Whitehead
Repeats in Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks
- Adds USRA
Limited Mods Title in 2024
Justin Whitehead became the first driver in the
24-year history of the USRA to win two Summit USRA
Weekly Racing Series national championships in the
same year.
The 34-year-old from Texarkana,
Texas, picked up his first title in 2023 racing in
the Sunoco USRA Factory Stock division, doubled up
his winnings this year and will pocket $6,000 plus
double the contingencies for repeating his Sunoco
USRA Factory Stock championship and adding the USRA
Limited Mod crown this season.
In the USRA
Limited Mods, Whitehead had to hold off a hot Derick
Grigsby at the end. As in the Sunoco USRA Factory
Stock class, Whitehead will pocket $3,000 cash for
his efforts.
He picked up 7 wins, 20
top-fives and 26 top-ten finishes in the 31 races he
competed in with the USRA Limited Mods. He visited
the Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Boothill Speedway, Hunt
County Raceway, Rocket Raceway Park, Sabine Speedway
and Texarkana 67 Speedway in his hometown.
Grigsby, from Marshall, Texas, finished a close
second in the final standings with Ethan Bailes of
Elizabeth, La., taking the third spot.
USRA Limited Mods:
1. 36J Justin
Whitehead, Texarkana, Texas, 4147
2. 69 Derick
Grigsby, Marshall, Texas, 4099
3. E8 Ethan
Bailes, Elizabeth, La., 4053
4. 29 Matthew
Riskey, Commerce, Texas, 3985
5. 23T Coty Tupper,
Blanchard, La., 3966
6. 92 Jeffrey Kaup,
Woodward, Okla., 3963
7. 25 Kale Murphrey,
Tullos, La., 3941
8. 7CC Colby Williams, Sibley,
La., 3938
9. 47CC Conner Williams, Sibley, La.,
3869
10. F5 Skeet Amason, New Boston, Texas, 3809
Complete 2024 USRA Limited Mod standings
Whitehead finished the season with 15 wins, 22
top-fives and 26 top-ten finishes in 32 Sunoco USRA
Factory Stock shows. C.J. Howell took the second
spot with Dallas Bourland rounding out the top three
in the Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks.
Racing at
the Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Boothill Speedway, Hunt
County Raceway, Rocket Raceway Park, Sabine Speedway
and Texarkana 67 Speedway is where whitehead did his
damage.
Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks:
1. 36J Justin Whitehead, Texarkana, Texas, 4290
2. 2 C.J. Howell, Dry Prong, La., 4123
3. 48
Dallas Bourland, Fort Smith, Ark., 3983
4. 10X
Chase Hatton, De Berry, Texas, 3896
5. 55 Dalton
DuBois, Robeline, La., 3841
6. 55M Cody Myers,
Bossier City, La., 3793
7. 15X Dakoda Wyatt,
Provencal, La., 3710
8. 38 Deaon Redmon, Paris,
Texas, 3677
9. 12 David Smith, Ruston, La., 3546
10. 100+ Ross Cook, Florine, La., 3459
Complete 2024 Sunoco USRA Factory Stock standings
“I’m not sure if people understand the
commitment it takes to run two cars a night and be
at the top of your game each and every night on the
track,” said USRA President Todd Staley. “Kudos to
Justin Whitehead for that feat. And then to top it
off with two championships makes it even better.
“Congratulations to all of the drivers that
worked hard all season and finished in the top ten.
We hope to see you at the USRA Awards Banquet on
January 25.”
Whitehead will collect $6,000
from an overall 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 contributed by the
racetracks and support from the following marketing
partners: American Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
Headers, Callies Performance Products, Chevrolet
Performance, Fast Shafts, Featherlite Trailers, FK
Rod Ends, KSE Racing Products, Malvern Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, Nitroquest Media, PEM Racing
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,
Bear Graphix, Bryke Racing, BSB Manufacturing, Champ
Pans, Danny Crane Racing Engines, Deatherage Racing
Opticians, Edelbrock, Gorsuch Performance Solutions,
Gunshepherd.com, Hooker Harness, Hyperco, Integra
Racing Shocks and Springs, JE Pistons, Keyser
Manufacturing, MD3, Mel Hambelton Racing, MSD
Performance, Penske Racing Shocks, Performance
Bodies & Parts, QA1, Quarter Master,
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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American Racer Racing Tires,
Beyea Headers,
Chevrolet Performance,
Christie Door Company,
Fast Shafts,
FK Rod Ends,
KSE Racing Products,
Mesilla Valley Transportation,
Nitroquest Media,
PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain,
RacinDirt,
Summit Racing Equipment,
Sunoco Race Fuels.
USRA PARTICIPATING
SPONSORS:
ARMI Contractors,
Boubin Tire & Automotive,
Brodix Cylinder Heads,
PBM Performance Products,
YouDirt.com.
USRA CONTINGENCY SPONSORS:
AFCO Racing Products,
Allstar Performance,
Bryke Racing,
BSB Manufacturing,
Champ Pans,
Deatherage Racing Opticians,
Edelbrock,
Gorsuch Performance Solutions,
Gunshepherd.com,
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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