Cain draws first blood in Mod Wars opener

OGILVIE, Minn. (July 14)—The Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, Minn., hosted opening night of the 2nd Annual Mod Wars presented by JPW/Jobbers Warehouse Supply and Northern Line Contracting for the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt.

When the checkered flag waved, it was a veteran dirt modified racer finally scoring his first USMTS win

Tyler Wolff made the best of his Sybesma Graphics Pole Award, jumping into the lead at the drop of the green flag while Wissota veteran Dave Cain gave chase.

By lap 10, Wolff stretched out his lead margin to more than three seconds but a caution with 12 laps in the books erased Wolff’s margin.

Unphased by the slowdown, Wolff again pulled away from his chasers when the green light shined again. Meanwhile, Cain was having a sporty tussle with Lucas Schott, Shane Sabraski and Dustin Sorensen for the remaining positions among the top 5 runners.

Wolff’s advantage was more than four seconds with four laps to go when he came upon a swarm of soon-to-be lapped cars. With most competitors finding the bottom line to their liking, Wolff got underneath his first victim but the lapper came down into the leader and Wolff became the victim.

Cain assumed the lead position for the restart and then fended off a last-lap challenge from Sorensen to take the victory—his first USMTS triumph and the second first-time winner this week

Schott, Sabraski and defending USMTS National Champion Dereck Ramirez rounded out the top 5 while 10th-starting Tanner Mullens, 12th-starting Zack VanderBeek, 18th-starting Kyle Brown, 17h-starting J.T. Johnson and 22-starting Clayton Wagamon completed the first 10 to the finish line.

With his $3,000 triumph, Cain became the 10th different winner in the 20th race for the USMTS in 2022. He’s also the fifth driver this year to claim his career-first USMTS win.

Rounds 2 and 3 on tap: Mod Wars continues Friday and Saturday at the Ogilvie Raceway as they battle for $5,000 to win Friday and $11,000 to win Saturday.

Wissota Midwest Modifieds, Wissota Mod Fours and Wissota Hornets join the program both nights. The pits and grandstands open at 5 p.m., hot laps begin at 6 and racing gets underway at 7 each day.

The Ogilvie Raceway is a high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located less than one hour north of the twin cities on Highway 23 or 5 miles west of Highway 65 or 11 miles east from Highway 169 in Milaca, Minn., or 1 mile east of Highway 47 in Ogilvie. For more information, visit ogilvieraceway.com.

On Sunday, the whirlwind week wraps up with the series’ annual visit to the Casino Speedway for the 13th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Summersota Modified Nationals where a packed house of rabid fans are expected to make their pilgrimage to the quarter-mile high-banked bullring.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
2nd Annual Mod Wars presented by JPW/Jobbers Warehouse Supply and Northern Line Contracting – Night 1 of 3
Ogilvie Raceway, Ogilvie, Minn.
Thursday, July 14, 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. (3) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (5) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
3. (2) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
4. (1) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
5. (7) 77T Tripp Gaylord, Lakewood, Colo.
6. (4) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
7. (8) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
8. (10) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
9. (6) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
10. (9) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.

FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 7A Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
2. (1) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
3. (4) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
4. (3) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
5. (5) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
6. (8) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
7. (6) 18M Mason McEvers, Rochester, Minn.
8. (7) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
9. (9) 44P Russell Peterson, Isanti, Minn.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
2. (2) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (4) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
4. (5) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
5. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
6. (6) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
7. (8) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
8. (7) WIN1 Jon Frolik, Ramsey, Minn.
9. (9) 99 Mark Kangas, Eveleth, Minn.

MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (3) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (2) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (1) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
4. (4) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
5. (5) 89 J.T. Johnson, Milaca, Minn.
6. (7) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
7. (8) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
8. (9) 06 Jeremy Nelson, Zimmerman, Minn.
9. (6) 65D Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev.

