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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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BUD KAEDING ENDS NARC DROUGHT; WINS JOHNNY KEY CLASSIC AT WATSONVILLE

(8/2/25 – Andrew Kunas) Watsonville, CA … Bud Kaeding ended a long drought in a big way, capturing Saturday’s Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway and scoring his first NARC King of the West sprint car victory since 2019.

Kaeding led the entire race but had to deal with slower traffic throughout the 30-lap event and held on to win aboard the Alviso Rock-sponsored BK Motorsports No. 29 Shaver-powered Maxim. It was Kaeding’s second Johnny Key Classic win, the first coming back in 1996 at the old San Jose Speedway.

Tanner Carrick, who started alongside Kaeding on the front row, took the lead on the initial start, but it was called back after a red flag for a crash on the back stretch. On the complete restart, Kaeding took advantage of the second chance and jetted out to the lead. Carrick, hunting for his first NARC victory, ran in second place throughout, and on a couple of instances got within striking distance of Kaeding as the former NARC champion struggled with a couple of slower cars late in the race. Kaeding held on and managed to make key passes around those cars in the closing laps to secure the win.

Kaeding celebrated by doing donuts on the track in Turns 1 and 2, stalling his car out.  Bud’s father Brent Kaeding rode over to greet him on his bike and loaned it to Bud for him to ride out to the front stretch. He then went through the flag gate to go into the grandstands to greet the fans before finally going to the winner’s circle for his interview.

Bud joined dad Brent (two wins) and late grandfather Howard Kaeding (four wins), as multi-time winners of the Johnny Key Classic. Bud’s brother Tim Kaeding is also a former winner. Bud talked about his family’s history competing at the Johnny Key Classic and the fact it was so long in between Johnny Key wins for him.

“I was 16, my first year. I thought it was the coolest thing ever (winning the Key). I got my crew chief from then. He’s been helping me the last two years,” Kaeding said. “My dad and my grandfather had won that race (before), and now my dad, my grandfather and my brother (Tim) have won. I can’t believe it took me thirty years to do it again.”

Kaeding’s victory was his first NARC King of the West win since August 2019 at the Stockton Dirt Track.

After being run as a 360 sprint car event at Ocean Speedway the last several years, the event switched to a 410 event under NARC sanctioning for 2025.

Carrick duplicated his best NARC finish of his career, taking second aboard the California Waterfowl-sponsored Carrick Racing No. 83t Rider-powered Maxim. After starting eighth, Sean Becker worked his way into the Top 5 and was in constant battles for position throughout the race and eventually took over third place. Though he closed in on Kaeding and Carrick in the closing laps, Becker settled for a podium aboard the D&J Construction Equipment Rental-sponsored Bjork Construction No. 7b Shaver-powered Maxim.

Tyler Thompson had one of his best finishes of the season, finishing fourth in the HAM Construction-sponsored Main Motorsports No. 35km Kistler-powered Maxim. Gauge Garcia, who won last year’s Johnny Key Classic as a 360 event, picked up a fifth place finish aboard the Monarch Ford-sponsored Keller Motorsports No. 2k Speedway-powered Triple X.

Shane Golobic, NARC points leader D.J. Netto, Max Mittry, Kaleb Montgomery and Jake Andreotti rounded out the Top 10. Mittry earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger Award, coming from 14th to finish eighth.

Outside of qualifying, Bud Kaeding won each time he was on the track on Saturday. He won the Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash to secure the pole position for the feature and earlier won the evening’s first heat race. Other heats were won by Thompson and Andreotti. Netto set fast time in Automotive Racing Products Qualifying with a time of 10.693 seconds around the ¼-mile clay oval.

Racing was halted earlier in the evening when Nick Parker was involved in a crash during the warm up lap for the second heat race. Alert and talking with safety workers, Parker was transported to a local medical facility for observation.

Hoosier Racing Tires Feature (30 laps): 1. 29-Bud Kaeding[1]; 2. 83T-Tanner Carrick[2]; 3. 7B-Sean Becker[8]; 4. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[5]; 5. 2K-Gauge Garcia[3]; 6. 17W-Shane Golobic[10]; 7. 88N-DJ Netto[6]; 8. 2X-Max Mittry[14]; 9. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[12]; 10. 7P-Jake Andreotti[4]; 11. 88A-Joey Ancona[9]; 12. 61-Travis Labat[17]; 13. 12J-John Clark[15]; 14. 72W-Kurt Nelson[16]; 15. 10-Dominic Gorden[7]; 16. 12-Jarrett Soares[11]; 17. 121-Caeden Steele[13]; 18. (DNS) 15-Nick Parker

METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: Bud Kaeding 1-30

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 2x Max Mittry, 14th to 8th (+6)

Automotive Racing Products Fast Qualifier (18 cars): 88n D.J. Netto, 10.693 seconds.

Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. 29 Bud Kaeding, 2. 10 Dominic Gorden, 3. 88n D.J. Netto, 4. 17w Shane Golobic, 5. 121 Caeden Steele, 6. 72w Kurt Nelson.

