POSTED SEPTEMBER 20, 2025

MERLE YODER won his 14^th feature of the season and took home $115 Saturday night as the Mottville Speedway as he took the head on lap 13 of the 25 lapper and held off Jay Howard for the win. Howard settled for 2^nd followed by Eric Root, John Yoder, Glenna Sargent and Matt Van Dam. Van Dam led the first 10 laps before Howard took over.

In the heat it was Howard over Merle Yoder and Root while in the Jenkins NAPA Auto Parts Stores dash it was Merle Yoder over John Yoder and Root.

Dave Logan returned to the Mottville Speedway for the first time this season and went on to win the 15 lap Street Stock feature over Sandra Degoede and Tom Strohauer. In the heat it was Degoede over Sherman Weimer.

The two Mini Thunder car 15 lap features were wild affairs with two first time feature winners! Eric Root won the first one over Jeff Van Dam, Sonnie Degoede, Pernell Hyde, Dave Smith Sr and Dave Smith Jr. In the 2^nd 15 lapper it was Dave Smith Jr winning over Van Dam and Degoede. Van Dam was driving for the first time ever!

Dave Smith Sr won the first heat over Hyde and Degoede while Hyde took the 2^nd heat over Root and Van Dam.

Street Stock season points leader Robert Sutton stopped by briefly to say he had blow his engine on his SS truck but would have it back next week. He also donated a beautiful sign that is in each picture of the heat-dash and feature winners! Thanks Rob!

Considering that at least 3 tracks in our area were running big specials and it was the final night of the St Joseph County Fair in Centerville we did pretty well! We were minus a bunch of MTC regulars and it was probably because of various reasons!

Strohauer and Weimer both said they will be recruiting radial tire street stock drivers to come to  Mottville! That is very good  news!

Sunday the weather forecast is for another beautiful day so it should be a great night of racing again!