Hughes Wins
at Hunt County Raceway in USMTS Headliner The Summit USMTS National
Championship presented by RacinDirt lit the fuse Friday
night with opening night of the 9th Annual Summit USMTS
Texas Winter Nationals at the Hunt County Raceway in
Greenville, Texas.
If the rest of the shows this
season are even close to the explosive main event
Friday, fans are in for a wild ride until the final
checkers wave in October.
Four-time USMTS
national champ Jason Hughes of Watts, Okla., set the
pace for the 40-lap nightcap but Dan Ebert jumped to
lead when the green flag waved and led the first six
laps before Hughes muscled his way into the lead with
seven laps complete.
Four months after breaking a
long drought by winning two of the final three feature
races last year, Hughes led for just five laps before
Carlos Ahumada Jr. motored into the lead using the
shortest way around the smooth clay oval.
Ahumada
then led 22 laps while surviving multiple cautions and a
swarm of chasers on his tail, including Hughes, Tyler
Davis, Jake Timm, Timothy Culp and A.J. Hoff.
But
once the field was finally able to string together
multiple green-flag laps, Hughes pounced and claimed the
top spot with seven laps remaining. He was untouchable
from there as he screamed to his 158th career USMTS
triumph.
Its hard for me to see getting into
turn three down here. My eyes aint that great anymore
and it makes it hard to see, a smiling Hughes told
RacinDirt pit reporter Trenton Berry in Victory Fuel
Victory Lane.
His margin of victory was less
than one second in a race that lasted more than 34
minutes and saw nine Gorsuch Performance caution flags
during the $5,000-to-win 40-lapper.
I tried to
be a little patient once I got back to second. Its
close up there on the top so I was trying to be a little
cautious but you still have to be pretty aggressive and
finally I started driving a little harder because I know
I had to in order to win.
Its one of the more
technical racetracks. Its pretty tight racing out
there. It gets tight coming off the corners, and its
real close on the top so you had to be on your toes.
El Pasos Ahumada remained close but had to focus on
holding back a determined Tyler Davis for the runner-up
spot.
I thought we were good on the bottom,
Ahumada said. Late in the race I started catching the
bottom wrong, caught the rut and got tight and then that
let Jason get by me, but it was a good race and if I was
going to lose to anybody Id want it to be my car
builder.
Davis tried moving to the high line
like Hughes, but found lesser success than the 25-year
USMTS veteran.
We had our shot there, Daivs
admitted. Carlos hit that rut and we were kind of three
wide down the front stretch, but probably should have
moved around a little faster. But a pretty good run for
us.
Behind the Featherlite Trailers podium
finishers, Timm scored a fourth-place finish and
collected the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award by passing
nine of his competitors to get there.
Ebert held
on for fifth and defending series champ Rodney Sanders
moved up eight spots to score a sixth-place paycheck.
Timothy Culp, Mike Hansen, Terry Phillips and Dereck
Ramirez completed the top ten.
Gabe Hodges of
Lebo, Kan., finished 13 in the feature, but good enough
to take the initial lead in the Grant Junghans USMTS
Rookie of the Year points.
It happens all over
gain on Saturday with another $5,000-to-win
curtain-closer. USRA Stock Cars, USRA Limited Mods and
Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks and Eco-Mods will also be
racing.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt 9th
Annual Summit USMTS Texas Winter Nationals Night 1 of
2 Hunt County Raceway, Greenville, Texas Friday,
Feb. 23, 2024
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 RACE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (10
laps): 1. (2) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville,
Kan. 2. (8) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn. 3.
(6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 4. (9) 15W Alex
Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 5. (3) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo. 6. (1) 81 Ricky Ingalls, Longview,
Texas 7. (7) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 8. (4)
45T Eric Tomlinson, Robinson, Texas 9. (5) 80XX Jason
Langford, Palestine, Texas
FAST SHAFTS
HEAT RACE #2 (10 laps): 1. (6) 60 Dan Ebert,
Lake Shore, Minn. 2. (4) 457 Boone Evans, Bullard,
Texas 3. (3) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D. 4.
(8) 7S Sean Gaddis, Diana, Texas 5. (1) 523 Landon
Capps, Anna, Texas 6. (2) 64 Casey Fowler, Grand
Saline, Texas 7. (5) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
8. (7) 24W Mason Williams, Fouke, Ark.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps): 1. (4) 32
D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif. 2. (5) 65X Carlos
Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 3. (7) 88XXX Clyde Dunn
Jr., Rockwall, Texas 4. (1) 75J Jeremy LaCoe,
Lincoln, Ark. 5. (6) 22XX Jason Gamez, Kaufmann,
Texas 6. (8) 99 Jared Baird, Norman, Okla. 7. (3)
91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla. 8. (2) 12T Tyler
Townsend, Longview, Texas
WIELAND METAL
SERVICES HEAT RACE #4 (10 laps): 1. (1) 7G
Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan. 2. (4) 12J Jason Ingalls,
Longview, Texas 3. (2) 54T Matthew Day, Farmersville,
Texas 4. (3) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 5.
