Nick Hoffman Picks Up First World of Outlaws Trophy of 2025 in Dairyland Showdown Finale
Photo by Emily Schwanke
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wisc.—With 10 top 10s through the first 12 races of the year, Nick Hoffman has been one of the most consistent members of the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision.
But Hoffman knows it takes more than consistency to win a championship against the best Late Model drivers in the country. It takes wins, something he had been lacking in the early portion of the season.
That was until Saturday night at Mississippi Thunder Speedway, when Hoffman laid down a dominant run for his second win in the Dairyland Showdown.
“This place is just awesome,” Hoffman said. “I’ve been fortunate to win here last year and run really solid. Just my style – momentum, slick and slow, just doing everything you can to make grip and make momentum speed.”
Hoffman drew the four in the Redraw to start the Feature behind the front row of Brian Shirley and Tim McCreadie. “T-Mac” rode the cushion around the opening set of corners to lead his first laps of the season, but Brandon Overton quickly moved up from third to take over the top spot four laps in.
A handful of early yellows kept the front of the pack bunched up and the leaders in Hoffman’s range. “The Thrill From Mooresville” got by McCreadie for third 10 laps in, immediately got by Shirley on the next restart and snuck to the inside of Overton for the lead down the backstretch. The No. 76 cleared him in Turns 3 and 4 to stay on top, but Hoffman didn’t let him go far.
Hoffman tried the cushion for himself four laps later and sailed around Overton down the frontstretch to take command of the race. A flat tire on Tyler Bruening’s car gave the field one more chance at the No. 9 with 13 to go, but the gap was already up to half a straightaway a lap after the restart.
Even after catching traffic before the checkers, Hoffman was able to maintain a blazing pace and crossed the line 1.7 seconds ahead of his closest challenger.
Hoffman’s runner-up effort on Friday night proved he was only a few minor adjustments away from Victory Lane, and the No. 9 team turned the right knobs to accommodate for the drier track surface and pick up the win.
“If I could get myself tightened up just a little bit where I could drive straighter, I’d be better, and that was what I was able to do tonight,” Hoffman said. “I was worried those first couple laps when it was dirty that I would end up hurting tires, so I was kind of conservative those first 10 laps, and then after that I pushed pretty hard once the track started to slow down. So I was glad to see that caution, it got me reracked and I was able to run my line again.”
Series points leader Bobby Pierce snuck by Overton just past halfway for the second spot to claim his second podium of the weekend, but conceded that Hoffman was on another level in the closing stages.
“I really wanted that caution and it came out, I thought that was my chance,” Pierce said. “When we took the green, [Hoffman] just blasted out, half a straightaway lead right at the green flag. Knew he was pretty good. All in all, a pretty good weekend for us. A third and a second, we’ll take it.”
Overton brought the No. 76 home third in his first visit to Mississippi Thunder, although a deflating tire put that result in jeopardy in the final laps.
“I’m glad it wasn’t any more laps, we just had a flat so that was plenty enough,” Overton said. “On the podium, we made a long trip, we had to make it worth it. We’re fast, I don’t know if I was a little too aggressive early and hurt my tire or what. I just wanted to get out front, my car felt really good early. There’s just a couple little tweaks we should have done. Nick was really good, he drove right by me and got gone. I kind of started reeling Bobby back in there at the end, we caught traffic and they were kind of in my lane.”
Shirley and McCreadie rounded out the top five.
RACE NOTES:
Nick Hoffman set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.
Tyler Erb won the Simpson Quick Time Award.
Tyler Erb won Real American Beer Heat 1.
Brandon Overton won STAKT Products Heat 2.
Tim McCreadie won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.
Bobby Pierce won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.
Brian Shirley won Real American Beer Heat 5.
Nick Hoffman won Real American Beer Heat 6.
Dustin Sorensen and Max Blair won the Landa Pressure Washers Last Chance Showdowns.
Brian Shirley won the Bilstein Pole Award.
Ashton Winger won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.
Drake Troutman was the MD3 Rookie of the Race.
Bobby Pierce won the WELD Racing Secind-Place Finisher Award.
Brian Shirley was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.
Tim McCreadie was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.
Tyler Erb was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.
Drake Troutman was the VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.
Jonathan Davenport was the Lifeline USA Ninth-Place Finisher.
Chris Simpson was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.
Ashton Winger was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision kicks off the OH-PA swing at Raceway 7 with the Great Lake Showdown on Thursday, May 15. Tickets will be available at the gate.