Kimo’s Tropical Carwash Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. 35km Tyler Thompson, 2. 88a Joey Ancona, 3. 2k Gauge Garcia, 4. 3 Kaleb Montgomery, 5. 2x Max Mittry, DNS – 15 Nick Parker.

WEDG High Performance Karts Heat 3 (8 laps): 1. 7p Jake Andreotti, 2. 7b Sean Becker, 3. 83t Tanner Carrick, 4. 12 Jarrett Soares, 5. 12j John Clark, 6. 61 Travis Labat.

Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash (6 laps): 1. 29 Bud Kaeding, 2. 83t Tanner Carrick, 3. 2k Gauge Garcia, 4. 7p Jake Andreotti, 5. 35km Tyler Thompson, 6. 88n D.J. Netto.

Photos by Gary Watterworth

 

 

 

(7/28/25 - Andrew Kunas) Watsonville, CA ... The NARC 410 Sprint Car Series will make its final visit of the season to Ocean Speedway on Saturday, August 2nd, when the series takes part in the 65th running of the Johnny Key Classic.

The event honors a legendary driver who dominated California racing during the late 1940’s and 1950’s. It was 1952 where Key reportedly won an astounding 54 races in different classes of cars, and that included a 500-lap race at San Jose Speedway where he won by 18 laps. Key won numerous other races in sprint cars and midgets during his career and won several championships. Key lost his life at just 30 years of age in a midget crash in 1954 in Ohio.

The Johnny Key Classic was first run in 1954, shortly after his passing, and was won by Danny Graves. It ran for decades under different lengths and formats, but it was run in San Jose until 1999. After a hiatus, the event was brought back in 2007 at Ocean Speedway as a 360 sprint car event. In 2025, the event became a 410 sprint car event under NARC sanctioning.

Saturday’s race will be the fourth for NARC at Ocean Speedway and will pay $5,000 to the winner of the 30-lap main event.

Nick Rescino leads everyone with six Johnny Key Classic victories over the years. Howard Kaeding was a four-time winner while his legendary son Brent won it twice. Other past winners of the race in its various forms include Al Pombo, Clyde Palmer, Marshall Sargent and Mike Sargent, Burt Foland, Chuck Miller, Ronnie Day, Tommy Tarlton, and more recently the likes of Rico Abreu, Justin Sanders, Buddy Kofoid, Tanner Thorson, Shane Golobic and Dominic Scelzi.

WHO TO WATCH

Former NARC champion Bud Kaeding of Campbell will be one driver fans will be keeping an eye on. While he didn’t win on either night at the Howard Kaeding Classic, Bud did lead laps in the main event on the first night before a treacherous cushion bit him and sent him off the track. Kaeding knows Ocean Speedway well and will look at it as an opportunity to get back in the win column in NARC competition aboard the BK Motorsports No. 29. After mechanical issues in his heat race last Saturday at Santa Maria Speedway, Kaeding earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger Award in the main event, moving up ten positions.

Gauge Garcia of Lemoore won last year’s Johnny Key Classic, its last as a 360 event. Garcia is still hunting his first 410 victory with NARC, and it would be ironic if that first win came in the event he previously won in something different. He and the Keller Motorsports No. 2k have dealt with motor issues throughout the season but have still shown speed throughout.

D.J. Netto, another former NARC champion, has two wins on the season and took over the points lead Saturday at Santa Maria. The Hanford driver and the Netto Ag No. 88n turned in a fourth place run in Watsonville the other weekend but suffered a mechanical problem and dropped out of the feature in Santa Maria. Despite having the points lead, Netto is wanting to get back in the win column this weekend.

Also expected to compete is Harrisburg, Oregon’s Tyler Thompson, who leads the NARC Rookie of the Year chase and had a podium finish at Ocean Speedway in May. Fresno drivers Caeden Steele and Mariah Ede are expected to join, along with Oroville’s Sean Becker, Dominic Gordon of Clovis, Templeton's Kaleb Montgomery and John Clark from Windsor. Former track champion Kurt Nelson is a frequent participant when NARC visits his home track as well.

FAN INFO

Ocean Speedway is located on the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville, at 2601 E Lake Ave. Front gates open at 3:30 p.m. with racing scheduled 6:00 p.m. Also joining NARC to race on Saturday will be IMCA modifieds, IMCA sport mods and BCRA lightning sprints.

Saturday’s event concludes the “Cooler Weather Tour,” the recent stretch of races for NARC all scheduled along the California coast and featuring comfortable temperatures for teams and fans. After a break allowing NARC teams to go to the Knoxville Nationals in Iowa and High Limit events happening after that in California, NARC returns to action when it visits the reopening Calistoga Speedway for the Louie Vermeil Classic on Saturday and Sunday, August 30th and 31st.

