Ryan Gustin pockets $40,000 in in Dairyland Showdown
Photo by Emily Schwanke
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wisc.—Ryan Gustin is at his best when the big money is on the line.
Two of his biggest wins last season came in the $100,000-to-win USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway and the $50,000-to-win Bayou Classic at Boothill Speedway.
Through the first 19 races of the 2026 World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision season, Gustin was uncharacteristically winless on the year. But with $40,000 up for grabs in the finale of the Dairyland Showdown at Mississippi Thunder Speedway, the “Reaper” found a way to strike.
After scoring three-straight regional wins in the past two weeks, it appeared as if the Cooney Motorsports No. 19R team had shaken off their slow start to the season. They opened the weekend at Mississippi Thunder with a third-place finish on Thursday, then improved to second on Friday. When Saturday’s 50-lapper rolled around, Gustin and team put all the pieces together for a wire-to-wire victory.
The race was on between the likes of Nick Hoffman, Jonathan Davenport and Michael Leach early on, but none of them had anything for Gustin out front. It wasn’t long before Bobby Pierce joined the party after starting 15th, and he quickly disposed of all of them and started to run down Gustin.
In the span of six laps, Pierce cut the gap to Gustin from two seconds to half a second when the caution flag flew with four to go. Two more solid restarts later, Gustin ensured Pierce never got close enough to try any last-lap heroics and made his way to World of Outlaws Victory Lane for the 16th time in his career.
“I looked up there on the board and seen 32,” Pierce said. “I figured he was probably going to try fire on the cushion, but I didn’t want to leave a lane down there at the same time. Just tried to hit that grip the best I could, and then the first one, I turned left off of it. I just felt like I wasn’t going down the backstretch. Getting ready for the slider, trying to do something, but he was never there. Then that second one, I just kind of attacked it a little bit harder just to not leave the door open, I don’t know how close he was or anything like that.”
Pierce crossed the line second to cut Hoffman’s points lead down to three, while Davenport had his best finish of the week in third. Nick Hoffman and Daulton Wilson completed the rest of the top five.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision heads east for a five-day northeast swing at Georgetown Speedway (Wednesday, May 13), Selinsgrove Speedway (Thursday, May 14), Marion Center Raceway (Friday-Saturday, May 15-16) and Bedford Speedway (Sunday, May 17). More information on each race can be found by clicking here.
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RACE NOTES:
Nick Hoffman set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.
Michael Leach won the Simpson Quick Time Award.
Michael Leach won Heat 1.
Nick Hoffman won STAKT Products Heat 2.
Brent Larson won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.
Ryan Gustin won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.
Drake Troutman and Chris Simpson won the Last Chance Showdowns.
Nick Hoffman won the Bilstein Pole Award.
Ethan Dotson won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.
Daulton Wilson won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.
Bobby Pierce was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.
Jonathan Davenport was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.
Nick Hoffman was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.
Daulton Wilson was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.
Tim McCreadie was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.
Michael Leach was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.
Ethan Dotson was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.
Tyler Erb was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.
Drake Troutman was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.
Cade Dillard was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.
Dustin Sorensen was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.
Dallon Murty was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.
Dennis Erb Jr. was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.
Trey Mills was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.
WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES RESULTS (36 entries)
WoO Late Model Feature (50 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[15]; 3. 49D-Jonathan Davenport[7]; 4. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 5. 58V-Daulton Wilson[8]; 6. 9M-Tim McCreadie[9]; 7. 09-Michael Leach[4]; 8. 74X-Ethan Dotson[23]; 9. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 10. 22*-Drake Troutman[17]; 11. 97-Cade Dillard[14]; 12. 19-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 13. 13-Dallon Murty[11]; 14. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[20]; 15. 76-Blair Nothdurft[13]; 16. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[22]; 17. 28M-Sam Mars[19]; 18. 14-Trey Mills[12]; 19. 15A-Nick Anvelink[21]; 20. B1-Brent Larson[3]; 21. 1Z-Logan Zarin[24]; 22. 14S-Collen Winebarger[6]; 23. 55E-Eli Johnson[25]; 24. 32S-Chris Simpson[18]; 25. 49-Jake Timm[10]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman[2]; 2. 28M-Sam Mars[4]; 3. 15A-Nick Anvelink[6]; 4. 74X-Ethan Dotson[3]; 5. 55E-Eli Johnson[1]; 6. 9T-Tim Isenberg[8]; 7. 15D-Justin Duty[5]; 8. 90-Lance Matthees[10]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[7]; 10. 4TW-Tim Ward[9]
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 32S-Chris Simpson[2]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 3. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[4]; 4. 15-Clay Stuckey[3]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 6. 25-Chad Simpson[5]; 7. 11-Gordy Gundaker[7]; 8. 1Z-Logan Zarin[8]; 9. 8-Matthew Larson[10]; 10. 38T-Dylan Thornton[9]
WoO Late Model Heat Race 1 (8 Laps): 1. 09-Michael Leach[1]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[3]; 3. 9M-Tim McCreadie[2]; 4. 76-Blair Nothdurft[7]; 5. 55E-Eli Johnson[5]; 6. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 7. 15D-Justin Duty[4]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[9]; 9. 4TW-Tim Ward[8]
STAKT Products Heat Race 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 58V-Daulton Wilson[4]; 3. 13-Dallon Murty[2]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 5. 22*-Drake Troutman[7]; 6. 28M-Sam Mars[9]; 7. 15A-Nick Anvelink[8]; 8. 9T-Tim Isenberg[5]; 9. 90-Lance Matthees[6]
Keyser Mfg Heat Race 3 (8 Laps): 1. B1-Brent Larson[2]; 2. 14S-Collen Winebarger[1]; 3. 49-Jake Timm[4]; 4. 97-Cade Dillard[6]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 6. 15-Clay Stuckey[7]; 7. 25-Chad Simpson[5]; 8. 11-Gordy Gundaker[8]; 9. 38T-Dylan Thornton[9]
Jarrett Rifles Heat Race 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 49D-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 3. 14-Trey Mills[1]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 5. 32S-Chris Simpson[4]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 7. 16-Tyler Bruening[8]; 8. 1Z-Logan Zarin[7]; 9. 8-Matthew Larson[9]
Group A Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 09-Michael Leach, 13.418[10]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman, 13.441[15]; 3. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 13.453[8]; 4. 13-Dallon Murty, 13.467[9]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb, 13.535[6]; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce, 13.556[14]; 7. 15D-Justin Duty, 13.653[11]; 8. 58V-Daulton Wilson, 13.655[5]; 9. 55E-Eli Johnson, 13.667[7]; 10. 9T-Tim Isenberg, 13.674[12]; 11. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 13.719[18]; 12. 90-Lance Matthees, 13.745[3]; 13. 76-Blair Nothdurft, 13.752[4]; 14. 22*-Drake Troutman, 13.863[1]; 15. 4TW-Tim Ward, 13.894[16]; 16. 15A-Nick Anvelink, 13.918[2]; 17. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 13.987[17]; 18. 28M-Sam Mars, 13.993[13]
