Hunt County
Raceway Checkers Wave For Chisholm
Everybody held their
breath for the first half of Saturday night’s 50-lap
main event at the Hunt County Raceway in Greenville,
Texas, but the last 25 laps belonged to Jim Chisholm as
he roared to his sixth career win with the Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt.
Friday's opener for the 9th Annual Summit USMTS Texas
Winter Nationals was a flag-to-flag barnburner, and the
first half of Saturday were no different as three
different racers led at one point at the tricky and
technical former Superbowl Speedway.
Jason
Ingalls led early on, pacing the first nine laps before
Tanner Mullens streaked past on the inside to lead the
tenth orbit.
The race’s first of six Gorsuch
Performance caution flags happened on lap 11 and saw the
end of Carlos Ahumada Jr.’s night after claiming
runner-up honors 24 hours earlier. Then, before another
lap could be completed, Ingalls found himself facing the
wrong way and out of contention for his second career
USMTS win.
Jason Hughes, who won Friday’s
season-opener and three of the last four features dating
back to last October, wanted another and muscled by
Mullens with 15 laps in the books.
Closing in
from behind, however, was Chisholm and the 21-year-old
from Osage, Iowa, was the leader at halftime. That was
as close as anybody got to Chisholm’s rear bumper again.
“When we came here this weekend it’s a new track to
us, so not really knowing what gear we needed and we
actually didn't even have the gear we needed and Dan
(Wheeler) lent us it so it was way night and day
difference between yesterday,” Chisholm revealed. “I
wish we could have had the same thing for Joe (Chisholm)
yesterday because I think that's where a lot of our
problems were coming from.
“I’ve got to thank him
and Kelly (Shryock). We made a lot of good adjustments
this year so far in this car. This is the earliest I've
ever won with a new car so it feels kind of nice.
Normally we struggle for a little bit but made a lot of
new and improvements on this one and it feels a lot
better already.”
With a margin of victory of more
than two seconds, Chisholm pocketed $5,000 en route to
Victory Fuel Victory Lane.
Hughes was second at
the checkered flag while Mullens settled for third on
the Featherlite Trailers podium.
“I was better
there before I took off on that restart and go off in
the corner just like I didn’t have a right rear tire
anymore,” Hughes said. “I don’t know if I got in her
maybe a little hot but I never felt like I was as good
after that, but after that I was definitely a
second-place car. He just kept driving away from us.”
“Well I was better than I was last night,” said
Mullens. “It’s a big team effort. We just keep working
and we got better each time that we got on the track,
and hopefully that will carry on to Rocket (Raceway
Park).”
Dereck Ramirez was a solid fourth in the
feature with Lucas Schott advancing from the 12th
starting spot to finish fifth. Jake Timm, early
contender Gary Christian, Tyler Davis, Rodney Sanders
and Joe Duvall completed the top ten.
Of note,
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year hopeful Jacob
Hobscheidt of Plattsmouth, Neb., not only garnered the
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award by passing ten cars in
the main event, but also took home some sizeable
contingencies.
To start the night during the
drivers meeting, Hobscheidt won the draw for a new
American Racer racing tire, and then added awards from
Hooker Harness and the Swift Springs Move of the Race
for his last-lap, last-corner pass to earn the final
transfer spot into the “A” Main.
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refires at Rocket: America’s premier powerhouse
series featuring the undisputed best of the best in dirt
modified racing doesn’t rest. The second half of the
doubleheader weekend in the Lone Star State next weekend
on Friday and Saturday, March 1-2, at the Rocket Raceway
Park in Petty, Texas.
After a thriller to open
the season last year, fans can expect more of the same
when the USMTS returns to Kevin Sustaire’s popular
3/8-mile clay oval just outside of Paris, Texas.
Thursday will be an open practice from 6-9 p.m., and
both nights of racing during the 14th Annual USMTS Texas
Spring Nationals will pay $5,000 to win. USRA Stock
Cars, USRA Limited Mods and Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks
will also be racing both nights with Summit USRA Weekly
Racing Series national points up for grabs.
