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The Midwest Compact Touring Series was founded by Andy Jach and Patrick McNamara in the 2013 season with two test events with one at the M-40 Speedway won by Brian Banta and South Bend Motor Speedway won by Tom Taylor. In December 2013 Patrick McNamara and Andy Jach attended a meeting with Steve Vores and Dan Redmond in Farmland, Indiana and agreed to a sanctioning agreement with the Vores Compact Touring Series.

2014: In April Micheal Woody is named the first employee of the touring series as the Marketing Director. Freddie Troup is named the Tech Director. Andy Jach and Patrick McNamara become co-owners of Midwest Compacts LLC. Mike Richardson becomes first series champion and Todd Metz, Jr. becomes the Phantom Race Gear Challenge Series Champion. Kyle Stark wins the 1st Annual World Series of Compacts.

2015: Andy Jach becomes sole owner of Midwest Compacts, LLC. The Midwest Compact Touring Series invades Wisconsin for the first time visiting Madison International Speedway and Wisconsin Dells Raceway. Craig Frase becomes the series champion and Dan Irvine becomes the Phantom Race Gear Challenge Series Champion. Phil Malouf wins the 2nd World Series of Compact winner at the Kalamazoo Speedway. Derek Davis was named the rookie of the year. In October Andy Jach and Dan Redmond announce the two year sanctioning agreement between Midwest Compacts, LLC and the Vores Compact Touring Series has ended. Freddie Troup retires from tech and the end of the season.

2016: Frankie Dettmar is named minority owner of Midwest Compact Touring Series, LLC. Corey Bowen is named the Tech Director. The Series changes is name from VCTS North to the Midwest Compact Touring Series. Phil Malouf becomes the first driver to win Rookie of the Year and Series Champion in the same year. The 3rd Annual World Series of Compact is rained out.

2017: Andy Jach becomes sole owner of Midwest Compact Touring Series, LLC. Kenny Richardson is named the Tech Director of the Series. The Midwest Compact Touring Series announces the Midwest Compact Touring East Series. Don Rufener, III wins the North Series Championship, Wayne Stack is the Phantom Race Gear Challenge Series Champion, and Chad Gray becomes the Rookie of the Year. Jon Quinn becomes the first East Series Champion. Josh Brown won the 4th Annual World Series of Compacts at Highland Rim Speedway in Tennessee.

2018: Jessica Gargagliano is named Director of Business Operations. Micheal Wood is promoted to Vice President of Operations and President of Marketing. Horvath Design becomes a branding partner. Rev X Oil becomes the presenting sponsor with a $5000 points fund. The Midwest Compact Touring Series announces the West Series with a five race schedule for 2018 in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. Also announces a partnership with the Midwest Dash Series for one race at Hawkeye Downs Raceway. Adam Krzykowski becomes the first Michigan North Series Champion and Madilyn Blanch becomes the first female to win Rookie of the Year. Brian Sprague from Brookville, PA wins the East Series Championship and Jacob Gustafson wins the East Series Rookie of the Year. Brandon Delacy wins West Series Championship and Chris Jackson becomes West Rookie of the Year. Phil Malouf becomes first National Champion and Jacob Gustafson first National Rookie of the Year. Pete Doxey becomes the first Michigan driver to win the 5th Annual World Series of Compacts at the Kalamazoo Speedway. The World Series of Compacts becomes the highest paying asphalt race in the Midwest for Compacts with a record $15,000 purse. Andy Jach steps down as the director of operations and Jessica Garaglinao retires. JR Long is named the new Director of Operations/Vice President starting on Jan 1st, 2019. The Midwest Compact Touring also created a weekly Podcast called Compact Weekly presented by Rev X Oil in 2018. Freddie Troup is named to the advisory board.

2019: The Midwest Compact Touring Series, LLC purchased the Midwest Dash Series from Greg Oliver. The Midwest Compact West Series was combined with Dash Series keeping the Dash Series name and history. Micheal Wood becomes part owner of the Midwest Compacts, LLC. Andy Jach becomes Chairman of the Board and Micheal Wood is promoted to Vice Chairman of the Board. Logan Landscaping announces $4000 Rookie of the Year Point Fund, Logan Landscaping announces $2500 Dash Series Points Fund, and Rev X Oil announces return of the $5,000 National Points Fund. Kenny Richardson retires from tech to become a car owner. Darrell Holtzlander is named Tech Director, Hannah Thomas is named special assistant to the Director of Operations, Arik Holtzlander is named to the tech team, and Kenny Richardson to the advisory board. The Midwest Compact Touring Series announces $3000 to win race at Merritt Speedway, $2500 to win race at Kalamazooo Speedway, two $2000 to win races at Sandusky and Birchrun Speedway, five $1000 to win races at Kalamazoo Speedway(1) Birchrun (1) Richmond Raceway (1) Berlin Raceway (2), and $600 to win race at New Paris Speedway. The schedule will see thirty events at twenty three tracks and nine states.

