Davis
Captures USMTS Finale at 81 Speedway
PARK CITY, Kan.
(Oct. 29) —
The 2022 campaign for the Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt finished
just like it started with Tyler Davis finding victory
lane in the season opener and Saturday’s finale at his
home track in Park City, Kan.
“81 Speedway with
USMTS was a curse for me for a long time,” a tired and
sweat-drenched Davis said following the popular win. “I
couldn’t hit my ass for nothing and I just knew if it
kept digging we could do it.”
On March 5, Davis
dominated the final night of the 12th Annual Texas
Spring Nationals at the Rocket Raceway Park in Petty,
Texas. He earned $10,000 for that win and added $10,030
Saturday night with his second career USMTS triumph.
The 3rd Annual USMTS Modified Spooktacular lived up
to its name as rain and cold throughout the week played
havoc with the racing surface which had a lot of
“character” for the night’s 40-lap main event.
Despite six cautions that resulted in a 35-minute finale
and saw half of the 28 starters out of the race before
the checkered flag waved, the race itself was one of the
more entertaining of the year with a typical 81 Speedway
nail-biter of a finish that came down to the final
corner to decide the winner.
With Rodney Sanders
chasing Davis, Darron Fuqua passed Sanders for second
place on lap 11 when Jason Hughes, who was running
fifth, tagged the wall in turn 2 to force the third
caution of the race.
Back under green, Fuqua
found his way around Davis on the high side and took the
lead with 12 down, but two laps later a broken rear-end
caused him to stop atop turn 4 and his shot at a second
win this season went up in smoke.
At the halfway
mark it was Davis, Sanders, Dereck Ramirez, Jason
Ingalls and Tyler Wolff occupying the top five, but
Ingalls and Ramirez became casualties on laps 23 and 26,
respectively.
All eyes were on Davis and Sanders
at the front as each racer navigated the super-fast
3/8-mile dirt oval located about 20 miles from Davis’s
doorstep in Haysville.
With three to go, Sanders
got underneath Davis and they banged rear tires but
Davis held serve at the flagstand, but Sanders stayed
within striking distance and passed on several chances
to throw a danger-laced slide-job at the leader.
Coming to checkered flag, Sanders pulled side-by-side
with the leader as they exited turn four, but Davis was
able to fend off the four-time USMTS National Champion
and won by about six feet in the drag race to the finish
line.
“I didn’t know how many more times I could
hold that wheel around (turns) three and four up top,”
Davis added. “I knew I couldn’t let off the gas because
they were coming on the bottom and they kind of baited
me. I got passed and I made sure not to do that again so
I just know if I stayed in the bottom down (in turns one
and two) and slowed it down and just ripped the top as
hard as I could it would be all right but I don’t know
how many more restarts I could have took.”
While
Davis got his second win of the season, Sanders was
unable to get his second of the year and had to settle
for second and his 16th top-five finish of the year.
Sanders still leads all drivers at 81 Speedway with six
career wins here.
Along with his victory, Davis
was made aware that he has also clinched the Summit USRA
Weekly Racing Series national crown for USRA Modifieds.
“We had about 30 people tell us how stupid we were
when we started this year and I didn’t really know what
to expect, but it’s a badass race car… We ran it all
year and it ain’t slowed down with lick.
“I don’t
think we’ve ever got around 81 that hard before. It was
everything I had. I was grabbing hands of wheels when I
needed to and racing with the best guys in the country
they give me room. Rodney could easily slam the door on
me but he didn’t.”
Behind the front-row
starters and top two finishers, Wolff claimed a
well-deserved third-place paycheck after rolling off
ninth on the starting grid.
Nobody other
finishers in the top 10 started there. Fourth went to
14th-starting Dan Ebert, Tanner Mullens finished fifth
after starting 12th with 13th-starting Terry Phillips
following him to the flagstand in sixth.
In what
might be a sign of thing to come in 2023 and beyond,
Trevor Hughes—the sone of four-time national champ Jason
Hughes—ripped his way to seventh after starting 24th on
the field. It was his first top-10 with the USMTS in
just his third start, and also earned the FK Rod Ends
Hard Charger Award.
