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Corson Cruises To Win In AFS Badger Midget Series At Plymouth Dirt Track

Mandy Mobry

The Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midget Auto Racing Association made their second of three trips to the Plymouth Dirt Track on Saturday, June 13. The first time it was Zach Boden over RJ Corson and Miles Doherty in the Lyco Manufacturing A-Main. This time Corson would stand highest on the podium with a different pair on either side.

When the green flag flew on the feature Derek Crane bolted from his pole position to the point. Eric Blumer was on his tail during the opening lap. Blumer caught what would become a very obvious hole in turn-two killing his momentum while Crane rolled on. By the next lap they were three wide for second with Boden getting Blumer low while Luke Wackerlin went high at the line.

Now it was time for Boden to reel in Crane who had almost a half straightway lead. On some laps Boden gained and some he lost a bit of distance depending on which driver got around the aforementioned hole best. Boden was consistently low while Crane was high in three and four and low in just one and two.

After Boden took a couple of shots at Crane, ducking underneath on either the north or south corners of the track, the two may have made the slightest bit of contact as Crane came down going into turn-one causing Boden to get on the binders hard. The end result saw Boden spin, bringing out the only caution of the night.

It was just the break Corson needed even if the crowd didn’t realize it yet. On the lap-nine restart it was Crane ahead of Wackerlin, Waelti, Blumer, Nick Kilian and Corson.

In a lap Corson had dispatched Kilian for fifth. While everyone else had a dancing partner behind him, Crane started to put some distance on the field again. A few laps later they were three-wide for second with Corson staying true to his low line while Waelti was equally dedicated to the high side in the fourth turn. Wackerlin was stuck in the middle. Corson had the power coming off the corner and took the runner up spot followed by Wackerlin and Waelti.

Corson was now some seven lengths behind Crane with no lapped traffic in sight. But Corson did catch Crane and with eight laps left they were neck and neck at the line. Between one and two Crane washed up just a bit and Corson jumped at the chance to take the lead. By the time they got to the next turn it was Corson with the seven length advantage.

From there Corson kept his line and pulled away. Despite coming upon lapped traffic with a lap to go, Corson won by a straightaway followed by Crane. Waelti, Wackerlin and Blumer put on an entertaining battle for the last podium spot with Waelti coming out on top.

PRELIMINARY ACTION

The night started with Waelti taking Rod End Supply Fast Time and later earning rights to the Schoenfeld Headers Invert Draw.

Wackerlin was patient as he started last in the field of seven in Auto Meter Heat-One. The Illinois driver allowed three-wide battles ahead of him to sort themselves out before making a move. Then he went high or low as dictated while he went through the field. On lap-five he got by Harrison Kleven for the lead and eventual win over Kleven.

Brian Peterson and Dave Collins Jr. paced the field for Hoosier Racing Tire Heat-Two. They drag raced down the backstretch and through the corner with Peterson winning the battle at the line. Waelti broke free from the back of the pack and with three laps left he was challenging Peterson. On the last lap the pair were side by side down the back chute and still that way between three and four. As the started to straighten out there was minor contact between the two and Waelti beat Peterson to the line.

NOTES

Iowa’s Doherty had issues all night and despite trying could not turn a lap in the Lyco Manufacturing A-Main. He was given both the CASM Hard Luck Award and Last Place Bonus in Loving Memory of Addison Dahlke.

Weisensel was on a similar path as Doherty as both went out early in the heats and really didn’t know what the issue was with their motors. The Weisensel team didn’t have anything figured out as they started shotgun on the field for the feature. The car behaved and Weisensel drove it to the Bob Tattersall Spankins Motorsports Hard Charger award gaining seven spots to finish tenth.

There were no rookies on hand for the Spankins Motorsports Rookie of the Race.

Mike Unger tackled the early portions of the USAC MIdget Week in Indiana making the Badger go his fifth race in five days. He must have learned some things running with the pros as he clocked his best qualifying position ever in a midget scoring the fifth fastest time at Plymouth. He exited early in the Lyco Manufacturing A-Main with a slight oil leak.

The AFS Badger Midget Series would like to thank Behling Racing Equipment, High Performance Lubricants and 1855 Saloon & Grill in Cottage Grove for their support.

UP NEXT

The stars of the AFS Badger Midget Series and the Illinois-based Midget Auto Racing Association will team up this Saturday, June 20, at Sycamore Speedway in Illinois for a co-sanctioned event. It promises to be a big night of racing. Check the Badger, MARA pages for more information as the week progresses.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Lyco Manufacturing A - Feature (25 Laps): 1. 15C-RJ Corson[6]; 2. 31-Derek Crane[1]; 3. 3W-Brandon Waelti[8]; 4. 68-Eric Blumer[3]; 5. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[7]; 6. 17-Nick Kilian[2]; 7. 29-Harrison Kleven[9]; 8. 2-Jake Dohner[4]; 9. 29K-Mike Stroik[12]; 10. 20-Cody Weisensel[17]; 11. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[13]; 12. 7-Brian Peterson[10]; 13. 51-Zach Boden[5]; 14. 59-Kyle Koch[14]; 15. 1W-Robby Wirth[15]; 16. 67U-Mike Unger[11]; 17. (DNS) 8D-Miles Doherty

Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[8]; 2. 29-Harrison Kleven[3]; 3. 51-Zach Boden[7]; 4. 17-Nick Kilian[5]; 5. 2-Jake Dohner[6]; 6. 29K-Mike Stroik[4]; 7. 59-Kyle Koch[2]; 8. (DNS) 8D-Miles Doherty

