cannon McIntosh[19]; 15. 10-Dominic Gorden[10]; 16. 61-Travis Labat[21]; 17. 9-DJ Freitas[18]; 18. 15-Michael Sellers[22]; 19. 85-AJ Alderman[23]; 20. 14-Mariah Ede[20]; 21. 17-Colby Copeland[7]; 22. 92-Andy Forsberg[15]; 23. 17W-Shane Golobic[14]

METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: Sean Becker 1-25, Justin Sanders 26-30

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 3 Kaleb Montgomery, 16th to 9th (+7)

Automotive Racing Products Fast Qualifier (23 cars): X1 Chance Grasty, 10.217 seconds

Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. 83v Dylan Bloomfield, 2. X1 Chance Grasty, 3. 2k Gauge Garcia, 4. 12j John Clark, 5. 83t Tanner Carrick, 6. 3 Kaleb Montgomery, 7. 14 Mariah Ede, 8. 15 Michael Sellers.

Kimo’s Tropical Carwash Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. 88n D.J. Netto, 2. 2x Justin Sanders, 3. 17 Colby Copeland, 4. 10 Dominic Gorden, 5. 17w Shane Golobic, 6. 2xm Max Mittry, 7. 61 Travis Labat, 8. 85 A.J. Alderman.

WEDG High Performance Karts Heat 3 (8 laps): 1. 42x Justyn Cox, 2. 7b Sean Becker, 3. 21 Jesse Schlotfeldt, 4. 29 Bud Kaeding, 5. 92 Andy Forsberg, 6. 9 D.J. Freitas, 7. 83 Cannon McIntosh.

Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash (6 laps): 1. 42x Justyn Cox, 2. 7b Sean Becker, 3. 83v Dylan Bloomfield, 4. 2x Justin Sanders, 5. X1 Chance Grasty, 6. 88n D.J. Netto.

 

 
 

(8/31/25 - Andrew Kunas) Calistoga, CA ... James McFadden ended up with a second Louie Vermeil trophy in as many nights, but that very nearly didn’t happen as a last lap parts break left McFadden fighting to make it to the checkered flag and had the capacity crowd in a frenzy in Sunday’s NARC 410 sprint car feature at the newly reopened Calistoga Speedway.

The Australian ace, who led all 25 laps on Saturday’s Vermeil opener, looked like he was on his way to easily doing so again as he made a couple of key late race passes around slower cars to keep the pursuing Dominic Gorden behind him. However, a left front shock stud on McFadden’s car broke late on the final lap, leaving the left front tire not rolling in sync with the right side and lagging as he rounded Turns 3 and 4 of the big half-mile.

Gorden quickly closed in but McFadden stood on the gas off of Turn 4 and managed to keep the car straight enough and just hold off Gorden for the $10,000 top prize at the finish line. Letting off the gas after crossing the line, McFadden’s car finally gave in and he spun out in Turn 1. With the crowd showing its approval for him successfully saving the win, McFadden was towed to the front stretch to celebrate his seventh career NARC victory, and also at another track he had never been to before Saturday.

McFadden’s two wins this weekend were also the first by an Australian at the historic half-mile since Gary Rush in 1975. McFadden was made aware of it and felt honored, having grown up watching Rush in his home country. Acknowledging the timely checkered flag coming out just in time for him with the damage on his car, McFadden also said that sometimes it was better to be lucky than good. He did, however, praise the Tarlton family and team for their work. Sunday was McFadden’s sixth NARC win on the season aboard the American Rock & Rent-sponsored Tarlton Motorsports No. 21 TRD-powered Maxim.

McFadden’s sweep of the Louie Vermeil Classic came after McFadden and the Tarlton Motorsports team were not even scheduled to be at Calistoga’s grand reopening after being closed for six years. The team was at Skagit Speedway in Washington with the High Limit Racing series on Thursday and Friday nights, but a very tough time there led the team to decide a change in scenery was needed and the team hurried south to California for the Vermeil. The decision paid off with $5,000 and $10,000 paydays and a pair of “Louies” to put in the trophy case. They also got an additional $500 over two nights in lap leader money from METTEC Titanium. McFadden won four out of five nights during NARC’s Fastest Five Days in Motorsports in the Pacific Northwest in June before he and the Tarlton Motorsports headed east for the summer. Despite only running part of the schedule, McFadden’s six wins are tied for the most in NARC competition this season.

Gorden, almost got the wounded McFadden car at the line but settled for a strong second place finish aboard the Gary Silva Ranches-sponsored Fortitude Driver Development No. 10 Rider-powered Maxim. Former NARC champion and current points leader D.J. Netto padded that points lead with his second podium in as many nights aboard the Penny Newman Grain-sponsored Netto Ag No. 88n Rider-powered KPC. Backing up his Saturday runner-up finish, Shane Golobic finished fourth aboard the NOS Energy-sponsored Matt Wood Racing No. 17w Kistler-powered KPC. Indiana visitor Spencer Bayston bounced back from a DNF Saturday to finish fifth aboard the Works Limited-sponsored Kevin Kozlowski No. W Speedway-powered Schnee-Lawson.

Bud Kaeding earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, coming from 12th to finish sixth. Chance Grasty, Sean Becker, Dylan Bloomfield and Caeden Steele rounded out the Top 10.

Heat races earlier in the evening were won by D.J. Netto and Dominic Gorden. Spencer Bayston paced the 17-car field in Automotive Racing Products Qualifying with a time of 16.756 seconds around the big half-mile clay oval.

Hoosier Racing Tires Feature (25 laps): 1. 21-James McFadden[2]; 2. 10-Dominic Gorden[1]; 3. 88N-DJ Netto[4]; 4. 17W-Shane Golobic[7]; 5. W-Spencer Bayston[3]; 6. 29-Bud Kaeding[12]; 7. X1-Chance Grasty[6]; 8. 7B-Sean Becker[11]; 9. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[8]; 10. 121-Caeden Steele[10]; 11. 14-Mariah Ede[13]; 12. 12-Jarrett Soares[14]; 13. 12J-John Clark[15]; 14. 17-Colby Copeland[5]; 15. 26-Billy Aton[9]; 16. 11-Tyler Cato[16]; DNS - 92-Andy Forsberg.

METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: James McFadden 1-25

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 29 Bud Kaeding, 12th to 6th (+6)

Automotive Racing Products Fast Qualifier (17 cars): W Spencer Bayston, 16.756 seconds

Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. 88n D.J. Netto, 2. X1 Chance Grasty, 3. W Spencer Bayston, 4. 83v Dylan Bloomfield, 5. 26 Billy Aton, 6. 7b Sean Becker, 7. 12 Jarrett Soares, 8. 12j John Clark, DNS – 92 Andy Forsberg.

Kimo’s Tropical Carwash Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. 10 Dominic Gorden, 2. 17 Colby Copeland, 3. 21 James McFadden, 4. 17w Shane Golobic, 5. 121 Caeden Steele, 6. 29 Bud Kaeding, 7. 14 Mariah Ede, 8. 11 Tyler Cato.
 

(8/30/25 - Andrew Kunas) Calistoga, CA ... Sometimes, a change of scenery will do you good. Just ask James McFadden. After a hard week elsewhere, McFadden and the Tarlton Motorsports team decided to change plans and hurried down to join NARC at the reopening Calistoga Speedway. The decision resulted in a $5,000 victory on the opening night of the Louie Vermeil Classic.

McFadden led all 25 laps and picked up his fifth NARC victory of the season aboard the American Rock & Rent-sponsored Tarlton Motorsports No. 21 TRD-powered Maxim, and it was his sixth career triumph with the series.

It wasn’t always easy as Australian star was challenged for the lead at the midway point by Indiana visitor Spencer Bayston. After completing the 13th circuit, Bayston passed McFadden for the lead as they raced in traffic on the big half-mile. An untimely caution flag though negated Bayston’s pass and put McFadden back out front. McFadden successfully fended off Bayston on a pair of restarts before Bayston then pulled off the track with mechanical issues. Shane Golobic later moved into second place but could not challenge McFadden.

Pulling into the winner’s circle in his first visit to the historic Calistoga Speedway, McFadden celebrated with his patented “shoey”, taking a drink of beer from one of his racing shoes, the fifth time he’d done that this season in NARC competition. McFadden had won four of out five races in NARC’s Fastest Five Days in Motorsports up in the Pacific Northwest in June before traveling out east with the team for the summer.

After the tough Thursday and Friday night with High Limit Racing at Skagit Speedway up in Washington, the Tarlton Motorsports team was no doubt feeling much better with the bounce back NARC win Saturday night at Calistoga.

After starting eighth and moving up six spots, Golobic finished runner-up aboard the NOS Energy-sponsored Matt Wood Racing No. 17w Kistler-powered KPC. NARC points leader D.J. Netto earned a podium finish aboard the Penny Newman Grain-sponsored Netto Ag No. 88n Rider-powered KPC. Outside pole sitter Sean Becker was fourth in the D&J Construction Rental-sponsored Bjork Construction No. 7b Shaver-powered Maxim and was followed by Colby Copeland in the Hansen Machine-sponsored Nick McColloch No. 17 Don Ott-powered Maxim.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Tanner Carrick, Dominic Gorden, Bud Kaeding, Chance Grasty and Andy Forsberg. Forsberg earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, advancing eight positions from 18th to finish tenth.

Heat races earlier in the evening were canceled due to concerns about time and track conditions, specifically regarding tire wear. NARC officials and drivers agreed to make the event show-up points only. The feature event was lined up by qualifying times with the top six subjected to an invert draw, which turned out to be a zero and put McFadden on the pole for the event, this coming after he paced the 19-car field in qualifying with a time of 18.027 seconds around the big half-mile clay oval.

Hoosier Racing Tires Feature (25 laps): 1. 21 James McFadden (1), 2. 17w Shane Golobic (8), 3. 88n D.J. Netto (4), 4. 7b Sean Becker (2), 5. 17 Colby Copeland (11), 6. 83t Tanner Carrick (7), 7. 10 Dominic Gorden (13), 8. 29 Bud Kaeding (12), 9. X1 Chance Grasty (9), 10. 92 Andy Forsberg (18), 11. 26 Billy Aton (14), 12. 12j John Clark (15), 13. 12 Jarrett Soares (17), 14. 73 Ryan Bernal (6), 15. W Spencer Bayston (3), 16. 83v Dylan Bloomfield (5), 17. 121 Caeden Steele (16), 18. 14 Mariah Ede (10), DNS – 11 Cooper Marchant.

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 92 Andy Forsberg, 18th to 10th (+8)

Automotive Racing Products Fast Qualifier (19 cars): 21 James McFadden, 18.027 seconds.

 

 

(9/2/25 - Andrew Kunas) Placerville, CA ... The second and final visit of the season to Placerville Speedway is next for the NARC King of the West 410 sprint car series this Saturday (September 6th), with close-quarters action awaiting competitors on the ¼-mile bullring clay oval in the Pay Dirt Showdown.

Placerville Speedway, a staple on the NARC schedule, has long been known as one of the most exciting tracks for fans and one of the most challenging for racers. The track is known for its intense racing in close confines on high banking, but also being one of the fastest tracks of its size in the country as well, producing lap times in the 9-second bracket before. It is one of those unique tracks that leave little room for error. Scoring a main event win in a 410 sprint car at Placerville Speedway has long been considered a feather in the cap for drivers.

Saturday’s Pay Dirt Showdown event will pay $5,000 to win.

Former NARC champion D.J. Netto of Hanford leads the points battle in the Netto Ag No. 88n going into Saturday’s event, ahead of former champions Sean Becker and Bud Kaeding. Netto has two wins on the season, but hasn’t found victory lane since May 10th at Antioch Speedway. Netto did net a pair of solid third place finishes during this past weekend’s Louie Vermeil Classic at Calistoga Speedway to firm up that points lead with just five NARC races to go.  There is a slim 19-point spread between the top three positions in the championship battle. (Full standings are listed below.)

WHO TO WATCH

When NARC last visited Placerville Speedway on May 31st, it was Clovis driver Dominic Gorden who won the prestigious Dave Bradway Jr Memorial, holding off a determined Shane Golobic at the end for the victory. It was Gorden’s second career NARC victory and one of the biggest of his sprint car racing career. Gorden almost tasted victory again in Sunday’s Louie Vermeil Classic finale aboard the Fortitude Driver Development No. 10, almost getting by James McFadden’s wounded car at the finish line.