(6) 51 Tyler Burnett, Calhoun, La. 6. (5) 24 Manuel
Williams Sr, Fouke, Ark. 7. (7) 21C Steven Glenn,
Hamilton, Mo. 8. (8) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin,
Gladewater, Texas
VP RACING HEAT RACE #5
(10 laps): 1. (1) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan. 2. (4) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville,
Minn. 3. (6) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn. 4. (2)
19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan. 5. (3) 2 Tim Eaves
Jr., Mooringsport, La. 6. (5) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 7. (7) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage,
Iowa 8. (8) 19 Robert McKinney, Alvarado, Texas
CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #6 (10
laps): 1. (1) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
2. (4) C8 Timothy Culp, Prattsville, Ark. 3. (6) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 4. (3) 5 Jon
Mitchell, Texarkana, Texas 5. (7) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 6. (8) D25 David Tanner, Wichita
Falls, Texas 7. (5) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City,
Texas 8. (2) 751 Rusty Trevathan, Wylie, Texas
REAL RACING WHEELS B MAIN #1 (15 laps, top
5 advance): 1. (2) 49 Jake Timm, Winona,
Minn. 2. (7) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
3. (4) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D. 4. (15) 24C
Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 5. (3) 15W Alex Williamson,
Rushford, Minn. 6. (1) 88XXX Clyde Dunn Jr.,
Rockwall, Texas 7. (14) 91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla.
8. (6) 19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan. 9. (19)
80XX Jason Langford, Palestine, Texas 10. (16) 45T
Eric Tomlinson, Robinson, Texas 11. (17) 12T Tyler
Townsend, Longview, Texas 12. (10) 99 Jared Baird,
Norman, Okla. 13. (18) 19 Robert McKinney, Alvarado,
Texas 14. (13) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 15.
(9) 523 Landon Capps, Anna, Texas 16. (11) 81 Ricky
Ingalls, Longview, Texas 17. (8) 51 Tyler Burnett,
Calhoun, La. 18. (12) 24 Manuel Williams Sr, Fouke,
Ark. 19. (5) 75J Jeremy LaCoe, Lincoln, Ark.
REAL RACING WHEELS B MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5
advance): 1. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas 2. (14) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas
3. (4) 54T Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas 4. (12)
21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 5. (3) 7S Sean Gaddis,
Diana, Texas 6. (10) 64 Casey Fowler, Grand Saline,
Texas 7. (9) D25 David Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas
8. (13) 21C Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo. 9. (15) 78
Billy Jack Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas 10. (2) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 11. (8) 2 Tim Eaves
Jr., Mooringsport, La. 12. (5) 10B Brandon Givens,
Wichita, Kan. 13. (6) 5 Jon Mitchell, Texarkana,
Texas 14. (7) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
15. (11) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. DNS
22XX Jason Gamez, Kaufmann, Texas DNS 24W Mason
Williams, Fouke, Ark. DNS 751 Rusty Trevathan,
Wylie, Texas
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT A
MAIN (40 laps): 1. (1) 12 Jason Hughes,
Watts, Okla. 2. (5) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso,
Texas 3. (4) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 4.
(13) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn. 5. (2) 60 Dan Ebert,
Lake Shore, Minn. 6. (14) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas 7. (12) C8 Timothy Culp, Prattsville, Ark.
8. (17) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D. 9. (24) 75
Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 10. (23) 4R Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 11. (11) 55H A.J. Hoff,
Mantorville, Minn. 12. (15) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 13. (3) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
14. (19) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 15. (8) 69
Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn. 16. (6) 32 D.J.
Shannon, Merced, Calif. 17. (22) 7S Sean Gaddis,
Diana, Texas 18. (9) 457 Boone Evans, Bullard, Texas
19. (16) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas 20. (7)
02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 21. (20) 21K Kyle
Brown, Madrid, Iowa 22. (21) 15W Alex Williamson,
Rushford, Minn. 23. (10) 12J Jason Ingalls, Longview,
Texas 24. (18) 54T Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas
Lap Leaders: Ebert 1-6, Hughes
7-11, Ahumada 12-33, Hughes 34-40. Total Laps
Led: Ahumada 22, Hughes 12, Ebert 6.
Margin of Victory: 0.826 second.