Hoosier Tire Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3W-Brandon Waelti[8]; 2. 7-Brian Peterson[2]; 3. 68-Eric Blumer[5]; 4. 15C-RJ Corson[7]; 5. 31-Derek Crane[4]; 6. 67U-Mike Unger[6]; 7. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[3]; 8. 1W-Robby Wirth[1]; 9. (DNS) 20-Cody Weisensel

Rod End Supply Fast Time Qualifying (100 Laps): 1. 3W-Brandon Waelti, 13.708[16]; 2. 73W-Luke Wackerlin, 13.898[14]; 3. 15C-RJ Corson, 14.147[8]; 4. 51-Zach Boden, 14.196[9]; 5. 67U-Mike Unger, 14.234[11]; 6. 2-Jake Dohner, 14.321[5]; 7. 68-Eric Blumer, 14.360[7]; 8. 17-Nick Kilian, 14.372[1]; 9. 31-Derek Crane, 14.415[17]; 10. 29K-Mike Stroik, 14.460[4]; 11. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr, 14.568[3]; 12. 29-Harrison Kleven, 14.579[6]; 13. 7-Brian Peterson, 14.605[10]; 14. 59-Kyle Koch, 15.054[2]; 15. 1W-Robby Wirth, 15.098[13]; 16. 8D-Miles Doherty, 19.968[12]; 17. (DNS) 20-Cody Weisensel; 18. (DNS) 53A-Spyder Akright

Photo by Mandy Mobry of MJM Studio (L-R: Waelti, Crane, Corson)
Article by Bill Blumer Jr.

Submitted By: William Blumer

Will Gerrits Takes Another For McDermand In AFS Badger Midget Action At Angell Park

Another stellar crowd greeted the Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midget Auto Racing Association as they shared the stage with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars at Angell Park Speedway on Sunday for the Ted Johnson Memorial.

Twenty-four drivers from five states signed into the Badger pits with several coming north after racing Friday at Lincoln Speedway in Illinois with Badger’s sister organization Midget Auto Racing Association (MARA) .

PRELIMINARY ACTION

For the second race in a row Badger ran group qualifying with a reduced number of cars in each flight, going with four or five over the usual six or seven. Rod End Supply Fast Time went to Brandon Waelti over Luke Wackerlin and Jake Neuman.

A couple BMARA cars don’t have a regular driver assigned. The Sober Racing entry is one of those. This week, MARA regular Tyler Roth was behind the wheel of the No. 31 in Auto Meter Heat-One. Starting second, Roth took to the lead over Cody Weisensel at the drop of the green. Miles Doherty was in the picture. It didn’t take long for Roth to string out the field, followed by Doherty.

Knowing the top-five in a heat earn points and a better spot in the feature, there was a battle behind the leaders. Coming off the last turn Jake Neuman found some grip and passed Weisensel at the line for third. Roth took the easy win.

In Hoosier Racing Tire Heat-Two Dave Collins Jr. bolted from his pole starting spot with Harrison Kleven on his tail. By lap-three Collins had a five car advantage. As the laps wound down it looked like the popular driver might take a rare heat win despite the charging Wackerlin from the eighth starting spot. With three laps left the yellow flew. Wackerlin was too strong on the restart, got by Collins and went on to the win. Trey Weishoff ran second and Matt Rechek third.

At the line where he finished fourth, the Collins car let out a loud “pop” and the Doyle’s Dogs entry coasted toward the pits. It came to a stop short of “pit in” and a plume of smoke emitted from the engine. It seemed apparent the day was done for Collins.

Veteran Brian Peterson jumped to an early lead in Behling Racing Equipment Heat-Three from this second starting spot. At the mid-way point of the eight lap race Eric Blumer got by Peterson. With battles ensuing behind him, Blumer was able to take his first heat win at his hometown track. From the back of the pack RJ Corson and Waelti rounded out the top-three.

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Waelti’s Schoenfeld Headers Invert Draw put him in the seventh starting spot. Will Gerrits was on the pole in the McDermand Plumbing No. 40 which had won both Badger races it was entered in thus far in 2026, with two different drivers. To his outside was last week’s AFS Badger Midget Series Lyco Manufacturing A-Main winner at the Plymouth Dirt Track, Zach Boden.

Gerrits, a former Badger Micro Series champion, has had just a handful of races in a midget and he has primarily been a sprint car driver of late. Between his ability and the quality of his car and crew, it was apparent at the drop of the green that everyone else would be running for second.

The race got off to a rocky start. Cars were high and low on the track as they negotiated the third turn on the second lap. RJ Corson who started fourth, got sideways in the middle of the corner while running low. He collected Waelti who then collected Blumer. Corson and Waelti were able to restart but Blumer’s day was done with frontal damage.

They only got one more lap in after the restart before Weisensel in the Jones-Spray No. 5X came to a rest on the track. When racing restarted the order was Gerrits, Boden, Neuman and Doherty.

Gerrits took off while Doherty and Boden battled along with Neuman and Wackerlin. Within a few laps Gerrits was up by half a straightaway. Ten laps in Neuman and Wackerlin were looking at podium spots. The pair traded slide jobs and just when it looked like Wackerlin got the advantage and would set his sights on Gerrits, Neuman in the Ecker No. 57 battled back.

