Scott sweeps Summit USMTS
Winter Speedweeks
doubleheader in Corpus
Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Feb.
24)--Being second has been the key
to finishing first for Johnny Scott
during the first two nights of the
9th Annual Summit USMTS Winter
Speedweeks at the South Texas
Speedway.
In front of a
hearty crowd at the 3/8-mile clay
oval in Corpus Christi on Saturday
night, the 28-year-old from Cameron,
Mo., started on the outside of the
front row to start the 40-lap Summit
USMTS Southern Series main event,
but polesitter Bobby Malchus of Red
Oak, Texas, seized control when the
green flag was displayed.
Challenging the leader on several
occasions, Scott shadowed Malchus
throughout the opening laps while
Cade Dillard, Rodney Sanders and
Ethan Dotson tussled for the other
positions inside the top five.
Lapped traffic came into play
with 14 laps in the books, and after
three more laps Malchus made contact
with a back-marker which sent him
into a spin and out of contention
for the win.
That left Scott
to set the pace for the next
green-flag restart with Dillard,
Sanders, Dotson and Joe Duvall in
tow. Dotson, competing in just his
second USMTS race, slipped past
Sanders for third but that was the
final change of position among the
leaders as Scott cruised the final
22 laps to score his second win in a
row to kick off the 2018 campaign.
On Friday, Sanders paced the
first 35 laps before his driveshaft
exited the car and ending his night.
Scott was waiting to assume his spot
afterward.
Saturday was the
32nd win of Scott's USMTS career was
worth another $3,000 check.
While Dillard, Dotson, Sanders and
Duvall completed the top five, sixth
through tenth went to Manuel
Williams II, Carlos Ahumada Jr., Bo
Day, Dereck Ramirez and Jordan
Weaver.
Ahumada, who started
18th, raked in several additional
awards including the Eibach Spring
Forward Award for advancing the most
positions throughout the program, FK
Rod Ends Hard Charger Award for
passing the most cars in the feature
race, Wehrs Machine & Racing
Products "Trick Move" of the Race
Award and a contingency from Wilwood
Disc Brakes for finishing in the
seventh spot.
Overall, four
of Saturday's top 10 finishers are
contenders for the Grant Junghans
Rookie of the Year Award.
Sunday's event at the Texana Raceway
in Edna has been cancelled due tio
rain.
The USMTS will be back
at it again on Thursday, March 1, at
the Grayson County Speedway in
Bells, Texas, with an open practice
scheduled for Wednesday from 6-9
p.m. Friday will find the
mud-slinging Modified monsters at
the Kennedale Speedway Park and on
Saturday the series tackles the
Superbowl Speedway in Greenville.
This will be the only swing
through the Dallas-Fort Worth area
until the inaugural Summit USMTS
Southern Nationals returns to
Kennedale in November.
The
first points race in the USMTS Hunt
for the Casey's Cup powered by S&S
Fishing & Rental happens two weeks
later on Friday, March 9, at the
Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram,
Miss., which will also be a Summit
USMTS Southern Series points race.
On Saturday, March 10, the
series will move to the 'House of
Hook' in Meridian, Miss., at the
Whynot Motorsports Park, with the
final stop of the 9th Annual Summit
USMTS Winter Speedweeks taking place
at the Magnolia Motor Speedway in
Columbus, Miss.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring
Series
Summit USMTS Southern
Series powered by Production Jars
9th Annual Summit USMTS Winter
Speedweeks presented by MSD
Performance - Round 2 of 9
South
Texas Speedway, Corpus Christi,
Texas
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Showing finishing position,
starting position in parentheses,
car number, driver, hometown,
chassis/engine builder, laps
completed and money won.
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 24m Manuel Williams II (R),
Fouke, Ark.
2. (4) 174 Ethan
Dotson (R), Bakersfield, Calif.
3. (5) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore,
Okla.
4. (2) A1 Phil Dixon,
Crosby, Texas.
5. (8) 23 Adam
Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
6. (9) 21
Austin Bonner, Elk City, Okla.
7.
(7) 9 Kevin Rutherford, Flower
Mound, Texas.
8. (3) 110 Kelly
Buckallew, Memphis, Mo.
9. (6)
260 Erik Thorne, Baytown, Texas.
DNS - 4v Billy Vogel, West Fargo,
N.D.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT
RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1)
4m Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas.
2. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders,
Worthington, Minn.
3. (3) 24z
Zane Ferrell (R), Hermitage, Ark.