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complete event information. check out the
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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 2 of
2 Hunt County Raceway, Greenville, Texas Saturday,
Feb. 24, 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. (4) 12J Jason Ingalls, Longview,
Texas 2. (5) 91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla. 3. (8)
65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 4. (1) 7 Sean Gaddis,
Diana, Texas 5. (9) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
6. (7) 19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan. 7. (6) 64
Casey Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas 8. (3) 51 Tyler
Burnett, Calhoun, La. 9. (2) 24W Mason Williams,
Fouke, Ark.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (10
laps): 1. (2) 5 Jon Mitchell, Texarkana,
Texas 2. (1) 12T Tyler Townsend, Longview, Texas
3. (9) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 4. (8) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 5. (4) 54T Matthew Day,
Farmersville, Texas 6. (5) 19 Robert McKinney,
Alvarado, Texas 7. (3) 22XX Jason Gamez, Kaufmann,
Texas 8. (6) 523 Landon Capps, Anna, Texas 9. (7)
21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
EDELBROCK
HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps): 1. (4) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 2. (5) 49 Jake Timm,
Winona, Minn. 3. (8) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield,
Minn. 4. (2) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
5. (3) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas 6. (6) 78
Billy Jack Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas 7. (7) 81
Ricky Ingalls, Longview, Texas 8. (1) 24 Manuel
Williams Sr., Fouke, Ark.
WIELAND METAL
SERVICES HEAT RACE #4 (10 laps): 1. (3) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 2. (6) 88XXX Clyde
Dunn Jr., Rockwall, Texas 3. (1) D25 David Tanner,
Wichita Falls, Texas 4. (4) 99 Jared Baird, Norman,
Okla. 5. (8) 75J Jeremy LaCoe, Lincoln, Ark. 6.
(5) 17 Jason Sartain, Royce City, Texas 7. (7) 45T
Eric Tomlinson, Robinson, Texas 8. (2) 457 Boone
Evans, Bullard, Texas
VP RACING HEAT RACE
#5 (10 laps): 1. (2) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan. 2. (4) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso,
Texas 3. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 4.
(8) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D. 5. (6) C8
Timothy Culp, Prattsville, Ark. 6. (3) 55H A.J. Hoff,
Mantorville, Minn. 7. (7) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
8. (5) 751 Rusty Trevathan, Wylie, Texas
CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #6 (10 laps):
1. (3) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 2. (1) 10B
Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 3. (6) 32 D.J. Shannon,
Merced, Calif. 4. (2) 2 Tim Eaves Jr., Mooringsport,
La. 5. (5) 80XX Jason Langford, Palestine, Texas
6. (8) 26S Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo. 7. (7) 15 Kale
Westover, Altus, Okla. 8. (4) 15W Alex Williamson,
Rushford, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance): 1. (1) 65X
Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 2. (3) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 3. (5) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn. 4. (8) C8 Timothy Culp, Prattsville,
Ark. 5. (9) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas 6.
(15) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan. 7. (2) 12T Tyler
Townsend, Longview, Texas 8. (7) 99 Jared Baird,
Norman, Okla. 9. (14) 81 Ricky Ingalls, Longview,
Texas 10. (11) 19 Robert McKinney, Alvarado, Texas
11. (13) 64 Casey Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas 12. (4)
D25 David Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas 13. (10) 26S
Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo. 14. (12) 17 Jason
Sartain, Royce City, Texas 15. (6) 7 Sean Gaddis,
Diana, Texas 16. (16) 751 Rusty Trevathan, Wylie,
Texas DNS – 51 Tyler Burnett, Calhoun, La. DNS –
24 Manuel Williams Sr., Fouke, Ark. DNS – 24W Mason
Williams, Fouke, Ark.
REAL RACING WHEELS
“B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance): 1. (4)
20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 2. (8) 54T Matthew
Day, Farmersville, Texas 3. (3) 12H Mike Hansen,
Dickinson, N.D. 4. (9) 80XX Jason Langford,
Palestine, Texas 5. (6) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 6. (12) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville,
Minn. 7. (13) 22XX Jason Gamez, Kaufmann, Texas 8.
(16) 457 Boone Evans, Bullard, Texas 9. (15) 523
Landon Capps, Anna, Texas 10. (2) 10B Brandon Givens,
Wichita, Kan. 11. (5) 75J Jeremy LaCoe, Lincoln, Ark.
12. (7) 2 Tim Eaves Jr., Mooringsport, La. 13. (1) 32
D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif. 14. (17) 15W Alex
Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 15. (11) 78 Billy Jack
Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas 16. (10) 19R Chris
Kratzer, Haysville, Kan. 17. (14) 45T Eric Tomlinson,
Robinson, Texas 18. (18) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
DNS – 15 Kale Westover, Altus, Okla.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (50 laps):
1. (6) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 2. (5) 12 Jason
Hughes, Watts, Okla. 3. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan. 4. (7) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward,
Okla. 5. (12) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn. 6.
