10/13/2025
American Late Model Iron-Man Series
Colten Burdette Captures Battle of the Bluegrass & Valvoline Weekend Allstars Titles
SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (October 13, 2025)—On Saturday October 4, third place finishing Colten Burdette of Parkersburg, W.V. collected enough points to claim two mini-tour titles with the Battle of the Bluegrass DIRTcar Series presented by Slicker Graphics & Shane Bailey Racing along with the Valvoline Weekend Allstars.
In the Battle of the Bluegrass DIRTcar Series, Burdette claimed the $3,000 winner-take-all top prize by 48 markers over Derek Fisher of Olympia, Ky. Burdette became the seventh different champion of the tour. Seven of the nine races were completed with six different winners on the tour. A total of 89 different drivers raced with the series in 2025, and a total of 61 different drivers have won events since 2002.
In the Valvoline Weekend Allstars mini-tour, Colten Burdette claimed the title and the $5,000 check by a very slim three-marker margin over Rusty Schlenk of McClure, Ohio. There were 111 different drivers who raced in the six-race mini-series with five different winners in six events held. A total of 11 races were scheduled but weather canceled five of them.
The 31-year-old Burdette drove the Steve Curtis owned Rocket Chassis powered by an Andy Durham Race Engine which carries sponsorship from Curtis Towing, Advanced Painting, Dimit Accounting, Matt Cochran’s Trucking, Athens Advanced Chiropractic, Westfall Towing, GO Lithium, and Hoosier Tire by Frye.
The Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series fueled by VP still has two remaining events left on the 2025 schedule with a weekend visit to Atomic Speedway in Waverly, Ohio on Friday October 24 and Saturday October 25 paying $5,000-to-win and $15,000-to-win respectively.
For more information on the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series fueled by VP, please call (828) 361-5981 or log on to www.IMDIRT.net .
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.
Final top five Battle of the Bluegrass DIRTcar Series points:
- Colten Burdette-475
- Derek Fisher-427
- Rusty Schlenk-362
- Rod Conley-269
- Rob Anderzack-264
2025 Battle of the Bluegrass DIRTcar Series Winners:
June 20-Mountain Motor Speedway-Derek Fisher
July 3-Mudlick Valley Raceway-Jason Jameson
July 4-191 Speedway-Derek Fisher
August 2-201 Speedway-Rod Conley
August 16-Richmond Raceway-Josh Rice
September 12-Hidden Hollow Speedway-Cody Mahoney
October 4-Mudlick Valley Raceway-Michael Chilton
Final top five Valvoline Weekend Allstars points:
- Colten Burdette-415
- Rusty Schlenk-412
- Clint Keenan-338
- Rod Conley-328
- Seth Daniels-268
2025 Valvoline Weekend Allstars Winners:
May 2-Attica Raceway Park-Rusty Schlenk
June 27-Limaland Motorsports Park-Colten Burdette
June 28-Montpelier Speedway-Rusty Schlenk
August 2-201 Speedway-Rod Conley
September 13-Muskingum County Speedway-Devin Moran
October 4-Mudlick Valley Raceway-Michael Chilton