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 also 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 19 EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES - 7/27/25)

  1. DJ Netto, Hanford - 2420
  2. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) - 2413
  3. Sean Becker, Roseville - 2405
  4. Bud Kaeding, Campbell - 2397
  5. Dominic Gorden, Clovis - 2374
  6. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore - 2318
  7. Justin Sanders, Aromas - 2312
  8. Caeden Steele, Fresno - 2217
  9. Mariah Ede, Fresno (R) - 2136
  10. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno - 2020
  11. Landon Brooks, Rio Oso - 1881
  12. Billy Aton, Benicia - 1761
  13. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR - 1760
  14. Nick Parker, Tucson, AX - 1584
  15. Shane Golobic, Fremont - 1521
  16. John Clark, Windsor - 1471
  17. Max Mittry, Redding - 1437
  18. Jess Schlotfeldt, Arlington, WA - 1215
  19. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton - 1198
  20. Tim Kaeding, San Jose - 1068

Upcoming Events
August 30 – Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, CA (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 1)
August 31 – Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, CA (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 2)
September 6 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, CA

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 - at Santa Maria Speedway (Showdown at Santa Maria)

Great Lakes Super Sprints 

   

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Mann, What a Race! Jett Mann Captures First Career GLSS Win at Butler Saturday

Quincy, MI - The second night of a doubleheader weekend brought some different drivers to the table, hoping to find victory lane with the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP. A mix of championship hopefuls and ringers looking for a win put on an intense show for fans at Butler Motor Speedway.


 

Alongside Boston Mead, Jett Mann led the field to the green ahead of the 25-lap main event on Saturday night. Mann held off Dustin Daggett and Jared Horstman to lead the opening lap. Mead fought back into third behind Daggett putting Horstman back to fourth ahead of Chase Ridenour.


 

The first caution flag of the night came out just four laps in when Phil Gressman spun at the bottom of turn one. On the restart, things remained relatively unchanged throughout the field until the halfway mark of the race when the leaders started working through heavy lapped traffic.


 

On lap 15, Mann missed the bottom entering turn one, opening the door for Daggett to get to his inside. Daggett took the lead down the backstretch and now had the task of navigating lapped traffic. The pass for the lead allowed Boston Mead to work back into the conversation for the top spot.


 

With eight laps to go, Daggett caught a piece of the tractor tire exiting the turn, which gave Mann a run going into three. Entering the turn, Daggett was taking a big arch to try to get under a lapped car, opening the door for Mann on the extreme bottom. The pair made contact and bumped side-by-side several times until the center of the corner, when Mann was able to drive away, and Daggett spun to the bottom of the track which was the preferred line. 


 

Daggett attempted to hit the spin cycle and drive out of the incident, but with heavy traffic coming into three, officials called a caution which sent the No.85 to the tail, setting up a final restart with less than 10 to go. Mann was able to hold off Mead and Jared Horstman for his first career GLSS Feature victory in just his second start since a vicious crash at I-96 Speedway in June.


 

The next event for the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP is Friday, August 22nd from Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, Canada, and Saturday, August 23rd from Buxton Speedway. Fans who can’t make the trip can catch the action live on www.GreatLakesSprints.TV.


 

Max Stambaugh set the Ti22 Performance Quick Time.


 

Max Stambaugh won Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race one.


 

Dustin Daggett won Beacon & Bridge Market Heat Race two.


 

Jett Mann won Miami Pain Heat Race three.


 

Michigan CAT A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 19-Jett Mann[2]; 2. 42-Boston Mead[1]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman[3]; 4. 38-Chase Ridenour[5]; 5. 71H-Max Stambaugh[6]; 6. 16-Ryan Ruhl[7]; 7. 23-Devon Dobie[9]; 8. X-Mike Keegan[13]; 9. 83-Adam Cruea[11]; 10. 49T-Gregg Dalman[15]; 11. 7C-Phil Gressman[10]; 12. 27K-Zac Broughman[14]; 13. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]; 14. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[12]; 15. 70-Eli Lakin[16]; 16. 49-Brian Ruhlman[18]; 17. 23B-Charlie Baur[19]; 18. 33-Jeremy Ferguson[21]; 19. 13T-Andy Teunessen[17]; 20. 67-Kevin Martens[20]; 21. 13-Van Gurley Jr[8]

 

 

Lucky 7s! Horstman Earns 7th GLSS Win of the Season from 7th


 

Lake Odessa, MI - Nearly two-dozen cars were on the property Friday night at I-96 Speedway for the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP to kick off a doubleheader weekend of racing. After a couple weeks of struggles, Jared Horstman returned to championship form in an impressive performance.


 

Scotty Thiel, the most recent winner at I-96 with GLSS, led the field to the green flag alongside 2016 GLSS champion, Chase Ridenour. Thiel jumped out to the early lead in turn one, but fifth starting Dustin Daggett was quickly on his heels going into turn three and nearly led the opening lap. A caution just three laps in set the stage for great racing inside the top five.


 

From the seventh spot, Jared Horstman was methodically working up the ladder. Running fifth on lap five, calamity unfolded in front of Horstman when Chase Dunham and Chase Ridenour came together at the exit of turn four. The contact sent Dunham flipping into the catch fence on the front stretch and Ridenour pirouetting in the air. As the two were wrecking, Horstman caught a piece of the action with the nose wing of his No.17. Dunham and Ridenour were ok but unable to continue.


