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WATCH OUT: Xtreme and POWRi collide with triple weekend in the Midwest
DOE RUN, MO (May 29, 2024) – The busiest stretch of the season for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota continues this weekend with three races spread across Missouri and Illinois.
After four races in North Carolina and Ohio last week, the Series now heads to Missouri to appear at Doe Run Raceway on Thursday, May 30. The 1/6-mile banked oval is home to the weekly Micro Sprint competition and hosted its first race. Midget Series’ only national event with the debut of the Xtreme Outlaw Series in July 2023.
Next up, the Series returns to Illinois for a first-ever appearance at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, IL, with another $4,000-winning main event. The event will mark a moment in the track’s history as the first time National Midget Series racing has appeared on its 1/8-mile confines. This event will also be held in conjunction with POWRi as race number 4 of the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series.
Finally, the weekend concludes with a return trip to Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, IL, where the Series ran two races in 2023. A $4,000 grand prize is up for grabs for the winner of the feature feature on the banked oval 1/5 of a mile. .
Races three and four of the Challenge Series will begin at Doe Run and Coles County. Ashton Torgerson is the points leader in both the Challenge Series and POWRi national standings with two feature wins.
Tickets for all three races will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can’t be at the track to see it in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
These are the drivers to watch and the stories to follow this week:
GOING UP AGAIN – Just when it seemed like Zach Daum and Trifecta Motorsports had broken free from their streak of bad luck, fate warned them of another streak of misfortune that they will try to recover from again this weekend.
Daum, the 2022 Series champion from Pocahontas, IL, earned his first win of the season last Wednesday at Millbridge Speedway, finally breaking through at the track that had frustrated him and his team for the past two seasons. However, two days later at Atomic Speedway, an accident took them out of the main event early, damaging their lead car and forcing them to go to a backup for Saturday.
But things may be looking up for the 32-year single-seater veteran. He and Team Trifecta compete at Doe Run on Thursday, where they won in July of last year, and in Wayne County on Saturday, where they won back-to-back nights last June. The three wins came in succession, marking the first hat trick in Xtreme Outlaw Series history.
THE STREAK CONTINUES – Cannon McIntosh’s Top 5 streak continued last week, taking him to 12 consecutive Xtreme Outlaw Series races finishing no worse than fifth while maintaining his points lead.
McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, scored his third Xtreme Outlaw Series win of the season last Saturday at Atomic over Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) teammate Ryan Timms, whom he leads in the standings by 127 points with 18 races remaining on the calendar.
Last year at Doe Run, McIntosh fell out of the main event but found success at Wayne County, posting a third-place finish at the Illinois oval.
HELLO OLD FRIEND – New Zealand racer Michael Pickens begins his first racing trip to the United States, other than the Chili Bowl Nationals, since 2022 this weekend with the Xtreme Outlaw Series.
Pickens, 41, of Auckland, New Zealand, has not been seen in Series competition since 2022, when he won at Federated Auto Parts Raceway on I-55 during Ironman 55 weekend in August.
This weekend, he will join the Oklahoma-based Mounce/Stout Motorsports team, piloting a Spike/Stanton package for all three races as teammates with Tyler Edwards and Jayden Clay in their first appearances as a Midget at all three tracks.
DYNAMIC DUO – Chase Briscoe Racing partner drivers will be on the Xtreme Outlaw Series roster this weekend after a strong showing at Millbridge.
Briscoe, the NASCAR Cup regular from Mitchell, IN, plans to attend Doe Run on Thursday and Wayne County on Saturday, where he finished eighth and sixth in the two Series events held there last year.
Their hired part-time Sprint Car driver, Karter Sarff, will also assist in his family-owned vehicle. The 21-year-old from Mason City, IL, finished seventh at Wayne County and eighth at Doe Run last year. He earned his second win of the season last Tuesday at Millbridge and placed second behind Daum on Wednesday.
SEARCHING – After being involved in a bad accident last Wednesday at Millbridge, Gavin Miller will return to competition in all three races this weekend.
Miller, 17, of Allentown, PA, will return to Doe Run on Thursday, where he ran fifth last July, and to Wayne County on Saturday, where he ran second and third in the two Series starts he made there this year. past.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
When and where
Thursday, May 30 at Doe Run Raceway in Doe Run, MO
Friday, May 31 at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, IL
Saturday, June 1 at Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, IL
In Internet
Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series Presented by Toyota
Twitter/X – @Xtreme_Outlaw
Instagram – @XtremeOutlaw
Facebook – @XtremeOutlawSeries.WRG
Live broadcast
DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com. Annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/month.
