7/7/2025
American Late Model Iron-Man Series
Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series Joins Summer Nationals at Oakshade Raceway for 28th Annual Birthday Race
SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (July 7, 2025)—The 28th Annual Birthday Race will take place on Saturday July 12 at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio featuring the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series fueled by VP co-sanctioned for the second-straight event with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Series. The 40-lap main event pays $10,000-to-win. The Summit Modified Nationals and the Super Stocks will also be in action.
During last year’s 27th Annual edition of the Birthday Race, Ashton Winger of Hamton, Ga. collected the $10,000 prize over Tyler Erb, Devin Shiels, Jake Rendel, Trey Mills, Wil Herrington, Ryan Missler, Casey Noonan, Steve Kester & Colin Shipley. Noonan of Sylvania, Ohio is the most recent Oakshade Raceway victor on July 5.
Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill. won the latest Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series vs. Summer Nationals Series event last Saturday July 5 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. over Mark Whitener, Colten Burdette, Tyler Erb & Billy Moyer. Burdette of Parkersburg, W.V. leads the championship standings over Rusty Schlenk, Rod Conley, Seth Daniels & Clint Keenan.
On Saturday July 12th at Oakshade Raceway, the pit gates will open to everyone at 10:00 am, cleared at 4:00 pm for pit pass holders only, the drivers meeting is slated for 6:00 pm and hot laps/qualifying will begin at 6:30 pm. Adult general admission is $20 while adult pit passes are $30.
The Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series Fueled by VP Racing Fuels and DIRTcar Summer Nationals will co-sanction the Super Late Model portion of the event (all DIRTcar Summer Nationals Series rules and procedures apply) and the tire rule will be as follows: Fronts and Left Rear: Hoosier NLMT 2; Right Rear: Hoosier NLMT 2, NLMT 3, and NLMT 4. There is NO entry fee for this event (driver must be a DIRTcar member) and transponders for timing/scoring will be available for rent at the track.
Oakshade Raceway is located at 12985 Co. Rd. 14-2 in Waueson, OH 43567. For more information, log on to www.OakshadeRaceway.com .
For more information on the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series, call (828) 361-5981 or log on to www.IMDIRT.net.
July 12th Feature Purse: 1. $10,000, 2. $5,000, 3. $3,000, 4. $2,000, 5. $1,800, 6. $1,600, 7. $1,400, 8. $1,200, 9. $1,000, 10. $700, 11. $500, 12. $500, 13. $500, 14. $500, 15. $500, 16. $500, 17. $500, 18. $500, 19. $500, 20. $500, 21. $500, 22. $500.
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, 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, Allgaier Performance Parts, Allgaier Racing Shocks, Domination Race Cars (Official Victory Lane Sponsor), Swafford Signs (Official Graphics), MyRacePass (Official Website), Deatherage Racing Opticians (Middleman Award), Wayne’s Auto Repair, Slicker Graphics, First Line Industries, Jim & Nancy Viox, LUSESTYLE.com, Octane Custom Trailers, CNR & Dirt Empire Magazine.
Current Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series Points (after 7-5-25)
- Colten Burdette-568
- Rusty Schlenk-519
- Rod Conley-412
- Seth Daniels-371
- Clint Keenan-336
- Rob Anderzack-298
- Dusty Moore-277
- Jerry Bowersock-266
- Jeff Babcock-264
- Josh Rice-225
Birthday Race Previous Winners:
1998-Donnie Moran
1999-Rained Out
2000-Kevin Weaver
2001-Billy Moyer
2002-Billy Moyer
2003-Don O’Neal
2004-Shannon Babb
2005-Brian Shirley
2006-Shannon Babb
2007-Jeep VanWormer
2008-Matt Miller
2009-Tim McCreadie
2010-Rusty Schlenk
2011-Shannon Babb
2012-Ryan Unzicker
2013-Matt Miller
2014-Matt Miller
2015-Billy Moyer Jr.
2016-Jon Henry
2017-Kent Robinson
2018-Zack Dohm
2019-Chris Keller
2020-No Event Held
2021-Ashton Winger
2022-Devin Moran
2023-Ashton Winger
2024-Ashton Winger