September 7, 2025 | By Matt Skipper, Xtreme Outlaw Midgets PR

Jacob Denney Clinches Xtreme-POWRi Challenge Series Title, Bags 10th Victory of 2025 at Highland

HIGHLAND, Ill.—All that Jacob Denney has done in 2025 is win.

The Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) driver stood at the top of his car for the 10th time in the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota season at Highland Speedway to build on his record achievements and clinch his first career Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series title.

“It’s pretty sick,” Denney said. “I expected to win races and contend for the championship, but nothing like we’ve done this year. It’s been amazing, and something you dream about when you’re standing in the shower or something. I gotta thank Kaleb, Tanner, and Grant for that, and Keith for giving me the opportunity to do this. It makes me look good every night, and I can’t thank them enough for that.”

Starting from the Pole Position, Denney took immediate command as Chase McDermand battled Trifecta Motorsports drivers Michael Faccinto and Kameron Key for podium position in the early stages, passing Key for third on Lap 4.

While Faccinto and McDermand exchanged slide jobs around the 0.25-mile bullring, Denney’s No. 67 JBL Audio LynK Chassis benefitted from their duel as he created a massive gap of 4.8 seconds through the first half of the 30-lap Feature.

McDermand got clear with second on Lap 14 as Faccinto had to endure a second podium battle with Gavin Miller, who overtook Faccinto for third by performing a slide job through Turns 3-4 as the halfway signal was displayed.

When the yellow flag was thrown with eight laps remaining, McDermand and Miller each attempted a late-race charge at Denney for the win. While both drivers kept an equal distance to the leader, they did not have a chance to shorten the gap as Denney passed the twin checkered flags for the Saturday night win.

Denney’s double-digit Xtreme Outlaw Midgets triumph puts him in full ownership of second in all-time Series wins while he focuses on capping the year as the first Xtreme Triple Crown champion.

“I just didn’t want to overdo it and get ahead of myself,” Denney said. “Sometimes, when you’re out by yourself, you don’t feel like you’re going faster. But, I just tried to keep the pace I was going until I saw somebody, then turn it up if I need to. It’s a great car, it allows me to run in a comfortable zone all night long, and not really put myself in a risk for doing something dumb.

“Tonight was slick. It was just about getting your momentum as quick as possible, not having to use as much throttle, and keeping the car underneath you. And, I had a great car to do that once again.”

McDermand brought his No. 40X Toyota to the finish in second place, which helped him move up to fourth in the overall Series standings with four races left in the season. The Springfield, IL native also earned an extra $250 as he took the final spot in Challenge Series points.

“I knew I was better than Faccinto, but he just had the preferred lane choice,” McDermand said. “I feel like, on the original start, that allowed him to get clear, and I felt like I was losing a ton of momentum trying to slide him. I had to get him taken care of and get down the road because I felt like everybody was closing up on us, so it was tricky.

“Nobody was able to cross me over when I slid him in (Turn 2), but there was no catching Jacob, he had a really good car and drove a really good race. I was just trying to hit my marks and make sure that I didn’t have anybody coming up behind me.”

Miller finished in third for his second consecutive podium of the Challenge Series finale weekend aboard the No. 97 SoundGear LynK Chassis. The KKM driver from Allentown, PA finishes the 2025 Challenge Series with a fourth-place points standing.

“You just needed to make smart decisions to get by those guys,” Miller said. “I tried different lines at first until I figured out the top was really good and we got better there at the end. I was a little free there the duration of the race, but nonetheless, I thought the car was good. Beau, Phil Spencer and I have been on a roll lately, and I feel like its paying off.”

With the 2025 edition of the Challenge Series officially complete, the top five in the standings include Karter Sarff in the runner-up position and rookie Kameron Key in third place.


Recap Notes:

Smith Titanium Quick Time Award: Gavin Miller

Toyota Heat 1 Winner: Michael Faccinto

CASM Safety Products Heat 2 Winner: Chase McDermand

TJ Forged Heat 3 Winner: Kameron Key

High-Point Driver: Jacob Denney

Last Chance Showdown Winner: Kyle Jones

Summit Racing Equipment Hard Charger Award: Kyle Jones (+8)

Honest Abe Roofing 16th Place Finisher: Trevor Cline

Up Next: The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets enter the penultimate weekend of the 2025 season as the final Illinois trip of the year has the Series visiting Jacksonville Speedway for the Honest Abe Roofing Open Wheel Showdown on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 3-4.

