October 5, 2025 | By Anthony Ainslie

Tad Pospisil pounces late for Pumpkin Dash victory at Adams County Speedway

CORNING, Ia.—Tad Pospisil closed out the 2025 Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing season with one last trip to victory lane in Saturday’s finale at Adams County Speedway.
The final round of the year saw both East and West tours come together for one last round on the big half-mile Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa. A field of 23 cars made the trip to the Adams County Fairgrounds for a shot to end their season with a $5,000 payday.

Multiple drivers saw troubles with slipping off the track or mechanical failures in Keyser Manufacturing qualifying. But through it all, Brian Kosiski was the quickest overall as laid down a 20.677 second lap in the first group. Group 2 was led by Justin Zeitner with his 20.700 second lap. The final group was led by Jason Hahne with a time of 20.832 seconds.

Later in the night, Bill Leighton Jr., Kyle Berck and Jesse Sobbing all dominated to win the three heat races on the night. After the points were tallied, Brian Kosiski returned as the top point earner which gave him the first shot at the Skyline Materials Lucky 6th Place Starting Bonus. He initially declined, and in doing so, the award was suddenly increased to $2,000. Kosiski would end up drawing the sixth starting spot thus giving him the chance at a potential $7,000 top prize.
Twenty-two cars took to the speedway for the final Malvern Bank and Nutrien Ag. Solutions main event of the season with 25 laps to decide the final standings. Corey Zeitner started on pole position with Kyle Berck on the outside of the front row.

Berck took the early lead. However, the lead was short-lived as just two laps in, he spun out in turn three while leading bringing out the first caution of the race. The 7-Time Series Champion would rally back to finish 10th.

Meanwhile, the lead was inherited by Corey Zeitner. He led while his Cousin Justin ran a close second. They stayed running first and second going into the race’s second caution for a spin in turn two.

The biggest incident of the race came at the halfway point. With 12 laps remaining, Jesse Sobbing got sideways and got slammed into by Jacob Hobscheidt and then by C J Horn and Jason Hahne. Brian Kosiski and Fred Remley were also collected in the incident. Remley and Horn would continue on to finish 13th and 16th while Sobbing, Hobscheidt, Hahne, and Kosiski would all call it a night.

When racing resumed, Tad Pospisil made a charge for second against Justin Zeitner. The two battled side-by-side for most of the closing laps before Pospisil
ultimately took over the spot.

With only four laps left, Pospisil made the go-ahead slide job for the lead on Corey Zeitner and made the lead official with three circuits remaining. Chad Simpson also slipped through to the second spot.

When the final checkered flag of the season flew, Pospisil took home his first win in the Pumpkin Dash. It was his fourth win of the season, his second win in the last 3 races of the season and his 49th all-time with the Malvern Bank Series.

Chad Simpson would have to settle for second while Bill Leighton Jr. took third. Dylan Thornton charged to fourth, while Corey Zeitner rounded out the top five.
The 2025 season for the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Racing Series has officially come to a close. Big congratulations go out to the season champions, Jesse Sobbing for the West Series, and Dylan Thornton on the East. Sobbing finished the year with one win and a 42-point margin of victory in the standings over Tad Pospisil. Bill Leighton Jr., Corey Zeitner and Jacob Hobscheidt rounded out the top five in points on the West Series. Hobscheidt would also wrap up the West Series VP Racing Fuels Rookie of the Year honor. This championship was Sobbing’s second of his career after winning the west title in 2022.

On the East Series, Dylan Thornton led all drivers on both tours with seven feature victories. Those wins led to him having an 84-point margin of victory over Chad Simpson. Thornton picked up a $3,000 bonus for winning the Dirt Track Bank Elite 8 Series, which was a separate points fund going on through the eight East vs. West Dual races. Simpson took second in his first full season with the East Series while Dallon Murty finished third and clinched the East Series Rookie of the Year award. Jesse Sobbing was fourth to back up his West Series title, and Andrew Kosiski rounded out the top five. Thornton’s title is his first in a late model, and he also became the fifth different champion in the six years of awarding the East Series championship.