Midwest Compact Touring Series History

Track Records

M40- 6/18/16- 14.905- #27 Dan Irvine Kalamazoo- 4/27/18- 15.098- #7 Paul Bittle Dells- 6/6/15- 15.825- #16 Adam Krzykowski Angola- 6/20/15- 17.112- #27 Dan Irvine Birch Run Speedway - 8/3/18- 18.440- #16 Adam Krzykowski Baer Field- 5/2/16- 21.183- #16 Jacob Bradley Madison- 5/28/16- 21.543- #27 Dan Irvine Galesburg- 7/19/15- 16.552- #02 Jacob Alexander Spartan- 6/24/18- 15.146- #16 Adam Kryzkowski Berlin Raceway-4/22/17- 19.311- #27 Ryan Hoffman Owosso Speedway- 8/4/18- 18.070 #A1 Dan Irvine Rockford Speedway- 7/28/18- 15.110 #5 George Sparkman Jefferson Speedway- 5/26/18- 15.949 #35 Gary Stark Lake Erie Speedway- DNQ Jennerstown Speedway- 8/12/17- 23.31 #007 Don Rufener, IIII Lorain County Speedway- 8/18/18- 16.981 Adam Krzykowski New Paris Speedway- 9/15/18- 15.227 #60 Chad Gray Highland Rim Speedway-DNQ Hawk Eye Down Speedway-6/22/18 23.392 #119 Brand Delacy Midvale Speedway-6/16/18-16.740 #16 Adam Kryzkowski Painesville Speedway-5/5/18-14.451 #47 Don Rufener, Jr. Springport Speedway-4/28/18-17.720 #79 Todd Metz, Jr. Sandusky Speedway-7/6/18-20.80 #75 Brain Sprague Grundy County Speedway-8/25/18-17.669 #119 Brandon DeLacy

2014 2014 Results 6/14 LUCAS OIL- VORES CUP- 192 K Stark *Non-Points 5/10/14 M40 NORTH - 6 C Jennings 5/24/14 Angola CHALLENGE - 38 Spillers 5/25/14 Kalamazoo CHALLENGE - 6 C Jennings 6/7/14 M40 NORTH - 79 Metz Jr. 6/27/14 Dixie NORTH - 79 Metz Jr. 7/4/14 Kalamazoo CHALLENGE - 79 Metz Jr. 7/5/14 M40 CHALLENGE - 79 Metz Jr. 7/19/14 Plymouth NORTH - 1 Richardson 8/2/14 Kalamazoo NORTH - 79 Metz Jr. 8/8/14 Hartford NORTH - 1 Richardson 8/30/14 Angola CHALLENGE/NORTH - 79 Metz, Jr. 10/25/14 KALAMAZOO - WORLD SERIES - 192 K Stark *Non-Points CHAMPION NORTH- 1 Mike Richardson CHAMPION CHALLENGE- 79 Todd Metz, Jr.

2015 Season Results 4/24/15 LUCAS OIL- VORES CUP - 2 Wells *Non-Points 5/16/15 Angola NORTH - 79 Metz Jr. 6/5/15 Madison NORTH - 192 K Stark 6/6/15 Dells NORTH - 192 K Stark 6/20/15 Angola NORTH/SOUTH/CHALLENGE - 16 Bradley 6/21/15 Angola CHALLENGE - 27 Irvine 7/3/15 Kalamazoo NORTH/CHALLENGE - 79 Metz, Jr. 7/4/15 Kalamazoo NORTH/CHALLENGE - 27 Irvine 7/15/15 Baer Field NORTH - 38 Spillers *Non-Points 7/19/15 Galesburg NORTH - 73 Neal III *Non-Points 8/2/15 Galesburg NORTH - 21 Stack 8/2/15 Galesburg NORTH - 02 Alexander 9/4/15 Spartan NORTH - 02 Alexander 10/25/15 KALAMAZOO- WORLD SERIES - 32 Malouf *Non Points NORTH- 50 Craig Frase North Rookie- Derek Davis CHAMPION CHALLENGE- 27 Dan Irvine

