Aug 25, 2025

SaltCity Racing Weekend: Thiel, Leonard, Sweet highlight Fairgrounds action

Posted Aug 25, 2025 6:00 PM
A look at the grandstand for SaltCity Racing on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. (Hutch Post Photo/Sean Boston)
A look at the grandstand for SaltCity Racing on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. (Hutch Post Photo/Sean Boston)

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two nights of racing at the Kansas State Fairgrounds saw several familiar faces in victory lane as SaltCity Racing hosted its eighth and ninth races of the season Friday and Saturday.

Friday Results

IMCA Stock Car (17 entries)

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 3T-Tanner Thiel[3]; 2. 25P-Mike Petersilie[1]; 3. 1-Scott Miller[9]; 4. 93K-Brandon Massey[4]; 5. 775-Jayce Reimer[8]; 6. 2K-Colten Kelley[6]; 7. 19D-Dylan Chambers[7]; 8. F0-AJ Finch[15]; 9. 64-Ryan Carey[2]; 10. 01-Chris Pitts[17]; 11. 11-Jason Dove[13]; 12. 3G-Ryan Green[12]; 13. 55X-Mike Burian[11]; 14. 17-Calvin Davis[10]; 15. (DNF) 48-Craig Miller[14]; 16. (DNF) 09B-Kaleb Dale[5]; 17. (DNS) 4-Rick Dunsworth

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 3T-Tanner Thiel[2]; 2. 64-Ryan Carey[1]; 3. 09B-Kaleb Dale[3]; 4. 19D-Dylan Chambers[4]; 5. 1-Scott Miller[7]; 6. 55X-Mike Burian[5]; 7. 11-Jason Dove[8]; 8. F0-AJ Finch[9]; 9. (DNF) 01-Chris Pitts[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 25P-Mike Petersilie[8]; 2. 93K-Brandon Massey[3]; 3. 2K-Colten Kelley[4]; 4. 775-Jayce Reimer[5]; 5. 17-Calvin Davis[7]; 6. 3G-Ryan Green[1]; 7. 48-Craig Miller[6]; 8. (DNS) 4-Rick Dunsworth

IMCA Modified (16 entries)

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 09B-Brett Berry[2]; 2. 65X-Tyler Davis[3]; 3. 3C-Casey Jo Gemmill[4]; 4. 24-Cale Lagroon[5]; 5. 22B-Dalton Bell[9]; 6. 67-David Young[1]; 7. 13-Peyton Burkhart[15]; 8. A2-Randy Wilson[7]; 9. 23A-Aaron Rayl[14]; 10. 65-Loren Dick[13]; 11. 33-Jason Ward[16]; 12. (DNF) 86S-lee steffen[8]; 13. (DNF) 23S-Heath Myers[6]; 14. (DNF) 23-Dalton Heiter[11]; 15. (DNS) 7N-William Nusser; 16. (DNS) 63-Gary Douglas

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 65X-Tyler Davis[2]; 2. 09B-Brett Berry[5]; 3. 24-Cale Lagroon[3]; 4. A2-Randy Wilson[7]; 5. 22B-Dalton Bell[4]; 6. 23-Dalton Heiter[6]; 7. 65-Loren Dick[8]; 8. (DNF) 13-Peyton Burkhart[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 3C-Casey Jo Gemmill[4]; 2. 67-David Young[6]; 3. 23S-Heath Myers[1]; 4. 86S-lee steffen[5]; 5. (DNF) 7N-William Nusser[7]; 6. (DNS) 63-Gary Douglas; 7. (DQ) 23A-Aaron Rayl[3]; 8. (DQ) 33-Jason Ward[2]

IMCA Northern SportMod (11 entries)