If you can’t make it to the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS
WoO Late Model Feature (50 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[5]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 5. 9M-Tim McCreadie[2]; 6. 1-Tyler Erb[6]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[9]; 8. 22*-Drake Troutman[7]; 9. 49D-Jonathan Davenport[13]; 10. 32S-Chris Simpson[11]; 11. 96-Tanner English[8]; 12. 12-Ashton Winger[25]; 13. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[12]; 14. 2-Cody Overton[24]; 15. 16-Tyler Bruening[10]; 16. 25-Shane Clanton[15]; 17. 19-Dustin Sorensen[19]; 18. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[14]; 19. 111-Max Blair[20]; 20. 49-Jake Timm[18]; 21. 25S-Chad Simpson[21]; 22. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[26]; 23. 38T-Dylan Thornton[16]; 24. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[22]; 25. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[17]; 26. 74X-Ethan Dotson[23]
Landa Pressure Washers LCS 1 (10 Laps): 1. 19-Dustin Sorensen[1]; 2. 25S-Chad Simpson[2]; 3. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 4. 51W-JT Wasmund[4]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 6. 2-Cody Overton[7]; 7. 11H-Lance Hofer[9]; 8. 10N-Rob Sanders[8]; 9. 60-Dan Ebert[10]; 10. 11-Austin Smith[14]; 11. 55C-Chad Mahder[11]; 12. 90-Lance Matthees[12]; 13. 15-Clay Stuckey[13]; 14. 43-Derrick Stewart[15]; 15. 51-Dean Carpenter[5]; 16. 35-Parker Foster[16]
Landa Pressure Washers LCS 2 (10 Laps): 1. 111-Max Blair[2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 3. B1-Brent Larson[4]; 4. 09-Michael Leach[5]; 5. 12-Ashton Winger[3]; 6. 93-Cory Crapser[6]; 7. 28M-Sam Mars[7]; 8. 8-Matthew Larson[8]; 9. 14S-Collen Winebarger[9]; 10. 97-Cade Dillard[12]; 11. 66-Eli Ross[10]; 12. 24-Brad Waits[15]; 13. 19J-Justin Green[13]; 14. 26-Glen Powell[11]; 15. 1X-Aaron Marrant[14]
Real American Beer Heat Race 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 22*-Drake Troutman[2]; 3. 49D-Jonathan Davenport[5]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[3]; 5. 51W-JT Wasmund[6]; 6. 2-Cody Overton[7]; 7. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 8. 15-Clay Stuckey[8]; 9. 35-Parker Foster[9]
STAKT Products Heat Race 2 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 3. 25-Shane Clanton[4]; 4. 25S-Chad Simpson[3]; 5. 51-Dean Carpenter[6]; 6. 10N-Rob Sanders[5]; 7. 55C-Chad Mahder[8]; 8. 11-Austin Smith[7]
Keyser Mfg Heat Race 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9M-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 32S-Chris Simpson[4]; 3. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[2]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[7]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[3]; 6. 11H-Lance Hofer[5]; 7. 90-Lance Matthees[8]; 8. 43-Derrick Stewart[6]
Jarrett Rifles Heat Race 4 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 96-Tanner English[5]; 3. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 5. B1-Brent Larson[7]; 6. 28M-Sam Mars[3]; 7. 66-Eli Ross[6]; 8. 19J-Justin Green[8]
Real American Beer Heat Race 5 (8 Laps): 1. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 3. 38T-Dylan Thornton[3]; 4. 111-Max Blair[4]; 5. 09-Michael Leach[5]; 6. 8-Matthew Larson[7]; 7. 26-Glen Powell[8]; 8. 1X-Aaron Marrant[6]
Real American Beer Heat Race 6 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[3]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[4]; 3. 49-Jake Timm[1]; 4. 12-Ashton Winger[2]; 5. 93-Cory Crapser[7]; 6. 14S-Collen Winebarger[5]; 7. 97-Cade Dillard[8]; 8. 24-Brad Waits[6]
Real American Beer LM Qual A (2 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:13.494[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:13.539[3]; 3. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 00:13.759[2]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:13.760[5]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:13.824[10]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer Sr, 00:13.900[8]; 7. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:14.000[14]; 8. 25S-Chad Simpson, 00:14.049[6]; 9. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:14.077[16]; 10. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:14.095[17]; 11. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:14.123[9]; 12. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:14.259[18]; 13. 49D-Jonathan Davenport, 00:14.261[23]; 14. 10N-Rob Sanders, 00:14.362[15]; 15. 11H-Lance Hofer, 00:14.379[13]; 16. 51W-JT Wasmund, 00:14.412[4]; 17. 51-Dean Carpenter, 00:14.428[7]; 18. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:14.437[24]; 19. 2-Cody Overton, 00:14.460[25]; 20. 11-Austin Smith, 00:14.500[22]; 21. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:14.528[12]; 22. 15-Clay Stuckey, 00:14.664[21]; 23. 55C-Chad Mahder, 00:14.891[20]; 24. 90-Lance Matthees, 00:14.905[19]; 25. 35-Parker Foster, 00:15.026[11]
