May 19, 2024 | By Anthony Ainslie

Pospisil Charges late to win Malvern Bank West Series Opener at Central Missouri Speedway

WARRENSBURG, Mo. — Tad Pospisil opened his Malvern Bank Super Late Models West Series title defense with a hard-fought win in Saturday’s main event at Central Missouri Speedway.

The high-banked 3/8 mile oval in Warrensburg, Missouri was the sight of the 2024 season opener for the Malvern Bank West Series. The night saw three new faces to the series as 16-year-old Tyler Kuykendall, Andy Bryant and Jimmy Dowell all made their debuts with the tour. They and 21 others packed the pit area for a chance to win the inaugural Cliff Harris Memorial.

Defending East Series Champion, Chad Holladay, was also in attendance. The Muscatine, Iowa native started the night off right as he set the fastest time in qualifying time trials with a 14.355 second lap. Meanwhile, Nebraska drivers swept the heat race wins as Jake Bridge, Tad Pospisil and Brian Kosiski were all victorious.

After passing and finishing points were calculated, it was Iowa’s JC Wyman sitting on pole position for the 25-lap main event with Brian Kosiski to his outside. Wyman jumped out to the early lead and showed the way out in front going into the first two cautions of the race.

The first yellow flag flew for debris in turn one on lap six. Two laps later, the second caution came out for a spin in turn four.

From there, Wyman continued to lead while Pospisil and Jesse Sobbing worked their ways to the last two podium spots. Holladay, meanwhile, was locked into a tight battle for fourth against 2023 West Series Rookie of the Year, Dylan Sillman.

The turning point of the race happened with only eight laps to go as Wyman hugged the bottom lane defending the lane from Pospisil. Wyman hit one of the infield tractor tires as he exited turn four and then caught another going into turn one. The contact caused the left side of his car’s nose to fold under the left front tire causing a loss in speed and traction.

Wyman fought valiantly to keep the lead from Pospisil, but the West Series Champion found his way to the lead as the two came off turn four coming to just three laps to go. The pass was completed just before the caution came out for a car that went over the edge of the track.

The 3-lap dash to the finish saw Pospisil break out to a safe distance while the remainder of the top five spots were up for grabs. Pospisil ran out the final three circuits, and the Norfolk, Nebraska driver picked up his 39th career win with the Malvern Bank Series. His win also makes him the fifth different winner in five races at Central Missouri Speedway and snapped a 25-race drought.

Holladay narrowly edged out Wyman for second while Wyman brought it home third. Andrew Kosiski made a big charge late to finish fourth after starting 11th, and Jesse Sobbing rounded out the top five.

With Warrensburg settled, the Malvern Bank East Series picks back up with a huge Memorial Day Weekend tripleheader. May 24-26, the tour will make stops at Davenport, Maquoketa and Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedways. As for the West Series, rounds 2 and 3 take the tour to Nebraska on May 31st and June 1st. On the 31st, the tour visits the Beatrice Speedway in Beatrice and follows that up with the first of 2 visits to Norfolk, Nebraska’s Off-Road Speedway.


RESULTS

MalvernBank A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 04-Tad Pospisil[4]; 2. 32C-Chad Holladay[5]; 3. 4-JC Wyman[1]; 4. 53-Andrew Kosiski[11]; 5. 99-Jesse Sobbing[9]; 6. 24-Bill Leighton[6]; 7. 35D-Dylan Sillman[3]; 8. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[7]; 9. 22-Charlie McKenna[12]; 10. 42-Fred Remley[10]; 11. 1-Jake Bridge[8]; 12. 49-Andy Bryant[17]; 13. 20-Zach Less[18]; 14. 56S-Chris Spieker[14]; 15. 52-Brian Kosiski[2]; 16. 3C-Mike Collins[21]; 17. 1J-Jay Burdic[20]; 18. 15C-Curt Schroeder[13]; 19. 88-Jimmy Dowell[19]; 20. 33-Paul Glendenning[22]; 21. 65-Jon Binning[23]; 22. 43-Derrick Stewart[16]; 23. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[15]; 24. (DNS) 14-Kyle Berck