Perhaps a sentimental favorite would be Oakley’s Dylan Bloomfield, piloting the Vertullo Racing No. 83v entry. Bloomfield is still looking for his first NARC win, and Placerville Speedway could be the place for it to happen as Bloomfield finished third at the Bradway and challenged for the lead that night.

Also expected to appear is several-time track champion Andy Forsberg of Auburn, long a regular track champion competitor to watch at Placerville Speedway. Shane Golobic, from Fremont, is expected as well and will be another one to watch, having a lot of success in both sprint cars and midgets at Placerville over the years.

Other drivers expected include Campbell’s Bud Kaeding, Oroville’s Sean Becker, Fresno’s Mariah Ede, Easton’s Caeden Steele, Oklahoma driver Cannon Mcintoch, Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick, Roseville's Colby Copeland, Caeden Steele from Fresno, Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia, Suisun City’s Chance Grasty, Roseville's Justyn Cox, Billy Aton from Benicia, and many others. Oregon’s Tanner Holmes is scheduled to appear as well.

FAN INFO

Placerville Speedway is located at 100 Placerville Drive on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. The NorCal dwarf cars will also be in action on Saturday night. General admission tickets are $28, with seniors 62+ and military in for $25 and juniors ages 12 to 17 also in for $25. Kids 11 and younger get in for just $10 and children 5 and under are free.

The fairgrounds is charging $10 to park. Grandstands open at 4:00 p.m. with NARC qualifying happening at 5:30 p.m. with racing to follow.

The Northern Auto Racing Club is the premier 410 winged sprint car series in the western United States. Since 1960, the traveling organization has thrilled fans at dirt tracks up and down the West Coast and crowned a “King of the West” champion. For more information on the NARC 410 sprint car series, including race results, points standings, and upcoming events, go to www.narc410.com.  You can also follow on various social media platforms.

The NARC 410 Sprint Car Racing Series is sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires and Floracing.com. Associate sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Beacon Wealth Strategies, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, Jim Allen Promotions, Kimo's Tropical Car Wash, Mettec Titanium, MyRacePass, Red Rose Transportation, Tarlton & Son, Wedg High Performance Karts, Williams Roofing, and Winters Performance Products.

 

2025 NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SERIES

(AFTER 22 EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES - 9/2/25)

  1. DJ Netto, Hanford - 2835
  2. Sean Becker, Roseville - 2818
  3. Bud Kaeding, Campbell - 2816
  4. Dominic Gorden, Clovis - 2781
  5. Caeden Steele, Fresno - 2614
  6. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) - 2550
  7. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore - 2454
  8. Mariah Ede, Fresno (R) - 2408
  9. Justin Sanders, Aromas - 2312
  10. Billy Aton, Benicia - 2029
  11. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno - 2020
  12. Shane Golobic, Fremont - 1935
  13. Landon Brooks, Rio Oso - 1881
  14. John Clark, Windsor - 1869
  15. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR - 1760
  16. Nick Parker, Tucson, AX - 1684
  17. Max Mittry, Redding - 1570
  18. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley - 1338
  19. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton - 1330
  20. James McFadden, AUS - 1288

Upcoming Events
October 4 – Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, CA (Chris & Brian Faria Memorial)
October 11 – Antioch Speedway – Antioch, CA (Open Wheel Octoberfest)
October 25 – Dirt Track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway – Bakersfield, CA (October Classic)

NARC 2025 Winners
March 8 – D.J. Netto at Stockton Dirt Track (Salute to Leroy Van Connett)
April 12 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (Mini Gold Cup)
May 10 – D.J. Netto at Antioch Speedway (Contra Costa County Clash)
May 16 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway
May 17 – Tanner Holmes (Race 1) & Caeden Steele (Race 2) at Thunderbowl Raceway (Morrie Williams Memorial)
May 31 – Dominic Gorden at Placerville Speedway (Dave Bradway Jr Memorial)
June 7 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (David Tarter Memorial)
June 11 – James McFadden at Southern Oregon Speedway
June 12 – James McFadden at Douglas County Dirt Track
June 13 – Jesse Schlotfeldt at Cottage Grove Speedway
June 14 – James McFadden at Willamette Speedway
June 15 – James McFadden at Grays Harbor Raceway (Timber Cup)
June 19 – Levi Klatt at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 1)
June 20 – Justin Sanders at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 2)
June 21 – Trey Starks at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup finale)
July 12 – Tim Kaeding at Petaluma Speedway (Dave Lindt Memorial)
July 18 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 1)
July 19 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 2)
July 26 – Kaleb Montgomery at Santa Maria Speedway
August 2 – Bud Kaeding at Ocean Speedway (Johnny Key Classic)
August 30 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 1)
August 31 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 2)

 

Great Lakes Super Sprints 

   

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Riding High! GLSS Champion, Ridenour Snaps Five Year Winless Streak at Tri City Friday\

 
 

 


 

Auburn, MI - In five years, almost to the day, since Chase Ridenour last went to victory lane, a lot has changed. Ridenour was with a different team. Smith Motorsports was en route to their first career Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP Championship. Phil Gressman was the defending Champion, and the world was pulling itself together amid a Global pandemic. 


 

Ridenour led the field to green alongside Mike Keegan. The pair battled closely on the opening lap for who would take hold of the field early. Ridenour put his No.38 to the pin and began his pursuit of the back of the field.


 

Turns one and two were uniquely different from that of turns three and four at Tri-City on Friday night. The bottom was in early around the entire race track, but quickly the top of one and two became the preferred line and the bottom was the place to be in three and four. Keegan found that combination first and took the lead momentarily near the halfway point of the race, but Ridenour quickly crossed Keegan over in lapped traffic and was back out front.


 

With less than 10 laps to go, Ridenour took lapped traffic three-wide to gap himself back to Jared Horstman and Dustin Daggett who had worked around Keegan in the traffic. Three former GLSS Champions at the front of the field was a thrill for a nearly packed house. With traffic clear inside of five laps to go, Horstman began reeling in Ridenour, but ran out of time as the Perry, Michigan native grabbed his first win since August 19, 2020 at Hartford Speedway. Horstman held on for second ahead of Daggett, Max Stambaugh fourth, and Keegan fifth.


 

The next event for the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP is Sunday, August 31st at Crystal Motor Speedway for the final points race of the 2025 season. Stambaugh is likely to be crowned the Tour Champion for the fourth consecutive season, while Jared Horstman hopes to hold on for the MacAllister CAT Championship. Fans who can’t make the trip can watch the action on GreatLakeSprints.TV.