 

As the field was refired after the red flag, Thiel’s Ragged Edge Racing No.51 wouldn’t lock into gear, prompting a trip to the work area and realigning Thiel at the tail of the field. That handed the lead over to Daggett, and thanks to the crash and Thiel’s mechanical issues, Horstman was now in second.


 

On the restart, Daggett was able to keep his distance from Horstman; anywhere from half a second to a second the advantage. With two laps to go, Daggett tried to pass a lapped car on the bottom of turns one and two, unable to complete the pass, Daggett lost all momentum and Horstman was able to get to his inside down the backstretch and complete the pass in three and four. 


 

The race wasn’t over yet for Horstman, with Championship rival Max Stambaugh, who was running sixth, ahead of him, Horstman threaded the needle between the No.71H and the outside wall to put distance between himself and Daggett. Thiel rallied back to finish third, Ryan Ruhl fourth, and Mike Keegan completed the top five.


 

The next event for the Great Lakes Super Sprints is Saturday, August 16th at Butler Motor Speedwya in Quincy, MI. The GLSS will be in action alongside the weekly 410 Sprint Cars. Fans who can’t make the trip can catch all the action live on www.GreatLakesSprints.TV.


 

Scotty Thiel won the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier Award


 

Scotty Thiel won Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race one.


 

Max Stambaugh won Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat Race two.

Dustin Daggett won Miami Paint Heat Race three.


 

Gregg Dalman was the Operating Engineers 324 Hard Charger.


 

Michigan CAT A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 17-Jared Horstman[7]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett[5]; 3. 51-Scotty Thiel[1]; 4. 16-Ryan Ruhl[8]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[6]; 6. 71H-Max Stambaugh[3]; 7. 49T-Gregg Dalman[14]; 8. 23-Devon Dobie[13]; 9. 13-Van Gurley Jr[11]; 10. 7C-Phil Gressman[17]; 11. 27K-Zac Broughman[18]; 12. 10S-Jay Steinebach[10]; 13. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[19]; 14. 33-Jeremy Ferguson[16]; 15. 67-Kevin Martens[15]; 16. 13T-Andy Teunessen[12]; 17. 38-Chase Ridenour[2]; 18. 66-Chase Dunham[4]; 19. 6-Ryan Coniam[9]; 20. (DNS) 84-Levi Poortenga; 21. (DNS) 14-Keith Sheffer Jr

  
 

On Cloud Nine! Stambaugh Earns Ninth GLSS Win Saturday at Silver Bullet


 

Owendale, MI - In 2017, on his way to his first career Great Lakes Super Sprints Championship, Jared Horstman collected a record 11 feature wins. After Saturday night’s event with the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP, Stambaugh is now within two wins of the record.
 

Alex Clute and Phil Gressman led the field to the green flag ahead of 25 laps on Saturday night. Gressman jumped out to the early lead as Stambaugh and Mike Keegan hustled three wide around Clute. 
 

On lap 11 in heavy lapped traffic, Stambaugh found the outside of the race track which had been bottom-dominant all night long. Stambaugh ripped around Gressman down the backstretch before setting sail out front. Meanwhile, the rest of the top five were bumper-to-bumper trying to gain position.
 

Gressman, Keegan, and Dustin Daggett negotiated the terms for the final rung of the podium amid thick lapped traffic. With less than five laps to go, Daggett moved into the second spot while Gressman held off Keegan and a charging Jared Horstman. At the finish, Max Stambaugh collected his ninth win of the season ahead of Daggett, Gressman, Keegan, and Horstman.
 

With the win, Stambaugh moves into second on the all-time Great Lakes Super Sprints wins list with 27. He trails Horstman who has 31. Stambaugh extends his lead in the Tour Championship standings and closes in on Horstman for the MacAllister CAT Division with just four races remaining in Michigan and six on the Tour.
 

The next event for the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints is Friday, August 15th at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Michigan before going to Butler Motor Speedway on Saturday, August 16th. Fans who can’t make the trip can catch the action on GreatLakesSprints.Tv.
 

Michigan CAT A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 71H-Max Stambaugh[3]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett[5]; 3. 7C-Phil Gressman[2]; 4. X-Mike Keegan[4]; 5. 17-Jared Horstman[6]; 6. 66-Chase Dunham[11]; 7. 14A-Alex Clute[1]; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[8]; 9. 49T-Gregg Dalman[9]; 10. 22-Tom Lowe[7]; 11. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[10]; 12. 27K-Zac Broughman[13]; 13. 33-Jeremy Ferguson[12]; 14. 67-Kevin Martens[15]; 15. 31-Jim Girard[17]; 16. 10-Cody Howard[18]; 17. 23-Tank Brakenberry[16]; 18. (DNS) 89-Chris Pobanz
 

Dustin Daggett was the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier.
 

Daggett won Engler Machine & Tool Heat One.
 

Phil Gressman won Beacon & Bridge Heat Two.
 

Max Stambaugh won Miami Paint Heat Race Three.
 

Chase Dunham was the Operating Engineers 324 Hard Charger.

