Dillard Does
It Again at Ark-La-Tex Speedway
The Summit USMTS National
Championship presented by RacinDirt rolled into the
Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, Louisiana, Thursday for
the first of three nights at the Land of Three Wide
with native son Cade Dillard of Robeline notching his
series-best fourth career USMTS victory here.
Opening night at the 10th Annual USMTS Cajun Clash saw a
scary-good field of 59 powerful Summit USMTS Modifieds
roll through the gates for the fifth race of the season
with USRA Limited Mods and Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks
also on the card.
Houstons Colton Horner set the
pace for the 30-car starting field to get the green
flag, and then proceeded to lead the first seven laps
before Dillard was able to race ahead to lead the eighth
lap.
Just two brief cautions slowed the action in
the 35-lap main event with the final yellow flag waving
with just a handful of laps remaining when Rodney
Sanders and Jim Chisholm split a lapped machine,
resulting in Sanders sliding to a stop atop turn three.
Back under green Chisholm challenged Dillard in the
final five laps but had to settle for runner-up honors
while The Thriller pocketed a $3,000 paycheck and his
20th career USMTS triumph.
This is where I got
my first USMTS win, Dillard recalled. Its been a long
road since then and Im just thankful for the
opportunities Ive had.
I never thought I'd
still be racing, much less doing the things I've got to
do, but it's a blast. To me there's nothing more fun
than mod racing
Theres not better modifieds in the
country than what races with these guys and I got so
much respect for them.
Behind Chisholm, Dereck
Ramirez held off Darron Fuqua for third while Grant
Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year contender Chase
Holland completed the top five. Horner, points leader
Jason Hughes, 18th-starting Tyler Wolff, Brandon Givens
and Taton Hansen rounded out the top ten.
Action
continues Friday and Saturday at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway
for rounds two and three of the 10th Annual USMTS Cajun
Clash. USRA Limited Mods, Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks and
USRA Tuners will also be on the card.
The Summit
USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
currently features 46 nights of racing at 15 of
America's premier dirt track racing venues in nine
states for its Silver Anniversary season. Just the
winners of those events are set to earn more than
$300,000 with nearly $2 million in purses and prize
money earmarked for the 2023 campaign.
The Summit
USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
currently features 46 nights of racing at 15 of
America's premier dirt track racing venues in nine
states for its Silver Anniversary season. Just the
winners of those events are set to earn more than
$300,000 with nearly $2 million in purses and prize
money earmarked for the 2023 campaign.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS United States Modified
Touring Series Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt 10th Annual USMTS Cajun Clash
Night 1 of 3 Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Vivian, La.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
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. (4) 96
Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn. 2. (3) 16 Chris Henigan,
Marshall, Texas 3. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas 4. (10) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa
5. (5) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 6. (1) 4RJ
Jared Russell, Wagoner, Okla. 7. (7) 7 Al Hejna,
Clear Lake, Iowa 8. (9) 15 Chase Wascom, Denham
Springs, La. 9. (2) C7 Corey Neil Jr., Bridge City,
Texas 10. (8) 24W Mason Williams, Fouke, Ark.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. 2. (5) 97 Cade
Dillard, Robeline, La. 3. (1) 6 Donnie Powers,
Henderson, Texas 4. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita,
Kan. 5. (4) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 6. (6)
24M Manuel Williams II, Fouke, Ark. 7. (8) 99L Steve
Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 8. (9) 01 Jacob
Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 9. (7) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa 10. (10) 12T Tyler
Townsend, Diana, Texas
EDELBROCK HEAT
RACE #3 (8 laps): 1. (4) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla. 2. (2) 12J Jason Ingalls, Longview,
Texas 3. (6) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas 4.
(1) 13J James McCreery, Midlothian, Texas 5. (7) 16B
Randy Brown, Chowchilla, Calif. 6. (3) 24 Manuel
Williams Sr., Fouke, Ark. 7. (5) 56X Broc Bowen,
Fannin, Texas 8. (10) 76 Kyle Pleasant, Natchitoches,
La. 9. (8) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas
10. (9) 64 Casey Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas
WIELAND HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps): 1.
(6) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 2. (1) 10B
Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 3. (2) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark. 4. (3) 58X Gary Christian, Broken
Bow, Okla. 5. (5) 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif.
