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Mitch McGrath Crowned King

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Shawano, WI - Mitch McGrath was crowned King of the WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour Stars & Stripes 25 at Shawano Speedway in BMRE Electrick Carts Victory Lane. McGrath started the night off with a blistering 19.483 second lap in Qualifying, earning the Champ Pans Fast Qualifier Award. McGrath also won his heat race, making him eligible for the re-draw and he was the Ken's Sports Inc Pole Sitter, starting the A-Main to the inside of Brett Swedberg.

McGrath and Swedberg led the field to the green flag, with Brad Mueller and Taylor Scheffler in row two. Just like in the heat races, many lap times were faster than qualifying, causing the race to be shortened to 20 laps.

McGrath pulled ahead to the lead and he never looked back, gaining valuable time on Swedberg with every lap. Swedberg was able to close in as McGrath worked his way through the tail end of the field, but on a one groove racetrack, McGrath had no problems pulling away from Swedberg. With no cautions to slow the field, McGrath finished 3.718 seconds of Swedberg. Mueller finished third followed by Scheffler and Troy Springborn.

Stars & Stripes 25 (25 Laps): 1. 74-Mitch McGrath[1]; 2. 3-Brett Swedberg[2]; 3. 89-Brad Mueller[3]; 4. 10S-Taylor Scheffler[4]; 5. 81-Troy Springborn[5]; 6. D1-Turk Letizia[6]; 7. 7-Joel Bennett[7]; 8. 61K-Andy Karl[9]; 9. 51-Chris Oertel[11]; 10. 21M-Shawn Miller[12]; 11. 36-Tommy Rindt[14]; 12. 24S-Jayden Schmidt[8]; 13. 70-Justin Ritchie[10]; 14. (DNS) 21-Todd Frank; 15. (DNS) 55-Joe Bongiorno; 16. (DNS) 35X-Parker Foster; 17. (DNS) 5-Lukas Postl; 18. (DNS) 27-Jake Redetzke; 19. (DNS) 99M-Mike Mullen

Autoworx Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 3-Brett Swedberg[1]; 2. 10S-Taylor Scheffler[2]; 3. 7-Joel Bennett[4]; 4. 70-Justin Ritchie[5]; 5. 35X-Parker Foster[7]; 6. (DNS) 99M-Mike Mullen; 7. (DNS) 27-Jake Redetzke

Klink Equipment Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 74-Mitch McGrath[1]; 2. D1-Turk Letizia[2]; 3. 24S-Jayden Schmidt[3]; 4. 51-Chris Oertel[4]; 5. 21M-Shawn Miller[5]; 6. 36-Tommy Rindt[6]

Ken's Sports Inc. Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 89-Brad Mueller[1]; 2. 81-Troy Springborn[2]; 3. 61K-Andy Karl[4]; 4. (DNF) 5-Lukas Postl[3]; 5. (DNF) 21-Todd Frank[5]; 6. (DNF) 55-Joe Bongiorno[6]

Autoworx Qualifying 1 2 Laps

1. 3-Brett Swedberg, 00:19.791[2]; 2. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 00:19.871[1]; 3. 99M-Mike Mullen, 00:20.502[7]; 4. 7-Joel Bennett, 00:20.531[3]; 5. 70-Justin Ritchie, 00:20.540[6]; 6. 27-Jake Redetzke, 00:21.578[5]; 7. 35X-Parker Foster, 00:21.624[4]

Klink Equipment Qualifying 2 2 Laps

1. 74-Mitch McGrath, 00:19.483[2]; 2. D1-Turk Letizia, 00:19.956[6]; 3. 24S-Jayden Schmidt, 00:20.354[5]; 4. 51-Chris Oertel, 00:20.552[1]; 5. 21M-Shawn Miller, 00:21.267[3]; 6. 36-Tommy Rindt, 00:21.690[4]

Ken's Sports Inc. Qualifying 3 2 Laps

1. 89-Brad Mueller, 00:19.535[5]; 2. 81-Troy Springborn, 00:19.680[6]; 3. 5-Lukas Postl, 00:20.238[1]; 4. 61K-Andy Karl, 00:20.287[4]; 5. 21-Todd Frank, 00:20.487[3]; 6. 55-Joe Bongiorno, 00:20.812[2]