4. (5) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward,
Okla.
5. (6) 5 Jon Mitchell,
Texarkana, Texas.
6. (8) 4 Bo Day
(R), Greenville, Texas.
7. (9) 9
Jared Fuller, Memphis, Mo.
8. (4)
20t Jordan Weaver, Woodward, Okla.
9. (7) 137 William Pittaway (R),
Corpus Christi, Texas.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8
laps):
1. (1) 23 Logan
Robertson, Shamrock, Texas.
2.
(3) 1st Johnny Scott, Cameron, Mo.
3. (6) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline,
La.
4. (2) 33f Jardin Fuller (R),
Memphis, Mo.
5. (8) 4r Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
6. (4)
7x Rory Jordan, Victoria, Texas.
7. (5) 65 Carlos Ahumada Jr. (R),
Canutillo, Texas.
8. (7) 24
Manuel Williams Sr. (R), Fouke, Ark.
DNS - 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces,
N.M.
REAL RACING
WHEELS "B" MAIN (10 laps, all
advance):
1. (1) 4 Bo
Day (R), Greenville, Texas.
2.
(5) 65 Carlos Ahumada Jr. (R),
Canutillo, Texas.
3. (7) 20t
Jordan Weaver, Woodward, Okla.
4.
(8) 24 Manuel Williams Sr. (R),
Fouke, Ark.
5. (9) 260 Erik
Thorne, Baytown, Texas.
6. (6)
110 Kelly Buckallew, Memphis, Mo.
7. (2) 7x Rory Jordan, Victoria,
Texas, MBCustoms/Mullins, $90.
8.
(3) 9 Jared Fuller, Memphis, Mo.,
GRT/Mullins, $75.
9. (4) 9 Kevin
Rutherford, Flower Mound, Texas,
MBCustoms/ASI, $90.
10. (10) 137
William Pittaway (R), Corpus
Christi, Texas, Shaw/Wells, $90.
DNS - 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces,
N.M., VanderBuilt/Mullins, $90.
DNS - 4v Billy Vogel, West Fargo,
N.D., MBCustoms/Durham, $90.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT "A"
MAIN (40 laps):
1. (2)
1st Johnny Scott, Cameron, Mo.,
VanderBuilt/Durham, 40, $3000.
2.
(4) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.,
MBCustoms/Knowles, 40, $1700.
3.
(3) 174 Ethan Dotson (R),
Bakersfield, Calif.,
MBCustoms/ChevPerf, 40, $1200.
4.
(5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Worthington,
Minn., MBCustoms/Hatfield, 40,
$1000.
5. (6) 91 Joe Duvall,
Claremore, Okla.,
MBCustoms/ChevPerf, 40, $800.
6.
(7) 24m Manuel Williams II (R),
Fouke, Ark., Bandit/Kraft, 40, $700.
7. (18) 65 Carlos Ahumada Jr. (R),
Canutillo, Texas, GRT/BMS, 40, $600.
8. (17) 4 Bo Day (R), Greenville,
Texas, MBCustoms/Mullins, 40, $500.
9. (12) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward,
Okla., Hughes/Cornett, 40, $450.
10. (19) 20t Jordan Weaver,
Woodward, Okla.,
BlackWidow/ProPower, 40, $350.
11. (10) 20r Bryan Rowland,
Woodward, Okla.,
BlackWidow/ProPower, 40, $375.
12. (8) 23 Logan Robertson,
Shamrock, Texas, MBCustoms/Knowles,
40, $350.
13. (9) 24z Zane
Ferrell (R), Hermitage, Ark.,
MBCustoms/ASI, 40, $325.
14. (15)
5 Jon Mitchell, Texarkana, Texas,
MBCustoms/Sput's, 40, $300.
15.
(21) 260 Erik Thorne, Baytown,
Texas, Calif.M/ChevPerf, 40, $250.
16. (14) 33f Jardin Fuller (R),
Memphis, Mo., Hughes/Mullins, 40,
$300.
17. (16) 21 Austin Bonner,
Elk City, Okla., MBCustoms/Karl, 39,
$300.
18. (13) A1 Phil Dixon,
Crosby, Texas, Elite/CB, 33, $300.
19. (22) 110 Kelly Buckallew,
Memphis, Mo., Rage/Adams, 26, $250.
20. (11) 23 Adam Kates, Tonganoxie,
Kan., VanderBuilt/Speedway, 25,
$300.
21. (20) 24 Manuel Williams
Sr. (R), Fouke, Ark., Bandit/Kraft,
18, $300.
