WHEATLAND, MO. (Oct. 9, 2026) - The front of the starting lineup for Saturday night's Hickamo Stock Cars Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt is set and the reigning champ will again be the man to beat.
Johnny Fennewald of Appleton City used a mid-race pass to win Dash One and lock down the pole for the $25,000-to-win, 50-lap feature. Richie Tosh of Salado, Ark., won Dash Two to claim the outside front-row spot.
Meanwhile, the Late Model Fall Nationals for the MARS DIRTcar Series saw Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kansas, earn his first career MARS feature win as he held off Dallon Murty. Junghans captured the $5,000 prize and the Late Models will race for double that on Saturday night.
In the Super Stocks, pole-starter Terry Schultz led the opening two laps of Dash One, but Fennewald was quickly applying pressure to the top qualifier from Thursday night. Fennewald was able to clear Schultz on the outside, coming off turn four, to complete lap five.
Fennewald checked out from there, beating Schultz by 1.5 seconds at the finish. William Garner was third with Kyle Slader fourth.
In the Dash Two, Tosh got the jump on fellow front-row starter Tony Anglin for the early lead. Tosh rolled to a big lead from there and never was threatened.
Tosh, of Salado, Ark., beat sixth-starting Peyton Taylor by 1.5 seconds with Anglin third and Burl Woods fourth.
Junghans wires MARS field: Chase Junghans won his second straight feature at Lucas Oil Speedway after breaking through for the $11,000 Ron Jenkins Memorial over Labor Day Weekend. He led all 30 laps.
"I told myself at the beginning of the year - and I said this last time we were up front here - every time we come here I get my butt kicked," Junghans said in victory lane. "I could never figure it out and there's a lot of good-paying races here throughout the year. I just wanted to try and get this place figured out.
"We're getting better, but there's still room for improvement," Junghans added. "The race track was phenomenal. I just have to thank my guys, Donnie and Bob, Emily my wife and everybody who helps us."
Junghans grabbed the lead at the start and had nearly a one-second edge over Dylan Thornton by lap 10 of the 30-lapper. Thornton began to gradually cut into the margin as Dallon Murty moved into third.
By the halfway mark on lap 15, Thornton and Murty were right behind the leader. They were still running 1-2-3 when Thornton popped the wall in turn two, as he and Murty was mixing it up for second, to bring out the first caution of the race on lap 17.
"Man, I hate that for Dylan," Murty said. "I had to slide him down there and I thought I sent it in hard enough to where he would check and turn under. But I hate that. Sorry to him."
After the restart, Junghans and Murty exchanged sliders on consecutive laps but Junghans was able to stave off the challenger with Tony Jackson Jr. lurking in third and Chris Simpson in fourth.
Junghans was up to the challenge, holding off Murty to win by .937 seconds. Jackson was third, Simpson fourth and Jason Feger fifth.
"We were pretty good and it's a good night with the new car," Murty said. "I have to thank everybody at Longhorn."
Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, set fast overall qualifying time, just missing the track record for Late Models at 14.641 seconds. That was in Group 1 and barely off Garrett Alberson's track record of 14.443 set on May 24, 2024 with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., led Group 2 with a lap of 14.933.
LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Oct. 9, 2026)
10th annual Hickamo Super Stocks Big Buck 50
Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt
Dash 1 - 1. 21-Johnny Fennewald[3]; 2. 41-Terry Schultz[1]; 3. 7-William Garner[6]; 4. 327-Kyle Slader[5]; 5. 94C-JT Carroll[2]; 6. 27D-Derek Henson[7]; 7. 66-JACK MOORE[8]; 8. (DNF) C5-CLAUDIE COOK[4]
