07/14/2024
RPM Speedway
Hays, Kansas
By: Sheldon Wickwar
Ellis County Fair week got kicked off with the 2024 Wheatshocker nationals with the highly anticipated return of the United Rebel Sprint Series 305's. Joining the sprints were the cruisers, sport compacts and stock cars on Friday. Saturday saw the sprints, sport mods, modifieds and hobby stocks. Visiting victory lane Friday were Jacey Archer and Chase Zimmerman in the cruisers class, Kiowa Higdon in the sport compacts, Tathan Burkhart in the stock cars and Koby Walters in the sprints. Saturday's victory lane participants were Zach Olmstead in the hobby stocks, Warren Huffman in the sport mods, Clay Sellard in the modifieds and Jake Martens in the sprints.
The cruisers started Friday's program off with one heat race won by David Kraus, their twelve-lap feature event started with a front row of Weston Kraus and Dakota Bliss. Weston Kraus and Jacey Archer battled closely throughout the race, until the closing laps when Kraus had issues and fell to the back of the field. Jacey Archer picked up the win Friday after winning Thursday night in Wakeeney. Second was David Kraus, third was Dakota Bliss, fourth was Madelyn Kraus, fifth was Kaleb Pavlu and sixth was Weston Kraus. Hard chargers in the event were Jacey Archer, David Kraus and Madelyn Kraus who all gained two spots each.
The sport compacts were second on Friday's program, they ran one heat race won by Kiowa Higdon. Their fifteen-lap main event started with a front row of Kiowa Higdon and Gage Porter. Higdon took the early lead, but quickly Jake Schwien and Gage Porter made it a three wide battle, and a lap later Brock Leibhart would throw his hat in the battle. Schwien would lead lap one and start gapping Higdon just a bit. At the halfway point Jake Schwien still held a slight lead over second place running Higdon, but the second half of the race would see the physicality increase, as Higdon searched for a way around. With two laps to go Higdon would get side-by-side with Schwien for the lead and got the lead and held on at the line to pick up the race win. Kiowa Higdon picked up his third win of the season, second was Jake Schwien, third was Gage Porter, fourth was Brock Leibhart and fifth was Kaishen Brack. Hard charger in the event was Jake Schwien who gained two spots.
The stock cars were third on Friday's program, they ran one heat race won by Josh Hudson. Their fifteen-lap feature event started with a front row of Kyle Pfeifer and Tathan Burkhart. Tathan would take the race lead out of turns three and four on lap one and started to pull away from Pfeifer. Pfeifer would try to search for speed in multiple grooves, and at the halfway point would race side-by-side with Tathan Burkhart but was never able to complete a pass. Tathan Burkhart picked up win three of the season, second was Kyle Pfiefer, third was Troy Burkhart, fourth was Josh Hudson and fifth was Chris Oliver.
The United Rebel Sprint Series closed out the evening, they ran three heat races won by Tyler Knight, Kyler Johnson and Ty Williams. Their twenty-five-lap feature event started with a front row of Conner Thomas and Steven Richardson. The field took three attempts at the start of the race, and Thomas led lap one as Richardson and Walters were putting pressure on right away. Walters got by on the bottom to take the lead on lap two. Taylor Velasquez would get to third on lap three, and caution came out as Whit Gastineau and Jon Freeman both went for a spin. Walters would restart the field with twenty-two laps to go and would pull away slightly. While Richardson and Velasquez would battle for second, Velasquez would get to second place and started tracking down Walters. Walters would remain in the lead and work through lapped traffic well enough to pick up the race win. A hard charging Zach Blurton would pass Velasquez at the line on the final lap to pick up second place. Fourth was Wakeeney's race winner Jeremy Huish, and fifth was Jake Martens.
Saturday's program started off with the sport mods, they ran two heat races won by Josh Hudson and Brianna Maughlin. Their twenty-lap feature event started with a front row of Brianna Maughlin and Jacob Olmstead. Olmstead would lead early on, but quickly Adam Weber and Warren Huffman found their way to the front of the field. Huffman would survive charges from Weber and Blaine Walt to finally pick up a win at RPM Speedway, a place he had bad luck at. Warren Huffman picked up win number two on the season, second was Blaine Walt, third was Adam Weber, fourth was Josh Hudson and fifth was Cody Gearhart. Hard charger in the event was Warren Huffman who gained seven spots, Josh Hudson had a good run grabbing five spots.