VP RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (1) 11 Jody Bellefeuille, Duluth, Minn.
2. (3) 18A Landon Atkinson, Little Falls, Minn.
3. (4) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
4. (7) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
5. (2) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
6. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
7. (6) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River, Minn.
8. (9) 173 Cole Boston, Lindstrom, Minn.
9. (8) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (1) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
2. (5) 77T Tripp Gaylord, Lakewood, Colo.
3. (7) 89 J.T. Johnson, Milaca, Minn.
4. (8) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
5. (6) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
6. (11) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
7. (4) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
8. (9) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
9. (13) 06 Jeremy Nelson, Zimmerman, Minn.
10. (12) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River, Minn.
11. (15) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
12. (16) 99 Mark Kangas, Eveleth, Minn.
13. (14) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
14. (10) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
15. (3) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
16. (2) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
17. (17) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (1) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
3. (2) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
4. (6) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
5. (3) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
6. (9) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
7. (10) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
8. (4) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
9. (8) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
10. (7) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
11. (16) 65D Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev.
12. (11) 18M Mason McEvers, Rochester, Minn.
13. (14) WIN1 Jon Frolik, Ramsey, Minn.
14. (13) 173 Cole Boston, Lindstrom, Minn.
15. (17) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
16. (15) 44P Russell Peterson, Isanti, Minn.
17. (12) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.

SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (32 laps):
1. (2) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
2. (7) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (6) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (3) 7A Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
5. (11) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
6. (10) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
7. (12) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
8. (18) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
9. (17) 89 J.T. Johnson, Milaca, Minn.
10. (22) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
11. (14) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
12. (5) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
13. (26) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
14. (20) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
15. (15) 77T Tripp Gaylord, Lakewood, Colo.
16. (9) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
17. (30) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
18. (16) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
19. (24) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
20. (1) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
21. (23) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
22. (27) 06 Jeremy Nelson, Zimmerman, Minn.
23. (25) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
24. (4) 18A Landon Atkinson, Little Falls, Minn.
25. (13) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
26. (28) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
27. (29) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
28. (21) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
29. (19) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
30. (8) 11 Jody Bellefeuille, Duluth, Minn.
DNS – 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas

Lap Leaders: Wolff 1-28, Cain 29-32.
Total Laps Led: Wolff 28, Cain 4.
Margin of Victory: 0.626 second.
Time of Race: 26 minutes, 14.943 seconds (6 cautions).
Provisional Starters: O’Neil, Fuqua, Nelson [06] (track).
Emergency Provisionals: Thornton, Mari, Ahumada,.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Wagamon (started 22nd, finished 10th).
Entries: 46.
Next Race: Friday, July 15, Ogilvie Raceway.
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.

Chisholm savors first USMTS trophy in Mason City’s Mod Mania

MASON CITY, Iowa (July 12)—After 48 victories in three seasons and back-to-back USRA B-Mod National Championships, Jim Chisholm figured he was ready for the next step in 2022.

On Tuesday night at the Mason City Motor Speedway, the 19-year-old from Osage, Iowa, proved that he and his family made the right decision as Chisholm earned his first USMTS triumph in his rookie season.

Still hunting his first USRA Modified win, Chisholm now has a notch on his belt with the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt—the pinnacle of dirt modified racing.

With Dan Ebert to his right, Chisholm launched ahead from the pole position to take the lead at the start of the race but he was never able to shake Ebert from his shadow. Ebert peeked to the inside and outside of Chisholm on several occasions but never could wrestle to top spot away.

Finally, following a caution on lap 29, Ebert threw a slide job at the leader in turn 4 and streaked by the flagstand as the new leader to complete lap 31.

Ebert’s time in the spotlight was short-lived, however, as Chisholm raced ahead six laps later and then proceeded to leave the pack in his wake.

In honor of Casey Arneson, an additional two laps were added to the length of the feature race making it a 42-lap main event. Arneson, who competed for several years with the USMTS alongside his brother, Austin Arneson, tragically lost his life in a UTV accident on July 1. He was 27.

Fittingly, with two laps to go in the main event, the yellow flag waved when defending USMTS National Champion Dereck Ramirez came to a stop on the racetrack with a flat right rear tire.

The sudden two-lap dash to the finish didn’t seem to bother Chisholm as he drove away from the field to win after having an advantage of nearly three seconds over second-place when the caution occurred.

While Chisholm celebrated his $5,000 triumph with his family and crew members, Terry Phillips powered by two cars in the final two laps to claim the runner-up paycheck.

