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Nick is King!

2025-05-01 23:32

Beaver Dam, WI - Nick Avelink was crowned King of the Supply Zone Shootout at the Glen Hefner Memorial at Beaver Dam Raceway to kick off the start of the 2025 WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour in BMRE Electrick Carts Victory Lane. The win was Anvelink's 28th WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour victory and his second in a row at Beaver Dam Raceway. Anvelink was also the Champ Pans Fast Qualifier with a 13.657 lap. Mitch McGrath was the Ken's Sports Inc. Pole Sitter, leading the field to the green flag alongside Jordan Yaggy.

McGrath led the first three laps, with Anvelink in second, as he challenged McGrath for the lead, from the top side of the track. On the fourth lap, Avenlink took the lead as they raced back to the line. Behind them, Jake Redetzke had moved to third and passed McGrath for second on lap six. Avenlink had pulled away from the pack and was approaching the tail end of the field by lap nine. Anvelnink had a 2.134 second lead on Redetzke who battled with Mike Mullen for second, as Mullen took second spot as they all worked through traffic.

Avenlink maintained his lead at the halfway point and had a 3.422 second advantage over Redetzke, who took the second spot away from Mullen. Caution slowed the field with just eight laps remaining for a spin in turn four. On the restart, Anvelink retained the lead and caution slowed the field one lap later. McGrath spun in turn two, bringing out the caution and then the red flag as Paul Niznik slowed to avoid the stopped car of McGrath and then flipped as Kurt Moeller got together with Niznik. The momentum flipped Niznik in turn two, bringing out the red flag. Niznik was able to get out of his car, but it took some time to safely move the car.

Anvelink jumped out to a 1.952 second lead over Redetzke, Taylor Scheffler, Yaggy and Mullen when green flag racing resumed. Anvelink went on to finish 3.213 seconds aheads of Redetzke. Scheffler finished third followed by Yaggy and Mullen.

J.T. Wasmund finished sixth, followed by Justin Ritchie, Brett Swedberg, Brad Mueller and Troy Springborn.

Next up for the WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour is a Double Header Weekend at Outagamie Speedway on Friday, May 23 and Saturday, May 24 at Shawano Speedway.

Supply Zone Shootout 30 Laps | Glenn Hepfner Memorial

1. 15-Nick Anvelink[3]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke[6]; 3. 10S-Taylor Scheffler[4]; 4. 77Y-Jordan Yaggy[2]; 5. 99M-Mike Mullen[9]; 6. 51W-JT Wasmund[5]; 7. 70-Justin Ritchie[14]; 8. 3-Brett Swedberg[12]; 9. 89-Brad Mueller[8]; 10. 81-Troy Springborn[7]; 11. 74-Mitch McGrath[1]; 12. D1-Turk Letizia[10]; 13. 7-Joel Bennett[21]; 14. 21F-Gunner Frank[17]; 15. 5-Lukas Postl[19]; 16. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[22]; 17. 21M-Shawn Miller[20]; 18. 21X-Kurt Moeller[11]; 19. (DNF) 24S-Jayden Schmidt[16]; 20. (DNF) 42N-Paul Niznik[15]; 21. (DNF) 99-Sawyer Specht[18]; 22. (DNS) 51-Chris Oertel

Stockbridge Engineering B Main 12 Laps

1. 24S-Jayden Schmidt[1]; 2. 21F-Gunner Frank[3]; 3. 99-Sawyer Specht[5]; 4. 5-Lukas Postl[7]; 5. 21M-Shawn Miller[2]; 6. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[4]; 7. 35X-Parker Foster[6]; 8. 7-Joel Bennett[8]; 9. C15-Brandon Hamburg[9]; 10. 09-Jeff Riddell[12]; 11. 16-Dave Schoenberger[10]; 12. (DNS) 55-Joe Bongiorno

Autoworx Heat 1 10 Laps

1. 74-Mitch McGrath[1]; 2. 51W-JT Wasmund[3]; 3. 81-Troy Springborn[5]; 4. D1-Turk Letizia[4]; 5. 51-Chris Oertel[7]; 6. 24S-Jayden Schmidt[6]; 7. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[2]; 8. 5-Lukas Postl[8]; 9. (DNF) 16-Dave Schoenberger[9]

Klink Equipment Heat 2 10 Laps

1. 15-Nick Anvelink[1]; 2. 10S-Taylor Scheffler[2]; 3. 89-Brad Mueller[4]; 4. 21X-Kurt Moeller[7]; 5. 70-Justin Ritchie[6]; 6. 21M-Shawn Miller[9]; 7. (DNF) 99-Sawyer Specht[3]; 8. (DNF) 7-Joel Bennett[5]; 9. (DNF) 55-Joe Bongiorno[8]

Ken's Sports Inc. Heat 3 10 Laps

1. 77Y-Jordan Yaggy[1]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke[2]; 3. 99M-Mike Mullen[4]; 4. 3-Brett Swedberg[3]; 5. 42N-Paul Niznik[5]; 6. 21F-Gunner Frank[7]; 7. 35X-Parker Foster[6]; 8. C15-Brandon Hamburg[8]; 9. 09-Jeff Riddell[9]

Autoworx Qualifying 1

1. 74-Mitch McGrath, 00:13.676[6]; 2. 9Z-Jayme Zidar, 00:13.823[4]; 3. 51W-JT Wasmund, 00:13.937[5]; 4. D1-Turk Letizia, 00:14.139[1]; 5. 81-Troy Springborn, 00:14.342[9]; 6. 24S-Jayden Schmidt, 00:14.467[7]; 7. 51-Chris Oertel, 00:14.513[3]; 8. 5-Lukas Postl, 00:14.516[2]; 9. 16-Dave Schoenberger, 00:14.908[8]

Klink Equipment Qualifying 2

1. 15-Nick Anvelink, 00:13.657[2]; 2. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 00:13.827[1]; 3. 99-Sawyer Specht, 00:13.894[6]; 4. 89-Brad Mueller, 00:13.952[3]; 5. 7-Joel Bennett, 00:14.172[8]; 6. 70-Justin Ritchie, 00:14.189[9]; 7. 21X-Kurt Moeller, 00:14.448[7]; 8. 55-Joe Bongiorno, 00:14.610[5]; 9. 21M-Shawn Miller, 00:14.958[4]



Ken's Sports Inc Qualifying 3

1. 77Y-Jordan Yaggy, 00:13.767[9]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke, 00:13.829[4]; 3. 3-Brett Swedberg, 00:13.927[6]; 4. 99M-Mike Mullen, 00:14.024[2]; 5. 42N-Paul Niznik, 00:14.159[7]; 6. 35X-Parker Foster, 00:14.317[3]; 7. 21F-Gunner Frank, 00:14.380[8]; 8. C15-Brandon Hamburg, 00:14.551[1]; 9. 09-Jeff Riddell, 00:14.790[5]