Sorensen Wins
Wild USMTS Dairyland Showdown Finale
FOUNTAIN CITY,
Wis. (May 7) —
As he was to close out the 2021 racing
season, Dustin Sorensen remains the hottest dirt
modified driver on Earth after winning Saturday night’s
finale of the 2nd Annual Dairyland Showdown presented by
Dynamic Concrete Resurfacing.
At 21 years of age,
Sorensen added $10,000 to his bank account with the
impressive victory and padded his points lead in the
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by
RacinDirt.
The
three-day event at the Mississippi Thunder Speedway in
Fountain City, Wis., saw three drivers with an average
age of 23 years old cross the Mississippi River and take
home the top prize back to their home state of
Minnesota.
A second-generation racer from
Rochester, Sorensen started seventh in Saturday’s 50-lap
main event at the high-banked 1/3-mile clay oval. He
remained close to the leaders for the first half of the
race and then took the lead for good on lap 40.
Cory Crapser earned the Sybesma Graphics Pole Award and
paced the first 20 laps of the race before giving way to
Shane Sabraski in the Hot Karl Chassis entry.
Lucas Schott—who won Thursday and finished third on
Friday—reeled in Sabraski midway through the contest and
took over on lap 30 but Sabraski fought back to regain
the top spot four laps later.
With the only
caution flag waving early in the race, the leaders
remained in striking distance of each other throughout
the race as they tried to navigate constant lapped
traffic in the 32-car starting field.
Once
Sorensen was able to sneak by Sabraski on lap 40, he
never relinquished the lead but had to fend off a
furious challenge over the final mile from Grant
Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year contender Cayden
Carter, who clawed his way froward from 13th on the
starting grid.
Sabraski held on the third behind
Sorensen and Carter while Schott and two-time USMTS
National Champion Ryan Gustin were fourth and fifth.
Par for the course, Gustin kept the fans cheering
with his rim-riding exploits behind the wheel of Terry
Phillips’ backup GRT chassis after 75 laps of dirt late
model action in the previous feature race.
Dereck
Ramirez came from 19th to finish sixth followed by
16th-starting Jake O'Neil, true rookie Jim Chisholm,
Crapser and Cade Dillard.
Sorensen’s margin of
victory just less than a half-second and it was his
eighth career USMTS win, tying him with Brandon Davis,
Ryan Ruter, Ricky Thornton Jr. and Tommy Weder Jr. on
the all-time list.
Oklahoma's got next:
The Summit USMTS Modifieds trek to the Red Dirt
Raceway in Meeker, Okla., for the $7,000-to-win Fallen
Hero 50 on Friday, May 13, followed by the 8th Annual
Drive4JRT.com Juggernaut on Saturday, May 14, at the
Tri-State Speedway in Pocola, Okla., with $10,000 up for
grabs to the winner.
While this is the first time
the series invades Cody Brewer’s popular bullring, it
will be the ninth visit to the Tri-State Speedway since
Eddie Martin won the inaugural event on June 9, 2009.
Since then, Jason Hughes has won a series-best three
features while Zack VanderBeek, Hunter Marriott, Rodney
Sanders and Dereck Ramirez each one.
Ramirez is
the defending champion of the event and defending Summit
USMTS National Champion. $100,000 awaits this year’s
titlist.
These will be the eighth and ninth races
on the 2022 schedule with 14 events on the slate between
now and June 18.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified
Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt
2nd Annual Dairyland Showdown
presented by Dynamic Concrete Resurfacing – Night 3 of 3
Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, Wis.
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Showing
finishing position, starting position in parentheses,
car number, driver and hometown. 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) 75R
Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa
2. (4) 49 Jake Timm,
Winona, Minn.
3. (7) 96M Mike McKinney, Plainfield,
Ill.
4. (5) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
5.
(2) 18A Landon Atkinson, Little Falls, Minn.
6. (6)
95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
7. (8) 22S Cole Spacek,
Phillips, Wis.
8. (9) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
9. (1) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
10. (11)
18H Michael Hofer, Cochrane, Wis.
11. (10) 11N Gene
Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT
RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (3) 69 Lucas Schott,
Chatfield, Minn.
2. (1) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West
Concord, Minn.
3. (2) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
4. (7) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr.., El Paso, Texas
5. (4)
89 A.J. Diemel, Elk Mound, Wis.
6. (5) 4 Jeremy
Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
7. (6) 7 Al Hejna, Clear
Lake, Iowa
8. (8) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
9. (9) 22B Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
10. (10) 21X
Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
EDELBROCK
HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 07 Cory
Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
2. (3) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (4) 10C Cayden Carter,
Oskaloosa, Iowa
4. (1) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown,
S.D.
5. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
6. (5)
45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
7. (8) 51 Chris
Oertel, Marshfield, Wis.
8. (7) 94JR John Doelle,
Arcadia, Wis.
9. (9) 00B Scott Bryant, Baring, Mo.
