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Jedrjezek Defeats All Challengers for GLSS Win at Limaland


Lima, OH - Limaland Motorsports Park has treated Kasey Jedrjezek good and bad in the 2025 season. Friday night, the Lagrange, Ohio native got all the right breaks and collected his second win with the Ohio CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP of the season.


 

Alongside Corbin Gurley, Jedrzejek led the 20 car field to the green flag on a version of Limaland that not many are used to; one that was pony up, full of character, and different on both ends. 


 

The battle to lead the first lap was intense as Jedrjezek, Gurley, and Chase Dunham went three wide down the backstretch. At the exit of turn four, it was Gurley and Jedrjezek still side-by-side for the lead. The pair made slight contact as Jedrjezek jumped out to the point.


 

The first caution of the night flew five laps in when Frank Neil spun around entering turn one after jumping over the cushion. On the restart, Jedrjezek continued to lead as Dustin Daggett applied pressure on the podium while Gurley continued to try and stop the free fall from second.


 

Near the halfway point of the race, Dunham found the quick way around Limaland, maintaining his gap to Jedrjezek in one and two, but gaining plenty of ground in three and four on the extreme top of the race track while Jedrjezek navigated lapped traffic.


 

With six laps to go, Dunham had caught Jedrjezek and was working to make a pass to his outside off turn four. Dunham’s car bounced into the front stretch wall and caught the crossover opening with the right front tire, ripping the front end out of his No.66, bringing his night to an end.


 

In the final six rotations, Gurley drove his way back into the second spot, turning his fastest lap of the race with just four laps to go using a similar line that Dunham was using to try and take the lead. Gurley’s drive to the front fell nine-tenths of a second short of his first win of the season.


 

“I’ve gotta thank my guys, they gave me a great car all night,” Jedrjezek said in victory lane. “We had a rough night last night, but this is a good way to rebound.”


 

The next event for the Ohio CAT Great Lakes Super Sprint is Saturday, July 6th for the quarter-mile special at Millstream Speedway alongside the Great Lakes Traditional Sprints and Dirt Trucks. Fans who can’t make the trip can catch the action live at www.GreatLakesSprints.Tv.


 

Kasey Jedrjezek was the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier.


 

Kasey Jedrjezek won Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race Number One


 

Corbin Gurley won Howard Johnson of Lima Heat Race Number Two.


 

Chase Dunham won Miami Paint Heat Race Number Three.


 

Gregg Dalman was the Operating Engineers 324 Hard Charger advancing five spots.


 

Ohio CAT A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[2]; 2. 12-Corbin Gurley[1]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett[6]; 4. 17-Jared Horstman[5]; 5. 71H-Max Stambaugh[4]; 6. 23-Devon Dobie[9]; 7. 31-Jac Nickles[8]; 8. 49T-Gregg Dalman[13]; 9. X-Mike Keegan[7]; 10. 12DD-Darren Dryden[10]; 11. 24-Kobe Allison[14]; 12. 17X-Mason Hannagan[12]; 13. 37-Noah Dunlap[11]; 14. 20A-Andy Chehowski[17]; 15. 11H-Caleb Harmon[16]; 16. 88N-Frank Neill[20]; 17. 66-Chase Dunham[3]; 18. 11G-Luke Griffith[19]; 19. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[18]; 20. 5J-Jake Hesson[15]; 21. (DNS) 7C-Phil Gressman

 
 

Stambaugh Charges from Fifth for GLSS Win at Waynesfield


 

Waynesfield, OH - Three of Max Stambaugh’s six feature wins in 2025 have come from the front row. Tonight, Stambaugh proved he can pass racecars to win as well, rolling off fifth for the 25 lap main event from Waynesfield Raceway Park.


 

Jared Horstman and Kasey Jedrzejek led the field to green and the race was intense from the drop of the green flag. Horstman got the holeshot in turns one and two, behind him it was three wide for the third spot with Stambaugh, Jac Nickles, and Darren Dryden battling for the final step of the podium while Jedrzejek held down second. Stambaugh took the second spot at the line and went to work trying to catch Horstman.