Dash 2 - 1. 11T-Richie Tosh[2]; 2. 01-Peyton Taylor[6]; 3. G1-Tony Anglin[1]; 4. 26-Burl Woods[3]; 5. 04-Blaine Ewing[4]; 6. 40-Taylor Carver[5]; 7. 737-Roger Witt[8]; 8. 13-Aaron Poe[7]
Heat 1 - 1. 44-James Nighswonger[1]; 2. 12-Justin Jarrett[2]; 3. 86E-Mikey Bell[12]; 4. KEG1-Jeremy Russell[7]; 5. 15M-Michael Matthews[9]; 6. 8W-Shawn Whitman[8]; 7. XL7-Colby Carter[11]; 8. 30K-Cameron Kelly[4]; 9. 87C-John Clancy Jr[3]; 10. 2B-Brian Cox[10]; 11. (DNF) 00-Cory Flamm[6]; 12. (DNS) 9R-Jay Lamons; 13. (DNS) 34-Braxton Rupp
Heat 2 - 1. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer[2]; 2. 216-Brian Junkersfeld[1]; 3. 89-Mark Mullins[6]; 4. 2K-Tim Pulley[8]; 5. 1T-Bradley Tucker[13]; 6. 16-Logan Thompson[9]; 7. 23R-Jeff Reid[10]; 8. 1C-Scotty Carter[3]; 9. G0-Jimmy Ngo[12]; 10. 69-Tony Bowman[5]; 11. (DNF) 20-Bobby Ratterree[4]; 12. (DNF) 1-Kaleb Stolba[11]; 13. (DNS) 27S-Will Smart
Heat 3 - 1. 57-James Redus[3]; 2. 30C-Clayton Campbell[7]; 3. 10-Steve Beach[13]; 4. 2X-Mike Keever[2]; 5. 14-Andrew Hancock[8]; 6. 18K-Kyle Cotter[6]; 7. 42-Bryce McMillin[11]; 8. 39-RILEY LEWIS[9]; 9. 1M-Michael Maggard[5]; 10. 3P-Tyler Perryman[4]; 11. (DNF) 1X-Kris Lloyd[1]; 12. (DNS) 25P-Jay Prevete; 13. (DNS) 8-Kevin Salter
Heat 4 - 1. 4G-Gary Clark[4]; 2. 19-Chris Hawkins[1]; 3. 12D-Darek Wiss[6]; 4. 21C-Shawn Clair[8]; 5. 31-Toby Ott[10]; 6. 7N-Jase Nelson[5]; 7. 56-Mark Davis[7]; 8. 76-Travis Goodman[2]; 9. 28K-Chris Kircher[3]; 10. 125-TROY REASONER[13]; 11. (DNF) 05-Dale Berry[9]; 12. (DNS) 54-Cody King; 13. (DNS) 26L-Hayden Linn
Qualifier 1 - 1. B4-Brian Worley[1]; 2. 10P-Brian Parker[3]; 3. 21M-Mitchell Waters[8]; 4. 166-Shane Gibbons[4]; 5. 22JR-Craig Wiggens[2]; 6. 11-Derek Brown[16]; 7. 59R-Jacob Rexing[6]; 8. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer[18]; 9. 09-Jacob Davison[5]; 10. 32B-Barry Daniels[9]; 11. 44-James Nighswonger[17]; 12. 25-Jared Lamke[15]; 13. 24-Blayne McMillin[13]; 14. 17-Jeremy Tharp[10]; 15. 112-Kevin Brown[12]; 16. 12-Justin Jarrett[19]; 17. 53-Danny O'Neal[14]; 18. (DNF) 44K-Robert Knowles[11]; 19. (DNF) 216-Brian Junkersfeld[20]; 20. (DNF) 94-Kenny Carroll[7]
Qualifier 2 - 1. 164-Michael Muskrat[2]; 2. 35-Johnny Coats[3]; 3. 26M-Donnie Miller[6]; 4. 9W-Robert White[4]; 5. 68-Dean Wille[10]; 6. 25M-Aaron Murry[7]; 7. 10K-Kyle Davis[14]; 8. 1J-Josh Jones[13]; 9. 17S-Mike Striegel[5]; 10. 30C-Clayton Campbell[19]; 11. 4G-Gary Clark[18]; 12. 88-Jason Winkle[15]; 13. 52J-Payton McDowell[8]; 14. 18B-Charles Brown[11]; 15. 57-James Redus[17]; 16. 9-Kyle Downs[9]; 17. 19-Chris Hawkins[20]; 18. 06-Morgan Campbell[12]; 19. 3J-Jerett Evans[16]; 20. (DNF) 4-Jared Hays[1]
MARS DIRTcar Late Models Fall Nationals:
A Feature - 1. 18-Chase Junghans[1]; 2. 13-Dallon Murty[3]; 3. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[4]; 4. 32-Chris Simpson[6]; 5. 25-Jason Feger[9]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[5]; 7. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[10]; 8. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[12]; 9. 24-Ryan Unzicker[14]; 10. 75P-Terry Phillips[13]; 11. 33-Wil Herrington[17]; 12. 75-Daniel Adam[16]; 13. 62-Justin Zeitner[8]; 14. 12-Scott Crigler[15]; 15. 10J-Jordan Bauer[20]; 16. 44-Blaze Burwell[19]; 17. 24B-Chris Bragg[7]; 18. 4G-Bob Gardner[21]; 19. 38J-Jake Little[22]; 20. (DNF) 17A-Austin Howes[18]; 21. (DNF) 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]; 22. (DNF) 112-Tyler Smith[11]
B Feature 1 - 1. 33-Wil Herrington[1]; 2. 44-Blaze Burwell[4]; 3. 8-Matthew Larson[3]; 4. 25S-Chad Simpson[6]; 5. 4G-Bob Gardner[2]; 6. 3J-Jake Nightingale[5]; 7. 16W-Tony Wolf[9]; 8. 38J-Jake Little[7]; 9. (DNF) 30-Mark Voigt[8]; 10. (DNF) 24C-Brandon Conkwright[10]; 11. (DNS) 90-Joe Diffy; 12. (DNS) 1T-Richard Kimberling
B Feature 2 - 1. 17A-Austin Howes[1]; 2. 10J-Jordan Bauer[5]; 3. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[2]; 4. 50-Kayden Clatt[4]; 5. 87-Darron Fuqua[12]; 6. 78S-Steve Stultz[7]; 7. 26M-Matt Menzie[8]; 8. 25B-Chevy Boyer[3]; 9. 20-Alan Westling[9]; 10. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[11]; 11. 26P-Glen Powell[10]; 12. 33F-Rickey Frankel[6]
