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NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 18)—A week void of good luck and sprinkled with some bad luck forced Dereck Ramirez to do what fans have become accustomed to—figuring it all out for the finale and heading home with the biggest check.
It happened again Saturday night as Ramirez was the class of the field for the final night of the 23rd Annual Masters at the Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. It was the 22nd win of his USMTS career but first at this racetrack.
The defending champion of the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt, Ramirez drew the No. 4 chip to put his No. 4R machine in the fourth starting spot for the 30-car, 45-lap main event.
But it was Jake O’Neil earning the Sybesma Graphics Pole Award for the third night in a row, and in position to backup his winning effort on Friday night.
O’Neil jumped out to an early lead but it was obvious this would not be a runaway as Clayton Wagamon tore up the cushion by taking the longest way around the high-banked 3/8-mile oval.
For Wagamon, it was the fastest way though and he blasted ahead of O’Neil to take the lead with five laps in the books. His lead lasted 13 laps before Ramirez used the middle of the racetrack to maneuver his way into the top spot.
Ramirez never trailed again as he was able to navigate heavy lapped traffic in the closing laps to keep a charging O’Neil behind him at the checkers.
The win was worth $10,000 to the 35-year-old from Woodward, Okla., and his third of the season.
Between Ramirez, O’Neil (6 wins) and points leader Dustin Sorensen (4 wins) three trio have claimed 13 of the 18 feature races in 2022. Those same three won all three Masters main event this weekend.
Behind O’Neil, Jake Timm finished third while never leaving the top five and Friday’s runner-up Tanner Mullens held off Sorensen for the fourth spot.
Rodney Sanders was sixth, Wagamon secured the seventh position, eighth went to Zack VanderBeek, Dan Ebert capped off a strong week in ninth and Terry Phillips rounded out the top 10.
24 before 5: The USMTS drivers and teams will be on hiatus for the next 24 days—or in many cases they’ll be looting other dirt modified shows—before embarking on a huge week featuring five main events at three different racetracks.
The series returns to action on Tuesday, July 12, at the Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City, Iowa, for the 3rd Annual Mod Mania, and then it’s the annual return to “The Big O” for the 2nd Annual Mod Wars on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 14-16, at the Ogilvie Raceway
In Ogilvie, Minn.
The whirlwind return to battle wraps up Sunday, July 17, with the 13th Annual Summersota Nationals at the Casino Speedway in Watertown, S.D.—one of the most popular stops on tour year after year.
If you can’t be there in person, witness all the action from anywhere on any device with your RacinDirt Pit Pass where you can watch live and access exclusive content on your desktop and laptop computers, as well as a suite of apps for added convenience including Roku, Amazon Fire, iOS, Apple TVGoogle Play.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
23rd Annual Masters – Night 3 of 3
Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown. Heat race lineups are determined via group qualifying. The top 12 in heat race passing points advance to the Summit Racing Equipment “A” Main.
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (4) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (5) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
3. (1) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
4. (6) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
5. (3) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
6. (2) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
7. (7) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
8. (8) W Cory Williams, Spring Valley, Wis.
9. (9) 22 Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
DNS – 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (3) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2. (4) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (7) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
4. (2) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
5. (1) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
6. (5) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
7. (9) 44H Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
8. (8) 9 Joey Jensen, Forest Lake, Minn.
9. (6) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
2. (3) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (2) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
4. (6) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
5. (4) 96M Mike McKinney, Plainfield, Ill.
6. (5) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
7. (7) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown, S.D.
8. (8) 173 Cole Boston, Lindstrom, Minn.
9. (9) 71 A.J. Roschen, Somerset, Wis.
MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (4) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (1) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
3. (2) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
4. (3) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn.
5. (6) WIN1 Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
6. (5) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
7. (8) 04JR Andy Jones, Princeton, Minn.
8. (7) 43K Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
9. (9) 27P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
VP RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (3) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (5) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
4. (1) 10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
5. (4) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
6. (8) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
7. (7) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
8. (9) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
9. (6) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
WRISCO HEAT RACE #6 (8 laps):
1. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2. (4) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
3. (2) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
4. (6) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
5. (7) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
6. (8) 29D Brad Dierks, Clarence, Iowa
7. (3) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
8. (5) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
9. (9) 12B Cory Bruggeman, Stillwater, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (2) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
3. (4) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn.
