Carter
Conquers Second Night of USMTS Cajun Clash
The Ark-La-Tex Speedway in
Vivian, Louisiana, played host to the second round of
the 10th Annual USMTS Cajun Clash Friday night with a
rookie champ and a rookie title chaser stealing the show
at the ‘Land of Three Wide.’
Another gathering of
open-wheel modified muscle filled the pit area for the
sixth race of the Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt.
Cayden Carter earned the
Sybesma Graphics Pole Award but it was ‘Big Daddy’ Joe
Duvall who seizes control on the opening lap. With
Carter following in Duvall’s tire tracks around the red
clay oval, the yellow flag waved for the first time on
lap 12 when the leader’s first lapped car spun just in
front of the lead pack.
At the same time, Tyler
Wolff retired with drivetrain issues and another quick
caution slowed the pace on the restart when Cade Dillard
stopped atop turn two with a flat tire.
The
caution came out for a third time on lap 16 due to a
five-car pile-up in turn four, but it was one lap too
late for Duvall as Carter wrestled the lead away just in
time to lead the field back to the green flag with
Duvall, Jake O’Neil, Will Krup and Jade Luzenberg
following.
Action was short-lived again when
Luzenberg went sideways in the first corner, collecting
Dan Ebert in the process and yielding the fourth caution
and ending Luzenberg’s impressive effort.
Meanwhile, Carter exploded to a big lead over O’Neil and
Duvall on the restart while multiple positions
throughout the field put on a show for the fans until
the fifth caution came out with 26 laps down and 14 to
go.
The restart brought tom Berry Jr. into the
picture as the rim-riding rookie picked off Rodney
Sanders and Duvall in the first six laps. With eight to
go, he drove around O’Neil for second and set his sights
on Carter.
Lapped traffic with two laps to go
made for a nail-biting finish that saw Carter forced to
move to the outside, thus blocking Berry’s charge.
Carter crossed the finish line with Berry at his side in
second.
“I heard him out there, and knew I had to
do something to just break his speed,” Carter reveled in
victory lane. “He’s won a lot of big races the last few
years so it’s great to get the win.”
Behind last
years Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year and Berry,
who is aiming at the same $10,000 title this season, it
was O’Neil hanging on for third with Sanders edging
Duvall for fifth.
Dereck Ramirez, Krup, Jim
Chisholm, Jason Hughes and Carlos Ahumada Jr. completed
the top ten on the near-perfect racing surface.
Action continues Saturday at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway for
round three of the 10th Annual USMTS Cajun Clash and a
$10,000 winner’s paycheck just waiting for a name to be
written on it. 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
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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 2 of 3 Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Vivian, La.
Friday, March 31, 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. (1) 45
Chase Holland, Success, Miss. 2. (2) 99L Steve
Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 3. (6) 4R Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 4. (5) 38T Dylan Thornton,
Orcutt, Calif. 5. (7) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita,
Kan. 6. (3) 76 Kyle Pleasant, Natchitoches, La. 7.
(8) 24W Mason Williams, Fouke, Ark. 8. (10) D25 David
Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas 9. (9) 11N Gene
Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. DQ – (4) 24M Manuel Williams
II, Fouke, Ark.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2
(8 laps): 1. (1) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El
Paso, Texas 2. (2) 6 Donnie Powers, Henderson, Texas
3. (4) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 4. (3) 7S
Sean Gaddis, Diana, Texas 5. (6) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn. 6. (5) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria,
Minn. 7. (7) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa 8. (8)
38TX T.J. Tolleson, Bevins, Texas 9. (9) 71M Chad
Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas DNS – 64 Casey Fowler,
Grand Saline, Texas
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE
#3 (8 laps): 1. (2) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson,
Ariz. 2. (4) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 3.
(6) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla. 4. (1) 24 Manuel
Williams Sr, Fouke, Ark. 5. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan. 6. (5) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
7. (7) D25W Kale Westover, Altus, Okla. 8. (8) 15
Chase Wascom, Denham Springs, La. 9. (9) 40 Jessy
Willard, Mound City, Kan.
WIELAND HEAT
RACE #4 (8 laps): 1. (2) 46 Jade Luzenberg,
Saucier, Miss. 2. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
3. (4) 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas 4. (5) 58X
Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 5. (8) 01 Jacob
Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 6. (9) 12J Jason
Ingalls, Longview, Texas 7. (1) C7 Corey Neil Jr.,
Bridge City, Texas 8. (7) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin,
Gladewater, Texas 9. (3) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer,
Minn.
VP RACING HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 2. (3) 11X
Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 3. (5) K9 Will Krup,
Mt. Carmel, Ill. 4. (6) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline,
La. 5. (7) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 6. (1)
21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 7. (4) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa 8. (9) 13J James
McCreery, Midlothian, Texas 9. (8) 4RJ Jared Russell,
Wagoner, Okla.
SUPER CLEAN HEAT RACE #6
(8 laps): 1. (1) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield,
Minn. 2. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 3. (2)
712 Trevor Hughes, Salina, Okla. 4. (4) 2G Kenny
Gaddis, Diana, Texas 5. (9) 16B Randy Brown,
Chowchilla, Calif. 6. (3) 56X Broc Bowen, Fannin,
Texas 7. (8) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa
8. (6) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas 9. (7) 9R
Barron Prince, Haughton, La.