Carlos Ahumada Jr., who
started 20th, bounced back from an opening-lap tangle to
earn the eighth spot, Brandon Givens clawed his way from
22nd to ninth in 40 laps and 16th-starting Dalton Kirk
rounded out the top 10.
With the 2022 season
complete, the Summit USMTS National Championship went to
Dustin Sorensen. The rest of the top 10 were Mullens,
Phillips, Ramirez, Sanders, Zack VanderBeek, Ebert,
Jason Hughes and Fuqua while Cayden Carter and Jacob
Bleess tied for 10th.
While the complete USMTS
schedule for 2023 is nearing completion, the season
opener is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, March 2-4, 2023, for the 13th Annual USMTS
Texas Spring Nationals at the Rocket Raceway Park,
Petty, Texas.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified
Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt
3rd Annual USMTS Modified
Spooktacular
81 Speedway in Park City, Kan.
Saturday, October 29, 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) 65
Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
2. (3) 21K Kyle Brown,
Madrid, Iowa
3. (6) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
4. (8) 9 Mark Schafman, Edwardsville, Kan.
5. (9) 22N
Kevin Newell, Wichita, Kan.
6. (5) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
7. (7) 96JR Jon Herring
Jr., Woodward, Okla.
8. (1) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson,
Wyo.
9. (4) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 12J Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas
2. (1) 55
Chris Kratzer, Wichita, Kan.
3. (6) 02 Tanner
Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
4. (3) 30 Dalton Kirk,
Edgerton, Kan.
5. (5) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow,
Okla.
6. (7) 21B Bryce Schniepp, Wichita, Kan.
7.
(9) 5* Jason McGehee, Wichita, Kan.
8. (4) 65X Carlos
Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
9. (8) 96 Logan Johnson,
Haysville, Kan.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8
laps):
1. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas
2. (2) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
3.
(4) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
4. (3) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
5. (5) 2G Brandon Givens,
Wichita, Kan.
6. (6) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
7. (8) 22 Steve McDowell, Independence, Mo.
8. (7) 7
Steve Emond, Towanda, Kan.
MSD
PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (1)
54T Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas
2. (3) 44S Shane
DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
3. (4) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn.
4. (2) 15 Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
5. (5) 020 Fred Freeman, Hutchinson, Kan.
6. (6) 14R
Ryan Quiring, Wichita, Kan.
7. (7) 21C Cody Schniepp,
Wichita, Kan.
8. (8) 8 Wesley Summers, Wellington,
Mo.
VP RACING FUELS HEAT RACE #5 (8
laps):
1. (1) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
2. (3) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
3. (4) 19
Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
4. (2) 21 Jacob
Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (7) 712 Trevor Hughes,
Salina, Okla.
6. (6) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa,
Iowa
7. (8) 37D Dakota Dale, Valley Center, Kan.
8. (5) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 5
advance):
1. (4) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo.
2. (1) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
3. (2) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
4. (5) 15
Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
5. (8) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
6. (15) 4 Jeremy Nelson,
Alexandria, Minn.
7. (3) 22N Kevin Newell, Wichita,
Kan.
8. (11) 37D Dakota Dale, Valley Center, Kan.
9. (10) 5* Jason McGehee, Wichita, Kan.
10. (13) 8C
Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
11. (12) 96JR Jon Herring
Jr., Woodward, Okla.
12. (14) 7 Steve Emond, Towanda,
Kan.
13. (7) 020 Fred Freeman, Hutchinson, Kan.
14. (9) 14R Ryan Quiring, Wichita, Kan.
15. (6) 58X
Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
REAL
RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (3) 30
Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan.
3. (8) 45 Chase Holland,
Saucier, Miss.
4. (12) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El
Paso, Texas
5. (6) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (5) 712 Trevor Hughes, Salina, Okla.
7. (2) 9 Mark
Schafman, Edwardsville, Kan.
8. (7) 21B Bryce
Schniepp, Wichita, Kan.