10. (10) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1.
(2) WIN1 Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
2. (4) 24C Jim
Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (3) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New
Sharon, Iowa
4. (1) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica,
Calif.
5. (6) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
6. (8) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
7. (5) 65 Tyler
Davis, Haysville, Kan.
8. (7) 28 Parker Hale, Grand
Meadow, Minn.
9. (10) 00 Robby Bunkelman, Abbotsford,
Wis.
10. (9) 55 Chris Kratzer, Wichita, Kan.
VP RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (4) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (2) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
3. (3) 0 Jake O'Neil,
Tucson, Ariz.
4. (5) 22T Michael Truscott, Chippewa
Falls, Wis.
5. (6) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
6.
(1) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
7. (7) 87 Darron Fuqua,
Mayetta, Kan.
8. (8) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
9. (9) 15 Steve Bangart, Auburndale, Wis.
10. (10) 24
Charlie Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
WRISCO
HEAT RACE #6 (8 laps):
1. (3) 60 Dan Ebert,
Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (4) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline,
La.
3. (5) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
4. (1) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
5. (2) 4W
Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
6. (6) 00S Chris
Spalding, Montgomery City, Mo.
7. (9) 51W J.T.
Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
8. (7) 35B David Baxter,
Eau Claire, Wis.
9. (10) 88XXX Randy Klein, Enderlin,
N.D.
10. (8) 369 Bart Taylor, Sheridan, Wyo.
SALTY'S BBQ & CATERING HEAT RACE #7 (8 laps):
1. (1) A Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev.
2. (2) 21 Jacob
Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (3) 99 Josh Angst,
Winona, Minn.
4. (4) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
5. (5) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
6. (6) 55M
Cory Mahder, Elk Mound, Wis.
7. (7) 99L Steve
Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
8. (8) 27X Calvin
Iverson, Eleva, Wis.
9. (10) 71 Dustin Strand, East
Grand Forks, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (2) 10C
Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (3) 0 Jake O'Neil,
Tucson, Ariz.
3. (1) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward,
Okla.
4. (7) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
5. (8) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
6. (13) 99L
Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
7. (10) 45 Chase
Holland, Saucier, Miss.
8. (11) 51W J.T. Wasmund,
Pine Island, Minn.
9. (6) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita,
Kan.
10. (4) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
11. (5) 22T Michael Truscott, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
12. (9) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
13. (17) 22B Alan
Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
14. (18) 18H Michael Hofer,
Cochrane, Wis.
15. (15) 35B David Baxter, Eau Claire,
Wis.
16. (19) 55 Chris Kratzer, Wichita, Kan.
17.
(20) 16 Dave Schoenberger, Beaver Dam, Wis.
18. (16)
88XXX Randy Klein, Enderlin, N.D.
19. (14) 94JR John
Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
20. (12) 7 Al Hejna, Clear
Lake, Iowa
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2
(15 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 21 Jacob
Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (2) 38T Dylan Thornton,
Santa Maria, Calif.
3. (4) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan.
4. (3) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
5. (5) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown, S.D.
6. (6) 89 A.J.
Diemel, Elk Mound, Wis.
7. (7) 1M Curt Myers,
Cameron, Wis.
8. (9) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
9. (12) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
10. (13) 26G
Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
11. (15) 27X Calvin
Iverson, Eleva, Wis.
12. (14) 28 Parker Hale, Grand
Meadow, Minn.
13. (8) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton,
Minn.
14. (11) 22S Cole Spacek, Phillips, Wis.
15.
(20) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
16. (17) 00B
Scott Bryant, Baring, Mo.
17. (10) 00S Chris
Spalding, Montgomery City, Mo.
18. (18) 21X Travis
Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
19. (19) 24 Charlie
Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
20. (16) 71 Dustin Strand,
East Grand Forks, Minn.
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #3 (15 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (2) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2. (6)
20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
3. (1) 90 Ryan
Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
4. (3) 21K Kyle Brown,
Madrid, Iowa
5. (5) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica,
Calif.
6. (7) 18A Landon Atkinson, Little Falls,
Minn.
7. (4) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
8.
(8) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
9. (9) 4 Jeremy
Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
10. (11) 51 Chris Oertel,
Marshfield, Wis.
11. (12) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta,
Kan.
12. (16) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
13. (14) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
14. (15) 00
Robby Bunkelman, Abbotsford, Wis.
15. (13) 4A Joel
Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
16. (18) 8C Chris Clark,
Jackson, Wyo.
17. (19) 369 Bart Taylor, Sheridan,
Wyo.
18. (17) 15 Steve Bangart, Auburndale, Wis.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (50 laps):
1. (7) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (13)
10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
3. (2) WIN1 Shane
Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
4. (3) 69 Lucas Schott,
Chatfield, Minn.
5. (6) 75R Ryan Gustin,
Marshalltown, Iowa
6. (19) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla.
