McEachern
Takes USRA Tuner National Championship
Michael McEachern of
Minden, La., flew to the USRA Tuner National
Championship and his first Summit USRA Weekly Racing
Series title in 2024.
The newly-crowned USRA
Tuner National Champion garnered 13 wins in his 33
starts, along with 21 top-five and 24 top-ten
finishes racing against big fields nearly every
weekend.
The 50-year-old outdistanced Connar
Brownlee of Weleetka, Okla., and Fort Dodge, Iowa’s
Tyler Crimmins to earn his title, and competed at
the Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Boothill Speedway, Lucas
Oil Speedway, Super Bee Speedway and Texarkana 67
Speedway in 2024.
USRA Tuner 2023
National Championship:
1. 0 Michael
McEachern, Minden, La., 4304
2. 41 Connar
Brownlee, Weleetka, Okla., 4192
3. 15 Tyler
Crimmins, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 4170
4. 3 Cale
Hancock, Collinsville, Okla., 4123
5. 41B Braxton
Brownlee, Weleetka, Okla., 4037
6. 28 Braiden
Schaufenbuel, New Hampton, Iowa, 3976
7. 14M
Michael Reyes, Shamrock, Texas, 3975
8. 38 Dalton
Fels, Calmar, Iowa, 3898
9. 93S Stephanie Sharp,
Nashville, Ark., 3895
10. 14 Tyler Ellis,
Murfreesboro, Ark., 3871
Complete 2024 USRA Tuner standings
Past
USRA Tuner National Champions:
2023 - Brad Stahl,
Castalia, Iowa
2022 - Oliver Monson, Thornton,
Iowa
2021 - David Thompson, Mesquite Texas
2020 - Brian Schoenbaum Jr., San Antonio, Texas
2019 - Seth Scholl, Holmen, Wis.
2018 - Ryan
Bryant, Mason City, Iowa
2017 - Kyle Balik, Fort
Atkinson, Iowa
McEachern will collect $500
from a points fund of more than $100,000 and
contingency awards worth over $40,000. Including
national, regional, rookie and track points funds,
nearly $1 million is returning to racers at
season's end.
Summit USRA Weekly Racing
Series national points for all divisions include
each competitor’s best twenty (20) points nights
during the 2024 campaign. Each competitor must have
competed in at least one-half of the events held at
any one USRA-sanctioned racetrack to be eligible for
national points funds.
USRA points funds are
made possible by sanction fees paid by the
racetracks and support from the following marketing
partners: American Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
Headers, Callies Performance Products, Chevrolet
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Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit Racing
Equipment, TicketSmarter, VP Racing - Heartland,
Wieland, ARMI Contractors, Boomtest Well Service,
Boubin Tire & Automotive, Brodix Cylinder Heads,
Collins Brothers Towing, Gene Nicholas LLC, Hacienda
Mechanical, Hochatown Saloon, Mel Hambelton Ford,
Miller Welders, PBM Performance Products, Rancho
Milagro Racing, Salty's BBQ & Catering, Shop Quik
Stores, STAKT Products, YouDirt.com, AERO Race
Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance,
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Pans, Danny Crane Racing Engines, Deatherage Racing
Opticians, Edelbrock, Gorsuch Performance Solutions,
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Manufacturing, MD3, Mel Hambelton Racing, MSD
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RacerWebsite.com, Real Racing Wheels, Rush RaceGear
by Austin Witt, Simpson Performance Products, Sweet
Manufacturing, Swift Springs, Sybesma Graphics,
Total Power, Victory Fuel, Victory Vault, Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products and Wilwood Racing.
Awards Banquet approaching: The
annual USRA Awards Banquet is Saturday, January 25,
inside the 12,000-square-foot Star Pavilion at the
Ameristar Casino Hotel located at 3200 N Ameristar
Dr, Kansas City, MO 64161. This will once again be a
joint celebration for the USRA and United States
Modified Touring Series (USMTS). Tickets go on sale
Nov. 29.
Entering its 25 season of dirt track
racing in 2025, the United States Racing Association
has attracted more and more racetracks and dirt
track racers each year through fair, logical and
cost-effective rules accompanied by an organization
that puts the racers, racetracks and their fans
first. During the 2024 Summit USRA Weekly Racing
Series, more than 60 of America's finest dirt ovals
hosted more than 1,000 nights of racing.
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Hyperco,
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs,
JE Pistons,
Keyser Manufacturing,
Landrum Performance Springs,
MD3,
MSD Performance,
Performance Bodies & Parts,
QA1,
Quarter Master,
QuickCar Racing Products,
RacerWebsite.com,
Real Racing Wheels,
Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt,
Sweet Manufacturing,
Swift Springs,
Sybesma Graphics,
Total Power,
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products,
Wilwood Disc Brakes
Day Motor Sports,
KS Engineering.
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