Hoffman Reclaims WOO Late Model Points Lead With Friday Mississippi Thunder Victory
Photo by Emily Schwanke
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wisc.—Nick Hoffman couldn’t have asked for a better 34th birthday present than the one he gave himself.
Entering Friday’s portion of the Dairyland Showdown at Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Bobby Pierce had won the last three races on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision trail, and Hoffman was at risk of letting Pierce pull away in the points battle. He needed a momentum shift, and that’s exactly what he got.
Pierce had already made headlines before the Feature began, as a tight battle with Ethan Dotson in his Heat Race ended in contact that knocked Pierce out of a Redraw spot. Meanwhile, Hoffman went wire-to-wire in his Heat Race to lock in a top-four starting spot.
With Pierce mired back in the pack, Hoffman was putting on a show at the front of the field. The opening laps saw him in the middle of a three-wide battle for second alongside Tyler Erb and Ryan Gustin, which Hoffman came out on top of before setting his sights on Dotson out front.
A caution for debris six laps in allowed Gustin to get back to second on the restart, but Hoffman quickly moved back ahead two laps later. As Hoffman began putting the pressure on Dotson, the No. 74X jumped the cushion and smacked the wall in Turn 1, giving Hoffman all the space he needed to take the lead.
That turned out to be the last battle Hoffman had to fight, as he went unchallenged the rest of the way to score his fifth World of Outlaws win of the season and his third at Mississippi Thunder. Most importantly, with Pierce unable to climb any higher than ninth, Hoffman climbed back to the top of the points table by six markers ahead of Saturday’s program.
“Woke up this morning, and I was like, ‘Man, I’m tired of screwing around,” Hoffman said. “This car’s been up in the trailer, I think it’s win percentage has been around 75% now. It hasn’t raced since Volusia [Speedway Park], just wanted to bring it back out, see how good it was again since I planned on racing it in a couple weeks in Delaware. This thing was just really good.”
Gustin was on the podium for the second time in as many nights in second, while Erb got around Tim McCreadie for third in points with his third-place run. Fourth went to Dotson, while Brent Larson was fifth for his best result of the season.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision wraps up the Dairyland Showdown at Mississippi Thunder Speedway with the 50-lap finale on Saturday, May 2. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.
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RACE NOTES:
Jonathan Davenport set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.
Tim McCreadie won the Simpson Quick Time Award.
Tyler Erb won Heat 1.
Nick Hoffman won STAKT Products Heat 2.
Ethan Dotson won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.
Ryan Gustin won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.
Tristan Chamberlain and Dylan Thornton won the Last Chance Showdowns.
Ethan Dotson won the Bilstein Pole Award.
Cade Dillard won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.
Daulton Wilson won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.
Ryan Gustin was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.
Tyler Erb was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.
Ethan Dotson was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.
Brent Larson was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.
Drake Troutman was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.
Daulton Wilson was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.
Trey Mills was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.
Bobby Pierce was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.
Tim McCreadie was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.
Dallon Murty was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.
Dennis Erb Jr. was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.
Clay Stuckey was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.
Dustin Sorensen was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.
Jonathan Davenport was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.
World OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES RESULTS (37 entries)
WoO Late Model Feature (30 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[3]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 4. 74X-Ethan Dotson[1]; 5. B1-Brent Larson[5]; 6. 22*-Drake Troutman[7]; 7. 58V-Daulton Wilson[6]; 8. 14-Trey Mills[11]; 9. 32-Bobby Pierce[10]; 10. 9M-Tim McCreadie[8]; 11. 13-Dallon Murty[9]; 12. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[14]; 13. 15-Clay Stuckey[13]; 14. 19-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 15. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[17]; 16. 1Z-Logan Zarin[19]; 17. 15D-Justin Duty[20]; 18. 49D-Jonathan Davenport[12]; 19. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[22]; 20. 97-Cade Dillard[24]; 21. 49-Jake Timm[21]; 22. 55E-Eli Johnson[23]; 23. 09-Michael Leach[15]; 24. 38T-Dylan Thornton[18]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[2]; 2. 1Z-Logan Zarin[1]; 3. 49-Jake Timm[3]; 4. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 5. 4TW-Tim Ward[6]; 6. 28M-Sam Mars[4]; 7. 76-Blair Nothdurft[8]; 8. 32S-Chris Simpson[11]; 9. 16-Tyler Bruening[7]; 10. 90-Lance Matthees[10]; 11. 55E-Eli Johnson[9]
