55th Annual Nightfire Nationals presented by Bi-Mart

Firebird Raceway – Thursday-Sunday, August 6-9, 2026

Sunday, August 9

AA/Funny Car

Shane Westerfield .130, 5.77, 252.85 def. Nathan Sitko .086, 6.01, 226.89

AA/Fuel Dragster

Tyler Hilton .090, 5.78, 256.80 def. Pete Kaiser .099, 11.89, 69.55

 

AA/Fuel Altered (6.00 index)

Brandon Seraphine .073, 6.16, 233.20 def. Vince Karstetter -.072, 6.05, 217.28

Pro Mod

Bret Williamson .160, 3.90, 197.74 def. Rich Fiechter .042, 4.47, 166.15

Bracketeer

Preston Pennington .003, 4.60 (4.60 dial) 146.07 def. Ryan O’Connor .000, 4.67 (4.65 dial) 136.41

Pro

Davis Deming .014, 10.47 (10.46 dial) 122.48 def. Sean Clark .056, 9.94 (9.94 dial) 121.00

Heavy

Frank Veloz .066, 12.92 (12.90 dial) 106.53 def. Tyler Rush -.014 foul, 17.96 (11.95 dial) 54.14

Pro Comp

Roger Turley .015, 8.38 (8.38 dial) 156.46 def. Dustin Lee .012, 7.76 (7.77 dial) 171.47

Bike/Sled

Chad Hofert .002, 8.99 (8.94 dial) 149.31 def. Jesse May -.028 foul, 9.22 (9.19 dial) 141.88

Top Fire Runoff

Rayce Kidd .000, 4.61 (4.60 dial) 134.30 def. Henry Roberson .016, 5.63 (5.62 dial) 121.50

Top Fire Full Bodied

Henry Roberson .006, 5.63 (5.61 dial) 118.83 def. Duston Wurtz .022, 5.22 (5.21 dial) 133.07

Top Fire Open Wheel

Rayce Kidd .013, 4.60 (4.58 dial) 139.63 def. Mark Kidd .031, 4.61 (4.59 dial) 150.93

2026 Special Awards

23rd Jaker Allstar honoree
Bret Williamson

40th Bracketeer Allstar honoree
Dairld Wurtz

23rd Pro Allstar honoree
John Cozzette

Best Appearing Full Bodied Car
Karissa Windley, Camaro

Best Appearing Open Wheel
Dairld Wurtz | Ann Marie Glembocki, Dragsters

Best Appearing Altered
Lynn Johnston, Pro Comp Altered

Best Appearing Motorcycle
Jesse May

Best Appearing Professional Car
Rod & Melynda Burbage, Pro Mod Corvette

Best Appearing Crew
Matthews Motorsports AA/Funny Car team

Best Engineered
Jenna Michaud, Dragster

Long Distance
Gerald Hangey, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, 2,430 miles one-way

AA/Fuel Dragster (round two)
Kaiser .239, 9.15, 93.80 – bye
Hilton .117, 5.74, 257.38 def. Hangey .172, 6.29, 232.39

AA/Funny Car (round three)
Westerfield .058, 6.97, 242.19 def. Capps .113, 6.95, 240.85
Sitko .074, 5.79, 237.34 def. Jurado .086, 6.01, 226.89

AA/Fuel Altered (6.00 index, round two)
Karstetter .109, 6.00, 247.57 def. Mathew Leonard .131, 6.11, 231.83
Seraphine .102, 6.09, 228.85

Pro Modified (round three)
Williamson .015, 4.04, 186.28 def. Hovey .019, 4.11, 188.60
Fiechter – bye

2026 Final Three-Day Point’s Standings

AA/Fuel Dragster (round one)
Pete Kaiser .162, 5.88, 242.76 def. Austin Arnerich .148, 6.00, 231.52
Gerald Hangey .162, 5.80, 263.36 def. Bobby Cottrell .084, 9.59, 85.30
Tyler Hilton .139, 15.46, 69.93 – bye

AA/Funny Car (round two)
Jurado .345, 5.68, 251.63 def. Espeseth .185, broke
Sitko .114, 5.78, 245.40 – bye
Westerfield .104, 6.74, 218.30 def. Plate .103, 7.92, 136.06
Capps .103, 5.66, 254.90 def. Stafford .138, 5.69, 257.33

AA/Fuel Altered (6.00 index, round one)
Brandon Seraphine .103, 6.19, 198.82 def. Rodney Flournoy .151, 7.05, 186.07
Vince Karstetter .103, 6.11, 212.86 def. James Day .035, 6.44, 231.63
Mathew Leonard .172, 5.99, 234.78 def. Jason Pettit – broke

Pro Modified (round two)
Hovey .091, 4.55, 175.23 def. Doug Reed .047, 4.62, 182.26
Williamson .058, 3.88, 198.06 def. Troy Baugh .051, 4.10, 190.11
Fiechter .062, 4.47, 163.97 def. Radford .467, 4.28, 181.62

Saturday, August 8

AA/Funny Car (round one)
Jon Capps .193, 5.69 254.28 def. Mike Peck, Broke during burnout
Jerry Espeseth .157, 5.74 230.65 def. Travis Shumake .147, 6.38 188.99
Shane Westerfield .109, 5.59 260.01 – bye
Nathan Sitko .083, 6.11 179.14 def. Tim Eickstadt .138, 8.89 101.10
Eily Stafford .178, 5.67 258.22 def. Bill Windham .018, 6.27 235.23
Tony Jurado .121, 5.70 255.29 def. Derrick Moreira .128, 5.71 255.68
Todd Plate .124, 6.05 175.96 def. Tim Boychuk .055, 7.85 117.39

