O’Neil
Obliterates USMTS Field in Oklahoma
POCOLA, Okla. (May
14) —
Not even a delay of nearly two hours for
a crackling powerline could stop Jake O’Neil from
electrifying the crowd at the Tri-State Speedway in
Pocola, Okla., as he took the lead on the second lap and
never looked back in winning his second USMTS main event
of the weekend.
Nor did a pair of late-race
cautions which erased two huge leads get in O’Neil’s way
en route to winning his third main event of the season
with the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by
RacinDirt.
His
$10,000 triumph in Saturday night’s 8th Annual
Drive4JRT.com Juggernaut gave the 30-year-old from
Tucson, Ariz., his 23rd career USMTS victory, tying him
with Al Hejna for the 12th spot on the all-time list.
O’Neil made quick work of polesitter Kale Westover
and took control as the lead duo completed the second
trip around the always-racy 3/8-mile of red dirt, and
then proceeded to build a lead of more than seven
seconds over his chasers.
Caution-free through 28
laps, late yellow flags on laps 29 and 31 gave little
hope to his pursuers as O’Neil sped away from the action
behind him, eventually crossing the finish line at the
end of the 40-lapper with a 3.822-second advantage over
Cayden Carter.
Carter—a top contender for the
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Award—got around
his VanderBuilt Race Cars car builder, Zack VanderBeek,
on the final caution and secured his second runner-up
finish this season.
VanderBeek settled for third
while 13th-starting Dustin Sorensen came on late to
steal fourth place away from four-time USMTS national
champ Rodney Sanders and solidify his place atop the
points standings.
Tyler Wolff was the race’s FK
Rod Ends Hard Charger Award winner, racing from 18th to
sixth at the checkered flag while 15th-starting Terry
Phillips, 20th-starting Tanner Mullens, Jake Timm and
Jason Hughes—the best-finishing Oklahoman among the 50
entrants.
Including his win on Friday at the Red
Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., O’Neil increased his bank
account by $17,000. Now that’s staying ahead of
inflation!
Memorial Day Weekend Four-Pack
Next: The Best of the Best in dirt modified
racing are headed north for another historic weekend of
racing over Memorial Day Weekend featuring the Summit
USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt.
Four straight nights of unreal racing kicks off
Thursday, May 26, with the 8th Annual USMTS Double Down
Showdown at the Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City,
Iowa, and then the series makes a long-awaited return to
the Chateau Speedway in Lansing, Minn., on Friday, May
27.
The Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley,
Minn., hosts the 19th Annual USMTS Southern MN Spring
Challenge on Saturday, May 28, before travelling to the
reanimated Winneshiek Raceway in Decorah, Iowa, on
Sunday, May 29, for the 14th Annual USMTS Nordic
Nationals..
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States
Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National
Championship presented by RacinDirt
8th Annual
Drive4JRT.com Juggernaut
Tri-State Speedway, Pocola,
Okla.
Saturday, May 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. (1) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
2. (2) 19SB Lance
Mari, El Centro, Calif.
3. (4) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla.
4. (3) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield,
Minn.
5. (7) 17H Brent Holman, Rogers, Ark.
6. (6)
65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
7. (5) 91 Joe Duvall,
Claremore, Okla.
8. (8) 4R Jared Russell, Wagoner,
Okla.
DNS – 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2. (2)
49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (4) 44S Shane
DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
4. (3) 12H Mike Hansen,
Dickinson, N.D.
5. (6) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
6. (5) 8 Jeremy Vaughn, Pocola, Okla.
7. (7) 92
Bradley Busch, Mena, Ark.
8. (8) 8C Chris Clark,
Jackson, Wyo.
9. (9) 525 Heath Philpot, Greenwood,
Ark.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (3) 0 Jake O’Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (1) 85 Jayson
Good, Watertown, S.D.
3. (4) 7D Jake Davis, Hackett,
Ark.
4. (7) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
5. (2) 55 Chris Kratzer, Wichita, Kan.
6. (6) J17
Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (5) D25 David
Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas
8. (8) 47 Joshua Harney,
Prairie Grove, Ark.
MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT
RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (1) 15W Kale Westover,
Altus, Okla.
2. (2) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
3. (3) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
4. (4) 20
Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
5. (5) 8M Dillon
McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
6. (6) 4A Josh Lanterman, Derby,
Kan.
7. (7) 6J Jason Payton, Greenwood, Ark.
8.
(8) 4R Kyle Slader, Muskogee, Okla.
VP
RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2)
G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (1) 65X Carlos
Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
3. (4) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark.
4. (3) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo.
5. (5) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield,
Minn.
6. (6) 7X Chris Dawson, Lubbock, Texas
7.
(7) 5 Steve Holzkamper, Gentry, Ark.
8. (8) 30 Dalton
Kirk, Edgerton, Kan.
WRISCO HEAT RACE #6
(8 laps):
1. (4) 10C Cayden Carter,
Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (2) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore,
Minn.
3. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
4.
(1) 29 Lance Plant, Canton, Texas
5. (8) 00S Chris
Spalding, Montgomery City, Mo.
6. (5) 75L Kyle
Ledford, Greenwood, Ark.
7. (6) 12B Johnny Bone Jr.,
Pea Ridge, Ark.
8. (7) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita,
Kan.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15
laps, top 6 advance):
1. (3) 19 Dustin
Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (6) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo.
3. (9) 8M Dillon McCowan, Urbana,
Mo.
4. (2) 7D Jake Davis, Hackett, Ark.
