Chisholm
Checkers ARMI Contractors USMTS Spring Salute The Summit USMTS National
Championship presented by RacinDirt traveled to the
incredible Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, Okla., on
Friday for the ARMI Contractors USMTS Spring Salute and
the fifth clash of the year in the ARMI Contractors
South Region presented by Gene Nicholas, LLC.
From the Sybesma Graphics Pole, Oklahoma racer Gary
Christian jumped out to the lead when the green flag
waved but it didn’t last long as the Gorsuch Performance
Caution Flag was displayed for an opening-lap pileup in
turn two.
After several competitors paid a visit
to the Danny Crane Racing Engines Hot Pity for repairs,
the 40-lap main event was back underway with Christian
fighting to hold back Osage, Iowa’s Jim Chisholm and
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year contender and
Plattsmouth, Neb., resident Jacob Hobscheidt.
With drivers working every inch of real estate between
the fences at the state-of-the-art speed palace,
Christian and Chisholm began to pull away to make it a
two-car race.
While Christian used every part of
the middle and high side of the clay to hold the top
spot, Chisholm crept around the bottom the racing
surface and reeled in the leader.
Chisholm inched
ahead at the flagstand to lead the 16th lap, and
Christian fought hard to retake control but ended up
sliding into the outside concrete wall a few laps later,
leaving Hobscheidt with the job of taking down Chisholm
while Tyler Wolff found himself third for the restart
with the last half of the race left to go.
Two
laps later, fourth-place-running Rodney Sanders suffered
a right front flat tire, sending the five-time and
defending Summit USMTS National Champion to the rear of
the field.
While Chisholm tip-toed around the low
side and continued to add laps as the leader,
spectacular racing was the norm throughout the field
with no position safe.
Wolff brought the
Arrowhead Speedway audience to their feet with ten laps
to go when he wrinkled the rear quarter panel of
Chisholm’s machine and then pulled even with Chisholm in
the back-stretch.
After the challenge, however,
Chisholm reasserted himself as the man in charge and was
never challenged again, crossing beneath the checkered
flag with a 3.708-second cushion over runner-up Terry
Phillips.
“Last year we learned more than I
learned my whole career,” Chisholm said in Victory Fuel
Victory Lane, referring to racing full time in 2023,
“but I still make those mistakes—as we seen a week
ago—but this car’s been like super super bad fast, and
we actually took a little bit of speed out of it, but it
made it a lot easier to drive.
“It sucks to see
what happened to him (Christian). I think that would
have been probably one of one of the funnest races of my
life. I’d get an inch every once in a while then he’d
come right back and gain that much back and more, so it
was a really fun race. I seen Wolff run around me on the
outside and gave me a little shove to get out of the way
so I was like ‘I better get down and run my line. It’s
so treacherous up on the top with that big cushion so I
figured it was safest for me to run just a safe, smooth
line and then if someone wanted to go around me then go
around me.”
In addition to becoming the first
repeat winner in the first seven races of the 2024
season for the Summit USMTS Modifieds, the 21-year-old
garnered a $5,000 paycheck for the seventh win of his
USMTS career, tying him with Corey Dripps on the
all-time wins list.
Meanwhile, Jake O'Neil joined
the Featherlite Top-Three podium with a third-place
finish despite rolling off the grid from 19th. His
effort earned him the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award.
Not far behind, Dan Ebert stormed from 17th to
fourth at the finish while Wolff rounded out the top
five. Jacob Hobscheidt, Jake Timm, Gabe Hodges, Chad
Wheeler and Lance Mari completed the top ten.
Adding to his take, Chisholm also took home contingency
awards from Edelbrock, Gorsuch Performance Solutions,
MD3, Swift Springs, Victory Fuel and VP Racing.
The 9th Annual USMTS Juggernaut happens Saturday at the
mighty Tri-State Speedway. The second night of the 45th
Annual Cecil Harlan Kegger is also on tap featuring USRA
B-Mods ($2000 to win), USRA Stock Cars ($1500 to win)
and Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks ($1000 to win).
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt ARMI
Contractors South Region presented by Gene Nicholas, LLC
ARMI Contractors USMTS Spring Salute Arrowhead
Speedway, Colcord, Okla. Friday, April 19, 2024
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 RACE
PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (10 laps): 1. (2) 58X
Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 2. (1) 99L Steve
Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 3. (3) 12 Jason Hughes,
Watts, Okla. 4. (5) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
5. (8) 91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla. 6. (4) 15W Alex
Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 7. (6) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla. 8. (7) 26 Brian Williams,
Fayetteville, Ark.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE
#2 (10 laps): 1. (1) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 2. (2) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark. 3. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas 4. (6) 2SS Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M. 5. (5)
0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 6. (8) 87 Darron Fuqua,
Mayetta, Kan. 7. (3) 7H Brett Hansen, Fort Gibson,
Okla. 8. (7) 26S Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps): 1.
(3) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 2. (5) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 3. (8) 16 Austin Siebert,
Grandview, Mo. 4. (1) 33 Jaren Martin, Republic, Mo.
5. (7) C8 Timothy Culp, Prattsville, Ark. 6. (2) 11N
Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 7. (6) 30 Dalton Kirk,
Edgerton, Kan. 8. (4) 9H Aaron Halpain, Hulbert,
Okla.
WIELAND METAL SERVICES HEAT RACE #4
(10 laps): 1. (2) 5 Jon Mitchell, Texarkana,
Texas 2. (1) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn. 3.
(5) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan. 4. (4) 712 Trevor
Hughes, Westville, Okla. 5. (8) 88 Chad Wheeler,
Muskogee, Okla. 6. (6) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El
Paso, Texas 7. (7) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
8. (3) 71 Chad Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas
VP RACING HEAT RACE #5 (10 laps): 1.
