Sartain’s
Scores Second USMTS Win at Rocket Raceway Park
The Rocket Raceway Park in
Petty, Texas, hosted the Summit USMTS National
Championship presented by RacinDirt on Friday for
opening night of the 14th Annual Texas Spring Nationals,
and local Lone Star State hero Jack Sartain left ‘em
scratching their heads.
Another one-hit wonder
entering the weekend liftoff, Kale Westover used the
pole position to claim the early while Sartain, who
started 13th on the 28-car grid, began his march to the
front.
Two Gorsuch Performance caution flags in
the first two laps—the second of which saw points leader
Jason Hughes get upside down in a multi-car melee—kept
the field bunched.
For the first half of the
20-lap race, Westover remained out front but Jake Timm
and Gary Christian were doing their best to keep
Westover in sight. Little did they know the threat was
behind them.
By lap 15, Sartain was already
nipping at the leader’s heels. Then, using a lapped car
as pick, stormed by Westover on the inside of turn two
to grab the lead with 21 down and 19 to go.
Timm,
who was working to chase down Sartain, brought out the
next yellow when a flat right rear tire sent him to the
Danny Crane Racing Engines hot pit, and out of
contention for the win.
One laps later, Carlos
Ahumada Jr. hooked the cushion and flipped his Hughes
Chassis to force the second red flag of the contest.
With a $5,000 paycheck just a few feet away,
Westover broke and collected a hard-charging Joe Duvall.
The fifth and final caution set up a
green-white-checkered finish, but Sartain wasn’t rattled
and pulled away for the win.
“That was great. I
didn’t know if I ever going to win one of these things,”
Sartain said. “These guys are so good and it’s just hard
when you don't race with them all the time. Luckily,
I’ve got Tyler Davis and he tells me everything to do.”
It was Sartain’s second USMTS triumph in a little
more than three years, but the first for Davis’s new BOM
Motorsports MK1 Race Cars.
“The car was excellent
tonight. I kind of found me a groove that worked. I just
gassed the hell out of it.
“Down here in three
and four there was a little thin strip and I could
literally get the car turned in and put it on the mat
and just drive all the way through three and four wide
open. I kept going ‘Man, this is going to go away but it
stayed with me the whole race.”
Although the
Royse City racer passed 12 cars en route to his visit to
Victory Fuel Victory Lane, Christian did one better and
passed 13 on his way to a runner-up finish despite a
wheel-banging restart earlier that almost took them both
out of the race.
Completing the Featherlite Top-3
finishers was Terry Phillips while Dan Ebert was
actually the most prolific passer as he started 20th
before climbing his way to a fourth-place finish and the
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award.
Tanner Mullens
was fifth while Alex Williamson, Sean Gaddis, Davis,
Timm and Mike Hansen completed the top ten.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt 14th
Annual USMTS Texas Spring Nationals – Night 1 of 2
Rocket Raceway Park, Petty, Texas Friday, March 1,
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. (1) 15 Kale Westover, Altus, Okla.
2. (3) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas 3. (4) 65
Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 4. (5) 13J Triston
Dycus, Maypearl, Texas 5. (6) 24C Jim Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa 6. (7) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth,
Neb. 7. (8) 24M Manuel Williams II, Fouke, Ark. 8.
(9) 54T Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas 9. (10) 11N
Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 10. (2) 47M Trey Melton,
Lubbock, Texas 11. (11) 5 Jon Mitchell, Texarkana,
Texas
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (10 laps):
1. (1) 457 Boone Evans, Bullard, Texas 2. (4) 02
Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 3. (3) 69 Lucas Schott,
Chatfield, Minn. 4. (11) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson,
N.D. 5. (5) 88 Sam Osman, Spiro, Okla. 6. (2) C8
Timothy Culp, Prattsville, Ark. 7. (9) 100 Lee
Patton, Ruston, La. 8. (10) 12J Jason Ingalls,
Longview, Texas 9. (6) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin,
Gladewater, Texas 10. (8) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage,
Iowa 11. (7) 12B Bryan Gunwall, Brookston, Texas
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps):
1. (2) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn. 2. (6) 64 Casey
Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas 3. (4) 55H A.J. Hoff,
Mantorville, Minn. 4. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas 5. (8) 81 Ricky Ingalls, Longview, Texas 6.
(1) 15J Jason Webb, McKinney, Texas 7. (11) 37 John
Neal Reid, Loving, N.M. 8. (10) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo,
Kan. 9. (7) 4M Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas 10.
(5) 24W Mason Williams, Fouke, Ark. 11. (9) 80XX
Jason Langford, Palestine, Texas
WIELAND
METAL SERVICES HEAT RACE #4 (10 laps): 1.
