MADISON, Wis. — Zack Riddle, Ray Hellenbrand and Nick Schmidt came to Madison as point leaders and went home as track champions following a rain-shortened NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Championship Night.
In feature action, Riddle picked up another win in the NASCAR Late Models while Hellenbrand captured a pair of wins in the Dave’s White Rock MISfitz. Schmidt did it again in the Pellitteri Waste Systems Bandits and became the first driver to win four straight track championships at Madison.
Randy Grancorvitz took home the win in the Roto Rooter 6Shooters.
This was Riddle’s fourth track championship at Madison after winning titles in 2015, 2018 and 2021.
He held off the bounty hunters and won the 30-lap feature for the NASCAR Late Models. It was his eighth win of the season and 28th in his Late Model career at Madison placing him third on the all-time list.
Morgan Schissel and Ryan Goldade brought the fourteen car field to the green flag. From the outside, Goldade took the early lead over Schissel. On lap three, Shaun Scheel and Riddle were battling it out for third with Brent Edmunds also joining the mix.
On lap four, Riddle cleared Scheel for third. The top three were breaking away from the field in straight alignment before the caution flag waved on lap seven when the car of Scheel slowed.
Goldade continued to lead when the green flag waved with Riddle moving to the inside of Schissel for second. Riddle was able to clear Schissel for second and quickly chased down Goldade to take the lead on lap 10.
A spin on lap 11 brought out the caution.
Before the race could restart, rain started to fall, bringing out the red flag.
After a short rain delay, Riddle brought the field back to green.
Riddle continued to lead with Goldade and Edmunds running second and third. On lap 15, Bobby Wilberg moved to the inside of Stephen Scheel to take fourth. Out front, Riddle had a six-car length lead over Goldade.
With 10 laps to go, a battle was taking place behind Riddle who was able to maintain his lead.
On lap 21, Wilberg worked his way past Edmunds for third and started to close in on Goldade. With six laps to go, the leaders had caught the tail end of the field and started to work their way through traffic.
Wilberg powered his way past Goldade to take second with five laps to go.
Wilberg, who started last after mechanical issues earlier in the night, needed a caution flag in order to have a chance to catch Riddle. Unfortunately for him, the race stayed green and Riddle picked up the checkered flag.
Rounding out the top five were Goldade, Edmunds and Scheel.
Before the second feature could take the green flag, the rains returned and ended the night of racing.