Gerrits had amassed an entire straightaway on the next car as they crossed the line on lap 15 of the 25 lap race. With lapped traffic taking up the two primary grooves Neuman started to catch the leader and cut the lead in half. Gerrits, who had no way to know his lead was still comfortable, saw a spot and narrowly split two lappers with five laps left. Within two laps he was back to a straightaway over Neuman and the Waupun, WI, driver went on to the win.

In Bank of Sun Prairie Victory Lane he thanked his team and said, “I can’t believe this.” Gerrits explained that along with his first AFS Badger Midget Series win, the night prior at Plymouth Dirt Track he raced his way into the World of Outlaws Sprint Car feature among a field of 33 cars.

NOTES

Kentucky’s Chet Gehrke was the Bob Tattersall Spankins Motorsports Hard Charger gaining 14 spots to finish fourth. .

The CRSM Hard Luck Award and Last Place Bonus in Loving Memory of Addison Dahlke both went to Mark Chisholm.

Nobody qualified for the Spankins Motorsports Rookie of the Race.

The AFS Badger Midget Series would like to thank High Performance Lubricants and 1855 Saloon & Grill in Cottage Grove for their support.

Badger would also like to thank S&K Snowplowing Landscaping and Automotive for their beautiful stone work on the new Bank of Sun Prairie Victory Lane. Likewise they thank Fanaktive and The Dump Bar and Grill for their support of the Victory Lane effort.

Gerrits joins Gunnar Pio and Drake Edwards as AFS Badger Midget Series winners in the Chase McDermand Racing entry this season. Waelti and Boden are the other drivers with Lyco Manufacturing feature wins in 2026. Both are the owners of their mounts.

The issue for Collins was not night-ending and he did make the bell for the A-Main where he finished sixteenth.

UP NEXT

The AFS Badger Midget Series will be back at the Plymouth Dirt Track next Saturday, June 13.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Lyco Manufacturing A - Feature (25 Laps): 1. 40-Will Gerrits[1]; 2. 57R-Jake Neuman[5]; 3. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[6]; 4. 21-Chet Gehrke[18]; 5. 8D-Miles Doherty[3]; 6. 51-Zach Boden[2]; 7. 7-Brian Peterson[12]; 8. 57-Matt Rechek[9]; 9. 3W-Brandon Waelti[7]; 10. 49P-Carl Peterson IV[16]; 11. 15C-RJ Corson[4]; 12. 31-Tyler Roth[13]; 13. 8-Jake Goeglein[21]; 14. 29-Harrison Kleven[14]; 15. 17-Nick Kilian[22]; 16. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[15]; 17. 59-Kyle Koch[23]; 18. 45-Trey Weishoff[11]; 19. 68-Eric Blumer[8]; 20. 2-Jake Dohner[17]; 21. 3A-Chris Adrien[19]; 22. 5X-Cody Weisensel[10]; 23. 56X-Mark Chisholm[20]

Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Tyler Roth[2]; 2. 8D-Miles Doherty[6]; 3. 57R-Jake Neuman[7]; 4. 5X-Cody Weisensel[4]; 5. 40-Will Gerrits[5]; 6. 21-Chet Gehrke[3]; 7. 8-Jake Goeglein[1]; 8. 59-Kyle Koch[8]

Hoosier Tire Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[8]; 2. 45-Trey Weishoff[4]; 3. 57-Matt Rechek[5]; 4. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[1]; 5. 29-Harrison Kleven[2]; 6. 2-Jake Dohner[6]; 7. 56X-Mark Chisholm[7]; 8. 17-Nick Kilian[3]

Behling Racing Equipment Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 68-Eric Blumer[4]; 2. 15C-RJ Corson[6]; 3. 3W-Brandon Waelti[7]; 4. 51-Zach Boden[5]; 5. 7-Brian Peterson[2]; 6. 49P-Carl Peterson IV[3]; 7. 3A-Chris Adrien[1]

Rod End Supply Fast Time Qualifying (100 Laps): 1. 3W-Brandon Waelti, 14.875[7]; 2. 73W-Luke Wackerlin, 14.940[20]; 3. 57R-Jake Neuman, 14.994[22]; 4. 15C-RJ Corson, 15.081[10]; 5. 56X-Mark Chisholm, 15.127[2]; 6. 8D-Miles Doherty, 15.161[21]; 7. 51-Zach Boden, 15.177[16]; 8. 2-Jake Dohner, 15.225[11]; 9. 40-Will Gerrits, 15.250[17]; 10. 68-Eric Blumer, 15.261[19]; 11. 57-Matt Rechek, 15.300[15]; 12. 5X-Cody Weisensel, 15.309[5]; 13. 49P-Carl Peterson IV, 15.560[1]; 14. 45-Trey Weishoff, 15.618[8]; 15. 21-Chet Gehrke, 15.623[18]; 16. 7-Brian Peterson, 15.644[14]; 17. 17-Nick Kilian, 15.657[13]; 18. 31-Tyler Roth, 15.687[23]; 19. 29K-Mike Stroik, 15.765[9]; 20. 29-Harrison Kleven, 15.771[3]; 21. 8-Jake Goeglein, 15.945[4]; 22. 3A-Chris Adrien, 16.179[6]; 23. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr, 16.227[24]; 24. (DNS) 59-Kyle Koch

Roy Ophime Photography BoSP Victory Lane photo left to right: Jake Neuman, Will Gerrits and Luke Wackerlin.

Article by Bill Blumer Jr.