Current championship points standings (see full standings)
Toyota Feature Winners (7 Drivers)
3 wins: Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)
2 wins: Ashton Torgerson (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K), Karter Sarff (Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K), Ryan Timms (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)
1 win: Thomas Meseraull (Engler Racing #7x), Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97), Zach Daum (Trifecta Motorsports #7U)
Toyota Feature leads the laps (12 drivers)
61 laps – McIntosh Canyon
52 laps – Ryan Timms
49 laps – Ashton Torgerson
44 laps – Kale Drake
41 laps – Karter Sarff
35 laps – Joe B. Miller
27 laps – Thomas Meseraull
14 laps – Zach Daum
12 laps – Taylor Reimer
11 laps – Jade Avedisian
4 laps – Tyler Edwards
1 lap – Chase McDermand
Whitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (6 Drivers)
4 awards – Ethan Mitchell
3 awards – Kale Drake
2 awards – Karter Sarff
1 award: Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones
Heat Race winners (19 drivers)
5 wins – Ashton Torgerson
4 wins: Kale Drake, Zach Daum, Cannon McIntosh
3 wins – Chase McDermand
2 wins: Tyler Edwards, Ryan Timms, Gavin Miller, Jade Avedisian, Nick Hoffman, Trevor Cline
1 win: Thomas Meseraull, Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Karter Sarff, Kyle Jones, Taylor Reimer, Ethan Mitchell, Tyler Edwards
High point honors (7 drivers)
2 honors: Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Zach Daum
1 honor: Tyler Edwards, Chase McDermand, Karter Sarff, Ashton Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Kale Drake
Win Last Chance Showdown (8 drivers)
1 win: Taylor Reimer, Gunnar Setser, Austin Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Shane Cottle, Ethan Mitchell, Ashton Torgerson, Ryan Timms
Hard Charger Awards (10 drivers)
3 awards – Hayden Reinbold
1 award: Will Armitage, Ryan Timms, Ryan Timms, Kayla Roell, Gunnar Setser, Jade Avedisian, Chase McDermand, Elijah Gile, Zach Daum
Podium (11 drivers)
9 podiums – Cannon McIntosh
6 podiums – Ryan Timms
4 podiums – Zach Daum
3 podiums: Chase McDermand, Ashton Torgerson, Karter Sarff, Kale Drake
2 podiums – Gavin Miller
1 podium: Thomas Meseraull, Taylor Reimer, Jade Avedisian
Top 10 finishes (31 drivers)
12 top 10 – Cannon McIntosh
11 top 10 – Chase McDermand
10 top 10 – Ryan Timms
9 top 10 – Ashton Torgerson
8 top 10 – Zach Daum
7 top 10 – Karter Sarff
6 top 10: Gavin Miller, Kale Drake, Jade Avedisian
5 top 10: Taylor Reimer, Hayden Reinbold
4 top 10 – Trevor Cline
3 top 10: Ethan Mitchell, Mitchell Davis, Tyler Edwards
2 top 10: Shane Cottle, Gunnar Setser, TJ Smith, Kyle Jones, Sam Johnson
1 top 10: Joe B. Miller, Thomas Meseraull, Will Armitage, Trey Marcham, Rylan Gray, Todd McVay, Kevin Thomas Jr, Elijah Gile, Brayton Lynch, Nick Drake, Jacob Dykstra, Briggs Danner
2024 schedule and winners: race number, day, date/track/location/winner (total winnings)
1. Friday, March 15 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Thomas Meseraull (1)
2. Saturday, March 16 / Southern Illinois Center / Du Quoin, IL / Cannon McIntosh (1)
3. Friday, April 5 / US 36 Raceway / Osborn, MO / Karter Sarff (1)
4. Saturday, April 6 / Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex / Sweet Springs, MO / Kale Drake (1)
5. Friday, April 12 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ryan Timms (1)
6. Saturday, April 13 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / Ashton Torgerson (1)
7. Friday, May 10 / Humboldt Speedway / Humboldt, KS / Ashton Torgerson (2)
8. Saturday, May 11 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS / Cannon McIntosh (2)
9. Tuesday, May 21 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, North Carolina / Karter Sarff (2)
10. Wednesday, May 22 / Millbridge Speedway / Salisbury, North Carolina / Zach Daum (1)
11. Friday, May 24 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Ryan Timms (2)
12. Saturday May 25 / Atomic Speedway / Chillicothe, OH / Cannon McIntosh (3)
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