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If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.


RESULTS

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 67-Jacob Denney[1]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand[4]; 3. 97-Gavin Miller[6]; 4. 9U-Kameron Key[5]; 5. 21K-Karter Sarff[7]; 6. 94-Hayden Wise[10]; 7. 16-Zach Daum[14]; 8. 5U-Michael Faccinto[3]; 9. 7X-Kyle Jones[17]; 10. 67K-Colton Robinson[15]; 11. 72-Alex Karpowicz[19]; 12. 32-Trey Marcham[13]; 13. 98K-Brandon Carr[9]; 14. 77-Joe Wirth[8]; 15. 71K-Brecken Reese[16]; 16. 55-Trevor Cline[11]; 17. 97X-Will Armitage[12]; 18. 44-Branigan Roark[18]; 19. 56X-Mark Chisholm[21]; 20. 91-Mitchell Davis[22]; 21. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[2]; 22. 05-Alex Midkiff[20]

Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps): 1. 7X-Kyle Jones[3]; 2. 44-Branigan Roark[5]; 3. 72-Alex Karpowicz[7]; 4. 56X-Mark Chisholm[2]; 5. 91-Mitchell Davis[4]; 6. 17H-Austin Wood[6]; 7. 35S-Christopher Hartman[8]; 8. 05-Alex Midkiff[1]; 9. 17C-Devin Camfield[9]; 10. (DNS) 53-Sean Robbins; 11. (DNS) 5F-Danny Frye III

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5U-Michael Faccinto[2]; 2. 21K-Karter Sarff[1]; 3. 97-Gavin Miller[4]; 4. 32-Trey Marcham[5]; 5. 97X-Will Armitage[3]; 6. 56X-Mark Chisholm[6]; 7. 17H-Austin Wood[9]; 8. 35S-Christopher Hartman[8]; 9. (DNS) 53-Sean Robbins

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Chase McDermand[2]; 2. 67-Jacob Denney[4]; 3. 77-Joe Wirth[1]; 4. 16-Zach Daum[6]; 5. 55-Trevor Cline[3]; 6. 71K-Brecken Reese[7]; 7. 44-Branigan Roark[8]; 8. 17C-Devin Camfield[9]; 9. 72-Alex Karpowicz[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9U-Kameron Key[2]; 2. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[4]; 3. 94-Hayden Wise[1]; 4. 98K-Brandon Carr[3]; 5. 67K-Colton Robinson[6]; 6. 05-Alex Midkiff[7]; 7. 91-Mitchell Davis[8]; 8. 7X-Kyle Jones[5]; 9. (DNS) 5F-Danny Frye III

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 97-Gavin Miller, 00:12.529[6]; 2. 97X-Will Armitage, 00:12.723[8]; 3. 5U-Michael Faccinto, 00:12.820[5]; 4. 21K-Karter Sarff, 00:12.924[2]; 5. 32-Trey Marcham, 00:12.959[3]; 6. 56X-Mark Chisholm, 00:13.368[7]; 7. 53-Sean Robbins, 00:13.598[9]; 8. 35S-Christopher Hartman, 00:13.652[1]; 9. 17H-Austin Wood, 00:13.843[4]

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 67-Jacob Denney, 00:12.629[5]; 2. 55-Trevor Cline, 00:12.701[2]; 3. 40-Chase McDermand, 00:12.902[6]; 4. 77-Joe Wirth, 00:12.999[1]; 5. 72-Alex Karpowicz, 00:13.017[3]; 6. 16-Zach Daum, 00:13.034[8]; 7. 71K-Brecken Reese, 00:13.067[9]; 8. 44-Branigan Roark, 00:13.483[4]; 9. 17C-Devin Camfield, 00:13.818[7]

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 19M-Ethan Mitchell, 00:12.770[9]; 2. 98K-Brandon Carr, 00:13.006[8]; 3. 9U-Kameron Key, 00:13.033[4]; 4. 94-Hayden Wise, 00:13.040[1]; 5. 7X-Kyle Jones, 00:13.043[7]; 6. 67K-Colton Robinson, 00:13.115[3]; 7. 05-Alex Midkiff, 00:13.268[5]; 8. 91-Mitchell Davis, 00:13.398[2]; 9. (DNS) 5F-Danny Frye III