Group B Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 14S-Collen Winebarger, 13.763[4]; 2. 14-Trey Mills, 13.779[2]; 3. B1-Brent Larson, 13.806[6]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 13.848[11]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 13.858[3]; 6. 49D-Jonathan Davenport, 13.887[18]; 7. 49-Jake Timm, 13.905[8]; 8. 32S-Chris Simpson, 13.920[9]; 9. 25-Chad Simpson, 13.926[1]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 13.926[7]; 11. 97-Cade Dillard, 13.943[15]; 12. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 13.944[12]; 13. 15-Clay Stuckey, 13.969[14]; 14. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 13.980[17]; 15. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 14.005[16]; 16. 16-Tyler Bruening, 14.016[13]; 17. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 14.063[10]; 18. 8-Matthew Larson, 14.157[5]
CURRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES STANDINGS
Through May 2, 2026
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 9 Nick Hoffman Mooresville, NC 2779 20 5 18 20
2 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 2776 -3 20 7 14 20
3 9M Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 2584 -195 20 1 7 13
4 1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 2584 -195 20 0 7 13
5 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 2573 -206 20 1 7 11
6 22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 2563 -216 20 0 6 13
7 74X Ethan Dotson Bakersfield, CA 2535 -244 19 0 4 12
8 58V Daulton Wilson Fayetteville, NC 2528 -251 19 0 5 10
9 19 Dustin Sorensen Rochester, MN 2453 -326 20 0 0 9
10 28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 2409 -370 20 0 2 5
11 14 Trey Mills St. Augustine, FL 2379 -400 16 0 1 7
12 20TC Tristan Chamberlain Richmond, IN 2277 -502 20 0 0 1
13 B1 Brent Larson Lake Elmo, MN 2231 -548 18 0 1 1
14 1Z Logan Zarin Hookstown, PA 2210 -569 17 0 0 0
15 55E Eli Johnson Clewiston, FL 2080 -699 11 0 0 0
16 T1 Todd Morrow Penton, AL 1488 -1291 8 0 0 0
17 49 Jake Timm Winona, MN 1472 -1307 13 0 0 1
18 49M Luke Morey Zeeland, MI 1236 -1543 6 0 0 0
19 44 Chris Madden Gray Court, SC 1159 -1620 10 1 5 5
20 09 Michael Leach Sun River, MT 1116 -1663 6 0 0 1
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DAIRYLAND SWEEP FOR CHISHOLM
NLMS PR
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis.c -- For the third night in a row when the VP Checkers flew, Joe Chisholm was the one sitting in Wehrs Machine Victory Lane at Mississippi Thunder Speedway. This time it made a clean sweep of the weekend and a $5,000 bonus from Wehrs Machine. All told, Chisholm left Fountain City, Wisconsin with $12,000 for his weekend efforts and the early points lead.
He had to work more for this one however. Chisholm redrew the five after his heat race. Shaun Walski led the first twelve laps, before Chisholm took the lead. Rodney Sanders was the night's runner up and earned two new Real Racing Wheels.
Keith Foss finished third and collected the Kevko $250 product bonus. Walski crossed the finish line fourth, and fifth was Harley Dais.
Next up for the series is a trio of events in late May. I-94 Speedway, Viking Speedway and one more to be announced later this week will be on the docket.
The series would like to once again thank the following partners and friends, who along with the series partners made this weekend a success; Wehrs Machine and Racing Products, Kevko Racing, Real Wheels, Trackside 3D Printing by CA, World Racing Group, Deer Creek Speedway and Mississippi Thunder Speedway.
Kevkoracing.com USRA Modifieds (23 entries)
Pannell Chipping A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[5]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders[3]; 3. 95-Keith Foss[7]; 4. 95X-Shaun Walski[1]; 5. 87H-Harley Dais[2]; 6. 28-Parker Hale[10]; 7. 12-Nick Murgic[4]; 8. 21K-Kyle Brown[6]; 9. 21-Jacob Bleess[8]; 10. 96-Taton Hansen[12]; 11. 43-Zach Brom[17]; 12. 24-Brad Waits[9]; 13. 15W-Alex Williamson[22]; 14. 97JR-Landon Volkman[14]; 15. 14-Caden Neisius[13]; 16. 33-Joe Ludemann[11]; 17. 29H-Joe Horgdal[15]; 18. 16-Dave Schoenberger[18]; 19. 23-Darwin Karau[19]; 20. (DNF) 54-Jett Sorensen[20]; 21. (DNF) 2C-Cole Bennerotte[23]; 22. (DNF) 80XX-Jason Langford[16]; 23. (DNF) 35X-Parker Foster[21]