4. (3) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
5. (8) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
6. (10) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
7. (6) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
8. (9) 44H Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
9. (15) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
10. (5) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
11. (12) 173 Cole Boston, Lindstrom, Minn.
12. (11) W Cory Williams, Spring Valley, Wis.
13. (7) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
14. (14) 27P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
15. (13) 22 Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (2) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
3. (3) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
4. (6) WIN1 Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
5. (4) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
6. (8) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
7. (7) 29D Brad Dierks, Clarence, Iowa
8. (9) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
9. (10) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown, S.D.
10. (12) 43K Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
11. (14) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
12. (11) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
13. (5) 96M Mike McKinney, Plainfield, Ill.
14. (13) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #3 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (2) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
2. (1) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
3. (3) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
4. (4) 10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
5. (7) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
6. (9) 04JR Andy Jones, Princeton, Minn.
7. (10) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
8. (5) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
9. (8) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
10. (12) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
11. (6) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
12. (14) 12B Cory Bruggeman, Stillwater, Minn.
13. (11) 9 Joey Jensen, Forest Lake, Minn.
14. (13) 71 A.J. Roschen, Somerset, Wis.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (45 laps):
1. (4) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (1) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
3. (3) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
4. (6) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
5. (8) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
6. (9) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
7. (2) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
8. (7) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
9. (13) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
10. (11) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
11. (14) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
12. (19) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn.
13. (26) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
14. (28) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
15. (24) 10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
16. (10) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
17. (16) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
18. (30) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
19. (20) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
20. (5) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
21. (12) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
22. (29) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
23. (21) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
24. (15) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
25. (18) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
26. (27) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
27. (22) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
28. (17) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
29. (23) WIN1 Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
30. (25) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
Lap Leaders: O’Neil 1-5, Wagamon 6-18, Ramirez 19-45.
Total Laps Led: Ramirez 27, Wagamon 13, O’Neil 5.
Margin of Victory: 1.197 seconds.
Time of Race: 23 minutes, 43.445 seconds (3 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Hughes, Ahumada.
Emergency Provisionals: Fuqua, Wolff, Brown, Givens.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Bargender (started 24th, finished 15th).
Entries: 55.
Next Race: Tuesday, July 12, Mason City Motor Speedway, Mason City, Iowa.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points: TBD.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: TBD.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: TBD.
Compstar/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: TBD.
O’Neil outduels Mullens for Masters glory
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 17)—On the second night of the 23rd Annual Masters at the Cedar Lake Speedway, Jake O’Neil raced side-by-side with Tanner Mullens for the better part of Friday night’s 40-lap feature and held on to claim the $5,000 top prize.
It was the sixth win for O’Neil in this year’s Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt and the fifth time Mullens has settled for the runner-up paycheck—four of them following O’Neil to the checkered flag.
O’Neil took the lead when the race started and he battled hard to fend off Terry Phillips for the first dozen laps, leading many of them by a mere bumper over the veteran.
Mullens eventually made his way in front of Phillips using the center of the high-banked 3/8-mile oval, and then pulled even with O’Neil as they completed the 15th lap. From that moment on, the two were separated by less than a second every time they crossed beneath the flagstand.
Meanwhile, back-and-forth battles throughout the field left spectators wishing for a spare set of eyeballs. While O’Neil and Mullens crossed the stripe next to each other for the last 20 laps, Phillips and Dustin Sorensen mirrored that action in a race for third.
Mullens beat O’Neil to the strip by a nose to lead for the first time on lap 26, but it was the last time as a lapped car briefly slowed his momentum enough to let O’Neil powered back into the lead one lap later.
In the end, O’Neil captured his 26th career win with a half-second advantage over Mullens. It was worth $5,000 to the 30-year-old from Tucson, Ariz.
“It was awesome racing with them guys and I appreciate them giving me room,” O’Neil said of his bouts with Phillips and Mullens. “He (Mullens) he could have taken it a couple times there and I was just holding on for dear life, honestly. I feel like them guys are probably a lot better than I was. I’d rather be lucky than good.”
O'Neil, Mullens and Phillips filled the podium steps while Clayton Wagamon got by Sorensen to earn a fourth-place check. Darrell Nelson, Zack VanderBeek, Rodney Sanders, Carlos Ahumada Jr. and Dan Ebert completed the top 10.
