Super Modified Two Wheel Drive Truck

      

My friends at JAK Racing Engines present my 2025 predictions for the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky.  The applications have been submitted and now the hard part for the committee begins, as they sift through all of the amazing competitors and settle on a field of 192 capable champions to run for the glory in Freedom Hall! 

This class has traditionally been one that I predict fairly well on but as of the last few years the applications have increased, the champions have increased, and my percentage of successfully predicting the field has decreased.  A few new faces submitted apps, and a few historical locks for the field did not.  

For 2025, the field will immediately look different as last years champion, Jared Nelson, the Midnight Revenger, and his wife NFMS Runner-Up Bethany Nelson, did not apply for competition. I am not sure what the historical archives will tell us for how far we must go back to where, Jared or his brother Jeremy were not in the field for competition, but in 2025, they will not be.  While Jared may have been the only certain acceptance with his second place PPL points finish, Bethany and Jeremy would have received strong consideration with her success in Louisville and eighth place PPL finish, and his sixth place finish on the Champions Tour.  

Some new blood will appear in Freedom Hall on Thursday and Friday evening, but there are many returners and some former champions in this field.  My list below has three returners from last years finals; the third, fourth, and fifth place finishers Alan Cain, Donnie Sullivan, and Will Teasley.   The field will be highlighted by the respective champions from each of the national touring organizations.  With two of those three trucks making their debut in Louisville, it might be any ones game! 

Super Modified Two Wheel Drive Trucks 

1)Chase Richardson (Suffering Sanity) NTPA GN First

2)John Hunt (Taz) NTPA GN Second

3)Jessie Petro (Buckeye Hauler) NTPA GN Third

4)Donnie Sullivan (Big Stick) NTPA GN Fourth/NFMS 2024 Fourth 

5)Wesley Foster (Barbwire) NTPA GN Fifth

6)Jason Sullivan (Cornburner) PPL First

7)Michael White (Addiction) PPL Third

8)Dr. Tim Messer (Invisalign) PPL Fourth 

9)Chad Mayhill (P5) PPL Fifth

10)Richard Morris (Buffalos Chips) Outlaws First 

11)Donald Nelson (Whip It) Outlaws Second

12)Mendi Nelson Brown (Lil Whip) Outlaws Third

13)Dustin Corliss (Texas Bullseye) Outlaws Fourth

14)Cameron Paschall (High Cotton) Outlaws Fifth 

15)Will Teasley (Apex) Mid South Champ 

16)Brandon Lee (Wild N Blue) NTPA Region IV/UPOC First

17)Craig Corzine (Rekindled) ITPA First

18)Joe Schoenaman (Ol Blue) NTPA Region II SE First

19)Kurt Timmerman (Hot N Nasty) Badger State First

20)Alan Cain (Madd Maxx) 3rd 2024-8th NTPA

21)Chase Carey (Monkey Business) TNT Motorsports First

22)Crystal Willson (Her Dirty Money) NTPA Region VI First 

23)Ross and Dallas Tolliver (Pain in the Cash) OSTPA First

24)Lisa Tatum (Parts City) PPL Seventh 

Statistics 

Here is a breakdown of the numbers per organization including the member states and regional affiliations.  There are a few other vehicles that I considered, and there are a few on this list that I don't know if they applied.  It will be very interesting to see who makes the final cut.  If this list holds true, five rookies will make the field and debut in the magical grounds of Freedom Hall. 

NTPA-9 (NTPA GN-6, NTPA REG II, IV, VI)

PPL-8 (Champions Tour-5, OSTPA-1, Mid South-1, Badger State-1)

Outlaws-5

TNT-1

ITPA-1

5 Rookies 

4 Former Champions-Jessie Petro 2010, 2020, Mendi Nelson Brown 2016, 2022, Donnie Sullivan 1998, Will Teasley 2007. 

The photos for all of my posts for the National Farm Machinery Show predictions presented by my friends at JAK, were taken and supplied by Bryan Thurston.  Bryan owns Thurston Pulling Photos and he does a tremendous job of covering our sport. In 2024, he captured content at eleven different sanctioning bodies events and traveled roughly 19,000 miles.  You can follow Bryan and his tremendous work on all of his Social Media outlets Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube.  Thank you Bryan!