Maughlin Grabs Household Victory!

08/10/2025

RPM Speedway

Hays, KS

By: Sheldon Wickwar

The racers and teams funneled into the legendary RPM Speedway in Hays on Saturday Night, for another exciting night of IMCA action, along with the local cruisers class. Fifty-six race teams checked into the legendary RPM Speedway.

Hagans Grabs Cruisers Win!

Colby Hagans won the only cruisers heat race, their fifteen-lap main event started with a front row of Colby Hagans and Weston Kraus. Quickly Hagans got to the race lead, and never really looked back, as he and his co-driver led wire to wire. Colby Hagans won, second was Weston Kraus, third was Dylan Pfeifer, fourth was Anna Kraus, fifth was Shane Eck and sixth was Dakota Bliss.

Colby Hagans celebrates his Cruisers win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Connor Schwien Grabs Compact Win!

Jake Schwien and Brock Leibhart grabbed sport compact heat race wins, their fifteen-lap main event started with a front row of Jacob Kappel and Kyle Mortensen. Kappel led early on but quickly the heavy hitters of Connor Schwien, Gage Porter and Kiowa Higdon stormed the castle. The compacts battled and even bumped quite a bit as numerous drivers made contact and had to make drastic saves to keep from piling their cars up. Jake Schwien found the frontstretch wall as he was trying to move up through the field and brought out a caution. Connor Schwien gained control of the race lead and held off charges from Porter and Higdon to pick up his sixth win of the season, and third at RPM. Second was Gage Porter, third was Kiowa Higdon, fourth was Kyle Mortensen and fifth was Grant Logue. Hard charger in the feature was Connor Schwien who gained seven spots. Other nice runs included Kiowa Higdon up six spots, Gage Porter up five spots, and Makennon Sanders up four spots.

Connor Schwien celebrates his IMCA Sport Compact win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Olmstead Collects Another Hobby Win!

Zach Olmstead and Tyler Heath grabbed hobby stock heat race wins, their fifteen-lap main event started with a front row of Blake Holmes and Tyler Heath. The initial start saw cars slip and slide, when the racing got started, the likes of Tyler Heath, Taylor Croisant, and Hayden Ogorzolka were battling at the front. Meanwhile Zach Olmstead was hunting to the front, bringing along rookie Nick Sherfick. The duo got to the front and battled closely for the bulk of the feature. The rookie appeared to have a stronger car at times, but the veteran driver knew all the right moves to find victory lane. Zach Olmstead picked up win number twenty-two Saturday, as win number twenty-one was collected Thursday night in Stockton. Second was the rookie out of WaKeeney Nick Sherfick, third was Brett Conness, fourth was Jake Wharton and fifth was Carson Hageman. Hard charger in the event was Zach Olmstead with nine spots gained. Other nice runs included an "over-the moon" Nick Sherfick who gained seven spots, Taylor Croisant gained five spots in one of her most impressive showings, Amber Wray gained four spots and local favorite Brooke Russell gained three spots.

Zach Olmstead celebrates his IMCA Hobby Stock win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Maughlin Grabs Household Victory!

Ryan Kirchoff and Chad Dolan grabbed heat race wins in their sport mods. The fifteen-lap main event started with a front row of Ethan Zweygardt and Brianna Maughlin, Maughlin took the early lead and scooted away from her boyfriend Kamren Gruber who quickly shot to second. The couple battled closely throughout the feature, with Gruber peeking his nose underneath a couple times, but not being able to make a bid for the lead. Caution came out later in the feature as Jack Kirchoff and Justin Meserve went for slight spins. Maughlin restarted the field and held off Gruber to pick up her second win of the season, and third of her career, along with the household bragging rights. Second was Kamren Gruber, third was Chad Dolan, fourth was Carson Lang, and fifth was Landyn Plummer. Hard chargers in the event were Chad Dolan and Carson Lang with five spots gained each. Other nice runs included Jeff Goodaker with two spots gained. Brianna Maughlin, Kamren Gruber, Landyn Plummer and Ryan Kirchoff all gained one spot each.

Brianna Maughlin celebrates her IMCA Sport Mod win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

2Fiddy Steals Stock Car Win!

Tathan Burkhart won the only stock car heat race, their fifteen-lap main event started with a front row of Michael Pepper and Troy Burkhart. Pepper fired off extremely well and led the bulk of the main event before the young gun of Tathan Burkhart stole the victory on the final lap. Tathan grabbed his sixth win of the season, and third at RPM. Second was Michael Pepper, third was Troy Burkhart, fourth was Garrett Hager and fifth was Trevor Schmidt. Hard charger was Tathan Burkhart who gained four spots.

Tathan Burkhart celebrates his IMCA Stock Car win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Sproul Stays Dominant in Mod Action! The modifieds ran one heat race won by Clay Money. The fifteen-lap main event hosted a front row of Dylan Sherfick and Elliott May. Sherfick led the initial start but quickly Dakota Sproul and Clay Money stormed the castle. Sproul was almost untouchable, securing a nice lead quickly. Caution came out to erase the big lead, Sproul continued to lead the remainder of the feature, but Clay Money followed right in his tire tracks. Dakota Sproul grabbed his third straight win in three nights as he swept the last two races at the historic 1/2 mile in Stockton on Thursday and Friday and then followed up with a win in Hays. Second was Clay Money, third was Dylan Sherfick, fourth was Dalton Murphy and Elliott May finished fifth. Hard chargers in the events were Dakota Sproul and Clay Money up two spots each. Dalton Murphy gained one spot.

