Hafertepe Grabs Late Race Win in WaKeeney!

08/18/2025

WaKeeney, KS WaKeeney Speedway

By: Sheldon Wickwar

Weston Kraus Leads Cruisers!

Colby Hagans won the only cruisers heat race of the night, the twelve lap main event started with a front row of Colby Hagans and Dylan Pfeifer. Hagans led the majority of the race before giving way to Weston Kraus late. Weston Kraus won his second race of the year, second was Colby Hagans, third was Dakota Bliss, fourth was Dylan Pfeifer, fifth was Anna Kraus and sixth was Shaun Woods.

Weston Kraus celebrates his Cruisers win at WaKeeney Speedway! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Tathan Burkhart Grabs Stock Car Victory!

Bobby Eubanks and Doug Holzmeister grabbed stock car heat race wins Friday night, as Kyle Pfeifer and Drew Miller led the field to their twenty-lap main event, Pfeifer led early on, while Tathan and Troy Burkhart made quick work of Drew Miller. Pfeifer led for a while before spinning in turns one and two along with Troy Burkhart, they both pulled off early, as well as modified driver Dylan Sherfick. Tathan Burkhart was untouchable once he got to clean air, and collected his seventh win of the year. Second was Doug Holzmeister, third was Trey Zorn, fourth was Drew Miller and fifth was Jeremy Zorn. Hard charger in the event was Trey Zorn who gained seven spots, other nice runs included Doug Holzmeister up four spots, while Tathan Burkhart and Jeremy Zorn grabbed three spots each.

Tathan Burkhart celebrates his IMCA Stock Car victory at Wakeeney Speedway! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Morgan Olmstead Holds Off Brother Zach in Hobby Action!

Zach Olmstead and Dylan Bell both grabbed hobby stock heat race victories on Friday, their fifteen lap main event started with a front row of Nick Sherfick and Morgan Olmstead. Morgan fired off to an early race led, but caution quickly came out as the young Sherfick went for a spin. Morgan restarted the field and quickly brother Zach and fellow competitor Dylan Bell flew to the front. The trio would battle closely but would remain the same, as Morgan led wire to wire. Morgan Olmstead picked up win number four on the season, second was Zach Olmstead, third was Dylan Bell, fourth was Bingston Rogers and fifth was Carson Hageman. Hard charger in the event was Zach Olmstead with eight positions gained, other nice runs included Dylan Bell up six spots, and Bret Conness up four spots. Nick Sherfick rebounded for ninth place after his early spin.

Morgan Olmstead celebrates his IMCA Hobby Stock victory at WaKeeney Speedway! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Hafertepe Grabs Late Race Win in WaKeeney!

Garrett Benson, Kyler Johnson and Sam Hafertepe Jr all grabbed heat race wins with the American Sprint Car Series Friday night in WaKeeney. Jake Bubak grabbed the pole dash win, and led the field to the green flag. Bubak held a lead for the majority of the event as it appeared like Hafertepe saved his equipment for the late race run. Once the leaders got to lapped traffic, the series points leader made his move and pounced on Bubak to steal the win in the closing laps. Bubak came within half of a second of the lead late, but was unable to get by. Sam Hafertepe Jr grabbed his eleventh win of the season. A season that saw him win five straight events prior to the Knoxville Nationals! Second was Kyler Johnson after Jake Bubak was light at the scales, resulting in a disqualification. Third was Brady Baker who was impressive all night long, fourth was Terry Easum and fifth was series regular Matt Covington. Blake Hahn suffered a hard lap one crash as he barreled off of turn two, his crew fixed him up and he charged from 23rd to finish 8th. Hard charger in the event was Brogan Carder who gained ten spots, other nice runs included Matt Covington up eight spots, Terry Easum up seven spots, Jeff Stasa up six spots, while Jason Martin, Landon Britt, Jordan Knight, and Zack Merritt all gained five spots each.

Sam Hafertepe Jr. celebrates his ASCS Sprint Car victory at WaKeeney Speedway! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

FULL RESULTS:

ASCS Sprints

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 2. 45X-Kyler Johnson[2]; 3. 71-Brady Baker[5]; 4. 88-Terry Easum[11]; 5. 95-Matt Covington[13]; 6. 2J-Zach Blurton[9]; 7. 36-Jason Martin[12]; 8. 52-Blake Hahn[6]; 9. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[10]; 10. 10-Landon Britt[15]; 11. 88C-Brogan Carder[21]; 12. 88K-Jordan Knight[17]; 13. 16G-Austyn Gossel[7]; 14. 88R-Ryder Laplante[16]; 15. 6G-Bryan Gossel[19]; 16. 2B-Garrett Benson[4]; 17. 91-Jeff Stasa[23]; 18. 72-Ray Seemann[22]; 19. 74-Zack Merritt[24]; 20. 77-Cole MacEwen[18]; 21. 5D-Adam Trimble[14]; 22. 71T-Christopher Townsend[20]; 23. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[8]; 24. (DQ) 27B-Jake Bubak[1]

Dash (5 Laps): 1. 27B-Jake Bubak[2]; 2. 45X-Kyler Johnson[1]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[3]; 4. 2B-Garrett Benson[5]; 5. 71-Brady Baker[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson[1]; 2. 16G-Austyn Gossel[2]; 3. 71-Brady Baker[4]; 4. 36-Jason Martin[8]; 5. 10-Landon Britt[5]; 6. 77-Cole MacEwen[6]; 7. 71T-Christopher Townsend[3]; 8. 74-Zack Merritt[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Kyler Johnson[1]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 3. 27B-Jake Bubak[4]; 4. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[3]; 5. 95-Matt Covington[6]; 6. 88R-Ryder Laplante[7]; 7. 6G-Bryan Gossel[5]; 8. 72-Ray Seemann[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 2. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[1]; 3. 2J-Zach Blurton[2]; 4. 88-Terry Easum[6]; 5. 5D-Adam Trimble[7]; 6. 88K-Jordan Knight[3]; 7. 88C-Brogan Carder[5]; 8. 91-Jeff Stasa[8]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 71-Brady Baker, 00:15.214[4]; 2. 2B-Garrett Benson, 00:15.217[7]; 3. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:15.322[3]; 4. 71T-Christopher Townsend, 00:15.395[2]; 5. 10-Landon Britt, 00:15.718[1]; 6. 77-Cole MacEwen, 00:16.158[5]; 7. 74-Zack Merritt, 00:16.167[8]; 8. (DNS) 36-Jason Martin

