The MPD Racing BOSS tour returned to Limaland Speedway Friday night to the tune of 32 traditional sprint cars in an event that produced one of the best main events in tour history with Brayden Clark scoring the upset victory.  Just when you thought it could get no better, just a day later, 41 sprint cars signed in to battle at the Montpelier Motor Speedway.  Ryan Barr proceeds to go from fourth to first on the final lap to lead the last 30 feet of the race and steal his first career win in a sprint car.

 

Friday evening saw near perfect spring weather as action began with Saban Bibent setting overall quick time to lead the first group of qualifying at 13.107.  Ryan Barr, Trey Osborne and Brian Ruhlman also quick timed their groups.  Heat race wins were claimed by Scotty Weir, Barr, Korbyn Hayslett and Shawn Westerfeld.  A stacked B-Main event was won by Jackson Slone.

 

Brayden Clark was runner-up in heat 3 and redrew the pole for the 25 lap main event with Matt Westfall alongside.  With a very light rain beginning to fall, the race went green with Clark grabbing the early lead.  What transpired over the next 25 laps is nearly indescribable.  No less than 6 cars battled for the top spot including Clark, Westfall, Barr, Westerfeld, Scotty Weir and Trey Osborne.  The old racing adage "throw a blanket over them" fit the scenario well.  With a light rain falling, the track got faster and the racing more intense and soon, something had to give. 

 

Trey Osborne got turned around in turns 1 and 2 collecting a hard charging Steve Irwin who was about to join the lead mix.  Irwin took a tumble, but was unhurt.  Back under green, the battle raged on until Matt Westfall made a serious attempt at the lead, made slight contact with the leader, spinning himself and leaving Ryan Barr no place to go and collecting him.  

 

On the final restart, Clark was able to hold off Korbyn Hayslett for the win with Shawn Westerfeld completing the podium.  Saban Bibent rallied to fourth with Brian Ruhlman advancing from 16th to round out the top 5 and take the hard charger award.  The rest of the top 10 were Kyle Johnson, Matt Cooley, Mike Miller, Scotty Weir, and Kody Swanson.

 

On Saturday, the tour made the trek over to Montpelier Motor Speedway in Indiana for the firt event under new promoter Ryan Sutter.  A record crowd packed the stands for a fantastic 41 car field.  Ricky Lewis set overall quick time with a lap at 13.855 seconds.  Other quick timers of their groups were Matt Westfall, Matt Cooley and Jack Hoyer.  Lewis and Hoyer would go on to win their heats from the fourth starting spots.  Beau Brandon and Colin Parker also won heats.  The pair of 10 lap B Mains were won by Matt Westfall and Scotty Weir.

 

Korbyn Hayslett would start from the pole with Colin Parker alongside.  It was Hayslett leading lap 1 but Shawn Westerfeld would find his way by to lead laps 2 through 7.  Two time and defending series champion, Ricky Lewis, was on the move early from fifth to second by lap three with Hayslett shuffled to third.  Lewis would forge his way to the point to lead laps 8 through 19.  However, Hayslett found his rythm and tracked Lewis down, retaking the lead on lap 20.  

 

The next four laps featured some of the best racing in tour history as the dynamic duo from a season ago traded sliders on both ends of the track.  Hayslett led to the white flag when a spin on the back straight brought out a caution flag with one final lap remaining.

 

Like Limaland 24 hours prior, the action on the final lap cannot fully be described in a recap.  Hayslett led the field to green with Lewis throwing everything he had at him but Lewis slipped from second to fourth in turns 1 and 2, roared back with a slider in 3 and 4, appearing to leave Hayslett with the win, when Ryan Barr rolled the bottom and sneaked alongside Hayslett off turn 4 and led the last 30 feet to win the race.  Barr had restarted the final lap from fourth and managed to pull off his first career win in a sprint car.

