LINCOLN, IL (August 21, 2026) — Paul Nienhiser won the Midwest Open Wheel Association feature Friday at Lincoln Speedway. Nienhiser started on the front row and led every lap for the victory over Jake Neuman, Tyler Duff, Jordan Goldesberry, and Zach Daum.
Mario Clouser won the Midwest Auto Racing Association main event.
Lincoln Speedway
Lincoln, Illinois
Friday, August 21, 2026
Midwest Open Wheel Association
Heat Race #1 (10 Laps)
1. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]
2. 9-Tyler Duff[4]
3. 01-Justin Standridge[3]
4. 52F-Logan Faucon[5]
5. 29-Brayton Lynch[8]
6. 83-Mitchell Davis[7]
7. 2A-Austin Archdale[1]
DNS: 7A-Will Armitage
Heat Race #2 (10 Laps)
1. 44-Cory Bruns[1]
2. 5H-Mario Clouser[4]
3. 5D-Zach Daum[2]
4. 96-Jake Blackhurst[5]
5. 22-Riley Goodno[6]
6. 42-Preston Perlmutter[3]
7. 16-Kevin Newton[7]
Heat Race #3 (10 Laps)
1. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[1]
2. 99-Joey Moughan[5]
3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[6]
4. 33$-Shane O’Banion[2]
5. 77U-Chris Urish[7]
6. 10S-Jeremy Standridge[4]
DNS: 41-Joe Jiannoni
A-Main (25 Laps)
1. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[2]
2. 3N-Jake Neuman[4]
3. 9-Tyler Duff[1]
4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[6]
5. 5D-Zach Daum[10]
6. 29-Brayton Lynch[3]
7. 5H-Mario Clouser[8]
8. 22-Riley Goodno[14]
9. 01-Justin Standridge[9]
10. 99-Joey Moughan[7]
11. 44-Cory Bruns[5]
12. 33$-Shane O’Banion[15]
13. 52F-Logan Faucon[11]
14. 16-Kevin Newton[19]
15. 77U-Chris Urish[13]
16. 83-Mitchell Davis[16]
17. 2A-Austin Archdale[20]
18. 10S-Jeremy Standridge[17]
19. 42-Preston Perlmutter[18]
20. 96-Jake Blackhurst[12]
DNS: 7A-Will Armitage
DNS: 41-Joe Jiannoni
Midwest Auto Racing Association
Rod End Supply Fast Time Qualifying (25 Laps)
1. 75-Mario Clouser, 13.959[12]
2. 51S-Cruz Stanfill, 14.060[10]
3. 11K-Mark McMahill, 14.131[17]
4. 18-Tyler Roth, 14.145[16]
5. 19E-Daltyn England, 14.392[8]
6. 21-Chet Gehrke, 14.454[9]
7. 51B-Colin Sivia, 14.470[5]
8. 3-Clayton Vanderploeg, 14.505[1]
9. 67U-Mike Unger, 14.675[13]
10. 49P-Carl Peterson IV, 14.706[6]
11. 5-Jacob Sollenberger, 14.745[4]
12. 12C-Dominic Bruns, 14.910[14]
13. 51-Chris Young, 15.501[7]
14. 56-Mitchell Davis, 16.064[11]
15. 31-Jace Sparks, 16.440[2]
16. 00-John Heitzman, 21.309[15]
17. 56X-Mark Chisholm, 21.309[3]
18. 28-John Springer, 21.309[18]
Auto Meter Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 11K-Mark McMahill[6]
2. 5-Jacob Sollenberger[2]
3. 19E-Daltyn England[5]
4. 51B-Colin Sivia[4]
5. 67U-Mike Unger[3]
6. 51-Chris Young[7]
7. 31-Jace Sparks[1]
8. 28-John Springer[8]
CASM Safety Products Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 75-Mario Clouser[7]
2. 56-Mitchell Davis[1]
3. 12C-Dominic Bruns[2]
4. 3-Clayton Vanderploeg[4]
5. 21-Chet Gehrke[5]
6. 51S-Cruz Stanfill[9]
7. 49P-Carl Peterson IV[3]
8. 18-Tyler Roth[6]
9. 00-John Heitzman[8]
Fusion Engineering A-Main (20 Laps)
1. 75-Mario Clouser[6]
2. 21-Chet Gehrke[3]
3. 56-Mitchell Davis[10]
4. 19E-Daltyn England[4]
5. 51B-Colin Sivia[2]
6. 51S-Cruz Stanfill[11]
7. 3-Clayton Vanderploeg[1]
8. 67U-Mike Unger[7]
9. 5-Jacob Sollenberger[8]
10. 51-Chris Young[12]
11. 12C-Dominic Bruns[9]
12. 00-John Heitzman[17]
DNS: 11K-Mark McMahill
DNS: 49P-Carl Peterson IV
DNS: 31-Jace Sparks
DNS: 18-Tyler Roth
DNS: 28-John Springer
DNS: 56X-Mark Chisholm