A National Champion In More Ways Than One, Brayton Carter Takes Back Stretch Honor For The Second Year In A Row

As I have noted before, this will be the second and last time that I check the results for all of the dirt tracks throughout the lower forty-eight to determine the Back Stretch National Champion in five common divisions and in the Limited Modifieds Brayton Carter will go down as the champ in both of those years. 

The four-time All Iowa Points champion, Brayton scored his first IMCA Northern Sport Mod National Championship in 2025 with forty-four feature wins in sixty-three top five finishes.

Louisiana driver Coty Tupper is the runner-up in our National points with Minnesota's Joey Jensen in third. Iowa's Dylan Van Wyk stands in the fourth position with Missouri's Jon Sheets rounding out the top five.

2024 Limited Modified State Champions

Alabama - Hunter Ballard, Beaverton

Arkansas - Coty Tupper, Blanchard LA

California - Danny Wagner, Baypoint

Carolinas - Eric Bentley, Fayetteville NC

Desert Southwest - Rob Moseley, Los Lunas NM

Illinois - Deece Schwartz, Ashmore

Indiana - Carson Freeman, Glencoe KY

Iowa - Brayton Carter, Oskaloosa

Kansas - Tyler Kidwell, Chanute

Kentucky - Caleb Creech, Campton

Michigan - Matt Valiquette, Rapid River

Minnesota - Joey Jensen, Forest Lake

Mississippi/Louisiana - Ethan Bailes, Elizabeth LA

Missouri - Ryan Gillmore, Springfield

Nebraska - Cole Wayman, Lincoln

Northeast US - Josh Wilcox, Franklinville NY

North Dakota - Gabriel Deschamp, Bottineau

Ohio - Jacob Eucker, Fowler

Oklahoma - Dalton Ragsdale, Muskogee

Pacific Northwest - Matt Sanders, Brookings OR & Trevor Points, Salem OR

Pennsylvania - Garrett Calvert, Cochranton

Rockies - Tony Leiker, Gillette WY

South Dakota - Todd Stark, Watertown

Tennessee - Cage Ashby, Lexington

Texas - Jerrett Bransom, Burleson

Virginias - Kendall Hodge, Davisville WV

Wisconsin - Coy Vlies, Casco

Back Stretch National Points

Limited Modifieds 70 Points Minimum

Pos. Driver Hometown Points

1 . Brayton Carter Oskaloosa IA 283

2 . Coty Tupper Blanchard LA 218

3 . Joey Jensen Forest Lake MN 213

4 . Dylan VanWyk Oskaloosa IA 202

5 . Jon Sheets Nevada MO 188

6 . Dan Hovden Decorah IA 177

7 . Jarrett Franzen Maquoketa IA 164

8 . Gabriel Deschamp Bottineau ND 163

9 . Rob Moseley Los Lunas NM 160

10 . Blake Adams Cameron WI 149

11 . Danny Wagner Baypoint CA 147

12 . Willy Kirk Sloan IA 147

13 . Tyler Kidwell Chanute KS 146

14 . Ethan Bailes Elizabeth LA 145

15 . Tony Leiker Gillette WY 144

16 . Jake Smith St. Joseph MN 143

17 . Ryan Gillmore Springfield MO 140

18 . Chad Clancy Polo MO 137

19 . Deece Schwartz Ashmore IL 131

20 . Mitch Keeter Webb City MO 131

21 . Jake Richards Lansing KS 130

22 . Tyler Vernon Ashland WI 126

23 . Ryan Flaten Madison MN 125

24 . Tony Olson Cedar Rapids IA 125

25 . Coy Vlies Casco WI 122

26 . Matt Avila Boone IA 119

27 . Colby Williams Sibley LA 116

28 . Derick Grigsby Marshall TX 116

29 . Taylor Skauge Caledonia MN 116

30 . Trevor Cogburn Robinson TX 115

31 . Broddy Enter New Ulm MN 114

32 . Jerrett Bransom Burleson TX 114

33 . Mario Berger Billings MT 114

34 . Mike Smith Lake City IA 114

35 . Troy Leiker Gillette WY 114

36 . Tim Karrick Basehor KS 113

37 . Dustin Kruse Brandon SD 112

38 . Kris Jackson Lebanon MO 111

39 . Conner Williams Sibley LA 108

40 . Landyn Randt Siren WI 106

41 . Payce Herrera Price UT 106

42 . Brandon Geurin Robinson TX 101

43 . Matt Sanders Brookings OR 100

44 . Jake Sachau Denison IA 99

45 . Colton Livezy New Sharon IA 98

46 . Jory Berg Grand Forks ND 98

47 . Jeffrey Kaup Woodward OK 97

48 . Justin Bjorklund Glenwood MN 97

49 . Cole Hamilton Archie MO 96

50 . Trevor Points Salem OR 96

51 . Tyler Nerud Dorchester NE 96

52 . Cam Reimers Kelley IA 95

53 . Lucas Rodin Marion ND 95

54 . Colton Blankenship Fallon NV 94

55 . Kyle Anderson Jamestown ND 93

56 . Landon Capps Anna TX 93

57 . Caleb Creech Campton KY 92

58 . Jason Vandekamp Scandia MN 91

59 . Todd Stark Watertown SD 90

60 . Kaeden Bronner Austin MN 89

61 . Tyler Bannister Bakersfield CA 89

62 . Dalton Ragsdale Muskogee OK 88

63 . Alec Fett Thompson IA 87

64 . Ty Griffith Webster City IA 87

65 . Dawson David Mexico MO 85

66 . Jayden Pavlicek Casselton ND 85

67 . Kendall Hodge Davisville WV 83

68 . Cameron Meyer Pierce NE 81

69 . Cole Wayman Lincoln NE 80

70 . Klay Beemer Fairmont MN 80

71 . Caleb Woodard Bennington NE 79

72 . Racen Stacy Muskogee OK 79

73 . Riley Osantowski Columbus NE 79

74 . Shawn Parish Price UT 78

75 . Cage Ashby Lexington TN 77

76 . Colson Kirk Urbana MO 77

77 . James Thompson Springfield MO 77

78 . Jason Roth Hazel Green WI 77

79 . Logan Cumby Quincy IL 77

80 . Tyler Watts Beloit KS 77

81 . Cody King Fanshawe OK 76

82 . Michael Blevins Sr. Hibbing MN 75

83 . Ricky Ashley Thurston OR 75

84 . Brennon Weight LaMoure ND 74

85 . Tyler Johnson Laveen AZ 74

86 . Eric Larson Madison Lake MN 73

87 . Garrett Calvert Cochranton PA 73

88 . Isaac Dennis Ripley WV 73

89 . Matthew Edler St. Louis MO 73

90 . Shawn Kralik Creston IA 73

91 . Trevor Clymens Brentwood CA 73

92 . Cole Suckow Cresco IA 71

93 . Ben Moudry Hastings MN 70

94 . Camo Gaston Weatherford TX 70

95 . Cory Kemkes Appleton WI 70

96 . Dawson Zabel Selby SD 70

97 . Kyle Olson Cedar Rapids IA 70

98 . Kyle VanMil Barnesville MN 70

99 . Stephen Clancy Odessa MO 70