 

Phil Gressman won the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier Award.


 

Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race One was won by Jared Horstman.


 

Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat Race Two was won by Steve Irwin.


 

Miami Paint Heat Race Three was won by Chase Ridenour.


 

MacAllister Cat A Feature 1: 1. 38-Chase Ridenour[1]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[4]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett[6]; 4. 71H-Max Stambaugh[7]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[2]; 6. 7C-Phil Gressman[5]; 7. 5M-Steve Irwin[3]; 8. 49T-Gregg Dalman[8]; 9. 11G-Luke Griffith[9]; 10. 22-Tom Lowe[14]; 11. 27K-Zac Broughman[18]; 12. 88N-Frank Neill[15]; 13. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[10]; 14. 49-Brian Ruhlman[11]; 15. 13-Andy Teunessen[12]; 16. 67-Kevin Martens[13]; 17. 31-Jim Girard[17]; 18. 33-Jeremy Ferguson[16]; 19. 10-Cody Howard[19]

 
 

 

 

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The Fastest Short Track Cars in the World" sanctioning winged pavement sprint cars at many of the most historic and finest short tracks in the country.

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From Jacob Seelman, Must See Racing Trackside PR

OVID, Mich. (Aug. 31, 2025) – When the arguable best pavement short-track driver in the discipline links up with the arguable best pavement sprint car team in America, magic tends to happen.

It certainly did Sunday at Owosso Speedway, as Kody Swanson and owner Dick Myers authored a complete drubbing of the Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series field to complete a weekend sweep of the two-day Mid-Michigan Pavement Sprint Car Nationals.

Wheeling Myers’ familiar No. 50m, the car nicknamed ‘Seabiscuit’ which has won countless features over nearly a quarter century, Swanson charged from fifth to first in just seven laps around the three-eighths-mile paved oval.

From there, the Kingsburg, Calif., native then controlled the final 34 circuits and drove off to a staggering 8.291-second victory over runner-up and fast qualifier Aaron Willison, who’d started on the pole following the feature redraw and paced the opening six laps.

But once Swanson got outside position on Willison exiting turn four on lap seven, he flexed his muscles and said farewell to the rest of the competition.

With a car that could go “anywhere I wanted it to,” Swanson surgically knifed through slower traffic throughout the weekend finale and lapped all but the top five in a stout 20-car feature field.

He banked $10,000 for his efforts Sunday, bringing his weekend winnings to $14,000 in total.

It marked Swanson’s third career Must See Racing victory overall and second with a wing overhead, as he and Myers seemingly finally unlocked the full potential of their pairing at last.

“This is one wail of a race car,” said Swanson in victory lane. “Dick and his crew always have this car spectacular, but tonight it was truly in tip-top shape. I’m just thankful to be the one that they’ve tapped to drive it, and when you have a race car this good, as a driver you just don’t want to mess it up.

“It’s been a learning process to figure out how these guys race with the wing on top, but I think we’re there where we need to be now.”

The 40-lapper actually ran green to checkered, following a stack-up in the middle of the field on the initial start that forced a second try to get the feature underway.

That incident saw 10th-starting Jason Blonde fail to get up to speed with a throttle linkage issue, causing the likes of Taylor Ferns, J.J. Dutton, and Johnny Petrozelle to accordion together near the back of the field. All three slowed dramatically, forcing the only yellow flag.

During the caution period, third-starting Jimmy McCune Jr. – the 16-year-old son of five-time Must See Racing national champion Jimmy McCune – surprisingly pulled pit-side with a loss of oil pressure, ending his hopes of a breakout performance after a stellar heat race victory from earlier in the program.

Once the race resumed, however, the headlines were all about Swanson as he did what he so often does by methodically driving forward and crushing the hopes of those pursuing him.

The domination came despite what Swanson described as a “high-RPM vibration” that developed briefly on his second time-trial lap and had the nerves of the eight-time USAC Silver Crown champion on edge for a while during the afternoon hours.

“I get emotional anyway [after wins], but if you knew everything that we were working through from post-qualifying through the race … that’s why this one is a big deal to us,” Swanson noted. “I’m not sure if it was truly an engine problem or just some phantom thing that us drivers feel sometimes, but these guys just kept after it and kept looking and kept working to try and make sure of what we had.

“Finally they gave me the green light for the feature, and said, ‘Hey, if it feels right, then you’re racing it.’ And man, it certainly felt right out there when it mattered.”

Willison found himself at a straightaway deficit by the halfway point and knew then that there was no catching his rival. The pair has built a legacy of respectful competition between them over the past two years as the top two pavement sprint car drivers in North America.

“When you race Kody, you know you’re racing against the cream of the crop every single time,” said the Canadian veteran, who hails from Langley, British Columbia. “They did a great job, and congrats to them on a well-deserved win, but I’m also really happy about our Statham Construction team’s performance and where we’re at as a whole. We made some big gains this weekend and it’s a program we’re continuing to build.

“We’ve got our qualifying speed hammered down now, and we made some strides in our race pace from Saturday to Sunday as well,” Willison added. “I just didn’t have any balance in the car for about the first 12 laps … and by the time I felt more comfortable, Kody was just long gone at that point.”

Saturday night runner-up Troy DeCaire was three quarters of a second behind Willison at the finish, earning a second straight podium for car owner Aaron Pierce and the Sam Pierce Racing squad.

Ontario’s Ryan Litt made it two Canadians in the top four, with Joe Liguori crossing fifth as the final car on the lead lap to extend his point lead in pursuit of a second straight and third overall series title.

Justin Harper, driving a second entry for Liguori Motorsports, was the night’s hard charger after advancing from 17th to 10th.

Willison began the program with a scorching 12.297-second (109.783 mph) lap in qualifying to obliterate his all-time track record from 22 hours earlier, while McCune Jr., Dorman Snyder, and Donnie Adams Jr. won their respective eight-lap heat races prior to the main event.

Though Adams won his heat, he was one of four drivers – joined by John Trudell, Jeff Bloom, and Alby Ovitt – who were unable to start the weekend finale due to engine issues or other mechanical maladies.

In all, 24 drivers were on the property Sunday, marking the largest field of the season for Must See Racing’s national contingent.