(4) 45T Eric Tomlinson, Robinson, Texas 2. (10) 2SS
Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M. 3. (5) 32S D.J. Shannon,
Merced, Calif. 4. (2) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
5. (6) 22XX Jason Gamez, Kaufmann, Texas 6. (9) 19R
Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan. 7. (11) 75J Jeremy
LaCoe, Lincoln, Ark. 8. (8) 88R A.J. Vasquez, Garden
City, Mich. 9. (1) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
10. (3) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 11. (7)
712 Trevor Hughes, Westville, Okla.
VP
RACING HEAT RACE #5 (10 laps): 1. (1) 410
Justin McCoy, Grandview, Texas 2. (4) 12 Jason
Hughes, Watts, Okla. 3. (6) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 4. (3) 99 Jared Baird, Norman,
Okla. 5. (8) 32 Mitchell Clement, Bonham, Texas 6.
(2) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 7. (7) 21K Kyle
Brown, Madrid, Iowa 8. (11) 12C Leland Cruz,
Amarillo, Texas 9. (5) 26S Steven Glenn, Hamilton,
Mo. 10. (10) 523 Landon Capps, Anna, Texas 11. (9)
15G Geoff Lary, Minden, La.
CHEVROLET
PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #6 (10 laps): 1. (2)
75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 2. (3) 91 Joe
Duvall, Justice, Okla. 3. (9) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr.,
El Paso, Texas 4. (8) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford,
Minn. 5. (10) 28 Cory Davis, Seminole, Texas 6.
(4) D25 David Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas 7. (1) 24
Manuel Williams Sr, Fouke, Ark. 8. (5) 71 Chad
Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas 9. (7) 88S Nathan Smith,
Anthony, N.M. 10. (6) 7 Sean Gaddis, Diana, Texas
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top
4 advance): 1. (1) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse
City, Texas 2. (2) 32S D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif.
3. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 4. (6) 24C Jim
Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 5. (3) 55H A.J. Hoff,
Mantorville, Minn. 6. (9) 15J Jason Webb, McKinney,
Texas 7. (10) 24M Manuel Williams II, Fouke, Ark.
8. (7) 19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan. 9. (13) 11N
Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 10. (12) 78 Billy Jack
Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas 11. (15) 47M Trey Melton,
Lubbock, Texas 12. (17) 5 Jon Mitchell, Texarkana,
Texas 13. (8) 75J Jeremy LaCoe, Lincoln, Ark. 14.
(4) 13J Triston Dycus, Maypearl, Texas 15. (16) 4W
Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 16. (11) 24 Manuel
Williams Sr., Fouke, Ark. 17. (18) 712 Trevor Hughes,
Westville, Okla. 18. (14) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 4 advance): 1. (1) 91
Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla. 2. (2) 15W Alex
Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 3. (5) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn. 4. (4) 81 Ricky Ingalls, Longview, Texas
5. (3) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn. 6. (11) 7G
Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan. 7. (9) 10B Brandon Givens,
Wichita, Kan. 8. (8) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 9. (6) 22XX Jason Gamez, Kaufmann,
Texas 10. (10) 12C Leland Cruz, Amarillo, Texas
11. (15) 12B Bryan Gunwall, Brookston, Texas 12. (12)
88R A.J. Vasquez, Garden City, Mich. 13. (17) C8
Timothy Culp, Prattsville, Ark. 14. (18) 15G Geoff
Lary, Minden, La. 15. (7) 88 Sam Osman, Spiro, Okla.
16. (13) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 17. (14) 26S
Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo. 18. (16) 523 Landon
Capps, Anna, Texas
REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #3 (15 laps, top 4 advance): 1. (1) 58X
Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 2. (2) 65 Tyler
Davis, Haysville, Kan. 3. (12) 7 Sean Gaddis, Diana,
Texas 4. (3) 99 Jared Baird, Norman, Okla. 5. (6)
12J Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas 6. (7) D25 David
Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas 7. (10) 4M Bobby
Malchus, Red Oak, Texas 8. (13) 80XX Jason Langford,
Palestine, Texas 9. (4) 100 Lee Patton, Ruston, La.
10. (5) 37 John Neal Reid, Loving, N.M. 11. (9) 71
Chad Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas 12. (8) 21K Kyle
Brown, Madrid, Iowa 13. (11) 88S Nathan Smith,
Anthony, N.M. DNS – 28 Cory Davis, Seminole, Texas
DNS – 32 Mitchell Clement, Bonham, Texas DNS – 54T
Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas DNS – 24W Mason
Williams, Fouke, Ark.