Time of Race: 34 minutes, 32.103
seconds (9 cautions). Provisional Starters:
Ramirez, Phillips. FK Rod Ends Hard
Charger: Timm (started 13th, finished 4th).
Entries: 49. Next Race:
Saturday, Feb. 24, Hunt County Raceway.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points:
TBA. ARMI Contractors USMTS Southern Region
Points: TBA. Grant Junghans USMTS
Rookie of the Year Points: TBA. FK
Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points: TBA.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship
Points: TBA. Callies/JE Pistons
USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: TBA.
Contingency Awards: Aero Race
Wheels Tomlinson. American Racer Kratzer. Bear
Graphix Williamson. Beyea Custom Headers Timm.
Bryke Racing Schott. BSB Manufacturing Brown.
Champ Pans Ebert. Danny Crane Racing Engines
Sanders. Deatherage Opticians Brutchin.
Edelbrock Shannon. Fast Shafts Ebert.
Featherlite Trailers Hughes, Ahumada, Davis. FK Rod
Ends Timm. Gorsuch Performance Solutions Hughes.
Hooker Harness Christian. Hyperco Brutchin.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs Evans. Keyser
Manufacturing Ramirez. KSE Racing Products
Phillips. MD3 Ahumada. Mel Hambelton Racing
Ahumada. Mesilla Valley Transportation Shannon.
MSD Performance Timm. Penske Racing Shocks
Hodges. PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain S. Gaddis.
QA1 Ahumada. Quarter Master Phillips.
RacerWebsite.com Williamson. Real Racing Wheels
Baird, Brutchin, Burnett, Capps, Joe Chisholm, Dunn,
Duvall, Eaves, Fowler, Gamez, Givens, Glenn, Hobscheidt,
R. Ingalls, Kratzer, LaCoe, Langford, McKinney,
Mitchell, Tanner, Tomlinson, Townsend, Trevathan,
Williams, Williams Sr. Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt
Schott. Simpson Race Products Davis. Summit
Racing Equipment Brutchin, K. Gaddis, S. Gaddis,
Sartain, Tomlinson. Sweet Manufacturing Shannon.
Swift Springs Jim Chisholm, Sartain, Hughes.
Sybesma Graphics Hughes. Total Power Hoff.
Victory Fuel Hughes. VP Racing Hughes. Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products Gamez. Wilwood Disc
Brakes Culp.
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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American
Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
Headers, Callies
Performance Products, Chevrolet
Performance, Fast
Shafts, Featherlite
Trailers, FK
Rod Ends, KSE
Racing Products, Malvern
Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, Nitroquest
Media, PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit
Racing Equipment, TicketSmarter, VP
Racing, Wieland.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ARMI
Contractors, Boomtest
Well Service, Boubin
Tire & Automotive, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, Collins
Brothers Towing, D&T
Marriott Enterprise, LLC, Danny
Crane Racing Engines, Day
Motor Sports, Gene
Nicholas, LLC, Gunshepherd.com, Hacienda
Mechanical, Kenny's
Tile, Mel
Hambelton Racing, Miller
Welders, PBM
Performance Products, Rancho
Milagro Racing, Salty's
BBQ & Catering, Shop
Quik Stores, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO
Race Wheels, AFCO
Racing Products, Allstar
Performance, Bryke
Racing, BSB
Manufacturing, Champ
Pans, Deatherage
Racing Opticians, Edelbrock, Gorsuch
Performance Solutions, Hooker
Harness, Hyperco, Integra
Racing Shocks and Springs, JE
Pistons, Keyser
Manufacturing, MD3, MSD
Performance, Penske
Racing Shocks, Performance
Bodies & Parts, QA1, Quarter
Master, RacerWebsite.com, Real
Racing Wheels, Rush
RaceGear by Austin Witt, Simpson
Performance Products, Sweet
Manufacturing, Swift
Springs, Sybesma
Graphics, Total
Power, Victory
Fuel, Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood
Racing.
USMTS RACETRACKS:
81 Speedway,
Arrowhead Speedway,
Beatrice Speedway,
Boothill Speedway,
Casino Speedway,
Cedar Lake Speedway,
Deer Creek Speedway,
Fairmont Raceway,
Fayette County Speedway,
Granite City Motor Park,
Hamilton County Speedway,
Heart O Texas Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
Hunt County Raceway,
Lakeside Speedway,
Lucas Oil Speedway,
Mason City Motor Speedway,
Mississippi Thunder Speedway,
Off Road Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Park Jefferson Speedway,
Rocket Raceway Park,
Route 66 Motor Speedway,
RPM Speedway,
Tri-State Speedway.
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Contact Info:
Jeff Nun
Chief Communications Officer
United States Modified Touring Series, Inc. (USMTS)
1715 W 2nd St, PO Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
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