Dustin
Doubles Dad with USMTS Masters Win
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 16)
—
Thursday’s opener at the 23rd Annual Masters was the
16th event of the 2022 season for the Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt, and points
leader Dustin Sorensen rumbled to his fourth victory of
the season at the legendary Cedar Lake Speedway.
Jake O’Neil, however, has garnered the most wins this
season with his fifth triumph happening just five nights
ago in the finale of the Belleville Dirt Nationals and
he sat on the pole for the start of the 35-lap main
event at the 65-year-old 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval.
But it was fellow front row starter Kyle Brown who
got the jump on O’Neil our of the gate and took control
of the race with Dan Ebert following into second place
one lap later. They remained that way until the race’s
first caution on lap 4.
With the green flag back
out, O’Neil narrowly held his spot as Jake Timm and
Cayden Carter challenged him for the spot. That battle
lasted only one lap as Rodney Sanders, who was fighting
for seventh, suffered a flat left rear tire and forced a
second appearance of the yellow flag.
Back to
racing, a fun four-car fight between Brown, Ebert,
Sorensen and rim-riding Jake Timm all in the hunt for
the top spot. Timm’s tip-toeing around the top ended on
lap 8 when he smacked the yellow guardrail in turn 2 and
left the race as the yellow waved again.
The next
restart saw Sorensen find some traction on the low side
of the track and he slipped past Brown for the lead with
20 laps in the books. A few moment slater, O’Neil
stormed around the outside of Brown into second.
Following another caution with 10 laps to go, O’Neil
found himself three-wide with Zack VanderBeek and Ebert
as they exited the fourth turn racing back to the green
flag. The result was another caution with O’Neil and
VanderBeek both restarting at the tail of the field.
Back-to-back cautions for Darron Fuqua and debris on
the racing surface with nine laps to go kept the field
bunched tightly and kept lapped traffic out of the
picture for most of the race.
One more caution
with six laps to go extinguished any hopes that Sanders,
O’Neil or Shane DeVolder were holding on to as the trio
collided in the fourth turn.
It seemed to only
place to avoid trouble was to be in front of it, and
that’s just what Sorensen did for the final 15 laps of
the race to nab his tenth USMTS triumph—doubling the
career win total of his father, Mike Sorensen.
While Sorensen pocketed $3,000 for his effort, Ebert
came home with the runner-up paycheck behind the
21-year-old points leader with Terry Phillips, Dereck
Ramirez and Carter completing the top five.
Brown
held on for a solid sixth-place finish as 24th-starting
Tanner Mullens held off 22nd-starting Carlos Ahumada Jr.
for the seventh spot. Tyler Davis and Brandon Givens
rounded out the top 10.
More Masters
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continues Friday and Saturday with complete programs
each night. USMTS Modifieds and Super Late Models
compete in a pair of $5,000-to-win shows on Friday
followed by Saturday’s $10,000-to-win two-headed
championship event.
USRA Late Models will also
run a complete program with $600 to win Friday and a
$1,000 top prize on Saturday with all three nights
awarding Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series national
points.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified
Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt
23rd Annual Masters – Night 1
of 3
Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Thursday, June 16, 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. (2) 20
Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2. (4) 87 Darron Fuqua,
Mayetta, Kan.
3. (1) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso,
Texas
4. (3) 71D Dustin Strand, East Grand Forks,
Minn.
5. (6) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River, Minn.
6.
(5) 96M Mike McKinney, Plainfield, Ill.
7. (9) 4
Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
8. (7) 44H Adam
Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
9. (10) 12B Cory Bruggeman,
Stillwater, Minn.
10. (8) 27P Parker Anderson,
Phillips, Wis.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2
(8 laps):
1. (1) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia,
Wis.
2. (4) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
3. (6) 65
Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
4. (8) 19SB Lance Mari,
El Centro, Calif.
5. (2) 29D Brad Dierks, Clarence,
Iowa
6. (10) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
7. (7) 10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
8. (9)
43K Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
9. (5) 22
Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
10. (3) 45 Chase Holland,
Saucier, Miss.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8
laps):
1. (4) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
2. (1) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
3. (6) 16 Austin
Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
4. (9) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark.
5. (5) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard,
Minn.
6. (7) T40 Danny Thomas, Knapp, Wis.
7. (8)
5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
8. (3) 44S Shane
DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
9. (2) 85 Jayson Good,
Watertown, S.D.
MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE
#4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn.
2. (1) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward,
Okla.
3. (4) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
4. (3)
33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
5. (6) 02
Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (5) 14W Clayton
Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
7. (9) 28 Jimmy Mars,
Menomonie, Wis.
8. (8) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
9. (7) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
VP RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1.
(2) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (4) 0 Jake
O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
3. (1) 69 Lucas Schott,
Chatfield, Minn.
4. (3) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
5. (6) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
6. (8) W Cory
Williams, Spring Valley, Wis.
7. (7) 56 Colton
Horner, Houston, Texas
8. (9) 15W Alex Williamson,
Rushford, Minn.
9. (5) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown,
Minn.
WRISCO HEAT RACE #6 (8 laps):
1. (4) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (2) 2G
Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
3. (8) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
4. (1) 73 Andy Jones,
Princeton, Minn.
5. (3) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield,
Minn.
6. (9) 71 A.J. Roschen, Somerset, Wis.
7.
(7) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
8. (5) 38T Dylan
Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
9. (6) 24 Brandon
Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
2. (4) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
3. (2) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark.
4. (3) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El
Paso, Texas
5. (5) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls,
Wis.