Hot Laps 1: 1. 97-Gavin Miller, 00:12.748[6]; 2. 21K-Karter Sarff, 00:12.822[2]; 3. 5U-Michael Faccinto, 00:13.024[5]; 4. 32-Trey Marcham, 00:13.054[3]; 5. 97X-Will Armitage, 00:13.183[8]; 6. 56X-Mark Chisholm, 00:13.532[7]; 7. 53-Sean Robbins, 00:13.725[9]; 8. 17H-Austin Wood, 00:13.745[4]; 9. 35S-Christopher Hartman, 00:14.039[1]

Hot Laps 2: 1. 67-Jacob Denney, 00:12.555[5]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand, 00:12.781[6]; 3. 16-Zach Daum, 00:12.896[8]; 4. 55-Trevor Cline, 00:12.926[2]; 5. 77-Joe Wirth, 00:13.057[1]; 6. 71K-Brecken Reese, 00:13.167[9]; 7. 72-Alex Karpowicz, 00:13.209[3]; 8. 17C-Devin Camfield, 00:13.457[7]; 9. 44-Branigan Roark, 00:13.546[4]

Hot Laps 3: 1. 5F-Danny Frye III[6]; 2. 19M-Ethan Mitchell, 00:12.728[9]; 3. 7X-Kyle Jones, 00:12.928[7]; 4. 98K-Brandon Carr, 00:13.052[8]; 5. 94-Hayden Wise, 00:13.127[1]; 6. 9U-Kameron Key, 00:13.144[4]; 7. 67K-Colton Robinson, 00:13.161[3]; 8. 05-Alex Midkiff, 00:13.446[5]; 9. 91-Mitchell Davis, 00:14.218[2]


CURRENT STREME OUTLAWS SERIES STANDINGS

Points Updated: September 6, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #67 Jacob Denney Galloway, OH 4425 -0 10 18 20 20
2 #97 Gavin Miller Allentown, PA 4099 -326 1 14 16 20
3 #9U Kameron Key Warrensburg, MO 3976 -449 1 8 17 20
4 #40 Chase McDermand Springfield, IL 3898 -527 0 9 16 20
5 #67K Colton Robinson Titusville, FL 3741 -684 0 3 15 20
6 #5U Michael Faccinto Hanford, CA 3716 -709 0 5 14 20
7 #71K Cannon McIntosh Bixby, OK 3695 -730 3 13 14 18
8 #94 Hayden Wise Huntersville, NC 3624 -801 0 3 12 20
9 #72 Alex Karpowicz Spring Branch, TX 3556 -869 0 0 8 20
10 #98K Brandon Carr Sheffield, YKS 3396 -1029 0 1 8 20
11 #56E Tyler Edwards Salina, OK 2392 -2033 0 0 6 14
12 #21K Karter Sarff Mason City, IL 2284 -2141 3 8 10 11
13 #55 Trevor Cline Mooresville, NC 1963 -2462 0 0 6 11
14 #7X Kyle Jones Kennedale, TX 1785 -2640 1 5 8 9
15 #19M Ethan Mitchell Mooresville, NC 1643 -2782 0 1 3 9
16 #5D Zach Daum Pocahontas, IL 1577 -2848 0 3 6 8
17 #7 Shannon McQueen Bakersfield, CA 1298 -3127 0 0 1 8
18 #26 Corbin Rueschenberg Mesa, AZ 1237 -3188 0 3 3 6
19 #00 Brecken Reese Canyon, TX 1187 -3238 0 0 3 7
20 #51 Zach Boden Cambridge, WI 1148 -3277 0 0 0 7


