Sherfick Strikes in Colby!

05/26/2025

Thomas County Speedway

Colby, KS

By: Sheldon Wickwar

The Thomas County Speedway hosted their third night of IMCA points racing Friday Night, May 24th, and the racers put on a show all night. An emotional night all night saw the community rally around the small town of Grinnell, KS who got hit by a tornado last Sunday. Track journalist and track promoter Jason McIntyre coordinated with sponsors to allow Grinnell residents, and anyone that helped with the cleanup efforts, free general admission, the track also raised money for Grinnell and accepted donations.

Sherfick Strikes in Colby!

John Fabrizius started a strong run in his modified with a heat race win in the only heat race for the modifieds. The main event lined up with a front row of Lloyd Stover and John Fabrizius, quickly Fabrizius took an early lead, but it did not last long as "Dynamite" Dylan Sherfick launched to the race lead. Once out-front Sherfick never looked back, as he pulled away from the field easily. Clay Money followed Sherfick through the field but could never catch him. Dylan Sherfick grabbed win number one of 2025, Clay Money finished second, third was John Fabrizius, fourth was Mike Bainter and fifth was Drew Miller. Sherfick, Money and Drew Miller all shared hard charger honors with three spots gained.

Dylan Sherfick celebrates his IMCA Modified win! Photo courtesy of Brittany Lewis!

Weber Dominant in Sport Mod Action!

Blaine Walt and Adam Weber shared heat race wins for the sport mod class. Their feature event lined up with a front row of Josiah Lopez and Jack Kirchoff. Kirchoff held the lead for a little while, but Weber was flying through the field, once Weber got to the lead and clean air he was gone. Adam Weber won the feature by almost seven seconds. Blaine Walt and Josh Barnhart battled late for second, with Walt getting the spot. Barnhart finished third, Austin Carter fourth and Brianna Maughlin finished fifth. Hard charger in the event was Adam Weber who gained seven spots, Josh Barnhart gained six spots, and Blaine Walt gained three spots.

Adam Weber celebrates his IMCA Sport Mod Win! Photo courtesy of Brittany Lewis!

Olmstead Grabs Another Hobby Stock Win!

Brayden Hilzer and Zach Olmstead won hobby stock heat races. Their main event started with a front row of Alicia Hilzer and Ted Trumbo, after a few laps Zach Olmstead found himself in the lead, and cruised to his ninth win of the season. Second went to Brayden Hilzer, third was Trent Matson, fourth was Mitchell Fischer and rookie Ted Trumbo finished fifth, never dropping out of the top five. Hard charger in the event was Zach Olmstead who gained nine spots, other nice runs included Ray West up six spots, and Mitchell Fischer up five spots.

Zach Olmstead celebrates his IMCA Hobby Stock Win! Photo courtesy of Brittany Lewis!

Tathan Burkhart Holds on in Stock Car Action!

Tathan Burkhart and Doug Holzmeister won the two heat races for the stock cars by multiple car lengths. The main event started with a front row of Jeff Tubbs and Bobby Eubanks, a few laps in Tathan and Holzmeister found themselves in the front of the field. Holzmeister had a strong car on the bottom and started to make a pass for the lead, when Kolby Stegman went around to bring out the caution. On the final restart with three laps to go, Tathan moved down to the bottom and held off the stock car veteran of Holzmeister. Tathan Burkhart grabbed win number three of the season, second was Doug Holzmeister, third was Troy Burkhart, fourth was Quinton Yutterman and fifth was Bobby Eubanks. Hard charger was Tathan Burkhart with five spots gained, other nice runs included Troy Burkhart and Quinton Yutterman up four spots each.

Tathan Burkhart celebrates his IMCA Stock Car Win! Photo courtesy of Brittany Lewis!

Mortensen Shines in Compact Action!

Kyle Mortensen won the only sport compact heat; the compact main event started with a front row of Mortensen and Leibhart. Mortensen gained control of the race lead and led most of the event to score his second win of 2025. Second was Brock Leibhart, third was Gage Porter, fourth was Nathan Volbracht and fifth was Chris Glass.

Kyle Mortensen celebrates his IMCA Sport Compact win! Photo courtesy of Brittany Lewis!