SUMMIT RACING
EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps): 1. (13) 47
Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas 2. (15) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 3. (7) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 4. (20) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn. 5. (10) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (17) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 7. (21)
7 Sean Gaddis, Diana, Texas 8. (18) 65 Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan. 9. (2) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
10. (12) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D. 11. (4) 45T
Eric Tomlinson, Robinson, Texas 12. (22) 24C Jim
Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 13. (14) 91 Joe Duvall,
Justice, Okla. 14. (1) 15 Kale Westover, Altus, Okla.
15. (24) 99 Jared Baird, Norman, Okla. 16. (5) 2SS
Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M. 17. (6) 65X Carlos Ahumada
Jr., El Paso, Texas 18. (28) 12J Jason Ingalls,
Longview, Texas 19. (9) 410 Justin McCoy, Grandview,
Texas 20. (26) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
21. (25) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 22. (3)
64 Casey Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas 23. (27) 19R
Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan. 24. (16) 32S D.J.
Shannon, Merced, Calif. 25. (19) 20 Rodney Sanders,
Happy, Texas 26. (11) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
27. (8) 457 Boone Evans, Bullard, Texas 28. (23) 81
Ricky Ingalls, Longview, Texas
Lap
Leaders: Westover 1-21, Sartain 22-40.
Total Laps Led: Westover 21, Sartain
19. Margin of Victory: 1.067
seconds. Time of Race: 25 minutes,
21 seconds (5 cautions). Provisional
Starters: Schott, Ramirez. Emergency
Provisionals: Kratzer, J. Ingalls.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Ebert (started 20th,
finished 4th). Entries: 65.
Next Race: Saturday, March 2, Rocket
Raceway Park. Summit USMTS National
Championship Points: J. Hughes 247, Davis 243,
Timm 242, Christian 241, Jim Chisholm 235, Phillips 235,
Ebert 234, Mullens 230, Ramirez 212, Hansen 212.
ARMI Contractors USMTS Southern Region Points:
J. Hughes 247, Davis 243, Timm 242, Christian 241, Jim
Chisholm 235, Phillips 235. Grant Junghans
USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: Hodges 167,
Hobscheidt 158, Shannon 155, Evans 151, Langford 148.
FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points:
Jim Chisholm 20, Gaddis 19, Ebert 18, Christian 16,
Hansen 15. Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers
Championship Points: BOM 23, Hughes 22, Mullens
22, Rage 18, CDR 16. Callies/JE Pistons USMTS
Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 28,
KSE 19, Cornett 18, OFI 18, Durham 17.
Contingency Awards: Aero Race Wheels – T.
Hughes. American Racer – Hansen. Bear Graphix –
Fowler. Beyea Custom Headers – Ebert. Bryke Racing
– Baird. BSB Manufacturing – Ramirez. Champ Pans –
Mullens. Danny Crane Racing Engines – Williamson.
Deatherage Opticians – Clement. Edelbrock – Timm.
Fast Shafts – Evans. Featherlite Trailers – Sartain,
Christian, Phillips. FK Rod Ends – Ebert. Gorsuch
Performance Solutions – Sartain. Hooker Harness – Jim
Chisholm. Hyperco – C. Melton. Integra Racing
Shocks & Springs – J. Ingalls. Keyser Manufacturing –
Hansen. KSE Racing Products – Timm. MD3 –
Westover. Mel Hambelton Racing – Hoff, Tanner.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – M. Smith, N. Smith
(744.4 miles). MSD Performance – Ebert. Penske
Racing Shocks – Duvall. PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain
– Duvall. QA1 – Duvall. Quarter Master – Timm.
RacerWebsite.com – Cruz. Real Racing Wheels – Brown,
Brutchin, Capps, Joe Chisholm, Cruz, Culp, Dycus, Gamez,
Givens, Glenn, Gunwall, Hobscheidt, Hodges, Hoff, T.
Hughes, LaCoe, Langford, Lary, Malchus, C. Melton, T.
Melton, Mitchell, Nicholas, Osman, Patton, Reid, Smith,
Tanner, Vasquez, Webb, Williams II, Williams Sr., Wolff.
Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt – M. Smith. Simpson Race
Products – Westover. Summit Racing Equipment –
Clement, T. Hughes, C. Melton, Mullens, Vasquez.
Sweet Manufacturing – M. Smith. Swift Springs –
Sartain. Sybesma Graphics – Westover. Total Power
–Tomlinson. Victory Fuel – Sartain. VP Racing –
Sartain. Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Mitchell.
Wilwood Disc Brakes – Gaddis.
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