22. (1) 4m Bobby
Malchus, Red Oak, Texas,
Rocket/Wells, 17, $300.
(R) =
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of
the Year contender
Lap Leaders:
Malchus 1-17, J. Scott 18-40.
Total Laps Led: J.
Scott 23, Malchus 17.
Margin of Victory: 0.762
second.
Time of Race:
30 minutes, 7.8 seconds (6
cautions).
Provisional
Starters: none.
Eibach Spring Forward Award:
Ahumada (advanced 14 positions).
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger:
Ahumada (started 18th, finished
7th).
Entries:
27.
Next Race:
Sunday, February 25, Texana Raceway,
Edna, Texas.
Summit USMTS
Southern Series Points: J.
Scott 204, Dillard 186, Duvall 171,
Dotson 167, Mitchell 159, Ramirez
158, Ahumada 152, Sanders 150,
Robertson 149, Rowland 142.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie
of the Year Points: Dotson
167, Ahumada Jr. 152, Ferrell 136,
Williams II 131, Day 128.
USMTS Engine Builder of the
Year Points: Durham 20,
Knowles 17, ChevPerf 15, Sput's 10,
Cornett 9.
USMTS
Manufacturers Championship Points:
VanderBuilt 20, MBCustoms 18, Hughes
14, GRT 13, Bandit 11.
Contingency Awards:
American Racer - Williams Sr.
Beyea Custom Headers - Bonner.
BSB Manufacturing - Williams II.
Deatherage Opticians - Robertson.
E3 Spark Plugs - Dotson.
Edelbrock - Robertson.
Eibach -
Ahumada.
Fast Shafts - Malchus.
FK Rod Ends - Ahumada.
Forty9
Designs - Mitchell, Buckallew.
GRT Race Cars - Jared Fuller.
Hooker Harness - Ferrell.
Integra
Shocks & Springs - Dixon.
Jerovetz Motorsports Racing Parts -
Thorne.
Keyser Manufacturing -
Weaver.
KSE Racing Products -
Ramirez.
Maxima Racing Oils - J.
Scott.
Mesilla Valley
Transportation - longtow.
Out-Pace Racing Products - Jardin
Fuller.
QA1 - Dillard.
RacerWebsite.com - Jared Fuller.
Simpson Performance Products -
Williams II.
Swift Springs - J.
Scott, Jordan.
Sybesma Graphics -
Malchus.
Tire Demon - Rowland.
VP Racing Fuels - J. Scott.
Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products - Ahumada.
Wilwood Disc Brakes - Ahumada.
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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS:
Alpinestars, American Racer Racing
Tires, Argo Manufacturing, Casey's
General Stores, Chevrolet
Performance, CP-Carrillo, Deatherage
Opticians, Eibach Springs, Fast
Shafts, Intercomp, Jerovetz
Motorsports Racing Parts, KSE Racing
Products, Leaf Racewear & Safety
Equipment, Malvern Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, MSD
Performance, Nitroquest Media, Pace
Performance, RacinDirt.com, S&S
Fishing & Rental, Summit Racing
Equipment, VP Racing Fuels.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS:
Arizona Sport Shirts, ASi Racewear,
Boubin Tire & Automotive, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, Duvall Electric,
Eagle Moon Farm, ElbowsUp.com,
Evolution Powersports, Oreo Cookies,
PBM Performance Products, Production
Jars, Rancho Milagro Racing, River's
Edge Scrap Management, Snickers,
Spike Hardcore Energy, Top of the
World Ranch, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: 905 Ink,
AFCO Racing Products, Allstar
Performance, Alpine Stars, Beyea
Custom Headers, Brown & Miller
Racing Solutions, BSB Manufacturing,
Edelbrock, FK Rod Ends, Forty9
Designs, Genesis Racing Shocks, GRT
Race Cars, Holley Performance
Products, Hooker Harness, Integra
Shocks & Springs, Keyser
Manufacturing, Maxima Racing Oils,
Mr. Gasket, Out-Pace Racing
Products, QA1, RacerWebsite.com,
Real Racing Wheels, RHRSwag.com,
Simpson Performance Products, Swift
Springs, Sybesma Graphics, Tire
Demon, Wehrs Machine & Race
Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes.
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Contact Info:
Jeff Nun
Communications Director
United States Modified Touring
Series, Inc. (USMTS)
1715 W. 2nd St., P.O. Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
Tel: 515-297-3835
Email: jeff@usmts.com
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