6. (6) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
7. (10)
10 Daniel Bargender, Menomonie, Wis.
8. (13) 12B Cory
Bruggeman, Stillwater, Minn.
9. (8) T40 Danny Thomas,
Knapp, Wis.
10. (14) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton,
Minn.
11. (11) 43K Kaden Blaeser, Chippewa Falls,
Wis.
12. (15) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
13.
(9) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
14. (7) 71
A.J. Roschen, Somerset, Wis.
15. (12) 44H Adam
Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
REAL RACING WHEELS
“B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (3)
69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (1) 16 Austin
Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
3. (2) 12 Jason Hughes,
Watts, Okla.
4. (5) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River,
Minn.
5. (11) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
6. (4) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
7. (9) 28 Jimmy
Mars, Menomonie, Wis.
8. (6) 21 Jacob Bleess,
Chatfield, Minn.
9. (8) 96M Mike McKinney,
Plainfield, Ill.
10. (7) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard,
Minn.
11. (15) 27P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
12. (12) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
13. (14) 44
Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn.
14. (10) 56 Colton
Horner, Houston, Texas
15. (13) 85 Jayson Good,
Watertown, S.D.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #3 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (2) 19SB Lance
Mari, El Centro, Calif.
3. (3) 71D Dustin Strand,
East Grand Forks, Minn.
4. (5) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan.
5. (4) 73 Andy Jones, Princeton, Minn.
6. (8) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
7. (12) 38T
Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
8. (10) 96 Taton
Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
9. (6) 29D Brad Dierks,
Clarence, Iowa
10. (13) 22 Alan Bohlman, Isanti,
Minn.
11. (7) W Cory Williams, Spring Valley, Wis.
12. (11) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
13.
(14) 24 Brandon Dolman, Alexandria, Minn.
14. (9) 5K
Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
SUMMIT
RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (35 laps):
1. (8)
19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (4) 60 Dan
Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
3. (10) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo.
4. (15) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward,
Okla.
5. (3) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
6.
(2) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
7. (24) 02 Tanner
Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
8. (22) 65X Carlos Ahumada
Jr., El Paso, Texas
9. (12) 65 Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan.
10. (11) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita,
Kan.
11. (25) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
12. (20) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
13. (16) 33Z
Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
14. (26) 38T Dylan
Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
15. (17) 16 Austin
Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
16. (18) 19SB Lance Mari, El
Centro, Calif.
17. (7) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas
18. (1) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
19.
(27) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
20. (14) 69
Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
21. (5) 87 Darron
Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
22. (19) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark.
23. (9) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia,
Wis.
24. (23) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River, Minn.
25. (6) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
26. (13) 1M Curt
Myers, Cameron, Wis.
27. (21) 71D Dustin Strand, East
Grand Forks, Minn.
Lap Leaders:
Brown 1-20, Sorensen 21-35.
Total Laps Led:
Brown 20, Sorensen 15.
Margin of
Victory: 1.552 seconds.
Time of
Race: 31 minutes, 17.410 seconds (9 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Bleess, Thornton.
Emergency Provisionals: DeVolder.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Mullens
(started 24th, finished 7th).
Entries:
56.
Next Race:
Friday-Saturday, June 17-18, Cedar Lake Speedway, New
Richmond, Wis.
Summit USMTS National
Championship Points: Sorensen 1379, Mullens
1297, Ramirez 1255, VanderBeek 1211, Sanders 1194,
Phillips 1183, Hughes 1166, Ebert 1111, Bleess 1067,
Carter 1063.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of
the Year Points: Carter 979, Thornton 857,
Brown 845, DeVolder 830, Horner 737.
Miller
Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points:
MBCustoms 136, Hughes 113, Mullens 112,
VanderBuilt 101, GRT 77.
Compstar/JE Pistons
USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points:
Cornett 115, Action 108, Stoen 96, Mullens 78, Hatfield
76.
Contingency Awards:
American Racer – Thomas.
Beyea Custom Headers –
Ramirez.
BigDeal Car Care – Sorensen, Wolff.
Bryke
Racing – Siebert.
BSB Manufacturing – Fuqua.
Champ
Pans – Carter.
Deatherage Opticians – Thornton.
Edelbrock – Timm.
Fast Shafts – Doelle.
FK Rod
Ends – Mullens.
Hooker Harness – Hughes.
Integra
Racing Shocks & Springs – DeVolder.
Keyser
Manufacturing – Givens.
KS Engineering – Bleess.
KSE Racing Products – Davis.
Mel Hambelton Ford
Racing – Ebert.
Mesilla Valley Transportation –
Holland.
Midwest Wrap Co. – Wolff.
MSD Performance
– Ebert.
Penske Racing Shocks – VanderBeek.
PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain – Horner.
QA1 – Sanders.
RacerWebsite.com – Blaeser.
Simpson Performance
Products – Sanders.
Summit Racing Equipment –
Bargender, Adam Bohlman, Alan Bohlman, Dierks.
Super
Clean – Sorensen.
Swift Springs – O’Neil, Sorensen,
Ayotte.
Sybesma Graphics – Timm.
Tire Demon –
Hensel.
VP Racing Fuels – Sorensen.
Wehrs Machine
& Racing Products – Kaeter.
Wilwood Disc Brakes –
O’Neil.
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Shafts, FK
Rod Ends, Intercomp, K1
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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.
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SPONSORS: ARMI
Contractors, Boubin
Tire & Automotive, Brodix
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Motorsports, Hacienda
Mechanical, Mel
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Performance Products, Rancho
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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
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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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