Berry Bounces
Back at Hamilton County Speedway
Tom Berry Jr. of Des Moines,
Iowa, found redemption on the second night of the 13th
Annual USMTS Spring Classic as he scored a $5,000
victory after coming up one lap short on Thursday at the
historic Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City, Iowa.
With the best of the best in dirt modified racing on
the grounds, the Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt produced yet another thriller on
a cold night at the oldest racetrack in the Hawkeye
State.
The second of three nights of racing saw
four-time Summit USMTS National Champion Jason Hughes
take the early from the outside of the from row with
Berry, the polesitter, slipping back a few spots when
the green flag waved.
Berry eventually worked his
way past some tough competition before wrestling the top
spot away from Hughes with 12 laps in the books. The
28-year-old originally from Medford, Ore., led the rest
of the way for his second win of the 2023 campaign.
“I figured Todd (Staley) was going to cancel so we
were kind of behind on tire work,” Berry said. “We had a
winning car last night and it didn’t result in that, and
just shows how good our team is and how consistent we
are no matter what the track conditions.”
One
night earlier, Berry collided with Ebert and then took
the lead with seven laps remaining. Ebert returned the
favor with an aggressive slide-job on the final lap to
steal the win.
“My dad just taught me from a
young age to speak with your steering wheel and beat him
on the track. It didn’t turn out our way and there’s no
reason to bad mouth someone in that incident—we were
just racing hard. It is what it is and we moved past it.
If you hold on to it you’re not worrying about tonight.
“I wasn't even thinking I was going to run after
qualifying and we just dug down. You really just had to
know where to be on the track to maneuver and I feel
like I was maneuvering better and all these guys, and
just maybe a little younger and a little bit more in
shape,” Berry said with a smile.
The finish of
Friday night’s feature looked like the next-to-last lap
of Thursday’s as Ebert came across the line in second
place behind Berry.
Hughes held on to finish
third while Will Krup bested another four-time champ,
Rodney Sanders, for fourth after a great battle between
those two.
Darron Fuqua came from 13th to get
sixth at the stripe, but Brandon Givens earned the FK
Rod Ends Hard Charger Award after racing to a
seventh-place paycheck after rolling off 19th on the
24-car grid.
Although he passed more cars than
Givens, 24th-starting Zack VanderBeek had to use a
provisional starting spot making him ineligible for hard
charger honors, but ‘The Z-Man’ made the most of it by
finishing eighth. Dereck Ramirez and Alex Williamson
rounded out the top t10.
Racing continues
Saturday at the Hamilton County Speedway with the
fire-breathing Outlaw Modifieds of the Summit USMTS
National Championship competing for $10,000 to top
tomorrow night’s finale. USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods,
USRA Hobby Stocks and USRA Tuners will also be in
action.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS United States Modified
Touring Series Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt 13th Annual USMTS Spring
Classic – Night 2 of 3 Hamilton County Speedway,
Webster City, Iowa Friday, April 28, 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. (2) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn. 2. (1) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 3. (4) 4W Tyler
Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 4. (3) 21K Kyle Brown,
Madrid, Iowa 5. (5) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (7) 4B Jason Bass, Fort Dodge, Iowa 7. (6) 65
Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 8. (9) 88 Tanner
Williamson, Fort Frances, ON 9. (10) 99L Steve
Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 10. (8) 17 Jon Plowman,
Woodbine, Iowa 11. (11) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield,
Minn.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 2. (4) 12 Jason
Hughes, Watts, Okla. 3. (3) 38T Dylan Thornton,
Orcutt, Calif. 4. (5) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
5. (2) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 6. (8)
58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 7. (6) 15W Alex
Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 8. (9) 10C Cayden Carter,
Oskaloosa, Iowa 9. (10) 57 Duke Erickson, Sioux
Falls, S.D. 10. (11) 40 Jessy Willard, Mound City,
Kan. 11. (7) 45 Chase Holland, Success, Miss.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps): 1.
(2) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn. 2. (4) 11X Tom
Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 3. (5) 24C Jim Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa 4. (7) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 5.
(6) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif. 6. (9) 30
Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan. 7. (1) 55H A.J. Hoff,
Mantorville, Minn. 8. (8) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux
City, Iowa 9. (10) 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.
10. (3) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
WIELAND HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps): 1.
(2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 2. (4) 60 Dan
Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 3. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan. 4. (5) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 5. (1) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo. 6. (7) 1 Blake Arndt, Brownsdale,
Minn. 7. (6) 21DB David Brown, Kellogg, Iowa 8.
