Trevor Cline Snags First Xtreme Outlaw Victory at Jacksonville
Photo by Joe Grabianowski
JACKSONVILLE, Ill.—Trevor Cline is glad he visited Jacksonville Speedway.
After dealing with a 2025 season that brought multiple highs and lows, the 18-year-old almost avoided running with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota at Jacksonville Speedway in the Honest Abe Roofing Open Wheel Showdown.
The decision to join the Series for the weekend was the confidence booster he did not expect, as the Mooresville, NC native captured his first career Feature win after 30 unpredictable laps around the Illinois bullring.
“It’s everything,” Cline said. “Especially to have as much momentum as you possibly can going home. We almost didn’t come about two weeks ago, and we were like, ‘Eh, let’s go try something and figure it out. We’ve been horrible all year long, and we kind of went back to basics on what we started on from last year that we liked, and we fired off really well.”
Chaos immediately ensued on the opening start as polesitter Ethan Mitchell spun in front of the field off of Turn 2, collecting multiple cars in the mix that included Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) teammates Gavin Miller and Alex Karpowicz.
When the field was reset, Kyle Jones took the lead over Karter Sarff and Kale Drake as the three followed each other around the cushion of the 0.25-mile track through the first 10 laps.
On Lap 12, Jones and Drake smacked the wall in Turn 4 and left the door open for Sarff to take the lead. On Lap 13, Sarff’s car overheated through the same set of corners, and he immediately dropped off the track. That handed the lead to Cline, who started in sixth after earning High Point Honors.
Joining Cline in the podium spots were Chase McDermand and Jacob Denney. When Denney took over second place on Lap 19 after racing side-by-side with McDermand's No. 40X for three laps, he slowly tracked down the No. 55 Toyota by running the middle lane while Cline stayed glued to the top.
Denney added pressure on Cline through the final quarter of the race as he cut the gap down by three-tenths of a second each lap to place his No. 67 JBL Audio Toyota in prime position to steal the win.
When the white flag of the feature flew, Denney was within 0.2 seconds of Cline and began to prepare for a final turn slide job. However, Cline caught the lapped car of Daniel Adler at the perfect moment - preventing Denney from using the momentum he built up. That moment sealed Cline’s fate as he got to celebrate as a first-time national Midget winner.
“I saw (Denney), which ended up being two to go,” Cline said. “I was looking for a (scoreboard) the whole time, and I was just hoping it was over, cause I was worn out, and I need to work out. It’s tough because he was behind me the whole race, and I knew he got through the traffic pretty well. The nice thing is there’s a big curve up there where we just go hammer off from, just like home (Millbridge Speedway) and go to the win.”
Denney finished right behind the back bumper of Cline in second place. With his finish, the Galloway, OH driver widened his distance to Miller in the championship by 358 points over Miller heading into the season finale at Millbridge.
“I kind of put myself behind,” Denney said. “I made a couple of mistakes at the start, and then I just had a lot of ground to make up there. Luckily, the seas parted, and I got a couple of good spots back. By the time I got to second, Trevor was like a straightaway ahead. He was ripping, and I gave everything I had to try and reel him in there.
“I was hoping he’d clear the lapped car before we got to the white flag, just so I could throw a bomb across. But he was right there, and I half slid it and tried to get across, but I wasn’t going to do anything dumb. He ran a great race, I’m not going to take that away from him.”
McDermand rounded out the night with his second consecutive podium finish with the Series to close out the year of Xtreme Outlaw Midget racing in his home state.
“Well first, congrats to Trevor, Troy, (Denise), and their whole family,” McDermand said. “They’re the nicest people in the pit, they help anybody. They lent me a power steering pump before the Feature ‘cause we lost one in the Heat race. So, just first class people, so I’m happy to see him get his first one.
“Our car was really good in the beginning, and then I found a little bit of a different line on the restart and took advantage of everybody hitting the holes and stuff. So, I was able to get up there in a little bit cleaner air, which I feel like helped me for a little while. But, once Jacob built up momentum back around the top and was able to get away from me, that’s when I think our car showed a little bit. We weren’t quite there in the long run.”
Recap Notes:
Smith Titanium Quick Time Award: Alex Karpowicz
Toyota Heat 1 Winner: Trevor Cline
CASM Safety Products Heat 2 Winner: Jacob Denney
TJ Forged Heat 3 Winner: Karter Sarff
High-Point Driver: Trevor Cline
Summit Racing Equipment Hard Charger Award: Cale Coons (+8)
Honest Abe Roofing 16th Place Finisher: Kyle Jones
Up Next: The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota heads home into the finale of the 2025 season as the Xtreme Outlaw World Championship presented by Glenn Styres Racing awaits at Millbridge Speedway on Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 3-4.