6. (4) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla. 7. (7) 4
Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn. 8. (10) 40 Jessy
Willard, Mound City, Kan. 9. (9) 11N Gene Nicholas,
Lowell, Ark. 10. (8) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City,
Texas
VP RACING HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) 45 Chase Holland, Success, Miss. 2. (5) 24C
Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 3. (1) 65X Carlos Ahumada
Jr., El Paso, Texas 4. (6) 46 Jade Luzenberg,
Saucier, Miss. 5. (3) 71M Chad Melton, Mineral Wells,
Texas 6. (7) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn. 7.
(8) D25W Kale Westover, Altus, Okla. 8. (4) 4D Bo
Day, Greenville, Texas 9. (10) D25 David Tanner,
Wichita Falls, Texas 10. (9) 2S Steven Gaddis,
Henderson, Texas
SUPER CLEAN HEAT RACE #6
(8 laps): 1. (1) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts,
Okla. 2. (2) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 3. (4)
10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 4. (3) 7S Sean
Gaddis, Diana, Texas 5. (5) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid,
Iowa 6. (6) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 7. (7)
2G Kenny Gaddis, Diana, Texas 8. (8) 712 Trevor
Hughes, Salina, Okla. 9. (9) 1 Jonathan Beckett,
Texarkana, Texas
REAL RACING WHEELS B
MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 4 advance): 1. (2) 10B
Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 2. (5) 60 Dan Ebert,
Lake Shore, Minn. 3. (1) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux
City, Iowa 4. (7) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
5. (4) 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif. 6. (8) 21
Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn. 7. (9) 4RJ Jared
Russell, Wagoner, Okla. 8. (12) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 9. (6) 7S Sean Gaddis, Diana, Texas
10. (3) 6 Donnie Powers, Henderson, Texas 11. (11) 76
Kyle Pleasant, Natchitoches, La. 12. (13) D25 David
Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas 13. (14) 78 Billy Jack
Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas 14. (10) 7 Al Hejna,
Clear Lake, Iowa 15. (15) 12T Tyler Townsend, Diana,
Texas 16. (16) 24W Mason Williams, Fouke, Ark.
REAL RACING WHEELS B MAIN #2 (15 laps, top
4 advance): 1. (2) 10C Cayden Carter,
Oskaloosa, Iowa 2. (5) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita,
Kan. 3. (8) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla. 4. (4)
21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 5. (10) 4 Jeremy Nelson,
Alexandria, Minn. 6. (3) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El
Paso, Texas 7. (14) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon,
Iowa 8. (1) 12J Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas 9.
(6) 16B Randy Brown, Chowchilla, Calif. 10. (7) 71M
Chad Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas 11. (12) 712 Trevor
Hughes, Salina, Okla. 12. (11) 40 Jessy Willard,
Mound City, Kan. 13. (13) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell,
Ark. 14. (9) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
15. (15) 64 Casey Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas 16.
(16) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas
REAL RACING WHEELS B MAIN #3 (15 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 2. (2) 4W Tyler
Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 3. (5) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 4. (3) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo. 5. (4) 24M Manuel Williams II,
Fouke, Ark. 6. (7) 56X Broc Bowen, Fannin, Texas
7. (11) 15 Chase Wascom, Denham Springs, La. 8. (10)
2G Kenny Gaddis, Diana, Texas 9. (14) C7 Corey Neil
Jr., Bridge City, Texas 10. (15) 2S Steven Gaddis,
Henderson, Texas 11. (13) 1 Jonathan Beckett,
Texarkana, Texas 12. (9) D25W Kale Westover, Altus,
Okla. 13. (12) 4D Bo Day, Greenville, Texas 14.
(6) 13J James McCreery, Midlothian, Texas 15. (8) 24
Manuel Williams Sr., Fouke, Ark.
SUMMIT
RACING EQUIPMENT A MAIN (35 laps): 1. (3)
97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La. 2. (6) 24C Jim
Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 3. (5) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla. 4. (2) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
5. (9) 45 Chase Holland, Success, Miss. 6. (1) 56
Colton Horner, Houston, Texas 7. (10) 12 Jason
Hughes, Watts, Okla. 8. (18) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark. 9. (13) 10B Brandon Givens,
Wichita, Kan. 10. (7) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
11. (15) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 12. (17) 02
Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 13. (20) 91 Joe Duvall,
Claremore, Okla. 14. (11) 46 Jade Luzenberg, Saucier,
Miss. 15. (14) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
16. (24) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 17. (26)
4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn. 18. (16) 60 Dan
Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 19. (21) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 20. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas 21. (29) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
22. (25) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa 23.
