I-35 Speedway Race Recap 9-5-26
WINSTON, Mo. (September 5, 2026)—I-35 Speedway welcomed 84 cars on Saturday, September 5, for a hot Labor Day weekend night of racing featuring the return of the Midwest Lightning Sprints during Remax Heritage-Brooklyn Anderson Night at the Races. The evening also honored the Bob Reber Flag On Memorial, recognizing Reber’s lasting impact as a longtime official in the sport and at I-35 Speedway. In a special tribute, Bob Reber Jr. waved the green flag for the USRA Iron Man Stock Car feature before the night’s racing action continued.
Following intermission, the Beginner Tuner class opened the next round of competition with its lone race. Cooper Canady pulled away to claim the win, followed by Owen Miller in second and Mekenzie Box in third.
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In the E-Mod Class it was Anthony Asher narrowly stealing a feature win from the 39S of James “Bubba” Silkwood. Asher and Silkwood ran 1-2 in heat #1 as well, while third place finisher Garrett Stonum won heat #2. Kenny Reed followed in fourth while Brayden Royce finished in fifth.
It was a war of attrition in the Midwest Lightening Sprint feature, and it was Drake Barker surviving the night to secure his first feature win. Barker swept the evening as he picked up the lone heat win as well. Behind Barker came Darin Woodward in second, with Tristan Smith behind in third. Brandon Masur rolled his car in the heat and suffered more problems driving his daughters sprint car in the feature, as he finished fourth, with Jason Billups rounding out the top five.
Clint Baker made it back-to-back in the Hobby Stocks at I-35, as he held a field of fast cars. Kaelob Jones started in 12th but knifed through the field to come home in second. Heat 2 winner Jayden Bears would finish in third come feature time, followed by AJ Sayers and Shaun Wirtz. Trevor Hittle was on a hot streak just a few weeks ago, and he picked up Heat number one, but would finish sixth in the feature.
B-Mods rolled out next and it was Nic Hanes going back-to-back at I-35. Hanes narrowly won Heat 2 over Stephen Clancy, who would have a break of bad luck come feature time. This allowed Hanes to open a gap over Jared Staver, who would come home second. John Ross got a podium, with Jeremy Grantham and Clay Hale rounding out the top five.
The biggest show of the night came next, where the USRA Iron Man Stock Cars, where 22 Stock Cars rolled out for 25 laps of feature action. It would be Austin Kaplan coming up from seventh to dominate the later stages of the feature and secure the victory. Kaplan, winner of Heat 2, had his hands full with Justin Custer for much of the night. Custer would finish in second, just ahead of Heat 3 winner Tyler Cadwallader. Myles Michehl would finish in fourth, while USRA Iron Man Points Leader and Heat 1 winner Derek Green finishing in fifth.
USRA Modifieds thundered off next, where the usual suspects of Houston and Brad Johnson battling early for the feature. The 97 took off and would not be caught as he wins his 13th feature on the season. Brad Johnson won the lone heat but finished second in the feature, with Tyler Grooms, Andrew Thomas, and Richard Layne rounding out the top five.
Brad Mick swept the USRA Tuner class, waiting until the final lap to make the move on Ryan Hinkle. Hinkle would finish in second, with Scott Beagle behind him, and Devon Matthew’s and Dan Canady rounding out the top five.
That will do it for another Saturday night of racing action at I-35 Speedway. Thank you to all drivers, officials, staff, crew, and of course the fans for another tremendous night, full results will be posted on our Facebook and our website, and we’ll see you all next Saturday night!