5. (5) 69
Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
6. (10) 65 Tyler
Davis, Haysville, Kan.
7. (7) 00S Chris Spalding,
Montgomery City, Mo.
8. (11) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las
Cruces, N.M.
9. (15) 5 Steve Holzkamper, Gentry, Ark.
10. (8) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
11. (16) 4R
Jared Russell, Wagoner, Okla.
12. (14) D25 David
Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas
13. (12) 7X Chris
Dawson, Lubbock, Texas
14. (13) 91 Joe Duvall,
Claremore, Okla.
15. (18) 30 Dalton Kirk, Edgerton,
Kan.
16. (1) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
17. (17) 47 Joshua Harney, Prairie Grove, Ark.
18.
(4) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
DNS – 56
Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2. (1) 44S
Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
3. (2) 4W Tyler
Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
4. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan.
5. (5) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
6. (9) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
7. (10) 8
Jeremy Vaughn, Pocola, Okla.
8. (17) 4R Kyle Slader,
Muskogee, Okla.
9. (8) 55 Chris Kratzer, Wichita,
Kan.
10. (13) 92 Bradley Busch, Mena, Ark.
11.
(15) 12B Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge, Ark.
12. (11) 4A
Josh Lanterman, Derby, Kan.
13. (16) 8C Chris Clark,
Jackson, Wyo.
14. (18) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita,
Kan.
15. (19) 525 Heath Philpot, Greenwood, Ark.
16. (7) 17H Brent Holman, Rogers, Ark.
17. (12) 75L
Kyle Ledford, Greenwood, Ark.
18. (14) 6J Jason
Payton, Greenwood, Ark.
19. (6) 29 Lance Plant,
Canton, Texas
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A”
MAIN (40 laps):
1. (3) 0 Jake O’Neil,
Tucson, Ariz.
2. (5) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa,
Iowa
3. (8) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
4. (13) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
5. (14)
20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
6. (18) 4W Tyler
Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
7. (15) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo.
8. (20) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita,
Kan.
9. (6) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
10. (9) 12
Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
11. (2) 21K Kyle Brown,
Madrid, Iowa
12. (12) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El
Paso, Texas
13. (21) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield,
Minn.
14. (16) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
15. (1) 15W Kale Westover, Altus, Okla.
16. (25) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
17. (23) 65 Tyler
Davis, Haysville, Kan.
18. (24) 21 Jacob Bleess,
Chatfield, Minn.
19. (7) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro,
Calif.
20. (17) 8M Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
21.
(29) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
22. (10) 60 Dan
Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
23. (22) 12H Mike Hansen,
Dickinson, N.D.
24. (4) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las
Cruces, N.M.
25. (19) 7D Jake Davis, Hackett, Ark.
26. (30) 17H Brent Holman, Rogers, Ark.
27. (28) 55
Chris Kratzer, Wichita, Kan.
28. (27) 00S Chris
Spalding, Montgomery City, Mo.
29. (26) 87 Darron
Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
30. (11) 85 Jayson Good,
Watertown, S.D.
Lap Leaders:
Westover 1, O’Neil 2-40.
Total Laps Led:
O’Neil 39, Westover 1.
Margin of Victory:
3.822 seconds.
Time of Race: 18
minutes, 45.051 seconds (2 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Ramirez, Fuqua, Holman
(track).
Emergency Provisionals:
Spalding, Kratzer, Clark.
FK Rod Ends Hard
Charger: Wolff (started 18th, finished 6th).
Entries: 50.
Next Race:
Thursday, May 26, Mason City Motor Speedway, Mason City,
Iowa.
Summit USMTS National Championship
Points: Sorensen 777, Mullens 705, VanderBeek
675, Sanders 673, Schott 660, Hughes 654, Phillips 641,
Timm 636, Ramirez 631, Bleess 604.
Grant
Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points:
Carter 532, Thornton 503, Brown 491, Spalding 471,
DeVolder 469.
Miller Welders USMTS
Manufacturers Championship Points: MBCustoms
78, Mullens 64, Hughes 56, VanderBuilt 56, LG2 43.
Compstar/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the
Year Points: Action 63, Stoen 55, Cornett 51,
Hatfield 47, Mullens 42.
Contingency
Awards:
American Racer – VanderBeek.
Beyea Custom Headers – Sorensen.
BigDeal Car Care –
O’Neil, Carter.
Bryke Racing – Westover.
BSB
Manufacturing – Clark.
Champ Pans – Sanders.
Deatherage Opticians – DeVolder.
Edelbrock – O’Neil.
Fast Shafts – VanderBeek.
FK Rod Ends – Wolff.
Hooker Harness – Ahumada.
Integra Racing Shocks &
Springs – Mari.
Keyser Manufacturing – Hughes.
KS
Engineering – Brown.
KSE Racing Products – Timm.
Mel Hambelton Ford Racing – Carter.
Midwest Wrap Co.
– Ebert.
Penske Racing Shocks – Schott.
PEM Racing
Gears & Drivetrain – Hughes.
QA1 – Brown.
RacerWebsite.com – Horner.
Simpson Performance
Products – Brown.
Summit Racing Equipment – Carter,
Dawson, F. Gallardo, Hansen.
Super Clean – O’Neil.
Swift Springs – Ramirez, O’Neil, J. Davis.
Sybesma
Graphics – Westover.
Tire Demon – Thornton.
VP
Racing Fuels – O’Neil.
Wehrs Machine & Racing
Products – Payton.
Wilwood Disc Brakes – Ebert.
USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American
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.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO
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,
Winneshiek Raceway.
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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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