2016 Season Results 4/16/16 M-40 Speedway- Mike Long 5/7/16 Baer Field Speedway- Keith Barker 5/28/16 Madison International Speedway- Kyle Stark 5/29/16 Wisconsin Dells Speedway- Dan Irvine 6/17/16 M-40 Speedway- Dan Irvine 6/24/16 Thunderbird- Brian Carlson 7/2/16 Owosso Speedway- Phil Malouf 7/9/16 Berlin Raceway- Dan Irvine 8/6/16 Owosso Raceway- William Hartman 8/21/16 Kalamazoo Speedway- Dan Irvine 9/3/16 Spartan Speedway- Phil Malouf Midwest Compact Touring Series Champion: Phil Malouf Phantom Challenge Series Champion: Wayne Stack 2016 Rookie of the Year: Phil Malouf

2017 Results Midwest Compacts 4/22/17 Berlin Raceway- Phil Malouf 5/26/17 Madison International Speedway- Don Rufener III 5/27/17 Jefferson Speedway- Tom Berens 6/17/17 Rockford Speedway- Brandon Delacy 6/24/17 Berlin Raceway- Adam Krzykowski 7/01/17 Owosso Speedway- Adam Krzykowski 7/21/17 Kalamazoo Speedway- Corey Woods 8/5/17 Owosso Speedway- Todd Metz, Jr. 8/25/17 Birch Run Speedway- Adam Krykowski 9/1/17 Spartan Speedway- Chad Gray 9/8/17 Thunderbird Raceway- Don Rufener, III 9/17/17 New Paris Speedway- Chad Gray 11/4/17 Highland Rim Speedway- World Series Josh Brown-Non Points 2017 North Champion: Don Rufener III 2017 North Rookie of the Year: Chad Gray

East Series 6/17/17 Lake Erie Speedway- Jake Albright 8/12/17 Jennerstown Speedway- Brian Sprague 10/1/17 Lorain County Speedway- Don Rufener III

2017 East Champion: Jon Quinn

2018 Results

North Series

4/27/18 Kalamazoo Speedway- Paul Bittle 4/28/18 Springport Speedway- Todd Metz *National Points Race 6/2/18 Thunderbird Raceway- Brian Carson 6/24/18 Spartan Speedway- Wayne Stack 6/30/18 Owosso Speedway- Pete Doxey 8/3/18 Birch Run Speedway- Adam Krzykowski 8/4/18 Owosso Speedway- Adam Krzykowski 9/1/18 Kalamazoo Speedway- 4th Annual World Series- Pete Doxey 9/16/18 New Paris Speedway- Chad Gray

2018 North Series Champion: Adam Krzkowski 2018 North Rookie of the Year: Madilyn Blanch

East Series

5/5/18 Painesville Speedway- Don Rufener, Jr. 6/9/18 Lake Erie Speedway- Jake Albright 6/16/18 Midvale Speedway- Adam Krzykowski 7/16/18 Sandusky Speedway- Jake Albright 8/11/18 Lancaster Speedway- Brian Sprague 8/18/18 Lorain County Speedway- Jake Albright

2018 East Series Champion: Brian Sprague 2018 East Series Rookie of the Year: Jacob Gustafson

West Series

5/25/18 Madison International Speedway- Brandon Delacy 5/26/18 Jefferson Speedway- Brandon Delacy 6/22/18 Hawk Eye Downs Speedway- Brandon Delacy 7/28/18 Rockford Speedway- Tim Finstad 8/22/18 Grundy County Speedway- Brandon Delacy

2018 West Series Champion: Brandon Delacy 2018 West Rookie of the Year: Chris Jackson

All Time Wins: Todd Metz, Jr. 10 Adam Kryzkowski 6 Dan Irvine 6 Kyle Stark 5 Bandon Delacy 5 Phil Malouf 4 Jake Albright 4 Don Rufener III 3 Chad Gray 3 Mike Richardson 2 Chris Jennings 2 Jacob Alexander 2 Ryan Spillers 2 Brian Carson 2 Brian Sprague 2 Pete Doxey 2 Wayne Stack 2 Jacob Bradley 1 John Neal III 1 Mike Long 1 Keith Barker 1 William Hartman 1 Tom Berens 1 Corey Woods 1 Josh Brown 1 Tim Finstad 1 Paul Bittle 1 Don Rufener, Jr. 1 Toby Wells 1 '