April 19, 2026 | By Lyndal Scranton

Kerry Madsen goes wire-to-wire in High Limit action at Lucas Oil Speedway

WHEATLAND, MO.—It was all Kerry Madsen on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway as the 54-year-old native of Australia, who’s now based in Knoxville, Iowa, picked up his first career Interstate Batteries High Limit Sprint racing victory.

Madsen led all 30 laps to earn the $12,000 prize. He outdistanced runner-up Sue Lynch by 2.79 seconds with Tanner Holmes finishing third.

“The car’s been super quick every time we’ve hit the track,” Madsen said, noting several competitive runs in the early portion of the High Limit schedule. “The car’s been quick every night, which gives you a lot of confidence.

“We haven’t drawn well in dashes and had some little stuff going on. We drew a good one (tonight) and the car was good and we got the job done. I’m pretty happy.”

That changed this time as Madsen beat Holmes in the dash, to claim the pole position for the feature.

Madsen said his young crew chief Ty Wolfgang has “done a great job” getting in sync with him. Communication has been a big key.

“I know it sounds weird, but just hanging out together,” Madsen said of the driver-crew chief chemistry. “Dinner and a beer and just talk about racing. You do that and it might be a Wednesday night, but something clicks. He’s been real receptive with that stuff and that’s great.”

Madsen, a former Knoxville Nationals 360 winner, paced the early going after starting from the pole, with Holmes in close pursuit. Action slowed on lap six with Chase Randall and Danny Samms III tangling in turn two for the first and only yellow of the event.

Lynch moved into second on the restart as Madsen opened a 1.5-second lead by lap nine as Holmes dropped to third. Madsen’s margin swelled to nearly two seconds by lap 11 - but Lynch tracked down the leader and cut the deficit to a half-second at the halfway mark on lap 15.

As the race continued until green-flag conditions, Madsen settled into a one-second advantage as Lynch and Holmes tried to keep pace. Madsen poured it on in the late stages, cruising to the checkers by nearly three seconds over Lynch.

“Hopefully we can keep rolling like this all year. Obviously you can’t win every night, but being quick and running well is going to be awesome,” Madsen said.

Lynch, 28 from Cowansville, Pa., said the team found some steering issues and gave him a fast car. It just was not fast enough to stay with Madsen on Saturday night.

“We were battling steering issue in the dash and it was pretty obvious,” Lynch said. “We just didn’t have time to change it and we just tried to make it the best we could. Really the car was super good. The guys busted their butt all night. It's a testament to the team. We’re working hard and hopefully one spot better real soon."

Holmes, a 22-year-old from Jacksonville, Oregon, came home third with Daison Pursley fourth, Hank Davis fifth and Rico Abreu charging from 11th to sixth.

“Our best night of the year,” Holmes said. “We’ve got to race a little bit during a break with High Limit these last few weeks. Some of those nights when we got our teeth kicked in taught us a lot.”

The Diamond Classic was the first of three High Limit Racing events at Lucas Oil Speedway this season, with the series returning for the 16th annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial, Sept. 17-19.

Fast overall qualifier was Sye Lynch at 13.342 seconds out of Group A. Aaron Reutzel led Group B with a lap of 13.469 seconds. Both were well off the track record for 410 Sprints held by Rico Abreu at 12.829 seconds on June 29, 2024.


LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (April 18, 2026)
Interstate Batteries High Limit 3rd annual Diamond Classic

A Feature - 1. 55-Kerry Madsen[1]; 2. 42-Sye Lynch[3]; 3. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[4]; 5. 17GP-Hank Davis[5]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu[11]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[12]; 8. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 9. 19-Brent Marks[9]; 10. 26-Justin Peck[10]; 11. 88-Tanner Thorson[15]; 12. 21-Brian Brown[14]; 13. 28-Jace Park[23]; 14. 87-Aaron Reutzel[7]; 15. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[20]; 16. 45X-Rees Moran[21]; 17. 5-Brenham Crouch[19]; 18. 44-Chris Martin[8]; 19. 19H-Kaleb Johnson[22]; 20. 87X-Logan Seavey[17]; 21. 36-Jason Martin[16]; 22. 9R-Chase Randall[18]; 23. 24D-Danny Sams III[13]; 24. 2-Miles Paulus[24]

B Feature - 1. 45X-Rees Moran[2]; 2. 19H-Kaleb Johnson[5]; 3. 28-Jace Park[3]; 4. 2-Miles Paulus[7]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn[8]; 6. 12X-Landon Crawley[9]; 7. 4-Cameron Martin[4]; 8. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[10]; 9. 22-Riley Goodno[6]; 10. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[11]; 11. 74-Xavier Doney[14]; 12. 79-Gage Montgomery[1]; 13. 7-Paul Solomon[13]; 14. 74N-Natalie Doney[12]

