Carter A
First-Time USMTS Winner in Friday’s Featherlite Fall
Jamboree Feature
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (Sept.
23) —
Cayden
Carter saw a season of hard work pay off with his first
USMTS victory Friday night during the second night of
the 24th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree at the Deer
Creek Speedway.
Amid a tight points race for the
2022 Summit USMTS National Championship and a field
filled with the best dirt modified racers on the planet,
the 27-year-old from Oskaloosa, Iowa, fought off Steve
Wetzstein early in the race and then had to survive
challenges from Dustin Sorensen and Jake O’Neil in the
closing laps.
Set for 40 laps, the 27 starters
raced 35 circuits clean and green when the first of two
cautions slowed the pace. The yellow flag again waved
two laps later to guarantee a tight finish at the
high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval nestled in the rolling
hills of Spring Valley, Minn.
While Sorensen had
closed in on Carter while they battled lapped traffic,
the clear track in front of him gave Carter a shot in
the arm and he was able to cruise to the checkered flag,
holding off a final-lap charge by O’Neil who set
Sorensen back to third.
The win was worth $5,000
to Carter. He just needs to sign-in each of the last
four USMTS events to guarantee himself the 2022 Grant
Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Award.
Rodney
Sanders bested Terry Phillips for fourth following a
fantastic late-race battle between two of the winningest
USMTS drivers in the history of the Deer Creek Speedway.
Jim Chisholm, who also won his first USMTS feature
earlier this season, passed eight cars to finish sixth
while Darron Fuqua came from 18th to finish seventh and
earn the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award.
Shane
DeVolder, Jacob Bleess and Dan Ebert completed the top
ten.
Not only was it Carter’s first triumph of
the year, but it was also the first for VanderBuilt Race
Cars which had four cars in the top 12 Friday night.
Seven drivers have added their names to the list of
USMTS main event winners during the last 24 seasons.
Fall Jamboree continues Saturday:
The 24th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree continues
Saturday highlighted by a $12,000-to-win Saturday's
30-car main event that will start three-wide.
Saturday’s annual Non-Qualifiers Race will pay $2,000 to
win and $250 to start for the next 30 racers that fail
to make the 30-car main event.
USRA B-Mods will
battle for $1,500 to win Saturday’s finale with Summit
USRA Weekly Racing Series national points are up for
grabs all three nights.
The pits open at 2 p.m.,
grandstands open at 4, qualifying kicks off at 5:20 and
racing gets underway at 6.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified
Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt
24th Annual Featherlite Fall
Jamboree – Night 2 of 3
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring
Valley, Minn.
Friday, Sept. 23, 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) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
2. (2) 21
Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (3) 28 Parker Hale,
Grand Meadow, Minn.
4. (4) 19SB Lance Mari, El
Centro, Calif.
5. (10) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield,
Minn.
6. (9) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
7. (5) 2GX Kenny Gaddis, Diana, Texas
8. (11) 55H
A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
9. (8) 17W Ryan Wiome,
Center City, Minn.
10. (7) 29H Joe Horgdal,
Mantorville, Minn.
11. (6) 7X Chris Dawson, Lubbock,
Texas
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (1)
50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
3. (5) 49 Jake
Timm, Winona, Minn.
4. (3) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla.
5. (6) 45S Nick Stroupe, Iron
Station, N.C.
6. (4) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
7. (8) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
8. (11) 4
Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
9. (7) 8C Chris
Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
10. (9) 38T Dylan Thornton,
Santa Maria, Calif.
11. (10) 64 Casey Fowler, Grand
Saline, Texas
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8
laps):
1. (1) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa,
Iowa
2. (3) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
3. (4)
12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
4. (5) 99 Josh Angst,
Winona, Minn.
5. (2) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls,
Wis.
6. (6) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
7. (7) 23K Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
8. (8) 96
Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
9. (9) 22B Alan Bohlman,
Isanti, Minn.
10. (11) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita,
Kan.
11. (10) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
MSD PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (3) 20
Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
3. (4) 24C Jim Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa
4. (6) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
5. (7) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
6. (1) 21K Kyle
Brown, Madrid, Iowa
7. (9) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine
Island, Minn.
8. (10) 98M Mitchel Madery, Kasson,
Minn.
9. (5) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
10.
(8) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
VP
RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (4) 0
Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (3) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
3. (2) 91 Joe Duvall,
Claremore, Okla.
4. (1) 27 Don Gerritsen Jr., Rock
Rapids, Iowa
5. (10) 22S Cole Spacek, Phillips, Wis.
6. (9) 25B Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
7. (5) 24
Charlie Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
8. (8) 209 Ron Ver
Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa
9. (6) 1A Dwaine Hanson,
Lakefield, Minn.
10. (7) 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont,
Minn.
WRISCO HEAT RACE #6 (8 laps):
1. (2) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
2. (1)
15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
3. (3) 14W
Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
4. (7) 5K Tyler
Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
5. (5) 90X Ryan Wetzstein,
West Concord, Minn.
6. (8) 4A Joel Alberts,
Mantorville, Minn.
7. (6) 23B Brett Bumgardner,
Hawkeye, Iowa
8. (10) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
9. (9) 22 Jeff Spacek, Phillips, Wis.
10. (4) 2X
Brady Gerdes, Villard, Minn.
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
2. (2) 14W
Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
3. (3) 02 Tanner
Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
4. (4) 99 Josh Angst, Winona,
Minn.
5. (7) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
6. (9) 4
Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
7. (8) 51W J.T.
Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
8. (14) 2G Brandon
Givens, Wichita, Kan.
