Maughlin Captures Second Sport Mod Victory!

05/25/2025

RPM Speedway

Hays, KS

By: Sheldon Wickwar

Maughlin Captures Second Sport Mod Victory

Brianna Maughlin’s night started off with a third-place finish in the only sport mod heat race, while Jacob Olmstead won. They shared the front row for the main event and Maughlin fired off to the early race lead. Maughlin led the first seventeen green flag laps and then had to endure a restart after Landyn Plummer went for a spin in turn one. Heavy hitters Austin Carter and Blaine Walt restarted behind Maughlin, Maughlin got a good restart and was the faster car in the closing laps. Brianna Maughlin won her second career sport mod race, the last one coming over four years ago. Maughlin kept her confidence despite the highs and lows of dirt track racing, she credited her dad for keeping her focused and reminding her of her talent. Second went to Austin Carter, third was Blaine Walt, fourth was Warren Huffman and fifth was Jacob Olmstead. Austin Carter was the hard charger gaining two spots.

Brianna Maughlin Celebrates her IMCA Sport Mod Win! Photo Courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Porter Best in Compacts!

Gage Porter and Jake Schwien both won heat races for the sport compacts. Gage Porter and Jacob Kappel started the main event from the front row. Porter fired off with the early race lead and started clicking off laps, meanwhile the Schwien brothers and Kyle Mortensen moved through the pack. Porter cruised to his fourth win of 2025, second went to Jake Schwien, third was Connor Schwien, fourth was Kyle Mortensen fresh off his win in Colby, Friday Night. Fifth was Dan Kruse, hard charger in the event was Kyle Mortensen who gained four spots. Other nice runs included Connor Schwien up three spots, Dave Kappel and Jake Schwien gained two spots.

Gage Porter Celebrates his IMCA Sport Compact win! Photo Courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Olmstead Picks up Another Hobby Win!

Zach Olmstead, Hayden Ogorzolka, and Tyler Heath all picked up heat race wins in hobby stock action. Taylor Croisant and Tyler Heath shared the front row for the main event; Heath gained the early lead and started to pull away from the field. Heath led for a good while, until his engine gave out, he pulled to the infield but left a streak of fluid. AJ Davenport hit the fluid and made heavy contact with the frontstretch wall, luckily, he was able to walk away. Before the engine failure, Zach Olmstead had battled his way to second place and inherited the lead. Olmstead restarted the field and cruised to win number ten on the season, and second of the weekend, after winning in Colby, Friday Night. Second was Trent Matson, who had spent the whole evening in the top five. Third was Morgan Olmstead, fourth was Mitchell Fischer and fifth was Dion Priddy. Taylor Croisant's solid night saw her run in the top five for a good while, before ultimately falling back in the closing laps. Hard charger in the event was Jake Wharton who gained thirteen spots, Anna Minks gained twelve spots. Other nice runs included Zach Olmstead up eight spots, and brother Morgan up seven spots.

Zach Omstead Celebrates his IMCA Hobby Stock win! Photo Courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Petersillie Cruises to Stock Car Victory!

Michael Pepper and Mike Petersilie grabbed stock car heat race wins, the main event started with a front row of Michael Pepper and Curt Croisant, Pepper grabbed the early lead. Quickly though, Petersilie came through the field, to overtake the lead. Pepper's good run saw him get tangled up in a three-car spin in turn two, Pepper was able to continue. Nothing was slowing Petersilie down as the stock car/late model driver cruised to his first win of 2025. Second was Quinton Yutterman who continues a stellar start to the season. Third was Austin Ramey, fourth was Tathan Burkhart who followed up his win in Colby, Friday Night. George Ramey finished fifth, hard charger was Austin Ramey who gained nine spots. Other nice runs included Tathan Burkhart up six spots, Don Dodds up four spots, Mike Petersilie and Quinton Yutterman up three spots each.

Mike Petersilie Celebrates his IMCA Stock Car Win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Rohleder Rolls to Modified Victory!

Kyle Rohleder won the only heat race for the modifieds, the front row of the main event saw Kyle Rohleder and Daniel Gottschalk bring the field to green. Rohleder easily shot to the lead, while Gottschalk pulled off early. Colby's winner Dylan Sherfick shot to second place and tried to close the gap on a lightning quick Rohleder. Rohleder rolled to his first win of 2025. Second went to Dylan Sherfick, third went to Dakota Sproul, fourth was Clay Money and fifth was Jesse Richter. Hard charger in the event was Dakota Sproul who gained two spots.