(27) 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif. 24. (28) 65X
Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 25. (30) 6 Donnie
Powers, Henderson, Texas 26. (23) 21K Kyle Brown,
Madrid, Iowa 27. (22) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
28. (19) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa 29. (8)
11X Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 30. (12) 16 Chris
Henigan, Marshall, Texas
Lap Leaders:
Horner 1-6, Dillard 7-35. Total Laps
Led: Dillard 28, Horner 7. Margin of
Victory: 0.725 second. Time of Race:
19 minutes, 55.465 seconds (2 cautions).
Provisional Starters: VanderBeek, Nelson,
Powers (track). Emergency Provisionals:
Thornton, Ahumada, Bleess. FK Rod
Ends Hard Charger: Wolff (started 18th,
finished 8th). Entries: 59.
Next Race: Friday, March 31, Ark-La-Tex
Speedway. Summit USMTS National Championship
Points: J. Hughes 492, Phillips 469, Wolff 461,
Chisholm 461, Ebert 460, Fuqua 459, Ramirez 431, O'Neil
430, Givens 425, Mullens 392. Grant Junghans
USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: Krup 337,
Berry 314, Nelson 300, Christian 291, Holland 273.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship
Points: Mullens 37, Hughes 36, Bloodline 31,
MBCustoms 30, CDR 21. Callies/JE Pistons
USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points:
Mullins 35, Cornett 34, ProPower 31, Durham 31, Stoen
31.
Contingency Awards: Aero
Race Wheels Williams Jr. American Racer Berry.
Beyea Custom Headers Fuqua. BigDeal Car Care
Dillard, Duvall. Bryke Racing Carter. BSB
Manufacturing Bleess. Champ Pans Horner.
Collins Brothers Towing Sanders. Deatherage
Opticians Townsend. Edelbrock Ramirez. Fast
Shafts Fuqua. FK Rod Ends Wolff. Hooker
Harness Mullens. Hyperco Williams Sr. Integra
Racing Shocks & Springs Ebert. Keyser Manufacturing
Hansen. KSE Racing Products Givens. MD3
Dillard. Mel Hambelton Racing Chisholm. Mesilla
Valley Transportation R. Brown. Midwest Wrap Co.
VanderBeek. Penske Racing Shocks Duvall. PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain Luzenberg. QA1 Berry.
Quarter Master Givens. RacerWebsite.com Holland.
Saltys BBQ & Catering Duvall. Simpson Performance
Products Hansen. Summit Racing Equipment Fowler,
K. Gaddis, S. Gaddis, Luzenberg, Powers. Super Clean
Dillard. Swift Springs Ebert, Powers, Dillard.
Sybesma Graphics Horner. VP Racing Dillard.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Mason Williams.
Wilwood Disc Brakes J. Hughes.
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USMTS OFFICIAL
SPONSORS: American
Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
Headers, Callies
Performance Products, Chevrolet
Performance, Fast
Shafts, FK
Rod Ends, KSE
Racing Products, Malvern
Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, Nitroquest
Media, PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit
Racing Equipment, Super
Clean, VP
Racing, Wieland.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ARMI
Contractors, Boomtest
Well Service, Boubin
Tire & Automotive, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, Collins
Brothers Towing, D&T
Marriott Enterprise, LLC, DAY
Motorsports, Duvall
Electric, Gunshepherd.com, Hacienda
Mechanical, Kenny's
Tile, Mel
Hambelton Racing, Midwest
Wrap Co., Miller
Welders, PBM
Performance Products, Rancho
Milagro Racing, S&S
Fishing & Rental, Salty's
BBQ & Catering, Shocker
Hitch, Shop
Quik Stores, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO
Race Wheels, AFCO
Racing Products, Allstar
Performance, BigDeal
Car Care, Bryke
Racing, BSB
Manufacturing, Champ
Pans, Deatherage
Opticians, Edelbrock, Hooker
Harness, Hyperco, Integra
Racing Shocks and Springs, JE
Pistons, K1
RaceGear by Ryan Bowers Motorsports, Keyser
Manufacturing, MD3, MSD
Performance, Penske
Racing Shocks, Performance
Bodies & Parts, QA1, Quarter
Master, RacerWebsite.com, Real
Racing Wheels, Simpson
Performance Products, Swift
Springs, Sybesma
Graphics, Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood
Racing.
USMTS RACETRACKS:
81 Speedway,
Ark-La-Tex Speedway,
Arrowhead Speedway,
Cedar Lake Speedway,
Deer Creek Speedway,
Fayette County Speedway,
Hamilton County Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
I-70 Speedway,
Lakeside Speedway,
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track,
Lucas Oil Speedway,
Mason City Motor Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Rocket Raceway Park.
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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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