Hungry Wolff
Whoops USMTS Field at 81 Speedway
The Summit USMTS National
Championship presented by RacinDirt was back at the 81
Speedway in Park City, Kan., for a second night of the
inaugural Ed Gressel Memorial on Friday, and Tyler Wolff
was back in flawless form as he notched his second
wire-to-wire triumph of the 2023 campaign.
Several of his chasers stayed close early on but Wolff
always found an extra burst of speed whenever anybody
got close. Yellow flags on laps 13 and 22 wiped out his
lead on two occasions, but both kept him from having to
deal with a swarm of soon-to-be lapped cars.
Thursday’s winner, Tanner Mullens, and Cayden Carter
kept Wolff in their sights but neither threatened the
rim-riding Wolff for the lead. That all changed after
the second restart when Rodney Sanders powered around
the high side of the 3/8-mile dirt oval to jump from
sixth to second in less than a lap.
From there,
Sanders stayed within striking distance of Wolff,
finally making a charge with two laps to go. ‘The
Rocket’ peaked underneath Wolff’s No. 4W Lobo Racing
machine but Gary Christian’s broken ride sitting at the
top of turn 2 forced the race’s third yellow flag to
wave.
Two more quick cautions occurred but on
each occasion Wolff drove away from Sanders, eventually
taking the checkers with about a five-car-length cushion
over the four-time Summit USMTS National Champion.
Despite starting third, Wolff led all 35 laps and
pocketed the $5,000 winner’s share of the prize money.
“I am a mess, I am wore out but that's a good run
there,” an elated Wolff said in victory lane. “I knew
that start would be critical and thought I’d had to take
advantage of it. I gotta thank (Jimmy) Mars and ECE
Racing Engines. We put a different engine in it and this
thing screams. We’ve been having to tone it down all
weekend.
“I trust Rodney very well and know that
he’s not going to do anything crazy. He’s a teammate of
mine so I really appreciate that, but it was awesome to
see him up around behind me. It made me happy I knew
that we had two good MB cars. and that’s good.”
RacinDirt co-owner/pit reporter Trenton Berry advised
Wolff to get a designated driver if he went anywhere
after his victory celebration because no Kansas State
Trooper would believe he hadn’t been drinking.
“I
got enough for bail, we’re good,” replied Wolff, who was
soaked with warm Coors Light—one of Ed Gressel’s
favorite beverages.
With the win, Wolff now has
four at four racetracks in four states. He’s the first
two-time winner this season and the 16th different
winner in the 27 USMTS main events held at the 81
Speedway.
Behind Sanders, Jake O'Neil crossed the
finish line third with Carter finishing fourth and
Dereck Ramirez taking the checkers in fifth. Mullens,
Tom Berry Jr., Terry Phillips, Tanner Black and Darron
Fuqua completed the top 10.
After finishing
second in the Kansasland Dash 4 Cash, Ramirez had the
chance to start on the outside of Mullens on the front
row when Mullens turned down the cash bonus, but the
2021 Summit USMTS National Champion opted to take $1,250
and start sixth, putting O’Neil in the second starting
spot next to Mullens.
On Saturday, the Kansasland
Dash 4 Cash is worth $1,000 with special thanks to Rock
Island Recycling, Duvall Electric and McCowan Farms.
Racing continues Saturday
with the Gressel Memorial finale that will see no less
than $10,000 going to the winner. The JLR Property
Management 316 A-Mods and AutoTech Service Super Stocks
join the on-track action.
With his efforts Friday
night, Wolff becomes the new points leader heading into
Saturday’s finale and will bolt on the coveted dayglo
orange Weiland Points Leader spoiler for tomorrow’s
show. O’Neil jumped to second and Hughes slipped to
third after sitting atop the rankings since the second
event of the season. Phillips and Fuqua round out the
top five.
For complete event information, check
out the
FAST FACTS or visit
81speedway.com.
• 81 Speedway will
host a Cornhole Tournament and silent auction for door
panels on Saturday. Winners will receive cornhole boards
as prizes.
Click here to register. Space is limited. The cost
is $50 per team and the tournament starts at 10 a.m. for
more information call (316)
304-1454 or email
81speedwayevents@gmail.com.
• VP Racing
Fuels-Heartland is adding incentives to driver's in
Saturday's main event. If the driver who starts 2nd
wins, hey will get an extra $200 in honor of the Gressel
Racing No. 2G driven by Brandon Givens. If the driver
who starts 19th wins, he will get an extra $1,900 in
honor of the No. 19R driven by Ryan Gustin. If the
driver who starts 25th wins, he will get an extra $2,500
in honor of the No. 25 driven by Scott Green.