Submitted By: William Blumer

Badger Midget Auto Racing Association Hall Of Fame Inductions Set for July 12

The third annual Badger Midget Auto Racing Association Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is slated for Sunday, July 12, in conjunction with the AFS Badger Midget Series race at Angell Park Speedway that evening. The inductions will be held in the Angell Park Pavilion located at 315 Park Street, Sun Prairie, WI, on the grounds of Angell Park Speedway.

The Hall of Fame program begins with a luncheon at 11 a.m. (serving at 11:30 a.m.) and the ceremony to follow at 1 p.m. with an estimated ending time of 3 p.m.

Badger Midget Series fans, alumnus and current participants are encouraged to attend. Attendees will enjoy a program with in-person introductions of inductees or their descendants if available. There will be basket and 50/50 raffles available. A cash bar, thanks to Angell Park, will be open. Vintage pictures, memorabilia, the Hall of Fame trophy and BMARA championship trophy (courtesy of the Horstmeyer family) are all expected to be on display.

The cost for the luncheon and ceremony is $35 for the public and $25 for past and current drivers. Commemorative event programs will be available to those who purchase a luncheon ticket. Luncheon tickets must be purchased in advance (see below).

Those who only care to attend the ceremony are welcome to do so at a cost of $15 which can be paid in advance or at the door.

Both the luncheon ticket and the “ceremony only” ticket include general admission to the races that night. The inductions will take place rain or shine. Please note and understand, should the races get cancelled, there will be no refunds for these special induction ceremony admission tickets.

The evening’s race at Angell Park Speedway is the annual “Racers’ Reunion Night.” It promises to be an action-packed day with the Badger Midgets highlighting a card that also includes Milwaukee Area Stock Car Association Vintage Modifieds and Midwest Legends Dirt Series.

Inductees Harlin Kittleson, Randy Koch, Dave Shannon and Bob Walldan are all expected to be in attendance. The Badger Midget Hall of Fame is still searching for relatives of Carl Marchese and Ray Richards.

ORDERING INFORMATION

Please RSVP by July 2 to:

Linda Bredeson
W5325 County Road K
DeForest, WI 53532-9711

Please be sure to include all of the names in your party.
Indicate if they are attending the luncheon or only the ceremony and include a check made out to “BMARAHoF.”

Should you have further questions please contact Ms. Bredeson at (608) 772-1520.

The Badger Midget Hall of Fame would like to thank the Angell Park staff and Angell Park Speedway staff for their help in making this one of the marquee events of the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association year.

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Edwards Takes McDermand Car To Victory Lane In Badger's Dahlke Memorial

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It was Drake Edwards taking home the $5,000 first prize in the fourth annual Dahlke Memorial on May 31, for the Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midget Auto Racing Association at Angell Park Speedway. The event commemorates the lives of BJ Dahlke and his daughter Addison. The pair were big supporters of Badger, who perished in a highway crash in 2022.

Some $35,000 was on the line in total and each A-Main starter took home at least $400. While the MSA Sprint Cars and Dirt King Late Models were on the card, the special purse was unique to the Badger program with most of the funds collected from the Badger Midget Series community. Twenty-seven cars with drivers from six states were in the midget pit area.

PRELIMINARY ACTION

Ohio’s Zach Wigal took Rod End Supply Fast Time. He was piloting the newly minted No. 1 for Parker Jones Racing symbolizing the historic feature run and championship Jones earned the year prior running under his familiar No. 41.

Spyder Akright led the field to the green in Auto Meter Heat-One. It was the first time he paced a race, as by rule he’d been relegated to the back of the pack in his first three evenings of racing due to his rookie status. His row mate Mike Unger got the jump when the green flag flew but it was Miles Doherty, from the eighth and last starting spot who had the lead when lap-one was done. The Iowa driver led all eight laps and finished six lengths ahead of RJ Corson.

Hoosier Racing Tire Heat-Two saw Matt Rechek take to the point from his front row starting spot. It only took Edwards two laps to take the lead. Meanwhile, a spirited battle for second through fifth was had between Rechek, Zach Boden, Luke Wackerlin and Adam Taylor. Their infighting allowed Edwards to amass a half a track lead for the win. The Arizona driver started on the outside of row-three.

Dave Collins Jr. paced the first lap of Behling Racing Equipment Heat-Three before Jake Dohner got by him to complete lap-two. Another entertaining battle, three cars wide, went on behind him. Wigal was able to break free from that pack and nipped Dohner at the line to lead lap-three after starting last. It was another race of big scrums behind the leader and Wigal sailed to an easy win.

LYCO MANUFACTURING A-MAIN

Wigal earned Schoenfeld Headers Invert Draw honors and with a six, he drew the best starting spot he could for the Lyco Manufacturing A-Main. Jace Sparks and Wackerlin led the field to the green and disaster was avoided early as Doherty caught the left rear of Wackerlin sending the front of Doherty’s No. 8 high into the air. He came down and kept going as did Wackerlin.

Reigning MARA champion Jace Sparks led the first four laps with Wigal and Edwards behind him. As they started the fifth circuit, second and third got a run and split Sparks coming out of turn-two with Edwards high and Wigal getting his grip from the bottom of the track. When it shook out down the backstretch Wigal had the advantage but Edwards nipped him at the line to lead the lap.

