Davis drives to MSA Sprint Car win before capacity Plymouth crowd

Davis drives to PDTR Sprint Car win before capacity crow

Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee claimed his series-leading 66th career MMW Industrial Supply Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Friday, June 6. - RC Custom Design photo

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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 6, 2025 – With a sellout crowd on hand to welcome the return of the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series to The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. after a 20-year absence, 40-season racing veteran Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee scored a flag-to-flag victory in the 25-lap MMW Industrial Supply Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car A main with Plymouth Dirt Track Racing on Friday, June 6.

Five-time MSA champion Kurt Davis seized the lead of the 25-lap MSA-PDTR main event on the opening lap from the pole position with outside front row starter Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, Ill. giving chase. On lap 5, Rossmann closed to within striking distance along the far inside line of the well-manicured third-mile clay oval.

On lap 10, Davis caught the rear of the 22-car field and was slicing his way through slower traffic when the first of four caution flags flew on lap 15 after Joseph Hintz contacted the turn two wall.

Rossmann and third starter Chris Clayton of Waldo collided in turn two on the ensuing restart to bring out the second caution flag.

After one lap of green flag action, another caution flag appeared when Scott Grissom of Winthrop Harbor, Ill. spun in turn four.

Following the restart, ninth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend rode the outside groove to sweep past fourth starter Tyler Davis of Franklin into second on lap 17. Five laps later, the fourth and final caution flag was displayed when Tyler Davis and Will Gerrits of Waupun made contact in turn three to slow the pace on lap 22.

After the last restart of the race, Alex Pokorski of West Bend, who started 10th, made a big charge along the cushion to grab third. Meanwhile, Karnitz ran down Davis in the closing laps in a bid to wrestle the lead away.

However, Davis held tight to the low line in the final circuits to secure his first main event victory of the 2025 campaign, series-leading 66th Midwest Sprint Car Association and 27th PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main triumph win in the non-points event.

The win vaulted Davis into a tie with two-time MSA-PDTR 360 Sprint Car Champion Ben Schmidt of Plymouth for second place on the all-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory list.

“I have a lot of laps around this place,” Davis said. “I knew running the top of the track wasn’t fast enough to get it done because of the bite I had getting off the corners was too good.”

Karnitz trailed Davis to the finish line by a close two-car length margin. Pokorski wound up third, fifth starter Brandon Berth of Cascade came home fourth and PDTR 360 Sprint Car rookie Tristan Furseth of Cambridge placed fourth after starting seventh.

Clayton Rossmann picked up the MSA-PDTR 360 Sprint Car fast qualifier award with a lap of 12.924 seconds.

The sixth event of the MSA campaign, sponsored by Hopf Farms, produced a field of 22 MSA-PDTR 360 Sprint Cars.

The MSA will return to action at The Plymouth Dirt Track on Saturday, June 14.

Spectator gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

For more information on the MSA Sprints, visit msasprints.com

MMW INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY MIDWEST SPRINT CAR ASSOCIATON 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 6K-Kurt Davis [1]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [9]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [10]; 4. 22B-Brandon Berth [5]; 5. 57-Tristan Furseth [7]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [15]; 7. 7-Lance Fassbender [21]; 8. 69-Bill Taylor [17]; 9. 11-Tony Wondra [13]; 10. 55P-Brady Portschy [12]; 11. 24X-Eric Wilke [20]; 12. 2-Chris Clayton [3]; 13. 46-Steven Ruh [14]; 14. 53A-Spyder Akright [18]; 15. (DNF) 12P-JJ Pagel [19]; 16. (DNF) 3-Justin Erickson [8]; 17. (DNF) GR8-Will Gerrits [11]; 18. (DNF) 68T-Tyler Davis [4]; 19. (DNF) 09-Clayton Rossmann [2]; 20. (DNF) 14J-Joseph Hintz [6]; 21. (DNF) 54G-Scott Grissom [16]; 22. (DNS) 7C-Ellie Hensley

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Justin Erickson [1]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 3. 09-Clayton Rossmann [4]; 4. GR8-Will Gerrits [5]; 5. 69-Bill Taylor [2]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [6]; 7. 54G-Scott Grissom [8]; 8. 7C-Ellie Hensley [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Tristan Furseth [1]; 2. 2-Chris Clayton [2]; 3. 6K-Kurt Davis [4]; 4. 55P-Brady Portschy [5]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra [7]; 6. 7-Lance Fassbender [3]; 7. 24X-Eric Wilke [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14J-Joseph Hintz [1]; 2. 68T-Tyler Davis [2]; 3. 4-Alex Pokorski [3]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [6]; 5. 46-Steven Ruh [5]; 6. 12P-JJ Pagel [4]; 7. 53A-Spyder Akright [7]

Qualifying 1: 1. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 12.924m [8]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.008 [1]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.259 [4]; 4. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.312 [5]; 5. GR8-Will Gerrits, 13.438 [2]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 13.492 [6]; 7. 7C-Ellie Hensley, 13.501 [7]; 8. 54G-Scott Grissom, 13.805 [3]

Qualifying 2: 1. 6K-Kurt Davis, 13.059 [5]; 2. 7-Lance Fassbender, 13.212 [4]; 3. 2-Chris Clayton, 13.285 [1]; 4. 57-Tristan Furseth, 13.330 [6]; 5. 55P-Brady Portschy, 13.453 [2]; 6. 24X-Eric Wilke, 13.732 [7]; 7. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.771 [3]

Qualifying 3: 1. 4-Alex Pokorski, 13.068 [6]; 2. 68T-Tyler Davis, 13.227 [7]; 3. 53A-Spyder Akright, 13.414 [3]; 4. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.539 [4]; 5. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.672 [5]; 6. 46-Steven Ruh, 14.045 [2]; 7. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [1]