O’Neil Sails
to USMTS Summersota Victory at Casino Speedway
WATERTOWN, S.D. (July 17)
— A packed house of rabid fans
made their annual pilgrimage to the high-banked
quarter-mile Casino Speedway in Watertown, S.D., on
Sunday for the 13th Annual NAPA Summersota Modified
Nationals, and the USMTS delivered yet another
nail-biting barn-burner for the faithful.
Looking
to return to victory at his home track and the location
of his first and only Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt victory in 2007, Scott Ward shot
from the pole position to lead the first lap of the
42-lap feature race.
Dan Ebert started next to
Ward and beat him to the flagstand by a whisker to lead
the second lap before giving way to Ward once again as
they wrapped up the third lap.
Ward was able to
fend off his challenger through the next few laps but
Ebert powered ahead on lap 9 and stayed out front until
13th-starting Jake O’Neil began to pressure the leader.
O’Neil passed Ward to steal second place with 17
laps to go, and then closed in on the rear bumper of
Ebert’s machine with 10 to go.
With five more
trips around the speedway, the lead pair completed the
37th orbit side by side before O’Neil slammed the door
to take the lead.
Ebert fought back but lapped
traffic and a flawless effort by O’Neil left him in
second place when crossed beneath the checkered flag
while O’Neil padded his bank account by $5,000 while
recording his series-best seventh win of the 2022
campaign.
It was the 27 career USMTS victory for
the 30-year-old from Tucson, Ariz.
Ward followed
Ebert to the flagstand while Terry Phillips and Rodney
Sanders posted solid efforts in fourth and fifth,
respectively.
Tyler Wolff, Tyler Peterson,
defending USMTS national champ Dereck Ramirez, Darron
Fuqua and 18th-starting Zack VanderBeek rounded out the
top 10. Points leader Dustin Sorensen was 11th—his
second straight night outside of the top 10.
Next event: Following a one-week hiatus
to restock, rebuild and refresh, the USMTS returns to
action the first weekend in August with a titanic
tripleheader set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug.
4-6.
The 11th Annual USMTS Keeper of the Plains
Shootout happens Thursday, Aug. 4, at the 81 Speedway in
Park City, Kan., before moving to the Humboldt Speedway
in Humboldt, Kan., for the 16th Annual USMTS Summer
Fling.
The wild weekend will wrap up with the
13th Annual USMTS Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented
by Foley Equipment at the Lucas Oil Speedway in
Wheatland, Mo.—just two months before the 9th Annual
Summit USRA Nationals in October.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring
Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented
by RacinDirt
13th Annual NAPA Summersota Modified
Nationals
Casino Speedway, Watertown, S.D.
Sunday,
July 17, 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) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville,
Ark.
2. (1) 85 Jayson Good, Watertown, S.D.
3. (3)
4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
4. (5) 19 Dustin
Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
5. (4) 44S Shane DeVolder,
Pacifica, Calif.
6. (6) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New
Sharon, Iowa
7. (7) 1TPO Tyler Peterson, Horace, N.D.
8. (8) 6ST Joseph Thomas, Glyndon, Minn.
9. (9) 50
Tim Waba, Watertown, S.D.
FAST SHAFTS
HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 20S Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas
2. (4) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn.
3. (1) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
4. (6) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
5. (3) 12 Jason
Hughes, Watts, Okla.
6. (5) 21 Jacob Bleess,
Chatfield, Minn.
7. (8) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
8. (7) 20 Trevor Anderson, Watertown, S.D.
9. (9) 8C
Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
EDELBROCK HEAT
RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo.
2. (4) 37 Scott Ward, Watertown,
S.D.
3. (1) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
4. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
5. (5) 19SB
Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
6. (6) 14 Nick Schmidt,
Baltic, S.D.
7. (8) 3 Arne Anderson, Watertown, S.D.
8. (7) 11Z Dylan Zabel, Selby, S.D.
MSD
PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (4) 87
Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
2. (2) 56 Colton Horner,
Houston, Texas
3. (3) 15 Tony Konold, Clear Lake,
S.D.
4. (6) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr.., El Paso, Texas
5. (5) 13 Cayden Schmeling, Watertown, S.D.