 
Howl at the Moon! Chase Dunham Wins First Career GLSS Race Friday at Hartford Speedway

Hartford, MI - In a season that has seen Jared Horstman and Max Stambaugh combine for 14 feature wins, a first-time winner didn’t seem to be in the cards. Friday night, with a full moon in the sky, the only thing that was going to keep Dunham for finding Victory Lane with the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP, was himself.
 

Starting on the outside of the front row alongside veteran Van Gurley, Jr, Dunham jumped out to a quick lead and put distance between himself and the field in a hurry. That scenario has been done by the No.66 car before, and the end result hasn’t been what he’s been hoping for thus far.


 

With just six laps on the board, Dunham was working to the inside of lapped traffic at the exit of turn number four when he made contact with the inside wall with his left front tire. Somehow, Dunham was able to continue and didn’t lose much time to Gurley and Stambaugh.


 

Another potential race-losing moment came inside of 10 laps to go when Dunham’s car stepped completely sideways entering turn three behind a lapped car. Dunham was able to straighten the car out but not before Stambaugh cut the gap down to just four car lengths.


 

With eight laps to go, the only caution of the race flew for Keith Sheffer, Jr, who caught the wall in turn three and slowed to a stop on the front stretch. The caution was a potential break for Dunham who was falling to the grips of Stambaugh in traffic. However, Dunham revealed in victory lane that the car was overheating throughout that entire race including under caution.


 

On the restart, Dunham put the No.66 on the top of the race track and set sail, holding off Stambaugh and Jared Horstman, who found the final rung of the podium with a two-for-one deal on Van Gurley and Corbin Gurley in turn two. Dunham successfully navigated lapped traffic for the final five laps and went on to collect his first career GLSS win, his first win since 2021.


 

“I think it’s about damn time,” Dunham said in victory lane. “We led a couple of weeks ago at I-96 Speedway, we’ve been up front, it just feels like a thousand pounds has been lifted off of me. There’s been no pressure from my dad or any of our sponsors, just me. I tried to give it away. The motor probably isn’t great, I looked under that caution and [the temperature gauge] was about pegged, and [dad] told me to keep going. It’s just me and my dad this weekend, but this is pretty damn cool.”


 

The next event for the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP is Saturday, August 9th at Silver Bullet Speedway in Owendale, MI. Racing begins at 7:00 PM. Fans who can’t make the trip can catch every lap on www.GreatLakesSprints.TV.


 

Chase Dunham set the Ti22 Performance Fast Time with a 14.936.


 

Jared Horstman won Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race One.


 

Van Gurley, Jr won Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat Race Two.


 

Max Stambaugh won Miami Paint Heat Race Three.


 

Jett Mann was the Operating Engineers 324 Hard Charger advancing eight positions.


 

Michigan CAT A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 66-Chase Dunham[2]; 2. 71H-Max Stambaugh[3]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman[6]; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett[8]; 5. 12-Corbin Gurley[5]; 6. 7C-Phil Gressman[10]; 7. 13-Van Gurley Jr[1]; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7]; 9. X-Mike Keegan[12]; 10. 16-Ryan Ruhl[14]; 11. 19-Jett Mann[19]; 12. 70-Eli Lakin[16]; 13. 49T-Gregg Dalman[11]; 14. 33-Jeremy Ferguson[18]; 15. 27K-Zac Broughman[20]; 16. 13T-Andy Teunessen[22]; 17. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[15]; 18. 67-Kevin Martens[21]; 19. 38-Chase Ridenour[4]; 20. 71-Garrett Saunders[13]; 21. 14-Keith Sheffer Jr[9]; 22. 84-Levi Poortenga[17]

 

 

 

 MUST SEE XTREME SPRINT CAR SERIES 

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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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SOUTH AMHERST, Ohio (Aug. 15, 2025) – In what could be the closing act for the Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights at Lorain Raceway Park, a pair of young rising stars made the night count.

Teenagers Keegan Weese and Charlie Baur each drove to victories Friday night at the three-eighths-mile oval, splitting the pair of 20-lap crate sprint car features held as part of the track’s Trident Nationals weekend.

One of the longtime facilities on the Midwest Lights calendar and the original home of the crate sprint car division in Ohio, LRP is up for sale by its current owners and operators, the Maggio family.

On the racetrack, Weese soared his Blaster Products-sponsored No. 37 from the outside pole into the lead on the initial start of the first 20-lapper, and the 15-year-old hotshoe never looked back after that.

In a caution-free, wire-to-wire performance, Weese led all 20 laps for the second victory of his sophomore season with Must See Racing.

Considering Weese grew up just down the road from LRP, it made the win even more special.

“I knew on the start that I just had to get out and run with the clean air, because all the guys in the Midwest Lights series are really fast and if you let them get to you, they’re going to take advantage of it,” said Weese.

“It’s awesome to win here in front of all my family and friends,” he added. “This track is one of my absolute favorites and I’m so glad everyone got to come watch and support us close to home.”

Two-time and defending series champion J.J. Henes had one look at the lead with two laps left, but Weese slammed the door shut, leaving his teammate to settle for the runner-up honors.