Pro Modified (round one)
Joey Hovey .050, 4.06, 186.82 def. Pete Battaglia .571, 4.17, 161.98
Dennis Radford .055, 4.16, 170.02 def. Gabe Cogswell .106, 4.30, 172.85
Bret Williamson .068, 3.82, 199.58 def. Rod Burbage .034, 3.91, 193.93
Doug Reed .076, 4.80, 172.63 def. Dan Martin .045, Broke
Rich Fiechter .048, 4.47, 166.79 def. Kirk Lee .160, 4.90, 133.34
Troy Baugh .046, 3.94, 196.30 def. Rocky Robinson .027, 5.02, 105.53

AA/Fuel Altered (6.00 index, final qualifying)
1. Brandon Seraphine 6.02, 232.39
2. Vince Karstetter 6.03, 264.55
3. Mathew Leonard 6.11, 238.05
4. Jason Pettit 6.33, 219.97
5. James Day 6.90, 153.47
6. Rodney Flournoy 7.14, 174.10

Top Fuel (final qualifying)
1. Tyler Hilton 5.68, 256.75
2. Pete Kaiser 5.77, 221.31
3. Gerald Hangey 5.84, 262.54
4. Bobby Cottrell 5.94, 250.64
5. Austin Arnerich 6.19, 207.98

Bracketeer
Jacob Stolworthy .004, 4.49 (4.49 dial) 145.75 def. Hannah VanderMeer .055, 4.69 (4.72 dial) 147.44

Pro
Brandon Umberger .021, 11.62 (8.83 dial) 77.98 def. Tyler Sally -.029 foul, 11.04 (11.05 dial) 117.44

Heavy
Frank Veloz .028, 12.94 (12.96 dial) 107.68 def. Jeff Bell .063, 12.41 (12.48 dial) 105.58

Pro Comp
Logan Ackly .098, 8.89 (8.87 dial) 152.73 def. Lynn Johnston, broke in burnout box

Sled/Bike
Chad Hofert .012, 8.95 (8.98 dial) 153.37 def. Clay Pollitt .020, 8.93 (8.96 dial) 150.35

AA/Funny Car (final qualifying)
1. Shane Westerfield 5.60, 258.67
2. Nathan Sitko 5.64, 248.43
3. Jerry Espeseth 5.65, 253.09
4. Jon Capps 5.68, 241.97
5. Eily Stafford 5.73, 255.39
6. Tony Jurado 5.86, 249.16
7. Tim Boychuk 5.82, 251.77
8. Todd Plate 5.84, 247.70
9. Derrick Moreira 5.91, 236.13
10. Bill Windham 6.30, 201.07
11. Mike Peck 6.57, 157.12
12. Travis Shumake 8.29, 107.42
13. Tim Eickstatdt 8.71, 99.85

Pro Modified (final qualifying)
1. Brett Williamson 3.84, 199.85
2. Rod Burbage 3.92, 193.63
3. Dennis Radford 3.92, 187.55
4. Troy Baugh 3.99, 192.19
5. Doug Reed 3.99, 189.23
6. Dan Martin 4.01, 188.07
7. Joey Hovey 4.04, 183.00
8. Gabe Cogswell 4.27, 178.85
9. Rocky Robinson 4.34, 177.04
10. Rich Fiechter 4.47, 166.85
11. Kirk Lee 5.20, 107.50
12. Pete Battaglia DQ

Top Fire Open Wheel (final qualifying)
1. Jenna Michaud 4.01, 179.64
2. Rod Belsham 4.39, 158.20
3. Tim Wallace Jr. 4.39, 157.87
4. Dairld Wurtz 4.39, 157.87
5. Blu Hayball 4.43, 158.04
6. Kevin Johnson 4.45, 155.47
7. Jacob Stolworthy 4.46, 156.03
8. Chase Leerkamp 4.47, 155.38
9. Ann Marie Glembocki 4.47, 154.99
10. Josh Herman 4.49, 153.47
11. Ryan O’Connor 4.51, 159.42
12. Ken Nelson 4.53, 153.35
13. Rayce Kidd 4.55, 152.88
14. Mason Watts 4.57, 152.95
15. Will Carnell 4.57, 152.95
16. Mark Kidd 4.58, 152.02

Top Fire Full Bodied (final qualifying)
1. Mark Austin 4.84, 145.28
2. Sean Richardson 4.87, 142.21
3. Shawn Hart 4.95, 140.75
4. Jim Tattersall 5.03, 137.20
5. Cameron Keller 5.16, 133.35
6. Bill Dykes 5.19, 135.33
7. Paul Eddins 5.19, 134.10
8. Duston Wurtz 5.21, 133.98
9. John Shaffer 5.26, 133.03
10. Jake Swiger 5.30, 131.74
11. Brandon Hoover 5.31, 131.61
12. Chad Belshaw 5.46, 127.93
13. Brandon Umberger 5.64, 123.42
14. Seth McLean 5.54, 124.17
15. Henry Roberson 5.61, 123.32
16. Mike Rock 5.74, 119.64

Friday, August 7

Bracketeer
Sean Shaffer .004, 4.67 (4.67 dial) 147.97 def. Trevor Harkema .017, 4.66 (4.66 dial) 146i.02

Pro
Sean Clark .034, 9.98 (9.96 dial) 123.71 def. Brandon Umberger -.002 foul, 10.34 (8.86 dial) 93.75

Heavy
Tyke Roberts .007, 12.21 (12.13 dial) 98.42 def. Michelle Dill .064, 12.15 (11.74 dial) 88.61

Pro Comp
Roger Turley .106, 8.53 (8.34 dial) 133.78 def. Kevin Shumway .218, 9.17 (9.06 dial) 146.24

Bike/Sled
Chad Hofert .053, 8.96 (8.95 dial) 149.46 def. Cameron Cook .024, 9.81 (9.83 dial) 136.95