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Jake Bridge[2]; 2. 4-JC Wyman[5]; 3. 56S-Chris Spieker[1]; 4. 32C-Chad Holladay[6]; 5. 22-Charlie McKenna[4]; 6. 43-Derrick Stewart[3]; 7. 1J-Jay Burdic[7]; 8. 65-Jon Binning[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 2. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[3]; 3. 35D-Dylan Sillman[4]; 4. 20-Zach Less[1]; 5. 49-Andy Bryant[2]; 6. 99-Jesse Sobbing[6]; 7. 3C-Mike Collins[8]; 8. 33-Paul Glendenning[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Brian Kosiski[4]; 2. 42-Fred Remley[2]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton[5]; 4. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[7]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 6. 88-Jimmy Dowell[1]; 7. 53-Andrew Kosiski[6]; 8. (DNS) 14-Kyle Berck

Qualifying A: 1. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:13.455[22]; 2. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:13.621[6]; 3. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:13.649[17]; 4. 4-JC Wyman, 00:13.649[7]; 5. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:13.658[18]; 6. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:13.675[21]; 7. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:13.680[2]; 8. 35D-Dylan Sillman, 00:13.690[4]; 9. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:13.717[16]; 10. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:13.781[1]; 11. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:13.845[23]; 12. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:13.863[12]; 13. 1-Jake Bridge, 00:13.887[10]; 14. 49-Andy Bryant, 00:14.025[15]; 15. 42-Fred Remley, 00:14.051[19]; 16. 56S-Chris Spieker, 00:14.077[3]; 17. 20-Zach Less, 00:14.098[24]; 18. 88-Jimmy Dowell, 00:14.122[13]; 19. 1J-Jay Burdic, 00:14.217[11]; 20. 33-Paul Glendenning, 00:14.365[9]; 21. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 00:14.399[8]; 22. 65-Jon Binning, 00:14.405[5]; 23. 3C-Mike Collins, 00:14.858[14]; 24. 14-Kyle Berck[20]


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POWRI B-MOD

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 90-Terry Schultz[2]; 2. 1K-Tim Karrick[7]; 3. 96-Cody Brill[4]; 4. 57-Chad Clancy[6]; 5. 12C-Stephen Clancy[3]; 6. 17-Brandon Lennox[14]; 7. 12-Parker Smith[8]; 8. 20D-Dawson David[17]; 9. 15-Colin Pierce[5]; 10. 447-Kenny Prince[16]; 11. 28-Andy Bryant[15]; 12. 19-Tanner Kade[12]; 13. 7-Anthony Tanner[23]; 14. 29-Tyler Cochran[21]; 15. 6T-Michael Taylor III[9]; 16. 12H-Michael Hoover[27]; 17. 55-Devin Payne[25]; 18. (DNF) 17X-Mike Striegel[1]; 19. (DNF) 30-Rex Harris[19]; 20. (DNF) 7B-Shad Badder[13]; 21. (DNF) 15J-Jake Fetterman[11]; 22. (DNF) 47W-Terry Wilburn[18]; 23. (DNF) 56-Hoyt Miller[10]; 24. (DNF) 87-Jason Billups[22]; 25. (DNF) 1R-Rylan Gibbs[24]; 26. (DNS) 05-Jeremy Lile; 27. (DNS) 20-Blake Wimmer

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 90-Terry Schultz[1]; 2. 15-Colin Pierce[4]; 3. 15J-Jake Fetterman[2]; 4. 7B-Shad Badder[5]; 5. 20D-Dawson David[7]; 6. 29-Tyler Cochran[6]; 7. (DNF) 55-Devin Payne[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12C-Stephen Clancy[1]; 2. 12-Parker Smith[2]; 3. 57-Chad Clancy[7]; 4. 447-Kenny Prince[4]; 5. 47W-Terry Wilburn[3]; 6. 87-Jason Billups[6]; 7. (DNS) 20-Blake Wimmer