Baur filled out the podium in race one to set himself up for even bigger things in the back half.

The nightcap inverted the full field and put Weese starting out back in his attempt to sweep the night.

Up front, it was Andrew Bogusz who got the jump at the green flag from the outside pole, much like Weese did in the first race. As Weese tried to work his way through traffic, he spun in turn two before a lap could be completed, forcing a full restart.

Bogusz again got the jump to go to the point, with fellow Michigan native Baur following him into second place and going on the attack quickly.

A lap-two caution for the stalled car of polesitter Parker Corbin set up a double-file dash, with Bogusz leading off the restart before Baur battled past to take control on lap four.

Moments later, a power steering failure again brought Corbin to a halt, this time putting her out of the event for the night.

It gave the field one more chance at Baur, but the Fenton, Mich., native withstood the pressure and held off a charging J.J. Henes down the stretch – notching his second career Midwest Lights victory as well.

“This is really rewarding,” said Baur. “Lorain has been my Achilles heel for a few years now; in 2023 when I got pushed into the wall here, I’d have been fine if we’d never come back, but after this one … I kind of like the place now! We’ve worked super hard to get our program better here.

“We had a good day; to unload and go quickest in both practices and second in qualifying really gave me the confidence that we had something strong to work with,” he continued. “The first race with Keegan getting out in clean air, we didn’t really have anything for him, but we worked hard through the break and the car was really good down low.

“When I hooked the bottom to get by [Bogusz], I was a little surprised with how good we were down there, but it turned out well for us and our take-off speed was key. Once we got the jump on J.J. at the last restart, I figured we’d have a good shot to hold on, and it all worked out.”

Henes finished second and Weese rallied back to third, in a reversal of the race-one podium finishers.

The Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights season concludes with two days of action Aug. 30-31 at Michigan’s Owosso Speedway. Henes and Weese both won at the track back on June 21.

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RESULTS: Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights; Lorain Raceway Park; South Amherst, Ohio; Aug. 15, 2025

Qualifying (group format): 1. J.J. Henes, 36JR, Henes-13.239; 2. Charlie Baur, 23, CB1-13.532; 3. Keegan Weese, 37, Henes-13.599; 4. Brandon Lemmerman, 64, Henes-13.614; 5. Parker Corbin, 77, Corbin-14.971; 6. Andrew Bogusz, 17, Fast Company-15.821.

Feature #1 (20 laps, starting position in brackets): 1. 37-Keegan Weese [2], 2. 36JR-J.J. Henes [4], 3. 23-Charlie Baur [3], 4. 64-Brandon Lemmerman [1], 5. 17-Andrew Bogusz [6], 6. 77-Parker Corbin [5].

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

Hard Charger: 36JR-J.J. Henes (+2)

Feature #2 (20 laps, starting position in brackets): 1. 23-Charlie Baur [4], 2. 36JR-J.J. Henes [5], 3. 37-Keegan Weese [6], 4. 64-Brandon Lemmerman [3], 5. 17-Andrew Bogusz [2], 6. 77-Parker Corbin [1].

Lap Leader(s): Andrew Bogusz 1-3, Charlie Baur 4-20.

Hard Charger: 23-Charlie Baur (+3)

 

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From Jacob Seelman, Must See Racing PR

MARNE, Mich. (Aug. 9, 2025) – Ryan Litt made Berlin Raceway his personal summertime playground yet again Saturday night, authoring another dominant performance with the Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series.

Litt stormed from third to first in less than two laps at the seven-sixteenths-mile oval and never looked back, leading 29 of 30 circuits for his second Must See Racing victory of the season and the sixth of his career.

The London, Ontario, Canada veteran has now won the tour’s late summer event at Berlin four years in a row, an incredible stretch at a single racetrack in 410ci pavement sprint car competition.

To get the job done, however, Litt had to defeat one of the best pavement racers of the current generation in Bobby Santos III.

Santos passed Litt on a late restart to win Must See Racing’s first stop at Berlin back in May. This time around, Litt was more prepared to hold his ground and did so successfully on a restart of his own.

“[Santos] is probably, right now, the best pavement sprint car driver in America,” said Litt, whose familiar No. 07 won by 2.798 seconds. “When he’s up next to you, you’ve got to be on your game. At the start, I was kind of leaning towards saving my equipment a little bit for the end, because he snookered me last time we were here. I burned my stuff up and got caught in lapped traffic, and he got me.

“The car was set up good and it had tons of grip this time, so I just pretty much went full send there at the end. I tried to go as hard as I could.”

There was still a bit of a nervous moment for Litt near the checkered flag, though, as Litt felt his car beginning to lose power in the final few laps.

“Luckily, the car held on. It sounded like it might have dropped a cylinder there at the end,” Litt noted. “I was getting oil all over my visor and stuff, so I was just hoping and praying I was going to make the checkered flag there.

“I think if it’s up to me, we cancel that spring race [at Berlin] and keep coming back in August.”

Following the redraw, another Canadian in Aaron Willison led the field to the green flag, getting into clean air for a moment with a good launch on the initial start.

