November 12, 2025

Montgomery, AL — For Jim Wall, the 2025 Show Me The Money season was a year that was long in the making.

Between years of experience at the Pro Late Model level, mastery of Montgomery Motor Speedway’s unique characteristics, and racing in remembrance of a fallen teammate, Wall would not be denied his shot at making short track history.

Wall’s 2025 Show Me The Money Pro Late Model campaign was one of remarkable consistency, with Wall failing to score a finish outside of the top five until the last race of the season. By that point however, Wall’s championship was comfortably in hand anyways.

“It was our first late model championship, and our first track championship since probably 2012 or something like that at Huntsville Speedway in Super Trucks,” said Wall. “It’s a big deal for our team to be Show Me The Money series champions, with our names on the list with some really successful people who have won that championship.”

Wall joins elite company in the short track landscape as a Montgomery track champion. He joins names such as Augie Grill, Ronnie Sanders, and Jerry Goodwin as a late model champion at Alabama’s most historic half-mile race track.

Wall’s triumph in Montgomery competition this year was an emotional one, with the no. 91 crew racing with heavy hearts for the latter half of the season. Roger Bates, a core member of the team, sadly passed away in August.

“Roger was a huge part of our team and what we did. Racing without him, it hasn’t been the same,” said Wall. “He brought an energy to us that was just way different. He was a jack of all trades. We loved having him around and we still miss him a bunch. To win for him was a big deal for us.”

Even with the heavy hearts and heartache that Wall and team encountered over the fall season, they didn’t lose sight of their vision — they had a championship to chase.

At the time, Wall was enthralled in a fairly tight points battle with Tennessean racer Aidan Potter. As the season went on, Wall exhibited strengths that came with his advantage of experience at Montgomery Motor Speedway.

“What plays into our favor [at Montgomery] is that we’ve just raced there a lot,” explained Wall. “I’ve raced there in the Modifieds of Mayhem series, Super Trucks, five seasons or so in a Pro Late Model. Familiarity with a track is a big deal, and having David Ray as a crew chief is a big deal too since he has so much experience at Montgomery.”

The style of Pro Late Model racing at Montgomery is largely based on momentum, which is a concept that Wall grew to be quite familiar with during his rise through the ranks.

“Montgomery’s a momentum track and I come from racing quarter midgets, which are largely momentum-based race cars. Pro Late Model racing probably fits me better in general than other stuff does just because that momentum stuff is what I grew up doing.”

The concept of momentum didn’t just apply on the track, as Wall also kept up great momentum from race to race en route to his eventual championship. Despite the season finale not going the way Wall might have envisioned with an eighth place finish, it still was enough for the North Alabama wheelman to lock up the Show Me The Money championship after an eventful 2025 campaign.

The championship-level feat for Wall and his team was more than a check and trophy — it was a tribute, a homecoming, and a story years in the making.

-per Montgomery Motor Speedway press release

Photo: Connor Cochran