Wyatt Burks wins John E. Helm Memorial at Valley Speedway
Photo by John Lee of High-Fly'n Photos
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo.—Wyatt Burks grabbed the lead from race-long leader Bryson Smith off a lap 15 restart and sped away to tvictory in the annaul John E. Helm Memorial at Valeey Speedway on Saturday night After losing the lead, Smith's car began sputtering prior the that and after quickly slowing to a stop outside turn 2 his car was hit in the rear forcing him to retire from the race. His brother Wesley also slowed up and stalled but was able to restart and he rallied form the rear to finish second. Samuel Wagner was third as Dakota Earls and Chad Goff rounded out the top-five.
Sebastian Wolfenbarger captured the "King of Kansas City" for B-Mods.
RESULTS
John E. Helm Memorial
Valley Speedway
Grain Valley, Mo.
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Valley Powri Outlaw Sprints
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[6]; 2. 2-Luke Howard[1]; 3. 44-Wesley Smith[5]; 4. 73-Samuel Wagner[3]; 5. 15E-Dakota Earls[9]; 6. 2X-Chad Goff[4]; 7. 11X-Tom Curran[17]; 8. 03-Tyler Burton[11]; 9. 93-Ralph Parkinson[12]; 10. 25-Mike McCleary[13]; 11. (DNF) 11-Danny Billings[7]; 12. (DNF) 27-Justin Johnson[8]; 13. (DNF) 33-Bryson Smith[2]; 14. (DNF) 24LCR-Brett Combs[10]; 15. (DNF) 26-Zachary Clark[15]; 16. (DNF) 18K-Kyle Gorham[14]; 17. (DNF) 88-Chad Tye[16]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Bryson Smith[4]; 2. 2X-Chad Goff[2]; 3. 11-Danny Billings[3]; 4. (DNF) 26-Zachary Clark[1]; 5. (DNS) 11X-Tom Curran; 6. (DNS) 88-Chad Tye
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Wesley Smith[1]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks[5]; 3. 27-Justin Johnson[2]; 4. 24LCR-Brett Combs[4]; 5. 93-Ralph Parkinson[6]; 6. 18K-Kyle Gorham[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Samuel Wagner[2]; 2. 2-Luke Howard[3]; 3. 15E-Dakota Earls[1]; 4. 03-Tyler Burton[4]; 5. 25-Mike McCleary[5]
USRA B Mods
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 75M-Sebastian Wolfenbarger[2]; 2. 99-Brad Smith[4]; 3. 51M-Mike Ryun[6]; 4. 57M-Stephen Clancy[3]; 5. 81-Austin Charles[5]; 6. 44-Troy Carlyle[19]; 7. 2X-Cole Hamilton[10]; 8. 37-Daniel Charles[7]; 9. 75-Rayce Martin[11]; 10. 36-Travis Alexander[16]; 11. 27-Jarret Beach[9]; 12. OK-Tracy Killian[15]; 13. 26-Derick Schlarb[17]; 14. 25-David Chapman[14]; 15. (DNF) C3-Chad Staus[8]; 16. (DNF) 44S-Mark Schafman[1]; 17. (DNF) 14-Jeremy Price[13]; 18. (DNF) 96-Cody Brill[12]; 19. (DNF) 97-Ron Hartford[18]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Austin Charles[1]; 2. 75M-Sebastian Wolfenbarger[5]; 3. 27-Jarret Beach[2]; 4. 75-Rayce Martin[3]; 5. 14-Jeremy Price[4]; 6. 26-Derick Schlarb[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44S-Mark Schafman[2]; 2. 99-Brad Smith[4]; 3. 57M-Stephen Clancy[6]; 4. 2X-Cole Hamilton[5]; 5. 36-Travis Alexander[1]; 6. OK-Tracy Killian[7]; 7. 44-Troy Carlyle[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 51M-Mike Ryun[1]; 2. C3-Chad Staus[2]; 3. 37-Daniel Charles[5]; 4. 96-Cody Brill[3]; 5. 25-David Chapman[4]; 6. 97-Ron Hartford[6]
Valley E Mods.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 51C-Cole Ryun[2]; 2. 98-Dylon Smith[1]; 3. 82-David Wood[4]; 4. 41-Ashlyn Piburn[3]; 5. 33-Jeremy Curless[6]; 6. 75B-Brayden Royce[9]; 7. 14P-Adam Paul[7]; 8. 27K-Jim Gauck[8]; 9. 03-CAMERON ENGLAND[11]; 10. 13J-Nick Dangerfield[10]; 11. (DNF) 14A-Aaron Jones[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51C-Cole Ryun[1]; 2. 82-David Wood[3]; 3. 14A-Aaron Jones[4]; 4. 33-Jeremy Curless[6]; 5. 75B-Brayden Royce[2]; 6. 03-CAMERON ENGLAND[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Ashlyn Piburn[1]; 2. 98-Dylon Smith[4]; 3. 14P-Adam Paul[3]; 4. 27K-Jim Gauck[5]; 5. 13J-Nick Dangerfield[2]
IMCA Mod Lites
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 46-Dillon Raffurty[10]; 2. 75-Justin Raffurty[9]; 3. 47-Ed Griggs[4]; 4. 41-Michael Raffurty[7]; 5. 3-Nathan Wolfe[8]; 6. 31-Ryan White[1]; 7. 04-Zach Christopher[11]; 8. 84-Joe Gunn[14]; 9. (DNF) 69-Jim Massey[13]; 10. (DNF) 98-Jeff Raffurty[5]; 11. (DNF) C4-Randy Hinton[12]; 12. (DNF) 22-Kevin Lugenbeel[2]; 13. (DNF) 34-Tyler Furrell[6]; 14. (DNF) 8N-William Nobles[3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Justin Raffurty[7]; 2. 41-Michael Raffurty[6]; 3. 31-Ryan White[2]; 4. 98-Jeff Raffurty[5]; 5. 8N-William Nobles[4]; 6. 04-Zach Christopher[1]; 7. 69-Jim Massey[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Dillon Raffurty[7]; 2. 3-Nathan Wolfe[6]; 3. 47-Ed Griggs[4]; 4. 34-Tyler Furrell[5]; 5. 22-Kevin Lugenbeel[3]; 6. C4-Randy Hinton[2]; 7. 84-Joe Gunn[1]
A 1 Trading Pure Stocks
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 0-Chase Galvan[1]; 2. 117-Jason Parks[3]; 3. 14M2-Ashley Mueller[4]; 4. 27-Ed Mueller[5]; 5. 43-JR Billings[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 43-JR Billings[1]; 2. 0-Chase Galvan[4]; 3. 117-Jason Parks[5]; 4. 14M2-Ashley Mueller[2]; 5. (DNF) 27-Ed Mueller[3]