After it was all said and done, 12 different drivers found victory lane including four drivers getting their first-ever wins with the series. All in all, 28 races were completed at a total of 19 different tracks across seven states. The tour also made first-time visits to five new race tracks including Deer Creek Speedway in Minnesota, Winnishiek Raceway in Iowa, and U.S. 36 Raceway, Electric City and Scotland County Speedways in Missouri.

A big thank you to all of the teams who raced with the Malvern Bank Series in 2025, and a congratulations to the series champions and award winners after an action-packed summer of racing. Thank you to all of the fans who supported the tracks and the series as a whole.


MALVERB BANK SUPER LATE MODEL RESULTS

Nutrien Malvern Bank A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 04-Tad Pospisil[10]; 2. 25-Chad Simpson[5]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton[11]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton[13]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[1]; 6. 99X-Dallon Murty[19]; 7. 56S-Chris Spieker[15]; 8. 58-Dave Eckrich[14]; 9. 22-Charlie McKenna[9]; 10. 14-Kyle Berck[2]; 11. 33-Paul Glendenning[17]; 12. 4-JC Wyman[20]; 13. 42-Fred Remley[8]; 14. 15C-Curt Schroeder[18]; 15. 92-Josh Most[22]; 16. 01X-CJ Horn[16]; 17. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[21]; 18. (DNF) 62-Justin Zeitner[4]; 19. (DNF) 99-Jesse Sobbing[7]; 20. (DNF) 52-Brian Kosiski[6]; 21. (DNF) 76H-Jason Hahne[3]; 22. (DNF) 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[12]; 23. (DNS) 53-Andrew Kosiski

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Bill Leighton[1]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[2]; 3. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[4]; 4. 52-Brian Kosiski[6]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 6. 58-Dave Eckrich[5]; 7. 4-JC Wyman[7]; 8. 92-Josh Most[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Kyle Berck[2]; 2. 56S-Chris Spieker[1]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[4]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton[3]; 5. 62-Justin Zeitner[6]; 6. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[5]; 7. 99X-Dallon Murty[7]; 8. (DNS) 53-Andrew Kosiski

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Jesse Sobbing[2]; 2. 01X-CJ Horn[1]; 3. 22-Charlie McKenna[3]; 4. 76H-Jason Hahne[6]; 5. 42-Fred Remley[5]; 6. 33-Paul Glendenning[4]; 7. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[7]

Qualifying 1: 1. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:20.677[1]; 2. 58-Dave Eckrich, 00:21.095[3]; 3. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:21.134[2]; 4. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:21.275[4]; 5. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:21.310[8]; 6. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:21.375[5]; 7. 4-JC Wyman, 00:21.573[7]; 8. 92-Josh Most, 00:22.362[6]

Qualifying 2: 1. 62-Justin Zeitner, 00:20.700[5]; 2. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt, 00:20.720[7]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:20.747[1]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:20.854[4]; 5. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:20.917[3]; 6. 56S-Chris Spieker, 00:21.322[8]; 7. 99X-Dallon Murty[2]; 8. 53-Andrew Kosiski[6]

Qualifying 3: 1. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:20.832[2]; 2. 42-Fred Remley, 00:20.966[1]; 3. 33-Paul Glendenning, 00:21.064[3]; 4. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:21.169[4]; 5. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:21.245[6]; 6. 01X-CJ Horn, 00:21.371[5]; 7. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:22.053[7]


FINAL SLMR MALVERN BANK SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES WEST STANDINGS

Pos # Competitor Hometown Wins Top 5 Top 10 Points
1 99 Jesse Sobbing Jesse Sobbing Malvern, IA 1 12 17 3988
2 04 Tad Pospisil Tad Pospisil Norfolk, NE 4 11 16 3946 -42
3 24 Bill Leighton Bill Leighton Lavista, NE 0 7 10 3834 -154
4 26JR Corey Zeitner Corey Zeitner Omaha, NE 1 8 9 3760 -228
5 01 Jacob Hobscheidt Jacob Hobscheidt (R) Plattsmouth, NE 0 3 10 3748 -240
6 53 Andrew Kosiski Andrew Kosiski Lavista, NE 1 2 9 3712 -276
7 4 JC Wyman JC Wyman Griswold, IA 0 0 5 3652 -336
8 22 Charlie McKenna Charlie McKenna Ames, IA 0 1 7 3628 -360
9 15C Curt Schroeder Curt Schroeder Newton, IA 0 0 1 3508 -480
10 52 Brian Kosiski Brian Kosiski Papillion, NE 0 0 5 3388 -600