Litt slotted into second for the first half-lap, then charged the apron of turn four to pull alongside Willison at the flagstand before taking firm control after that point.

A red-flag stoppage came on lap four when sixth-running Alby Ovitt spun and tagged the inside wall on the frontstretch, tipping his No. 20 onto its side. Ovitt was uninjured, but his night was over.

Litt chose the bottom lane for the ensuing restart, quickly streaking away from Willison as Santos pressured from behind for the runner-up spot.

Santos moved into second place on lap nine with a daring outside move on Willison in turns three and four, but found himself two seconds adrift of Litt at that point. Unfazed, Santos slowly began cutting into the gap before the night’s second and final caution flag waved on lap 13.

Willison slowed from third place with a shredded right rear tire aboard his No. 36, coasting to the work area and getting it changed to resume battle from the tail of the lead lap.

That set up one final try for Santos to get past Litt on the restart with 18 to go, but Litt never blinked.

Santos was able to keep pace with his rival for the first few laps after the restart, but eventually faded back by more than a second with 10 laps to go and could never muster another charge.

Afterward, Santos applauded Litt for the strong effort and admitted his own car just wasn’t strong enough to seal the deal.

“I didn’t do a good job on the restart,” said Santos. “Ryan did a better job than I did. I kind of used it up trying to run outside of him there for four or five laps, and I wish I handled the situation a little differently. Ryan did a better job tonight. Those guys did a good job.”

Two-time and defending series champion Joe Liguori crossed third and extended his point lead in pursuit of a third title, with Ohio’s Kevin Mingus earning his best finish of the season in fourth.

Home-state driver Dorman Snyder rounded out the top five, trailed by Willison, who battled back to sixth place after his tire issue.

Santos set the fastest time in qualifying at 13.438 seconds (117.205 mph), with Willison, Litt, and Liguori topping their respective eight-lap heat races prior to the feature.

Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series teams get two weekends off to prepare for the biggest race of the season, the Mid-Michigan Sprint Car Nationals at Owosso Speedway during Labor Day weekend.

A full program will be held on both Aug. 30 and Aug. 31, with the Sunday finale paying $10,000 to win.

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RESULTS: Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series; Berlin Raceway; Marne, Mich.; Aug. 9, 2025

Qualifying (best of two laps, top four to redraw): 1. Bobby Santos III, 22a, Fieler-13.438; 2. Ryan Litt, 07, Litt-13.506; 3. Alby Ovitt, 20, Parker-13.710; 4. Joe Liguori, 68, Liguori-13.766; 5. Dorman Snyder, 99, Stickney-13.768; 6. Aaron Willison, 36, Statham-13.806; 7. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-13.988; 8. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-14.204; 9. Alfred Galedrige, 66, Liguori-14.213; 10. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-14.321; 11. J.J. Henes, 81, Blake-15.087; 12. J.J. Dutton, 86, Dutton-15.362; 13. Tom Geren, 11, Geren-15.596; 14. Teddy Alberts, 44, Wolverine-15.871; 15. Andrew Bogusz, 17, Fast Company-16.355; 16. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-NT.

Heat #1 (8 laps, top two to redraw): 1. 36-Aaron Willison [2], 2. 20-Alby Ovitt [3], 3. 66-Alfred Galedrige [1], 4. 17-Andrew Bogusz [5], 5. J.J. Dutton [4].

Heat #2 (8 laps, top two to redraw): 1. 07-Ryan Litt [3], 2. 99-Dorman Snyder [2], 3. 55-Tommy Nichols [1], 4. J.J. Henes [4], 5. 44-Teddy Alberts [5].

Heat #3 (8 laps, top two to redraw): 1. 68-Joe Liguori [2], 2. Z10-Kevin Mingus [1], 3. 22a-Bobby Santos III [3], 4. Bobby Komisarski [4], 5. 11-Tom Geren [5], 6. Jeff Bloom (DNS).

Perfit A-Feature (30 laps): 1. 07-Ryan Litt [3], 2. 22a-Bobby Santos III [6], 3. 68-Joe Liguori [2], 4. Z10-Kevin Mingus [7], 5. 99-Dorman Snyder [4], 6. 36-Aaron Willison [1], 7. 81-J.J. Henes [10]; 8. 17-Andrew Bogusz [12], 9. 86-J.J. Dutton [13], 10. 11-Tom Geren [14], 11. 55-Tommy Nichols [8], 12. 66-Alfred Galedrige [9], 13. 44-Teddy Alberts [11], 14. 20-Alby Ovitt [5], 15. 26-Jeff Bloom [15], 16. Bobby Komisarski (DNS).

Lap Leader(s): Aaron Willison 1, Ryan Litt 2-30.

Hard Charger: 17-Andrew Bogusz (+4)

 

 

HUGE LABOR DAY WEEKEND UP NEXT FOR MUST SEE RACING

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August 20, 2025 – Holly, Michigan - Must See Racing is preparing for a huge double weekend featuring both the Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com and the Midwest Lights Series August 30-31, 2025, at Owosso Speedway in Ovid, Michigan.