• The Ed Gressel Memorial features a special
one-of-a-kind victory lane banner. The 10x20 sign will
be autographed by USMTS drivers, and then after
Saturday's finale one lucky person will take the banner
home. Proceeds will go to the choice of Ed's widow Cinde
Gressel. Bidding started Thursday.
• Adam Gressel
will offer a $1,000 cash award for Saturday's hard
charger, which could make it a total of $1,100 for the
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award.
• Even more
'Reaper Madness' ensues as Chris Sutton with the RPM
Speedway in Hays, Kan., has a crisp $100 bill for the
19th-place finisher in honor of the Gressel Racing No.
19R driven by Gustin, who garnered two Summit USMTS
National Championships while driving for Gressel Racing.
For its Silver Anniversary season, the Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt currently
features 45 nights of racing at 15 of America's premier
dirt track racing venues in nine states. 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 Inaugural Ed Gressel Memorial – Night 2
of 3 81 Speedway, Park City, Kan. Friday, April
21, 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 with the
top 8 in the Kansasland Dash 4 Cash setting the first 4
rows of the “A” Main.
SIMPSON
PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (2) 44T Tanner Black, Otis, Kan. 2. (6) 0 Jake
O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 3. (7) 99L Steve Lavasseur,
River Falls, Wis. 4. (3) 16 Austin Siebert,
Grandview, Mo. 5. (8) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
6. (1) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo. 7. (9) 25 Scott
Green, Derby, Kan. 8. (4) 4 Jeremy Nelson,
Alexandria, Minn. 9. (10) 96JR Jon Herring Jr.,
Woodward, Okla. 10. (11) 40 Jessy Willard, Mound
City, Kan. 11. (5) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso,
Texas
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (4) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 2. (5) 75
Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 3. (6) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas 4. (2) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard,
Kan. 5. (1) 18 Bobby Mayfield, Elk City, Okla. 6.
(9) 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan. 7. (3) 7D Davis
Givens, Hutchinson, Kan. 8. (10) 7 Al Hejna, Clear
Lake, Iowa 9. (8) 99T T.J. Tolan, Valley Center, Kan.
10. (11) 22N Kevin Newell, Wichita, Kan. 11. (7) 44K
Kelsie Foley, Tucson, Ariz.
EDELBROCK
HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps): 1. (2) 21 Jacob
Bleess, Chatfield, Minn. 2. (6) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark. 3. (4) 712 Trevor Hughes, Salina,
Okla. 4. (3) 55 Chris Kratzer, Lyons, Kan. 5. (10)
65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 6. (7) 01 Jacob
Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 7. (11) 11N Gene
Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 8. (8) G3 Brendon Gemmill,
Wichita, Kan. 9. (5) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
10. (1) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas 11.
(9) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa
WIELAND HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps): 1. (1) 33Z
Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa 2. (4) K9 Will
Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 3. (6) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Des
Moines, Iowa 4. (5) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
5. (2) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 6. (8) 30 Dalton
Kirk, Edgerton, Kan. 7. (9) 15W Wyatt Gaggero,
Wichita, Kan. 8. (7) 15WX Kale Westover, Altus, Okla.
9. (10) 7E Steve Emond, Eldorado, Kan. 10. (3) 127
Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
VP RACING
HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps): 1. (3) 10C Cayden
Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 2. (2) 45 Chase Holland,
Success, Miss. 3. (5) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward,
Okla. 4. (4) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 5.
(6) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 6. (8) 49
Jake Timm, Winona, Minn. 7. (10) 38T Dylan Thornton,
Orcutt, Calif. 8. (1) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita,
Kan. 9. (7) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 10. (9)
96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
REAL
RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (2) 45 Chase Holland, Success, Miss. 2. (4) 24C
Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 3. (8) 12 Jason Hughes,
Watts, Okla. 4. (3) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow,
Okla. 5. (16) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 6.
(7) 30 Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan. 7. (14) 15WX Kale
Westover, Altus, Okla. 8. (5) 16 Austin Siebert,
Grandview, Mo. 9. (1) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River
Falls, Wis. 10. (17) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
11. (11) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan. 12. (19) 96
Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn. 13. (21) 44K Kelsie
Foley, Tucson, Ariz. 14. (15) 96JR Jon Herring Jr.,
Woodward, Okla. 15. (9) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell,
Ark. 16. (18) 22N Kevin Newell, Wichita, Kan. 17.
(6) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan. 18. (12) 7 Al
Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa 19. (20) 78 Billy Jack
Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas 20. (13) 91 Joe Duvall,
Claremore, Okla. DQ – (10) 38T Dylan Thornton,
Orcutt, Calif.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 6 advance): 1. (1) 87
Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. 2. (4) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn. 3. (3) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
4. (9) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 5. (20)
25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa 6. (5) 55 Chris
Kratzer, Lyons, Kan. 7. (18) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr.,
El Paso, Texas 8. (11) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
9. (13) G3 Brendon Gemmill, Wichita, Kan. 10. (2) 712
Trevor Hughes, Salina, Okla. 11. (14) 4 Jeremy
Nelson, Alexandria, Minn. 12. (10) 25 Scott Green,
Derby, Kan. 13. (16) 99T T.J. Tolan, Valley Center,
Kan. 14. (12) 7D Davis Givens, Hutchinson, Kan.