(10) 3F Cole Ferguson, Dexter, Iowa 9. (9) 5D Devon
Havlik, Waterloo, Iowa 10. (8) 71 Dustin Strand, East
Grand Forks, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 5 advance): 1. (2) 87
Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. 2. (3) 19SB Lance Mari,
El Centro, Calif. 3. (8) 15W Alex Williamson,
Rushford, Minn. 4. (5) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita,
Kan. 5. (9) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 6.
(4) 30 Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan. 7. (10) 99L Steve
Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 8. (7) 55H A.J. Hoff,
Mantorville, Minn. 9. (11) 40 Jessy Willard, Mound
City, Kan. 10. (12) 17 Jon Plowman, Woodbine, Iowa
11. (6) 4B Jason Bass, Fort Dodge, Iowa 12. (1) 0
Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. DNS – 3F Cole Ferguson,
Dexter, Iowa DNS – 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.
DNS – 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 2. (1)
21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 3. (5) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 4. (4) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 5. (7) 65 Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan. 6. (9) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City,
Iowa 7. (3) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
8. (10) 57 Duke Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D. 9. (8) 88
Tanner Williamson, Fort Frances, ON 10. (11) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa 11. (6) 1 Blake Arndt,
Brownsdale, Minn. DNS – 21DB David Brown, Kellogg,
Iowa DNS – 5D Devon Havlik, Waterloo, Iowa DNS –
71 Dustin Strand, East Grand Forks, Minn. DNS – 45
Chase Holland, Success, Miss.
SUMMIT
RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (30 laps): 1. (1)
11X Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 2. (4) 60 Dan
Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 3. (2) 12 Jason Hughes,
Watts, Okla. 4. (7) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
5. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 6. (13) 87
Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. 7. (19) 10B Brandon
Givens, Wichita, Kan. 8. (24) 33Z Zack VanderBeek,
New Sharon, Iowa 9. (8) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward,
Okla. 10. (17) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
11. (10) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 12. (22) 65
Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 13. (5) 21 Jacob Bleess,
Chatfield, Minn. 14. (20) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo. 15. (9) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark. 16. (23) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson,
Ariz. 17. (16) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 18.
(21) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 19. (15) 19SB
Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif. 20. (14) 01 Jacob
Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 21. (18) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 22. (11) 38T Dylan
Thornton, Orcutt, Calif. 23. (12) 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan. 24. (3) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria,
Minn.
Lap Leaders: Hughes 1-12,
Berry 13-30. Total Laps Led: Berry
18, Hughes 12. Margin of Victory:
0.686 seconds. Time of Race: 30
minutes, 22.785 seconds (4 cautions, 1 red).
Provisional Starters: O’Neil, VanderBeek.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Givens
(started 19th, finished 7th). Entries:
42. Next Race: Saturday, April 29,
Hamilton County Speedway, Webster City, Iowa.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points:
Ebert 922, O'Neil 917, Wolff 909, Sanders 909,
Hughes 902, Berry 893, Phillips 887, Krup 868, Fuqua
852, Chisholm 851. Grant Junghans USMTS
Rookie of the Year Points: Berry 893, Krup 868,
Nelson 729, Christian 717, Holland 635. FK
Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points: Givens 49,
O'Neil 41, Hughes 40, Chisholm 40, Phillips 38.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship
Points: Mullens 84, MBCustoms 82, Hughes 68,
Harris 61, VanderBuilt 61. Callies/JE Pistons
USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points:
Mullins 87, Cornett 85, Stoen 82, Hatfield 69, ProPower
65.
Contingency Awards: Aero
Race Wheels – Holland. American Racer – Arndt.
Beyea Custom Headers – Krup. BigDeal Car Care –
Berry, bigmove. Bryke Racing – Wolff. BSB
Manufacturing – Christian. Champ Pans – Sanders.
Collins Brothers Towing – Thornton. Deatherage
Opticians – Nelson. Edelbrock – Nelson. Fast
Shafts – Krup. FK Rod Ends – Givens. Hooker
Harness – Davis. Hyperco – Holland. Integra Racing
Shocks & Springs – Carter. Keyser Manufacturing – A.
Williamson. KSE Racing Products – Givens. MD3 –
Berry. Mel Hambelton Racing – Ebert. Midwest Wrap
Co. – Thornton. MSD Performance – Hughes. Penske
Racing Shocks – Bleess. PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain
– Sanders. QA1 – Nelson. Quarter Master – Ramirez.
RacerWebsite.com – Bass. Salty’s BBQ & Catering –
VanderBeek. Simpson Performance Products – Bleess.
Summit Racing Equipment – Arndt, Hoff, Kath, Strand, T.
Williamson. Super Clean – Berry. Swift Springs –
Ebert, Plowman, Berry. Sybesma Graphics – Berry.
VP Racing – Berry. Wehrs Machine & Racing Products –
Ferguson. Wilwood Disc Brakes – Givens.
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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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