9. (5) 45S Nick Stroupe, Iron
Station, N.C.
10. (15) 56 Colton Horner, Houston,
Texas
11. (12) 17W Ryan Wiome, Center City, Minn.
12. (13) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
13. (16) 7X
Chris Dawson, Lubbock, Texas
14. (6) 25B Adam
Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
15. (11) 98M Mitchel
Madery, Kasson, Minn.
16. (10) 23K Darwin Karau,
Kasson, Minn.
DNS – 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top
4 advance):
1. (1) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage,
Iowa
2. (2) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
3.
(6) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
4. (16) 83
Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.
5. (4) 19SB Lance Mari,
El Centro, Calif.
6. (5) 27 Don Gerritsen Jr., Rock
Rapids, Iowa
7. (12) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
8. (15) 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.
9. (13)
8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
10. (14) 1A Dwaine
Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
11. (11) 24 Charlie
Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
12. (9) 16 Austin Siebert,
Grandview, Mo.
13. (7) 90X Ryan Wetzstein, West
Concord, Minn.
14. (8) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
15. (3) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
16. (10)
94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
17. (17) 64 Casey
Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #3 (15 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
2. (5) 87 Darron
Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
3. (4) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla.
4. (2) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore,
Okla.
5. (3) 22S Cole Spacek, Phillips, Wis.
6.
(7) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
7. (8) 65X
Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
8. (16) 2X Brady
Gerdes, Villard, Minn.
9. (15) 38T Dylan Thornton,
Santa Maria, Calif.
10. (9) 55H A.J. Hoff,
Mantorville, Minn.
11. (6) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River
Falls, Wis.
12. (10) 2GX Kenny Gaddis, Diana, Texas
13. (12) 209 Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa
14. (17)
77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
15. (13) 22B Alan
Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
16. (11) 23B Brett Bumgardner,
Hawkeye, Iowa
17. (14) 22 Jeff Spacek, Phillips, Wis.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (2) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (7) 0
Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
3. (6) 19 Dustin Sorensen,
Rochester, Minn.
4. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas
5. (8) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
6. (14) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
7. (18) 87
Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
8. (3) 44S Shane
DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
9. (10) 21 Jacob Bleess,
Chatfield, Minn.
10. (4) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore,
Minn.
11. (1) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
12. (9) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
13.
(13) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
14. (12) 15W Alex
Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
15. (11) 50III Brandon
Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
16. (22) 99 Josh Angst,
Winona, Minn.
17. (15) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
18. (19) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
19. (27)
65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
20. (24) 91
Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
21. (20) 07 Cory
Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
22. (21) 4R Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
23. (25) 19SB Lance Mari, El
Centro, Calif.
24. (17) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow,
Minn.
25. (23) 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.
26.
(16) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
27. (26) 38T
Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
Lap
Leaders: Carter 1, S. Wetzstein 2, Carter 3-40.
Total Laps Led: Carter 39, S. Wetzstein
1.
Margin of Victory: 0.273 second.
Time of Race: 16 minutes, 20.016
seconds (2 cautions).
Provisional Starters:
Mari, Thornton.
Emergency
Provisionals: Ahumada.
FK Rod Ends
Hard Charger: Fuqua (started 18th, finished
7th).
Entries: 63.
Next
Race: Saturday, Sept. 24, Deer Creek Speedway,
Spring Valley, Minn.
Summit USMTS National
Championship Points: Sorensen 2848, Mullens
2735, Phillips 2647, Ramirez 2631, Sanders 2596,
VanderBeek 2522, Ebert 2394, Hughes 2391, O'Neil 2384,
Fuqua 2293.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of
the Year Points: Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of
the Year Points: Carter 2254, DeVolder 1989, Brown 1985,
Thornton 1885, Horner 1640.
Miller Welders
USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: Miller
Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points:
MBCustoms 285, Mullens 243, Hughes 221, VanderBuilt 210,
GRT 188.
Compstar/JE Pistons USMTS Engine
Builder of the Year Points:
Compstar/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year
Points: Cornett 245, Action 214, Stoen 211,
Mullens 179, Durham 173.
Contingency Awards:
American Racer – Angst.
Beyea Custom Headers –
Sanders.
BigDeal Car Care – Carter.
Bryke Racing –
Davis.
BSB Manufacturing – Crapser.
Champ Pans –
Phillips.
Deatherage Opticians – Williamson.
Edelbrock – Carter.
Fast Shafts – Phillips.
FK Rod
Ends – Fuqua.
Hooker Harness – VanderBeek.
Integra
Racing Shocks & Springs – Ahumada.
Keyser
Manufacturing – Ebert.
KS Engineering – S. Wetzstein.
KSE Racing Products – Bleess.
Mel Hambelton Racing –
O’Neil.
Midwest Wrap Co. – Ramirez.
MSD
Performance – Sorensen.
Penske Racing Shocks –
Hughes.
PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain – Wiome.
QA1
– Foss.
RacerWebsite.com – Madery.
Simpson
Performance Products – DeVolder.
Summit Racing
Equipment – Fowler, Fuqua, Givens, Sorensen.
Super
Clean – Carter.
Swift Springs – Hughes, Carter,
Chisholm.
Sybesma Graphics – S. Wetzstein.
Tire
Demon – Kaeter.
VP Racing Fuels – Carter.
Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products – Bumgardner.
Wilwood Disc
Brakes – Hale.
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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,
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Lucas Oil Speedway,
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Mississippi Thunder Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Red Dirt Raceway,
Rocket Raceway Park,
Tri-State Speedway,
Winneshiek Raceway.
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1715 W 2nd St, PO Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
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