Grabouski/Richards Pull Battle for the Belt Sweeps in WaKeeney!
10/22/2026
WaKeeney Speedway
WaKeeney, KS
By: Sheldon Wickwar
One hundred and forty-four race teams checked into the historic WaKeeney Speedway for the final night of the Battle for the Belt on Saturday, October 17th, 2026. The race teams were fired up as the track was in better shape; the features started three wide a piece, and there was added money on the line. Visiting victory lane were Jordan Grabouski in the stock car and modified, Dillon Richards in the hobby stock, Tyler Watts in the sport mod, and Jake Schwien in the sport compact.
Schwien Grabs Emotional Sport Compact Win!
Connor Schwien and Gage Porter grabbed sport compact heat race wins on Saturday's final night of racing.
Gage Porter, Connor Schwien and Kaishen Brack brought the compacts to the green flag of their fifteen-lap main event; the bottom prevailed early as Porter led through the first two corners. Connor Schwien was able to grab the lead down the backstretch using the middle groove. Lap two saw a caution come out as Kevin Tremblay lost a wheel; his night ended with a slow spin. Connor Schwien restarted the field and quickly moved up top to extend his lead. Kaishen Brack and Jake Schwien were side by side battling for third place. A few laps later Jake Schwien entered second place, but quickly a four-wide battle broke out between the top four. Connor Schwien fell back at the halfway point of lap eight, giving the lead to his brother Jake. The closing laps saw Kaishen Brack make attempts to get by Jake but was never able to complete the pass.
Jake Schwien picked up the win, an emotional one that he dedicated to a close family member that he lost this year. Also extending a personal streak of a win in ten years straight. Second went to Kaishen Brack, third went to Alex Boyden, fourth to Kyle Mortensen, and fifth was Kiowa Higdon. Hard chargers at the event were Jake Schwien and Alex Boyden grabbing five spots each!
Grabouski Holds Strong in Modified Action!
Brett Berry, Daniel Gottschalk and Jordan Grabouski all grabbed modified heat race wins. Paxton Dody won the b main.
Brett Berry, Daniel Gottschalk and Jordan Grabouski led the modifieds to the green flag of their twenty-lap feature event, Berry used the top groove to lead half of the first lap, before Gottschalk slid by coming out of turn four. Caution came out early as Dewain Coleman and Jacob Latta went for spins in turns three and four, on lap four. On the restart Gottschalk held the bottom, but Grabouski was making a run on the top, but caution came out as Clay Money, Brett Berry and Austin Caruthers tangled, after Berry and Money's rear ends locked together down the frontstretch. That ended the night for Clay Money and resulted in a DNF in his last Kansas IMCA start. Gottschalk restarted the field and immediately lost the lead in three and four after Grabouski threw a perfect slider. Grabouski would hold strong despite Gottschalk holding tightly on to second, and the back bumper of Grabouski's Brand X modified. Lapped traffic did not slow down Grabouski either; Dylan Sherfick and Dakota Sproul rallied late to find the top three.
Jordan Grabouski grabbed the modified feature win, after falling short of it Friday night. Second went to Dylan Sherfick, third went to Dakota Sproul, fourth was Daniel Gottschalk, and fifth was Kyle Rohleder. Hard chargers in the event were Dakota Sproul and Dalton Bell who gained ten spots each! Other nice runs included Greg Gustus up nine spots. WaKeeney's Dylan Sherfick gained seven spots, while Kyle Rohleder gained six spots. Tanner Black and Dalton Murphy gained five spots each.
Watts Claims Sport Mod Win!
Cody Gearhart, Cody Williams, Brandon Spanjer and Tyler Watts won their sport mod heat races. Ryan Kirchoff and Zane Woodman won the two b-mains.
Cody Williams, Cody Gearhart, and Tyler Watts brought the sport mods to the start of their twenty-lap feature, Watts immediately went to the top shelf to take control, but Jasen Gray went for a spin. Watts brought the field to an original restart, and Williams got the race's lead on the second attempt. Watts used the middle and top to get side by side with Williams and on lap two secured the lead. The duo traded the lead for a couple of laps, and a caution slowed the field on lap six. Williams restarted the field with fourteen laps to go, and started pulling away, while Josh Barnhart and Tyler Watts were battling side by side for second. A slowing car brought the field to another yellow at the halfway point; Williams restarted the field with ten laps to go. Lap twelve saw Tyler Watts use the top groove to find the lead. Caution came out with three laps to go, setting up a final showdown between Watts and Williams. Watts jumped down to the bottom to fend off William's strongest line and was able to hold on.