 

Absolute heart break for Hayslett who was inches from his first tour win, but held on for back-to-back runner-up finishes on the weekend.  Ironically, Shawn Westerfeld scored back-to-back third place finishes, giving both drivers fantastic weekend point totals.  The final lap scramble left Lewis fourth and Aidan Salisbury a great run to fifth.  Rounding out the top 10 were Scotty Weir, Brayden Clark, Jack Hoyer, Jesse Vermillion and Kole Kirkman.

 

BOSS will not be in action next weekend as the lack of a second Pennsylvania event forced the cancellation of the June 7 Mercer Raceway show.  We return to action on Saturday, June 21 at Paragon Speedway in a joint show with the companion FAST On Dirt winged 410 sprint cars.

 

BOX SCORE

 

Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series

Limaland Motorsports Park ; Lima, OH

Friday, May 30, 2025

Event #3 - 32 Entries

 

ARP Fasteners Qualifying

Group 1:   1. 77-Saban Bibent 13.107,   2. 23s-Matt Westfall 13.242,   3. 21-Scotty Weir 13.367,   4. 19-Matt Cooley 13.539,   5. 16-Jackson Slone 13.866,   6. 33M-Derek Hastings 13.969,   7. 9x-Kody Swanson 14.015,   8. 00-Joe Irwin 14.280

 

Group 2:   1. 21B-Ryan Barr 13.148,   2. 5-Jesse Vermillion 13.621,   3. 0-Steve Irwin 13.667,   4. 22-Brian Heitkamp 13.732,   5. 25-Max Frank 13.956,   6. 24L-Lee Underwood 14.273,   7. 33A-Jesse Ainsworth 16.670,  8. 53-Steve Little 99.999

 

Group 3:   1. 6T-Trey Osborne13.228,   2. 4-Brayden Clark 13.345,   3. 1H-Korbyn Hayslett 13.506,   4. 97-Austin Nigh 13.692,   5. 16K-Colin Parker 13.830,   6. 73-Blake Vermillion 13.951,   7. 5M-Mike Moore 14.251,   8. 5w-Kyle Willis 14.485

 

Group 4:   1. 49-Brian Ruhlman 13.620,   2. 33-Mike Miller 13.691,   3. 4J-Shawn Westerfeld 13.698,   4. 99J-Kyle Johnson 13.870,   5. 23D-Bryce Dues 14.213,   6. 71-Stratton Briggs 14.213,   7. 33P-R.J. Payne 14.595,   8. 14A-Alex Clute DNQ

 

Dave Poske's Performance Parts - Heat 1:   1. 21-Weir[2] ;  2. 23s-Westfall[3] ;  3. 77-Bibent[4] ;  4. 19-Cooley[1] ;  5. 16-Slone[5] ;  6. 9x-Swanson[7] ;  7. 33M-Hastings[6] ;  8. 00-J.Irwin[8]

 

All Pro Cylinder Heads Inc. - Heat 2:  1. 21B-Barr[4] ;  2. 0-Irwin[2] ;  3. 5-J.Vermillion[3] ;  4. 25-Frank[5] ;  5. 24L-Underwood[6] ;  6. 53-Little[8] ;  7. 22-Heitkamp[1] ;  8. 33A-Ainsworth[7]

 

Elizabeth Gardner Photography - Heat 3:   1. 1H-Hayslett[2] ;  2. 4-Clark[3] ;  3. 6T-Osborne[4] ;  4. 97-Nigh[1] ;  5. 16K-Parker[5] ;  6. 73-B.Vermillion[6] ;  7. 5M-Moore[7] ;  8. 5w-Willis[8]

 

Outsider's Merchandise & Apparel - Heat 4:   1. 4J-Shawn Westerfeld[2] ;  2. 99J-Johnson[1] ;  3. 33-Miller[3] ;  4. 49-Ruhlmsn[4] ;  5. 23D-Dues[5] ;  6. 71-Briggs[6] ;  7. 33P-Payne[7] ;  8. 14A-Clute[8]

 