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]; 2. 15D-Justin Duty[4]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 4. 11-Gordy Gundaker[5]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 6. 43-Derrick Stewart[7]; 7. 8-Matthew Larson[10]; 8. 15A-Nick Anvelink[6]; 9. 9T-Tim Isenberg[9]; 10. 14S-Collen Winebarger[8]
WoO Late Model Heat Race 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[3]; 2. 9M-Tim McCreadie[1]; 3. 13-Dallon Murty[2]; 4. 15-Clay Stuckey[5]; 5. 1Z-Logan Zarin[4]; 6. 49-Jake Timm[7]; 7. 97-Cade Dillard[6]; 8. 16-Tyler Bruening[9]; 9. 55E-Eli Johnson[8]; 10. 32S-Chris Simpson[10]
STAKT Products Heat Race 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. B1-Brent Larson[3]; 3. 14-Trey Mills[5]; 4. 09-Michael Leach[2]; 5. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[4]; 6. 28M-Sam Mars[7]; 7. 4TW-Tim Ward[6]; 8. 76-Blair Nothdurft[8]; 9. 90-Lance Matthees[9]
Keyser Mfg Heat Race 3 (8 Laps): 1. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 2. 58V-Daulton Wilson[3]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[4]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 6. 25-Chad Simpson[7]; 7. 11-Gordy Gundaker[8]; 8. 43-Derrick Stewart[5]; 9. 9T-Tim Isenberg[9]
Jarrett Rifles Heat Race 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 22*-Drake Troutman[2]; 3. 49D-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[9]; 5. 38T-Dylan Thornton[4]; 6. 15D-Justin Duty[7]; 7. 15A-Nick Anvelink[6]; 8. 14S-Collen Winebarger[5]; 9. 8-Matthew Larson[8]
Group A Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 13.453[1]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman, 13.472[14]; 3. 13-Dallon Murty, 13.499[2]; 4. 09-Michael Leach, 13.623[16]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb, 13.671[9]; 6. B1-Brent Larson, 13.760[5]; 7. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 13.806[7]; 8. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 13.812[3]; 9. 15-Clay Stuckey, 13.858[8]; 10. 14-Trey Mills, 13.866[17]; 11. 97-Cade Dillard, 13.905[15]; 12. 4TW-Tim Ward, 13.917[12]; 13. 49-Jake Timm, 13.931[11]; 14. 28M-Sam Mars, 13.940[13]; 15. 55E-Eli Johnson, 13.944[4]; 16. 76-Blair Nothdurft, 13.957[19]; 17. 16-Tyler Bruening, 13.969[18]; 18. 90-Lance Matthees, 14.123[6]; 19. 32S-Chris Simpson, 14.205[10]
Group B Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 13.724[9]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 13.763[10]; 3. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 13.798[18]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman, 13.829[13]; 5. 58V-Daulton Wilson, 13.890[12]; 6. 49D-Jonathan Davenport, 13.926[5]; 7. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 13.946[4]; 8. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 13.969[11]; 9. 43-Derrick Stewart, 14.046[2]; 10. 14S-Collen Winebarger, 14.091[1]; 11. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 14.104[7]; 12. 15A-Nick Anvelink, 14.137[3]; 13. 25-Chad Simpson, 14.187[17]; 14. 15D-Justin Duty, 14.278[6]; 15. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 14.302[14]; 16. 8-Matthew Larson, 14.319[8]; 17. 9T-Tim Isenberg, 14.367[15]; 18. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 14.454[16]
CURRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES STANDINGS
Points Updated: May 1, 2026
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 9 Nick Hoffman Mooresville, NC 2636 19 5 17 19
2 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 2630 -6 19 7 13 19
3 1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 2452 -184 19 0 7 12
4 9M Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 2446 -190 19 1 7 12
5 22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 2433 -203 19 0 6 12
6 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 2422 -214 19 0 6 10
7 74X Ethan Dotson Bakersfield, CA 2401 -235 18 0 4 11
8 58V Daulton Wilson Fayetteville, NC 2388 -248 18 0 4 9
9 19 Dustin Sorensen Rochester, MN 2327 -309 19 0 0 9
10 28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 2287 -349 19 0 2 5
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CHISHOLM GOES BACK-TO-BACK AT CIRCLE CITY
By NLMS PR
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis.c -- Joe Chisholm opened up a big lead early Friday, and was never seriously challenged in securing his second straight Kevko Racing Northern Lights Modified Series Presented by Real Racing Wheels win. The 25 lap feature ran caution free.
Keith Foss lessened Chisholm's lead late, coming home second. Parker Hale rolled to the checkers third. He also collected $250 in products from Kevko Racing. Jacob Blees and Kyle Brown rounded out the top five.
Heat race wins went to Blees, Brown and Chisholm. The Dairyland Showdown concludes Saturday with $3,000 on the line for the winner.
Chisholm's two wins have given him a $1,000 bonus already. Should he win tomorrow and sweep the weekend, the bonus money jumps to $5,000.
Unrelated to the Modified portion of the weekend, Mississippi Thunder Speedway opened up the new state of the art Lightning Speedway. The 1/5 mile dirt oval sits adjacent to the midway and ran three classes, micro-sprints, R-Box and BP Wings. They will also be in action tomorrow alongside the headlining divisions.