Tyler Watts won the feature, second was Cody Williams, third was Brandon Spanjer, fourth was Josh Barnhart, and fifth was Cody Gearhart. Hard charger in the event was Alex Wiens who gained eleven spots! Other nice runs included Ryan Kirchoff up eight spots after winning the first b-main, Hayden Howard gained six spots, while Kamren Gruber and Cody Burkhardt grabbed four spots each.
Richards Doubles Up in Hobby Action!
Dillon Richards, Bingston Rogers, and Dillon Thompson all won hobby stock heat races. Kordeal Schmidt won the b-main.
Dillon Richards, Bingston Rogers and Dillon Thomps0n led the hobbies to their twenty-lap main event green flag, caution immediately came out as Dillon Thompson went for a slow roll down the backstretch after contact from Bingston Rogers, Aiden Miller and Kordeal Schmidt. Rogers, Miller and Schmidt continued on, Thompson was not able to continue but was okay after the rollover. Dillon Richards and Brayden Hurley quickly entered a side by side battle that lasted throughout the feature. Trent Matson stayed close, hoping for a mistake from the leaders. The top groove kept prevailing as Dillon Richards held the slight advantage. With eight laps to go Richards still held an advantage as a caution came out, as Tyler Thompson went for a spin in turns three and four. Richards restarted the field, and held the field off, as Brayden Hurley slipped back late in the feature.
Dillon Richards picked up the win, sweeping the weekend! Second went to Trent Matson, third to Kasen Zorn, fourth was Mitchell Fischer and fifth was Eric Chab. Hard chargers in the event were Brandon Wise and Nick Sherfick who gained nine spots each! Other nice runs included Litton Stute and Ted Trumbo who gained eight spots each. James Phelps, Cody Ghumm, and Eric Chab all gained six spots each. Mitchell Fischer and Wade Kolbo gained five spots each.
Grabouski Bests Stock Car Field!
Tathan Burkhart, Keith Stegman, Jeremy Zorn, Jacob Wolsleben, and Kyle Pfeifer all captured stock car heat race wins. David Murray Jr and Angel Munoz grabbed the b-main wins.
Kyle Pfeifer, Jeremy Zorn, and Tathan Burkhart led the stock cars to the start of their twenty-lap main event, Pfeifer used the bottom to grab the initial race lead, but within the first lap Grabouski was hounding him from the top groove. Grabouski grabbed the lead after a few laps using the top groove. The field broke out into numerous side by side battles and three wide battles. Caution came out on lap seven, as Easton LaRiviere went for a spin in turn two. Jordan Grabouski would restart the field with thirteen laps to go. Caution came out as Kyle Pfeifer went for a spin on the restart off of the bumper of Jeremy Zorn. Pfeifer collected Steve Aitken and Brendyn Nordyke in the spin, ending the night for Pfeifer. Grabouski would restart the field again, and shot to the bottom to protect the line from Tathan Burkhart who started switching grooves trying to find a way by.
Jordan Grabouski picked up the win, sweeping the weekend in the stock car! Second was Tathan Burkhart, third was Brandon Gritz, fourth capped off a huge run for Angel Munoz and fifth was Jacob Wolsleben. Hard charger in the event was Angel Munoz who gained fourteen spots! Other nice runs included David Murray Jr, Johnny Yutterman and Quinton Yutterman all grabbing nine spots each. Troy Burkhart, Doug Holzmeister and Zach Schultz gained eight spots each. Jayce Reimer and Brendyn Nordyke gained five spots each.
