UPDATE: 2 nights of results after racers from 8 states compete at West Liberty Raceway

SATURDAY UPDATE: Night 2 of the Liberty 100 had a little of everything. Speed, strategy, and pit stops all came into play.

Dallon Murty captured the $20,000 payday in the 100-lap MLRA Late Model feature. Murty started on the front row and darted into the lead. He would lead 26 of the first 28 laps of the race before yielding to Chris Simpson, who led to lap 60, when the caution flag waved. At this point most of the field came in to pit for fuel and tires. This included top five contenders Chad Simpson, Daniel Hilsabeck, and Mike Spatola.

Five laps later, the caution came out again. Chris Simpson and Dallon Murty, who were first and second, came in to pit. Murty got out of the hot pit first. With so much of the field a lap down, the pair were placed fourth and fifth for the restart.

Then the “big one" - on the restart, there was a nine-car pile-up on the front stretch. Several cars were eliminated from the race. When green flag racing resumed, Murty quickly pulled up behind the leader Chad Simpson. On lap 82 the challenge became physical as Murty dove under Simpson to take the lead.

Murty would lead the rest of the way to the checkers. An upset Chad Simpson finished second with Hilsabeck rounding out the podium. Chris Simpson, whose car was not the same after pitting finished fourth, the last car on the lead lap. Dillon McCowan was fifth, one lap down.

It was wash, rinse, and repeat in the West Liberty Auto Parts - IMCA Modifieds. After winning Friday’s Modified feature, Jace Eckrich again blistered the field. This time Eckrich led every lap for the win and had a different cast of characters behind him.

Eric Barnes drove from sixth starting spot to finish second. Mark Burgtorf ran the entire race in the top five before finishing third. Tenth place starter Brandon Durbin was fourth, while 14^th place starter Kurt Kile rounded out the top five.

Saturday provided another last lap winner in the Aupp Automotive- IMCA SportMods. Jason Roth of Wisconsin, led all but the first and last laps of the fifteen lap main. Roth looked to have the race in hand, but slowed on the final lap allowing Bryson Eckrich and Friday winner Tim Plummer to cross the finish line ahead of him. Roth coasted to third, ahead of Jarrett Franzen and Lee Kinsella.

The victory was surely a satisfying one for Eckrich after losing the lead in the final lap on Friday.

Saturday’s racing action closed out with the Brothers Towing - IMCA Stock Cars. The feature was a two-car battle between David Brandies and Andrew Schroeder. Contact was made on lap twelve that sent both cars spinning in turn two. On the ensuing restart, Keegan Wells got the edge over Johnny Spaw and would go to the win. Spaw would hold on for second. Greg Gill, Aaron Martin, and Cody Staley would finish third through fifth in that order.

Saturday’s racing program brings the 2026 season to a close for both SR Promotions and West Liberty Raceway.

SATURDAY

Results:

West Liberty Raceway                                                                                   October 24, 2026 –

Liberty 100 – MLRA Late Models

A Feature 1 (100 Laps): 1. 13-Dallon Murty[2]; 2. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 3. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[5]; 4. 32S-Chris Simpson[1]; 5. 8M-Dillon McCowan[9]; 6. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[6]; 7. 51F-Matt Furman[14]; 8. 1X-Aaron Marrant[7]; 9. 11H-Jeff Herzog[15]; 10. 17-Tim Simpson[17]; 11. 15C-Curt Schroeder[20]; 12. 112-Tyler Smith[22]; 13. (DNF) 89-Mike Spatola[4]; 14. (DNF) 91G-Mike Guldenpfennig[21]; 15. (DNF) 33-Nick Marolf[25]; 16. (DNF) 58E-Dave Eckrich[12]; 17. (DNF) 51W-JT Wasmund[8]; 18. (DNF) 10P-Paul Parker[13]; 19. (DNF) 321-Amelia Eisenschenk[10]; 20. (DNF) 8L-Matthew Larson[24]; 21. (DNF) 21B-Rich Bell[19]; 22. (DNF) 1M-Mike Mataragas[11]; 23. (DNF) 01-CJ Horn[16]; 24. (DNF) 44W-David Webster[23]; 25. (DNF) 23-Chad Walter[18]