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Modifieds by POET Biorefining

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 40-Shawn Harker[3]; 2. 71-Jeff James[1]; 3. 38X-Brad Bergren[2]; 4. 10J-Josh Cooper[5]; 5. A5-Austin Paul[4]; 6. 72-DJ Most[8]; 7. 99W-Hunter Weber[6]; 8. (DNF) 45R-Austin Bouzek[9]; 9. (DNF) 13F-Tyler Fudge[7]

Heat 1 Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 38X-Brad Bergren[2]; 2. 71-Jeff James[6]; 3. A5-Austin Paul[1]; 4. 40-Shawn Harker[7]; 5. 10J-Josh Cooper[5]; 6. 99W-Hunter Weber[8]; 7. 13F-Tyler Fudge[4]; 8. (DNF) 72-DJ Most[9]; 9. (DNF) 45R-Austin Bouzek[3]


Stock Cars by Northland Oil

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 55-Steve Churchill[6]; 2. 37D-Brad Derry[5]; 3. 5-Derek Myers[12]; 4. 72-Craig Garner[8]; 5. 0-Tony Hardisty[1]; 6. 97-Mark Karg[2]; 7. 101-Marvin Henriksen[9]; 8. 7-Tyson Partridge[4]; 9. 62-Rick Barton[7]; 10. 29A-Kiel Brittain[13]; 11. (DNF) 3-Scott Carlson[10]; 12. (DNF) 6-Andy Roberts[3]; 13. (DNF) 25-Dan McCain[14]; 14. (DNF) 14-Tim Cooney[11]

Heat 1 Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 62-Rick Barton[1]; 2. 55-Steve Churchill[6]; 3. 0-Tony Hardisty[3]; 4. 37D-Brad Derry[5]; 5. 101-Marvin Henriksen[4]; 6. 14-Tim Cooney[2]; 7. 29A-Kiel Brittain[7]

Heat 2 Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 72-Craig Garner[3]; 2. 7-Tyson Partridge[2]; 3. 97-Mark Karg[1]; 4. 6-Andy Roberts[5]; 5. 3-Scott Carlson[6]; 6. 5-Derek Myers[4]; 7. (DNS) 25-Dan McCain


Sport Mods by RJ's Plumbing & Heating

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 60-Kevin Zeitner[8]; 2. 0-Shawn Kralik[10]; 3. 25X-Joe Feyen[4]; 4. 22-Matt Andrews[11]; 5. 12J-Darrin Hardisty[6]; 6. 68-Johnathan Kinser[3]; 7. 15-Tim Parrott[5]; 8. 34X-Damian Haas[2]; 9. 11-Austin Hardisty[17]; 10. 9X-Dave Cook[14]; 11. 43-Daniel Foote[9]; 12. 76-David Orr[15]; 13. 21-Jesse Hardisty[16]; 14. 9-Amber Cook[18]; 15. (DNF) 628-Ryan Christie[13]; 16. (DNF) 58-Hunter Poston[7]; 17. (DNF) 20-Kirk McKay[1]; 18. (DNF) 27A-Antoine Lillie[12]

Heat 1 Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 68-Johnathan Kinser[4]; 2. 25X-Joe Feyen[1]; 3. 60-Kevin Zeitner[5]; 4. 12J-Darrin Hardisty[7]; 5. 43-Daniel Foote[8]; 6. 22-Matt Andrews[6]; 7. 628-Ryan Christie[2]; 8. 76-David Orr[3]; 9. 11-Austin Hardisty[9]

Heat 2 Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 0-Shawn Kralik[5]; 2. 20-Kirk McKay[2]; 3. 58-Hunter Poston[6]; 4. 15-Tim Parrott[9]; 5. 34X-Damian Haas[3]; 6. 27A-Antoine Lillie[1]; 7. 9X-Dave Cook[7]; 8. 21-Jesse Hardisty[4]; 9. 9-Amber Cook[8]


