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Money Tops Colby Modified Action!

06/29/2025 

Thomas County Speedway 

Colby, Kansas 

By: Sheldon Wickwar 

 

Leibhart Breaks through in Colby! 

Brock Leibhart won the only sport compact heat of the night in Colby. The front row of the compact feature had Blake Fladgard and Brock Leibhart leading the way. Leibhart and Mortensen quickly got to the front, with Leibhart maintaining a lead for most of the event. Mortensen came close on a few laps, and the duo were side by side at the finish line, but Leibhart narrowly grabbed the win. Leibhart grabbed win number one of the season, second went to Kyle Mortensen, and Blake Fladgard finished third. 

A picture of Brock Leibhart in victory lane!
Brock Leibhart celebrates his IMCA Sport Compact Win, Photo Courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Olmstead Grabs Another One! 

Bruce Plumisto, Zach Olmstead and Brady Bencken all picked up hobby stock heat race victories Saturday Night. The field was led to the green flag with a front row of Bruce Plumisto and Alicia Hilzer; Plumisto took the early race lead. Plumisto led the first lap, a caution came out for cars around in turn two, Plumisto restarted the field and by lap five, Zach Olmstead had taken the lead away. Plumisto never really went away in the next laps, but towards the end of the feature, Brady Bencken got by to settle into second place. Bencken was never able to catch a very fast Zach Olmstead. Olmstead grabbed win number thirteen of his year, second was Brady Bencken, third was Bruce Plumisto, fourth was Bingston Rogers and fifth was Brayden Hilzer. Hard charger in the event was Bret Conness who gained nine spots, other nice runs included both Zach Olmstead and Brady Bencken who gained seven spots each, Bingston Rogers up six spots, Ray West up four spots and Levi Lippelmann up three spots.  

A picture of Zach Olmstead in victory lane!
Zach Olmstead celebrates his IMCA Hobby Stock Win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Barnhart Keeps Colby Success Going! 

Josh Barnhart and Adam Weber both picked up sport mod heat race victories. The feature was led to green by a front row of Josiah Lopez and Monty Nordyke, Brianna Maughlin got a great start from third place and quickly took the race lead. By lap three Josh Barnhart had taken over the race lead after passing Maughlin down the backstretch. Ace Plummer went for a spin on lap three, to set up a restart. Barnhart powered back with the lead and held a commanding lead before a lap five caution brought the field back together. Barnhart again restarted the field and cruised to another victory at the Thomas County Speedway. Kam Gruber made a late race charge to finish second, Ryan Kirchoff finished third, Jasen Gray fourth and Josiah Lopez held on for fifth place. Josh Barnhart grabbed his third win of the season, all coming in Colby. Hard chargers in the event were Josh Barnhart and Kam Gruber, who both gained six spots each. Other nice runs included Ace Plummer recovering from an early spin to gain four spots overall, and Donovan Ohlrogge picked up two spots in the feature, after spinning earlier in the night. 

A picture of Josh Barnhart in victory lane!
Josh Barnhart celebrates his IMCA Sport Mod Win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Pfeifer Fastest Stock Car! 

Kyle Pfeifer grabbed three spots in his heat race for the stock cars to win, while Doug Holzmeister gained two spots in his heat race. The front row of the feature lined up with Cody Ghumm and Johnny Yutterman leading the field to green, Holzmeister pushed the front row three wide on the opening lap, to take control of the race lead. The first four laps featured tight racing between Johnny Yutterman and Doug Holzmeister which allowed third place runner at the time Kyle Pfeifer to close in on the lead battle. Caution came out on lap four; Holzmeister led the field to a restart and maintained control until lap eight when Pfiefer flew by on the outside. Pfeifer was quickest in clean air, and the field was never able to catch back up to him. Kyle Pfeifer grabbed his second win of the season, after winning in Hays earlier in the season. Second went to Doug Holzmeister who survived a late race charge from the Yutterman cars. Johnny Yutterman finished third, Quinton Yutterman fourth and Garrett Hager fifth. Hard charger in the event was Garrett Hager who gained five spots; other notable charges were Kyle Pfeifer up four spots, and Jeff Tubbs up three spots. 

A picture of Kyle Pfeifer in victory lane!
Kyle Pfeifer celebrates his IMCA Stock Car Win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

Money Tops Modified Action! 

Dylan Sherfick and Eddie Belec picked up modified heat race wins Saturday Night, the feature lined up with a front row of Danny Keller and John Burrow. Burrow took the early lead but quickly swallowed up Dylan Sherfick and Kyle Rohleder, two of the quickest modifieds in the state. The duo traded control of the race until lap four when Eddie Belec spun out. Rohleder had the lead at the time, and restarted the field, but a quick moving Clay Money got to the race lead by lap seven. Clay Money, Dylan Sherfick and Kyle Rohleder all battled closely for a while, until five laps to go when Money started to pull away from the field. Clay Money picked up his third win of the season, two coming in Colby and one in Hays. Second was Dylan Sherfick, third was Kyle Rohleder, fourth was Eddie Belec who rebounded from his early spin. Fifth was Brandon Clough. Hard charger in the event was Clay Money who grabbed six spots, other notable runs included Dylan Sherfick up four spots, Brandon Clough and Mike Bainter both gained three spots each. 

A picture of Clay Money in victory lane!
Clay Money celebrates his IMCA Modified Win! Photo courtesy of Carl Red Larson!