 

Meanwhile, Keith Sheffer, Jr, who started ninth, was battling with Jedrzejek for third as Nickles and Dryden fell back. With seven laps complete, Sheffer quickly closed in on Stambaugh and brought Jedrzejek with him, but a bobble on the cushion in turns three and four kicked Sheffer’s No.14 sideways and Jedrzejek had nowhere to hide as he clipped the front of Sheffer sending the No.11N for a flip in turn four. All drivers were uninjured.


 

 On the restart, Stambaugh challenged Horstman for the lead but tucked in line. The race was slowed for a second time when Chase Dunham spun in turn one which ended his night.


 

Dustin Daggett was on the move after the restart, putting his No.85 on the top of the race track to build momentum but making technical passes in traffic around the bottom. At the front, Stambaugh used the bottom of the race track as well to catch Horstman in traffic. With seven laps to go, the No.71H put his car to the front of the field; however, his journey to six wins wasn’t complete yet. Kobe Allison spun at the top of turn four as the field was coming to the white flag, setting up a green-white-checkered finish.


 

Stambaugh fired on the bottom of the race track and was committed to that line for the final two rotations. Horstman, on the other hand, tried to build as much momentum as he could on the top of the track but couldn’t pull in Stambaugh who got the win. Daggett moved up five from his starting spot to finish third, Nickels fourth, Mike Keegan from 12th to round out the top five.


 

“You know me, I like when the bottom comes in a little bit,” Stambaugh said after the race. “Jared was spinning his tires off two and I think I got my wing back quicker than him, but I knew when that yellow came out, Jared would have something for me. I’m sure he went to the top [on the restart], I rolled the wing back and said ‘He’s gonna have to beat me around the top’.”


 

The next even for the Ohio CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP is Friday, July 4th at Limaland Motorsports Park for Firecracker Friday. Fans who can’t make the trip can catch the action LIVE on www.GreatLakesSprints.Tv.


 

Jared Horstman was the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier.


 

Jared Horstman won Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race Number One.


 

Kasey Jedrzejek won Howard Johnson by Wyndham Heat Race Number Two.


 

Darren Dryden won Miami Pain Heat Race Number Three.


 

Ohio CAT A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 71H-Max Stambaugh[5]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[1]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett[8]; 4. 31-Jac Nickles[3]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[12]; 6. 12DD-Darren Dryden[4]; 7. 23-Devon Dobie[6]; 8. 49T-Gregg Dalman[15]; 9. 7C-Phil Gressman[14]; 10. 29-Zeth Sabo[20]; 11. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[17]; 12. 6-Ryan Coniam[13]; 13. 17X-Mason Hannagan[16]; 14. 37-Noah Dunlap[11]; 15. 88N-Frank Neill[23]; 16. 24-Kobe Allison[7]; 17. 11H-Caleb Harmon[24]; 18. 83-Adam Cruea[19]; 19. 5J-Jake Hesson[18]; 20. 11G-Luke Griffith[21]; 21. 66-Chase Dunham[10]; 22. 14-Keith Sheffer Jr[9]; 23. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[2]; 24. (DNS) 70-Eli Lakin
 

Horstman Matches Stambaugh, Earns Fifth Win of 2025 with GLSS
 

Crystal, MI - As drivers with the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP unloaded at Crystal Motor Speedway on Saturday night, most were preparing for a track unlike what we’d seen to this point in the 2025 season. A track that slicked off through the center, had a small cushion up top, and a technical yet fast bottom groove, put on a thrilling show for fans!


 

Mike Keegan and Jared Horstman led the field to the green flag ahead of the 25 lap main event. On the start, Horstman instantly found the moisture at the top of the race track and had the lead by the exit of turn two. Dustin Daggett moved into the second spot before the first and only caution of the night on lap five.


 

On the restart, Horstman continued to use the top of the race track as his preferred line around the speedway. Meanwhile, Keith Sheffer, Jr was charging from his sixth starting spot and was on the tail of Daggett before setting up a slider that wouldn’t clear, forcing Sheffer to regroup after losing several car lengths on Daggett. 