Hobby Stocks by Hulett & Sons Salvage

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22W-Cody Werner[5]; 2. 74-Heath Anderson[1]; 3. 5D-Anthony Davis[3]; 4. 12G-Tyler Gray[6]; 5. 21B-Bennett Johnson[4]; 6. 69C-Colton Schaaf[11]; 7. 33-Tim McCollum[10]; 8. 6-Tom Myers[9]; 9. 10G-Dustin Grout[2]; 10. 22-Jim Tull[7]; 11. (DNS) 95-Jerid Lund

Heat 1 Top 3 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 5D-Anthony Davis[2]; 2. 21B-Bennett Johnson[1]; 3. 12G-Tyler Gray[3]; 4. 22-Jim Tull[6]; 5. 6-Tom Myers[5]; 6. 69C-Colton Schaaf[4]

Heat 2 Top 3 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 22W-Cody Werner[4]; 2. 74-Heath Anderson[5]; 3. 10G-Dustin Grout[3]; 4. (DNF) 95-Jerid Lund[2]; 5. (DQ) 33-Tim McCollum[1]


Compacts by Floating Vine

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 27-Tyler Hoover[4]; 2. 5-Zander Steiner[10]; 3. 15H-Tyler Housley[2]; 4. 28R-Trent Reed[1]; 5. 28-Andrew Akers[5]; 6. 00F-Jeremy Frazier[13]; 7. 98-Brett Sheppard[6]; 8. 77Z-Spencer Zarek[11]; 9. 32B-Bryant Grubbs[15]; 10. 35-Chris Wright[8]; 11. 34-Scott Hennenan[7]; 12. 98A-Alan Armstrong[17]; 13. 58-Harrison Horn[14]; 14. 16D-Ashley Smith[12]; 15. (DNF) F12-Blake Fineran[16]; 16. (DNS) 98X-Elijah Hoyt; 17. (DQ) 23-Dustin Sheppard[3]

Heat 1 Top 5 Redraw (5 Laps): 1. 5-Zander Steiner[8]; 2. 28-Andrew Akers[4]; 3. 15H-Tyler Housley[3]; 4. 35-Chris Wright[2]; 5. 28R-Trent Reed[5]; 6. 77Z-Spencer Zarek[1]; 7. 00F-Jeremy Frazier[9]; 8. 32B-Bryant Grubbs[6]; 9. 98A-Alan Armstrong[7]

Heat 2 Top 5 Redraw (5 Laps): 1. 98-Brett Sheppard[6]; 2. 27-Tyler Hoover[1]; 3. 34-Scott Hennenan[4]; 4. 23-Dustin Sheppard[8]; 5. 98X-Elijah Hoyt[7]; 6. 16D-Ashley Smith[3]; 7. 58-Harrison Horn[5]; 8. F12-Blake Fineran[2]


Crown Vics by Pullen Construction

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 24-Marty Pelzer[2]; 2. 17-Tate Haffner[6]; 3. 13T-Braxton Wallace[3]; 4. 66-Mason Hardisty[1]; 5. 47-Andrew Mills[10]; 6. 28-Frank Mills[8]; 7. (DNF) 45-Justin Bissell[4]; 8. (DNF) 00-Reese Oglesbee[5]; 9. (DNF) 56JR-Loudon Spieker[11]; 10. (DNF) 76M-Trey Mills[7]; 11. (DNF) 25-Matt Stinn[9]

Heat 1 Top 3 Redraw (5 Laps): 1. 13T-Braxton Wallace[2]; 2. 17-Tate Haffner[1]; 3. 24-Marty Pelzer[4]; 4. 76M-Trey Mills[3]; 5. 56JR-Loudon Spieker[6]; 6. 47-Andrew Mills[5]

Heat 2 Top 3 Redraw (5 Laps): 1. 66-Mason Hardisty[1]; 2. 45-Justin Bissell[5]; 3. 00-Reese Oglesbee[4]; 4. 28-Frank Mills[2]; 5. (DNF) 25-Matt Stinn[3]