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Joel Bennett Crowned King

2025-05-27 18:32

Seymour, WI - Joel Bennett visited the WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour BMRE Electrick Carts Victory Lane for the very first time at Outagamie Speedway for the Salute to Service 30. Bennett finished second in his heat race earlier in the night, and was the Ken's Sports Pole Sitter for the Salute to Service 30, after the re-draw. Bennett and Gunner Frank led the field to the green flag, with Bennett taking the lead right from the start. Bennett pulled away to a 2.494 second lead over Frank, who battled for second with Brad Mueller.

Bennett had smooth sailing for the first eight laps, but then started to approach the tail end of the field. With Frank and Mueller battling for second, Bennett watched his lead dwindle as he worked his way through the tail end of the field. Frank started to close in on Bennett at the halfway point, as Bennett continued to work through the field. Mitch McGrath battled with Mueller to secure third and set his sights on Frank, closing the gap on Bennett.

McGrath took second from Frank as the two continued to battle for position, again gaining valuable time on Bennett. With five laps to go, Bennett held a .351 second advantage over Frank and McGrath with Bennett maintaining his advantage at the point, while still working the traffic at the end of the field.

Bennett went on to finish .795 seconds ahead of McGrath and Frank, who had a photo finish battle for second. McGrath narrowly finished .057 seconds ahead of Frank.

Bennett finished the 30-lap Salute to Service in 8:27, battling with traffic for the last 22 laps to secure his very first WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour victory. McGrath finished second, followed by Frank, Taylor Scheffler and Mike Mullen.

Salute to Service 30 (30 Laps): 1. 7-Joel Bennett[1]; 2. 74-Mitch McGrath[4]; 3. 21F-Gunner Frank[2]; 4. 10S-Taylor Scheffler[7]; 5. 99M-Mike Mullen[6]; 6. 89-Brad Mueller[3]; 7. 27-Jake Redetzke[5]; 8. 70-Justin Ritchie[9]; 9. 24S-Jayden Schmidt[14]; 10. 97-Justin Schmidt[8]; 11. 81-Troy Springborn[13]; 12. 3-Brett Swedberg[11]; 13. 5-Lukas Postl[12]; 14. 56-Jordan Barkholtz[10]; 15. 21-Todd Frank[16]; 16. D1-Turk Letizia[15]; 17. 55-Joe Bongiorno[18]; 18. 61K-Andy Karl[23]; 19. 51-Chris Oertel[21]; 20. 21X-Kurt Moeller[17]; 21. 21M-Shawn Miller[22]; 22. 36-Tommy Rindt[19]; 23. 35X-Parker Foster[20]

Autoworx Heat 1 10 Laps

1. 21F-Gunner Frank[1]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke[5]; 3. 70-Justin Ritchie[3]; 4. 97-Justin Schmidt[6]; 5. 21X-Kurt Moeller[2]; 6. D1-Turk Letizia[8]; 7. 36-Tommy Rindt[4]; 8. 21M-Shawn Miller[7]

Klink Equipment Heat 2 10 Laps

1. 99M-Mike Mullen[2]; 2. 89-Brad Mueller[1]; 3. 10S-Taylor Scheffler[4]; 4. 3-Brett Swedberg[5]; 5. 81-Troy Springborn[6]; 6. 21-Todd Frank[8]; 7. 35X-Parker Foster[3]; 8. 61K-Andy Karl[7]



Ken's Sports Inc. Heat 3 10 Laps

1. 74-Mitch McGrath[2]; 2. 7-Joel Bennett[3]; 3. 56-Jordan Barkholtz[1]; 4. 5-Lukas Postl[5]; 5. 24S-Jayden Schmidt[6]; 6. 55-Joe Bongiorno[4]; 7. 51-Chris Oertel[7]