 

The top of the race track was fading fast in turns three and four, forcing Horstman to find the rough bottom of the track instead of missing his mark and going over the turn. Heavy lapped traffic brought Daggett and Sheffer back within striking distance in the final five laps, but Horstman was able to drive away once again as Sheffer completed the pass on Daggett for second. Keegan and Chase Dunham rounded out the top five.


 

“This thing was awesome,” Horstman said in Victory Lane. “I’ve gotta thank the crew for this one without them we wouldn’t be here. The top got a little treacherous down there in two, and three and four got pretty narrow so I moved it back to the bottom. We were good. I think Max mentioned it last night, this is what this series needs. It’s fun racing with Max every night… To go back and forth like this, this is pretty cool.”


 

Keith Sheffer, Jr earned the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier Award


 

Sheffer, Jr won Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race Number One.


 

Mike Keegan won Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat Race Number Two.


 

After having a 12 point deficit coming into the night, Horstman leaves Crystal with an 18 point advantage in the Great Lakes Super Sprints Tour and opens up a 118 point advantage in the MacAllister CAT (Michigan) division over Dustin Daggett. Meanwhile, Stambaugh continues to pace the Ohio CAT division by 106 points over Horstman.


 

The next event for the Great Lakes Super Sprints will be Thursday, July 3rd at Waynesfield Raceway Park for the Let Freedom Ring Night. Racing begins at 7:00 PM. Then, Limaland Motorsports Park hosts GLSS on Friday, July 4th, and Millstream Speedway wraps up the weekend on Saturday, July 5th. Fans who can’t make the trip can catch all the action on www.GreatLakesSprints.Tv.


 

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A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 17-Jared Horstman[2]; 2. 14-Keith Sheffer Jr[6]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]; 4. X-Mike Keegan[1]; 5. 66-Chase Dunham[3]; 6. 7C-Phil Gressman[7]; 7. 71H-Max Stambaugh[5]; 8. 24-Kobe Allison[9]; 9. 38-Chase Ridenour[8]; 10. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[10]; 11. 84-Levi Poortenga[11]; 12. 67-Kevin Martens[13]; 13. 31-Jim Girard[14]; 14. 5X-Trent Musk[15]; 15. 27K-Zac Broughman[12]; 16. (DNS) 49T-Gregg Dalman; 17. (DNS) 70-Eli Lakin

Stambaugh Prevails in Thrilling GLSS Champion's Duel at Tri-City Motor Speedway

Auburn, MI - Many drivers in the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP pit area had been looking for an opportunity to race a smooth, technical track this season. So far, many weekend visits have been hammer down and “pony up”. But Tri-City Motor Speedway was just what the Doctor ordered.


 

Max Stambaugh and Kelsey Ivy led the field to the green flag Friday night in front of a packed house in Auburn, MI. Stambaugh took hold of the race lead early while Mike Keegan and Dustin Daggett argued over who would hold down the second spot. 


 

After the negotiations for second fell to the liking of Daggett, he set sights on catching Stambaugh in lapped traffic. A defisit that was over 1.2 seconds at one point in the race, was quickly cut down to just four-tenths-of-a-second by the halfway mark. Dicing through traffic, Daggett used every ounce of race track he could find to try and get to Stambaugh’s tailtank. As he was setting up a lapped car to get to Stambaugh, the caution flew with just seven laps to go.


 

The pause in the action gave fans a chance to realize who else was now in the picture for a win - four-time feature winner, two-time GLSS Champion, and leader on the all-time wins list at Tri City, Jared Horstman. 


 

On the restart, Horstman went straight to the top of the race track while Daggett again went on the hunt for a quick line around Stambaugh, who remained committed to the bottom. Horstman went by Daggett on the top of the race track and but down six money laps trying to outperform his closest championship rival.


 

At the finish, Stambaugh collected his fifth win of the 2025 season while Horstman kept the championship hunt tight by finishing second. Daggett held on for third, Chase Dunham climbed to fourth, and Gregg Dalman came home fifth.


 

Stambaugh won the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier Award.


 

Ivy won Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race number 1.


 

Keegan won Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat Race number 2.


 

Daggett won MacAllister CAT Heat Race Number 3.


 

The next event for the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP is Saturday, June 28th at Crystal Motor Speedway. Gates open at 4:00 PM with racing slated to begin at 5:00 PM. Fans who can’t make the trip can catch the action LIVE at GreatLakesSprints.Tv.