Doming from 14rth on the starting rid, Darron Fuqua held off Jacob Bleess for third with Tanner Mullens completing the top 5. Dustin Sorensen wound up sixth, Ebert slipped to seventh, Cayden Carter earned an eighth-place finish, Kyle Brown nabbed ninth and Rodney Sanders improved seven positions to round out the top 10.

War time: The week of action continues at the Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, Minn., on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 14-16. The weekend will finish up at the popular Casino Speedway in Watertown, S.D., on Sunday, July 17.

Following an open practice night on Wednesday from 6-9 p.m., the 2nd Annual Mod Wars presented by JPW/Jobbers Warehouse Supply and Northern Line Contracting will once again feature USMTS Modifieds vs. Wissota Modifieds as they battle for $3,000 to win Thursday and $5,000 to win Friday and $11,000 to win Saturday.

Wissota Midwest Modifieds, Wissota Mod Fours and Wissota Hornets join the program all three nights. The pits and grandstands open at 5 p.m., hot laps begin at 6 and racing gets underway at 7 each day.

The Ogilvie Raceway is a high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located less than one hour north of the twin cities on Highway 23 or 5 miles west of Highway 65 or 11 miles east from Highway 169 in Milaca, Minn., or 1 mile east of Highway 47 in Ogilvie. For more information, visit ogilvieraceway.com.

On Sunday, the whirlwind week wraps up with the series’ annual visit to the Casino Speedway where a packed house of rabid fans are expected to make their pilgrimage to the quarter-mile high-banked bullring.

Sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts, the 13th Annual Summersota Modified Nationals will carry a $5,000 first-place paycheck for the winner of the USMTS main event. Midwest Modifieds and Street Stocks are also on the card.

The pits open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5, qualifying kicks off at 6:30 and the green flag is slated to wave at 7:30.

Now in its 69th year of racing on the shores of beautiful Lake Kampeska in Watertown, S.D., the Casino Speedway is a semi-banked 1/4-mile clay oval located 4.0 miles northwest of US 212 on SR 20, then 0.7 mile south on Stokes-Thomas Lake Rd. For more information visit casinospeedway.com.

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.

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
3rd Annual Mod Mania
Mason City Motor Speedway, Mason City, Iowa
Tuesday, July 12, 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) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (3) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
3. (4) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
4. (5) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
5. (6) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
6. (1) 24 Aaron Benson, Clear Lake, Iowa
7. (7) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
8. (8) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa

FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
2. (1) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (3) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
4. (5) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
5. (4) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
6. (6) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
7. (7) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
8. (8) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
2. (3) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
3. (1) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
4. (4) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
5. (6) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
6. (5) 77T Tripp Gaylord, Lakewood, Colo.
7. (7) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas

MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (1) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (4) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
4. (5) 20JR Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa
5. (6) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
6. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
7. (7) 55 Casey Schlichting, Clear Lake, Iowa

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (1) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
3. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
4. (6) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
5. (3) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
6. (8) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
7. (4) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
8. (7) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
9. (9) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
2. (2) 20JR Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa
3. (4) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
4. (3) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
5. (5) 24 Aaron Benson, Clear Lake, Iowa
6. (6) 77T Tripp Gaylord, Lakewood, Colo.
7. (8) 55 Casey Schlichting, Clear Lake, Iowa
8. (7) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
9. (9) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.

SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (42 laps):
1. (1) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (5) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (14) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
4. (4) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (7) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (3) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
7. (2) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
8. (10) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
9. (11) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
10. (17) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
11. (21) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
12. (9) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
13. (15) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
14. (6) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
15. (8) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
16. (18) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
17. (23) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
18. (13) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
19. (22) 24 Aaron Benson, Clear Lake, Iowa
20. (19) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
21. (20) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
22. (12) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
23. (16) 20JR Todd Shute, Norwalk, Iowa
DNS – 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas

Lap Leaders: Chisholm 1-30, Ebert 31-36, Chisholm 37-42.
Total Laps Led: Chisholm 36, Ebert 6.
Margin of Victory: 0.971 second.
Time of Race: 20 minutes, 20.687 seconds (2 cautions).
Provisional Starters: DeVolder, Benson (track).
Emergency Provisionals: Clark, Horner.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Fuqua (started 14th, finished 3rd).
Entries: 30.
Next Race: Thursday, July 14, Ogilvie Raceway, Ogilvie, Minn.
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.