In support action, J.J. Henes swept Sunday’s Twin 20 features for the Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights crate sprint cars to wrap up his third series title in that division, while Austin Maynard won the street stock main event before climbing aboard H.D. Carter’s No. 13 sprint car to do double duty.

The Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series concludes its season Oct. 3-4 on the Gulf Coast, with a weekend doubleheader split between the half-mile ovals of Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla., and Montgomery (Ala.) Motor Speedway.

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RESULTS: Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series; Owosso Speedway; Ovid, Mich.; Aug. 31, 2025

Qualifying (best of two laps, top four to redraw): 1. Aaron Willison, 36, Statham-12.297 (NTR); 2. Troy DeCaire, 26D, Pierce-12.432; 3. Ryan Litt, 07, Litt-12.591; 4. Kody Swanson, 50m, Myers/RAM-12.638; 5. Joe Liguori, 68, Liguori-12.761; 6. Jason Blonde, 42, Nosal/TNT-12.846; 7. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-12.864; 8. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-12.904; 9. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-12.947; 10. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-13.224; 11. Taylor Ferns, 126, Pierce-13.232; 12. Dylan Reynolds, 24, Reynolds-13.241; 13. Donnie Adams Jr., 4, Adams-13.250; 14. J.J. Dutton, 86, Dutton-13.304; 15. Landon Butler, 18, Butler-13.313; 16. Justin Harper, 66, Liguori-13.393; 17. Dorman Snyder, 99, Stickney-13.475; 18. Jimmy McCune Jr., 88JR, McCune-13.539; 19. Johnny Petrozelle III, 81, Blake-13.576; 20. Tom Geren, 11, Geren-13.920; 21. Austin Maynard, 13, Carter-14.776; 22. Alby Ovitt, 20, Parker-NT; 23. John Trudell, 7T, Trudell-NT; 24. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-NT.

TTI Machine Heat Race #1 (8 laps, all transfer, top two to redraw): 1. Jimmy McCune Jr. [1], 2. Landon Butler [2], 3. Jason Blonde [5], 4. Dylan Reynolds [3], 5. Jimmy McCune [4], 6. Ryan Litt [6], 7. Austin Maynard [7], 8. Jeff Bloom (DNS). [1:50.167]

TTI Machine Heat Race #2 (8 laps, all transfer, top two to redraw): 1. Dorman Snyder [1], 2. Troy DeCaire [6], 3. Joe Liguori [5], 4. Taylor Ferns [3], 5. J.J. Dutton [2], 6. Bobby Komisarski [4], 7. Tom Geren [7], 8. John Trudell (DNS). [1:51.085]

TTI Machine Heat Race #3 (8 laps, all transfer, top two to redraw): 1. Donnie Adams Jr. [2], 2. Kevin Mingus [4], 3. Kody Swanson [5], 4. Tommy Nichols [3], 5. Justin Harper [1], 6. Johnny Petrozelle III [7], 7. Aaron Willison [6], 8. Alby Ovitt (DNS). [1:48.945]

Perfit A-Feature (40 laps, starting position in brackets): 1. 50m-Kody Swanson [5], 2. 36-Aaron Willison [1], 3. 26D-Troy DeCaire [2], 4. 07-Ryan Litt [4], 5. 68-Joe Liguori [9], 6. 88-Jimmy McCune [12], 7. Z10-Kevin Mingus [6], 8. 18-Landon Butler [7], 9. 55-Tommy Nichols [13], 10. 66-Justin Harper [17], 11. 7-Bobby Komisarski [11], 12. 81-Johnny Petrozelle III [18], 13. 11-Tom Geren [19], 14. 99-Dorman Snyder [8], 15. 24-Dylan Reynolds [15], 16. 86-J.J. Dutton [16], 17. 126-Taylor Ferns [14], 18. 88JR-Jimmy McCune Jr. [3], 19. 42-Jason Blonde [10], 20. 13-Austin Maynard [20], 21. 4-Donnie Adams Jr. (DNS), 22. 20-Alby Ovitt (DNS), 23. 7T-John Trudell (DNS), 24. 26-Jeff Bloom (DNS).

Lap Leader(s): Aaron Willison 1-6, Kody Swanson 7-40.

Hard Charger: #66 – Justin Harper (+7)

 

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OVID, Mich. (Aug. 31, 2025) – J.J. Henes capped off his third career Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights championship in style Sunday afternoon at Owosso Speedway.

Henes swept the final set of Twin 20s in his familiar, orange-trimmed No. 36JR, collecting both wins to push his season total to a series-best five on the year.

He wasn’t always the most dominant driver on speed each week, but Henes was the most consistent driver across the board, with his 14th and 15th career Midwest Lights victories putting a bow on a stretch of back-to-back title celebrations for his family-owned race team.

Sunday’s effort made Henes the first driver all season to sweep a pair of Midwest Lights Twin 20s on the same day, and his third championship makes the LaGrange, Ohio, native the most decorated driver in series history.

“This is always the way you want to end a season,” Henes said with a beaming smile in victory lane. “It’s way easier to go into the offseason on top than on the bottom or below the peak [of the mountain], and it’s so hard to sweep in this twin feature format because of the second [race] inversion.

“Luckily, we did that here and now it’s about trying to carry this momentum into next year.”

The first 20-lapper went green to checkered without interruption, allowing outside polesitter and early pace-setter Keegan Weese to jump to the lead at the initial start before reaching traffic by quarter distance.

As he did, the handling of Weese’s car was slightly upset in the turbulent air, allowing fourth-starting Henes – who had risen to second at that point – to soar around Weese off turn two on the sixth lap as Weese was slightly held up by the slower car of Christian Franks.

Once he took the lead, Henes was unstoppable as he drove away to a 3.958-second victory, just the start of his perfect finale afternoon.

After Weese had beaten him twice before at Owosso this season, Henes was determined not to let his teammate celebrate over him for a third time.

“Keegan has been putting a whooping on me every time we come here. He beat me on a restart with two to go [in June] and then Saturday I just couldn’t get by him,” Henes reflected. “I wasn’t going to let him run away from me this time and we got the job done.”

Finishing a distant second, Weese could only smile and shake his head when asked if he could have done anything different to keep the titleholder behind him.