MILLBRIDGE INFO
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MIDGETS RESULTS
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 55-Trevor Cline[6]; 2. 67-Jacob Denney[5]; 3. 40-Chase McDermand[8]; 4. 71K-Kale Drake[4]; 5. 16-Zach Daum[7]; 6. 63-Cale Coons[14]; 7. 67K-Colton Robinson[12]; 8. 97-Gavin Miller[13]; 9. 9U-Kameron Key[10]; 10. 85-Jerry Coons Jr[11]; 11. 94-Hayden Wise[19]; 12. 98K-Brandon Carr[16]; 13. 5U-Michael Faccinto[17]; 14. 50-Daniel Adler[22]; 15. (DNF) 17-Corbin Rueschenberg[15]; 16. (DNF) 7X-Kyle Jones[1]; 17. (DNF) 20Q-Brecken Reese[18]; 18. (DNF) 7U-Karter Sarff[3]; 19. (DNF) 9-Jake Neuman[20]; 20. (DNF) 44-Branigan Roark[21]; 21. (DNF) 19M-Ethan Mitchell[2]; 22. (DNF) 72-Alex Karpowicz[9]
Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps): 1. 5U-Michael Faccinto[2]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese[3]; 3. 94-Hayden Wise[1]; 4. 9-Jake Neuman[9]; 5. 91-Mitchell Davis[4]; 6. 17C-Devin Camfield[6]; 7. 8D-Miles Doherty[10]; 8. 44-Branigan Roark[12]; 9. 05-Alex Midkiff[7]; 10. 50-Daniel Adler[5]; 11. 56X-Mark Chisholm[13]; 12. 17H-Austin Wood[8]; 13. 16C-David Camfield Jr[14]; 14. (DNS) 92-Will Armitage
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Trevor Cline[3]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand[1]; 3. 85-Jerry Coons Jr[2]; 4. 9U-Kameron Key[4]; 5. 63-Cale Coons[5]; 6. 98K-Brandon Carr[6]; 7. 20Q-Brecken Reese[7]; 8. 05-Alex Midkiff[9]; 9. 9-Jake Neuman[8]; 10. 16C-David Camfield Jr[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Jacob Denney[2]; 2. 16-Zach Daum[1]; 3. 7X-Kyle Jones[3]; 4. 72-Alex Karpowicz[4]; 5. 17-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 6. 5U-Michael Faccinto[6]; 7. 91-Mitchell Davis[7]; 8. 17H-Austin Wood[8]; 9. 44-Branigan Roark[9]; 10. (DNS) 92-Will Armitage
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7U-Karter Sarff[1]; 2. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[2]; 3. 71K-Kale Drake[4]; 4. 97-Gavin Miller[5]; 5. 67K-Colton Robinson[3]; 6. 94-Hayden Wise[6]; 7. 50-Daniel Adler[8]; 8. 17C-Devin Camfield[7]; 9. 8D-Miles Doherty[10]; 10. 56X-Mark Chisholm[9]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 9U-Kameron Key, 00:12.125[3]; 2. 55-Trevor Cline, 00:12.170[1]; 3. 85-Jerry Coons Jr, 00:12.228[4]; 4. 40-Chase McDermand, 00:12.383[5]; 5. 63-Cale Coons, 00:12.467[8]; 6. 98K-Brandon Carr, 00:12.478[2]; 7. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 00:12.623[6]; 8. 9-Jake Neuman, 00:12.754[9]; 9. 05-Alex Midkiff, 00:12.921[10]; 10. 16C-David Camfield Jr, 00:13.078[7]
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 72-Alex Karpowicz, 00:12.102[6]; 2. 7X-Kyle Jones, 00:12.152[2]; 3. 67-Jacob Denney, 00:12.213[8]; 4. 16-Zach Daum, 00:12.264[5]; 5. 17-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:12.497[3]; 6. 5U-Michael Faccinto, 00:12.646[4]; 7. 91-Mitchell Davis, 00:12.753[1]; 8. 92-Will Armitage, 00:12.849[9]; 9. 17H-Austin Wood, 00:12.879[10]; 10. 44-Branigan Roark, 00:12.924[7]
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 71K-Kale Drake, 00:12.135[6]; 2. 67K-Colton Robinson, 00:12.166[10]; 3. 19M-Ethan Mitchell, 00:12.203[8]; 4. 7U-Karter Sarff, 00:12.210[9]; 5. 97-Gavin Miller, 00:12.260[5]; 6. 94-Hayden Wise, 00:12.603[3]; 7. 17C-Devin Camfield, 00:12.733[2]; 8. 50-Daniel Adler, 00:12.787[7]; 9. 56X-Mark Chisholm, 00:12.801[4]; 10. 8D-Miles Doherty, 00:12.882[1]