The hobby stocks were second on the program, they ran three heat races won by Mitchell Fischer, Trent Matson and Morgan Olmstead. Their twenty-lap feature started with a front row of Dion Priddy and Blake Holmes. Zach Olmstead found his way to the front early, the field had to deal with multiple cautions as the field had a tough time getting going, there also was a red flag after Mitchell Fischer rolled his car, luckily, he walked away from the wreck. Zach Olmstead held off the field to pick up win number four on the season. Second was Tyler Heath, third was Dion Priddy, fourth was Reagan Sellard and fifth was Jonathan Saliba. Hard charger in the event was Zach Olmstead who gained nine spots, other nice runs included Roger Garrison and Anna Minks up eight spots each, Gordon French gained seven spots.
The modifieds ran third on the program, they ran two heat races won by Dylan Sherfick and Dakota Sproul. Their twenty-lap feature event started with a front row of Kaid Calhoon and Shaylon Holloway. Clay Sellard worked his way to the front early, with the help of a few cautions. Once he got into clean air, it was hard for anyone to track him down. Clay Sellard picked up win number two of the season. Second was Dakota Sproul, third was Brett Berry, fourth was Clay Money and fifth was Dylan Sherfick. Hard charger in the event was Brett Berry who gained five spots.
The United Rebel Sprint Series finished out the program with three heat races won by Ray Seemann, Ty Williams and Kyler Johnson. Their twenty-five-lap feature event started with a front row of Jon Freeman and Steven Richardson. Taylor Velasquez went for a flip through turns three and four off of the initial start, he was able to climb out of the car under his own power. The field would get restarted and Freeman would take the race lead. Freeman would lead for a while, meanwhile Martens started moving through the field. Jordan Knight got to second place after Steven Richardson would grab the lead and would inherit the lead for a little while after Richardson made contact with a lapped car. But timely cautions gave Martens the opportunity he needed to gain the race lead. Martens made a pass for the lead and was able to hold on for the race win. Jake Martens picked up win number five on the season, second was Jordan Knight, third was Jon Freeman, fourth was Ty Williams and fifth was Kyler Johnson. Hard charger in the event was Jake Martens who gained fourteen spots, other nice runs included Zach Blurton and Brandy Jones both up nine spots.
FULL RESULTS:
FRIDAY:
WILD AND WACKY CRUISERS
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2BA-Jacey Archer[3]; 2. 27-David Kraus[4]; 3. 01-Dakota Bliss[2]; 4. 29-Madelyn Kraus[6]; 5. 26-Kaleb Pavlu[5]; 6. 63-Weston Kraus[1]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 27-David Kraus[2]; 2. 63-Weston Kraus[1]; 3. 2BA-Jacey Archer[6]; 4. 01-Dakota Bliss[4]; 5. 26-Kaleb Pavlu[3]; 6. 29-Madelyn Kraus[5]
9 entries
IMCA SPORT COMPACTS PRESENTED BY AUGIE'S REPAIR AND TOWING
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 17-Kiowa Higdon[1]; 2. 16-Jakob Schwien[4]; 3. 69G-Gage Porter[2]; 4. 15B-Brock Leibhart[3]; 5. 8B-Kaishen Brack[6]; 6. 6M-Madison Reed[5]; 7. 23-David Ghumm[7]; 8. 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[8]; 9. (DNF) 16C-Connor Schwien[9]
Heat (6 Laps): 1. 17-Kiowa Higdon[4]; 2. 16-Jakob Schwien[3]; 3. 69G-Gage Porter[7]; 4. 15B-Brock Leibhart[9]; 5. 6M-Madison Reed[2]; 6. 8B-Kaishen Brack[6]; 7. 23-David Ghumm[1]; 8. (DNF) 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[5]; 9. (DNF) 16C-Connor Schwien[8]