“It was a blast racing J.J. when we could; he was a rocket the whole entire day in the daylight,” Weese said. “I was trying my hardest to keep up with him and he was just gone. Nothing I could do. We were a tad loose, and you can’t give him an inch because he’s just so good in these cars.”

Polesitter Brandon Lemmerman completed an all-Ohio podium in race one, after Charlie Baur faded from third on the final lap with a right-rear tire issue.

Brandon Tregembo was fourth ahead of Andrew Bogusz, with Baur ending up sixth and Parker Corbin seventh as the final cars on the lead lap in the first stanza.

The back half of the action saw Henes mount a charge through the field from seventh on the grid, after an inversion of the lead-lap finishers from the first main event.

Henes got to second by lap five, giving chase to and closing in on Lemmerman for the lead before getting to the inside exiting turn four and nipping the lead by .003 seconds at the flagstand.

Moments later, Lemmerman’s car dropped a piece of debris, forcing a caution flag and sending him to the work area for quick repairs. He was able to return for the restart two laps before halfway.

Henes got a perfect launch when green-flag racing resumed, pulling away as Weese worked forward on the restart from fourth into a battle for second with Bogusz down the stretch.

Weese made the pass for runner-up honors with seven to go, but by that point, Henes was a half track ahead and long gone on his way to his second trophy of the afternoon.

“Starting on the inside is usually tough here, because you normally get pinned down there and don’t have anywhere to go. Luckily, I was able to maneuver around a few cars early,” added Henes, who was also the hard charger in both features to boot. “I got lucky with [Charlie] Baur and [Brandon] Tregembo racing and got by the two of them. Was just able to keep passing cars from there.

“What a day. What a season.”

Behind Henes and Weese, Bogusz completed the podium, followed by Baur, Lemmerman, Tregembo, and Corbin among the lead-lap finishers in the season finale.

Henes will be honored for his third Midwest Lights crown during Must See Racing’s annual Night of Champions, traditionally scheduled for mid-January following the winter off-season.

RESULTS: Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights; Owosso Speedway; Ovid, Mich.; Aug. 31, 2025

Qualifying (group format, best of two laps): 1. J.J. Henes, 36JR, Henes-13.485; 2. Charlie Baur, 23, CB1-13.697; 3. Keegan Weese, 37, Henes-13.726; 4. Brandon Lemmerman, 64, Henes-13.877; 5. Brandon Tregembo, 1, Drive One-14.237; 6. Andrew Bogusz, 17, Fast Company-14.344; 7. Parker Corbin, 77, Corbin-15.102; 8. Christian Franks, 1D, Drive One-16.425; 9. Rick Wichtner, 11, Drive One-NT.

A-Feature #1 (20 laps, starting position in brackets): 1. 36JR-J.J. Henes [4], 2. 37-Keegan Weese [2], 3. 64-Brandon Lemmerman [1], 4. 1-Brandon Tregembo [5], 5. 17-Andrew Bogusz [6], 6. 23-Charlie Baur [3], 7. 77-Parker Corbin [7], 8. 11-Rick Wichtner [9], 9. Christian Franks [8]. [4:43.606]

Lap Leader(s): Keegan Weese 1-5, J.J. Henes 6-20.

Hard Charger: #36JR – J.J. Henes (+3)

A-Feature #2 (20 laps, starting position in brackets): 1. 36JR-J.J. Henes [7], 2. 37-Keegan Weese [5], 3. 17-Andrew Bogusz [2], 4. 23-Charlie Baur [6], 5. 64-Brandon Lemmerman [4], 6. 1-Brandon Tregembo [3], 7. 77-Parker Corbin [1], 8. 11-Rick Wichtner [8], 9. 1D-Christian Franks [9]. [NT]

Lap Leader(s): Parker Corbin Grid, Andrew Bogusz 1-2, Brandon Lemmerman 3-7, J.J. Henes 8-20.

Hard Charger: #36JR – J.J. Henes (+6)

 

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OVID, Mich. (Aug. 30, 2025) – Kody Swanson turned carving through lap traffic into an art form Saturday night at Owosso Speedway with the Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series.

Using lessons learned from his many years of USAC Silver Crown Series competition, which propelled him to eight championships in that division, Swanson conquered the three-eighths-mile paved oval to finally notch his first winged victory with the national pavement sprint tour.

Driving Dick Myers’ familiar, red-and-yellow No. 50m, Swanson roared from fifth to second early, then stalked race-long leader Troy DeCaire as the duo knifed through the back half of the 23-car field.

Finally, on lap 25 of 40, Swanson pounced when DeCaire was hung up behind the Tom Geren machine and made a brilliant cut to the inside of the fourth turn.

Once he was out front, Swanson navigated the remaining traffic to perfection, opening up a 1.310-second margin on the way to the $4,000 triumph – his second career MSR victory overall.

Though he’d previously won without the wing at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park during the COVID-shortened 2020 season, this one was harder fought and visibly meaningful to the California veteran.

“I’m really fortunate to have been racing in general for a long time, and I’ve spent a lot of time trying to catch up to how these guys do it with the wing on top,” said Swanson in victory lane. “They all do such a great job, and traffic was a big part of this race. But driving the [No.] 50m for Dick Myers, this car always has speed no matter what track you bring it to, and I could really put it anywhere I needed to in order to work my way through the field.

“They give me these opportunities and then it’s my job to take advantage of them, right? The heat races were important for me to learn in those moments how the car was going to react, but 40 laps is a lot longer than eight laps and I had time to let the race come to me, a lot like the [Silver] Crown races,” Swanson added. “Troy came back at me a bit there, but I had a great car off the bottom lane and was able to keep control once we got the lead.”

DeCaire, making his first start with the series since March of 2024 and first in a car owned by longtime series stalwart Aaron Pierce, joked he was “just getting old” before tipping his cap to Swanson.

“That Swanson guy is pretty good,” DeCaire added. “I thought I was going to get a lot more tired than I did, but the car went from tight to loose [handling] … and I couldn’t navigate traffic nearly like he could. When the car was so good in the beginning, I knew that might not be a good sign for the long run, particularly because I was expecting a few more cautions than we got.

“For my first time back with this series in a while, though, I can’t be too disappointed [with second].”

Ryan Litt finished third, hampered by a two-position penalty after being called for jumping the lap-five restart that came after the race’s lone caution for debris.

