Chisholm
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PRINCETON, Minn. (July 18,
2025)The 5th
Annual Mod Wars kicked off with a bang at Princeton
Speedway on Friday, as Jim Chisholm of Osage, Iowa,
dominated the 40-lap main event for the Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt.
Chisholm, starting from the second position, quickly
seized the lead on lap 2 and never looked back en route
to a $5,000 victory on opening night of the three-day
spectacular.
While Chisholm celebrated in victory
lane, the battle for the remaining podium spots was
fierce. Reece Solander of Emporia, Kan., put in a strong
performance to secure second place, coming up just short
at the finish line.
Gary Christian of Broken Bow,
Okla., rounded out the top three, adding another strong
finish to his season. Local favorite Dave Cain of
Corcoran impressed crowd with a fourth-place finish,
while Clayton Wagamon of Ramsey, who led the opening
lap, held on for a solid fifth.
The evening began
with Hodges Farms & Dredging Qualifying, where Joe
Chisholm of Osage, Iowa, laid down the fastest lap,
setting the tone for a competitive night. Heat race
victories went to Tanner Mullens of Wichita, Kan., Bryce
Sward of Nelson and Solander.
The Real Racing
Wheels B Main saw Travis Schulte of Becker lead the
charge, followed by Tyler Kaeter of St. Cloud, Brennan
Gave of Princeton, Shane Sabraski of Rice, J.T. Johnson
of Milaca, and John Toppozini of Thunder Bay, Ont.,
Canada all successfully transferring to the Summit
Racing Equipment A Main.
The FK Rod Ends Hard
Charger award for the "A" Main went to Sabraski, who
carved his way through the field from 20th to finish
12th, gaining eight positions.
This weekend is a
critical juncture in the Summit USMTS National
Championship points chase. Rodney Sanders of Happy,
Texas, continues to lead the overall points standings
with 1,708 points, but Jim Chisholm's victory tightens
the gap, moving him to 1,608 points. Tanner Mullens
holds third with 1,551 points. The intensity of
competition for the championship title is escalating
with each race.
The Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie
of the Year battle remains close, with Joe Chisholm
leading Trevor Hughes and Reece Solander. The FK Rod
Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points show Sanders at the top,
followed by Terry Phillips and Jim Chisholm.
Drivers will have little time to rest as the 5th Annual
Mod Wars heads to the Ogilvie Raceway on Saturday for
Night 2 of Mod Wars.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States
Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National
Championship presented by RacinDirt
5th Annual Mod
Wars Night 1 of 3
Princeton Speedway, Princeton,
Minn.
Friday, July 18, 2025
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.
HODGES FARMS &
DREDGING QUALIFYING:
1. (18) 25 Joe
Chisholm, Osage, Iowa, 13.370
2. (1) 24C Jim
Chisholm, Osage, Iowa, 13.489
3. (26) 5 Reece
Solander, Emporia, Kan., 13.491
4. (21) 02 Tanner
Mullens, Wichita, Kan., 13.497
5. (7) 712 Trevor
Hughes, Westville, Okla., 13.506
6. (8) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas, 13.537
7. (27) 26G Ryan
Gierke, Villard, Minn., 13.574
8. (6) 6X Bryce Sward,
Nelson, Minn., 13.589
9. (5) 17B Zach Benson,
Princeton, Minn., 13.600
10. (10) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla., 13.643
11. (4) 14W Clayton
Wagamon, Ramsey, Minn., 13.654
12. (19) 7A Shane
Sabraski, Rice, Minn., 13.656
13. (25) 21 Jacob
Bleess, Chatfield, Minn., 13.677
14. (14) 2G Troy
Girolamo, Williston, N.D., 13.681
15. (12) 21X Travis
Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn., 13.682
16. (13) 55H A.J.
Hoff, Mantorville, Minn., 13.695
17. (28) 112 Brennan
Gave, Princeton, Minn., 13.727
18. (20) 2C Dave Cain,
Corcoran, Minn., 13.774
19. (22) 21K Kyle Brown,
Madrid, Iowa, 13.787
20. (9) 3T Travis Schulte,
Becker, Minn., 13.799
21. (23) 25B Adam Bohlman,
Isanti, Minn., 13.872
22. (3) 8 Kyle Strickler,
Mooresville, N.C., 13.875
23. (17) 32C Curtis Stieh,
Kaministiqua, Ont., Can., 13.918
24. (15) T23 John
Toppozini, Thunder Bay, Ont., Can., 13.932
25. (2) 89
J.T. Johnson, Milaca, Minn., 13.981
26. (11) 6T
Joseph Thomas, Glyndon, Minn., 14.009
27. (16) 75
Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., 14.010
28. (24) 5K
Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn., 14.067
29. (29) 88
Eric Lamm, Milaca, Minn., 14.172
SIMPSON
RACE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (10 laps):
1. (3)
02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
2. (1) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
3. (4) 25 Joe Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa
4. (5) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (6) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
6. (7) 21K
Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
7. (10) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St.
Cloud, Minn.
8. (9) 89 J.T. Johnson, Milaca, Minn.
9. (8) 8 Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, N.C.
10. (2)
26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
FAST
SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (10 laps):
1. (2) 6X
Bryce Sward, Nelson, Minn.
2. (1) 14W Clayton
Wagamon, Ramsey, Minn.
3. (4) 24C Jim Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa
4. (3) 712 Trevor Hughes, Westville,
Okla.
5. (8) 6T Joseph Thomas, Glyndon, Minn.
6.
(6) 3T Travis Schulte, Becker, Minn.
7. (5) 112
Brennan Gave, Princeton, Minn.
