JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Jake Neuman had one goal entering the night: Victory in an event in tribute to a long-time sponsor, Carolyn Schuh. That is exactly what he did.
Neuman earned $6,250 for winning Carolyn Schuh Memorial with the Midwest Open Wheel Ass’n sprint car series.
At the start, Neuman, the current MOWA points leader, got the jump on polesitter Jake Blackhurst. Neuman pulled to nearly a straightaway lead by the third lap, which saw a caution fall over the field for Mario Clouser, who slowed on the backstretch.
Meanwhile, fifth-starting Paul Nienhiser was forced pitside for a flat tire that placed him at the tail of the field on the ensuing restart.
Leading the field back to green, Neuman was able to capitalize on the restart and pulled away from the field. Blackhurst held onto second as Jaxton Wiggs and Riley Goodno followed. A lap five tangle between Jeremy Standridge and Brayton Lynch again slowed the momentum of the field. Lynch’s night came to and end, while Standridge rejoined the field.
Neuman paced the field and brought the field back to speed with Blackhurst and Wiggs in two. By lap 10, Wiggs worked around the NineSix Motorsports entry of Blackhurst to take over the second position. Blackhurst immediately pulled to the infield with damage that ended his night early.
Another restart saw Neuman at the front of the field with Jaxton Wiggs and Riley Goodno in tow. As the field set to complete the 11th lap, Paul Nienhiser cartwheeled in turn three resulting in a red flag that prematurely ended the night for the driver of the No. 9x.
A second attempt to restart the race saw Neuman jump ahead while second-starting Jaxton Wiggs moved above the top line in turn two that allowed Will Armitage and Joe Miller to improve their position. Miller then slid past Armitage on the entrance to turn three and set his sights on Riley Goodno for the runner-up position. Zach Daum had moved to the fifth position by lap 15 after starting 18th, by virtue of a B-Main transfer.
Encountering lapped traffic in the closing laps, Neuman was able to extend his lead over Goodno and Armitage, who moved back into third ahead of Joe B. Miller.
With a nearly 0.8-second lead coming to the white flag, Neuman never looked back as he went flag-to-flag to pick up his second Carolyn Schuh Memorial.
Riley Goodno, Will Armitage, Joe B. Miller and Zach Daum rounded out the top five.
The finish:
- 3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 2. 22-Riley Goodno[3]; 3. 7A-Will Armitage[8]; 4. 51B-Joe B. Miller[7]; 5. 92-Zach Daum[18]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[9]; 7. 71-Jaxton Wiggs[4]; 8. 79-Gage Montgomery[19]; 9. B8-John Barnard[10]; 10. 37-Bryce Norris[13]; 11. 52F-Logan Faucon[12]; 12. 16-Kevin Newton[17]; 13. 10S-Jeremy Standridge[11]; 14. 19K-Kenton Pope[14]; 15. 77U-Chris Urish[20]; 16. 96-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 17. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[5]; 18. 9-Tyler Duff[16]; 19. 29-Brayton Lynch[15]; 20. 5H-Mario Clouser[6]