 

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 71H-Max Stambaugh[1]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman[9]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]; 4. 66-Chase Dunham[6]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[3]; 6. 49T-Gregg Dalman[8]; 7. 7C-Phil Gressman[7]; 8. 38-Chase Ridenour[11]; 9. 14-Keith Sheffer Jr[5]; 10. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2]; 11. 10S-Jay Steinebach[10]; 12. 23-Charlie Baur[13]; 13. 49-Brian Ruhlman[16]; 14. 27K-Zac Broughman[17]; 15. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[12]; 16. 67-Kevin Martens[18]; 17. 31-Jim Girard[15]; 18. 84-Levi Poortenga[14]
 GLSS Event for Friday, June 13th Postponed to Friday, August 8th

Hartford, MI - Officials with Hartford Speedway and the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP have announced that the event scheduled for Friday, June 13th has been postponed to Friday, August 8th due to continued rainfall. A progressively poor weather forecast has forced the postponement.

The next scheduled event for the MacAllister CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints is Saturday, June 14th at Butler Motor Speedway alongside Winged 410 Sprint Cars, DIRTcar UMP Modifieds, and Compacts.

Fans who can't make the trip can watch all the action live on www.GreatLakesSprints.TV. For more information on the Great Lakes Super Sprints log onto www.GreatLakesSuperSprints.com.

 
 

 

Tripleheader Ohio Weekend Ahead for Great Lakes Super Sprints

Merrill, MI - Celebrating 249 years of Independence, the Ohio CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP are headed into the Holiday weekend with three races and three tracks on the schedule. Waynesfield Raceway Park kicks off the weekend on Thursday, Limaland Motorsports Park holds the middle of the weekend on Friday, with the quarter-mile at Millstream Raceway wrapping up the tripleheader. 
 

In the first visit to Waynesfield Raceway Park in May, Devon Dobie dominated from the front of the field. Collecting his first win of the 2025 season, nearly 10 years to the day since his first career win, Dobie executed precision around “The Field of Speed” alongside timely cautions to get the win over Bryan Sebetto, Kasey Jedrzejek, Max Stambaugh, and Jared Horstman.


 

Limaland Motorsports Park has hosted four GLSS races in 2025, three of which have seen Stambaugh go to Victory Lane. Jedrzejek was the lone driver who interrupted the Stambaugh winning streak back on May 23rd. 


 

As for Millstream Speedway, a trip to the quarter-mile awaits on Saturday after the first trip to the half-mile was cancelled in May. The Great Lakes Super Sprints were the first ever sanction to race on the quarter-mile when track conditions on the half-mile resulted in the event being moved to the quarter-mile. Zane DeVault, who won both visits to Millstream last season, held off Greg Wilson, Kasey Jedrzejek, Chase Dunham, and Narin Naida for the first ever Millstream quarter-mile win.


 

The 2025 Championship Points battle remains tight for the Great Lakes Super Sprints Tour. Max Stambaugh and Jared Horstman both collected their fifth win of the season with wins at Tri-City and Crystal respectively. Horstman holds an 18 point advantage over Stambaugh heading into the weekend with Dustin Daggett third 181 points back.


 

In the Ohio CAT Division, Stambaugh has a 106-point advantage on Jared Horstman, but the top six in points remain one night’s full-points away from the lead. With 225 points available per night, Devon Dobie sits third 114 back, Phil Gressman fourth 168 behind, defending Ohio CAT Champion, Dustin Daggett sits 169 points behind Stambaugh, and Chase Dunham is 171 points back. 


 

Gates open at 4:00 PM on Thursday at Waynesfield, 5:00 PM Friday at Limaland, and 4:00 PM Saturday at Millstream. Fans who can’t make the trip can watch all the action LIVE at www.GreatLakesSprints.Tv.


 

For more information on the Great Lakes Super Sprints, log onto www.GreatLakesSprints.com. Find Great Lakes Super Sprints on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube. 

 

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Canadian Litt Wins Fourth Of July Must See Sprint At Kalamazoo

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (July 4, 2025) – The humor in a Canadian winning with the Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series on American Independence Day wasn’t lost on Ryan Litt Friday night.