7. (16) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
8. (8) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
9. (1) 07 Cory
Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
10. (9) 97 Cade
Dillard, Robeline, La.
11. (5) 49 Jake Timm, Winona,
Minn.
12. (20) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
13. (4) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
14. (18) 20
Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
15. (11) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
16. (14) 21 Jacob Bleess,
Chatfield, Minn.
17. (30) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark.
18. (12) 96M Mike McKinney,
Plainfield, Ill.
19. (15) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New
Sharon, Iowa
20. (25) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
21. (17) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
22.
(22) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
23. (24)
21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
24. (29) 12 Jason
Hughes, Watts, Okla.
25. (26) 65X Carlos Ahumada
Jr.., El Paso, Texas
26. (32) 44S Shane DeVolder,
Pacifica, Calif.
27. (31) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown,
S.D.
28. (21) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
29. (27) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
30. (10)
A Kollin Hibdon, Pahrump, Nev.
31. (23) 99 Josh
Angst, Winona, Minn.
32. (28) 51 Chris Oertel,
Marshfield, Wis.
Lap Leaders:
Crapser 1-20, Sabraski 21-29, Schott 30-33, Sabraski
34-39, Sorensen 40-50.
Total Laps Led:
Crapser 20, Sabraski 15, Sorensen 11, Schott 4.
Margin of Victory: 0.461 second.
Time of Race: 18 minutes, 3.31 seconds
(1 caution).
Provisional Starters:
Davis, Ahumada, Hale (track), Oertel (track).
Emergency Provisionals: Hughes, Wolff,
Good, DeVolder.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger:
Ramirez (started 19th, finished 6th).
Entries: 71.
Next Race:
Friday, May 13, Red Dirt Raceway, Meeker, Okla.
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.
Contingency
Awards:
American Racer – Nelson.
Beyea
Custom Headers – Schott.
BigDeal Car Care – Sorensen,
Brown.
Bryke Racing – Phillips.
BSB Manufacturing
– Thornton.
Champ Pans – Gustin.
Deatherage
Opticians – Sanders.
Edelbrock – Crapser.
Fast
Shafts – Schott, Sorensen.
FK Rod Ends – Ramirez.
Hooker Harness – Mullens.
Integra Racing Shocks &
Springs – VanderBeek.
Keyser Manufacturing – Dillard.
KS Engineering – Timm.
KSE Racing Products – Crapser.
Mel Hambelton Ford Racing – Carter.
Midwest Wrap Co.
– Williamson.
Penske Racing Shocks – Ebert.
PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain – Dillard.
Performance
Bodies- Wolff.
QA1 – Timm.
RacerWebsite.com –
Hoff.
Simpson Performance Products – Gustin.
Summit Racing Equipment – Atkinson, Brown, Kratzer,
Taylor.
Super Clean – Sorensen.
Swift Springs –
Timm, Sorensen, Hale.
Sybesma Graphics – Crapser.
Tire Demon – Hejna.
VP Racing Fuels – Sorensen.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Doelle.
Wilwood
Disc Brakes – DeVolder.
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Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
Headers, Chevrolet
Performance, Compstar, Fast
Shafts, FK
Rod Ends, Intercomp, K1
RaceGear by Ryan Bowers Motorsports, KS
Engineering, KSE
Racing Products, Malvern
Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, MSD
Performance, Nitroquest
Media, PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit
Racing Equipment, Super
Clean, VP
Racing Fuels, Wrisco
Industries.
USMTS PARTICIPATING
SPONSORS: ARMI
Contractors, Boubin
Tire & Automotive, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, DAY
Motorsports, Hacienda
Mechanical, Mel
Hambelton Racing, Midwest
Wrap Co., Miller
Welders, PBM
Performance Products, Rancho
Milagro Racing, RHRSwag.com, S&S
Fishing & Rental, Salty's
BBQ & Catering, YouDirt.com.
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Racing Products, Allstar
Performance, BigDeal
Car Care, Bryke
Racing, BSB
Manufacturing, Champ
Pans, Deatherage
Opticians, Edelbrock, Hooker
Harness, Integra
Racing Shocks and Springs, JE
Pistons, Keyser
Manufacturing, Penske
Racing Shocks, Performance
Bodies & Parts, QA1, RacerWebsite.com, Real
Racing Wheels, Simpson
Performance Products, Swift
Springs, Sybesma
Graphics, Tire
Demon, Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood
Racing.
USMTS RACETRACKS:
81 Speedway,
Arrowhead Speedway,
Belleville High Banks,
Casino Speedway,
Cedar Lake Speedway,
Chateau Speedway,
Dallas County Speedway,
Deer Creek Speedway,
Fayette County Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
I-70 Speedway,
Lakeside Speedway,
Lucas Oil Speedway,
Mason City Motor Speedway,
Mississippi Thunder Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Red Dirt Raceway,
Rocket Raceway Park,
Tri-State Speedway,
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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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