C Feature - 1. 7-Paul Solomon; 2. 74-Xavier Doney; 3. 7B-Ben Brown; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller; 5. 73-Samuel Wagner; 6. 77H-Jack Wagner; 7. 75-Tyler Blank; 8. 5P-Gavan Boschele; 9. 16G-Austyn Gossel; 10. 15-Jack Potter

Dash - 1. 55-Kerry Madsen[1]; 2. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[3]; 5. 17GP-Hank Davis[5]; 6. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 8. 44-Chris Martin[8]

Heat 1 - 1. 9-Daison Pursley[2]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 5. 87X-Logan Seavey[9]; 6. 28-Jace Park[7]; 7. 2-Miles Paulus[11]; 8. 79-Gage Montgomery[3]; 9. 7-Paul Solomon[10]; 10. 74-Xavier Doney[8]; 11. 9S-Kyle Clark[5]

Heat 2 - 1. 9-Daison Pursley[2]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 5. 87X-Logan Seavey[9]; 6. 28-Jace Park[7]; 7. 2-Miles Paulus[11]; 8. 79-Gage Montgomery[3]; 9. 7-Paul Solomon[10]; 10. 74-Xavier Doney[8]; 11. 9S-Kyle Clark[5]

Heat 3 - 1. 17GP-Hank Davis[1]; 2. 26-Justin Peck[3]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 36-Jason Martin[8]; 5. 9R-Chase Randall[6]; 6. 45X-Rees Moran[2]; 7. 22-Riley Goodno[10]; 8. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[5]; 9. 7B-Ben Brown[9]; 10. 51B-Joe B Miller[7]; 11. 5P-Gavan Boschele[11]

Heat 4 - 1. 13-Tanner Holmes[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 3. 21-Brian Brown[5]; 4. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 5. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[6]; 6. 4-Cameron Martin[3]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn[7]; 8. 74N-Natalie Doney[9]; 9. 75-Tyler Blank[10]; 10. 77H-Jack Wagner[8]

Qualifying Group A - 1. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.342[3]; 2. 55-Kerry Madsen, 13.371[14]; 3. 19-Brent Marks, 13.434[21]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.622[11]; 5. 9-Daison Pursley, 13.628[15]; 6. 44-Chris Martin, 13.726[5]; 7. 79-Gage Montgomery, 13.750[12]; 8. 5-Brenham Crouch, 13.758[16]; 9. 9S-Kyle Clark, 13.765[1]; 10. 19H-Kaleb Johnson, 13.881[2]; 11. 24D-Danny Sams III, 13.910[6]; 12. 12X-Landon Crawley, 13.948[13]; 13. 28-Jace Park, 13.950[22]; 14. 15-Jack Potter, 14.008[4]; 15. 74-Xavier Doney, 14.026[9]; 16. 88-Tanner Thorson, 14.057[8]; 17. 87X-Logan Seavey, 14.070[18]; 18. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 14.071[7]; 19. 7-Paul Solomon, 14.306[17]; 20. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 14.475[20]; 21. 2-Miles Paulus, 55:55.555[10]; 22. 73-Samuel Wagner, 55:55.555[19]

Qualifying Group B - 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 13.469[4]; 2. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 13.514[14]; 3. 17GP-Hank Davis, 13.735[6]; 4. 13-Tanner Holmes, 13.756[15]; 5. 45X-Rees Moran, 13.838[10]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 13.843[8]; 7. 26-Justin Peck, 13.880[18]; 8. 4-Cameron Martin, 13.898[12]; 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 13.907[7]; 10. 21-Brian Brown, 14.016[19]; 11. 9R-Chase Randall, 14.047[11]; 12. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr, 14.096[2]; 13. 51B-Joe B Miller, 14.099[3]; 14. 52-Blake Hahn, 14.121[17]; 15. 36-Jason Martin, 14.139[16]; 16. 77H-Jack Wagner, 14.219[1]; 17. 7B-Ben Brown, 14.311[13]; 18. 74N-Natalie Doney, 14.382[21]; 19. 22-Riley Goodno, 14.393[9]; 20. 75-Tyler Blank, 14.414[5]; 21. 5P-Gavan Boschele, 14.859[20]


Challenge Cup debuts April 25th: The debut of the Pitts Homes & Realty Challenge Cup is set for next Saturday, April 25th. Action is scheduled for the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds, Hermitage Lumber Late Models, Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods, O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars and Hickamo Super Stocks.

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