Nick is King!

Seymour, WI - Nick Anvelink was crowned King of the Fall Brawl at Outagamie Speedway to claim his third WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour victory of the 2026 season. Anvelink started on the pole for the 30-lap Fall Brawl alongside Kerry Hansen. Anvelink took the lead as they took the green racing into turn one as Lukas Postl advanced to second. Anvelink held a 1.080 second lead on Postl on the first lap and then Joel Bennett challenged Postl for second, allowing Anvelink to increase his lead as the two raced for the second position. By lap ten, Anvelink had a 2.697 second lead over Postl as he started to approach the back of the field. Anvelink started to work his way through traffic, increasing his lead over Postl to 2.625 seconds.

At the halfway point, Anvelink maintained a 1.258 second advantage over Postl and Bennett with Taylor Scheffler in fourth. The caution flag flew with seven laps remaining, setting up the restart with Anvelink out front with Bennett, Scheffler and Postl ready to challenge for the lead. Anelink kept the lead as Scheffler worked around the outside of Bennett and set his sights on Anvelink with five laps to go.

Anvelink went on to finish 1.789 seconds ahead of Scheffler followed by Bennett, Troy Springborn and Justin Ritchie.

With the win, Anvelink is now atop the Championship points standings with a two point advantage over Ritchie.

The Double Header Weekend continues on Saturday night at Wilmot Raceway for the Fall Classic. The 2026 WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Tour finishes the season next weekend with another double header weekend with the Battle by the Bay at Luxy Raceway on Friday, September 18 and the 9th Annual Jim Wildman Watson Classic at 141 Speedway on Saturday, September 19.

Fall Brawl (30 Laps): 1. 15-Nick Anvelink[1]; 2. 10S-Taylor Scheffler[4]; 3. 7-Joel Bennett[5]; 4. 81-Troy Springborn[6]; 5. 56-Justin Ritchie[11]; 6. 5-Lukas Postl[3]; 7. 3-Brett Swedberg[7]; 8. 51-Chris Oertel[10]; 9. D1-Turk Letizia[8]; 10. 21X-Kurt Moeller[9]; 11. 61K-Andy Karl[15]; 12. 25-Kerry Hansen[2]; 13. 20-Joe Reuter[14]; 14. 33E-Chris Engels[13]; 15. 21M-Shawn Miller[16]; 16. 55-Joe Bongiorno[17]; 17. 42N-Paul Niznik[12]

Autoworx Heat 1 10 Laps
1. 5-Lukas Postl[3]; 2. 15-Nick Anvelink[2]; 3. 3-Brett Swedberg[4]; 4. 51-Chris Oertel[5]; 5. 33E-Chris Engels[6]; 6. 21M-Shawn Miller[1]

Klink Equipment Heat 2 10 Laps
1. 10S-Taylor Scheffler[2]; 2. 25-Kerry Hansen[3]; 3. D1-Turk Letizia[4]; 4. 42N-Paul Niznik[1]; 5. 20-Joe Reuter[6]; 6. 55-Joe Bongiorno[5]

Ken's Sports Inc. Heat 3 10 Laps
1. 81-Troy Springborn[1]; 2. 7-Joel Bennett[3]; 3. 21X-Kurt Moeller[2]; 4. 56-Justin Ritchie[5]; 5. 61K-Andy Karl[4]