8. (9) 88 Eric Lamm,
Milaca, Minn.
9. (7) 32C Curtis Stieh, Kaministiqua,
Ont., Can.
DNS - 2G Troy Girolamo, Williston, N.D.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps):
1. (4) 5 Reece Solander, Emporia, Kan.
2. (6) 2C Dave
Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
3. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders,
Happy, Texas
4. (2) 17B Zach Benson, Princeton, Minn.
5. (5) 21X Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
6. (7) 25B
Adam Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
7. (1) 7A Shane Sabraski,
Rice, Minn.
8. (8) T23 John Toppozini, Thunder Bay,
Ont., Can.
9. (9) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
REAL RACING WHEELS B MAIN (12 laps, top 6
advance):
1. (1) 3T Travis Schulte, Becker,
Minn.
2. (3) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
3.
(4) 112 Brennan Gave, Princeton, Minn.
4. (7) 7A
Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
5. (6) 89 J.T. Johnson,
Milaca, Minn.
6. (8) T23 John Toppozini, Thunder Bay,
Ont., Can.
7. (5) 88 Eric Lamm, Milaca, Minn.
8.
(9) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
9. (10) 8
Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, N.C.
10. (2) 25B Adam
Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
11. (11) 32C Curtis Stieh,
Kaministiqua, Ont., Can.
DNS - 2G Troy Girolamo,
Williston, N.D.
DNS - 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT A MAIN (40 laps):
1. (2) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (3) 5 Reece
Solander, Emporia, Kan.
3. (5) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla.
4. (6) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran,
Minn.
5. (1) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Ramsey, Minn.
6.
(7) 6X Bryce Sward, Nelson, Minn.
7. (8) 02 Tanner
Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
8. (9) 20 Rodney Sanders,
Happy, Texas
9. (4) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
10. (10) 6T Joseph Thomas, Glyndon, Minn.
11. (15)
21X Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
12. (20) 7A Shane
Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
13. (12) 712 Trevor Hughes,
Westville, Okla.
14. (11) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield,
Minn.
15. (14) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
16. (13) 17B Zach Benson, Princeton, Minn.
17. (19)
112 Brennan Gave, Princeton, Minn.
18. (25) 25B Adam
Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
19. (23) 8 Kyle Strickler,
Mooresville, N.C.
20. (24) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo.
21. (16) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid,
Iowa
22. (22) T23 John Toppozini, Thunder Bay, Ont.,
Can.
23. (17) 3T Travis Schulte, Becker, Minn.
24.
(18) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
25. (21) 89
J.T. Johnson, Milaca, Minn.
DNS - 26G Ryan Gierke,
Villard, Minn.
DNS - 2C Curtis Stieh, Kaministiqua,
Ont., Can.
DNS - 88 Eric Lamm, Milaca, Minn.
DNS -
2G Troy Girolamo, Williston, N.D.
Lap
Leaders: Wagamon 1, Jim Chisholm 2-40.
Total Laps Led: Jim Chisholm 39,
Wagamon 1.
Margin of Victory: 0.860
second.
Time of Race: 12 minutes,
6.483 seconds (2 cautions).
Provisional
Starters: Strickler, Phillips.
FK
Rod Ends Hard Charger: Sabraski (started 20th,
finished 12th).
Entries: 29.
Next Race: July 19, Ogilvie Raceway,
Ogilvie, Minn..
Summit USMTS National
Championship Points: Sanders 1708, Jim Chisholm
1608, Mullens 1551, Strickler 1496, Joe Chisholm 1434,
Phillips 1399, Christian 1384, Hughes 1275, Solander
1229, Brown 1221.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie
of the Year Points: Joe Chisholm 1286, Hughes
1137, Solander 1084, Girolamo 751, Mark Smith 627.
FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points:
Sanders 77, Phillips 58, Jim Chisholm 55, Strickler 52,
Mullens 52.
Miller Welders USMTS
Manufacturers Championship Points: MBCustoms
157, CDR 152, Skyrocket 148, Mullens 116, Bloodline 87.
JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year
Points: KSE 156, Hatfield 152, Mullins 136, ECE
120, Durham 96.
Contingency Awards:
Aero Race Wheels Sabraski.
American Racer
Christian.
Bear Graphix Toppozini.
Beyea Custom
Headers Cain.
Bryke Racing Hoff.
BSB
Manufacturing Phillips.
Champ Pans Phillips.
Danny Crane Racing Engines Sward.
Dynamic
Drivelines Sabraski.
Edelbrock Solander.
Fast
Shafts Sward.
Featherlite Trailers Jim Chisholm,
Solander, Christian.
FK Rod Ends Sabraski.
Gorsuch Performance Solutions Jim Chisholm.
Harris
Auto Racing Brown.
Hodges Farms & Dredging Joe
Chisholm.
Hooker Harness Sabraski.
Hyperco
Lamm.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs Sabraski.
Keyser Manufacturing Thomas.
KSE Racing Products
Sabraski.
MD3 Jim Chisholm.
MSD Performance
Cain.
Penske Racing Shocks Hughes.
PEM Racing
Gears & Drivetrain Bohlman.
QA1 Joe Chisholm.
Quarter Master Joe Chisholm.
RaceQuip Schulte.
RacerWebsite Lamm.
Real Racing Wheels Hughes.
Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt Thomas.
Simpson Race
Products Mullens.
Sweet Manufacturing Benson.
Swift Springs Jim Chisholm, Saurer, Cain.
Sybesma
Graphics Wagamon.
Total Power Saurer.
VP
Racing Jim Chisholm.
Wehrs Machine & Racing
Products Johnson.
Wilwood Disc Brakes Gierke.
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