FULL RESULTS:
Solutions North Bank Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 30-Jordan Grabouski[4]; 2. 250-Tathan Burkhart[3]; 3. 42-Brandon Gritz[7]; 4. 2M-Angel Munoz[18]; 5. 01-Jacob Wolsleben[6]; 6. 775-Jayce Reimer[11]; 7. 9-Brendyn Nordyke[12]; 8. 97M-David Murray Jr[17]; 9. 3M-Eric Munoz[10]; 10. J10-Johnny Yutterman[19]; 11. 38-Quinton Yutterman[20]; 12. 19-Keith Stegman[5]; 13. 25X-Troy Burkhart[21]; 14. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[22]; 15. 62JR-Jravin Suck[16]; 16. 55Z-Zach Schultz[24]; 17. 16Z-Jeremy Zorn[2]; 18. 8B-Brayden Hilzer[15]; 19. 95-Easton LaRiviere[13]; 20. 11-Cole Egge[23]; 21. 7A-Steve Aitken[8]; 22. (DNF) 19K-Kolby Stegman[14]; 23. (DNF) 55-Tyler Frye[9]; 24. (DNF) 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[1]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 97M-David Murray Jr[4]; 2. J10-Johnny Yutterman[11]; 3. 25X-Troy Burkhart[7]; 4. 11-Cole Egge[10]; 5. 37-Jason Rogers[12]; 6. 11C-Carson Lang[6]; 7. 24H-Chris Holle[9]; 8. 15B-Tyler Bradshaw[1]; 9. 11D-Jason Dove[2]; 10. 14A-Austin Johnson[8]; 11. 49-Michael McEwen[13]; 12. 44-Frank Ogden[3]; 13. (DNF) 24T-Tylan Lambertus[14]; 14. (DNF) 31B-Shad Blackwell[5]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 2M-Angel Munoz[4]; 2. 38-Quinton Yutterman[7]; 3. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[2]; 4. 55Z-Zach Schultz[9]; 5. 71Z-JJ Rodeman[6]; 6. 3C-Charlie Cook[8]; 7. 55R-George Ramey[3]; 8. 09B-Kaleb Dale[13]; 9. 1-Chase Conaway[1]; 10. B21-Kyle Brennan[5]; 11. 01D-Ron Duffy[12]; 12. 01V-Ethan vogler[10]; 13. (DNS) 31-Dylan Bell; 14. (DNS) 43-Brian Calhoon
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[3]; 2. 9-Brendyn Nordyke[2]; 3. 95-Easton LaRiviere[5]; 4. 8B-Brayden Hilzer[6]; 5. 1-Chase Conaway[7]; 6. 44-Frank Ogden[9]; 7. 11-Cole Egge[1]; 8. 01V-Ethan vogler[4]; 9. (DNF) 49-Michael McEwen[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Keith Stegman[1]; 2. 7A-Steve Aitken[5]; 3. 55-Tyler Frye[9]; 4. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[3]; 5. 11C-Carson Lang[2]; 6. B21-Kyle Brennan[7]; 7. 71Z-JJ Rodeman[8]; 8. 24H-Chris Holle[6]; 9. (DNS) 43-Brian Calhoon
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16Z-Jeremy Zorn[4]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski[7]; 3. 19K-Kolby Stegman[2]; 4. 97M-David Murray Jr[1]; 5. 2M-Angel Munoz[5]; 6. 38-Quinton Yutterman[3]; 7. 25X-Troy Burkhart[8]; 8. 55Z-Zach Schultz[6]; 9. (DNF) 01D-Ron Duffy[9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Jacob Wolsleben[1]; 2. 42-Brandon Gritz[6]; 3. 3M-Eric Munoz[9]; 4. 15B-Tyler Bradshaw[5]; 5. 31B-Shad Blackwell[4]; 6. 3C-Charlie Cook[2]; 7. 14A-Austin Johnson[7]; 8. (DNF) 24T-Tylan Lambertus[3]; 9. (DNF) 09B-Kaleb Dale[8]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[8]; 2. 775-Jayce Reimer[3]; 3. 62JR-Jravin Suck[1]; 4. 55R-George Ramey[2]; 5. 11D-Jason Dove[7]; 6. (DNF) J10-Johnny Yutterman[6]; 7. (DNF) 31-Dylan Bell[4]; 8. (DNF) 37-Jason Rogers[5]
28 entries