Real American Beer LM Qual B (2 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:14.030[16]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.042[22]; 3. 49-Jake Timm, 00:14.047[2]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.103[9]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:14.114[10]; 6. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:14.188[15]; 7. 28M-Sam Mars, 00:14.190[1]; 8. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:14.255[21]; 9. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:14.291[11]; 10. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 00:14.387[18]; 11. 111-Max Blair, 00:14.508[24]; 12. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:14.574[7]; 13. 96-Tanner English, 00:14.579[5]; 14. 09-Michael Leach, 00:14.580[4]; 15. 14S-Collen Winebarger, 00:14.712[12]; 16. 66-Eli Ross, 00:14.846[6]; 17. 1X-Aaron Marrant, 00:14.892[23]; 18. 24-Brad Waits, 00:15.070[8]; 19. B1-Brent Larson, 00:15.102[13]; 20. 8-Matthew Larson, 00:15.192[14]; 21. 93-Cory Crapser, 00:15.554[20]; 22. 19J-Justin Green, 00:16.195[19]; 23. 26-Glen Powell, 00:16.381[3]; 24. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:16.381[17]
CURRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES STANDINGS
Points Updated: May 3, 2025
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 1888 13 3 8 11
2 9 Nick Hoffman Mooresville, NC 1812 -76 13 1 5 11
3 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 1782 -106 13 2 4 8
4 22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 1736 -152 13 0 4 6
5 9M Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 1692 -196 12 0 3 5
6 74X Ethan Dotson Bakersfield, CA 1670 -218 13 1 3 5
7 2 Cody Overton Thomson, GA 1668 -220 13 0 1 4
8 3S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL 1664 -224 13 0 3 4
9 111 Max Blair Centerville, PA 1662 -226 13 0 1 5
10 96 Tanner English Benton, KY 1646 -242 12 0 0 1
11 28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 1646 -242 12 0 0 2
12 19 Dustin Sorensen Rochester, MN 1576 -312 11 0 1 2
13 12 Ashton Winger Hampton, GA 1568 -320 8 0 2 2
14 20TC Tristan Chamberlain Richmond, IN 1494 -394 11 0 0 0
15 49 Jake Timm Winona, MN 1458 -430 6 0 0 0
16 B1 Brent Larson Lake Elmo, MN 1458 -430 8 0 0 0
17 11 Austin Smith Cedartown, GA 1418 -470 3 0 0 0
18 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN 1370 -518 6 0 2 4
19 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL 1354 -534 10 0 0 2
20 20RT Ricky Thornton Chandler, AZ 1232 -656 8 0 3 5
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BRANDON DAVIS TOPS NORTHERN LIGHTS MODIFIED SERIES AT MISSISSIPPI THUNDER
By NLMS PR
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wisc. -- Brandon Davis was all smiles as the night ended, Saturday at Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City, Wisconsin. Standing in Victory Lane, he thanked all of supporters and discussed his evening.
“I was really tight in the beginning and kind of wheelied up and layed over, so I just of stuck to the infield, because I knew I was gonna be junk anywhere else,” said Davis. “Last night it (the racecar) wasn't very good, so today the kitchen sink and then some got thrown at it. I'm glad it worked. It's not perfect, but its better than it was last night.”
Kaeden Blaeser jumped out and led early. Davis and Jim Chisholm went high low and split him on a mid race restart. This shuffled Blaeser back to third. At this point the race was on between a pair of the best in the USRA Modified ranks. They went door to door for several laps. Davis narrowly pulled away and worked into and around lapped traffic.
With two laps to go he pulled up on a three wide battle and Chisholm closed the gap. Davis worked between the trio. The separation he gained was enough to hold on for the VP Racing Fuels Checkers. Chisholm was the evening's runner up.
Younger brother, Joe Chisholm, qualified a little further back than the previous night. Rolling from the inside of the seventh row, Chisholm picked off cars all the way up to third at the end. He had a good battle with Blaeser, who finished in the fourth spot. Parker Hale, another talented young racer, completed the top five.
Early in the night heat race victories went Jim Chisholm, Keith Foss, Kaeden Blaeser and Cole Queensland. The Deatherage Opticians Fast Qualifier was Jim Chishom, who cut a lap at 15.628 seconds.
The Heartland Promotions staff wishes to extend a huge thank you to Bob Timm and Tyrone Lingenfelter. Their incredible hospitality, and opportunity to race on such a large stage alongside the World of Outlaws Late Models is so appreciated.
The new series has some downtime before racing next at Hamilton County Speedway and Mason City Motor Speedway in June.