Masters finale happens Saturday: The 23rd Annual Masters continues Saturday with complete programs for all classes. USMTS Modifieds and Super Late Models compete in a pair of $10,000-to-win championship features while USRA Late Models have a $1,000 top prize up for grabs.
The pit gate opens at 2 p.m., spectator gates open at 5, drivers will gather for their pit meeting at 6 with hot laps at 6:30 and racing getting underway at 7.
Saturday’s general admission tickets are $40, students are $20 and pit passes are $45. Kids ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge.
If you can’t be there in person, witness all the action at RacinDirt.TV. Watch live and access exclusive content on your desktop and laptop computers, as well as a suite of apps for added convenience including Roku, Amazon Fire, iOS, Apple TVGoogle Play.
Founded in 1957, the Cedar Lake Speedway is a state-of-the-art 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval and is one of the nation's leading short track facilities.
The track is located 1.0 mile east of SR 35 on SR 64, then 4.2 miles north on CR C to CR CC, then left 1.8 miles. For more information, call (612) 363-0479 or (715) 248-7119 or visit CedarLakeSpeedway.com.
Visit usmts.com for schedules, points, photos, souvenirs, videos and more. Follow our social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. Click here to get USMTS news delivered to your inbox.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
23rd Annual Masters – Night 2 of 3
Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Friday, June 17, 2022
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown. Heat race lineups are determined via group qualifying. The top 12 in heat race passing points advance to the Summit Racing Equipment “A” Main.
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (2) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
3. (4) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
4. (3) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
5. (8) 10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
6. (9) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
7. (5) 43K Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
8. (10) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
9. (7) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
10. (6) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
2. (1) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn.
3. (4) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
4. (3) WIN1 Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
5. (7) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
6. (6) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
7. (5) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
8. (8) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
9. (9) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (3) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
3. (5) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
4. (2) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
5. (6) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
6. (4) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
7. (9) 73 Andy Jones, Princeton, Minn.
8. (7) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
9. (8) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2. (3) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
3. (4) 71D Dustin Strand, East Grand Forks, Minn.
4. (1) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
5. (7) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
6. (5) 29D Brad Dierks, Clarence, Iowa
7. (8) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
8. (6) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
DNS – 9 Joey Jensen, Forest Lake, Minn.
VP RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
2. (4) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
3. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
4. (1) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
5. (6) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown, S.D.
6. (8) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
7. (5) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
8. (7) 27P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
9. (9) 22 Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
WRISCO HEAT RACE #6 (8 laps):
1. (3) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (1) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
3. (2) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
4. (4) 96M Mike McKinney, Plainfield, Ill.
5. (7) 44H Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
6. (5) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
7. (8) W Cory Williams, Spring Valley, Wis.
8. (9) 12B Cory Bruggeman, Stillwater, Minn.
9. (6) 71 A.J. Roschen, Somerset, Wis.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (4) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
3. (8) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (2) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
5. (3) 96M Mike McKinney, Plainfield, Ill.
6. (7) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
7. (11) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
8. (13) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
9. (10) 43K Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
10. (5) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
11. (12) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
12. (14) 9 Joey Jensen, Forest Lake, Minn.
13. (15) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
14. (9) 73 Andy Jones, Princeton, Minn.
15. (6) 44H Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2. (3) 10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
3. (9) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
4. (4) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
5. (12) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
6. (5) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
7. (11) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
8. (13) 22 Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
9. (10) 12B Cory Bruggeman, Stillwater, Minn.
10. (6) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
11. (1) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
12. (7) 29D Brad Dierks, Clarence, Iowa
13. (8) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
DNS – 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #3 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (2) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
2. (3) WIN1 Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
3. (5) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
4. (7) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
5. (1) 71D Dustin Strand, East Grand Forks, Minn.
6. (11) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
7. (4) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
8. (6) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown, S.D.
9. (10) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
10. (8) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
11. (13) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
12. (9) W Cory Williams, Spring Valley, Wis.
13. (12) 27P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
14. (14) 71 A.J. Roschen, Somerset, Wis.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
3. (2) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
4. (4) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
5. (6) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
6. (11) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn.