Victory Fuel - B Main:   1. 16-Slone[1] ;  2. 9x-Swanson[5] ;  3. 24L-Underwood[2] ;  4. 16K-Parker[3] ;  5. 00-J.Irwin[13] ;  6. 53-Little[6] ;  7. 5M-Moore[11] ;  8. 33M-Hastings[9] ;  9. 14A-Clute[16] ;  10. 5w-Willis[15] ;  11. 33P-Payne[12] ;  12. 71-Briggs[8] ;  13. 22-Heitkamp[10] ;  14. 73-B.Vermillion[7] ;  15. 23D-Dues[4] ;  16. 33A-Ainsworth[14]

 

MPD Racing - A Main:   1. 4-Clark[1] ;  2. 1H-Hayslett[8] ;  3. 4J-Westerfeld[4] ;  4. 77-Bibent[9] ;  5. 49-Ruhlman[16] ;  6. 99J-Johnson[7] ;  7. 19-Cooley[13] ;  8. 33-Miller[12] ;  9. 21-Weir[5] ;  10. 9x-Swanson[18] ;  11. 25-Frank[14] ;  12. 16K-Parker[20] ;  13. 53-Little[22] ;  14. 16-Slone[17] ;  15. 23s-Westfall[2] ;  16. 21B-Barr[3] ;  17. 24L-Underwood[19] ;  18. 6T-Osborne[11] ;  19. 0-S.Irwin[6] ;  20. 00-J.Irwin[21] ;  21. 5-J.Vermillion[10] ;  22. 97-Nigh[15]

 

E A Home Supply - Hard Charger:  49-Ruhlman +11

 

AllStar Performance - Hard Luck:  21B-Barr

 

Hoosier Tire Bonus - Free Tire:  4-Clark

 

 

 

Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series

Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Event #4 - 41 Entries

 

ARP Fasteners Qualifying

Group 1:   1. 23s-Matt Westfall 13.952,   2. 4J-Shawn Westerfeld 13.970,   3. 21B-Beau Brandon 14.185,   4. 39-Matt Goodnight 14.192,   5. 21B-Ryan Barr 14.217,   6. 16-Jackson Slone 14.461,   7. 11-Aaron Davis 14.501,   8. 73-Blake Vermillion 14.645,   9. 33M-Derek Hatings 15.033,   10. 84-Camden Winter 15.066,   11. 22-Brian Heitkamp 15.268

 

Group 2:  1. 19-Matt Cooley 13.992,   2. 5-Jesse Vermillion 14.557,   3. 16K-Colin Parker 14.606,   4. 99J-Kyle Johnson 14.693,   5. 71-Stratton Briggs 14.820,   6. 78-Rob Caho Jr 14.901,   7. 00-Austin Cory 14.927,   8. 33P-R.J. Payne 15.153,   9. 44-Tom Davies 17.509,   10. 24x-Levi Wingest DNQ

 

Group 3:   1. 41-Ricky Lewis 13.855,   2. 1-Rylan Gray 13.897,   3. 21-Scotty Weir 13.903,   4. 81-Kole Kirkman 14.352,   5. 1H-Korbyn Hayslett 14.443,   6. 5J-Joss Moffatt 14.626,   7. 91-Aidan Salisbury 14.633,   8. 97-Austin Nigh 14.644,   9. 24L-Lee Underwood 14.671,   10. 53-Steve Little 14.911

 

Group 4:   1. 57-Jack Hoyer 14.310,   2. 9z-Zack Pretorius 14.414,   3. 00w-Noah Whitehouse 14.544,   4. 2-Evan Mosley 14.771,   5. 4-Brayden Clark 14.781,   6. 33-Mike Miller 15.205,   7. 23D-Bryce Dues 15.350,   8. 5A-Toby Alfrey 15.440,   9. 5w-Kyle Willis 15.864,   10. 00G-Colin Grissom DNQ

 