Heat 1 - 1. 13-Dallon Murty[2]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 3. 25-Jason Feger[3]; 4. 75P-Terry Phillips[5]; 5. 33-Wil Herrington[6]; 6. 8-Matthew Larson[4]; 7. 3J-Jake Nightingale[8]; 8. 38J-Jake Little[7]; 9. (DNF) 16W-Tony Wolf[9]; 10. (DNS) 90-Joe Diffy
Heat 2 - 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 2. 24B-Chris Bragg[2]; 3. 112-Tyler Smith[3]; 4. 12-Scott Crigler[6]; 5. 4G-Bob Gardner[5]; 6. 44-Blaze Burwell[4]; 7. 25S-Chad Simpson[7]; 8. 30-Mark Voigt[9]; 9. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[8]; 10. (DNF) 1T-Richard Kimberling[10]
Heat 3 - 1. 18-Chase Junghans[2]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[1]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[4]; 4. 24-Ryan Unzicker[3]; 5. 17A-Austin Howes[8]; 6. 25B-Chevy Boyer[6]; 7. 10J-Jordan Bauer[7]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[5]; 9. (DNF) 20-Alan Westling[9]; 10. (DNF) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[10]
Heat 4 - 1. 4G-Gary Clark[4]; 2. 19-Chris Hawkins[1]; 3. 12D-Darek Wiss[6]; 4. 21C-Shawn Clair[8]; 5. 31-Toby Ott[10]; 6. 7N-Jase Nelson[5]; 7. 56-Mark Davis[7]; 8. 76-Travis Goodman[2]; 9. 28K-Chris Kircher[3]; 10. 125-TROY REASONER[13]; 11. (DNF) 05-Dale Berry[9]; 12. (DNS) 54-Cody King; 13. (DNS) 26L-Hayden Linn
Qualifying 1 - . 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 14.933[18]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 15.127[5]; 3. 13-Dallon Murty, 15.349[11]; 4. 24B-Chris Bragg, 15.357[7]; 5. 25-Jason Feger, 15.444[3]; 6. 112-Tyler Smith, 15.491[2]; 7. 8-Matthew Larson, 15.514[9]; 8. 44-Blaze Burwell, 15.545[1]; 9. 75P-Terry Phillips, 15.554[12]; 10. 4G-Bob Gardner, 15.570[8]; 11. 33-Wil Herrington, 15.594[13]; 12. 12-Scott Crigler, 15.739[15]; 13. 38J-Jake Little, 15.796[10]; 14. 25S-Chad Simpson, 15.800[19]; 15. 3J-Jake Nightingale, 15.870[4]; 16. 24C-Brandon Conkwright, 16.315[16]; 17. 16W-Tony Wolf, 16.370[6]; 18. 30-Mark Voigt, 16.389[14]; 19. 90-Joe Diffy, 16.728[17]; 20. (DNS) 1T-Richard Kimberling, 16.728
Qualifying 2 - 1. 32-Chris Simpson, 14.641[6]; 2. 56-Tony Jackson Jr, 14.773[8]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans, 14.783[7]; 4. 62-Justin Zeitner, 14.807[4]; 5. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 14.877[10]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer Sr, 14.905[18]; 7. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 15.089[5]; 8. 75-Daniel Adam, 15.198[17]; 9. 78S-Steve Stultz, 15.203[15]; 10. 50-Kayden Clatt, 15.205[13]; 11. 25B-Chevy Boyer, 15.309[9]; 12. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford, 15.356[19]; 13. 10J-Jordan Bauer, 15.505[20]; 14. 33F-Rickey Frankel, 15.559[16]; 15. 17A-Austin Howes, 15.714[3]; 16. 26M-Matt Menzie, 16.208[2]; 17. 20-Alan Westling, 16.329[12]; 18. 26P-Glen Powell, 16.513[11]; 19. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt, 16.546[14]; 20. (DNS) 87-Darron Fuqua, 16.546
Gates open at 4 p.m. Saturday with hot laps set for 6 p.m. and racing at 6:30.
Saturday admission:
Adult grandstand (13 and over) - $30 ($33 card)
Seniors (62 and over)/Military - $27 ($29.50 card)
Youth (6-12) - $10 ($12 card)
Pit pass (6 and over) - $45 ($49 card)
Pit pass (5 and under) - $10 ($12 card)
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Previous Big Buck 50 winners:
2025 - Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo
2024 - Peyton Taylor, Batesville, Ark.
2021-2023 - No race
2020 - Peyton Taylor, Batesville, Ark.
2019 - Peyton Taylor, Batesville, Ark.
2018 - Rained out
2017 - Tony Anglin, Walnut Ridge, Ark.
2016 - Tim Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
2015 - Jeremy Russell, Jonesboro, Ark.
2014 - Terry Schultz, Sedalia
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