Five-time series champion Jimmy McCune and polesitter Jason Blonde, who lost the lead to DeCaire on the initial start of the race, were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Aaron Willison, Joe Liguori, Kevin Mingus, Dylan Reynolds, and Alby Ovitt completed the top 10.

Willison kicked off the night by smashing the all-time track record at Owosso by nearly a tenth of a second, with a blazing lap of 12.443 seconds (108.495 mph) in qualifying with the No. 36 Statham Construction-backed sprinter.

The previous mark of 12.520 seconds by Rick Holley had been set in September of 2023, also in Must See Racing competition.

McCune, Blonde, and Litt won their respective eight-lap heat races, with Blonde then earning the pole award in the top-eight redraw.

The Mid-Michigan Pavement Sprint Nationals conclude Sunday evening with a $10,000-to-win, 40-lap grand finale. Live streaming coverage begins on Racing America at 4 p.m. ET.

RESULTS: Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series; Owosso Speedway; Ovid, Mich.; Aug. 30, 2025

Qualifying (best of two laps, top four to redraw): 1. Aaron Willison, 36, Statham-12.443 (NTR); 2. Troy DeCaire, 26D, Pierce-12.510; 3. Kody Swanson, 50m, Myers-12.592; 4. Ryan Litt, 07, Litt-12.609; 5. Joe Liguori, 68, Liguori-12.731; 6. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-12.850; 7. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-13.050; 8. Jason Blonde, 42, Nosal-13.079; 9. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-13.112; 10. Donnie Adams Jr., 4, Adams-13.273; 11. J.J. Dutton, 86, Dutton-13.302; 12. Alby Ovitt, 20, Parker-13.338; 13. Jimmy McCune Jr., 88JR, McCune-13.363; 14. Dylan Reynolds, 24, Reynolds-13.415; 15. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-13.450; 16. Taylor Ferns, 126, Pierce-13.481; 17. Landon Butler, 18, Butler-13.498; 18. John Trudell, 7X, Trudell-13.505; 19. Johnny Petrozelle III, 81, Blake-13.534; 20. Justin Harper, 66, Liguori-13.579; 21. Tom Geren, 11, Geren-13.636; 22. Dorman Snyder, 99, Stickney-13.854; 23. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-NT.

TTI Machine Heat Race #1 (8 laps, all transfer, top two to redraw): 1. Jimmy McCune [4], 2. Kody Swanson [6], 3. Tommy Nichols [2], 4. John Trudell [1], 5. Kevin Mingus [5], 6. Alby Ovitt [3], 7. Tom Geren [7].

TTI Machine Heat Race #2 (8 laps, all transfer, top two to redraw): 1. Jason Blonde [4], 2. Dylan Reynolds [2], 3. Troy DeCaire [6], 4. Joe Liguori [5], 5. Landon Butler [1], 6. Justin Harper [7], 7. J.J. Dutton [3], 8. Jeff Bloom [8].

TTI Machine Heat Race #3 (8 laps, all transfer, top two to redraw): 1. Ryan Litt [4], 2. Donnie Adams Jr. [2], 3. Taylor Ferns [1], 4. Dorman Snyder [8], 5. Bobby Komisarski [3], 6. Jimmy McCune Jr. [6], 7. Aaron Willison [5], 8. Johnny Petrozelle III [7].

Perfit A-Feature (40 laps, starting position in brackets): 1. 50m-Kody Swanson [5], 2. 26D-Troy DeCaire [2], 3. 07-Ryan Litt [4], 4. 88-Jimmy McCune [7], 5. 42-Jason Blonde [1], 6. 36-Aaron Willison [6], 7. 68-Joe Liguori [9], 8. Z10-Kevin Mingus [10], 9. 24-Dylan Reynolds [3], 10. 20-Alby Ovitt [13], 11. 4-Donnie Adams Jr. [8], 12. 55-Tommy Nichols [15], 13. 88JR-Jimmy McCune Jr. [14], 14. 66-Justin Harper [19], 15. 18-Landon Butler [22], 16. 7-Bobby Komisarski [11], 17. 99-Dorman Snyder [21], 18. 81-Johnny Petrozelle [18], 19. 11-Tom Geren [20], 20. 7T-John Trudell [17], 21. 126-Taylor Ferns [16], 22. 86-J.J. Dutton [12], 23. 26-Jeff Bloom (DNS). [NT]

Lap Leader(s): Troy DeCaire 1-24, Kody Swanson 25-40.

Hard Charger: #18 – Landon Butler

 

 

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OVID, Mich. – Charlie Baur wanted redemption in the Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights return to Owosso Speedway, and he got it in spades on Saturday evening.

Though Baur had to share the spotlight with Keegan Weese, the 19-year-old’s win in the first of two Twin 20s for the Midwest Lights at ‘The Big O’ was the emotional story of the night.

After being passed late in the June Midwest Lights stop at the three-eighths-mile oval and being denied a breakthrough win at that point, Baur roared back to easily win the opening act of the weekend.

Baur led wire-to-wire in the first main event, pulling to the lead on the second try at the initial start from the outside of the front row. From there, he quickly opened up a straightaway advantage.

With series point leader J.J. Henes chasing, Baur mastered lap traffic to perfection through the first three quarters of the race, comfortably maintaining a gap of more than three seconds over Henes.

A caution with four laps left – when Henes’ teammate Keegan Weese spun in turn four – bunched the field up and could have changed the narrative, but Baur wasn’t about to let the race get away from him.

He nailed the jump on the green flag not once, but twice, when the stalled car of Parker Corbin on the frontstretch forced a retry of the lap-17 restart.

Though Henes had a peek to the inside in turn one on the final dash, Baur shut the door with a brilliant run off turn two, pulling away from there to a .966-second victory.

It marked the third checkered flag of his Midwest Lights career, all coming this season, but Baur said this one at Owosso “just means more.”

“This feels so amazing,” said Baur in victory lane. “To win in front of what I call my home crowd – I grew up 45 minutes down the road from here – it’s everything to get one at this track … especially after we should have won here in June and got passed by J.J. inside of two to go.

“I wasn’t going to let another one get away like that,” he added. “It was almost the same race, the way it played out, with us getting the lead early and then having that late caution flag. It’s redemption, it really is.”

Runner-up Henes did all he could to wrestle the top spot away down the stretch, to no avail.

“I tried the bottom on the first [re]start and it didn’t work, and when it got called back, I just felt like I had to try something different,” he noted.

