{"id":5484,"date":"2024-07-30T17:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T21:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/?p=5484"},"modified":"2024-07-30T17:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T21:20:42","slug":"what-to-watch-for-meseraull-set-for-return-avedisian-sarff-aim-for-repeats-at-i-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/news\/what-to-watch-for-meseraull-set-for-return-avedisian-sarff-aim-for-repeats-at-i-55\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Meseraull Set for Return; Avedisian, Sarff Aim for Repeats at I-55"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota<\/a> returns to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 for one of its biggest paying events of the year during the Ironman 55<\/em> weekend, Aug. 2-3.<\/p>\n Co-sanctioned by the POWRi National Midget League, the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets will contest a 25-lap, $4,000-to-win main event Friday night before the richest race of the 2024 season Saturday \u2013\u00a0paying $7,500 to the winner and at least $500 to each starter of the 35-lap main event.<\/p>\n Racing alongside the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series<\/a>, the two-day event will showcase the talent of the country\u2019s best open-wheel racers, some of which will be competing in both divisions.<\/p>\n Both Series events also count as the seventh and eighth races of the 2024 Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series, which awards the points champion of the 10-race miniseries with a $2,500 bonus at the end of the season in September, in addition to checks for each of the top-five in final points.<\/p>\n Advance-sale tickets for both days of the Ironman 55<\/em> are available at the World of Outlaws website<\/a> and will also be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can\u2019t be at the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:<\/em><\/p>\n GUESS WHO\u2019S BACK<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0For the first time since the season opener in March, Thomas Meseraull is expected to be part of the Xtreme Outlaw Series roster, returning to the seat of the Engler Tool & Machine, EA-Stealth-powered MF1 Chassis No. 7x in Xtreme competition after being sidelined due to injury sustained in a Non-Wing Sprint Car crash at Paragon Speedway (IN) in late March.<\/p>\n Meseraull, the 43-year-old open-wheel veteran from San Jose, CA, won the 2024 Xtreme season opener inside the Southern Illinois Center in March. After taking several weeks off for recovery, Meseraull returned to Midget action for POWRi\u2019s Illinois SPEEDweek <\/em>in June and has since won twice with POWRi at Lake Ozark Speedway (MO).<\/p>\n When it comes to Midgets at I-55, Meseraull has had success at the 1\/3-mile oval before, scoring a win during Ironman<\/em> weekend in 2015 \u2013\u00a0POWRi\u2019s first time as the support division in the marquee Sprint Car event.<\/p>\n DEFENDING WINNERS<\/strong> \u2013 The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets put on two exciting races during Ironman<\/em> weekend one year ago, won by Karter Sarff and Jade Avedisian, both of whom are expected to be back in action with the Series again this weekend.<\/p>\n Sarff, 21, of Mason City, IL, scored his first career Series victory in Friday night\u2019s main event last year, outrunning 2022 Series champion Zach Daum to bag the win. He\u2019s won twice in Xtreme competition already this year \u2013\u00a0US36 in April and Millbridge Speedway (NC) in May \u2013\u00a0and will go for his fifth career Series victory this weekend piloting his own Provisio Partners, Spike\/Toyota No. 21K.