As they approached lap-eight Edwards was coming onto lapped traffic after enjoying a six-length lead. Meanwhile, Sparks was under pressure for third by Jake Neuman in the Bill Ecker entry. Shortly there after disaster struck for Wigal and the car went up in smoke on the frontstretch, coming to a rest under the flag stand. His day was done.

On the restart it was Edwards over Sparks, Neuman, Wackerlin and Brandon Waelti. Before the lap was complete Boden hopped the left front of Doherty as they exited turn-four and Boden flipped several times. He was out of the car in short order and appeared to be alright. At the time, Boden was leading both Badger and the Illinois-based Midget Auto Racing Association points.

This restart would be as the last, except Neuman was now absent from the field. With cars moving up accordingly, it brought Corson into the fifth spot. Edwards led them to the green at a reasonable pace but gassed it earlier than his last restart. By the time they got to the backstretch he was ahead by five lengths over Sparks.

On lap 13 Wackerlin moved into second over Sparks while Edwards still cruised. With nine laps left, in the 25 lap race, Edwards was again coming upon lapped traffic.

With five laps left Cody Weisensel, driving the Jones-Spray No. 5, expired while running seventh, bringing out the last caution. This restart would see Edwards ahead of Wackerlin, Sparks, Waelti and Corson. On the start Edwards was off in his own zip code again.

By several accounts the track was dusty and rough but it made for at least two good grooves. With four laps left Mitchell Davis went low while Doherty went high with Corson sandwiched in the middle as they bolted down the backstretch fighting for fifth.

Just when it looked like Edwards had it in the bag with a straightaway on Wackerlin, the caution flew once more with just three laps left giving Wackerlin one last shot.

This restart saw Edwards with his usual advantage of several lengths as he got to the start/finish line. But in the middle of turns one and two he caught the cushion allowing Wackerlin to get to his tail tank while Waelti dove underneath them both. Edwards recovered quickly and had another big advantage as they approached turn-three. Waelti and Wackerlin were side by side down the back chute for the runner up spot and a $1,000 difference at the pay window. The two were even all the way to turn-four when Wackerlin got more bite and put a comfortable distance on Waelti.

Edwards won by about ten lengths ahead of Wackerlin and Wackerlin was that far ahead of Waelti as they took the checkers. Edwards was the fourth different winner within Badger on the 2026 season. Chase McDermand, a former Badger champ scored his second win of the year as an owner with the AFS Badger Midget Series.

In his Bank of Sun Prairie Victory Lane interview with Badger announcer Eric Huenefeld, Edwards described the track as, “Cowboy up and technical.” He went on to thank his owner and crew. Edwards received the Lyco Manufacturing winner’s plaque from honorary trophy girl Charlotte Huenefeld.

NOTES

Mark Chisholm won the High Performance Lubricants B-Main.

Eric Blumer was the Bob Tattersall Spankins Motorsports Hard Charger passing nine cars and finishing in ninth.

CRSM Hard Luck Award went to Daltyn England.

Akright was the Spankins Motorsports Rookie of the Race.

The AFS Badger Midget Series would like to thank 1855 Saloon & Grill in Cottage Grove; and Bryan and Melissa Folz for their support in memory of Addison Dahlke.

Badger would also like to thank S&K Snowplowing Landscaping and Automotive for their beautiful stone work on the new Bank of Sun Prairie Victory Lane at Angell Park Speedway. Likewise they thank Fanaktive and The Dump Bar and Grill for their support of the Victory Lane effort.

Two groups were happy with the original date for the Dahlke Memorial being a rainout as Sparks and his adopted team of Sober Racing would have been a scratch due to mechanical issues had the race been run two weeks prior.

Miles Doherty was ready to forego his high school graduation ceremony to race instead. The early morning postponement of the May 17, opener allowed him to walk across the stage with his class.

Boden reported on Tuesday that we was a bit sore due to his flip but hoped to be back to normal in a few days. After the win the night prior, the DNF has relegated him to third in Badger points behind Waelti in first and Doherty in second.

Todd Kluever who suffered a nasty flip the night prior at Plymouth was at the Angell Park. He was interacting with fans and seemed in good spirits. The major cast on his right hand indicated he would be out of commission for an extended period.

UP NEXT

The AFS BMARA is proud to share the Angell Park Speedway stage with the famed World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series this Sunday, June 7. Please see the WoO and APS outlets for all official and the most current information. There is special ticketing for this event so don’t delay in checking it out.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Lyco Manufacturing A - Feature (25 Laps): 1. 40X-Drake Edwards[5]; 2. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[2]; 3. 3W-Brandon Waelti[3]; 4. 31-Jace Sparks[1]; 5. 56-Mitchell Davis[11]; 6. 8D-Miles Doherty[4]; 7. 3-Adam Taylor[10]; 8. 15C-RJ Corson[9]; 9. 68-Eric Blumer[18]; 10. 56X-Mark Chisholm[16]; 11. 2-Jake Dohner[13]; 12. 45-Trey Weishoff[15]; 13. 57-Matt Rechek[14]; 14. 7-Brian Peterson[19]; 15. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[21]; 16. 67U-Mike Unger[17]; 17. 17-Nick Kilian[20]; 18. 59-Kyle Koch[22]; 19. 5X-Cody Weisensel[12]; 20. 1-Zach Wigal[6]; 21. 57R-Jake Neuman[7]; 22. 51-Zach Boden[8]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 56X-Mark Chisholm[2]; 2. 67U-Mike Unger[3]; 3. 68-Eric Blumer[4]; 4. 7-Brian Peterson[6]; 5. 17-Nick Kilian[5]; 6. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[7]; 7. 59-Kyle Koch[10]; 8. 29-Harrison Kleven[11]; 9. 1W-Robby Wirth[8]; 10. (DNS) 53A-Spyder Akright; 11. (DNS) 19E-Daltyn England

Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8D-Miles Doherty[8]; 2. 15C-RJ Corson[6]; 3. 45-Trey Weishoff[3]; 4. 56-Mitchell Davis[5]; 5. 31-Jace Sparks[7]; 6. 67U-Mike Unger[2]; 7. 7-Brian Peterson[4]; 8. 53A-Spyder Akright[1]

Hoosier Tire Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40X-Drake Edwards[7]; 2. 51-Zach Boden[5]; 3. 3-Adam Taylor[4]; 4. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[6]; 5. 57-Matt Rechek[2]; 6. 56X-Mark Chisholm[3]; 7. 17-Nick Kilian[1]; 8. 1W-Robby Wirth[8]; 9. 29-Harrison Kleven[9]

Behlings Race Products Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Zach Wigal[8]; 2. 2-Jake Dohner[3]; 3. 57R-Jake Neuman[6]; 4. 3W-Brandon Waelti[7]; 5. 5X-Cody Weisensel[4]; 6. 19E-Daltyn England[5]; 7. 68-Eric Blumer[2]; 8. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[1]; 9. 59-Kyle Koch[9]

Rod End Supply Fast Time Qualifying (100 Laps): 1. 1-Zach Wigal, 15.169[14]; 2. 40X-Drake Edwards, 15.543[26]; 3. 8D-Miles Doherty, 15.597[16]; 4. 3W-Brandon Waelti, 15.647[13]; 5. 73W-Luke Wackerlin, 15.658[15]; 6. 31-Jace Sparks, 15.662[11]; 7. 57R-Jake Neuman, 15.667[23]; 8. 51-Zach Boden, 15.736[18]; 9. 15C-RJ Corson, 15.758[6]; 10. 19E-Daltyn England, 15.776[8]; 11. 3-Adam Taylor, 15.783[17]; 12. 56-Mitchell Davis, 15.992[22]; 13. 5X-Cody Weisensel, 16.130[1]; 14. 56X-Mark Chisholm, 16.167[9]; 15. 7-Brian Peterson, 16.207[5]; 16. 2-Jake Dohner, 16.230[12]; 17. 57-Matt Rechek, 16.232[2]; 18. 45-Trey Weishoff, 16.300[10]; 19. 68-Eric Blumer, 16.350[21]; 20. 17-Nick Kilian, 16.465[20]; 21. 67U-Mike Unger, 16.822[4]; 22. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr, 16.885[24]; 23. 1W-Robby Wirth, 16.907[19]; 24. 53A-Spyder Akright, 17.123[25]; 25. 59-Kyle Koch, 17.176[3]; 26. 29-Harrison Kleven, 17.226[7]; 27. (DNS) 20-Mike Hess

Photo by Roy Ophime Photography
Article by Bill Blumer Jr.

Boden Takes AFS Badger Midget Series Go At Plymouth Dirt Track

The Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midget Series rolled into the Plymouth Dirt Track on the first night of a doubleheader weekend, Saturday, May 30.

The action kicked off with Rod End Supply qualifying where Todd Kluever scored fast time over Brandon Waelti.

Brian Peterson paced the first laps of Auto Meter Heat-One before slipping up the track in turn-four. After running side by side with Peterson for a lap, Mark Chisholm was waiting and took advantage of the situation, diving low and taking the lead. Chisholm went on to an easy win.

Mitchell Davis walked away with Hoosier Racing Tire Heat-Two followed by Waelti, Eric Blumer and Miles Doherty who had a spirited battle for those spots.

Kluever gained six positions in Behling Racing Equipment Heat-Three over Luke Wackerlin and Nick Kilian. Kilian led the first half of the race before washing up and getting sideways in turn-four with three laps left, yielding to Kluever. Kluever’s win gave him rights to the Schoenfeld Headers Invert Draw.

LYCO MANUFACTURING A-MAIN

It was a bumpy start to the Lyco Manufacturing A-Main. When the green flag flew Miles Doherty and Zach Boden went side by side before Doherty grabbed the lead. Two laps in, the yellow flag came out for a stalled car.

On the restart the pair separated from the field for a lap before a flip by Waelti in the first turn brought out the red. Waelti was out of the car and walking in short order. He appeared to be alright.

One lap was complete before another stalled car bought out the yellow again. When racing resumed it was Boden, Doherty, RJ Corson, Kluever and Davis rounding out the top-five. Boden took advantage of the battle between Corson, Kluever and Doherty and put a good eight-lengths on the followers. As Boden tested various grooves Corson stayed steady on the low side and eventually gained a lot of ground on the leader.

At about the half-way point Corson was even with Boden coming out of turn-four. With Corson on the bottom and Boden high, Boden got a big run out of the corner and powered past Corson and promptly took to Corson’s low groove after several laps on the cushion.

While Boden was racing the track and in the lead, Corson and Kluever were now side by side for several laps with Corson low and Kluever high. Just when Kluever would get next to Corson, Corson would find a way to power ahead.

With eight laps left Boden was catching the back of the field and one of the lappers was consistently running in the line Boden would want. Kluever cleared Corson and was setting his sights on Boden. As the duo entered turn-three Kluever tried to sneak high around Boden who was near the cushion himself now. Kluever jumped Boden’s right rear with his left front and suffered a series of barrel rolls ending in some contact with the wall.