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 18-Kyle Wiens[3]; 2. 20-Warren Huffman[4]; 3. 99H-Nicholas Hankins[2]; 4. 01-Dustin Lampe[5]; 5. 10-Alex Wiens[6]; 6. 11C-Kinser Colgin[10]; 7. 18D-Dallas Chambers[9]; 8. 53M-Jacey Archer[7]; 9. 57D-Austin Aumiller[8]; 10. 120-Stacey Huffman[1]; 11. 97-Shawn Ward[11]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 120-Stacey Huffman[1]; 2. 20-Warren Huffman[5]; 3. 01-Dustin Lampe[3]; 4. 53M-Jacey Archer[2]; 5. 18D-Dallas Chambers[6]; 6. 97-Shawn Ward[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 18-Kyle Wiens[1]; 2. 99H-Nicholas Hankins[4]; 3. 10-Alex Wiens[3]; 4. 57D-Austin Aumiller[5]; 5. (DNF) 11C-Kinser Colgin[2]

Dirt Super Late Models (16 entries)

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7D-Dusty Leonard[1]; 2. 92S-Dan Smith[2]; 3. 112-Tyler Smith[4]; 4. 8H-John Hansen[3]; 5. 4X-Dalon Helm[5]; 6. 92-Delbert Smith[6]; 7. 3J-Jake Nightingale[8]; 8. 99-Nate Jantz[9]; 9. 22N-Kevin Newell[11]; 10. 7N-William Nusser[16]; 11. 65-Eric Brill[13]; 12. 19-RJ Ramer[12]; 13. (DNF) B1-Dustin Bolster[7]; 14. (DNF) 63-Maria Hankins[10]; 15. (DNF) 49-Wylan Petrie[15]; 16. (DNS) 31-Gary Lowe

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. B1-Dustin Bolster[1]; 2. 99-Nate Jantz[2]; 3. 22N-Kevin Newell[3]; 4. 65-Eric Brill[4]; 5. (DNS) 49-Wylan Petrie

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 3J-Jake Nightingale[1]; 2. 63-Maria Hankins[4]; 3. 19-RJ Ramer[5]; 4. (DNS) 31-Gary Lowe; 5. (DNS) 7N-William Nusser

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 7D-Dusty Leonard[1]; 2. 92S-Dan Smith[2]; 3. 8H-John Hansen[3]; 4. 112-Tyler Smith[4]; 5. 4X-Dalon Helm[5]; 6. 92-Delbert Smith[6]

Qualifying 1: 1. 7D-Dusty Leonard, 00:21.998[8]; 2. 8H-John Hansen, 00:22.313[4]; 3. 4X-Dalon Helm, 00:23.183[5]; 4. B1-Dustin Bolster, 00:23.290[7]; 5. 31-Gary Lowe, 00:23.894[6]; 6. 22N-Kevin Newell, 00:24.302[3]; 7. 65-Eric Brill, 00:24.832[1]; 8. (DNS) 49-Wylan Petrie, 00:24.832

Qualifying 2: 1. 92S-Dan Smith, 00:22.897[8]; 2. 112-Tyler Smith, 00:23.160[1]; 3. 92-Delbert Smith, 00:23.259[2]; 4. 3J-Jake Nightingale, 00:23.362[7]; 5. 99-Nate Jantz, 00:23.938[4]; 6. 7N-William Nusser, 00:24.326[5]; 7. 63-Maria Hankins, 00:27.620[3]; 8. 19-RJ Ramer, 00:27.620[6]

Super Stocks (10 entries)

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 42JR-Kenny Sweet[3]; 2. 5*-Shawn Allen Jr[1]; 3. 164-James Weve[4]; 4. 9D-Dustin Frenya[9]; 5. 113-Adam Schrag[8]; 6. 7CJ-Chris Eveland[10]; 7. (DNF) 7-JD Eveland[6]; 8. (DNF) 7J-Jerry Eveland Sr[5]; 9. (DNF) 75-Jerrod Reimer[2]; 10. (DNF) 7$-Canden Spengler[7]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 42JR-Kenny Sweet[2]; 2. 164-James Weve[4]; 3. 7J-Jerry Eveland Sr[3]; 4. (DNS) 7$-Canden Spengler; 5. (DNS) 9D-Dustin Frenya