Kyle Rohleder Celebrates his IMCA Mod Win! Photo Courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

FULL RESULTS:

Golden Plains Trucking IMCA Sport Compacts

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 69G-Gage Porter[1]; 2. 16-Jakob Schwien[4]; 3. 16C-Connor Schwien[6]; 4. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[8]; 5. 26X-Dan Kruse[3]; 6. 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[5]; 7. 81-Jacob Kappel[2]; 8. 45-David Kappel[10]; 9. 17-Kiowa Higdon[7]; 10. 15B-Brock Leibhart[11]; 11. 8B-Kaishen Brack[12]; 12. 1N-Nathan Vollbracht[9]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 69G-Gage Porter[1]; 2. 26X-Dan Kruse[2]; 3. 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[4]; 4. 17-Kiowa Higdon[5]; 5. 1N-Nathan Vollbracht[6]; 6. (DNF) 15B-Brock Leibhart[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Jakob Schwien[2]; 2. 16C-Connor Schwien[4]; 3. 45-David Kappel[6]; 4. 81-Jacob Kappel[1]; 5. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[5]; 6. 8B-Kaishen Brack[3]

20 entries

Augie's Towing IMCA Hobby Stocks

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[9]; 2. 2M-Trent Matson[6]; 3. 88-Morgan Olmstead[10]; 4. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[8]; 5. D68-Dion Priddy[7]; 6. 93-Jake Wharton[19]; 7. 6T-Taylor Croisant[1]; 8. M69-Anna Minks[20]; 9. (DNF) 69-Danny Schulte[18]; 10. (DNF) 187-Tyler Heath[2]; 11. (DNF) 7-AJ Davenport[12]; 12. (DNF) 3H-Gauge Hubbard[14]; 13. (DNF) 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[4]; 14. (DNF) 5-Trace Lobdell[15]; 15. (DNF) 55-Blake Holmes[5]; 16. (DNF) 12S-Cole Schulte[3]; 17. (DNF) 70-Billy McBride[11]; 18. (DNF) 42J-Alec Jeske[13]; 19. (DNF) 48H-Carson Hageman[17]; 20. (DNF) 28-Chassie Davis[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[5]; 2. 2M-Trent Matson[4]; 3. 70-Billy McBride[6]; 4. 12S-Cole Schulte[3]; 5. 42J-Alec Jeske[7]; 6. (DNF) 5-Trace Lobdell[1]; 7. (DNF) 69-Danny Schulte[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[3]; 2. 6T-Taylor Croisant[1]; 3. D68-Dion Priddy[4]; 4. 7-AJ Davenport[6]; 5. M69-Anna Minks[7]; 6. 28-Chassie Davis[5]; 7. (DNF) 93-Jake Wharton[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 187-Tyler Heath[1]; 2. 55-Blake Holmes[3]; 3. 88-Morgan Olmstead[5]; 4. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[4]; 5. 3H-Gauge Hubbard[6]; 6. 48H-Carson Hageman[2]

8 entries

Walt's Machine IMCA Sport Mods

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[2]; 2. 63C-Austin Carter[4]; 3. 14W-Blaine Walt[3]; 4. 20-Warren Huffman[5]; 5. 88J-Jacob Olmstead[1]; 6. 11-Landyn Plummer[7]; 7. 120-Stacey Huffman[8]; 8. 99-Justin Meserve[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 88J-Jacob Olmstead[1]; 2. 14W-Blaine Walt[3]; 3. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[2]; 4. 20-Warren Huffman[7]; 5. 63C-Austin Carter[4]; 6. 99-Justin Meserve[8]; 7. 11-Landyn Plummer[5]; 8. (DNF) 120-Stacey Huffman[6]

13 entries

Advantage Auto Glass IMCA Stock Cars

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 25P-Mike Petersilie[4]; 2. 38-Quinton Yutterman[5]; 3. 67-Austin Ramey[12]; 4. 250-Tathan Burkhart[10]; 5. 55XR-George Ramey[6]; 6. J10-Johnny Yutterman[8]; 7. 17-Calvin Davis[3]; 8. 25X-Troy Burkhart[9]; 9. 6D-Don Dodds[13]; 10. 22-Michael Pepper[1]; 11. (DNF) 7-Bobby Eubanks[7]; 12. (DNF) 11-Jason Dove[11]; 13. (DNF) 60-Curt Croisant[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Michael Pepper[1]; 2. 38-Quinton Yutterman[3]; 3. 25X-Troy Burkhart[5]; 4. 17-Calvin Davis[2]; 5. 7-Bobby Eubanks[4]; 6. 11-Jason Dove[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25P-Mike Petersilie[2]; 2. 250-Tathan Burkhart[5]; 3. J10-Johnny Yutterman[4]; 4. 55XR-George Ramey[7]; 5. 60-Curt Croisant[1]; 6. 67-Austin Ramey[6]; 7. 6D-Don Dodds[3]

9 entries

Mel Hambelton Ford IMCA Modifieds

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 0-Kyle Rohleder[1]; 2. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[3]; 3. 08-Dakota Sproul[5]; 4. 7-Clay Money[4]; 5. 8R-Jesse Richter[6]; 6. 9D-Dalton Murphy[7]; 7. 33-Jason Ward[8]; 8. 5W-Lance Ward[9]; 9. (DNF) 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Kyle Rohleder[2]; 2. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[6]; 3. 08-Dakota Sproul[8]; 4. 7-Clay Money[7]; 5. 3D-Daniel Gottschalk[5]; 6. 8R-Jesse Richter[9]; 7. 9D-Dalton Murphy[1]; 8. 33-Jason Ward[3]; 9. 5W-Lance Ward[4]