The red flag came out and fans waited for Kluever to exit. He did so primarily on his own, but crews did help him down off his mount. Kluever removed his helmet and walked to the ambulance. He had an extended visit with the EMS crew before racing would start again.

With six laps left the restarting order was Boden, Corson, Doherty, Davis, and Wackerlin. On the green, Boden jumped to a five-car advantage over Corson who had several lengths on Doherty.

As Boden checked out, Doherty kept trying to go high to get by Corson but it was evident the bottom was fastest and with just a couple laps left Doherty filed in behind Corson. Boden easily took the checkers.

In his Victory Lane interview with PDT announcer Eric Mueller, Boden indicated he felt bad about the contact with Kluever, but had no idea Kluever was there until he heard the “thump.” Boden further indicated he was good in the low groove and didn’t want to move up until they hit lapped traffic and didn’t really want to go high even then.

The top ten were Boden, Corson, Doherty, Davis, Weisensel, Wackerlin, Blumer, Peterson, Jake Dohner, Dave Collins Jr.

Boden's win made him the third different winner in AFS Badger Midget Series action in 2026.

NOTES

Cody Weisensel had an issue with a fuel fitting in his heat causing the Sun Prairie driver to head to the pits before the completion of the race. Relegated to the back of the Lyco Manufacturing A-Main he raced his way from 18th to 5th to take Bob Tattersall Spankins Motorsports Hard Charger honors.

The Last Place Bonus in Loving Memory of Addison Dahlke went to Derek Crane.

Spankins Motorsports Rookie of the Race honors were collected by Spyder Akright.

Mike Gebhard was the CASM Safety Products Hard Luck recipient.

The AFS BMARA would like to thank 1855 Saloon and Grill in downtown Cottage Grove, WI and High Performance Lubricants for their support of the series.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 56X-Mark Chisholm[3]; 2. 7-Brian Peterson[2]; 3. 15C-RJ Corson[5]; 4. 51-Zach Boden[4]; 5. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[1]; 6. 53A-Spyder Akright[6]

Hoosier Tire Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Mitchell Davis[4]; 2. 3W-Brandon Waelti[6]; 3. 68-Eric Blumer[3]; 4. 8D-Miles Doherty[5]; 5. 67U-Mike Unger[1]; 6. 31-Derek Crane[2]

Behlings Race Products Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Todd Kluever[7]; 2. 73W-Luke Wackerlin[6]; 3. 17-Nick Kilian[4]; 4. 2-Jake Dohner[3]; 5. 1W-Robby Wirth[2]; 6. 29-Harrison Kleven[1]; 7. 20-Cody Weisensel[5]

Rod End Supply Fast Time Qualifying (100 Laps): 1. 55-Todd Kluever, 13.682[16]; 2. 3W-Brandon Waelti, 13.779[15]; 3. 15C-RJ Corson, 13.822[8]; 4. 73W-Luke Wackerlin, 13.850[5]; 5. 8D-Miles Doherty, 13.862[20]; 6. 51-Zach Boden, 13.932[3]; 7. 20-Cody Weisensel, 13.955[18]; 8. 56-Mitchell Davis, 13.984[13]; 9. 56X-Mark Chisholm, 14.315[17]; 10. 17-Nick Kilian, 14.347[1]; 11. 68-Eric Blumer, 14.353[19]; 12. 7-Brian Peterson, 14.451[4]; 13. 2-Jake Dohner, 14.480[11]; 14. 31-Derek Crane, 14.518[7]; 15. 53A-Spyder Akright, 14.852[14]; 16. 1W-Robby Wirth, 14.925[6]; 17. 67U-Mike Unger, 15.049[12]; 18. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr, 15.073[21]; 19. 29-Harrison Kleven, 15.120[10]; 20. (DNS) 57-Matt Rechek; 21. (DNS) 81-Mike Gebhard

At press time Lyco A-Main results were not available.

Photo credit: JW's Car and Raccing Photos
Article by Bill Blumer Jr.

Midget Auto Racing Association

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“The original MARA series, known as the Midwest Auto Racing Association, was conceived in the summer of 1977 in Springfield, IL. Under the direction of its first President, Dean Helmick, and a six member Board of Directors, MARA sanctioned its first auto race that summer at the Champaign County Fair, Champaign, IL. At that event, which featured 27 competing drivers, the thrust of MARA originated. Only one more race would be held that first year, but from that basic beginning, MARA rose to the one of the top midget organizations in the United States.

Clouser Cleans Up With A Sweep In MARA Action At Lincoln Speedway

Joseph Putnam

A big crowd was on hand to watch Mario Clouser sweep the field in Midget Auto Racing Association (MARA) action at Lincoln Speedway (Lincoln, IL) on Friday, June 6. Clouser started his march with group qualifying where he topped Jake Neuman for Rod End Supply Fast Time honors, setting the tone for the night.

Auto Meter Heat-One saw Daltyn England beat Kevin Battefeld to the first corner and pace the first lap. Meanwhile, Jake Neuman was patiently picking off cars in a charge to the front from his third row starting spot. At the mid-point of the race Neuman found himself in second when he swung high in turn-three and then pointed his car to the bottom of turn-four where he snuck under England and bolted to the lead. England then tried fighting off a charging Mitchell Davis to no avail. Neuman won by seven lengths over Davis.