15. (17) 40 Jessy Willard, Mound City, Kan. 16. (8)
18 Bobby Mayfield, Elk City, Okla. 17. (6) 22B Rick
Beebe, Shawnee, Kan. 18. (7) 49 Jake Timm, Winona,
Minn. 19. (15) 7E Steve Emond, Eldorado, Kan. 20.
(19) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
KANSASLAND TIRE & SERVICE DASH 4 CASH (6 laps):
1. (2) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 2. (1) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 3. (3) 0 Jake O'Neil,
Tucson, Ariz. 4. (4) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa,
Iowa 5. (6) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 6.
(5) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 7. (7) 20
Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 8. (8) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
SUMMIT RACING
EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (35 laps): 1. (4) 4W
Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 2. (7) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas 3. (2) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson,
Ariz. 4. (3) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 5.
(6) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 6. (1) 02
Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 7. (5) 11X Tom Berry
Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 8. (8) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo. 9. (9) 44T Tanner Black, Otis, Kan.
10. (14) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. 11. (15) 24C
Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 12. (10) 21 Jacob Bleess,
Chatfield, Minn. 13. (17) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts,
Okla. 14. (12) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 15.
(25) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn. 16. (18) 65
Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 17. (11) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa 18. (13) 45 Chase
Holland, Success, Miss. 19. (21) 10B Brandon Givens,
Wichita, Kan. 20. (20) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 21. (28) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid,
Iowa 22. (16) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 23.
(19) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 24. (22)
25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa 25. (23) 30
Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan. 26. (24) 55 Chris
Kratzer, Lyons, Kan. 27. (26) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr.,
El Paso, Texas 28. (29) 15WX Kale Westover, Altus,
Okla. 29. (27) 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif.
30. (30) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
Lap Leader: Wolff 1-35.
Total Laps Led: Wolff 35. Margin of
Victory: 0.737 seconds. Time of
Race: 28 minutes, 26.724 seconds (5 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Nelson, Ahumada.
Emergency Provisionals: Thornton,
Brown, Westover, Lavasseur. FK Rod Ends Hard
Charger: Sanders (started 7th, finished 2nd).
Entries: 53. Next Race:
Saturday, April 22, 81 Speedway, Park City,
Kan. Summit USMTS National Championship
Points: Wolff 711, O'Neil 701, J. Hughes 696,
T. Phillips 695, Fuqua 655, Ebert 648, Sanders 646,
Berry 638, Carter 636, Chisholm 636. Grant
Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: Berry
551, Krup 529, Nelson 483, Christian 460, Holland 438.
FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points:
J. Hughes 35, T. Phillips 29, O'Neil 29, Chisholm 27, B.
Givens 27. Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers
Championship Points: Mullens 61, MBCustoms 61,
Hughes 53, VanderBuilt 51, LG2 48. Callies/JE
Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points:
Stoen 65, Mullins 63, Cornett 62, ECE 48,
Durham 48.
Contingency Awards:
Aero Race Wheels – Ahumada. American Racer – Kratzer.
Beyea Custom Headers – Carter. BigDeal Car Care –
Wolff, Sanders. Bryke Racing – Nelson. BSB
Manufacturing – Brown. Champ Pans – Ramirez.
Collins Brothers Towing – Duvall. Deatherage
Opticians – Krup. Edelbrock – Bleess. Fast Shafts
– Mullens. FK Rod Ends – Sanders. Hooker Harness –
Bleess. Hyperco – Gemmill. Integra Racing Shocks &
Springs – Holland. Kansasland Tire & Service –
Ramirez. Keyser Manufacturing – Fuqua. KSE Racing
Products – Black. MD3 – Wolff. Mel Hambelton
Racing – Sanders. Midwest Wrap Co. – Ebert. Penske
Racing Shocks – J. Hughes. PEM Racing Gears &
Drivetrain – Hansen. QA1 – Wolff. Quarter Master –
Black. RacerWebsite.com – Black. Salty’s BBQ &
Catering – Sanders. Simpson Performance Products –
Black. Summit Racing Equipment – Ebert, J. Hughes,
O'Neil, T. Phillips, Wolff. Super Clean – Wolff.
Swift Springs – Berry, Black, Wolff. Sybesma Graphics
– Mullens. Tyler Rinken Productions – Holland, Fuqua.
VP Racing – Wolff. Wehrs Machine & Racing Products –
Newell. Wilwood Disc Brakes – Berry.
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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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