After a fierce early battle with Dorman Snyder, Litt flexed his muscle and pulled away at Kalamazoo Speedway, driving to his fifth career victory and first of the season by a dominant 4.488-second margin.

The veteran from London, Ontario took the lead on the initial start from the outside pole and led 33 of 40 laps at the three-eighths-mile oval to capture the checkered flag with his No. 07 BS&B Radiator-sponsored Diablo Chassis sprinter.

Litt was the easy leader when a lap-four caution waved for woes to Tom Geren’s No. 13, but a double-file restart allowed Snyder to use the momentum of the outside lane to scoot past on the fifth circuit.

Snyder finally cleared Litt on lap seven, but the early toll on his tires caught up with him shortly after. Once Litt got back past on lap 12, he steadily increased his lead and there was no catching him.

In fact, Litt had as much as a half-track lead on runner-up Jason Blonde at times during the second half before pulling back the reins to conserve his tires down the stretch.

“It was a really technical track, especially with the weather conditions today,” Litt said post-race. “The cars were sliding all over the place. We had a pretty good car all day, qualified well, second in the heat. I knew it was going to be a tough start with Jason [Blonde] there. I got him a little bit on the start, and clean air helps significantly.

“Yeah, pretty much a perfect day.”

Litt admitted the challenge he got from Snyder early on wasn’t an expected one, but that the battle was fun nevertheless.

“I honestly had no idea the top was going to be that fast, and he was pushing really, really hard, and it made me step up my game to catch up to him,” Litt said of Snyder. “Hats off to them, they were flying all day, and like I said, I really had to step my game up to even get back up to them.

“He had the top working, and I had the bottom working, so it actually played in my favor. Cool to win here and on the Fourth of July. I guess we spoiled the party a tiny bit,” he laughed.

After starting from the pole, Blonde was second ahead of five-time series champion Jimmy McCune, with Joe Liguori crossing fourth as the final car on the lead lap. Snyder faded to fifth at the finish.

Litt kicked off the night’s action with the fastest time of 11.578 seconds (116.600 mph) in qualifying, before a pair of 10-lap heat races served up a blistering appetizer for the main event.

The first heat saw Blonde make a last-corner pass of Schultz to take the win by .050 seconds, while McCune fended off Litt in the second heat in a thrilling battle that saw the pair touch wheels coming to the white flag.

In other racing action, Charlie Baur and Andrew Bogusz split the pair of Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights crate sprint car features that served as the main undercard to the national sprint car program.

Must See Racing national sprint car teams get a week off before their next race at Ohio’s Midvale Speedway, set for Saturday, July 19 as part of a stretch of two races in five days in the Buckeye State.

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RESULTS: Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series; Kalamazoo (Mich.) Speedway; July 4, 2025

TTI Machine Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. Ryan Litt, 07, Litt-11.578; 2. Jason Blonde, 42, Nosal-11.825; 3. Joe Liguori, 68, Liguori-11.839; 4. Dorman Snyder, 99, Stickney-11.843; 5. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-11.889; 6. Charlie Schultz, 9s, IBT-11.954; 7. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-12.143; 8. A.J. Lesiecki, 8a, Reiser-12.271; 9. Rick Holley, 98, Reiser-12.304; 10. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-12.348; 11. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-12.606; 12. Tom Geren, 13, Carter-13.468; 13. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-NT.

Heat #1 (10 laps): 1. Jason Blonde [4], 2. Charlie Schultz [2], 3. Dorman Snyder [3], 4. A.J. Lesiecki [1], 5. Tom Geren [5], 6. Rick Holley (DNS), 7. Jeff Bloom (DNS).

Heat #2 (10 laps): 1. Jimmy McCune [2], 2. Ryan Litt [4], 3. Joe Liguori [3], 4. Kevin Mingus [5], 5. Bobby Komisarski [1], 6. Tommy Nichols (DNS).