This will be the final visit of the “World’s Fastest Short Track Cars” to Owosso Speedway in 2025. The final appearance of these crowd pleasers will be a huge one. The 410 National Series will be competing for a purse of over $41,000 for the two days. The winner of Saturday night’s 40-lap feature event will take home a whopping $10,000 for the win.

The last appearance by the series on June 21, 2025, was one for the record books. Eventual winner Bobby Santos III and Kody Swanson waged a torrid battle in the closing stages of the race. The duo worked lapped traffic with jaw dropping moves. The two veterans raced to the checkered flag in a near photo finish ending.

The Labor Day Weekend events figure to feature much the same racing. Owosso Speedway has played host to some of the best pavement sprint car racing found anywhere in the country annually. The track is perfect for winged sprint cars.

Canadian Ryan Litt headlines a hungry group of racers looking to take home $10,000 on Saturday night. Litt enters the Owosso event on a hot streak. He has won his last two MSR starts.

Defending MSR champion and current points leader Joe Liguori continues to build a sizeable points lead over his competition. Liguori will look to pad his points lead even more and pick up his first MSR victory of 2025.

The “Asphalt Assassin” Aaron Willison will also be competing. The Western Canadian driver quickly found a liking to Owosso Speedway and swept both events at the 3/8 high banked track last season.

Other top drivers are expected in search of a big payday including Jason Blonde, Bobby Komisarski, Jimmy McCune, Kevin Mingus, Alby Ovit, Dorman Snyder, Charlie Schultz, and Kody Swanson among others.

The weekend’s action will also see an historical event take place. Jimbo McCune will make his MSR debut. The younger McCune is the son of five-time MSR champion Jimmy McCune. He is also the Great grandson of the legendary IMCA sprint car driver “Irish” Jim McCune who was a terror at Midwestern IMCA events in the 1960’s. The youngest McCune is part of  four generations of McCune’s who have hopped behind the wheel of a race car.

The MSR Midwest Lights Series will also be in action both nights. Current points leader JJ Henes continues to hold the points lead. He will be looking to build on his points lead as the season will be down to one final race after Labor Day Weekend.

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  FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR SEPTEMBER MOBILE SPRINT CAR RETURN

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August 19, 2025 - Race organizer Fred Fayard and Mobile International Speedway officials today indicated preparations continue for the second winged sprint car race of the year at Mobile International Speedway in Irvington, Alabama.

360-winged asphalt sprint cars will return to the historic Alabama half-mile High-banked speedway September 6, 2025. It will be the second time since 2019 that winged sprint cars have competed at MIS.

Tampa, Florida’s Johnny Gilbertson was victorious the last time the speedway hosted winged sprint cars this past April 26. Gilbertson held off repeated late race challenges from Dave Mader III to win the thrilling feature event.

 A $2,000 winner’s share and $500 to start the event will be on the line for the September 6 return. It will be an open tire event, which should add more intrigue to the night as teams can choose the brand they prefer.

Early expected entrants include Branden Blenden, Todd Bliss, Blake Carrier, Butch David, Parker Davis, Fred Fayard, Todd Fayard, Dave Mader III, Blake Mallette, Stan Smith, Chase Wood Sr., and JR Wood among others expected.

Florida drivers JJ Dutton and Colton Bettis have already indicated they will be on hand for the event. 15-year-old Bettis currently is the winningest pavement sprint car driver in the country with 6 wins thus far in 2025.

Event organizer Fred Fayard has made no secrets of his desire to return pavement sprint car racing to the Panhandle. It is hoped these events could lead to a possible schedule of races among area tracks in 2026.

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  BERLIN RACEWAY UP NEXT FOR MUST SEE RACING

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August 6, 2025 - The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com National Series returns to Berlin Raceway this Saturday night August 9, 2025, for the second and final time this season. Bobby Santos III won the last time the series visited on May 31.

Must See Racing has a long and storied history with Berlin Raceway. The series visited the 7/16-mile paved Michigan oval during its inaugural 2010 season for the first time. Canadian Mike Ling was victorious during that September 25, 2010, event. The series has visited Berlin Raceway every year since, oftentimes contesting multiple events during the calendar year.

Winged sprint cars and Berlin Raceway go together. The track seems to be a natural fit for the ‘Fastest Short Track Cars in the World’. Berlin Raceway plays host to some of the best winged pavement sprint car racing seen anywhere in the entire country annually. This Saturday’s event is expected to produce much the same.

Series officials are expecting the biggest car count of the season headlined by current points leader Joe Liguori.

Other expected entrants include 5-time series champion Jimmy McCune, most recent winners Aaron Willison and Ryan Litt, and 2023 series champion Jason Blonde among others.

Current MSR Midwest Lights points leader JJ Henes will make his first National Seres start of the year aboard the Mike Blake owned #81. First-time series entrants Mike Galaga and Alfred Galedrige will make their MSR debuts Saturday night.

Current points leader Joe Liguori enters Saturday’s event with a commanding lead of 66 points over Bobby Komisarski. Kevin Mingus trails in third place 22 points out of second.

Saturday’s program will consist of heat races capped of by an exciting 30-lap feature event.

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