FULL RESULTS:

IMCA Hobby Stock

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[8]; 2. 711-Brady Bencken[9]; 3. 00BUCK-Bruce Plumisto[1]; 4. 37-Bingston Rogers[10]; 5. 8B-Brayden Hilzer[6]; 6. 8J-Levi Jones[3]; 7. 21-Allen Snethen[7]; 8. 8A-Alicia Hilzer[2]; 9. 31R-Ray West[13]; 10. 58-Bret Conness[19]; 11. T21-Ted Trumbo[4]; 12. 32B-Levi Lippelmann co[15]; 13. 6X-Roger Garrison[11]; 14. 27W-Suzanne Doudney[14]; 15. (DNF) 45R-Brian Riley[18]; 16. (DNF) 55R-Dustin Riley[17]; 17. (DNF) 717-Jason Colby[5]; 18. (DNF) 37X-Cash Tubbs[16]; 19. (DNF) 12S-Cole Schulte[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00BUCK-Bruce Plumisto[1]; 2. 8B-Brayden Hilzer[4]; 3. 37-Bingston Rogers[6]; 4. 12S-Cole Schulte[7]; 5. 31R-Ray West[5]; 6. 37X-Cash Tubbs[3]; 7. 45R-Brian Riley[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[5]; 2. 8A-Alicia Hilzer[2]; 3. T21-Ted Trumbo[3]; 4. 21-Allen Snethen[4]; 5. 27W-Suzanne Doudney[6]; 6. 55R-Dustin Riley[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 711-Brady Bencken[5]; 2. 8J-Levi Jones[2]; 3. 6X-Roger Garrison[6]; 4. 717-Jason Colby[3]; 5. 32B-Levi Lippelmann co[1]; 6. (DNF) 58-Bret Conness[4]

13 entries

IMCA Modified

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7-Clay Money[7]; 2. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[6]; 3. 0-Kyle Rohleder[4]; 4. 3B-Eddie Belec[5]; 5. 20-Brandon Clough[8]; 6. 22B-Dalton Bell[3]; 7. 28-John Burrow[2]; 8. 51-Mike Bainter[11]; 9. 74-Dewain Coleman[10]; 10. 15-Darren Crouch[9]; 11. 98-Danny Keller[1]; 12. 42-John Fabrizius[12]; 13. (DNS) 7P-Lloyd Stover

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[5]; 2. 0-Kyle Rohleder[4]; 3. 20-Brandon Clough[7]; 4. 28-John Burrow[2]; 5. 15-Darren Crouch[6]; 6. 51-Mike Bainter[3]; 7. (DNS) 7P-Lloyd Stover

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3B-Eddie Belec[4]; 2. 7-Clay Money[5]; 3. 22B-Dalton Bell[3]; 4. 98-Danny Keller[1]; 5. 74-Dewain Coleman[6]; 6. 42-John Fabrizius[2]

10 entries

IMCA Northern SportMod

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 5150-Josh Barnhart[7]; 2. 27G-Kamren Gruber[8]; 3. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[4]; 4. 32G-Jasen Gray[3]; 5. 11J-Josiah Lopez[1]; 6. 11-Ace Plummer[10]; 7. 5X-Donovan Ohlrogge[9]; 8. (DNF) 9-Monty Nordyke[2]; 9. (DNF) 3-Adam Weber[6]; 10. (DQ) 17M-Brianna Maughlin[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5150-Josh Barnhart[4]; 2. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[3]; 3. 32G-Jasen Gray[2]; 4. 11J-Josiah Lopez[1]; 5. 5X-Donovan Ohlrogge[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Adam Weber[3]; 2. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[2]; 3. 27G-Kamren Gruber[4]; 4. 9-Monty Nordyke[1]; 5. (DNF) 11-Ace Plummer[5]

6 entries

IMCA Sport Compact

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 15B-Brock Leibhart[2]; 2. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[3]; 3. 3F-Blake Fladgard[1]; 4. (DNS) 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN; 5. (DNS) 69G-Gage Porter; 6. (DNS) 1N-Nathan Vollbracht

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 15B-Brock Leibhart[5]; 2. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[3]; 3. 3F-Blake Fladgard[2]; 4. (DNF) 7M-ZACK MCLAUGHLIN[4]; 5. (DNF) 69G-Gage Porter[6]; 6. (DNF) 1N-Nathan Vollbracht[1]

13 entries

IMCA Stock Car

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[5]; 2. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[3]; 3. J10-Johnny Yutterman[2]; 4. 38-Quinton Yutterman[6]; 5. 68-Garrett Hager[10]; 6. 250-Tathan Burkhart[8]; 7. 95-Tyler Tipton[4]; 8. 37X-Jeff Tubbs[11]; 9. 25X-Troy Burkhart[7]; 10. 1C-Cody Ghumm[1]; 11. 5D-David Plumisto[13]; 12. 11K-Kyle Clough[9]; 13. X-Wheat Lippelman[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 54P-Kyle Pfeifer[4]; 2. 38-Quinton Yutterman[5]; 3. 1C-Cody Ghumm[1]; 4. 11K-Kyle Clough[7]; 5. 250-Tathan Burkhart[6]; 6. 37X-Jeff Tubbs[2]; 7. 5D-David Plumisto[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[3]; 2. J10-Johnny Yutterman[2]; 3. 25X-Troy Burkhart[5]; 4. 95-Tyler Tipton[4]; 5. 68-Garrett Hager[6]; 6. X-Wheat Lippelman[1]

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