7. (5) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
8. (14) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
9. (15) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
10. (26) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
11. (13) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
12. (18) WIN1 Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
13. (20) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
14. (8) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
15. (21) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
16. (12) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
17. (25) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
18. (10) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
19. (7) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
20. (24) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
21. (22) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
22. (19) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
23. (29) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
24. (28) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
25. (17) 10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
26. (27) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
27. (9) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
28. (30) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
29. (23) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
30. (16) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
Lap Leaders: O’Neil 1-25, Mullens 26, O’Neil 27-40.
Total Laps Led: O’Neil 39, Mullens 1.
Margin of Victory: 0.548 second.
Time of Race: 19 minutes, 36.750 seconds (3 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Ramirez, Ebert.
Emergency Provisionals: Fuqua, Horner, Givens, Thornton.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Wolff (started 20th, finished 13th).
Entries: 55.
Next Race: Saturday, June 18, Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points: TBD.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: TBD.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: TBD.
Compstar/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: TBD.
Dustin doubles Dad with USMTS Masters win
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 16)—Thursday’s opener at the 23rd Annual Masters was the 16th event of the 2022 season for the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt, and points leader Dustin Sorensen rumbled to his fourth victory of the season at the legendary Cedar Lake Speedway.
Jake O’Neil, however, has garnered the most wins this season with his fifth triumph happening just five nights ago in the finale of the Belleville Dirt Nationals and he sat on the pole for the start of the 35-lap main event at the 65-year-old 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval.
But it was fellow front row starter Kyle Brown who got the jump on O’Neil our of the gate and took control of the race with Dan Ebert following into second place one lap later. They remained that way until the race’s first caution on lap 4.
With the green flag back out, O’Neil narrowly held his spot as Jake Timm and Cayden Carter challenged him for the spot. That battle lasted only one lap as Rodney Sanders, who was fighting for seventh, suffered a flat left rear tire and forced a second appearance of the yellow flag.
Back to racing, a fun four-car fight between Brown, Ebert, Sorensen and rim-riding Jake Timm all in the hunt for the top spot. Timm’s tip-toeing around the top ended on lap 8 when he smacked the yellow guardrail in turn 2 and left the race as the yellow waved again.
The next restart saw Sorensen find some traction on the low side of the track and he slipped past Brown for the lead with 20 laps in the books. A few moment slater, O’Neil stormed around the outside of Brown into second.
Following another caution with 10 laps to go, O’Neil found himself three-wide with Zack VanderBeek and Ebert as they exited the fourth turn racing back to the green flag. The result was another caution with O’Neil and VanderBeek both restarting at the tail of the field.
Back-to-back cautions for Darron Fuqua and debris on the racing surface with nine laps to go kept the field bunched tightly and kept lapped traffic out of the picture for most of the race.
One more caution with six laps to go extinguished any hopes that Sanders, O’Neil or Shane DeVolder were holding on to as the trio collided in the fourth turn.
It seemed to only place to avoid trouble was to be in front of it, and that’s just what Sorensen did for the final 15 laps of the race to nab his tenth USMTS triumph—doubling the career win total of his father, Mike Sorensen.
While Sorensen pocketed $3,000 for his effort, Ebert came home with the runner-up paycheck behind the 21-year-old points leader with Terry Phillips, Dereck Ramirez and Carter completing the top five.
Brown held on for a solid sixth-place finish as 24th-starting Tanner Mullens held off 22nd-starting Carlos Ahumada Jr. for the seventh spot. Tyler Davis and Brandon Givens rounded out the top 10.
More Masters Friday and Saturday: The 23rd Annual Masters continues Friday and Saturday with complete programs each night. USMTS Modifieds and Super Late Models compete in a pair of $5,000-to-win shows on Friday followed by Saturday’s $10,000-to-win two-headed championship event.
USRA Late Models will also run a complete program with $600 to win Friday and a $1,000 top prize on Saturday with all three nights awarding Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series national points.
The pit gate opens at 2 p.m. each day and spectator gates open at 5. Drivers will gather for their pit meeting at 6 with hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7 all three nights.
On Friday, general admission is $35, students are $17 and pit passes are $40. Saturday’s general admission tickets are $40, students are $20 and pit passes are $45. Kids ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge every day.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
23rd Annual Masters – Night 1 of 3
Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown. Heat race lineups are determined via group qualifying. The top 12 in heat race passing points advance to the Summit Racing Equipment “A” Main.