Perfit A-Feature (40 laps): 1. 07-Ryan Litt [2], 2. 42-Jason Blonde [1], 3. 88-Jimmy McCune [5], 4. 68-Joe Liguori [3], 5. 99-Dorman Snyder [4], 6. 9S-Charlie Schultz [6], 7. Z10-Kevin Mingus [9], 8. 8A-A.J. Lesiecki [8], 9. 7-Bobby Komisarski [7], 10. 55-Tommy Nichols [11], 11. 13-Tom Geren [10], 12. 98-Rick Holley (DNS), 13. 26-Jeff Bloom (DNS).

Lap Leader(s): Ryan Litt 1-4, Dorman Snyder 5-11, Ryan Litt 12-40.

Hard Charger: 88-Jimmy McCune (+2)

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Michigan Connection; Bogusz & Baur Split MSR Midwest Lights Twins At Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (July 4, 2025) – Charlie Baur and Andrew Bogusz each took home trophies from Kalamazoo Speedway on a Fourth of July Friday night, splitting the spoils of twin features for the Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights.

In the first feature, Baur put the demons of his two missed opportunities at Owosso Speedway two weeks earlier behind him, taking control on the initial start from the outside pole and managing his American Racer tires to perfection.

The 19-year-old from Fenton, Mich., led the 20-lapper from start to finish in a caution-free opening act for his long-awaited first career Midwest Lights victory in his 25th series start.

After twin features at Owosso saw Baur passed on a late restart and then suffering a blown tire in the nightcap, it was evident by his emotion in victory lane that redemption was sweet indeed.

“We needed this so badly, for me, for our team, for our sponsors … this is everything we’ve been working toward," Baur said in victory lane. "We put on a show at Owosso and didn’t come away with anything to show for it, so tonight was about finishing the deal. We’ve been hustling around traveling for so long now and come so close, so to finally win one of these things is huge.

“It’s been a different game for us recently; we’ve never had to manage the tires as much as we have this season, so it’s a skill I’ve definitely had to work on,” he added. “I always like to run on the edge, so saving has been a bit difficult for me … but I’m just grateful to finally have this moment, and hopefully it can be the first of many.

“We finally got the monkey off our back!”

Henes chased Baur for nearly the entirety of the first main, until a tire issue in the closing stages saw him lose second place to three-time Kalamazoo track champion Lucas Krick on the final lap.

Krick came home a career-best second, with Henes filling out the podium ahead of Bogusz and Keegan Weese.

A five-car invert for the second main event – shortened to 15 laps due to multiple tire issues from the first race – put Baur back in the third row and his longtime friend and rival Andrew Bogusz in the same outside front-row starting spot that Baur won from previously.

Bogusz put together a mirror performance, jumping to the lead on the opening circuit and never looking back for his second Midwest Lights win of the season and the seventh of his career.

It marked a strong bounce back for the Shelby Township, Mich., teenager after what he called “a weekend to forget” last time out at Owosso.

“It feels absolutely great to be back in victory lane,” said Bogusz afterward. “I love coming to this place; it’s where I got my first Lights win and with the multi-groove racing … there’s just always a show for the fans here.

“I knew J.J. was coming at the end. I could hear him behind me,” Bogusz added. “I just had to play a bit of defense and keep clicking [laps] off.”

Henes was closing on Bogusz in an attempt to steal the second act away, but simply ran out of time.

“I just needed a couple more laps,” Henes lamented. “The sun went away and we got a lot faster.”

Weese completed the podium for the second feature, followed by Baur, who could only muster fourth after his win earlier in the evening. Krick was the final driver in the top five at the checkered flag.

Henes was the fast qualifier after a lap of 12.229 seconds in group time trials to open the program.

The Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights season continues Saturday night, July 19 at Midvale Speedway, the tour’s debut at the Ohio speedplant.

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RESULTS: Must See Racing Maxima Midwest Lights; Kalamazoo (Mich.) Speedway; July 4, 2025

Maxima Racing Oils Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. J.J. Henes, 36JR, Henes-12.229; 2. Andrew Bogusz, 17, Bogusz-12.406; 3. Charlie Baur, 23, Baur-12.485; 4. Lucas Krick, 9, USA Earthworks-12.659; 5. Keegan Weese, 37, Henes-12.755; 6. Brandon Lemmerman, 64, Henes-12.967; 7. Matt Double, 14X, USA Earthworks-13.929.