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 27B-Jake Bubak, 00:14.965[3]; 2. 45X-Kyler Johnson, 00:15.044[4]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:15.063[1]; 4. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman, 00:15.251[8]; 5. 6G-Bryan Gossel, 00:15.256[7]; 6. 95-Matt Covington, 00:15.267[2]; 7. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 00:15.364[6]; 8. 72-Ray Seemann, 00:15.579[5]

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:14.924[4]; 2. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 00:15.326[6]; 3. 2J-Zach Blurton, 00:15.431[5]; 4. 88K-Jordan Knight, 00:15.548[7]; 5. 88C-Brogan Carder, 00:15.603[8]; 6. 88-Terry Easum, 00:15.610[3]; 7. 5D-Adam Trimble, 00:15.680[1]; 8. 91-Jeff Stasa, 00:15.784[2]

Hot Laps: 1. 95-Matt Covington, 00:15.026[10]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:15.056[20]; 3. 45X-Kyler Johnson, 00:15.158[12]; 4. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:15.186[9]; 5. 6G-Bryan Gossel, 00:15.228[15]; 6. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman, 00:15.312[16]; 7. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 00:15.398[3]; 8. 71-Brady Baker, 00:15.422[4]; 9. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 00:15.426[22]; 10. 88C-Brogan Carder, 00:15.579[24]; 11. 88-Terry Easum, 00:15.582[19]; 12. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 00:15.607[14]; 13. 5D-Adam Trimble, 00:15.608[17]; 14. 2B-Garrett Benson, 00:15.615[7]; 15. 88K-Jordan Knight, 00:15.630[23]; 16. 2J-Zach Blurton, 00:15.653[21]; 17. 72-Ray Seemann, 00:15.736[13]; 18. 91-Jeff Stasa, 00:15.756[18]; 19. 10-Landon Britt, 00:15.906[1]; 20. 74-Zack Merritt, 00:16.105[8]; 21. 71T-Christopher Townsend, 00:16.228[2]; 22. 77-Cole MacEwen, 00:16.540[5]; 23. 27B-Jake Bubak, 00:15.137[11]; 24. (DNS) 36-Jason Martin

7 entries

Cruisers

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 79-Weston Kraus[3]; 2. 2-Colby Hagans[1]; 3. 01-Dakota Bliss[4]; 4. 10 32-Dylan Pfeifer[2]; 5. 29A-Anna Kraus[6]; 6. 9-Shaun Woods[5]; 7. (DNS) 317Z-Travis Phillips

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Colby Hagans[5]; 2. 79-Weston Kraus[4]; 3. 01-Dakota Bliss[2]; 4. 9-Shaun Woods[3]; 5. 10 32-Dylan Pfeifer[6]; 6. 29A-Anna Kraus[1]; 7. (DNF) 317Z-Travis Phillips[7]

10 entries

Solutions North Bank Stock Cars

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[4]; 2. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[6]; 3. 3Z-Trey Zorn[10]; 4. 49-Drew Miller[2]; 5. 16Z-Jeremy Zorn[8]; 6. (DNF) 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[1]; 7. (DNF) 7-Bobby Eubanks[5]; 8. (DNF) 25X-Troy Burkhart[3]; 9. (DNF) 54D-Dylan Sherfick[7]; 10. (DNS) 1C-Cody Ghumm

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Bobby Eubanks[1]; 2. 250-Tathan Burkhart[4]; 3. 16Z-Jeremy Zorn[2]; 4. 54D-Dylan Sherfick[3]; 5. 1C-Cody Ghumm[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[1]; 2. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[4]; 3. 3Z-Trey Zorn[3]; 4. 25X-Troy Burkhart[5]; 5. 49-Drew Miller[2]

15 entries

Ghumm's Autos Hobby Stocks

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 88-Morgan Olmstead[2]; 2. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[10]; 3. 31-Dylan Bell[9]; 4. 37-Bingston Rogers[4]; 5. 48H-Carson Hageman[3]; 6. T21-Ted Trumbo[5]; 7. 8J-Levi Jones[6]; 8. 58-Bret Conness[12]; 9. 66N-Nicholas Sherfick[1]; 10. 14-David Kraus[7]; 11. 32B-Levi Lippelmann co[8]; 12. 37X-Cash Tubbs[11]; 13. 37XJ-Austin Janousek[14]; 14. 49-Aiden Miller[13]; 15. M69-Anna Minks[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[1]; 2. 32B-Levi Lippelmann co[7]; 3. 8J-Levi Jones[6]; 4. 48H-Carson Hageman[3]; 5. 14-David Kraus[5]; 6. 37X-Cash Tubbs[2]; 7. 49-Aiden Miller[4]; 8. M69-Anna Minks[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Dylan Bell[3]; 2. 88-Morgan Olmstead[4]; 3. 66N-Nicholas Sherfick[1]; 4. 37-Bingston Rogers[6]; 5. T21-Ted Trumbo[2]; 6. 58-Bret Conness[7]; 7. 37XJ-Austin Janousek[5]