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Cody Brill[1]; 2. 6T-Michael Taylor III[2]; 3. 1K-Tim Karrick[6]; 4. 17-Brandon Lennox[5]; 5. 30-Rex Harris[3]; 6. 7-Anthony Tanner[4]; 7. 12H-Michael Hoover[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17X-Mike Striegel[2]; 2. 56-Hoyt Miller[1]; 3. 19-Tanner Kade[3]; 4. 28-Andy Bryant[5]; 5. 05-Jeremy Lile[4]; 6. 1R-Rylan Gibbs[6]



POWRI SUPER STOCKS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 04-Blaine Ewing[8]; 2. 9-Dave Meyer[4]; 3. 45-Aaron Poe[12]; 4. 44-James Nighswonger[7]; 5. 67-Devin Irvin[2]; 6. 77-Donnie Dannar[5]; 7. 164-Michael Muskrat[10]; 8. C1-Darrin Crisler[17]; 9. 05-Dale Berry[14]; 10. 28K-Chris Kircher[15]; 11. 30K-Cameron Kelly[16]; 12. 07D-Mike Daugherty[13]; 13. (DNF) 10-Chad Lyle[1]; 14. (DNF) 00-Cory Flamm[3]; 15. (DNF) 25-Jay Prevete[6]; 16. (DNF) G1-Nick Gibson[11]; 17. (DNF) 25X-Rodger Detherage[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Chad Lyle[3]; 2. 00-Cory Flamm[2]; 3. 77-Donnie Dannar[4]; 4. 25X-Rodger Detherage[1]; 5. 164-Michael Muskrat[5]; 6. G1-Nick Gibson[7]; 7. 07D-Mike Daugherty[6]; 8. 28K-Chris Kircher[9]; 9. C1-Darrin Crisler[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Devin Irvin[1]; 2. 9-Dave Meyer[2]; 3. 25-Jay Prevete[3]; 4. 44-James Nighswonger[6]; 5. 04-Blaine Ewing[8]; 6. 45-Aaron Poe[5]; 7. 05-Dale Berry[7]; 8. 30K-Cameron Kelly[4]



POWRI MIDWEST MODS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 0-Dakota Girard[2]; 2. 17-Logan Roark[7]; 3. 5D-Dustin Dennison[5]; 4. 64-Pete Richardson[8]; 5. 29-Justin Oliver[4]; 6. 22-Dustin Bray[14]; 7. 82-David Wood[1]; 8. 41-Alex Schultz[10]; 9. 13-Joe Marrant[13]; 10. (DNF) 059-Jamie Aleshire[3]; 11. (DNF) 75-Rayce Martin[12]; 12. (DNF) 32M-Marcus Feuerstein[11]; 13. (DNF) 9-Brian Meyer[9]; 14. (DNF) 33-Stephen Mulilenburg[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 82-David Wood[2]; 2. 059-Jamie Aleshire[3]; 3. 5D-Dustin Dennison[5]; 4. 64-Pete Richardson[6]; 5. 41-Alex Schultz[1]; 6. 32M-Marcus Feuerstein[4]; 7. 13-Joe Marrant[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Dakota Girard[1]; 2. 29-Justin Oliver[2]; 3. 33-Stephen Mulilenburg[5]; 4. 17-Logan Roark[7]; 5. 9-Brian Meyer[6]; 6. 75-Rayce Martin[4]; 7. 22-Dustin Bray[3]



PURE STOCKS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 24-Bobby Russell[1]; 2. 7-Spencer Reiff[2]; 3. 4D-David Doelz[4]; 4. 21-Darin Porter[6]; 5. 21M-Payton McDowell[3]; 6. 89-Jonathan Evans[7]; 7. (DNF) M87-Mallory Stiffler[5]; 8. (DNF) 26-Zachary McDowell[9]; 9. (DNF) MRS01-Kristina Wyatt[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Bobby Russell[2]; 2. 4D-David Doelz[1]; 3. M87-Mallory Stiffler[4]; 4. 89-Jonathan Evans[5]; 5. 26-Zachary McDowell[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Spencer Reiff[1]; 2. 21M-Payton McDowell[3]; 3. 21-Darin Porter[4]; 4. MRS01-Kristina Wyatt[2]