LAKE ODESSA, Mich. – Travis Stemler has announced plans to partner with dirt late model car owners Chad and Kayla Anklam next season.

Stemler, the runner-up in the American Ethanol Late Model Tour standings this year, spent the last three seasons racing for Michigan-based Scott and Pam Phillips Motorsports.

In that time, Stemler drove to one American Ethanol Late Model Tour victory and one non-points feature win, along with two runner-up finishes in the standings the last two seasons. The team also enjoyed many top-five and top-10 performances during Stemler’s tenure.

“We had a great run, we had a good three years. We just, kinda, at the end of the year, just decided that it was time to go kinda separate directions in each other’s programs,” Stemler said.

Stemler went on to explain that one of the biggest contributing factors to the split was the travel time and distance between he and Scott and Pam Motorsports’ race shop.  He explained that it was nearly two and a half hours one way for him to work on the car and help get it prepared for the upcoming races.

His new ride with Chad and Kayla Anklam will be in the McCallister Cat Rentals XR1 Rocket. Stemler also says that he has already begun the process of preparing the car for the season ahead. The team has also purchased a new truck and trailer for travel.