Sillman Scores First Ever Series Win in West Series Opener
Dylan Sillman
By Anthony Ainslie
Warrensburg, Missouri (May 3, 2025) – The Malvern Bank Super Late Models West Series saw a new face in victory lane in the tour’s 2025 season opening race Saturday night at Central Missouri Speedway.
After the first two races of the year were lost due to weather, Warrensburg, Missouri’s Central Missouri Speedway played host to the first West Series race of the year for the second time in history. Drivers from across Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and Colorado made their way to kick off the new year.
Jesse Sobbing started off the night being the top qualifier as he clocked in at 14.617 seconds in group one. Meanwhile, 7-Time Series Champion Kyle Berck topped group two with a 14.737 lap time. Blair Nothdurft, the lone South Dakota driver in the field, and Jake Neal were the two heat race winners on the night. Neal would go on to be the top point driver after heat races which meant he had the first chance at being the Skyline Materials Lucky 6th Place starter. The Omaha, Nebraska driver declined the challenge at first, but he would then redraw the sixth position giving him the spot anyways.
Up front, Missouri native Kayden Clatt sat on pole position for the 30-lap main event with Dylan Sillman on the outside. The race had a quick caution to start as Andrew Kosiski and Darrel DeFrance came to a stop in turn one also collecting Paul Glendenning. All three drivers would continue on. Sillman took advantage from his outside-front-row starting spot as he jumped to the lead while Tad Pospisil went to battle with Clatt For second. Pospisil would eventually take the second spot over leaving Clatt to battle with Jake Neal for third. As the race reached the halfway point, Sillman held a slim lead over Pospisil.
It was a battle of navigating lapped traffic between the two Nebraska Drivers. Sillman worked the middle lane as well as he could while Pospisil had the bottom lane. Ultimately, it was Sillman who played slower traffic to his advantage. Other than the opening lap, the only other caution on the night came out with 11 laps to go when Kyle Berck was slow on the back stretch while running in the fifth position. He would head back to the trailer resulting in a 20th place finish. When racing resumed, Sillman continued to lead while Pospisil kept applying the pressure.
As the laps wound down, Defending Series Chamnpion Bill Leighton Jr. hustled his way up the order, as did Corey Zeitner who made it back into the top five after fading back early. At the end of 30 big laps, Dylan Sillman, the Rookie of the Year from 2023, finally had luck go his way and held off Pospisil to secure his first ever Malvern Bank Series feature victory.
Sillman officially becomes the Series’ 49th different winner all-time. Pospisil falls one spot short of repeating his effort at Central Missouri from 2024 and finished second while Bill Leighton Jr. was the Hard Charger on the night taking third after starting in 14th. Corey Zeitner came in fourth, and Kayden Clatt recorded his career best finish with the series as he rounded out the top five. With both tours officially underway in 2025, the West and East Series return to action in Iowa.
On Friday, May 9th, the West Series takes on the Stuart International Speedway in Stuart. Then, on the 10th, the East Series invades the Independence Motor Speedway in Independence.
12 entries
POWRi Midwest Mods