A-Feature #1 (20 laps): 1. 23-Charlie Baur [2], 2. 9-Lucas Krick [1], 3. 36JR-J.J. Henes [3], 4. 17-Andrew Bogusz [7], 5. 37-Keegan Weese [4], 6. 64-Brandon Lemmerman [5], 7. 14X-Matt Double [6].

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

Hard Charger: 17-Andrew Bogusz (+3)

A-Feature #2 (20 laps): 1. 17-Andrew Bogusz [2], 2. 36JR-J.J. Henes [3], 3. 37-Keegan Weese [1], 4. 23-Charlie Baur [5], 5. 9-Lucas Krick [4], 6. 64-Brandon Lemmerman [6], 7. 14X-Matt Double [7].

Lap Leader(s): Andrew Bogusz 1-15.

Hard Charger: 17-Andrew Bogusz (+1)

 
 

MUST SEE RACING SET TO INVADE THE BUCKEYE STATE

MUST SEE RACING SET TO INVADE THE BUCKEYE STATE

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July 10, 2025 – Holly, Michigan - The Must See Racing Presented By Perfit-Parts.Com National 410 Series and the Midwest Lights Series are just over a week away from the busiest stretch of their season. They are set to present 6 feature events between the two series over a five-day period beginning July 19 at Midvale Speedway in Midvale, Ohio.

Both series will invade the Buckeye state of Ohio for a pair of double header events involving both series on the same racing card. Ohio sprint car fans are in for a treat. The series will begin with a stop at Midvale on Saturday July 19 and conclude the Ohio tour with a visit to Sandusky Speedway Wednesday July 23 with the annual Bob Frey Classic. The Sandusky event will be part of Hy=Miler Super Modified Nationals Week.

The MSR Lights Series has been experimenting with a new race-day event format. The series has been competing in twin feature events on the same day. The new format has been highly popular with race fans and the format will continue through the Ohio swing. This will give fans an opportunity to witness 6 feature events over the course of both events.

The series also announced a Meet-and-Greet with Bob Frey is being planned the night before the Bob Frey Cassic. Fans and teams will have an opportunity to meet Frey and purchase event tickets at a discounted rate as well as being the first to purchase the new Bob Frey Classic T-shirts. Details of the Meet-and-Greet will be announced in the coming days.

Joe Liguori has emerged as the new 410 National Series points leader heading into the Midvale event. He holds a slim 10-point lead over Ryan Litt, who won the most recent event at Kalamazoo Speedway on July 4.

JJ Henes is slowly building a nice points lead in the MSR Lights series due to consistency. He currently holds a 25-point lead over Charlie Baur heading into the busy stretch.

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  SWINDELL MAKES RETURN TO THE PAVEMENT THIS WEEKEND

 