Ghumm's Autos Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24R-Dillon Richards[1]; 2. 2M-Trent Matson[4]; 3. 8Z-Kasen Zorn[7]; 4. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[9]; 5. 11C-Eric Chab[11]; 6. 1C-Cody Ghumm[12]; 7. 66N-Nicholas Sherfick[16]; 8. 38-Brayden Hurley[5]; 9. 24W-Wade Kolbo[14]; 10. 17-Tyler Thompson[8]; 11. 30B-Kelly Yutterman[13]; 12. T21-Ted Trumbo[20]; 13. 007-Brandon Wise[22]; 14. 17M-Billy Phelps[15]; 15. 11M-James Phelps[21]; 16. 10L-Litton Stute[24]; 17. (DNF) 37-Bingston Rogers[2]; 18. (DNF) 37X-Cash Tubbs[6]; 19. (DNF) 420-Justin Yutterman[18]; 20. (DNF) 05R-Hayden Ogorzolka[23]; 21. (DNF) 8J-Levi Jones[19]; 22. (DNF) 49-Aiden Miller[10]; 23. (DNF) 8-Kordeal Schmidt[17]; 24. (DNF) 11-Dillon Thompson[3]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 8-Kordeal Schmidt[2]; 2. 420-Justin Yutterman[4]; 3. 8J-Levi Jones[3]; 4. T21-Ted Trumbo[5]; 5. 11M-James Phelps[8]; 6. 007-Brandon Wise[7]; 7. 05R-Hayden Ogorzolka[1]; 8. 10L-Litton Stute[11]; 9. 99-Justin Meserve[12]; 10. (DNF) 45TH-Russ Cossel[9]; 11. (DNS) 37W-Brady White; 12. (DQ) 21-Brandon Lewis[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24R-Dillon Richards[9]; 2. 37X-Cash Tubbs[2]; 3. 17-Tyler Thompson[6]; 4. 24W-Wade Kolbo[1]; 5. 1C-Cody Ghumm[7]; 6. 8J-Levi Jones[4]; 7. 05R-Hayden Ogorzolka[8]; 8. 007-Brandon Wise[5]; 9. 45TH-Russ Cossel[3]; 10. 99-Justin Meserve[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Bingston Rogers[8]; 2. 38-Brayden Hurley[4]; 3. 2M-Trent Matson[9]; 4. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[7]; 5. 17M-Billy Phelps[1]; 6. 420-Justin Yutterman[2]; 7. T21-Ted Trumbo[6]; 8. 11M-James Phelps[5]; 9. (DNF) 37W-Brady White[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Dillon Thompson[6]; 2. 8Z-Kasen Zorn[2]; 3. 49-Aiden Miller[3]; 4. 11C-Eric Chab[4]; 5. 30B-Kelly Yutterman[7]; 6. 66N-Nicholas Sherfick[5]; 7. 8-Kordeal Schmidt[8]; 8. 21-Brandon Lewis[9]; 9. (DNF) 10L-Litton Stute[1]
27 entries
Finish Line Lease Service Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 30-Jordan Grabouski[3]; 2. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[9]; 3. 08-Dakota Sproul[13]; 4. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[2]; 5. 0-Kyle Rohleder[11]; 6. 3B-Eddie Belec[5]; 7. 44T-Tanner Black[12]; 8. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[4]; 9. 14G-Greg Gustus[18]; 10. 24C-Cale Lagroon[14]; 11. 3C-Brendon Gemmill[7]; 12. 1N-Nick Link[15]; 13. 22B-Dalton Bell[23]; 14. 09B-Brett Berry[1]; 15. 7R-Ryan Richmeier[10]; 16. 28C-Austin Caruthers[16]; 17. 12A-Ayden Steffens[8]; 18. 09-Paxton Dody[17]; 19. 9D-Dalton Murphy[24]; 20. 28-John Burrow[20]; 21. 12-Reed Payne[19]; 22. 74-Dewain Coleman[21]; 23. (DNF) 7-Clay Money[6]; 24. (DNF) 21H-Jacob Latta[22]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 09-Paxton Dody[4]; 2. 14G-Greg Gustus[1]; 3. 12-Reed Payne[2]; 4. 28-John Burrow[6]; 5. 74-Dewain Coleman[3]; 6. 21H-Jacob Latta[5]; 7. 22B-Dalton Bell[11]; 8. 9D-Dalton Murphy[7]; 9. 98-Danny Keller[8]; 10. (DNF) 88-Troy Douglas[10]; 11. (DNF) 5W-Lance Ward[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 09B-Brett Berry[4]; 2. 7-Clay Money[1]; 3. 12A-Ayden Steffens[2]; 4. 0-Kyle Rohleder[5]; 5. 08-Dakota Sproul[7]; 6. 28C-Austin Caruthers[6]; 7. 12-Reed Payne[9]; 8. 28-John Burrow[8]; 9. (DNF) 22B-Dalton Bell[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[3]; 2. 17J-Jeremy Frenier[4]; 3. 7R-Ryan Richmeier[1]; 4. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[6]; 5. 24C-Cale Lagroon[7]; 6. 74-Dewain Coleman[5]; 7. 98-Danny Keller[2]; 8. 9D-Dalton Murphy[8]; 9. 5W-Lance Ward[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Jordan Grabouski[1]; 2. 3B-Eddie Belec[4]; 3. 3C-Brendon Gemmill[3]; 4. 44T-Tanner Black[5]; 5. 1N-Nick Link[2]; 6. 14G-Greg Gustus[6]; 7. 09-Paxton Dody[8]; 8. 21H-Jacob Latta[9]; 9. 88-Troy Douglas[7]