6. (8) 32
Jesse Young, Warner, S.D.
7. (1) 2G Brandon Givens,
Wichita, Kan.
8. (7) 51T Tim Thomas, West Fargo, N.D.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top
5 advance):
1. (1) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson,
Ariz.
2. (2) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (8) 6ST Joseph Thomas, Glyndon, Minn.
4. (6) 21
Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (4) 19SB Lance
Mari, El Centro, Calif.
6. (5) 32 Jesse Young,
Warner, S.D.
7. (3) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica,
Calif.
8. (10) 50 Tim Waba, Watertown, S.D.
9. (7)
21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
10. (9) 11Z Dylan Zabel,
Selby, S.D.
DNS – 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top
5 advance):
1. (2) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan.
2. (1) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr.., El
Paso, Texas
3. (5) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon,
Iowa
4. (8) 1TPO Tyler Peterson, Horace, N.D.
5.
(3) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
6. (4) 13 Cayden
Schmeling, Watertown, S.D.
7. (9) 20 Trevor Anderson,
Watertown, S.D.
8. (6) 14 Nick Schmidt, Baltic, S.D.
9. (10) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
10. (7) 3 Arne
Anderson, Watertown, S.D.
DNS – 51T Tim Thomas, West
Fargo, N.D.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A”
MAIN (42 laps):1. (13) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson,
Ariz.
2. (2) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
3.
(1) 37 Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D.
4. (5) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
5. (7) 20S Rodney Sanders,
Happy, Texas
6. (3) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville,
Ark.
7. (20) 1TPO Tyler Peterson, Horace, N.D.
8.
(9) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
9. (6) 87
Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
10. (18) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
11. (15) 19 Dustin
Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
12. (17) 6ST Joseph
Thomas, Glyndon, Minn.
13. (22) 12 Jason Hughes,
Watts, Okla.
14. (12) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa
Maria, Calif.
15. (10) 15 Tony Konold, Clear Lake,
S.D.
16. (23) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
17.
(16) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr.., El Paso, Texas
18. (24)
44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
19. (14) 02
Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
20. (4) 85 Jayson Good,
Watertown, S.D.
21. (8) 56 Colton Horner, Houston,
Texas
22. (21) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
23. (19) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
24. (11)
12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
Lap
Leaders: Ward 1, Ebert 2, Ward 3-8, Ebert 9-37,
O’Neil 38-42.
Total Laps Led: Ebert
30, Ward 7, O’Neil 5.
Margin of Victory:
0.837 second.
Time of Race: 15
minutes, 38.904 seconds (1 caution).
Provisional Starters: Brown, DeVolder.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Peterson
(started 20th, finished 7th).
Entries:
34.
Next Race: Thursday, Aug. 4, 81
Speedway, Park City, Kan.
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 – Ebert.
Beyea Custom Headers – 4th.
BigDeal Car Care – O’Neil.
Bryke Racing – Konold.
BSB Manufacturing – Horner.
Champ Pans – Sanders.
Deatherage Opticians – Zabel.
Edelbrock – Phillips.
Fast Shafts – Sanders.
FK Rod Ends – Peterson.
Hooker Harness – J. Thomas.
Integra Racing Shocks &
Springs – Mullens.
Keyser Manufacturing – VanderBeek.
KS Engineering – Sorensen.
KSE Racing Products –
Fuqua.
Mel Hambelton Ford Racing – Ebert.
Midwest
Wrap Co. – Mari.
MSD Performance – Fuqua.
Penske
Racing Shocks – Thornton.
PEM Racing Gears &
Drivetrain – DeVolder.
QA1 – Ebert.
RacerWebsite.com – Sorensen.
Simpson Performance
Products – Wolff.
Summit Racing Equipment – A.
Anderson, T. Anderson, Waba, Ward.
Super Clean –
O’Neil.
Swift Springs – Ward, O’Neil, Konold.
Sybesma Graphics – Ward.
Tire Demon – Zabel.
VP
Racing Fuels – O’Neil.
Wehrs Machine & Racing
Products – Givens.
Wilwood Disc Brakes – Good.
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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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