IMCA Modified - West Liberty Auto Parts

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 50-Jace Eckrich[2]; 2. 1-Eric Barnes[6]; 3. 03B-Mark Burgtorf[5]; 4. 15D-Brandon Durbin[10]; 5. 77-Kurt Kile[14]; 6. 01M-Mitch Way[18]; 7. 2-Matt Fulton Jr[12]; 8. 99-Charlie Mohr[1]; 9. 9-Brint Hartwick[7]; 10. 4-Ben Lerch[4]; 11. 25-Derek Walker[17]; 12. 12-Jordan Walker[16]; 13. 9G-Anthony Guss[8]; 14. 5B-Tim Bader[19]; 15. 7W-Mark Winkel[15]; 16. 76-Tyler Garrison[3]; 17. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[9]; 18. 9H-Slade Hartwick[11]; 19. 492-Trent Wyssbrod[13]

Heat 1 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 2-Matt Fulton Jr[1]; 2. 50-Jace Eckrich[4]; 3. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[6]; 4. 9H-Slade Hartwick[2]; 5. 492-Trent Wyssbrod[5]; 6. 12-Jordan Walker[3]; 7. 5B-Tim Bader[7]

Heat 2 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 03B-Mark Burgtorf[2]; 2. 15D-Brandon Durbin[3]; 3. 99-Charlie Mohr[1]; 4. 1-Eric Barnes[4]; 5. 77-Kurt Kile[5]; 6. 25-Derek Walker[6]

Heat 3 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 9-Brint Hartwick[4]; 2. 4-Ben Lerch[2]; 3. 9G-Anthony Guss[6]; 4. 76-Tyler Garrison[5]; 5. 7W-Mark Winkel[3]; 6. 01M-Mitch Way[1]

IMCA Stock Car - Brothers Towing / DeVore Towing /

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 23W-Keegan Wells[6]; 2. 00-Johnny Spaw[1]; 3. 28-Greg Gill[8]; 4. 73-Aaron Martin[4]; 5. 37-Cody Staley[9]; 6. 85-Jason McDaniel[14]; 7. 71-David Brandies[2]; 8. 62-Norman Bean[12]; 9. 15DEL-Scotty Pratt[10]; 10. 29Q-Dave Wada[11]; 11. 23K-Kade Wells[7]; 12. 27-Matt Picray[5]; 13. 92-Shaun Bistline[13]; 14. 18-Jeff Hollenbeck[16]; 15. 82-Peter Stodgel[15]; 16. 02-Andrew Schroeder[3]

Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 02-Andrew Schroeder[3]; 2. 73-Aaron Martin[4]; 3. 28-Greg Gill[8]; 4. 71-David Brandies[5]; 5. 23K-Kade Wells[2]; 6. 29Q-Dave Wada[1]; 7. 92-Shaun Bistline[7]; 8. 82-Peter Stodgel[6]

Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 00-Johnny Spaw[4]; 2. 15DEL-Scotty Pratt[1]; 3. 27-Matt Picray[7]; 4. 23W-Keegan Wells[5]; 5. 37-Cody Staley[8]; 6. 62-Norman Bean[2]; 7. 85-Jason McDaniel[6]; 8. 18-Jeff Hollenbeck[3]

IMCA SportMod - AUPP Automotive

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 56-Bryson Eckrich[6]; 2. 66-Tim Plummer[1]; 3. 31-Jason Roth[3]; 4. 75-Jarett Franzen[2]; 5. 21-Lee Kinsella[9]; 6. 28-Brad Salisberry[7]; 7. 12S-Sean Wyett[14]; 8. 7J-JUSTIN HEUER[10]; 9. 9-Austin Lick[13]; 10. 10S-Sheldon Herbert[12]; 11. 31J-Jaelyn Roth[15]; 12. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[4]; 13. 7-Colton Laymon[8]; 14. 23H-Alex Hayes[5]; 15. 1V-Curtis VanDerWal[11]

Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 31-Jason Roth[7]; 2. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[4]; 3. 7J-JUSTIN HEUER[5]; 4. 23H-Alex Hayes[2]; 5. 7-Colton Laymon[6]; 6. 1V-Curtis VanDerWal[1]; 7. 9-Austin Lick[3]; 8. 31J-Jaelyn Roth[8]

Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 56-Bryson Eckrich[3]; 2. 75-Jarett Franzen[1]; 3. 21-Lee Kinsella[7]; 4. 66-Tim Plummer[4]; 5. 28-Brad Salisberry[6]; 6. 10S-Sheldon Herbert[2]; 7. (DNS) 12S-Sean Wyett

FRIDAY

Night 1 of the 2026 Liberty 100 was one to remember, when racers from eight states took part in Friday’s races.

The action started early. In MLRA qualifying, Chris Simpson set a new track record. His time of 17.560 seconds was more than a half-second faster than the old mark set in 2009. In fact, the top eight qualifiers all broke the old mark.

The late models also ran a double set of heat races. First round heat race wins went to Chris Simpson, Dallon Murty, and Chad Simpson. Second round heat race wins went to Chris Simpson, J.T. Wasmund, and Chad Simpson.

Zach Zietner crashed violently in turn one during the second round of heats. He was able to exit the racecar under his own power.

The MLRA late models will race in B-mains and the 100-lap A-feature on Saturday.

Jace Eckrich dominated the West Liberty Auto Parts - IMCA Modified feature. Jace started fifth and needed only six laps to take the top spot. Matt Fulton Jr. would finish second, nearly 9 seconds behind the winner. Kurt Kile held off Brandon Durbin to finish third. Mitch Way completed the top five.

Tim Plummer took advantage of a lapped car to pass Bryson Eckrich and win the Aupp Automotive- IMCA SportMod main. Eckrich had led the feature from the drop of the green, but coming down the backstretch on the final lap. He got stuck behind a slower car. Plummer, who had started ninth, worked his way to the front and led the final half-lap for the victory. Colton Livezey, Curtis VanDerWal, and Rusty DeShaw were third through fifth respectively.

The Brothers Towing - IMCA Stock Car feature came down to a battle between David Brandies and Andrew Schroeder. Brandies led every lap of the race even though Schroeder was able to pull alongside the leader several times and put a nose out in front a couple times. Finishing behind the lead duo was Norman Bean in third. Bean was followed to the checkers by Johnny Spaw and Cody Staley. The Stock Cars saw plenty of action, including a six-car pile-up between three and four.

Completing Friday’s racing program were the Midwest Jalopies. Austin Honts topped Michael Hulsing and Tanner Gerrard for the win.

The MLRA Late Models will race B-Mains and the 100-lap A-Main on Saturday. The $20,000 top prize will be up for grabs.

The West Liberty Auto Parts IMCA Modifieds, the Aupp Automotive IMCA SportMods, and the Brothers Towing IMCA Stock Cars will race heats and features.

Results:

West Liberty Raceway                                                                                  October 23, 2026 –

MLRA Late Models

Qualifying:   32S-Chris Simpson, 17.560 new track record

RND 1: Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32S-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 76-Zach Zeitner[2]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[3]; 4. 1M-Mike Mataragas[4]; 5. 21B-Rich Bell[7]; 6. (DNF) 58E-Dave Eckrich[5]; 7. (DNF) 01-CJ Horn[6]; 8. (DNF) 17-Tim Simpson[8]; 9. (DNS) 33-Nick Marolf