<\/p>\n Avedisian, the 17-year-old reigning Series champion from Clovis, CA, won the Saturday portion of the two-day event last year in a slide job-filled battle with Sarff late in the race to score her sixth career Series win. However, she has struggled throughout the 2024 season, appearing on the podium only once in 14 starts with a best finish of second at Atomic Speedway (OH) in May.<\/p>\n POINTS CHASE<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0A trip through Oklahoma this past weekend meant another Feature win for points leader Cannon McIntosh \u2013\u00a0his sixth of the season \u2013\u00a0and an expanded 160-point gap over teammate Ryan Timms in the championship standings.<\/p>\n McIntosh, 21, of Bixby, OK, is still in search of his first career national Midget series championship driving for Keith Kunz\/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports (KKM). He\u2019s had success at I-55 in the past, winning the April 2023 visit, but couldn\u2019t break the top five during the Ironman<\/em> weekend last year with finishes of eighth and sixth.<\/p>\n Timms, 17, of Oklahoma City, OK, has trailed McIntosh in the standings for most of the season but has seen Victory Lane three times, most recently at Spoon River Speedway (IL) two weeks ago. Unlike McIntosh, Timms has not won at I-55, but finished third to Daum and McIntosh there in April 2023.<\/p>\n ILLINOIS BOYS<\/strong> \u2013 Zach Daum and Chase McDermand have also triumphed in Pevely in the past, both with the POWRi National Midget League.<\/p>\n Daum, 32, of Pocahontas, IL, won the Midget Feature during the Saturday portion of Ironman<\/em> weekend in 2016, topping Kyle Jones and Dave Darland in the 24-car main event. More recently, he ran second to McIntosh at the Xtreme\/POWRi show at I-55 in April 2023 and also claimed the runner-up spot on Friday during last year\u2019s Ironman.<\/em><\/p>\n McDermand, 24, of Springfield, IL, won with POWRi at I-55 in April 2022. He\u2019s coming into the weekend as the most recent Feature winner, taking the checkered flag in the Series debut at Tulsa Speedway (OK) last Saturday night after leading all 30 laps of the main event.<\/p>\n HEY JOE<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0After coming a handful of laps away from his first career Xtreme Outlaw Series Feature win in the 2024 season opener, Joe B. Miller is projected to be back in action with the Midgets this weekend at I-55.<\/p>\n Miller, 33, of Millersville, MO, was leading late in Saturday\u2019s Feature at the Southern Illinois Center this past March when he was involved in an incident while battling Meseraull for the lead. While he ended up scored 12th in the official finishing order, the speed and skill Miller showed in traffic that night demonstrated his abilities in the Midget, which he does not get to display often due to his Sprint Car and Micro Sprint schedule.<\/p>\n However, Miller has found success in the Midget at I-55 in the past, finishing runner-up to McDermand in the POWRi event in April 2022.