Clouser would have more of a challenge than Neuman, in CASM Safety Products Heat-Two as the fast qualifier started eighth. At the drop of the green they were three-wide in short order with Carl Peterson IV coming out on top over Jordan Clary and Chris Adrien. Three laps in, Peterson IV enjoyed several lengths on the field with Clouser back in fifth. Clouser broke free on the next lap and with three to go he got by Peterson IV. From there Clouser put a straightaway on the field for the win.

FUSION ENGINEERING A-Main

The 20 lap Fusion Engineering Feature saw Greg Ross and Chet Gehrke bring the field to the green. There had been two grooves all night to this point, albeit within a narrow band primarily from the bottom to the middle of the track. At the drop of the green cars were low to just a couple of feet from the outer wall. Gehrke paced the first laps running tight to the bottom. Clouser was one car hustling on the high side.

Five laps in it was Gehrke over Neuman by about five lengths and Clouser another five back from Neuman. In three more laps Clouser was working both high and low and got around Neuman for the runner-up spot.

With Clouser and Neuman battling, Gehrke was able to stretch his advantage to a straightaway. But Clouser closed the gap from the high line and with the laps winding down it was apparent Gehrke was going to have to change his groove to win as he would soon be encountering a lapped car running in his line.

At the stripe to start lap-fourteen Gehrke did catch the lapper to the point that there appeared to be front bumper to tail tank contact causing a wiggle out of the Gehrke car. This allowed Clouser to power by on the outside along with Neuman.

With four to go Clouser gained a comfortable advantage while Gehrke fought back against Neuman. That pair went side by side for the remaining laps with the track sustaining two great racing lines, Gehrke low and Neuman high.

Clouser driving the Phantom Chassis house car dispatched a lapped car on the last corner and took the checkers. Gehrke washed up a bit and lost momentum coming out of four allowing Neuman to beat him to the runner-up spot.

In his victory lane interview upon hearing it was Gehrke he had passed for the lead this night, Clouser noted with a chuckle that it was Gehrke who he passed for his first-ever midget win years ago.

NOTES
Clouser earned the rights to the Horizon Develop Build Manage Invert Draw.
The High Performance Lubricants Hard Charger Award also went to Clouser as he passed four cars in a race that went green to checkers without a stoppage.

It was announced that Tyler Roth would race for Sober Racing this coming Sunday, June 7, at Angell Park Speedway. 2025 MARA champ Jace Sparks drove the same car to a fourth place finish the week prior. That event with the AFS Badger Midget Series also includes a visit by the famed World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and will be available live on DIRTVision.

SPECIAL THANKS
Along with the noted supporters, MARA would like to thank Schoenfeld Headers and Hoosier Tire for their sponsorship of the series.

NEXT UP

MARA is back in action Saturday, June 20, in a co-sanctioned event with the AFS Badger Midget Series at Sycamore Speedway. The race will be live on BadgerRacing.TV

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Fusion Engineering A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 75-Mario Clouser[5]; 2. 57R-Jake Neuman[4]; 3. 21-Chet Gehrke[2]; 4. 56X-Mark Chisholm[3]; 5. 19E-Daltyn England[7]; 6. 7X-Greg Ross[1]; 7. 56-Mitchell Davis[10]; 8. 42-Kevin Battefeld[8]; 9. 18-Tyler Roth[11]; 10. 49P-Carl Peterson IV[9]; 11. 12C-Dominic Bruns[14]; 12. 11K-Mark McMahill[12]; 13. 5-Jacob Sollenberger[6]; 14. 3A-Chris Adrien[15]; 15. 51Y-Chris Young[16]; 16. 94-Jordan Clary[13]

Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57R-Jake Neuman[6]; 2. 56-Mitchell Davis[7]; 3. 19E-Daltyn England[2]; 4. 42-Kevin Battefeld[1]; 5. 7X-Greg Ross[3]; 6. 11K-Mark McMahill[5]; 7. 12C-Dominic Bruns[4]; 8. 51Y-Chris Young[8]

CASM Safety Products Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Mario Clouser[8]; 2. 21-Chet Gehrke[6]; 3. 56X-Mark Chisholm[7]; 4. 49P-Carl Peterson IV[2]; 5. 5-Jacob Sollenberger[4]; 6. 18-Tyler Roth[5]; 7. 94-Jordan Clary[3]; 8. 3A-Chris Adrien[1]

Rod End Supply Fast Time Qualifying (25 Laps): 1. 75-Mario Clouser, 13.888[10]; 2. 57R-Jake Neuman, 13.926[12]; 3. 56X-Mark Chisholm, 14.037[11]; 4. 11K-Mark McMahill, 14.132[7]; 5. 21-Chet Gehrke, 14.295[9]; 6. 12C-Dominic Bruns, 14.360[16]; 7. 18-Tyler Roth, 14.377[5]; 8. 7X-Greg Ross, 14.579[3]; 9. 5-Jacob Sollenberger, 14.580[2]; 10. 19E-Daltyn England, 14.581[4]; 11. 94-Jordan Clary, 14.602[1]; 12. 42-Kevin Battefeld, 14.605[8]; 13. 49P-Carl Peterson IV, 14.756[14]; 14. 51Y-Chris Young, 15.858[15]; 15. 3A-Chris Adrien, 15.894[13]; 16. (DNS) 56-Mitchell Davis, 20.000

Photo by Joseph Putnam
Article by Bill Blumer Jr.