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2. (4) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
3. (1) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
4. (3) 71D Dustin Strand, East Grand Forks, Minn.
5. (6) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River, Minn.
6. (5) 96M Mike McKinney, Plainfield, Ill.
7. (9) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
8. (7) 44H Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
9. (10) 12B Cory Bruggeman, Stillwater, Minn.
10. (8) 27P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
2. (4) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
3. (6) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
4. (8) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
5. (2) 29D Brad Dierks, Clarence, Iowa
6. (10) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
7. (7) 10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
8. (9) 43K Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
9. (5) 22 Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
10. (3) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (4) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
2. (1) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
3. (6) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
4. (9) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
5. (5) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
6. (7) T40 Danny Thomas, Knapp, Wis.
7. (8) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
8. (3) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
9. (2) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown, S.D.
MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (1) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
3. (4) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
4. (3) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
5. (6) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (5) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
7. (9) 28 Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.
8. (8) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
9. (7) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
VP RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (4) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
3. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (3) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
5. (6) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
6. (8) W Cory Williams, Spring Valley, Wis.
7. (7) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
8. (9) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
9. (5) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn.
WRISCO HEAT RACE #6 (8 laps):
1. (4) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (2) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
3. (8) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
4. (1) 73 Andy Jones, Princeton, Minn.
5. (3) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
6. (9) 71 A.J. Roschen, Somerset, Wis.
7. (7) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
8. (5) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
9. (6) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
2. (4) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
3. (2) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
4. (3) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
5. (5) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
6. (6) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
7. (10) 10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
8. (13) 12B Cory Bruggeman, Stillwater, Minn.
9. (8) T40 Danny Thomas, Knapp, Wis.
10. (14) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
11. (11) 43K Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
12. (15) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
13. (9) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
14. (7) 71 A.J. Roschen, Somerset, Wis.
15. (12) 44H Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (3) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (1) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
3. (2) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
4. (5) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River, Minn.
5. (11) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
6. (4) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
7. (9) 28 Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.
8. (6) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
9. (8) 96M Mike McKinney, Plainfield, Ill.
10. (7) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
11. (15) 27P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
12. (12) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
13. (14) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn.
14. (10) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
15. (13) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown, S.D.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #3 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (2) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
3. (3) 71D Dustin Strand, East Grand Forks, Minn.
4. (5) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
5. (4) 73 Andy Jones, Princeton, Minn.
6. (8) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
7. (12) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
8. (10) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
9. (6) 29D Brad Dierks, Clarence, Iowa
10. (13) 22 Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
11. (7) W Cory Williams, Spring Valley, Wis.
12. (11) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
13. (14) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
14. (9) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (35 laps):
1. (8) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (4) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
3. (10) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
4. (15) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
5. (3) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
6. (2) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
7. (24) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
8. (22) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
9. (12) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
10. (11) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
11. (25) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
12. (20) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
13. (16) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
14. (26) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
15. (17) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
16. (18) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
17. (7) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
18. (1) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
19. (27) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
20. (14) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
21. (5) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
22. (19) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
23. (9) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
24. (23) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River, Minn.
25. (6) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
26. (13) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
27. (21) 71D Dustin Strand, East Grand Forks, Minn.
Lap Leaders: Brown 1-20, Sorensen 21-35.
Total Laps Led: Brown 20, Sorensen 15.
Margin of Victory: 1.552 seconds.
Time of Race: 31 minutes, 17.410 seconds (9 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Bleess, Thornton.
Emergency Provisionals: DeVolder.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Mullens (started 24th, finished 7th).
Entries: 56.
Next Race: Friday-Saturday, June 17-18, Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points: Sorensen 1379, Mullens 1297, Ramirez 1255, VanderBeek 1211, Sanders 1194, Phillips 1183, Hughes 1166, Ebert 1111, Bleess 1067, Carter 1063.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: Carter 979, Thornton 857, Brown 845, DeVolder 830, Horner 737.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: MBCustoms 136, Hughes 113, Mullens 112, VanderBuilt 101, GRT 77.
Compstar/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: Cornett 115, Action 108, Stoen 96, Mullens 78, Hatfield 76.
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