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2025 MLDS Season Stats

Now that we are a few weeks removed from the final Midwest Legend Dirt Series race of the season, we thought it would be a great time to share our overall stats for the season. A lot happened this season and the series is as happy as possible to share these numbers with you.

First off, the season itself. The initial schedule included thirty-five different nights, which ended up changing to thirty-seven events with the addition of two nights. Of those thirty-seven races, twenty-seven raced. The series visited four new tracks, Plymouth, Cedar Lake, Sycamore, and Hawkeye Downs, while the series returned to Maquoketa, Luxy, 141, Beaver Dam, Gravity Park, Angell Park, and Outagamie. 141 led the way with five appearances, while Maquoketa and Beaver Dam shared the next spot with four. Luxy, Gravity Park, and Angell Park all saw three events while Outagamie saw two nights of racing. Plymouth, Cedar Lake, Sycamore, and Hawkeye Downs all had a lone night. The series was set to visit Thunder Hill, Lafayette, and The Hill but those events were rained out or canceled.

Next up is competitors, this stat will be broken up in a few ways, which will be specified during each section. First, the series on average saw twenty-seven cars a night not counting the two rainout nights that had started or the special Legends.Direct 10K Dirt Showdown. With the rainout nights counting, the number jumps to twenty-eight. Counting the 10K Showdown, the number jumps to an even higher thirty. The season high was September 19th at Beaver Dam Raceway with fourty-four cars, a regular season high. The 10K Showdown saw a sixty car field which is a series record. The low was May 9th at Luxy Raceway, which saw twelve cars for the event which the series was added to late on in the week. Overall, the series saw one hundred and four different drivers, which gets lowered to ninety-two not counting the 10K Showdown. The series saw drivers from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and North Dakota normally, with Ohio and New Jersey being added during the 10K Showdown. The series also saw Glenn Mitchell from Picton, New South Wales, Australia during the season.

The series saw nine drivers have 100% attendance to all the points events. Those drivers were Hayden Schmuhl, Ryan Sullivan, Adam Zellmer, Talyn Neuman, Lilly Fassbender, Nate Werner, Connor Carey, Tim Franz, and Keith Carey. The only driver to do 100% attendance to all MLDS sanctioned races in 2025 was Tim Franz.

The season saw fifteen winners in the twenty-seven A-mains run. Schmuhl led the way with seven, Michael Weber and Sullivan had three, Eric Blumer and Ty Olson has two, while Jordan Miklas, Ryan Mech, Peston Martin, Tanner Jones, Dylan Manning, Jackson Lewis, Dallas Ross, Baiden Heskett, Zellmer, and Robby Morrison all took home a single win in 2025.

Hayden Schmuhl - 7
Michael Weber - 3
Ryan Sullivan - 3
Eric Blumer - 2
Ty Olson - 2
Jordan Miklas - 1
Ryan Mech - 1
Preston Martin - 1
Tanner Jones - 1
Dylan Manning - 1
Jackson Lewis - 1
Dallas Ross - 1
Baiden Heskett - 1
Adam Zellmer - 1
Robby Morrison - 1

The series ran twenty B-mains during the season and saw seventeen different winners. Faith Zellmer-Schultz, Rob Maule, and Neuman all had three, while the remaining drivers all had one, you can find the list below.

Faith Zellmer-Schultz 2
Rob Maule 2
Talyn Neuman 2
Jeff Schmidt 1
Connor Carey 1
Cal Swenson 1
Nate Wolbers 1
Ryan Mech 1
Tyler Schrimpf 1
Tim Franz 1
Carson Grob 1
Art Hahn 1
Oliver O’Brion 1
Colton Irving 1
Ty Olson 1
Davey Pennel 1
Ryan Swisshelm 1

One hundred and two heat races were run with thirty-two different winners. Schmuhl led the way with sixteen. Ross and Blumer had eight while Zellmer and Weber finished with five. The remaining wins can be found below.

102 Heat races
32 Different winners
Hayden Schmuhl 16
Dallas Ross 8
Eric Blumer 8
Adam Zellmer 7
Michael Weber 7
Talyn Neuman 5
Glenn Mitchell 5
Ryan Sullivan 5
Ryan Mech 4
Cal Swenson 3
Preston Martin 3
Jackson Lewis 3
Rob Maule 3
Art Hahn 3
Tanner Jones 2
Payton Jones 2
Steve Partin 2
Ty Olson 2
Baiden Heskett 1
Jeff Schmidt 1
Dave Eberle 1
Lilly Fassbender 1
Connor Carey 1
Scott Richardson 1
Ayden Erickson 1
Sean Johnson 1
Charlie Spoonmore 1
Griffin McGrath 1
Robby Morrison 1
Dominic Van Riper 1
Alex Haese 1
Brycen Wilson 1

The season saw a regular points championship which will be talked about later, as well as a mini championship. The top ten in points can be found below. Schmuhl and Sullivan shared the Weekday Warrior Championship at the end of the three races.

Hayden Schmuhl 1577
Ryan Sullivan 1556
Adam Zellmer 1449
Talyn Neuman 1416
Rob Maule 1296
Lilly Fassbender 1271
Nate Werner 1216
Connor Carey 1206
Dallas Ross 1192
Mike Swenson 1123
Tim Franz 1084
Keith Carey 1080
Carson Grob 1041
Keith Moline 1022
Cal Swenson 1016
Mackenzie Maule 1004
Jeff Schmidt 997
Ryan Mech 969
Faith Zellmer-Schultz 849
Dan Mech 834

The MLDS would like to thank all the sponsors for the 2025 season. Legends.Direct, Apache Stainless, Fall River Foundry, N&S Towing, Fastline Design and Graphics, Professional Plating, Rush Race Gear, Aero Race Wheels, and HMS Motorsports.

The Midwest Legend Dirt Series now sets its focus on the 2026 season, with a mock schedule already being made up and sponsorship being acquired. If you, someone you know, or a company you know would like to partner with the series in the 2026 season, reach out now and see what we can do.

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