Berth closes with MSA triumph, Schmidt takes two titles

Brandon Berth of Cascade earned his 10th career MMW Industrial Supply Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main victory at the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Sept. 26.  - JW's Car and Raccing Photos 

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 26, 2026 – The curtain closed on the 2026 MMW Midwest Sprint Car Association campaign with Brandon Berth of Cascade parking in victory lane and Ben Schmidt of Plymouth sealing his fourth career MSA championship and third career Akright Auto PDTR 360 Sprint Car title before an abundance of spectators at the ninth annual Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis., on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Brandon Berth jumped out to the lead of the 25-lap MSA main event from the pole as fourth starter Tyler Davis of Franklin rode the outside groove to second on lap 2.

The lone caution flag of the race appeared on lap six when Frank Perko of Elkhart Lake spun in turn four.

Following the restart, five-time MSA champ Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh, who was filling in for the injured Billy Kreutz, moved up from the third starting spot to take second on lap 6.

Six laps later, Berth caught the rear of the field and began expertly slicing his way through slower traffic to distance himself from McMullen and the rest of the field.

Berth went on to notch his second A-main win of the 2026 season and 10^th career MSA A-main triumph.

McMullen had to settle for second, Joseph Hintz of Burnett moved up from the seventh starting spot to take third, Waldo’s Chris Clayton advanced from the 11^th starting position to finish fourth, and, after starting 17^th, Josh Walter of Plymouth stormed up 12 spots to round out the top five.

Schmidt placed seventh to seal MSA title No. 4 to go along with his 2025, 2024 and 2011 crowns.

Bill Taylor of Boltonville won the 12-lap MSA B main.

Josh Walter claimed overall fast time honors in MSA group qualifying in 12.363 seconds.

The final event of the 2026 MSA campaign attracted 32 entries.

The 2026 MSA Awards Banquet will take place on Saturday, February 6, 2027 at Butch and Anne's Pine Grove in Elkhart Lake. More details to come.

Off-season news and information about the Midwest Sprint Association will be posted on the MSA Sprints Facebook page and at msasprints.com

MMW Industrial Supply

Midwest Sprint Car Association

Plymouth Dirt Track

Plymouth, Wis.

Saturday, September 26, 2026

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 22B-Brandon Berth [1]; 2. 3BK-Brandon McMullen [3]; 3. 14J-Joseph Hintz [7]; 4. 2-Chris Clayton [11]; 5. 67-Josh Walter [17]; 6. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [5]; 7. 35-Ben Schmidt [9]; 8. 68T-Tyler Davis [4]; 9. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [8]; 10. 46-Steven Ruh [13]; 11. 11-Tony Wondra [14]; 12. 59-Ethon Stear [6]; 13. 5-Chad Stouthamer [15]; 14. 51-Chris Larson [2]; 15. 69-Bill Taylor [16]; 16. 69S-TJ Smith [20]; 17. 19-Ion Stear [18]; 18. 30-Blake Wondra [12]; 19. 68P-Frank Perko [10]; 20. 54-Randy Post [21]; 21. 34T-Tom Becker [22]; 22. 20W-Weston Finke [19]

B Main (12 Laps): 1. 69-Bill Taylor[2]; 2. 67-Josh Walter[11]; 3. 19-Ion Stear[5]; 4. 20W-Weston Finke[1]; 5. 69S-TJ Smith[7]; 6. 54-Randy Post[3]; 7. 17-Jordan Funderburk[9]; 8. 0-Kevin Seidler[4]; 9. 21T-Mitchell Reich[10]; 10. 11W-Preston Bokath[12]; 11. 55S-Ryan Sawusch[6]; 12. 24X-Eric Wilke[8]; 13. (DNS) 3-Justin Erickson; 14. (DNS) 15-Carter Chevalier; 15. (DNS) 44H-Hayden Johnson; 16. (DNS) 87R-Josh Rehberg

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3BK-Brandon McMullen[3]; 2. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach[2]; 3. 68P-Frank Perko[4]; 4. 34T-Tom Becker[5]; 5. (DNF) 3-Justin Erickson[1]; 6. (DNS) 67-Josh Walter; 7. (DNS) 44H-Hayden Johnson; 8. (DNS) 87R-Josh Rehberg

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Chris Larson[2]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth[4]; 3. 14J-Joseph Hintz[5]; 4. 5-Chad Stouthamer[3]; 5. 69S-TJ Smith[1]; 6. 69-Bill Taylor[7]; 7. 24X-Eric Wilke[6]; 8. 17-Jordan Funderburk[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 63K-Kevin Karnitz[1]; 2. 59-Ethon Stear[3]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt[4]; 4. 30-Blake Wondra[6]; 5. 19-Ion Stear[2]; 6. 54-Randy Post[5]; 7. 55S-Ryan Sawusch[7]; 8. 21T-Mitchell Reich[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 68T-Tyler Davis[4]; 2. 2-Chris Clayton[1]; 3. 46-Steven Ruh[2]; 4. 20W-Weston Finke[3]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra[6]; 6. 0-Kevin Seidler[5]; 7. 11W-Preston Bokath[8]; 8. (DNS) 15-Carter Chevalier

Qualifying 1: 1. 67-Josh Walter, 12.363[3]; 2. 3BK-Brandon McMullen, 12.388[4]; 3. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 12.592[8]; 4. 3-Justin Erickson, 12.791[7]; 5. 68P-Frank Perko, 12.814[5]; 6. 34T-Tom Becker, 13.686[6]; 7. (DNF) 44H-Hayden Johnson, 13.686[2]; 8. (DNF) 87R-Josh Rehberg, 13.686[1]

Qualifying 2: 1. 22B-Brandon Berth, 12.580[3]; 2. 5-Chad Stouthamer, 12.626[1]; 3. 51-Chris Larson, 12.760[2]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith, 12.771[5]; 5. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 12.796[8]; 6. 24X-Eric Wilke, 12.820[7]; 7. 69-Bill Taylor, 12.950[4]; 8. 17-Jordan Funderburk, 13.132[6]

Qualifying 3: 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.586[7]; 2. 59-Ethon Stear, 12.644[2]; 3. 19-Ion Stear, 12.656[3]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 12.692[1]; 5. 54-Randy Post, 12.855[4]; 6. 30-Blake Wondra, 13.124[5]; 7. 55S-Ryan Sawusch, 13.628[8]; 8. 21T-Mitchell Reich, 13.707[6]

Qualifying 4: 1. 68T-Tyler Davis, 12.575[2]; 2. 20W-Weston Finke, 12.667[1]; 3. 46-Steven Ruh, 12.897[6]; 4. 2-Chris Clayton, 12.908[5]; 5. 0-Kevin Seidler, 12.913[3]; 6. 11-Tony Wondra, 12.954[7]; 7. 11W-Preston Bokath, 14.821[8]; 8. 15-Carter Chevalier, 14.821[4]