CURRENT XTREME MIDGET SERIES STANDINGS
Points Updated: October 4, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #67 Jacob Denney Galloway, OH 4648 -0 10 19 21 21
2 #97 Gavin Miller Allentown, PA 4290 -358 1 14 17 21
3 #9U Kameron Key Warrensburg, MO 4166 -482 1 8 18 21
4 #40 Chase McDermand Springfield, IL 4113 -535 0 10 17 21
5 #67K Colton Robinson Titusville, FL 3936 -712 0 3 16 21
6 #5U Michael Faccinto Hanford, CA 3881 -767 0 5 14 21
7 #94 Hayden Wise Huntersville, NC 3797 -851 0 3 12 21
8 #71K Cannon McIntosh Bixby, OK 3695 -953 3 13 14 18
9 #72 Alex Karpowicz Spring Branch, TX 3694 -954 0 0 8 21
10 #98K Brandon Carr Sheffield, YKS 3565 -1083 0 1 8 21
11 #21K Karter Sarff Mason City, IL 2441 -2207 3 8 10 12
12 #56E Tyler Edwards Salina, OK 2392 -2256 0 0 6 14
13 #55 Trevor Cline Mooresville, NC 2194 -2454 1 1 7 12
14 #7X Kyle Jones Kennedale, TX 1948 -2700 1 5 8 10
15 #19M Ethan Mitchell Mooresville, NC 1787 -2861 0 1 3 10
16 #5D Zach Daum Pocahontas, IL 1784 -2864 0 4 7 9
17 #26 Corbin Rueschenberg Mesa, AZ 1397 -3251 0 3 3 7
18 #00 Brecken Reese Canyon, TX 1333 -3315 0 0 3 8
19 #7 Shannon McQueen Bakersfield, CA 1298 -3350 0 0 1 8
20 #63 Cale Coons Greencastle, IN 1189 -3459 0 0 2 7
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410 Wing Sprints
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 31-Kameron Key[5]; 2. 19-Joel Myers Jr[10]; 3. 5D-Zach Daum[6]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 5. 40-Howard Moore[2]; 6. 6C-Mario Clouser[1]; 7. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[12]; 8. 7A-Will Armitage[15]; 9. 85-Logan Julien[3]; 10. 47-Korey Weyant[11]; 11. 37-Bryce Norris[13]; 12. 5H-Karter Sarff[8]; 13. 1JR-Steven Russell[16]; 14. 83-Aaron Andruskevitch[17]; 15. 56-Mitchell Davis[9]; 16. 01-Justin Standridge[21]; 17. 87-Reed Whitney[7]; 18. 35-Tyler Robbins[19]; 19. 99-Jarrett Weyant[20]; 20. (DNF) 19P-Brady Parmeley[22]; 21. (DNF) 53-Sean Robbins[18]; 22. (DNF) 6-Corey Nelson[14]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 6C-Mario Clouser[3]; 2. 40-Howard Moore[5]; 3. 31-Kameron Key[6]; 4. 6-Corey Nelson[1]; 5. 56-Mitchell Davis[8]; 6. 53-Sean Robbins[4]; 7. 99-Jarrett Weyant[7]; 8. 19P-Brady Parmeley[2]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5D-Zach Daum[1]; 2. 87-Reed Whitney[2]; 3. 5H-Karter Sarff[4]; 4. 47-Korey Weyant[3]; 5. 7A-Will Armitage[5]; 6. 1JR-Steven Russell[6]; 7. 01-Justin Standridge[7]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 85-Logan Julien[2]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 3. 19-Joel Myers Jr[1]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[3]; 5. 37-Bryce Norris[6]; 6. 83-Aaron Andruskevitch[5]; 7. 35-Tyler Robbins[7]