Kevkoracing.com USRA Modifieds
Wehrs Machine A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 50III-Brandon Davis[6]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[3]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm[13]; 4. 428-Kaden Blaeser[2]; 5. 28-Parker Hale[5]; 6. 21-Jacob Bleess[17]; 7. 69-Lucas Schott[9]; 8. 20-Rodney Sanders[7]; 9. 95-Keith Foss[4]; 10. 15W-Alex Williamson[11]; 11. 58X-Gary Christian[10]; 12. 55H-AJ Hoff[12]; 13. 87H-Harley Dais[14]; 14. 20Q-Cole Queensland[1]; 15. 24-Dylan Goettl[20]; 16. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[24]; 17. 43-Zach Brom[26]; 18. 96-Taton Hansen[23]; 19. 97JR-Landon Volkman[16]; 20. 29H-Joe Horgdal[18]; 21. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[19]; 22. 07-Cory Crapser[22]; 23. 95X-Shaun Walski[21]; 24. 5D-Devon Havlik[15]; 25. (DNF) 94JR-John Doelle[25]; 26. (DNF) 99-Josh Angst[8]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 95X-Shaun Walski[3]; 2. 07-Cory Crapser[1]; 3. 96-Taton Hansen[2]; 4. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[6]; 5. 30-Matt Leer[4]; 6. 94JR-John Doelle[8]; 7. 21N-Ben Nading[7]; 8. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[5]; 9. 43-Zach Brom[12]; 10. 23-Darwin Karau[9]; 11. 4-Caden Neisius[11]; 12. 18M-Mason McEvers[10]
SS Fishing Rental Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[1]; 2. 99-Josh Angst[4]; 3. 69-Lucas Schott[5]; 4. 25-Joe Chisholm[2]; 5. 21-Jacob Bleess[8]; 6. 07-Cory Crapser[3]; 7. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[6]; 8. 23-Darwin Karau[7]
Rick Beebe Heating AirConditioning Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Keith Foss[1]; 2. 50III-Brandon Davis[8]; 3. 15W-Alex Williamson[3]; 4. 5D-Devon Havlik[2]; 5. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[6]; 6. 96-Taton Hansen[5]; 7. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[4]; 8. 18M-Mason McEvers[7]
Kevko Racing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 428-Kaden Blaeser[2]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders[1]; 3. 58X-Gary Christian[3]; 4. 87H-Harley Dais[5]; 5. 29H-Joe Horgdal[6]; 6. 95X-Shaun Walski[4]; 7. 21N-Ben Nading[8]; 8. 4-Caden Neisius[7]
Bryke Racing Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 20Q-Cole Queensland[1]; 2. 28-Parker Hale[4]; 3. 55H-AJ Hoff[5]; 4. 97JR-Landon Volkman[7]; 5. 24-Dylan Goettl[8]; 6. 30-Matt Leer[3]; 7. 94JR-John Doelle[6]; 8. (DQ) 43-Zach Brom[2]
Deatherage Opticians Qualifying 1: 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:15.628[10]; 2. 95-Keith Foss, 00:15.794[13]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm, 00:15.867[6]; 4. 5D-Devon Havlik, 00:15.895[12]; 5. 07-Cory Crapser, 00:15.954[15]; 6. 15W-Alex Williamson, 00:15.955[16]; 7. 99-Josh Angst, 00:16.008[5]; 8. 90-Ryan Wetzstein, 00:16.211[9]; 9. 69-Lucas Schott, 00:16.336[3]; 10. 96-Taton Hansen, 00:16.343[11]; 11. 2C-Cole Bennerotte, 00:16.487[1]; 12. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:16.573[8]; 13. 23-Darwin Karau, 00:16.667[2]; 14. 18M-Mason McEvers, 00:16.947[4]; 15. (DQ) 21-Jacob Bleess, 00:15.572[7]; 16. (DQ) 50III-Brandon Davis, 00:15.771[14]
Deatherage Opticians Qualifying 2: 1. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:15.867[6]; 2. 20Q-Cole Queensland, 00:15.928[12]; 3. 428-Kaden Blaeser, 00:16.023[16]; 4. 43-Zach Brom, 00:16.025[15]; 5. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:16.045[5]; 6. 30-Matt Leer, 00:16.055[14]; 7. 95X-Shaun Walski, 00:16.108[13]; 8. 28-Parker Hale, 00:16.234[8]; 9. 87H-Harley Dais, 00:16.250[11]; 10. 55H-AJ Hoff, 00:16.254[10]; 11. 29H-Joe Horgdal, 00:16.264[9]; 12. 94JR-John Doelle, 00:16.343[1]; 13. 4-Caden Neisius, 00:16.411[2]; 14. 97JR-Landon Volkman, 00:16.473[4]; 15. 21N-Ben Nading, 00:16.501[3]; 16. (DQ) 24-Dylan Goettl, 00:15.908[7]
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