<\/p>\n THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota returns to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 for one of its biggest paying events of the year during the Ironman 55 weekend, Aug. 2-3. Co-sanctioned by the POWRi National Midget League, the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets will contest a 25-lap, $4,000-to-win main event Friday night before the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":5485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,82],"tags":[141,143,93,113,208,144,174,131,108],"class_list":["post-5484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-midgets","tag-cannon-mcintosh","tag-chase-mcdermand","tag-federated-auto-parts-raceway-at-i-55","tag-jade-avedisian","tag-joe-b-miller","tag-karter-sarff","tag-ryan-timms","tag-thomas-meseraull","tag-zach-daum","infinite-scroll-item"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nWhen and where
\n<\/u>Friday-Saturday, Aug. 2-3, at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, MO<\/p>\n
\nOn the internet<\/u>
\nXtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota<\/a>
\nTwitter\/X \u2013\u00a0@Xtreme_Outlaw<\/a>
\nInstagram \u2013 @XtremeOutlaw<\/a>
\nFacebook \u2013\u00a0@XtremeOutlawSeries.WRG<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLive broadcast<\/u>
\nDIRTVision \u2013\u00a0DIRTVision.com<\/a>. Annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39\/month.<\/p>\n
\nCurrent championship points standings (<\/u>view full standings<\/a>)<\/u><\/p>\n\n
\nToyota Feature winners (7 drivers)<\/u>
\n6 wins \u2013\u00a0Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz\/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)
\n3 wins \u2013\u00a0Ashton Torgerson (Keith Kunz\/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67K), Ryan Timms (Keith Kunz\/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)
\n2 wins \u2013\u00a0Karter Sarff (Karter Sarff Motorsports #21K)
\n1 win \u2013 Thomas Meseraull (Engler Racing #7x), Kale Drake (Keith Kunz\/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97), Zach Daum (Trifecta Motorsports #7U), Chase McDermand (CMR-Mounce\/Stout Motorsports #40)<\/p>\n
\nToyota Feature laps led (15 drivers)<\/u>
\n108 laps \u2013\u00a0Cannon McIntosh
\n77 laps \u2013 Ryan Timms
\n72 laps \u2013\u00a0Ashton Torgerson
\n44 laps \u2013\u00a0Kale Drake
\n41 laps \u2013 Karter Sarff
\n35 laps \u2013 Joe B. Miller
\n30 laps \u2013\u00a0Chase McDermand
\n27 laps \u2013\u00a0Thomas Meseraull
\n25 laps \u2013\u00a0Zach Daum
\n29 laps \u2013\u00a0Hayden Reinbold
\n12 laps \u2013 Taylor Reimer
\n11 laps \u2013 Jade Avedisian
\n5 laps \u2013\u00a0Michael Pickens, Tyler Edwards
\n1 lap \u2013\u00a0Jason McDougal<\/p>\n
\nWhitz RC Racing Products Quick Time Awards (11 drivers)
\n<\/u>4 awards \u2013\u00a0Ethan Mitchell
\n3 awards \u2013\u00a0Kale Drake
\n2 awards \u2013 Karter Sarff, Ryan Timms
\n1 award \u2013 Cannon McIntosh, Kyle Jones, Trevor Cline, Zach Daum, Tyler Edwards, Hayden Reinbold, Chase McDermand<\/p>\n
\nHeat Race winners (22 drivers)<\/u>
\n7 wins \u2013 Ashton Torgerson
\n6 wins \u2013\u00a0Chase McDermand
\n5 wins \u2013 Kale Drake, Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Zach Daum,
\n4 wins \u2013\u00a0Tyler Edwards
\n3 wins \u2013\u00a0Gavin Miller, Trevor Cline
\n2 wins \u2013\u00a0Jade Avedisian, Nick Hoffman, Karter Sarff
\n1 win \u2013 Thomas Meseraull, Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Kyle Jones, Taylor Reimer, Ethan Mitchell, Jason McDougal, Gunnar Setser, Hayden Reinbold<\/p>\n
\nHigh-points honors (12 drivers)<\/u>
\n3 honors \u2013\u00a0Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms
\n2 honors \u2013\u00a0Zach Daum, Ashton Torgerson, Chase McDermand
