Goeden outduels Davis for Plymouth Independence 30 MSA triumph
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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 20, 2026 – Five-time Plymouth track champion and Plymouth Racing Wall of Fame member Donny Goeden of Kewaskum fended off a spirited challenge from five-time MMW Midwest Sprint Car Association champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee to claim his first MSA A-main win of the 2026 season in the special Independence 30 event at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Thursday, Aug. 20.
After starting on the pole, Kurt Davis got the jump on Donny Goeden, who started fourth, to lead the opening lap of the 25-lap MSA headliner. On the second circuit, Goeden worked past Davis to secure the lead exiting turn four. The 42-season racing veteran proceeded to build up a half straightaway cushion over Davis by lap 8.
Three laps later, the leaders caught up to the back of the pack, which helped to produce a spirited nose-to-tail four car battle for third place between Josh Walter of Plymouth, Steven Ruh of New Holstein, three-time MSA champion Ben Schmidt of Plymouth, and Andover, Minn. native Carter Chevalier before the lone caution flag of the race appeared on lap 13 for the slowing car of Chris Larson.
Following the restart, the third-starting Walter ducked under the high-riding Davis to steal second. However, Davis battled back along the cushion to regain the runner-up spot three laps later. Davis then wound up his familiar yellow 6K machine to mount one final charge.
In his 41st season of competition, Davis closed in to pressure Goeden on lap 17. With two laps to go, Goeden caught lapped traffic, allowing Davis to make a run on the final lap, which came up just one car length short at the finish line.
The 62-year-old Goeden emerged with his first 360 Sprint Car victory of the season in three tries, 23rd career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main win, and 24th career MMW Industrial Supply Midwest Sprint Car Association victory.
Davis, who was making just his second start of the season, took second, Walter placed third, Chevalier, who started fifth, finished fourth, and Brandon Berth of Cascade charged up from the 12th starting position to place fifth.
Hayden Schmuhl of Beaver Dam won the 12-lap B main.
Ethon Stear claimed fast qualifier accolades with a lap of 12.635 seconds.
The 17th event of the 2026 MSA campaign drew a field 30 cars.
Independence 30 event sponsors include MMW Industrial Supply, Bitter Neumann, Absolute Air Care, Gibbsville Cheese, RC Custom Design, Trip Edge Designs, Cupcake Wonders, TNT Motorsports, Sunset Auto Service, Team 35 Racing, Shakedown Tools LLC, Mayer Automotive Racing.
After competing at The Plymouth Dirt Track on Saturday, Aug. 22, the MSA will be in again be in action on Friday, Aug. 28 at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis.
Spectator gates open at 5 p.m. with hot laps at 6 p.m. and opening ceremonies at 7 p.m. for the Aug. 28 event.
MMW Industrial Supply
Midwest Sprint Car Association
Independence 30
The Plymouth Dirt Track
Plymouth, Wis.
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026
A Main (25 Laps): 1. 66-Donny Goeden [4]; 2. 6K-Kurt Davis [1]; 3. 67-Josh Walter [3]; 4. 15-Carter Chevalier [5]; 5. 22B-Brandon Berth [12]; 6. 35-Ben Schmidt [8]; 7. 69S-TJ Smith [14]; 8. 39S-Scotty Thiel [18]; 9. 68T-Tyler Davis [7]; 10. 2-Chris Clayton [11]; 11. 46-Steven Ruh [6]; 12. 5-Chad Stouthamer [13]; 13. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [15]; 14. 11-Tony Wondra [10]; 15. 44H-Hayden Johnson [2]; 16. 14J-Joseph Hintz [17]; 17. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl [16]; 18. 12P-JJ Pagel [21]; 19. 30-Blake Wondra [19]; 20. 57-Tristan Furseth [20]; 21. 51-Chris Larson [9]; 22. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [22]
B Main (12 Laps): 1. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl[1]; 2. 14J-Joseph Hintz[4]; 3. 39S-Scotty Thiel[14]; 4. 30-Blake Wondra[6]; 5. 57-Tristan Furseth[8]; 6. 12P-JJ Pagel[2]; 7. 59-Ethon Stear[13]; 8. 69-Bill Taylor[3]; 9. 20W-Weston Finke[7]; 10. 55P-Brady Portschy[10]; 11. 25-Cody Schlafer[9]; 12. 54-Randy Post[12]; 13. 68P-Frank Perko[11]; 14. 37Z-Jake Zimmerman[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44H-Hayden Johnson[1]; 2. 68T-Tyler Davis[2]; 3. 15-Carter Chevalier[6]; 4. 35-Ben Schmidt[7]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra[9]; 6. 69-Bill Taylor[4]; 7. 57-Tristan Furseth[3]; 8. 37Z-Jake Zimmerman[8]; 9. 30-Blake Wondra[10]; 10. 54-Randy Post[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Donny Goeden[3]; 2. 39S-Scotty Thiel[1]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth[2]; 4. 46-Steven Ruh[8]; 5. 5-Chad Stouthamer[5]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach[6]; 7. 69S-TJ Smith[9]; 8. 12P-JJ Pagel[10]; 9. 55P-Brady Portschy[7]; 10. (DNS) 59-Ethon Stear
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6K-Kurt Davis[1]; 2. 67-Josh Walter[5]; 3. 51-Chris Larson[4]; 4. 2-Chris Clayton[6]; 5. 3BK-Billy Kreutz[3]; 6. 20W-Weston Finke[2]; 7. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl[8]; 8. 14J-Joseph Hintz[9]; 9. 68P-Frank Perko[7]; 10. 25-Cody Schlafer[10]
Qualifying 1: 1. 69-Bill Taylor, 12.770[8]; 2. 57-Tristan Furseth, 12.837[5]; 3. 68T-Tyler Davis, 12.918[9]; 4. 44H-Hayden Johnson, 13.000[10]; 5. 54-Randy Post, 13.056[3]; 6. 15-Carter Chevalier, 13.056[2]; 7. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.155[1]; 8. 37Z-Jake Zimmerman, 13.161[6]; 9. 11-Tony Wondra, 13.278[4]; 10. 30-Blake Wondra, 13.403[7]
Qualifying 2: 1. 59-Ethon Stear, 12.635[3]; 2. 66-Donny Goeden, 12.801[6]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth, 12.805[4]; 4. 39S-Scotty Thiel, 12.823[2]; 5. 5-Chad Stouthamer, 12.860[10]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 12.865[8]; 7. 55P-Brady Portschy, 13.066[7]; 8. 46-Steven Ruh, 13.074[1]; 9. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.129[5]; 10. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.422[9]
Qualifying 3: 1. 51-Chris Larson, 12.940[1]; 2. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 12.975[3]; 3. 20W-Weston Finke, 12.986[9]; 4. 6K-Kurt Davis, 13.027[4]; 5. 67-Josh Walter, 13.086[10]; 6. 2-Chris Clayton, 13.127[5]; 7. 68P-Frank Perko, 13.128[8]; 8. 59S-Hayden Schmuhl, 13.266[7]; 9. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.295[6]; 10. 25-Cody Schlafer, 13.298[2]
Hayden Schmuhl of Beaver Dam won the 12-lap 360 Sprint Car B main.
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