Not even a fan, dissatisfied with the dominance, could stop Ty Majeski from adding the famous rifle to his ever-growing list of trophies on Sunday in the Winchester 400.
Majeski, driving for Michael Hinde Racing in the marquee Super Late Model event for the third year in a row, finally broke through and won on the high banks in Indiana. He led 350 laps overall and that might have been what drew the ire of someone in attendance throwing a beer can onto the frontstretch with 15 laps remaining.
The individual was personally targeted for removal by ASA promoter and Track Enterprises president Bob Sargent. The race resumed and Majeski drove off to the win ahead of Dawson Sutton and Cole Butcher anyway.
“Really, we’ve had race cars that could do this two years in a row but had some engine issues, one let go on us in in 2023 and finished second on seven cylinders last year,” Majeski told Short Track Scene after the race. “Here, you need all eight of them to truly be competitive.
“Just a great show by everyone at HAMKE and Cody (Glick) who prepared the car, they did a good job preparing for this race, with a similar package as past years and just nickel and dimed it to get it a little bit better than we were the past two years.
“Huge thanks to Michael and Mike for letting me run their cars. We have a good collaborative effort … and now won the Winchester 400. It’s a really special relationship and I’m proud to drive their race cars.”
Majeski typically drives a TOBYcar with Toby Nuttleman but has run this race with the Hindes for a variety of reasons.
“It started in 2023 when we ran for the ASA championship,” Majeski said. “The Hindes were big fans and had big respect for what we were doing and reached out and asked if we wanted to run one of theirs. It’s just been a relationship where I could put Michael in one of our cars for Oktoberfest and it’s been a good relationship ever since. Great people.”
Majeski also conceded it’s a matter of recognizing that the Hamke is good at a place like Winchester where the TOBYcar is good at La Crosse and just making sense from a relationship standpoint.
All told, Majeski dominated this race on a day where no one seemed to have much for him anyway. There were times where Sutton and Dawson looked competitive, and also Derek Thorn before getting put in the wall by Billy VanMeter, but this was a one-sided beatdown.
“He was really good all day,” said Sutton about Majeski. “Same with us. My team brought me a really good race car. You know, 400 laps is a lot, but I felt like we did everything we could, saving tires wise. Ty just did it a little bit better.
“I feel like if I did anything different, I would have done a little bit better job on that last restart there. We’ll just move forward and hopefully come back here next year and get a rifle.”
With the finish, Butcher also closed out on the ASA STARS national championship and also the ASA CRA mid-american regional championship.
“No one was going to beat the 91,” Butcher told Short Track Scene. “He was just lights out, especially on a long run. We had a shot on short runs but 15 laps, he’s gone. Congratulations to them. We were able to wrap up the championship and just focus on just trying to race and get a big win.”
The next race for the ASA STARS national championship is the prestigious All-American 400 at Fairgrounds Nashville Speedway.
54th Winchester 400 Winchester Speedway October 12 2025
Matt Weaver is the owner and founder of Short Track Scene. Weaver grew up in the sport, having raced himself before becoming a reporter in college at the University of South Alabama. He also has extensive experience covering NASCAR, IndyCar and Dirt Sprint Cars.