33 entries
Moeder's Meats Sport Mods
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 77W-Tyler Watts[3]; 2. 21S-Cody Williams[1]; 3. 19XX-Brandon Spanjer[4]; 4. 5150-Josh Barnhart[7]; 5. 1M-Cody Gearhart[2]; 6. 14W-Blaine Walt[9]; 7. 27G-Kamren Gruber[12]; 8. 48-Preston Donovan[6]; 9. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[17]; 10. 02-Justin Lampe[5]; 11. 10-Alex Wiens[22]; 12. 87D-Chad Dolan[16]; 13. 18-Kyle Wiens[10]; 14. 24-Douglas Beaman[14]; 15. 9-Lane Heil[8]; 16. 17-Cody Burkhardt[21]; 17. 23H-Hayden Howard[23]; 18. 83C-Cameron Hammett[20]; 19. (DNF) 32G-Jasen Gray[13]; 20. (DNF) 11-Trevin Frye[24]; 21. (DNF) 112-Colton Czapanskiy[11]; 22. (DNF) 73Z-Zane Woodman[18]; 23. (DNF) 17M-Brianna Maughlin[19]; 24. (DNF) 88K-Gunner Kuker[15]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[1]; 2. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[3]; 3. 17-Cody Burkhardt[9]; 4. 23H-Hayden Howard[2]; 5. 21T-Tyson Tipsword[8]; 6. 9Z-Ethan Zweygardt[6]; 7. 88KA-Brian Magarin[7]; 8. 1-Conner Fuller[5]; 9. (DNS) 141-Brady Skrdlant
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 73Z-Zane Woodman[1]; 2. 83C-Cameron Hammett[3]; 3. 10-Alex Wiens[4]; 4. 11-Trevin Frye[8]; 5. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[2]; 6. 01-Dustin Lampe[5]; 7. 8G-Coltin Ghumm[6]; 8. (DNS) 4-CJ Pfannenstiel
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1M-Cody Gearhart[6]; 2. 02-Justin Lampe[2]; 3. 18-Kyle Wiens[4]; 4. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[3]; 5. 88K-Gunner Kuker[9]; 6. 83C-Cameron Hammett[7]; 7. 10-Alex Wiens[8]; 8. 8G-Coltin Ghumm[5]; 9. 88KA-Brian Magarin[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21S-Cody Williams[7]; 2. 9-Lane Heil[1]; 3. 27G-Kamren Gruber[3]; 4. 14W-Blaine Walt[8]; 5. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[4]; 6. 141-Brady Skrdlant[5]; 7. 9Z-Ethan Zweygardt[2]; 8. (DNF) 17-Cody Burkhardt[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19XX-Brandon Spanjer[4]; 2. 48-Preston Donovan[2]; 3. 32G-Jasen Gray[3]; 4. 24-Douglas Beaman[6]; 5. 87D-Chad Dolan[7]; 6. 1-Conner Fuller[1]; 7. 01-Dustin Lampe[5]; 8. (DNF) 4-CJ Pfannenstiel[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 77W-Tyler Watts[6]; 2. 5150-Josh Barnhart[2]; 3. 112-Colton Czapanskiy[4]; 4. 73Z-Zane Woodman[1]; 5. 23H-Hayden Howard[5]; 6. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[8]; 7. (DNF) 21T-Tyson Tipsword[3]; 8. (DNF) 11-Trevin Frye[7]
12 entries
Gibson Health Mart Sport Compacts
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 76-Jakob Schwien[6]; 2. 8B-Kaishen Brack[3]; 3. 4D-Alex Boyden[8]; 4. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[7]; 5. 17-Kiowa Higdon[4]; 6. 69G-Gage Porter[1]; 7. 6M-Madison Reed[10]; 8. 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[12]; 9. 16L-Grant Logue[9]; 10. (DNF) 16C-Connor Schwien[2]; 11. (DNF) 26X-Dan Kruse[11]; 12. (DNF) 117-Kevin Tremblay[5]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 16C-Connor Schwien[1]; 2. 8B-Kaishen Brack[5]; 3. 117-Kevin Tremblay[4]; 4. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[6]; 5. 16L-Grant Logue[2]; 6. 26X-Dan Kruse[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 69G-Gage Porter[2]; 2. 17-Kiowa Higdon[5]; 3. 76-Jakob Schwien[4]; 4. 4D-Alex Boyden[3]; 5. 6M-Madison Reed[1]; 6. (DNF) 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[6]
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