(10) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn. 7. (4) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 8. (11) 65 Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan. 9. (14) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas 10. (9) 91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla. 11.
(15) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 12. (22) 01
Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 13. (2) 12J Jason
Ingalls, Longview, Texas 14. (18) 12H Mike Hansen,
Dickinson, N.D. 15. (17) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore,
Minn. 16. (23) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
17. (20) 80XX Jason Langford, Palestine, Texas 18.
(24) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan. 19. (8) 88XXX Clyde
Dunn Jr., Rockwall, Texas 20. (1) 5 Jon Mitchell,
Texarkana, Texas 21. (19) C8 Timothy Culp,
Prattsville, Ark. 22. (21) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse
City, Texas 23. (16) 54T Matthew Day, Farmersville,
Texas 24. (13) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
25. (25) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
Lap Leaders: Jason Ingalls 1-9, Mullens
10-15, Hughes 16-24, Chisholm 25-50. Total
Laps Led: Chisholm 26, Jason Ingalls 9, Hughes
9, Mullens 6. Margin of Victory:
2.456 seconds. Time of Race: 24
minutes, .087 second (6 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Hodges, Hoff, Williamson
(track). FK Rod Ends Hard Charger:
Hobscheidt (started 22nd, finished 12th).
Entries: 50. Next Race:
Friday, March 1, Rocket Raceway Park, Petty, Texas.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points:
Hughes 197, Timm 168, Chisholm 167, Davis 167, Ramirez
159, Sanders 155, Ahumada 148, Ebert 147, Schott 146,
Mullens 146, Christian 146. ARMI Contractors
USMTS Southern Region Points: Hughes 197, Timm
168, Chisholm 167, Davis 167, Ramirez 159.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points:
Hobscheidt 113, Shannon 105, Evans 101, Glenn 90, Joe
Chisholm 45. FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger
Points: Timm 13, Sanders 13, Hansen 13,
Chisholm 10, Hobscheidt 10. Miller Welders
USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes
19, Mullens 15, Rage 14, BOM 13, Skyrocket 11.
Callies/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the
Year Points: Mullins 19, Cornett 17, OFI 14,
KSE 13, Hatfield 11, Stoen 11.
Contingency Awards: Aero Race Wheels –
Burnett. American Racer – Hobscheidt. Bear Graphix
– Jack Sartain. Beyea Custom Headers – Ramirez.
Bryke Racing – Ebert. BSB Manufacturing – Culp.
Champ Pans – Schott. Danny Crane Racing Engines –
Timm. Deatherage Opticians – Glenn. Edelbrock –
Christian. Fast Shafts – Mitchell. Featherlite
Trailers – Chisholm, Hughes, Mullens. FK Rod Ends –
Hobscheidt. Gorsuch Performance Solutions – Chisholm.
Hooker Harness – Hobscheidt. Hyperco – Burnett.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Hodges. Keyser
Manufacturing – Duvall. KSE Racing Products –
Sanders. MD3 – Chisholm. Mel Hambelton Racing –
Gamez, Townsend. MSD Performance – Ramirez. Penske
Racing Shocks – Jason Ingalls. PEM Racing Gears &
Drivetrain – Hansen. QA1 – Ramirez. Quarter Master
– Sanders. RacerWebsite.com – Ebert. Real Racing
Wheels – Baird, Brown, Brutchin, Capps, Eaves, Evans,
Fowler, Gaddis, Gamez, Givens, Glenn, R. Ingalls,
Kratzer, LaCoe, McKinney, Jason Sartain, Shannon,
Tanner, Tomlinson, Townsend, Trevathan. Rush RaceGear
by Austin Witt – Chisholm. Simpson Race Products – J.
Ingalls. Summit Racing Equipment – Burnett, Glenn,
Mitchell, Williams, Williams Sr. Sweet Manufacturing
– Hoff. Swift Springs – Hobscheidt, J. Ingalls,
Chisholm. Sybesma Graphics – Mitchell. Total Power
–Phillips. Victory Fuel – Chisholm. VP Racing –
Chisholm. Wehrs Machine & Racing Products –
Tomlinson. Wilwood Disc Brakes – Christian.
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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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