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Guilford Never Looks Back, Cruises to a $10,000 Victory

By Madeline “Chatty Madi” Ruh
Photo by HW Designs

An outstanding 36 entries stuck out the rain showers early into the day in New Richmond, WI to race the 25th Annual Jerry Richert Memorial. With a different format for the night; five heat races and passing points being the name of the game, it was anyone’s chance to bring home that pay day of $10,000.

Fastest in Box3 Media Hot Laps went to Logan Julien. Fox Lake Harbor Presents Allstar Performance Heat One was won by Alex Pokorski, Will Gerrits brought home the win in BodyCraft of Antioch presents Behling Racing Heat Two, Game Day Men’s Health presents Engler Machine & Tool Heat Three was brought home by Max Guilford, Kaleb Johnson won BR Motorsports presents King Racing Products Heat four, and Scotty Broty won Heat Five.

With the top 16 in passing points transferred to the A-Main, two B mains were stacked. Behling Racing Equipment B Feature winners included Danny Schlafer and Jake Blackhurst.

Will Gerrits was the highest in points after the heats, but with an invert of 4 for the feature, it set Kaleb Johnson and Max Guilford on the pole of the 30 lap Jerry Richert Memorial Feature. We would first draw out the first Honest Abe Roofing Caution flag for the feature on lap five. Guilford, Johnson, Pokorski, Julien, and Goldesberry would be the top five after the green was displayed once more.

Guilford would hit lap traffic with the 6K in pursuit just 4 laps after we returned to green. Johnson was fast all weekend, so Guilford with Greg Wheeler Motorsports would need to make quick work of lap cars. Logan Julien in the 85J with outstanding speed would be the first to challenge for a higher up spot. Johnson would make contact with the turn two wall, forcing the 6K to retire for the night. That would move the 85J and 4 into podium spots. JJ Hickle would be next to try to move into the top five over the 65 of Goldesberry.

With just over halfway to go, the 16c continued it’s dominance, with the 85J and 4 behind him. Hickle would move the 2M into the top five along with Blackhurst regaining ground on Pokorski. With 16 laps ticked away, Logan Julien would get up on the bike and draw out the red flag. Julien would walk away from the scene.

The rest of the race was in the hands of reigning New Zealand Champion Max Guilford, as he would tick away the remaining laps of the feature unchallenged. Alex Pokorski would come home with a career best finish of second, and Jake Blackhurst would round out the podium.

The IRA Sprint Car Series will be back in action this Friday and Saturday as the 2025 season winds down. Friday the series will join Wilmot Raceway for their fall classic, and the series will headline the 141 Speedway for their final night there of the season. Join us in the stands or watch live on FloRacing.

A Feature 25 Laps | 00:25:48.058

1. 16C-Max Guilford[2]; 2. 4-Alex Pokorski[3]; 3. 96-Jake Blackhurst[18]; 4. 2M-JJ Hickle[13]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[7]; 6. 63-Brooke Tatnell[24]; 7. 12-Corbin Gurley[16]; 8. 25-Danny Schlafer[17]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee[15]; 10. 16-Riley Goodno[9]; 11. 99-Tyler Brabant[23]; 12. (DNF) 74N-Luke Nellis[19]; 13. (DNF) 85J-Logan Julien[14]; 14. (DNF) GR8-Will Gerrits[4]; 15. (DNF) 6K-Kaleb Johnson[1]; 16. (DNF) 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 17. (DNF) 9K-Kyle Schuett[6]; 18. (DNF) 26-Tyler Tischendorf[11]; 19. (DNF) 10-Trevor Serbus[10]; 20. (DNF) 2W-Scott Neitzel[12]; 21. (DNF) 34DD-Brady Donnohue[22]; 22. (DNS) 33-Scotty Broty; 23. (DNS) 87A-Austin Hartmann; 24. (DNS) 49-Josh Schneiderman

B Feature 1 10 Laps | 00:11:58.243

1. 25-Danny Schlafer[1]; 2. 74N-Luke Nellis[2]; 3. 87A-Austin Hartmann[3]; 4. 99-Tyler Brabant[4]; 5. 4S-Jeremy Snow[5]; 6. 9-Dominic Dobesh[6]; 7. (DNF) 21H-TJ Haddy[9]; 8. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 9. (DNF) 29JR-Ralph Johnson[8]; 10. (DNS) 22-Luke Dollansky

B Feature 2 10 Laps | 00:01:31.635

1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 2. 49-Josh Schneiderman[1]; 3. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[4]; 4. 63-Brooke Tatnell[3]; 5. 24-Scott Conger[6]; 6. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 7. (DNS) 91-Reed Allex; 8. (DNS) 8H-Jade Hastings; 9. (DNS) 11M-Brendan Mullen; 10. (DNS) 23W-Scott Winters

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:03:59.000

1. 4-Alex Pokorski[2]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett[6]; 4. 99-Tyler Brabant[1]; 5. 74N-Luke Nellis[7]; 6. 11M-Brendan Mullen[3]; 7. 91-Reed Allex[5]; 8. (DNS) 23W-Scott Winters

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:02:54.000

1. GR8-Will Gerrits[3]; 2. 10-Trevor Serbus[1]; 3. 2M-JJ Hickle[4]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 5. 8H-Jade Hastings[5]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[2]; 7. 29JR-Ralph Johnson[7]

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:02:00.000

1. 16C-Max Guilford[2]; 2. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[1]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[6]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 5. 4S-Jeremy Snow[4]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 7. 24-Scott Conger[7]

Heat 4 10 Laps | 00:11:26.000

1. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 3. 12-Corbin Gurley[3]; 4. 49-Josh Schneiderman[5]; 5. 87A-Austin Hartmann[6]; 6. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[7]; 7. 22-Luke Dollansky[4]

Heat 5 10 Laps | 00:01:53.000

1. 33-Scotty Broty[1]; 2. 16-Riley Goodno[2]; 3. 85J-Logan Julien[4]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 5. 63-Brooke Tatnell[6]; 6. 9-Dominic Dobesh[5]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy[7]

Hot Laps | 00:12:06.000

1. 85J-Logan Julien[20]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst[15]; 3. 33-Scotty Broty[5]; 4. 16-Riley Goodno[10]; 5. 12-Corbin Gurley[14]; 6. 9-Dominic Dobesh[25]; 7. 10-Trevor Serbus[2]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann[29]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[33]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 11. 8H-Jade Hastings[22]; 12. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[34]; 13. 16C-Max Guilford[8]; 14. 49-Josh Schneiderman[24]; 15. 22-Luke Dollansky[19]; 16. 4S-Jeremy Snow[23]; 17. 25-Danny Schlafer[28]; 18. GR8-Will Gerrits[12]; 19. 74N-Luke Nellis[31]; 20. 2M-JJ Hickle[17]; 21. 24-Scott Conger[13]; 22. 21H-TJ Haddy[35]; 23. 68-Dave Uttech[18]; 24. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[3]; 25. 3N-Jake Neuman[16]; 26. 79-Blake Nimee[32]; 27. 9K-Kyle Schuett[26]; 28. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 29. 11M-Brendan Mullen[11]; 30. 4-Alex Pokorski[6]; 31. 99-Tyler Brabant[1]; 32. 29JR-Ralph Johnson[27]; 33. 91-Reed Allex[21]; 34. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[9]; 35. 63-Brooke Tatnell[30]; 36. (DNS) 23W-Scott Winters

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