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DIRTcar UMP Modifieds

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15-Chris Smith[4]; 2. 95-Rick Salter[2]; 3. 87Z-Zeb Moake[1]; 4. 21T-Talen Beard[3]; 5. 4T-Jake Trebilcock[16]; 6. 28-Tom Smallwood[7]; 7. 10-Chris Morefield[8]; 8. 22-Michael Jacober[5]; 9. 69S-Scott Sugg[12]; 10. 63V-Cody Ventimiglia[9]; 11. 3R-Caleb Siegel[10]; 12. 88-Christian Lee[15]; 13. 69-Tristain Loveless[6]; 14. 95P-Bill Percy[13]; 15. 37-Charles Snow[14]; 16. 9-Jay Sansone[20]; 17. 16E-Todd Eyman[11]; 18. 1J-John Stanton[18]; 19. 51S-Bob Stanton[17]; 20. 31-Mike Jones[19]; 21. 6-Troy Carter[21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87Z-Zeb Moake[6]; 2. 15-Chris Smith[5]; 3. 63V-Cody Ventimiglia[3]; 4. 69S-Scott Sugg[2]; 5. 3R-Caleb Siegel[7]; 6. 1J-John Stanton[1]; 7. 31-Mike Jones[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Tom Smallwood[1]; 2. 21T-Talen Beard[7]; 3. 69-Tristain Loveless[6]; 4. 16E-Todd Eyman[4]; 5. 37-Charles Snow[2]; 6. 51S-Bob Stanton[5]; 7. (DNS) 9-Jay Sansone

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Rick Salter[5]; 2. 10-Chris Morefield[3]; 3. 22-Michael Jacober[7]; 4. 95P-Bill Percy[2]; 5. 88-Christian Lee[1]; 6. 4T-Jake Trebilcock[6]; 7. (DNS) 6-Troy Carter


DIRTcar Pro Modifieds

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 66-CJ Volluz[1]; 2. 81-Garett Schumacher[3]; 3. 33-Kevin Medlin[2]; 4. 23-Ryan Timmons[5]; 5. 35S-Chris Sale[7]; 6. 22K-Michael Kettler[6]; 7. 24-Troy Stuckwisch[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66-CJ Volluz[3]; 2. 33-Kevin Medlin[4]; 3. 24-Troy Stuckwisch[2]; 4. 81-Garett Schumacher[7]; 5. 23-Ryan Timmons[6]; 6. 22K-Michael Kettler[5]; 7. 35-Cody Sale[1]


600cc Outlaw Winged Micros

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 37-Aiden Purdue[3]; 2. 51-Kyle Busch[2]; 3. 65E-Chad Elliott[6]; 4. 8W-Breanna Wirth[5]; 5. 55S-Daryn Stark[4]; 6. 79J-Jacob Patton[10]; 7. 31E-Eric Erdmann[7]; 8. 94-Jordan Clary[14]; 9. 24-Cameron Campbell[15]; 10. 8S-Sean Robbins[16]; 11. 88-Billy Lieb[12]; 12. 61-Cole Tinsley[17]; 13. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch[8]; 14. 69T-Trey Erdmann[13]; 15. 00-Brandon Healey[11]; 16. 6-Brandon Schneider[9]; 17. 10B-Braden Pfeiffer[18]; 18. 71-Tate Gurney[20]; 19. 67-Charlie Leffler[22]; 20. 3E-Bodee Everett[21]; 21. 97-Mavrick Page[19]; 22. 97K-Gavin Miller[1]

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 61-Cole Tinsley[1]; 2. 10B-Braden Pfeiffer[3]; 3. 97-Mavrick Page[5]; 4. 71-Tate Gurney[4]; 5. 3E-Bodee Everett[11]; 6. 67-Charlie Leffler[12]; 7. 25T-Jase Reinacher[13]; 8. 22B-Beau Nash[6]; 9. 12C-Bella Coleman[8]; 10. 18-Steve Finn[10]; 11. 45-Lucas Pejakovich[2]; 12. (DNS) 40-Devin Feger; 13. (DNS) 9H-Kaden Nash