Hot Laps: 1. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 00:10.723[9]; 2. 7A-Will Armitage, 00:10.789[14]; 3. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:11.016[17]; 4. 47-Korey Weyant, 00:11.040[8]; 5. 6C-Mario Clouser, 00:11.055[7]; 6. 85-Logan Julien, 00:11.063[6]; 7. 19-Joel Myers Jr, 00:11.090[3]; 8. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:11.145[15]; 9. 5H-Karter Sarff, 00:11.234[11]; 10. 87-Reed Whitney, 00:11.305[5]; 11. 83-Aaron Andruskevitch, 00:11.500[18]; 12. 5D-Zach Daum, 00:11.511[2]; 13. 40-Howard Moore, 00:11.521[13]; 14. 31-Kameron Key, 00:11.577[16]; 15. 01-Justin Standridge, 00:11.599[20]; 16. 35-Tyler Robbins, 00:11.787[12]; 17. 6-Corey Nelson, 00:11.832[1]; 18. 53-Sean Robbins, 00:12.006[10]; 19. 56-Mitchell Davis, 00:12.040[22]; 20. 99-Jarrett Weyant, 00:12.382[19]; 21. 19P-Brady Parmeley, 00:13.129[4]; 22. (DNS) 37-Bryce Norris, 00:13.129
Micros
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 94R-Craig Ronk[1]; 2. 55S-Daryn Stark[7]; 3. 65E-Chad Elliott[3]; 4. 61-Cole Tinsley[17]; 5. 8S-Sean Robbins[2]; 6. 88-Billy Lieb[6]; 7. 69T-Trey Erdmann[8]; 8. 79J-Jacob Patton[4]; 9. 31E-Eric Erdmann[16]; 10. 00-Brandon Healey[12]; 11. 22-Tanner Tripplett[11]; 12. 6-Brandon Schneider[19]; 13. 94-Jordan Clary[18]; 14. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch[25]; 15. 14-Nolan Bartley[26]; 16. 40-Devin Feger[15]; 17. 19-Justin Fernandez[23]; 18. 5-Blake Galloway[20]; 19. (DNF) 37-Aiden Purdue[5]; 20. (DNF) 25-Tyler Grafton[9]; 21. (DNF) 14B-Brody Bridgeman[22]; 22. (DNF) 35-Tyler Robbins[14]; 23. (DNF) 96-Nate Kasper[13]; 24. (DNS) 81-Greg Northrop; 25. (DNS) 30R-Lance Rockwell; 26. (DNS) 8W-Breanna Wirth
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Aiden Purdue[1]; 2. 69T-Trey Erdmann[2]; 3. 8W-Breanna Wirth[3]; 4. 88-Billy Lieb[8]; 5. 31E-Eric Erdmann[4]; 6. 94-Jordan Clary[5]; 7. 61-Cole Tinsley[9]; 8. 14B-Brody Bridgeman[7]; 9. 14-Nolan Bartley[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8S-Sean Robbins[3]; 2. 65E-Chad Elliott[4]; 3. 00-Brandon Healey[1]; 4. 22-Tanner Tripplett[5]; 5. 25-Tyler Grafton[8]; 6. 6-Brandon Schneider[2]; 7. 5-Blake Galloway[7]; 8. 19-Justin Fernandez[6]; 9. 81-Greg Northrop[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 94R-Craig Ronk[4]; 2. 55S-Daryn Stark[3]; 3. 79J-Jacob Patton[6]; 4. 35-Tyler Robbins[1]; 5. 40-Devin Feger[5]; 6. 96-Nate Kasper[8]; 7. 30R-Lance Rockwell[7]; 8. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch[2]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 31E-Eric Erdmann, 00:12.287[1]; 2. 8W-Breanna Wirth, 00:12.330[3]; 3. 69T-Trey Erdmann, 00:12.386[2]; 4. 37-Aiden Purdue, 00:12.423[4]; 5. 94-Jordan Clary, 00:12.512[6]; 6. 14-Nolan Bartley, 00:12.688[5]; 7. 14B-Brody Bridgeman, 00:12.706[9]; 8. 88-Billy Lieb, 00:12.706[8]; 9. 61-Cole Tinsley, 00:12.706[7]
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 65E-Chad Elliott, 00:12.210[4]; 2. 8S-Sean Robbins, 00:12.358[7]; 3. 6-Brandon Schneider, 00:12.560[1]; 4. 00-Brandon Healey, 00:12.719[8]; 5. 22-Tanner Tripplett, 00:12.835[3]; 6. 19-Justin Fernandez, 00:12.837[6]; 7. 5-Blake Galloway, 00:12.938[5]; 8. 25-Tyler Grafton, 00:13.098[2]; 9. 96-Nate Kasper, 00:13.194; 10. 81-Greg Northrop, 00:13.194[9]
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 94R-Craig Ronk, 00:12.184[8]; 2. 55S-Daryn Stark, 00:12.265[1]; 3. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch, 00:12.308[4]; 4. 35-Tyler Robbins, 00:12.525[7]; 5. 40-Devin Feger, 00:12.570[5]; 6. 79J-Jacob Patton, 00:12.970[2]; 7. 30R-Lance Rockwell, 00:13.030[3]; 8. 96-Nate Kasper[6]
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