Rick Bebee Heating Air Conditioning Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Nick Murgic[1]; 2. 87H-Harley Dais[2]; 3. 95-Keith Foss[3]; 4. 28-Parker Hale[5]; 5. 14-Caden Neisius[7]; 6. 80XX-Jason Langford[6]; 7. 23-Darwin Karau[8]; 8. (DNS) 2C-Cole Bennerotte
Smith Equipment Company Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21K-Kyle Brown[1]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders[2]; 3. 21-Jacob Bleess[3]; 4. 33-Joe Ludemann[4]; 5. 97JR-Landon Volkman[5]; 6. 43-Zach Brom[6]; 7. 54-Jett Sorensen[7]; 8. 15W-Alex Williamson[8]
Kevko Racing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[1]; 2. 95X-Shaun Walski[3]; 3. 24-Brad Waits[2]; 4. 96-Taton Hansen[4]; 5. 29H-Joe Horgdal[5]; 6. 16-Dave Schoenberger[7]; 7. 35X-Parker Foster[6]
Deatherage Opticians Qualifying 1: 1. 12-Nick Murgic, 15.384[2]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown, 15.527[23]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm, 15.570[15]; 4. 87H-Harley Dais, 15.607[11]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders, 15.614[1]; 6. 24-Brad Waits, 15.624[18]; 7. 95-Keith Foss, 15.674[20]; 8. 21-Jacob Bleess, 15.715[9]; 9. 95X-Shaun Walski, 15.747[3]; 10. 2C-Cole Bennerotte, 15.748[10]; 11. 33-Joe Ludemann, 15.901[7]; 12. 96-Taton Hansen, 15.903[16]; 13. 28-Parker Hale, 15.912[21]; 14. 97JR-Landon Volkman, 15.921[5]; 15. 29H-Joe Horgdal, 15.950[6]; 16. 80XX-Jason Langford, 16.004[17]; 17. 43-Zach Brom, 16.013[19]; 18. 35X-Parker Foster, 16.040[22]; 19. 14-Caden Neisius, 16.264[8]; 20. 54-Jett Sorensen, 16.274[14]; 21. 16-Dave Schoenberger, 16.413[12]; 22. 23-Darwin Karau, 16.468[4]; 23. 15W-Alex Williamson, 16.528[13]
Central Spray Foam Cement Lifting Hot Laps 1: 1. 95-Keith Foss, 15.205[20]; 2. 21-Jacob Bleess, 15.208[9]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm, 15.253[15]; 4. 87H-Harley Dais, 15.253[11]; 5. 21K-Kyle Brown, 15.320[23]; 6. 96-Taton Hansen, 15.369[16]; 7. 28-Parker Hale, 15.384[21]; 8. 95X-Shaun Walski, 15.450[3]; 9. 12-Nick Murgic, 15.530[2]; 10. 2C-Cole Bennerotte, 15.576[10]; 11. 20-Rodney Sanders, 15.583[1]; 12. 97JR-Landon Volkman, 15.592[5]; 13. 29H-Joe Horgdal, 15.676[6]; 14. 33-Joe Ludemann, 15.684[7]; 15. 43-Zach Brom, 15.689[19]; 16. 14-Caden Neisius, 15.834[8]; 17. 35X-Parker Foster, 15.944[22]; 18. 80XX-Jason Langford, 16.034[17]; 19. 54-Jett Sorensen, 16.104[14]; 20. 23-Darwin Karau, 16.284[4]; 21. 16-Dave Schoenberger, 16.929[12]; 22. (DNS) 24-Brad Waits, 16.929; 23. (DNS) 15W-Alex Williamson, 16.929
R Box (12 entries)
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 34-Brantley Langer[3]; 2. 95-Sullivan Thill[1]; 3. 237-Sawyer Rawlins[4]; 4. 20-Axel Fahrendholz[6]; 5. 7-Colton Diekman[8]; 6. 4-lucas pettit[2]; 7. 19-Sam Brink[10]; 8. 54-Garrett Boissy[7]; 9. 22-Dierks LaBlonde[5]; 10. 22T-Theo LaBlonde[11]; 11. 17-Jozaiah Hoffbeck[9]; 12. 5S-Sammy Pettit[12]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Sullivan Thill[3]; 2. 22-Dierks LaBlonde[2]; 3. 20-Axel Fahrendholz[4]; 4. 54-Garrett Boissy[5]; 5. 19-Sam Brink[6]; 6. 5S-Sammy Pettit[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-lucas pettit[2]; 2. 237-Sawyer Rawlins[4]; 3. 34-Brantley Langer[3]; 4. 17-Jozaiah Hoffbeck[1]; 5. 7-Colton Diekman[5]; 6. 22T-Theo LaBlonde[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Sullivan Thill[4]; 2. 20-Axel Fahrendholz[3]; 3. 22-Dierks LaBlonde[5]; 4. 54-Garrett Boissy[2]; 5. 19-Sam Brink[1]; 6. 5S-Sammy Pettit[6]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Brantley Langer[4]; 2. 237-Sawyer Rawlins[3]; 3. 4-lucas pettit[5]; 4. 7-Colton Diekman[2]; 5. 22T-Theo LaBlonde[1]; 6. 17-Jozaiah Hoffbeck[6]
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