06/06/2026
Picked up win #6 last night at Lincoln Speedway with the Midwest Open Wheel Association! We will be off the rest of the weekend. See everyone up north next week with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints!
𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 #𝗠𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗡 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗪𝗔𝗬
Lincoln, Illinois – Fourth-starting Paul Nienhiser took control of the lead on lap five following a caution for polesitter Logan Julien and went on to fend off defending series champion Will Armitage in the closing laps to score his 7th career Morrow Brothers Ford, Inc. MOWA Sprint Car Series victory at the Lincoln Speedway.
Nienhiser’s victory on Friday night was his sixth A-Main win of the season, having won the opening event with MOWA at Jacksonville Speedway, as well as two events with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints and two weekly events at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park and Jacksonville Speedway.
Nienhiser inherited the lead in Friday’s 25-Lap A-Main after Logan Julien slowed in turn three with mechanical issues to his machine. Behind Nienhiser, action picked up throughout the field with Will Armitage , Joe B. Miller and Bryce Norris fighting for position. Nienhiser was able to use lapped cars to his advantage, navigating his way around the ¼-mile oval at the Logan County Fairgrounds, by putting traffic between himself and other drivers.
Running the familiar high line around the Lincoln Speedway, Nienhiser had a comfortable lead as the laps continued to wind down, while second-running Will Armitage set his sights on the . A lead of nearly three-tenths of a second was almost erased with two laps remaining. Armitage gained traction exiting the fourth turn and pulled alongside Nienhiser at the flagstand. Seeing the to his inside, Nienhiser knew he had only one chance to capitalize and pull ahead.
Never contested as the field raced to the checkers, Paul Nienhiser crossed under the flag first, ahead of Will Armitage by half of a second. Joe B. Miller, Bryce Norris and Mario Clouser rounded out the top five.
By virtue of a second place finish, Will Armitage was the evening’s hard charger, having moved forward four positions. Adding another victory to his total, Paul Nienhiser has now earned 34 series victories with the Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Car Series.
“My guys gave me a great car tonight. We had great speed in our heat race moving forward from eighth, to finish second which helped us by making tonight’s redraw. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the help from my sponsors and crew, so thanks to them for that”, said Nienhiser in Victory Lane.
Reigning series champion Will Armitage was thankful to end his night on the podium after last-minute repairs to his machine took him down to the 8-minute pre-race horn. “Man, I didn’t think that we were going to get the repairs made, but big thanks to Brad, Hunter and the rest of the group who help out on the . We had to replace the rear end in the car after our heat race and it took us up until the last possible minute to do so. I almost wasn't in staging before our time with the pre-race horn expired”, said Armitage.
The finish: 1. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[4]; 2. 7A-Will Armitage[6]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[5]; 4. 37-Bryce Norris[3]; 5. 5H-Mario Clouser[2]; 6. 96-Jake Blackhurst[8]; 7. 3N-Jake Neuman[11]; 8. 52F-Logan Faucon[7]; 9. 29-Brayton Lynch[13]; 10. 44-Cory Bruns[12]; 11. 1JR-Steven Russell[15]; 12. 23J-Jordan Welch[16]; 13. B8-John Barnard[17]; 14. 9-Tyler Duff[14]; 15. 99-Korey Weyant[19]; 16. 3B-Shelby Bosie[10]; 17. 2A-Austin Archdale[20]; 18. 16-Kevin Newton[18]; 19. (DNF) 85J-Logan Julien[1]; 20. (DNF) 8-Bryan Brewer[9]