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (1) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La. 2. (2) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 3. (6) 24C Jim Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa 4. (3) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield,
Mo. 5. (7) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. 6. (4)
712 Trevor Hughes, Salina, Okla. 7. (5) 2G Kenny
Gaddis, Diana, Texas 8. (14) 4RJ Jared Russell,
Wagoner, Okla. 9. (12) 38TX T.J. Tolleson, Bevins,
Texas 10. (13) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 11.
(11) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa 12. (15)
64 Casey Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas 13. (10) 7 Al
Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa 14. (8) 56 Colton Horner,
Houston, Texas 15. (9) 24W Mason Williams, Fouke,
Ark.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15
laps, top 4 advance): 1. (1) 11X Tom Berry
Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 2. (3) 16 Chris Henigan,
Marshall, Texas 3. (2) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River
Falls, Wis. 4. (4) 16B Randy Brown, Chowchilla,
Calif. 5. (5) 7S Sean Gaddis, Diana, Texas 6. (10)
D25W Kale Westover, Altus, Okla. 7. (7) 12J Jason
Ingalls, Longview, Texas 8. (13) 71M Chad Melton,
Mineral Wells, Texas 9. (9) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid,
Iowa 10. (11) 13J James McCreery, Midlothian, Texas
11. (8) 76 Kyle Pleasant, Natchitoches, La. 12. (12)
15 Chase Wascom, Denham Springs, La. 13. (14) 9R
Barron Prince, Haughton, La. 14. (15) 24M Manuel
Williams II, Fouke, Ark. 15. (6) 24 Manuel Williams
Sr, Fouke, Ark.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #3 (15 laps, top 4 advance): 1. (1) 38T
Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif. 2. (2) 6 Donnie
Powers, Henderson, Texas 3. (3) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn. 4. (4) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth,
Neb. 5. (6) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn. 6.
(5) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 7. (7) 02
Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 8. (11) C7 Corey Neil
Jr., Bridge City, Texas 9. (8) 56X Broc Bowen,
Fannin, Texas 10. (10) D25 David Tanner, Wichita
Falls, Texas 11. (14) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
12. (12) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas
13. (13) 40 Jessy Willard, Mound City, Kan. 14. (9)
25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 2. (14) 11X
Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 3. (4) 0 Jake O'Neil,
Tucson, Ariz. 4. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
5. (2) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla. 6. (6) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 7. (8) K9 Will Krup,
Mt. Carmel, Ill. 8. (19) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage,
Iowa 9. (7) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 10. (10)
65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 11. (17) 16
Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas 12. (16) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 13. (22) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 14. (27) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa 15. (13) 97 Cade
Dillard, Robeline, La. 16. (25) 87 Darron Fuqua,
Mayetta, Kan. 17. (15) 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt,
Calif. 18. (9) 45 Chase Holland, Success, Miss.
19. (29) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 20. (11) 21
Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn. 21. (23) 16B Randy
Brown, Chowchilla, Calif. 22. (26) 10B Brandon
Givens, Wichita, Kan. 23. (20) 99L Steve Lavasseur,
River Falls, Wis. 24. (28) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid,
Iowa 25. (21) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 26.
(24) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 27. (18)
6 Donnie Powers, Henderson, Texas 28. (3) 46 Jade
Luzenberg, Saucier, Miss. 29. (12) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark.
Lap Leaders:
Duvall 1-15, Carter 16-40. Total Laps Led:
Carter 25, Duvall 15. Margin of
Victory: 0.130 second. Time of Race:
28 minutes, 36.618 seconds (5 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Fuqua, Givens.
Emergency Provisionals: VanderBeek, K.
Brown, Mullens. FK Rod Ends Hard Charger:
Berry (started 14th, finished 2nd). Entries:
56. Next Race: Saturday,
April 1, Ark-La-Tex Speedway. Summit USMTS
National Championship Points: TBD.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points:
TBD. Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers
Championship Points: TBD. Callies/JE
Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points:
TBD.
Contingency Awards:
Aero Race Wheels – Hansen. American Racer – K.
Gaddis. Beyea Custom Headers – Sanders. BigDeal
Car Care – Carter, Berry. Bryke Racing – Dillard.
BSB Manufacturing – R. Brown. Champ Pans – Duvall.
Collins Brothers Towing – Wolff. Deatherage Opticians
– Mason Williams. Edelbrock – O’Neil. Fast Shafts
– Ahumada. FK Rod Ends – Berry. Hooker Harness –
Christian. Hyperco – Nelson. Integra Racing Shocks
& Springs – Holland. Keyser Manufacturing – Ahumada.
KSE Racing Products – J. Hughes. MD3 – Carter. Mel
Hambelton Racing – Berry. Midwest Wrap Co. – Givens.
Penske Racing Shocks – Phillips. PEM Racing Gears &
Drivetrain – O’Neil. QA1 – Berry. Quarter Master –
J. Hughes. RacerWebsite.com – Nicholas. Salty’s
BBQ & Catering – Berry. Simpson Performance Products
– Holland. Summit Racing Equipment – Ingalls,
Williams Jr., Williams Sr., Mason Williams, Tanner.
Super Clean – Carter. Swift Springs – Sanders,
Henigan, Carter. Sybesma Graphics – Carter. VP
Racing – Carter. Wehrs Machine & Racing Products –
Nicholas. Wilwood Disc Brakes – Krup.
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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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