Dave Poske's Performance Parts - Heat 1:   1. 21B-Brandon[2] ;  2. 4J-Westerfeld[3] ;  3. 21B-Barr[5] ;  4. 11-Davis[7] ;  5. 23s-Westfall[4] ;  6. 39-Goodnight[1] ;  7. 73-B.Vermillion[8] ;  8. 84-Winter[10] ;  9. 16-Slone[6] ;  10. 22-Heitkamp[11] ;  11. 33M-Hatings[9]

 

All Pro Cylinder Heads Inc - Heat 2:   1. 16K-Parker[2] ;  2. 99J-Johnson[1] ;  3. 5-J.Vermillion[3] ;  4. 71-Briggs[5] ;  5. 00-Cory[7] ;  6. 78-Caho[6] ;  7. 19-Cooley[4] ;  8. 24x-Wingest[10] ;  9. 33P-Payne[8] ;  10. 44-Davies[9]

 

Elizabeth Gardner Photography - Heat 3:   1. 41-Lewis[4] ;  2. 1H-Hayslett[5] ;  3. 91-Salisbury[7] ;  4. 81-Kirkman[1] ;  5. 21-Weir[2] ;  6. 1-Gray[3] ;  7. 24L-Underwood[9] ;  8. 97-Nigh[8] ;  9. 5J-Moffatt[6] ;  10. 53-Little[10]

 

Outsider's Merchandise & Apparel - Heat 4:   1. 57-Hoyer[4] ;  2. 9z-Pretorius[3] ;  3. 2-Mosley[1] ;  4. 4-Clark[5] ;  5. 00w-Whitehouse[2] ;  6. 23D-Dues[7] ;  7. 5w-Willis[9] ;  8. 33-Miller[6] ;  9. 5A-Alfrey[8] ;  10. 00G-Grissom DNS

 

MSD Ignitions - B Main 1:   1. 23s-Westfall[1] ;  2. 78-Caho[4] ;  3. 00-Cory[2] ;  4. 39-Goodnight[3] ;  5. 19-Cooley[6] ;  6. 16-Slone[9] ;  7. 84-Winter[7] ;  8. 73-B.Vermillion[5] ;  9. 33P-Payne[10] ;  10. 22-Heitkamp[11] ;  11. 24x-Wingest[8] ;  12. 33M-Hastings[13] ;  13. 44-Davies[12]

 

Victory Fuel - B Main 2:   1. 21-Weir[1] ;  2. 00w-Whitehouse[2] ;  3. 33-Miller[8] ;  4. 97-Nigh[7] ;  5. 24L-Underwood[5] ;  6. 23D-Dues[4] ;  7. 53-Little[11] ;  8. 5w-Willis[6] ;  9. 5A-Alfrey[10] ;  10. 1-Gray[DNS] ;  11. 5J-Moffatt[DNS] ;  12. 00G-Grissom[DNS]

 

MSD Ignitions - A Main:   1. 21B-Barr[3] ;  2. 1H-Hayslett[1] ;  3. 4J-Westerfeld[4] ;  4. 41-Lewis[5] ;  5. 91-Salisbury[11] ;  6. 21-Weir[18] ;  7. 4-Clark[16] ;  8. 57-Hoyer[8] ;  9. 5-J.Vermillion[10] ;  10. 81-Kirkman[15] ;  11. 23s-Westfall[17] ;  12. 16K-Parker[2] ;  13. 9z-Pretorius[6] ;  14. 39-Goodnight[23] ;  15. 21B-Brandon[3] ;  16. 97-Nigh[24] ;  17. 33-Miller[22] ;  18. 2-Mosley[12] ;  19. 78-Caho[19] ;  20. 71-Briggs[14] ;  21. 99J-Johnson[7] ;  22. 00w-Whitehouse[20] ;  23. 00-Cory[21] ;  24. 11-Davis[13]

 

E A Home Supply - Hard Charger:  21-Weir +12

 

All Star Performance - Hard Luck:  19-Cooley 

 

Hoosier Tire Bonus - Free Tire:  21B-Barr