RND 1: Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Dallon Murty[1]; 2. 1X-Aaron Marrant[3]; 3. 11H-Jeff Herzog[6]; 4. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[2]; 5. 51W-JT Wasmund[4]; 6. 91G-Mike Guldenpfennig[8]; 7. 10P-Paul Parker[5]; 8. (DNF) 44W-David Webster[9]; 9. (DNF) 15C-Curt Schroeder[7]

RND 1: Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 89-Mike Spatola[1]; 3. 8M-Dillon McCowan[4]; 4. 321-Amelia Eisenschenk[3]; 5. 51F-Matt Furman[5]; 6. 23-Chad Walter[7]; 7. 8L-Matthew Larson[6]; 8. 112-Tyler Smith[8]

RND 2: Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32S-Chris Simpson[7]; 2. 01-CJ Horn[1]; 3. 21B-Rich Bell[3]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[5]; 5. 58E-Dave Eckrich[2]; 6. 17-Tim Simpson[8]; 7. 1M-Mike Mataragas[4]; 8. (DNF) 76-Zach Zeitner[6]; 9. (DNS) 33-Nick Marolf

RND 2: Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51W-JT Wasmund[4]; 2. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[5]; 3. 13-Dallon Murty[8]; 4. 10P-Paul Parker[2]; 5. 1X-Aaron Marrant[7]; 6. 11H-Jeff Herzog[6]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[1]; 8. 91G-Mike Guldenpfennig[3]; 9. (DNF) 44W-David Webster[9]

RND 2: Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Chad Simpson[8]; 2. 8M-Dillon McCowan[6]; 3. 23-Chad Walter[3]; 4. 89-Mike Spatola[7]; 5. 51F-Matt Furman[4]; 6. 321-Amelia Eisenschenk[5]; 7. 112-Tyler Smith[1]; 8. (DNS) 8L-Matthew Larson

IMCA Modified - West Liberty Auto Parts

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 50-Jace Eckrich[5]; 2. 2-Matt Fulton Jr[4]; 3. 77-Kurt Kile[8]; 4. 15D-Brandon Durbin[12]; 5. 01M-Mitch Way[7]; 6. 25-Derek Walker[2]; 7. 9-Brint Hartwick[11]; 8. 27M-Mark Schulte[10]; 9. 12-Jordan Walker[14]; 10. 9H-Slade Hartwick[3]; 11. 96-Matthew Lundry[15]; 12. 5B-Tim Bader[19]; 13. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[6]; 14. 9Z-Chris Zogg[9]; 15. 20-Danny Brau[18]; 16. 76-Tyler Garrison[1]; 17. 7W-Mark Winkel[17]; 18. 9G-Anthony Guss[13]; 19. 3-Dustin Smith[16]

Heat 1 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 77-Kurt Kile[2]; 2. 9H-Slade Hartwick[1]; 3. 27M-Mark Schulte[3]; 4. 76-Tyler Garrison[6]; 5. 9G-Anthony Guss[5]; 6. 5B-Tim Bader[7]; 7. 20-Danny Brau[4]

Heat 2 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 15D-Brandon Durbin[1]; 2. 25-Derek Walker[2]; 3. 2-Matt Fulton Jr[4]; 4. 9-Brint Hartwick[3]; 5. 12-Jordan Walker[6]; 6. 3-Dustin Smith[5]

Heat 3 - Top 4 Redraw (8 Laps): 1. 50-Jace Eckrich[6]; 2. 9Z-Chris Zogg[5]; 3. 2JR-Jesse Bodin[4]; 4. 01M-Mitch Way[3]; 5. 96-Matthew Lundry[2]; 6. 7W-Mark Winkel[1]

