Chronicling Jacob Denney’s Historic Year in the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets
Photo by Emily Schwanke
CONCORD, N.C.—Jacob Denney put an exclamation mark on his record-making 2025 campaign when he officially claimed his first Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota championship.
In his first full season with the Series, the Galloway, OH driver recorded astonishing numbers behind the wheel of Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM) No. 67 JBL Audio Toyota. All season long, he and the team created new all-time season records at almost every track they visited.
“You need a good team behind you,” Denney said. “A lot of people help chip in and working with these guys is a testament. I’d say it's more of the team, because consistency in top fives and top 10s like we’ve had goes a long way. They’re reliable to be there to help every night.”
Let’s take a look at what Denney achieved:
11 - Denney’s number of wins scored on the Xtreme Outlaw Midget trail is the first time a driver has claimed double-digit triumphs in a season, outmatching Cannon McIntosh and Chase McDermand’s combined single-season record of six wins from 2024 and 2023, respectively. By the halfway point of the campaign at Tulsa Speedway, Denney had tied the record, then added five more trips to Victory Lane through the final 11 races of the season.
10 - There were only two tracks on the 2025 Xtreme Outlaw Series schedule Denney had been to before – I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park and Jacksonville Speedway. But he ventured into the unknown unfazed, winning at 10 tracks he’d never seen before.
203 - The Ohioan’s number of circuits at the helm of the field accounts for the most recorded in a single season. If you only took his laps led statistics from the 2025 season exclusively, Denney would be placed fourth on the all-time lap leaders list. Adding onto his career stats with the Series, he finishes the year with a third-place standing on the all-time list with 229 laps.
23 – There were 23 races this season, and Denney earned a top-10 in all 23. And of those events, he earned a top-five finish in 20 of them. He only finished outside the top-five at Airport Raceway (eighth), Coles County Speedway (seventh), and Millbridge Speedway (10th).
13 - Spanning from the St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff finale at I-55 to the Honest Abe Roofing Open Wheel Showdown at Jacksonville, Denney finished inside the podium through 13 consecutive races. The streak of podium finishes is the most by any driver in Series history.
2.65 - Denney’s staggering average finish shows his consistency at finishing inside the top five through the majority of Xtreme Outlaw Features contested. His results throughout the year trumped McIntosh’s 2024 record of 3.31.
8 - Jacob knew how to stay at the pinnacle of the field, earning the most High Point honors for any Xtreme Outlaw Midget driver in a single season. He swept the award at I-55 and Millbridge and drew the No. 6 pill the most with five for the Feature’s invert draw.
47.8 – Denney’s win record this year also came with a staggering average win percentage of having won nearly half the season. When the Series reached the halfway point at Tulsa Speedway, he had won half the Feature races up to that point and then maintained that status until the season’s end.
0 - The number can equate to multiple statistics from Denney’s season, which includes never falling off the lead lap and posting no DNFs from any session he brought the No. 67 to. His worst finish all season was a last-place finish during a Heat Race at I-55. But then, in the Feature, he drove from 24th to the win.
20 - The KKM driver owns the most national Midget wins of any driver this year, which also includes six wins with POWRi and three with USAC. On top of winning the Xtreme Outlaw Midget title, Denney clinched his first championships with POWRi and the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series as well.
Though the 2025 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series season has come to a close, you can be sure to follow along on our social media pages on Facebook, X, and Instagram for all the latest updates.
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