From Brendon Bauman
(May 1, 2026) Paul Nienhiser proved again on Friday night that he continues to be a force to be
reckoned with when the #9X unloads at Jacksonville Speedway. Nienhiser started the night by
setting the fastest lap in Hot Laps before going on to win his Heat Race and ending the night
atop the wing in Victory Lane.
The four-time series champion started on the outside of the front row and never looked back.
Nienhiser jumped to the lead at the drop of the green flag and quickly set pace over the field
and was into lapped traffic by the second circuit. A lap five yellow for Bryan Brewster erased
Nienhiser’s lead and bunched the field back up. Returning to green flag action, Nienhiser
stretched his lead back to nearly a full straightaway in just two laps while polesitter Kevin
Newton fought off challenges from Joey Moughan and Korey Weyant as the laps began to wind
down. Contact with the turn one wall for Cole Tinsley slowed the field again, which also saw
third-running Korey Weyant retire early and head pitside.
Nienhiser pounced ahead on the ensuing restart to a two second lead by lap 16, to again see
his lead erased as Joey Moughan spun on the exit of turn four from the second position. Zach
Daum inherited the spot at the restart with Landon Crawley in third.
Taking the field back to green with 9 laps remaining, Nienhiser continued his dominance by
surging ahead on the restart while action ensued behind him. Zach Daum comfortably held onto
second while Landon Crawley fought back a challenge from Joe B. Miller. Crawley’s #12X
machine missed the entry in turn three, which allowed Miller to move by and then set his sights
on Daum for the runner-up position. As the laps began to wind down, Nienhiser remained
untouchable with a commanding lead over the field. 12th starting Jake Neuman and 15th
starting Will Armitage had worked their way into the top 6 by lap 22. As Nienhiser was set to
take the white flag, a caution for Shelby Bosie saw the field slow one final time with two laps
remaining. Contact between Bosie and Joey Moughan sent Bosie’s #3B around inside of turn
one.
Back to green flag conditions for one final restart, Nienhauser powered ahead and never looked
back as he crossed under the checkers for his 33rd-overall Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint
Car Series victory ahead of Zach Daum and Joe B. Miller. 20th-starting Logan Julien was the
night’s hard charger, advancing 12 spots to finish 8th.
The Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Car Series is back in action on May 30, at LaSalle
Speedway, in LaSalle, Illinois for a joint event with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints
410 Wing Sprints
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[2]; 2. 92-Zach Daum[3]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[7]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[12]; 5. 12X-Landon Crawley[8]; 6. 7A-Will Armitage[15]; 7. 9-Tyler Duff[10]; 8. 85J-Logan Julien[20]; 9. 14-Zane DeVault[17]; 10. 16TH-Kevin Newton[1]; 11. 5H-Mario Clouser[11]; 12. 44-Cory Bruns[5]; 13. 31-Joey Moughan[4]; 14. 25T-Travis Arenz[9]; 15. 37-Bryce Norris[13]; 16. 01-Justin Standridge[18]; 17. 3B-Shelby Bosie[22]; 18. 99W-Jarrett Weyant[14]; 19. 6-Corey Nelson[21]; 20. 47-Korey Weyant[6]; 21. 51-Cole Tinsley[19]; 22. 58-Bryan Brewster[16]
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 51-Cole Tinsley[1]; 2. 85J-Logan Julien[11]; 3. 6-Corey Nelson[2]; 4. 3B-Shelby Bosie[5]; 5. 87-Reed Whitney[6]; 6. 10S-Jeremy Standridge[4]; 7. B8-John Barnard[9]; 8. 8-Bryan Brewer[3]; 9. 29-Brayton Lynch[10]; 10. (DNF) 97-Scotty Milan[7]; 11. (DNF) 23J-Jordan Welch[8]; 12. (DNS) 17-Paul Haley; 13. (DNS) 52F-Logan Faucon
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[3]; 2. 44-Cory Bruns[2]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[5]; 4. 01-Justin Standridge[1]; 5. 51-Cole Tinsley[4]; 6. 14-Zane DeVault[8]; 7. B8-John Barnard[6]; 8. 85J-Logan Julien[7]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 12X-Landon Crawley[3]; 2. 31-Joey Moughan[1]; 3. 9-Tyler Duff[4]; 4. 58-Bryan Brewster[2]; 5. 99W-Jarrett Weyant[8]; 6. 8-Bryan Brewer[7]; 7. 29-Brayton Lynch[6]; 8. (DNS) 52F-Logan Faucon
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 92-Zach Daum[2]; 2. 25T-Travis Arenz[1]; 3. 7A-Will Armitage[3]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[6]; 5. 6-Corey Nelson[4]; 6. 3B-Shelby Bosie[5]; 7. 97-Scotty Milan[7]; 8. (DNS) 17-Paul Haley
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 47-Korey Weyant[1]; 2. 16TH-Kevin Newton[2]; 3. 5H-Mario Clouser[4]; 4. 37-Bryce Norris[6]; 5. 10S-Jeremy Standridge[3]; 6. 87-Reed Whitney[5]; 7. 23J-Jordan Welch[7]
305 Sprints
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19K-Kenton Pope[3]; 2. X-Joe Jiannoni[1]; 3. 2-Hayden Harvey[5]; 4. 2C-Codey Smith[4]; 5. 22K-Kelli Harter[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Jaxton Wiggs[1]; 2. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch[3]; 3. 42-Kevin Battefeld[2]; 4. (DNS) 9-Kysen Ray