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 75-Jerrod Reimer[1]; 2. 5*-Shawn Allen Jr[2]; 3. 7-JD Eveland[5]; 4. 113-Adam Schrag[3]; 5. 7CJ-Chris Eveland[4]

Saturday Results

Dirt Super Late Models (18 entries)

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7D-Dusty Leonard[1]; 2. 92S-Dan Smith[2]; 3. B1-Dustin Bolster[5]; 4. 8H-John Hansen[6]; 5. 99-Nate Jantz[4]; 6. 3J-Jake Nightingale[7]; 7. A2-Randy Wilson[9]; 8. 112-Tyler Smith[15]; 9. 7N-William Nusser[10]; 10. (DNF) 92-Delbert Smith[8]; 11. (DNF) 22N-Kevin Newell[13]; 12. (DNF) 63-Maria Hankins[12]; 13. (DNF) 194-Scott Phillips[11]; 14. (DNF) 19-RJ Ramer[17]; 15. (DNF) 4X-Dalon Helm[3]; 16. (DNF) 84-Gary Kilbourn[14]; 17. (DNF) 65-Eric Brill[16]; 18. (DNF) 49-Wylan Petrie[18]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 3J-Jake Nightingale[1]; 2. A2-Randy Wilson[4]; 3. 194-Scott Phillips[3]; 4. 22N-Kevin Newell[6]; 5. (DNS) 112-Tyler Smith; 6. (DNS) 19-RJ Ramer

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 92-Delbert Smith[1]; 2. 7N-William Nusser[2]; 3. 63-Maria Hankins[4]; 4. (DNF) 84-Gary Kilbourn[3]; 5. (DNS) 65-Eric Brill; 6. (DNS) 49-Wylan Petrie

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 7D-Dusty Leonard[2]; 2. 92S-Dan Smith[1]; 3. 4X-Dalon Helm[3]; 4. 99-Nate Jantz[4]; 5. B1-Dustin Bolster[5]; 6. 8H-John Hansen[6]

Qualifying 1: 1. 92S-Dan Smith, 00:22.026[7]; 2. 4X-Dalon Helm, 00:22.193[9]; 3. B1-Dustin Bolster, 00:22.340[2]; 4. 112-Tyler Smith, 00:22.504[3]; 5. 194-Scott Phillips, 00:23.026[5]; 6. 84-Gary Kilbourn, 00:23.026[8]; 7. A2-Randy Wilson, 00:23.772[1]; 8. (DNS) 49-Wylan Petrie; 9. (DNS) 65-Eric Brill

Qualifying 2: 1. 7D-Dusty Leonard, 00:21.500[4]; 2. 99-Nate Jantz, 00:21.938[6]; 3. 8H-John Hansen, 00:22.066[3]; 4. 3J-Jake Nightingale, 00:22.099[9]; 5. 92-Delbert Smith, 00:22.493[1]; 6. 7N-William Nusser, 00:22.940[5]; 7. 63-Maria Hankins, 00:24.467[8]; 8. 19-RJ Ramer, 00:24.508[2]; 9. 22N-Kevin Newell, 00:24.508[7]

Super Stocks (9 entries)

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 42JR-Kenny Sweet[4]; 2. 5*-Shawn Allen Jr[3]; 3. 164-James Weve[5]; 4. 7-JD Eveland[6]; 5. 113-Adam Schrag[2]; 6. 9D-Dustin Frenya[7]; 7. (DNF) 7CJ-Chris Eveland[1]; 8. (DNF) 01-Chris Pitts[9]; 9. (DNF) 2K-Colten Kelley[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 7CJ-Chris Eveland[2]; 2. 113-Adam Schrag[1]; 3. 5*-Shawn Allen Jr[4]; 4. 42JR-Kenny Sweet[5]; 5. 164-James Weve[8]; 6. 7-JD Eveland[7]; 7. 9D-Dustin Frenya[9]; 8. 2K-Colten Kelley[6]; 9. 01-Chris Pitts[3]