POSTED  SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

MERLE YODER passed Jay Howard on lap 13 of the 25 lap Mini Stock feature and went on for his 14^th feature win of the season and $115 Saturday night at the Mottville Speedway!

John Yoder led the first 6 laps before Howard, driving at Mottville for the first time ever, took command. Rick Fritz came home 2^nd followed by Eric Root, Howard, John Yoder, Matt Van Dam, Glenna Sargent and Ron Laughman.

Merle Yoder won the Jenkins NAPA Auto Parts Store dash over John Yoder and Root. Howard won the fast heat over Merle Yoder and Fritz while Van Dam won the slow heat over John Yoder and Laughman.

Fred Garrett and Derk Sargent each won 15 lap Mini Thunder Car features. Garrett won the first feature for this 26^th feature victory of the season. Tony Vitali was 2^nd followed by Sargent, Dean Hoskins, Richard Allbee, Tony Eldridge, Gary Knight, Mike Guthrie and Brandi Bowlby. In the 2^nd feature Sargent recorded his 7^th feature win of the season over Vitali, Allbee, Hoskins, Knight, Guthrie and Eldridge.

Hoskins won the first heat over Sargent and Garrett while Sargent won the 2^nd heat over Allbee and Garrett.

Vic Krontz won another spectator drags with Tony Eldridge 2^nd, Rita Courtney 3^rd and Shelly Lauderdale 4^th.

Chalk the weatherman up again for a miss! Despite prediction of thunderstorms it was a very nice night and very warm! Not a hint of rain!

Before the races we observed a moment of silence in memory of Dave Tober and Governor Frank O’Bannon. Tober raced with us in the early 1990’s and suffered a stroke this spring and died last week at age of 51. O’Bannon, governor of Indiana, suffered a stroke Monday morning and died this morning.

Want to thank Eric Root and Richard Allbee for helping me winterize the announcing tower Tuesday! This was a project that did not get done last fall due to winter setting in early. We insulated the bottom of the tower and covered it and then put a new ceiling in the top of the tower.

We had 8 MS on hand despite another track close by running a two day show. I predict that if you take the all the MS at that track and divide their total pay-off by the number of the cars their average pay for the two days will be less than ours for these two days and we are running regular races both days!

Howard purchased Merle Yoder’s back-up car and looked very very good for his first night out. He has two years experience racing dirt in Pennsylvania.

If you want to get into MTC racing Rod Roberts has two turn key Ford Escorts all ready to go, one is $150 and then other $125. You can call him at 574-825-7301 but call quick because several people are interested!

The next spectator drags are October 4.

Late Models are coming to Mottville Oct 11! A group of 10 drivers from Baer Field are coming that day! Its one show you will not want to miss!

Brian Gordon brought a radial tire SS to the track tonight but had mechanical problems.

We are offering two different divisions of SS now. One with racing tires and one with radial tires. You can check the rules on this website. Whichever division has the better car count is the one which will be a part of the 18^th Annual Indiana-Michigan Challenge Cup at the end of October!

Vitali moved to 5^th in the MTC season point standings.

It was a another great night of racing action at Mottville and Sunday should be more of the same!