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Kyle Busch[2]; 2. 37-Aiden Purdue[4]; 3. 94-Jordan Clary[1]; 4. 61-Cole Tinsley[3]; 5. 79J-Jacob Patton[8]; 6. 97-Mavrick Page[6]; 7. 3E-Bodee Everett[7]; 8. 25T-Jase Reinacher[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 97K-Gavin Miller[3]; 2. 6-Brandon Schneider[1]; 3. 88-Billy Lieb[2]; 4. 8S-Sean Robbins[4]; 5. 71-Tate Gurney[5]; 6. 22B-Beau Nash[6]; 7. 18-Steve Finn[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 65E-Chad Elliott[1]; 2. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch[2]; 3. 31E-Eric Erdmann[5]; 4. 24-Cameron Campbell[4]; 5. 10B-Braden Pfeiffer[6]; 6. 40-Devin Feger[3]; 7. 9H-Kaden Nash[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 8W-Breanna Wirth[1]; 2. 55S-Daryn Stark[4]; 3. 00-Brandon Healey[2]; 4. 69T-Trey Erdmann[5]; 5. 45-Lucas Pejakovich[6]; 6. 12C-Bella Coleman[3]; 7. 67-Charlie Leffler[7]

Qualifying 1: 1. 37-Aiden Purdue, 00:12.465[4]; 2. 61-Cole Tinsley, 00:12.532[1]; 3. 51-Kyle Busch, 00:12.672[7]; 4. 94-Jordan Clary, 00:12.692[2]; 5. 25T-Jase Reinacher, 00:12.696[8]; 6. 97-Mavrick Page, 00:12.982[3]; 7. 3E-Bodee Everett, 00:13.354[5]; 8. 79J-Jacob Patton[6]

Qualifying 2: 1. 8S-Sean Robbins, 00:12.475[7]; 2. 97K-Gavin Miller, 00:12.589[1]; 3. 88-Billy Lieb, 00:12.680[5]; 4. 6-Brandon Schneider, 00:12.736[2]; 5. 71-Tate Gurney, 00:13.101[6]; 6. 22B-Beau Nash, 00:13.665[3]; 7. 18-Steve Finn, 00:14.778[4]

Qualifying 3: 1. 24-Cameron Campbell, 00:12.502[5]; 2. 40-Devin Feger, 00:12.540[1]; 3. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch, 00:12.595[4]; 4. 65E-Chad Elliott, 00:12.709[6]; 5. 31E-Eric Erdmann, 00:12.755[7]; 6. 10B-Braden Pfeiffer, 00:12.759[3]; 7. 9H-Kaden Nash, 00:13.992[2]

Qualifying 4: 1. 55S-Daryn Stark, 00:12.497[7]; 2. 12C-Bella Coleman, 00:12.605[4]; 3. 00-Brandon Healey, 00:12.775[2]; 4. 8W-Breanna Wirth, 00:12.777[3]; 5. 69T-Trey Erdmann, 00:12.887[6]; 6. 45-Lucas Pejakovich, 00:12.946[1]; 7. 67-Charlie Leffler, 00:13.057[5]


Restricted Winged Micros

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 18B-Brexton Busch[2]; 2. 14T-Nyles Tudor[1]; 3. 36-Landon Miner[7]; 4. 49-Grayson Graham[3]; 5. 61-Zane Smith[6]; 6. 1D-Mackenzie Dowllar[5]; 7. 22D-Dalton Clary[11]; 8. 12K-Kiley Bates[8]; 9. 11W-Wyatt Moritz[9]; 10. 17C-Willow Coleman[4]; 11. 14E-Emersyn Kisner[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18B-Brexton Busch[2]; 2. 49-Grayson Graham[4]; 3. 17C-Willow Coleman[6]; 4. 12K-Kiley Bates[3]; 5. 14E-Emersyn Kisner[1]; 6. 22D-Dalton Clary[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Nyles Tudor[3]; 2. 1D-Mackenzie Dowllar[1]; 3. 61-Zane Smith[4]; 4. 36-Landon Miner[5]; 5. 11W-Wyatt Moritz[2]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 17C-Willow Coleman[11]; 2. 1D-Mackenzie Dowllar[2]; 3. 12K-Kiley Bates[5]; 4. 18B-Brexton Busch, 00:13.417[3]; 5. 14T-Nyles Tudor, 00:13.818[6]; 6. 36-Landon Miner, 00:13.876[10]; 7. 22D-Dalton Clary, 00:13.955[9]; 8. 49-Grayson Graham, 00:13.983[7]; 9. 11W-Wyatt Moritz, 00:14.218[4]; 10. 61-Zane Smith, 00:14.490[8]; 11. 14E-Emersyn Kisner, 00:14.763[1]