The Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series Fueled by VP would conclude its weekend visit to the state of Michigan on Saturday evening at Butler Motor Speedway in Quincy, Mich. with Rusty Schlenk picking up the $5,000 payday in a thrilling victory.
Seth Daniels and Colten Burdette brought the field to the green flag to start the 30-lapper with Burdette jumping to the early lead. By the halfway point, Burdette was still the leader with Daniels in tow, then Rusty Schlenk and Chad Finley. On lap-20, Schlenk does a slider on Daniels to take second, now setting his sights on the top spot. After a great battle for the lead, Schlenk was able to get around Burdette on the 23rd lap to take the lead. With four laps to go, Schlenk was caught up behind slower traffic allowing Burdette to take the lead back briefly but Schlenk came out on top with three laps to go back at the point and went on to win a thrilling feature event over Burdette, Finley, Daniels and Rod Conley rounding out the top-five.
For the 40-year-old Schlenk, from Jackson Mich., the win would be his third of the season with the tour, second straight, his series leading 43rd career victory, and marked the 305th personal feature victory of his career. Schlenk would drive to the win aboard the Tyler Borck owned Domination Race Car with sponsorship from Buckeye Concrete Coatings, Tri-State Pole Barns, Tim Finch Automotive, Air Tight Insulation, Larry’s Mobile Repair, VP Racing Fuel, VP Lubricants, Domination Race Products, Landrum Performance Springs, Integra Shocks, XS Power, KBC Graphix, MAGA Lifts, OTR Filters, Velocita USA, Quickcar, Willy’s Carb and Dyno, Wilwood Brakes, Zamp Racing, and Race-Fan.com.
The next events for the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series Fueled by VP will be the Master of Millstream weekend at Millstream Speedway in Findlay, OH on Friday August 14 and Saturday August 15. The Friday August 14 event will be contested on the quarter-mile track and pay $5,000-to-win, while the Saturday August 15 contest will take place on the 4/10-mile track and will pay $10,000-to-win.
For more information on the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series fueled by VP, please log on to www.IMDIRT.net or call (828) 361-5981.
The Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series fueled by VP is brought to the fans in the region by many important sponsors and partners: Official partners include, Valvoline Global Operations (Official Oil), VP Racing Fuels (Official Fuel), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), Jail Breaker Brands (Official Potato Chip), STAKT Products, DIRTcar Racing, XS Power Batteries (Green Flag Sponsor), Todd Steel Buildings (Move of the Race Award), FloRacing (Rookie of the Year Award), DirtonDirt.com, MD3 (Hard Charger of the Race Award), Conley River Terminal (Hard Luck Award), Impact RaceGear (Official Outfitter), Domination Race Cars (Official Victory Lane Sponsor), C&W Sales, Joy Ride Transport, Curtis Towing, MAGA Lift (Official Droop Check Sponsor), Simpson Race Products (Official Safety Equipment), Swafford Signs (Official Decals & Graphics), MyRacePass (Official Website), Deatherage Racing Opticians (Middleman Award), Wayne’s Auto Repair (Official Hot Pit Sponsor), Slicker Graphics, Shane Bailey Racing, Jim & Nancy Viox, JD Enterprise & Dirt Empire Magazine.
Official Summary of Results
Butler Motor Speedway-Quincy, Michigan
Saturday August 8, 2026
Feature Finish:
1. Rusty Schlenk-Jackson, Mich.
2. Colten Burdette-Parkersburg, W.V.
3. Chad Finley-St. Johns, Mich.
4. Seth Daniels-Jackson, Ohio
5. Rod Conley-Wheelersburg, Ohio
6. Miles Cook II-Wheelersburg, Ohio
7. Rob Anderzack-Swanton, Ohio
8. Dusty Moore-Swanton, Ohio
9. Bill Bray-Spring Lake, Mich.
10. Jason Ferguson-Fairmount, Ind.
11. Roman Brown-Adrian, Mich.
12. Travis Carr-Stoutsville, Ohio
13. Ryan Davis-Olivet, Mich.
14. Nick Fenner-Morenci, Mich.
15. Kyle Wright-Dowagiac, Mich.
16. Kevin Reeve-Hanover, Mich.
Seth Daniels was the fastest in VP Racing Fuels “Challenge the Clock” Time Trials with a 15.775 second lap of the 16 entries on hand.
Seth Daniels won Joy Ride Transport Heat-1.
Colten Burdette won C&W Sales Heat-2.
Rod Conley won the MD3 Hard Charger Award advancing four positions.
Roman Brown won the Deatherage Racing Opticians Middleman (11th Place) Award.
Miles Cook II was the FloRacing Rookie of the Race.
Lap Leaders: Burdette (1-22), Schlenk (23-30)
Simpson Race Products Halfway Leader was Colten Burdette.
Swafford Signs White Flag Leader was Rusty Schlenk.
Deatherage Racing Opticians Caution Flags: One lap zero.
Time of Race: 10 minutes, 17 seconds.
Provisional Starters: None
Margin of Victory: 01.250 seconds
Heat One Finish: Seth Daniels, Rob Anderzack, Ryan Davis, Miles Cook II, Rod Conley, Bill Bray, Kevin Reeve, Kyle Wright.
Heat Two Finish: Colten Burdette, Rusty Schlenk, Chad Finley, Dusty Moore, Jason Ferguson, Roman Brown, Travis Carr, Nick Fenner.
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