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 82-David Wood[1]; 2. 9-Brian Meyer[2]; 3. 5D-Dustin Dennison[3]; 4. 41-Alex Schultz[4]; 5. 4A-Aaron Dennison[6]; 6. 13-Matt Taghon[5]; 7. 03B-Chris Brockway[10]; 8. 22R-JEREMIAH REYNOLDS[8]; 9. T3-Tristan Staus[9]; 10. 7L-David Lawson[7]; 11. 6A-Aiden Dennison[11]; 12. (DNS) W29-Jon Jackson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Brian Meyer[2]; 2. 5D-Dustin Dennison[5]; 3. 4A-Aaron Dennison[3]; 4. 7L-David Lawson[1]; 5. 03B-Chris Brockway[4]; 6. 6A-Aiden Dennison[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 82-David Wood[5]; 2. 41-Alex Schultz[3]; 3. 13-Matt Taghon[4]; 4. 22R-JEREMIAH REYNOLDS[1]; 5. T3-Tristan Staus[6]; 6. (DNS) W29-Jon Jackson
20 entries
Pure Stocks
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 81-Donnie Devers[4]; 2. 88-Chris Messerli[2]; 3. 7B-Bobby Russell[8]; 4. 17-Shane Healea[5]; 5. 54-Ricky Tanner[3]; 6. 75-Brady Tanner[6]; 7. 4D-David Doelz[9]; 8. 98-RIchard Jameson[7]; 9. 89-Jonathan Evans[19]; 10. 99-Ryan Oerly[15]; 11. 41-Larry Drake[11]; 12. M87-Mallory Stiffler[12]; 13. 13B-Devin Baker[16]; 14. 13G-Dylan Govin[10]; 15. MRS01-Kristina Wyatt[14]; 16. (DNF) 74-Jaren Powrie[13]; 17. (DNF) 64-Kaelob Jones[20]; 18. (DNF) 11-Landon Harper[18]; 19. (DNS) 21-Joey Harper; 20. (DQ) 0-Chase Galvan[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Chris Messerli[3]; 2. 98-RIchard Jameson[1]; 3. 17-Shane Healea[7]; 4. 41-Larry Drake[5]; 5. 74-Jaren Powrie[4]; 6. 13B-Devin Baker[6]; 7. 11-Landon Harper[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Chase Galvan[7]; 2. 75-Brady Tanner[3]; 3. 7B-Bobby Russell[5]; 4. M87-Mallory Stiffler[4]; 5. MRS01-Kristina Wyatt[2]; 6. (DNF) 89-Jonathan Evans[6]; 7. (DNF) 64-Kaelob Jones[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Donnie Devers[1]; 2. 54-Ricky Tanner[5]; 3. 4D-David Doelz[4]; 4. 13G-Dylan Govin[6]; 5. 99-Ryan Oerly[3]; 6. 21-Joey Harper[2]
15 entries
B Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1K-Tim Karrick[1]; 2. 90-Terry Schultz[3]; 3. 94-Jacob Ebert[2]; 4. 7-Anthony Tanner[4]; 5. 57C-Chad Clancy[7]; 6. 44-Troy Carlyle[5]; 7. 87-Stephen Clancy[9]; 8. 15J-Jake Fetterman[6]; 9. 30-Rex Harris[12]; 10. C3-Chad Staus[10]; 11. 61-Sturgis Streeter[8]; 12. 15-Colin Pierce[11]; 13. 447-Kenny Prince[13]; 14. 26-Derick Schlarb[14]; 15. (DNS) 65K-Scott Kunze
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 94-Jacob Ebert[2]; 2. 1K-Tim Karrick[7]; 3. 44-Troy Carlyle[3]; 4. 57C-Chad Clancy[6]; 5. C3-Chad Staus[1]; 6. 15-Colin Pierce[4]; 7. 447-Kenny Prince[8]; 8. 26-Derick Schlarb[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 90-Terry Schultz[1]; 2. 7-Anthony Tanner[2]; 3. 15J-Jake Fetterman[3]; 4. 61-Sturgis Streeter[6]; 5. 87-Stephen Clancy[7]; 6. 30-Rex Harris[4]; 7. (DNF) 65K-Scott Kunze[5]
16 entries
POWRi Super Stock
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 9-Dave Meyer[3]; 2. 44-James Nighswonger[4]; 3. 04-Blaine Ewing[11]; 4. 67-Devin Irvin[2]; 5. 30C-Clayton Campbell[10]; 6. 28K-Chris Kircher[1]; 7. 116-Zack Smith[9]; 8. X17-Joseph Cerabino[8]; 9. 59-Alex Crawford[15]; 10. 83K-Denny Fitzpatrick[16]; 11. 00-Cory Flamm[14]; 12. X15-Bobby Ruff II[12]; 13. G1-Nick Gibson[5]; 14. 08-Scott Pullen[13]; 15. (DNF) 07D-Mike Daugherty[6]; 16. (DNF) 30K-Cameron Kelly[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28K-Chris Kircher[4]; 2. G1-Nick Gibson[2]; 3. 07D-Mike Daugherty[3]; 4. X17-Joseph Cerabino[1]; 5. 30K-Cameron Kelly[8]; 6. X15-Bobby Ruff II[7]; 7. 08-Scott Pullen[5]; 8. 83K-Denny Fitzpatrick[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Devin Irvin[2]; 2. 44-James Nighswonger[3]; 3. 9-Dave Meyer[7]; 4. 116-Zack Smith[1]; 5. 30C-Clayton Campbell[5]; 6. 04-Blaine Ewing[8]; 7. 00-Cory Flamm[4]; 8. 59-Alex Crawford[6]
16 entries