Kevkoracing.com USRA Modifieds (22 entries)
Pannell Chipping A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[1]; 2. 95-Keith Foss[4]; 3. 28-Parker Hale[2]; 4. 21-Jacob Bleess[6]; 5. 21K-Kyle Brown[5]; 6. 12-Nick Murgic[10]; 7. 20-Rodney Sanders[7]; 8. 43-Zach Brom[11]; 9. 87H-Harley Dais[9]; 10. 97JR-Landon Volkman[12]; 11. 15W-Alex Williamson[13]; 12. 95X-Shaun Walski[3]; 13. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[14]; 14. 14-Caden Neisius[15]; 15. 96-Taton Hansen[17]; 16. 29H-Joe Horgdal[16]; 17. 33-Joe Ludemann[19]; 18. 80XX-Jason Langford[21]; 19. 16-Dave Schoenberger[20]; 20. 35X-Parker Foster[18]; 21. 24-Brad Waits[8]; 22. (DNS) 23-Darwin Karau
Rick Bebee Heating Air Conditioning Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jacob Bleess[1]; 2. 95-Keith Foss[3]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[2]; 4. 12-Nick Murgic[5]; 5. 15W-Alex Williamson[4]; 6. 29H-Joe Horgdal[6]; 7. 33-Joe Ludemann[7]; 8. (DNS) 23-Darwin Karau
Smith Equipment Company Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21K-Kyle Brown[1]; 2. 95X-Shaun Walski[3]; 3. 24-Brad Waits[5]; 4. 43-Zach Brom[4]; 5. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[2]; 6. 96-Taton Hansen[6]; 7. 16-Dave Schoenberger[7]
Kevko Racing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[1]; 2. 28-Parker Hale[3]; 3. 87H-Harley Dais[2]; 4. 97JR-Landon Volkman[4]; 5. 14-Caden Neisius[7]; 6. 35X-Parker Foster[6]; 7. 80XX-Jason Langford[5]
Deatherage Opticians Qualifying 1: 1. 21-Jacob Bleess, 15.709[10]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown, 15.710[6]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm, 15.730[16]; 4. 20-Rodney Sanders, 15.731[9]; 5. 2C-Cole Bennerotte, 15.813[3]; 6. 87H-Harley Dais, 15.886[20]; 7. 95-Keith Foss, 15.902[15]; 8. 95X-Shaun Walski, 15.933[8]; 9. 28-Parker Hale, 16.000[2]; 10. 15W-Alex Williamson, 16.034[12]; 11. 43-Zach Brom, 16.043[14]; 12. 97JR-Landon Volkman, 16.047[18]; 13. 12-Nick Murgic, 16.192[7]; 14. 24-Brad Waits, 16.245[1]; 15. 80XX-Jason Langford, 16.251[13]; 16. 29H-Joe Horgdal, 16.463[21]; 17. 96-Taton Hansen, 16.488[17]; 18. 35X-Parker Foster, 16.590[19]; 19. 33-Joe Ludemann, 16.615[11]; 20. 16-Dave Schoenberger, 16.827[5]; 21. (DNS) 23-Darwin Karau, 16.827; 22. (DQ) 14-Caden Neisius, 16.719[4]
Central Spray Foam Cement Lifting Hot Laps 1: 1. 12-Nick Murgic, 15.284[7]; 2. 25-Joe Chisholm, 15.343[16]; 3. 21-Jacob Bleess, 15.397[10]; 4. 21K-Kyle Brown, 15.456[6]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders, 15.507[9]; 6. 95-Keith Foss, 15.527[15]; 7. 95X-Shaun Walski, 15.529[8]; 8. 96-Taton Hansen, 15.573[17]; 9. 43-Zach Brom, 15.602[14]; 10. 87H-Harley Dais, 15.712[20]; 11. 2C-Cole Bennerotte, 15.716[3]; 12. 97JR-Landon Volkman, 15.729[18]; 13. 15W-Alex Williamson, 15.828[12]; 14. 29H-Joe Horgdal, 15.877[21]; 15. 80XX-Jason Langford, 15.980[13]; 16. 16-Dave Schoenberger, 16.010[5]; 17. 33-Joe Ludemann, 16.092[11]; 18. 14-Caden Neisius, 17.291[4]; 19. (DNS) 35X-Parker Foster, 17.291; 20. (DNS) 28-Parker Hale, 17.291; 21. (DNS) 23-Darwin Karau, 17.291; 22. (DNS) 24-Brad Waits, 17.291
R Box (10 entries)
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4-lucas pettit[2]; 2. 34-Brantley Langer[1]; 3. 20-Axel Fahrendholz[6]; 4. 95-Sullivan Thill[3]; 5. 17-Jozaiah Hoffbeck[5]; 6. 22T-Theo LaBlonde[9]; 7. 22-Dierks LaBlonde[4]; 8. 19-Sam Brink[7]; 9. 5S-Sammy Pettit[8]; 10. 35-Luke Cisewski[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Brantley Langer[4]; 2. 95-Sullivan Thill[3]; 3. 17-Jozaiah Hoffbeck[5]; 4. 19-Sam Brink[1]; 5. 22T-Theo LaBlonde[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-lucas pettit[4]; 2. 22-Dierks LaBlonde[1]; 3. 20-Axel Fahrendholz[3]; 4. 5S-Sammy Pettit[2]
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