5 entries
IMCA STOCK CARS PRESENTED BY ADVANTAGE GLASS PLUS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[2]; 2. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[1]; 3. 25X-Troy Burkhart[4]; 4. 197-Josh Hudson[5]; 5. (DNF) 3-Chris Oliver[3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 197-Josh Hudson[1]; 2. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[5]; 3. 250-Tathan Burkhart[3]; 4. (DNF) 3-Chris Oliver[4]; 5. (DNS) 25X-Troy Burkhart
25 entries
IMCA RACESAVER SPRINT CAR
Mel Hambelton Ford A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 33-Koby Walters[3]; 2. 2J-Zach Blurton[12]; 3. 21X-Taylor Velasquez[5]; 4. 20-Jeremy Huish[4]; 5. 17X-Jake Martens[10]; 6. 16-Conner Thomas[1]; 7. 45X-Kyler Johnson[8]; 8. 72-Ray Seemann[9]; 9. 11K-Tyler Knight[7]; 10. 911-Ty Williams[6]; 11. 8J-Brandy Jones[13]; 12. 81-Jon Freeman[11]; 13. 97-Brian Herbert[15]; 14. 15B-Brody Brown[18]; 15. 15-Jake Potter[22]; 16. (DNF) 24B-Johnny Boos[21]; 17. (DNF) 0-Steven Richardson[2]; 18. (DNF) 19-Chad Salem[23]; 19. (DNF) 14-Cale Levescy[17]; 20. (DNF) 22-Justin Chaffin[16]; 21. (DNF) 2-Whit Gastineau[20]; 22. (DNF) 9-John Webster[14]; 23. (DNF) 44-Ryan Rader[24]; 24. (DNF) 8X-Charlee Chaffin[19]
KansasLand Tire Service Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Tyler Knight[1]; 2. 16-Conner Thomas[4]; 3. 20-Jeremy Huish[5]; 4. 17X-Jake Martens[6]; 5. 2J-Zach Blurton[8]; 6. 15B-Brody Brown[3]; 7. 2-Whit Gastineau[7]; 8. 24B-Johnny Boos[9]; 9. (DNS) 44-Ryan Rader
KansasLand Tire Servie Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Kyler Johnson[1]; 2. 33-Koby Walters[5]; 3. 8J-Brandy Jones[3]; 4. 81-Jon Freeman[6]; 5. 9-John Webster[7]; 6. 97-Brian Herbert[8]; 7. 15-Jake Potter[4]; 8. 19-Chad Salem[2]
KansasLand Tire Service Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 911-Ty Williams[4]; 2. 72-Ray Seemann[1]; 3. 21X-Taylor Velasquez[5]; 4. 0-Steven Richardson[7]; 5. 22-Justin Chaffin[2]; 6. 8X-Charlee Chaffin[3]; 7. 14-Cale Levescy[8]; 8. 6-Mason Day[6]
Fast Five Solutions Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 11K-Tyler Knight[1]; 2. 16-Conner Thomas[4]; 3. 20-Jeremy Huish[5]; 4. 17X-Jake Martens, 00:15.553[6]; 5. 2J-Zach Blurton[8]; 6. 15B-Brody Brown, 01:36.413[3]; 7. 2-Whit Gastineau, 00:15.498[7]; 8. 24B-Johnny Boos, 01:36.413[9]; 9. (DNS) 44-Ryan Rader, 01:36.413
SATURDAY:
IMCA HOBBY STOCKS PRESENTED BY GOLDEN PLAINS TRUCKING
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[10]; 2. 187-Tyler Heath[8]; 3. D68-Dion Priddy[1]; 4. 2S-Reagan Sellard[6]; 5. 5S-Jonathan Saliba[7]; 6. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[4]; 7. 2M-Trent Matson[5]; 8. 55-Blake Holmes[2]; 9. 53F-Gordon French[16]; 10. 6X-Roger Garrison[18]; 11. 6T-Taylor Croisant[17]; 12. M69-Anna Minks[20]; 13. (DNF) 37-Bingston Rogers[9]; 14. (DNF) 10-Cole Pfeifer[11]; 15. (DNF) 88-Morgan Olmstead[12]; 16. (DNF) 81-Skeets Salazar[13]; 17. (DNF) 69-Danny Schulte[14]; 18. (DNF) 93-Jake Wharton[15]; 19. (DNF) 77F-Mitchell Fischer[3]; 20. (DNF) 12S-Cole Schulte[19]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[7]; 2. 37-Bingston Rogers[3]; 3. D68-Dion Priddy[6]; 4. 55-Blake Holmes[4]; 5. 81-Skeets Salazar[2]; 6. (DNF) 53F-Gordon French[1]; 7. (DNS) 12S-Cole Schulte