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July 2, 2025 - Three-time World of Outlaws sprint car champion Sammy Swindell is set to make his first winged pavement sprint car start since 1992 this weekend July 4-5 at Colorado National Speedway in Dacono, Colorado. Swindell will be driving for local Fort Collins, Colorado car owner Bryan Gossel. Gossel will also compete himself in a team car to Swindell. Swindell will be competing in both nights with the winner taking home $10,000-to-win each night.
Swindell has enjoyed a stellar career that has seen him win virtually every dirt sprint car race imaginable. But at 69 years of age, pavement sprint car starts have been few and far between. But when he did compete on the pavement, he was a force to be reckoned with.
Between 1991-1992 the World of Outlaws contested six special winged pavement sprint car events at tracks in Kansas City, Kansas and Punta Gorda, Florida. Swindell won a remarkable three of those races. He had two seconds and a fifth in his other starts. His last winged pavement start came on April 5, 1992. It was also his last win in a pavement sprint car. Now, over thirty-three years later, Swindell is set to pound the pavement once more.
“We put a deal together to come out here and run some dirt races earlier in the year. Bryan Gossel had some pavement cars and said they were having this big race in July” explained Swindell. “He had a new one sitting there that really wasn’t together. After the races we had a pretty good time, and he decided to get that other car together for me to come out here this weekend”.
Interestingly, Swindell has been running a handful of pavement midget races for the last few seasons for friends Tim Bertrand and David Ward.
“I’ve had a few opportunities here lately to do some pavement stuff. Now this opportunity has come up. It’s keeping me busy. I didn’t think I was gonna be doing a whole lot. I’ve been trying to cut back a little bit more. It seems I’m getting busier than ever, but that’s ok too.”
“The Outlaws did five pavement races or so and I did well there. I think I won three of them. We had some really good runs there. I liked running the winged cars on pavement. We have this opportunity to do some more this weekend. I’ve got a pretty good win percentage running the stuff I did with the Outlaws.”
Swindell got his first taste of pavement sprint car racing early in 1978 during Florida Speedweeks competing in a handful of non-winged events highlighted by a start in a 500-lap race at Golden Gate Speedway in Tampa. He found a victory lane for the first time in a pavement sprint car at Orlando that year.
“That year I led every one of the pavement races down there, but I had some issues with the motor. We had some rocker arm issues. I had to start dead last at Orlando and won there. We put a deal together with M.A. Brown and Bruce Cogle Ford and put a car together to run those pavement races”.
Swindell has fond memories of competing at Colorado National Speedway when it was dirt. ”We first came out here in 1977 with Bobby Davis’ sprint car. That was the first time I ever seen a midget. I won it in John Notary’s car and ran second the next night. That Rocky Mountain Midget Association was running. We also won the sprint car deal both nights. That was a long time ago.” He would also win a World of Outlaws A-main at CNS in 1984.
The dirt veteran is open minded about the possibilities to do more winged pavement sprint car racing this year and beyond if he has fun and can find some success.
“It depends if something comes together. I don’t own cars. You never know. Maybe there will be some opportunities to run other races in the future.”
The Bartlett, Tennessee native seems eager for the task at hand but realizes things will be drastically different than his last go around on pavement. He last raced pavement on Good Year Tires. He will be on Hoosier’s this go around.
“Some of it is gonna be tire management and not running any races to know how the tires are. I’ll definitely stay on the conservative side, but fast enough to run good. I don’t have any experience with these tires or this track. I’m gonna have to lean on a few people to find out what they think about how hard you can run and what you can do. It will be fine; I’ll figure it out."
When asked what his goals are for this weekend, he was confident and direct with his answer. “Just to dominate the thing and win both nights” concluded Swindell.
 

KALAMAZOO SET TO HOST MUST SEE RACING INDEPENDENCE DAY DOUBLE

 

July 1, 2025 – Holly, Michigan – The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com is set to take center stage this Friday night July 4 when the series visits Kalamazoo Speedway in Kalamazoo, Michigan for the first time since 2022.

The Must See Racing National 410 Series will join the Midwest Lights Series for a double-header of winged sprint car racing with a huge Independence Day celebration of speed. The Midwest Lights Series will be competing in twin 20-lap feature events capped off by the 30-lalp 410 National feature. Fans will be treated to three feature events on the night.

Must See Racing last competed at Kalamazoo Speedway in 2022 as part of the American Speed US Nationals. Jason Blonde was victorious in the 410 National event while Andrew Bogusz captured the Midwest Lights portion of the event over three years ago.

Kalamazoo Speedway has a rich tradition of hosting winged sprint car events in its 75-year history. The 3/8-mile, high banked asphalt oval opened in 1950. The track has played host to a variety of sprint car series over the years. Winged sprint car events have always been popular with racing fans over the years at the speedway and have consistently drawn great crowds. A huge crowd is anticipated for Friday’s MSR return.

Jason Blonde is expected to be on hand to defend his last MSR victory at Kalamazoo Speedway in 2022. Blonde is also one of several past series champions expected to compete including Joe Liguori, Jimmy McCune, and Charlie Schultz.

Bobby Santos III is the current MSR National Series points leader and holds an 18-point advantage over Kody Swanson while Joe Liguori sits in third place 2-points behind Swanson. Santos III has won both events contested thus far in 2025.

Besides sprint cars, Friday’s event will include the National Compact Touring Series, MCR Dwarfs, Hornet FWD’s, Modified Wheelhorse Racing Tractors, and Fireworks. Gates open at 1:00 PM with racing at 7:00 PM.

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