IMCA Stock Car - Brothers Towing / DeVore Towing /

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 71-David Brandies[4]; 2. 02-Andrew Schroeder[7]; 3. 62-Norman Bean[5]; 4. 00-Johnny Spaw[8]; 5. 37-Cody Staley[18]; 6. 73-Aaron Martin[6]; 7. 15DEL-Scotty Pratt[15]; 8. 29Q-Dave Wada[3]; 9. 18-Jeff Hollenbeck[17]; 10. 82-Peter Stodgel[13]; 11. 8-Bronson Spaw[1]; 12. 10G-Dustin Griffiths[10]; 13. 23W-Keegan Wells[9]; 14. 23K-Kade Wells[2]; 15. 05-John Oliver Jr[12]; 16. 74-Brock Haines[11]; 17. 41F-Zane Fellman[14]; 18. 27-Matt Picray[16]

Heat 1 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 05-John Oliver Jr[3]; 2. 73-Aaron Martin[4]; 3. 29Q-Dave Wada[2]; 4. 74-Brock Haines[6]; 5. 82-Peter Stodgel[5]; 6. 27-Matt Picray[1]

Heat 2 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 10G-Dustin Griffiths[4]; 2. 8-Bronson Spaw[1]; 3. 23W-Keegan Wells[5]; 4. 23K-Kade Wells[3]; 5. 41F-Zane Fellman[6]; 6. 18-Jeff Hollenbeck[2]

Heat 3 - Top 4 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 62-Norman Bean[1]; 2. 00-Johnny Spaw[3]; 3. 71-David Brandies[6]; 4. 02-Andrew Schroeder[4]; 5. 15DEL-Scotty Pratt[5]; 6. 37-Cody Staley[2]

IMCA SportMod - AUPP Automotive

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 66-Tim Plummer[9]; 2. 56-Bryson Eckrich[2]; 3. 29-Colton Livezey[3]; 4. 1V-Curtis VanDerWal[10]; 5. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[6]; 6. 31-Jason Roth[1]; 7. 7J-JUSTIN HEUER[7]; 8. 9-Austin Lick[8]; 9. 28-Brad Salisberry[14]; 10. 10S-Sheldon Herbert[5]; 11. 23H-Alex Hayes[12]; 12. 31J-Jaelyn Roth[13]; 13. 71J-Justin Schroeder[11]; 14. 7-Colton Laymon[4]; 15. 22-James Pilkington[15]

Heat 1 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 29-Colton Livezey[2]; 2. 31-Jason Roth[1]; 3. 66-Tim Plummer[4]; 4. 6R-Rusty DeShaw[3]; 5. 7J-JUSTIN HEUER[5]; 6. 71J-Justin Schroeder[7]; 7. 31J-Jaelyn Roth[8]; 8. 22-James Pilkington[6]

Heat 2 - Top 5 Redraw (6 Laps): 1. 56-Bryson Eckrich[4]; 2. 1V-Curtis VanDerWal[2]; 3. 9-Austin Lick[1]; 4. 7-Colton Laymon[3]; 5. 10S-Sheldon Herbert[6]; 6. 23H-Alex Hayes[7]; 7. 28-Brad Salisberry[5]

Midwest Jalopies

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 21-Austin Honts[11]; 2. 09-Michael Hulsing[10]; 3. 1-Tanner Gerard[7]; 4. 59-Jeff Blunt[6]; 5. 40-Nash Sutterman[1]; 6. 11-Zane Zimmerman[3]; 7. 52-Dennis Blunt[2]; 8. 79-Jayson Blunt[5]; 9. 31B-Aaron Grothe[4]; 10. 86-Al Foht[8]; 11. 16-Larry Driskell[9]

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 11-Zane Zimmerman[4]; 2. 40-Nash Sutterman[2]; 3. 31B-Aaron Grothe[3]; 4. 86-Al Foht[6]; 5. 52-Dennis Blunt[1]; 6. 16-Larry Driskell[5]

Heat 2 (5 Laps): 1. 21-Austin Honts[3]; 2. 09-Michael Hulsing[5]; 3. 1-Tanner Gerard[1]; 4. 79-Jayson Blunt[2]; 5. 59-Jeff Blunt[4]

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