Dakota Sproul celebrates his IMCA Modified win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

FULL RESULTS:

Wild and Wacky Cruisers

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2-Colby Hagans[1]; 2. 79-Weston Kraus[2]; 3. 10 32-Dylan Pfeifer[3]; 4. 29-Anna Kraus[5]; 5. 96E-Shane Eck[4]; 6. 01-Dakota Bliss[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Colby Hagans[6]; 2. 79-Weston Kraus[2]; 3. 10 32-Dylan Pfeifer[4]; 4. 96E-Shane Eck[5]; 5. 29-Anna Kraus[3]; 6. 01-Dakota Bliss[1]

12 entries

Golden Plains Trucking IMCA Sport Compacts

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 16C-Connor Schwien[8]; 2. 69G-Gage Porter[7]; 3. 17-Kiowa Higdon[9]; 4. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[2]; 5. 16L-Grant Logue[3]; 6. 45-Dave Kappel[6]; 7. 63-Makennon Sanders[11]; 8. 15B-Brock Leibhart[5]; 9. (DNF) 84-Brayden Vanpelt[12]; 10. (DNF) 8B-Kaishen Brack[4]; 11. (DNF) 81-Jacob Kappel[1]; 12. (DNF) 16-Jakob Schwien[10]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Jakob Schwien[6]; 2. 16C-Connor Schwien[5]; 3. 45-Dave Kappel[4]; 4. 8B-Kaishen Brack[3]; 5. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[2]; 6. 63-Makennon Sanders[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 15B-Brock Leibhart[3]; 2. 81-Jacob Kappel[1]; 3. 17-Kiowa Higdon[5]; 4. 69G-Gage Porter[4]; 5. 16L-Grant Logue[2]; 6. 84-Brayden Vanpelt[6]

16 entries

Augie's Towing IMCA Hobby Stocks

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[10]; 2. 66N-Nicholas Sherfick[9]; 3. 58-Bret Conness[7]; 4. 93-Jake Wharton[5]; 5. 48H-Carson Hageman[6]; 6. 12S-Cole Schulte[4]; 7. 14-David Kraus[8]; 8. 6T-Taylor Croisant[13]; 9. 12R-Brooke Russell[12]; 10. 3-Amber Wray[14]; 11. (DNF) 8K-Hayden Kelly[11]; 12. (DNF) 187-Tyler Heath[2]; 13. (DNF) 55-Blake Holmes[1]; 14. (DNF) 8H-Hunter Esplund[15]; 15. (DNF) M69-Anna Minks[16]; 16. (DNF) 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[7]; 2. 58-Bret Conness[5]; 3. 17H-Hayden Ogorzolka[3]; 4. 93-Jake Wharton[4]; 5. 14-David Kraus[6]; 6. 8K-Hayden Kelly[1]; 7. 6T-Taylor Croisant[2]; 8. M69-Anna Minks[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 187-Tyler Heath[2]; 2. 12S-Cole Schulte[3]; 3. 55-Blake Holmes[1]; 4. 48H-Carson Hageman[4]; 5. 66N-Nicholas Sherfick[6]; 6. 12R-Brooke Russell[5]; 7. 8H-Hunter Esplund[8]; 8. 3-Amber Wray[7]

11 entries

Walt's Machine IMCA Sport Mods

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[2]; 2. 27G-Kamren Gruber[3]; 3. 87D-Chad Dolan[8]; 4. 54-Carson Lang[9]; 5. 11-Landyn Plummer[6]; 6. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[7]; 7. 11J-Josiah Lopez[4]; 8. 9Z-Ethan Zweygardt[1]; 9. 21G-Jeff Goodaker[11]; 10. (DNF) 88J-Jack Kirchoff[5]; 11. (DNF) 99-Justin Meserve[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[3]; 2. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[2]; 3. 54-Carson Lang[5]; 4. 27G-Kamren Gruber[4]; 5. 11-Landyn Plummer[6]; 6. 21G-Jeff Goodaker[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87D-Chad Dolan[1]; 2. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[2]; 3. 11J-Josiah Lopez[3]; 4. 9Z-Ethan Zweygardt[4]; 5. 99-Justin Meserve[5]

6 entries

Advantage Auto Glass IMCA Stock Cars

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[5]; 2. 22-Michael Pepper[1]; 3. 25X-Troy Burkhart[2]; 4. 68-Garrett Hager[4]; 5. 2X-Trevor Schmidt[3]; 6. (DNS) 60-Curt Croisant

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[5]; 2. 22-Michael Pepper[2]; 3. 68-Garrett Hager[1]; 4. 2X-Trevor Schmidt[4]; 5. 25X-Troy Burkhart[6]; 6. (DNF) 60-Curt Croisant[3]

5 entries

Mel Hambelton Ford IMCA Modifieds

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 08-Dakota Sproul[3]; 2. 7-Clay Money[4]; 3. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[1]; 4. 9D-Dalton Murphy[5]; 5. 15E-Elliott May[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Clay Money[1]; 2. 08-Dakota Sproul[3]; 3. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[4]; 4. 9D-Dalton Murphy[2]; 5. 15E-Elliott May[5]