(3) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 2. (1) 19SB Lance
Mari, El Centro, Calif. 3. (2) 49 Jake Timm, Winona,
Minn. 4. (6) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 5.
(7) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 6. (4) 32 D.J.
Shannon, Merced, Calif. 7. (5) 7W Wesley Wise,
Perryville, Ark. 8. (8) 19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville,
Kan.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15
laps, top 5 advance): 1. (1) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas 2. (2) 49 Jake Timm, Winona,
Minn. 3. (3) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 4.
(7) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 5. (4) 91 Joe
Duvall, Justice, Okla. 6. (10) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla. 7. (8) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford,
Minn. 8. (5) 33 Jaren Martin, Republic, Mo. 9.
(11) 30 Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan. 10. (13) 26S
Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo. 11. (9) 65X Carlos
Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 12. (12) 7W Wesley Wise,
Perryville, Ark. 13. (14) 71 Chad Melton, Mineral
Wells, Texas 14. (6) C8 Timothy Culp, Prattsville,
Ark.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15
laps, top 5 advance): 1. (1) 12 Jason
Hughes, Watts, Okla. 2. (3) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid,
Iowa 3. (2) 2SS Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M. 4. (6)
02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 5. (4) 88 Chad
Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla. 6. (7) 87 Darron Fuqua,
Mayetta, Kan. 7. (11) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson,
N.D. 8. (9) 32 D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif. 9. (8)
11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 10. (10) 7H Brett
Hansen, Fort Gibson, Okla. 11. (14) 19R Chris
Kratzer, Haysville, Kan. 12. (13) 9H Aaron Halpain,
Hulbert, Okla. 13. (12) 26 Brian Williams,
Fayetteville, Ark. 14. (5) 712 Trevor Hughes,
Westville, Okla.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT
“A” MAIN (40 laps): 1. (3) 24C Jim Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa 2. (6) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield,
Mo. 3. (19) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 4. (17)
60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 5. (9) 4W Tyler
Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 6. (4) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 7. (15) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
8. (12) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan. 9. (22) 88 Chad
Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla. 10. (11) 19SB Lance Mari, El
Centro, Calif. 11. (8) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville,
Kan. 12. (21) 91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla. 13.
(7) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 14. (23)
15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 15. (14) 12
Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 16. (13) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas 17. (20) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan. 18. (16) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
19. (25) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D. 20. (2) 16
Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo. 21. (10) 55H A.J.
Hoff, Mantorville, Minn. 22. (1) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 23. (5) 5 Jon Mitchell, Texarkana,
Texas 24. (24) 32 D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif. 25.
(26) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. 26. (18) 2SS Mark
Smith, Anthony, N.M.
Lap Leaders:
Christian 1-15, Chisholm 16-40. Total Laps
Led: Chisholm 25, Christian 15.
Margin of Victory: 3.708 seconds.
Time of Race: 27 minutes, 16.411 seconds (5
cautions). Provisional Starters:
Williamson, Shannon, M. Hansen, Fuqua. FK Rod
Ends Hard Charger: O’Neil (started 19th,
finished 3rd). Entries: 40.
Next Race: Saturday, Aug. 20, Tri-State
Speedway, Pocola, Okla. Summit USMTS National
Championship Points: TBA. ARMI
Contractors USMTS South Region Points: TBA.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points:
TBA. FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points:
TBA. Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers
Championship Points: TBA. Callies/JE
Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points:
TBA.
Contingency Awards: Aero
Race Wheels – Glenn. American Racer – Halpain.
Bear Graphix – Christian. Beyea Custom Headers –
Ebert. Bryke Racing – J. Hughes. BSB Manufacturing
– Hoff. Champ Pans – Wolff. Danny Crane Racing
Engines – Hobscheidt. Deatherage Opticians – Hansen.
Edelbrock – Chisholm. Fast Shafts – Hobscheidt.
Featherlite Trailers – Chisholm, Phillips, O’Neil. FK
Rod Ends – O’Neil. Gorsuch Performance Solutions –
Chisholm. Hooker Harness – Duvall. Hyperco –
Glenn. Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Brown.
Keyser Manufacturing – Mari. KSE Racing Products –
Wheeler. MD3 – Chisholm. Mesilla Valley
Transportation – O’Neil. Mel Hambelton Racing –
Ramirez, . MSD Performance – Ebert. Penske Racing
Shocks – Lavasseur. PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain –
Fuqua. QA1 – Christian. Quarter Master – Wheeler.
RacerWebsite.com – Culp. Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt
– Siebert. Simpson Race Products – Christian.
Summit Racing Equipment – Davis, Duvall, Melton,
Nicholas, Williams. Sweet Manufacturing – Sanders.
Swift Springs – Mitchell, Chisholm. Sybesma Graphics
– Christian. Total Power – Davis. Victory Fuel –
Chisholm. VP Racing – Chisholm. Wehrs Machine &
Racing Products – T. Hughes. Wilwood Disc Brakes –
Timm.
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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: 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.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: 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, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: 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, Wilwood
Racing.
USMTS RACETRACKS:
81 Speedway,
Arrowhead Speedway,
Beatrice Speedway,
Boothill Speedway,
Casino Speedway,
Cedar Lake Speedway,
Deer Creek Speedway,
Fairmont Raceway,
Fayette County Speedway,
Granite City Motor Park,
Hamilton County Speedway,
Heart O’ Texas Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
Hunt County Raceway,
Lakeside Speedway,
Lucas Oil Speedway,
Mason City Motor Speedway,
Mississippi Thunder Speedway,
Off Road Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Park Jefferson Speedway,
Rocket Raceway Park,
Route 66 Motor Speedway,
RPM Speedway,
Tri-State Speedway.
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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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