9. (9) 10C Cayden Carter,
Oskaloosa, Iowa
10. (15) 96 Logan Johnson, Haysville,
Kan.
11. (13) 8 Wesley Summers, Wellington, Mo.
12. (4) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
13. (10) 22
Steve McDowell, Independence, Mo.
14. (11) 21C Cody
Schniepp, Wichita, Kan.
15. (14) 38T Dylan Thornton,
Santa Maria, Calif.
SUMMIT RACING
EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (2) 65
Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
2. (1) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas
3. (9) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark.
4. (14) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore,
Minn.
5. (12) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
6.
(13) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
7. (24) 712
Trevor Hughes, Salina, Okla.
8. (20) 65X Carlos
Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
9. (22) 2G Brandon
Givens, Wichita, Kan.
10. (16) 30 Dalton Kirk,
Edgerton, Kan.
11. (26) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa,
Iowa
12. (19) 15 Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
13.
(27) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
14. (7) 44S Shane
DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
15. (5) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla.
16. (4) 12J Jason Ingalls, Longview,
Texas
17. (25) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
18. (28) 21B Bryce Schniepp, Wichita, Kan.
19. (3)
54T Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas
20. (8) 21K Kyle
Brown, Madrid, Iowa
21. (11) 55 Chris Kratzer,
Wichita, Kan.
22. (6) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
23. (17) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
24.
(15) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
25. (23) 4 Jeremy
Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
26. (21) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
27. (18) 45 Chase
Holland, Saucier, Miss.
28. (10) 91 Joe Duvall,
Claremore, Okla.
Lap Leaders:
Davis 1-10, Fuqua 11-13, Davos 14-40 .
Total
Laps Led: Davis 37, Fuqua 3.
Margin
of Victory: 0.071 second.
Time of
Race: 35 minutes, 27.253 seconds (6 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Bleess, Carter,
B. Schniepp (track).
Emergency Provisional:
Clark.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: T.
Hughes (started 24th, finished 7th).
Entries:
42.
Next Race: March 2-4,
2023, Rocket Raceway Park, Petty, Texas.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points (final):
Sorensen 3135, Mullens 3051, Phillips 2999, Ramirez
2951, Sanders 2928, VanderBeek 2791, Ebert 2712, J.
Hughes 2644, Fuqua 2573, Carter 2503, Bleess 2503.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points
(final): Carter 2503, Brown 2221, DeVolder
2213, Thornton 2098, Colton Horner 1685.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points
(final): MBCustoms 316, Mullens 269, Hughes
248, VanderBuilt 225, GRT 218.
Compstar/JE
Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points (final):
Cornett 265, Action 229, Stoen 229, Durham 202,
Mullens 198.
Contingency Awards:
American Racer – Sorensen.
Beyea Custom Headers –
Ebert.
BigDeal Car Care – Davis, Clark.
Bryke
Racing – Ramirez.
BSB Manufacturing – Kratzer.
Champ Pans – Mullens.
Deatherage Opticians –
DeVolder.
Edelbrock – Sanders.
Fast Shafts –
Ingalls.
FK Rod Ends – T. Hughes.
Hooker Harness –
Gaggero.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Day.
Keyser Manufacturing – Kirk.
KS Engineering – Carter.
KSE Racing Products – Givens.
Mel Hambelton Ford
Racing – Sanders.
Midwest Wrap Co. – Fuqua.
MSD
Performance – Day.
Penske Racing Shocks – Clark.
PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain – Sanders.
Performance
Bodies- Bleess.
QA1 – Ingalls.
RacerWebsite.com –
Kratzer.
Simpson Performance Products – Davis.
Summit Racing Equipment – Bleess, Emond, Fuqua, Wolff.
Super Clean – Davis.
Swift Springs – Ebert, Davis,
Gaggero.
Sybesma Graphics – Sanders.
Tire Demon –
Christian.
VP Racing Fuels – Davis.
Wehrs Machine
& Racing Products – C. Schniepp.
Wilwood Disc Brakes
– Fuqua.
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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,
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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