By Brendon Bauman
August 15, 2025 – Leading a race high thirteen laps, Tyler Duff was able to
finally add a Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Car Series victory to his
resume on Friday night.
Two attempts at a green flag start slowed the field before a lap was scored.
Jarrett Weyant climbed the wall in turn two before coming to a stop on the
backstretch, ending his night. On the following restart, Brayton Lynch got
airborne and made contact with Colton Fisher. Lynch’s #29 was hauled
away from the accident scene while Fisher went to the work area but was
unable to rejoin the field.
Duff, from nearby Weldon, Illinois, started on the pole of the 25-Lap affair
and led the first eight laps until 2024 series champion Will Armitage slid
past in turns one and two, working lap nine.
At the midpoint of the race, Armitage had extended his lead over the field to
over two-and-a-half seconds, but saw that disappear after a lap 19 red flag
that collected Chris Urish, Luke Verardi and Mitchell Davis who
unfortunately received the worst damage, flipping on the backstretch.
All three drivers escaped without injury. Verardi had the eyes of many fans on
him as he muscled his way forward from his 23rd starting spot into 7th.
Bringing the field back to green with five laps remaining, Armitage was
poised to pick up his second MOWA victory of the season. Duff worked
alongside Armitage and slowly pulled ahead at lap 21, and never looked
back.
Armitage kept Duff at bay under two tenths of a second as they raced
towards the finish. Duff crossed under the checkers by 0.183 seconds over
Will Armitage, Mario Clouser, Logan Julien and Korey Weyant.
“Will and I raced hard there at the end and made contact with about three
laps to go. We noticed after the race that Jacobs ladder was broken.
Thankfully, that didn’t stop us from picking up the win. It feels great to pick
up a win with MOWA after scoring two local victories at Jacksonville.
Lincoln is only 20 minutes from the shop, so this is home for us. I wouldn’t
be able to do what I do without the help of my sponsors and my great crew
– my Dad, Grandpa and brother. It’s a family affair that finally paid off”, said
Duff postrace.
The Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Car Series looks ahead to a big
weekend in September with the Carolyn Schuh Memorial on September
12th at Jacksonville Speedway and the Tom Knowles Memorial on
September 13th at Spoon River Speedway.
The finish: 1. 9-Tyler Duff(1), 2. 7A-Will Armitage(3), 3. 6-Mario Clouser(9),
4. 85J-Logan Julien(6), 5. 47-Korey Weyant(11), 6. 3N-Jake Neuman(2), 7.
5D-Zach Daum(16), 8. 01-Justin Standridge(7), 9. 44-Cory Bruns(14), 10.
99-Tyler Brabant(22), 11. 2A-Austin Archdale(10), 12. 10S-Jeremy
Standridge(18), 13. 70-Eric Shelton(24), 14. 77U-Chris Urish(8), 15.
28-Luke Verardi(23), 16. 56-Mitchell Davis(4), 17. 1JR-Steven Russell(13),
18. 52F-Logan Faucon(12), 19. 12-Corbin Gurley(19), 20. 83-Aaron
Andruskevitch(21), 21. 22-Riley Goodno(5), 22. 29-Brayton Lynch(15), 23.
5H-Colton Fisher(17), 24. 99W-Jarrett Weyant(20)