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2M-Trent Matson[1]; 2. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[5]; 3. 10-Cole Pfeifer[3]; 4. 187-Tyler Heath[6]; 5. 69-Danny Schulte[2]; 6. 6T-Taylor Croisant[4]; 7. M69-Anna Minks[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Morgan Olmstead[3]; 2. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[5]; 3. 5S-Jonathan Saliba[4]; 4. 2S-Reagan Sellard[2]; 5. 93-Jake Wharton[6]; 6. 6X-Roger Garrison[1]
12 entries
IMCA SPORT MODS PRESENTED BY WALT'S REPAIR AND MACHINE
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20-Warren Huffman[8]; 2. 14W-Blaine Walt[5]; 3. 3-Adam Weber[4]; 4. 7J-Josh Hudson[9]; 5. 1M-Cody Gearhart[6]; 6. 27G-Kamren Gruber[7]; 7. 22B-Dalton Bell[3]; 8. 7M-Sam McCune[11]; 9. (DNF) 99-Justin Meserve[12]; 10. (DNF) 88J-Jacob Olmstead[2]; 11. (DNF) 8-Brian May[10]; 12. (DNF) 17M-Brianna Maughlin[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7J-Josh Hudson[4]; 2. 1M-Cody Gearhart[1]; 3. 3-Adam Weber[6]; 4. 14W-Blaine Walt[3]; 5. 8-Brian May[5]; 6. (DNS) 7M-Sam McCune
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[2]; 2. 20-Warren Huffman[4]; 3. 27G-Kamren Gruber[1]; 4. 22B-Dalton Bell[3]; 5. 88J-Jacob Olmstead[5]; 6. 99-Justin Meserve[6]
12 entries
IMCA MODIFIEDS PRESENTED BY MEL HAMBELTON FORD RACING
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 85C-Clay Sellard[3]; 2. 08-Dakota Sproul[6]; 3. 09B-Brett Berry[8]; 4. 7-Clay Money[4]; 5. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[5]; 6. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[7]; 7. 43-Kaid Calhoon[1]; 8. 9D-Dalton Murphy[11]; 9. 51-Mike Bainter[10]; 10. (DNF) 38-Shaylon Holloway[2]; 11. (DNF) 83L-Taos Leighton[12]; 12. (DNF) 3J-Jake Nightingale[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[2]; 2. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[3]; 3. 7-Clay Money[5]; 4. 3J-Jake Nightingale[4]; 5. 09B-Brett Berry[6]; 6. (DNF) 83L-Taos Leighton[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 08-Dakota Sproul[2]; 2. 85C-Clay Sellard[1]; 3. 43-Kaid Calhoon[3]; 4. 38-Shaylon Holloway[4]; 5. 51-Mike Bainter[5]; 6. 9D-Dalton Murphy[6]
23 entries
IMCA RACESAVER SPRINT CAR
Mel Hambelton Ford A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 17X-Jake Martens[15]; 2. 10-Jordan Knight[4]; 3. 81-Jon Freeman[1]; 4. 911-Ty Williams[6]; 5. 45X-Kyler Johnson[5]; 6. 20-Jeremy Huish[8]; 7. 72-Ray Seemann[7]; 8. 33-Koby Walters[9]; 9. 2J-Zach Blurton[18]; 10. 15X-Brody Brown[11]; 11. 24B-Johnny Boos[17]; 12. 8J-Brandy Jones[21]; 13. 16-Conner Thomas[16]; 14. 11K-Tyler Knight[14]; 15. 97-Brian Herbert[10]; 16. 44-Ryan Rader[12]; 17. 8X-Charlee Chaffin[19]; 18. (DNF) 0-Steven Richardson[2]; 19. (DNF) 19-Chad Salem[23]; 20. (DNF) 22-Justin Chaffin[20]; 21. (DNF) 15-Jack Potter[3]; 22. (DNF) 14-Cale Levescy[13]; 23. (DNF) 21X-Taylor Velasquez[22]
KansasLand Tire Service Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 72-Ray Seemann[2]; 2. 81-Jon Freeman[1]; 3. 15-Jack Potter[4]; 4. 97-Brian Herbert[6]; 5. 44-Ryan Rader[7]; 6. 14-Cale Levescy[8]; 7. 8X-Charlee Chaffin[3]; 8. (DNF) 21X-Taylor Velasquez[5]
KansasLand Tire Service Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 911-Ty Williams[3]; 2. 10-Jordan Knight[6]; 3. 0-Steven Richardson[8]; 4. 11K-Tyler Knight[1]; 5. 16-Conner Thomas[4]; 6. 24B-Johnny Boos[7]; 7. (DNF) 8J-Brandy Jones[5]; 8. (DNF) 19-Chad Salem[2]
KansasLand Tire Service Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Kyler Johnson[1]; 2. 20-Jeremy Huish[2]; 3. 33-Koby Walters[4]; 4. 15X-Brody Brown[6]; 5. 17X-Jake Martens[5]; 6. 2J-Zach Blurton[7]; 7. 22-Justin Chaffin[3]
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