Polesitter Brandon Tregembo passed Andrew Bogusz on the outside during the final restart to claim third, with Bogusz crossing fourth and Weese rebounding from his late spin for fifth place.

The nightcap was a caution-free dance through lap traffic, with outside pole man Weese jumping to the point on the start but having to fend off advance after advance from his charging teammate Henes.

Each time Henes tried to look low in turn one, Weese would use stellar drive off turn two to maintain.

His coup de grace, however, was a daring three-wide move through slower lap traffic just past the midpoint to extend his margin for good.

The soaring arc through the marbles in turns three and four allowed Weese to pull seven car lengths clear as Henes got knotted up on the low side of the three-eighths-mile oval.

From there, it was smooth sailing for the 14-year-old en route to his third Midwest Lights win of the season.

“This feeling [winning] never gets old. Oh my God, what a race!” Weese exclaimed after a jubilant wing dance atop his car. “The first couple of laps was so intense, knowing that J.J. was right there, and I had to play some strong defense because he kept peeking the nose again and again.

“Lap traffic over there coming out of [turn] four was scary, but we made it happen somehow,” he added. “I have no clue how it stuck up there. I just went in on a prayer … and somehow came out the other side without hitting the outside wall.”

All Henes could do after the race was marvel at his young teammate, considering the setup tweaks on the No. 37 before race two came from the two-time champion’s notebook.

“I guess I should have taken him the other direction,” Henes joked. “I might’ve gotten by him that way. (laughter) I had nothing for the kid; he did an absolutely stellar job. I knew my best chance was to stay on his bumper and hopefully pressure him into a mistake, but he never blinked and traffic went in his favor.”

Bogusz filled the final spot on the race two podium, ahead of Baur, who battled traffic after the invert and could only get to fourth at the finish. Brandon Tregembo crossed in fifth place.

The Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights return to Owosso Speedway Sunday afternoon to complete their 2025 season with another set of twin 20-lap features.

As long as he starts both races, J.J. Henes will clinch his record third Midwest Lights championship.

Every lap of the Mid-Michigan Pavement Sprint Car Nationals grand finale – headlined by a $10,000-to-win main event for the national Must See Racing 410 sprint cars – will be broadcast live on Racing America starting at 4 p.m. ET.

RESULTS: Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights; Owosso Speedway; Ovid, Mich.; Aug. 30, 2025

Qualifying (group format, best of three laps): 1. J.J. Henes, 36JR, Henes-13.635; 2. Keegan Weese, 37, Henes-13.825; 3. Charlie Baur, 23, CB1-13.857; 4. Brandon Lemmerman, 64, Henes-14.075; 5. Brandon Tregembo, 1, Drive One-14.363; 6. Andrew Bogusz, 17, Fast Company-14.550; 7. Parker Corbin, 77, Corbin-15.011; 8. Rick Wichtner, 11, Drive One-15.591; 9. Christian Franks, 1D, Drive One-17.963.

Maxima A-Feature #1 (20 laps): 1. 23-Charlie Baur [2], 2. 36JR-J.J. Henes [4], 3. 64-Brandon Lemmerman [1], 4. 17-Andrew Bogusz [6], 5. 37-Keegan Weese [3], 6. 1-Brandon Tregembo [5], 7. 11-Rick Wichtner [8], 8. 1D-Christian Franks [9], 9. 77-Parker Corbin [7].

Lap Leader(s): Charlie Baur 1-20.

Hard Charger: #36JR – J.J. Henes (+2)

Maxima A-Feature #2 (20 laps, starting position in brackets): 1. 37-Keegan Weese [2], 2. 36JR-J.J. Henes [4], 3. 17-Andrew Bogusz [3], 4. 23-Charlie Baur [5], 5. 1-Brandon Tregembo [1], 6. 64-Brandon Lemmerman [6], 7. 77-Parker Corbin [9], 8. 11-Rick Wichtner [7], 9. 1D-Christian Franks [8]. [4:51.417]

Lap Leader(s): Keegan Weese 1-20.

Hard Charger: #36JR – J.J. Henes (+2)

 
 

 
 GULF COAST TO CLOSE OUT 2025 MUST SEE RACING SEASON

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September 10, 2025 - Holly. Michigan - The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts. Com is preparing for the biggest weekend of its sixteen-year existence when the 410-winged asphalt sprint car series visits the Gulf Coast Region of the country October 2-4, 2025.

 
The series will kick off the ‘Southern Shootout’ Friday night October 3, 2025, when it visits Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida for the first time in eleven seasons. The following evening October 4 the series will head north to Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama for the first time since 2021. 

 
Teams will be battling it out for a $10,000 winners share from a total purse of $31,000 each night. These events will pay $700 to start the twenty-four-car starting field each night. This will be the richest weekend in the history of the series that inaugurated in 2010. A total weekend purse of over $62,000 will be up for grabs.

 
In addition to Must See Racing regulars, the event is expected to draw teams from the Florida based Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series and the new Alabama/Mississippi Sprint Car group.

 
The Gulf Coast area isn’t new to Must See Racing. From 2012 -2014 the series annually visited he area with stops at Five Flags and Mobile, Alabama. It returned to the area with a weekend visit to Montgomery in 2021.

 
Aaron Pierce was victorious the last time the series visited Five Flags Speedway on April 11, 2014. Troy DeCaire and Joe Liguori found victory lane the last time the series competed at Montgomery Motor Speedway in October of 2021.

 
It is only fitting that the 2025 MSR season will conclude at two of the most historic venues in the southern part of the country. It will also be a rare opportunity to watch winged pavement sprint cars compete on half-mile venues, which has been a rare occurrence lately.

 
Five Flags Speedway opened in 1953 and is the home of the annual Snowball Derby Super Late Model race. Montgomery Motor Speedway opened in 1955 and hosted numerous NASCAR Grand National events in the early years of its history.

 
Joe Liguori looks to close out the 2025 MSR season with another MSR championship. He currently holds a commanding 64-point lead over Ryan Litt. Kevin Mingus sits in third place currently 41 points behind Litt.

 
Entries for these events are just now beginning to be received. MSR will reveal the entries as they are received beginning in the next few days. Like and follow Must see Racing on Facebook or visit the series website at www.mustseeracing.com for the latest news regarding the 2025 ‘Southern Shootout’.

 
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