\n1 honor \u2013 Tyler Edwards, Karter Sarff, Gavin Miller, Kale Drake, Michael Pickens, Hayden Reinbold<\/p>\n
\nLast Chance Showdown wins (10 drivers)<\/u>
\n1 win \u2013\u00a0Taylor Reimer, Gunnar Setser, Austin Torgerson, Gavin Miller, Shane Cottle, Ethan Mitchell, Ashton Torgerson, Ryan Timms, Kyle Jones, Mitchell Davis<\/p>\n
\nHard Charger Awards (14 drivers)<\/u>
\n3 awards \u2013 Hayden Reinbold, Ryan Timms
\n1 award \u2013 Will Armitage, Ryan Timms, Kayla Roell, Gunnar Setser, Jade Avedisian, Chase McDermand, Elijah Gile, Zach Daum, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Jacob Denney, Ashton Torgerson<\/p>\n
\nPodium finishes (16 drivers)<\/u>
\n13 podiums \u2013\u00a0Cannon McIntosh
\n8 podiums \u2013\u00a0Ryan Timms
\n7 podiums \u2013\u00a0Zach Daum
\n5 podiums \u2013\u00a0Chase McDermand
\n4 podiums \u2013\u00a0Ashton Torgerson
\n3 podiums \u2013\u00a0Karter Sarff, Kale Drake, Gavin Miller, Hayden Reinbold
\n1 podium \u2013 Thomas Meseraull, Taylor Reimer, Jade Avedisian, Michael Pickens, Trevor Cline, Jacob Denney, Jason McDougal<\/p>\n
\nTop-10 finishes (37 drivers)<\/u>
\n18 top-10s \u2013\u00a0Cannon McIntosh
\n16 top-10s \u2013 Chase McDermand, Ryan Timms
\n14 top-10s \u2013\u00a0Ashton Torgerson
\n13 top-10s \u2013 Zach Daum
\n10 top-10s \u2013\u00a0Karter Sarff, Gavin Miller
\n9 top-10s \u2013\u00a0Hayden Reinbold
\n8 top-10s \u2013\u00a0Kale Drake, Jade Avedisian
\n7 top-10s \u2013\u00a0Trevor Cline
\n5 top-10s \u2013 Taylor Reimer, Tyler Edwards, Kyle Jones
\n4 top-10s \u2013\u00a0Mitchell Davis
\n3 top-10s \u2013 Ethan Mitchell, Gunnar Setser
\n2 top-10s \u2013\u00a0Shane Cottle, TJ Smith, Sam Johnson, Jacob Denney, Jason McDougal
\n1 top-10 \u2013\u00a0Joe B. Miller, Thomas Meseraull, Will Armitage, Trey Marcham, Rylan Gray, Todd McVay, Kevin Thomas Jr, Elijah Gile, Brayton Lynch, Nick Drake, Jacob Dykstra, Briggs Danner, Michael Pickens, Andrew Felker, Drake Edwards, Jonathan Beason<\/p>\n
\n2024 Schedule & Winners \u2013\u00a0Race No. Day, Date \/ Track \/ Location \/ Winner (Total Wins)
\n<\/u>1. Fri, March 15 \/ Southern Illinois Center \/ Du Quoin, IL \/ Thomas Meseraull (1)
\n2. Sat, March 16 \/ Southern Illinois Center \/ Du Quoin, IL \/ Cannon McIntosh (1)
\n3. Fri, April 5 \/ US 36 Raceway \/ Osborn, MO \/ Karter Sarff (1)
\n4. Sat, April 6 \/ Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex \/ Sweet Springs, MO \/ Kale Drake (1)
\n5. Fri, April 12 \/ Farmer City Raceway \/ Farmer City, IL \/ Ryan Timms (1)
\n6. Sat, April 13 \/ Farmer City Raceway \/ Farmer City, IL \/ Ashton Torgerson (1)
\n7. Fri, May 10 \/ Humboldt Speedway \/ Humboldt, KS \/ Ashton Torgerson (2)
\n8. Sat, May 11 \/ 81 Speedway \/ Park City, KS \/ Cannon McIntosh (2)
\n9. Tue, May 21 \/ Millbridge Speedway \/ Salisbury, NC \/ Karter Sarff (2)
\n10. Wed, May 22 \/ Millbridge Speedway \/ Salisbury, NC \/ Zach Daum (1)
\n11. Fri, May 24 \/ Atomic Speedway \/ Chillicothe, OH \/ Ryan Timms (2)
\n12. Sat, May 25 \/ Atomic Speedway \/ Chillicothe, OH \/ Cannon McIntosh (3)
\n13. Thu, May 30 \/ Doe Run Raceway \/ Doe Run, MO \/ Cannon McIntosh (4)
\n14. Fri, May 31 \/ Coles County Speedway \/ Matoon, IL \/ Ashton Torgerson (3)
\n15. Fri, July 19 \/ Spoon River Speedway \/ Lewistown, IL \/ Ryan Timms (3)
\n16. Sat, July 20 \/ Spoon River Speedway \/ Lewistown, IL \/ Cannon McIntosh (5)
\n17. Fri, July 26 \/ Arrowhead Speedway \/ Colcord, OK \/ Cannon McIntosh (6)
\n18. Sat, July 27 \/ Tulsa Speedway \/ Tulsa, OK \/ Chase McDermand (1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"