FULL RESULTS:

IMCA Hobby Stock

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[10]; 2. 8B-Brayden Hilzer[4]; 3. 2M-Trent Matson[7]; 4. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[9]; 5. T21-Ted Trumbo[2]; 6. 3T-Travis Branum[8]; 7. 21-Allen Snethen[5]; 8. 31R-Ray West[14]; 9. 8A-Alicia Hilzer[1]; 10. 37XJ-Austin Janousek[3]; 11. 717-Jason Colby[13]; 12. 58-Bret Conness[11]; 13. 55R-Dustin Riley[15]; 14. (DNF) 32B-Levi Lippelmann co[18]; 15. (DNF) 37X-Cash Tubbs[12]; 16. (DNF) 24W-Wade Kolbo[6]; 17. (DNS) 45R-Brian Riley; 18. (DNS) 8J-Levi Jones

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8B-Brayden Hilzer[3]; 2. 2M-Trent Matson[6]; 3. 77F-Mitchell Fischer[7]; 4. T21-Ted Trumbo[2]; 5. 21-Allen Snethen[4]; 6. 58-Bret Conness[8]; 7. 717-Jason Colby[5]; 8. 55R-Dustin Riley[1]; 9. (DNF) 45R-Brian Riley[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 98Z-Zach Olmstead[8]; 2. 8A-Alicia Hilzer[1]; 3. 24W-Wade Kolbo[4]; 4. 3T-Travis Branum[6]; 5. 37XJ-Austin Janousek[2]; 6. 37X-Cash Tubbs[3]; 7. 31R-Ray West[7]; 8. 32B-Levi Lippelmann co[9]; 9. (DNF) 8J-Levi Jones[5]

8 entries

IMCA Modified

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[4]; 2. 7-Clay Money[5]; 3. 42-John Fabrizius[2]; 4. 51-Mike Bainter[6]; 5. 49-Drew Miller[8]; 6. 49M-Aiden Miller[7]; 7. (DNF) 28-John Burrow[3]; 8. (DNS) 7P-Lloyd Stover

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42-John Fabrizius[3]; 2. 66D-Dylan Sherfick[7]; 3. 7-Clay Money[8]; 4. 7P-Lloyd Stover[1]; 5. 28-John Burrow[5]; 6. 51-Mike Bainter[6]; 7. 49M-Aiden Miller[2]; 8. 49-Drew Miller[4]

10 entries

IMCA Northern SportMod

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 3-Adam Weber[8]; 2. 14W-Blaine Walt[5]; 3. 5150-Josh Barnhart[9]; 4. 63C-Austin Carter[3]; 5. 17M-Brianna Maughlin[6]; 6. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[2]; 7. 11J-Josiah Lopez[1]; 8. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[7]; 9. 32G-Jasen Gray[4]; 10. 5X-Donovan Ohlrogge[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Blaine Walt[3]; 2. 5150-Josh Barnhart[5]; 3. 63C-Austin Carter[2]; 4. 88J-Jack Kirchoff[1]; 5. 28K-Ryan Kirchoff[4]

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

5 entries

IMCA Sport Compact

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[1]; 2. 15B-Brock Leibhart[2]; 3. 69G-Gage Porter[3]; 4. 1N-Nathan Vollbracht[4]; 5. 49C-Chris Glass[5]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 03K-Kyle Mortensen[2]; 2. 69G-Gage Porter[4]; 3. 15B-Brock Leibhart[3]; 4. 1N-Nathan Vollbracht[5]; 5. (DNF) 49C-Chris Glass[1]

13 entries

IMCA Stock Car

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[6]; 2. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[5]; 3. 25X-Troy Burkhart[7]; 4. 38-Quinton Yutterman[8]; 5. 7-Bobby Eubanks[2]; 6. 5D-David Plumisto[9]; 7. J10-Johnny Yutterman[3]; 8. 37X-Jeff Tubbs[1]; 9. 19K-Kolby Stegman[4]; 10. 49-Aiden Miller[10]; 11. X-Wheat Lippelman[12]; 12. 19-Keith Stegman[11]; 13. (DNS) 1C-Cody Ghumm

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 250-Tathan Burkhart[5]; 2. 19K-Kolby Stegman[3]; 3. J10-Johnny Yutterman[4]; 4. 38-Quinton Yutterman[6]; 5. 5D-David Plumisto[7]; 6. 19-Keith Stegman[2]; 7. (DNS) 1C-Cody Ghumm

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34H-Doug Holzmeister[4]; 2. 25X-Troy Burkhart[5]; 3. 7-Bobby Eubanks[3]; 4. 37X-Jeff Tubbs[2]; 5. 49-Aiden Miller[6]; 6. X-Wheat Lippelman[1]