USRA Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 9-Dave Meyer[3]; 2. 44-James Nighswonger[4]; 3. 04-Blaine Ewing[11]; 4. 67-Devin Irvin[2]; 5. 30C-Clayton Campbell[10]; 6. 28K-Chris Kircher[1]; 7. 116-Zack Smith[9]; 8. X17-Joseph Cerabino[8]; 9. 59-Alex Crawford[15]; 10. 83K-Denny Fitzpatrick[16]; 11. 00-Cory Flamm[14]; 12. X15-Bobby Ruff II[12]; 13. G1-Nick Gibson[5]; 14. 08-Scott Pullen[13]; 15. (DNF) 07D-Mike Daugherty[6]; 16. (DNF) 30K-Cameron Kelly[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28K-Chris Kircher[4]; 2. G1-Nick Gibson[2]; 3. 07D-Mike Daugherty[3]; 4. X17-Joseph Cerabino[1]; 5. 30K-Cameron Kelly[8]; 6. X15-Bobby Ruff II[7]; 7. 08-Scott Pullen[5]; 8. (DNF) 83K-Denny Fitzpatrick[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Devin Irvin[2]; 2. 44-James Nighswonger[3]; 3. 9-Dave Meyer[7]; 4. 116-Zack Smith[1]; 5. 30C-Clayton Campbell[5]; 6. 04-Blaine Ewing[8]; 7. 00-Cory Flamm[4]; 8. 59-Alex Crawford[6]
20 entries
Dirt Super Late Models
Malver Bank A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 35D-Dylan Sillman[2]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[4]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton[14]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[5]; 5. 50-Kayden Clatt[1]; 6. 99-Jesse Sobbing[10]; 7. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[12]; 8. 6-Jake Neal[6]; 9. 76-Blair Nothdurft[7]; 10. 52-Brian Kosiski[8]; 11. 22-Charlie McKenna[9]; 12. 15C-Curt Schroeder[19]; 13. 4-JC Wyman[18]; 14. 53-Andrew Kosiski[11]; 15. 1-JJ Rodeman[16]; 16. 10G-Don Geist[20]; 17. 33-Paul Glendenning[17]; 18. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[13]; 19. 65-Jon Binning[15]; 20. (DNF) 14-Kyle Berck[3]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 76-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 2. 35D-Dylan Sillman[2]; 3. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[3]; 4. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 5. 52-Brian Kosiski[7]; 6. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[4]; 7. 99-Jesse Sobbing[6]; 8. 1-JJ Rodeman[8]; 9. 4-JC Wyman[10]; 10. 10G-Don Geist[9]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 6-Jake Neal[4]; 2. 50-Kayden Clatt[3]; 3. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[1]; 4. 14-Kyle Berck[6]; 5. 22-Charlie McKenna[7]; 6. 53-Andrew Kosiski[5]; 7. 24-Bill Leighton[9]; 8. 65-Jon Binning[8]; 9. 33-Paul Glendenning[10]; 10. 15C-Curt Schroeder[2]
Qualifying: 1. 99-Jesse Sobbing[2]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[7]; 3. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[9]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[5]; 5. 35D-Dylan Sillman[4]; 6. 76-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 7. 52-Brian Kosiski[10]; 8. 1-JJ Rodeman[8]; 9. 10G-Don Geist[6]; 10. 4-JC Wyman[3]
Qualifying 2: 1. 14-Kyle Berck[7]; 2. 53-Andrew Kosiski[3]; 3. 6-Jake Neal[5]; 4. 50-Kayden Clatt[1]; 5. 15C-Curt Schroeder[8]; 6. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[2]; 7. 22-Charlie McKenna[10]; 8. 65-Jon Binning[4]; 9. 24-Bill Leighton[6]; 10. 33-Paul Glendenning[9]
Hot Laps: 1. 35D-Dylan Sillman[4]; 2. 04-Tad Pospisil[7]; 3. 24-Bill Leighton[16]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[5]; 5. 50-Kayden Clatt[11]; 6. 99-Jesse Sobbing[2]; 7. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[9]; 8. 6-Jake Neal[15]; 9. 76-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 10. 52-Brian Kosiski[10]; 11. 22-Charlie McKenna[20]; 12. 15C-Curt Schroeder[18]; 13. 4-JC Wyman[3]; 14. 53-Andrew Kosiski[13]; 15. 1-JJ Rodeman[8]; 16. 10G-Don Geist[6]; 17. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[12]; 18. 65-Jon Binning[14]; 19. 33-Paul Glendenning[19]; 20. 14-Kyle Berck[17]
Category: Missouri
