Davis Gets It
Done In Jayhawk Classic
The Lakeside Speedway hosted
the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by
RacinDirt on Saturday for the final night of the 12th
Annual Jayhawk Classic at the historic half-mile dirt
oval in Kansas City, Kan.
Just another USMTS
race. Just another incredible finish… This time between
two rivals from the Sunflower State.
The green
flag waved over the field with 40 laps the distance for
one driver’s $10,000 payday, and polesitter Jason Hughes
took advantage right away as the four-time USMTS
National Champion charged forward to lead the first
seven laps.
Tyler Davis of nearby Haysville,
Kan., started next to Hughes on the front row but
dropped back about six car-lengths before he began to
reel the leader in a few laps later. Davis grabbed the
top spot on the eighth lap but Hughes wrestled it right
back one lap later.
Hughes currently sits second
on the all-time USMTS wins list with 155 victories, but
none have occurred at the Lakeside Speedway where the
series has experienced 24 main events since 2012.
Behind the lead duo was Tanner Mullens, Carlos
Ahumada Jr. and Dereck Ramirez with everybody in the top
five searching every inch of the racing surface to find
an advantage.
Davis found it on lap 15 as sped
back into the lead. His reign was short-lived, however,
as Mullens snagged first place just shy of the halfway
mark before the race’s first and only caution came about
on the 23rd lap.
From that moment forward, it was
anybody’s race to win and a barnburner to the end.
Nonetheless, Mullens was in charge from lap 19 until the
finish. Almost.
As Mullens and Davis continued to
bang the outside concrete wall each orbit while riding a
skinny line of moisture, the wear and tear started to
become visible. Over the course of the final seven laps
or so, the rear spoiler on Mullens’ Mullens Chassis
began to flop around in the wind while Davis pulled up
to his rear bumper with two laps remaining.
Then,
as the white flag waved, Davis went to the top side in
the first turn while Mullens went from middle to top.
The two raced nose-to-tail down the back-stretch and
into the final corner.
Davis shot down low and
got himself for a risky slider on the leader. He
completed the slide job and drove away in the final few
hundred feet for the win. Mullens, meanwhile, suffered a
flat tire in the final corner so, unaware to Davis, his
victory hopes were already dashed when Davis got by and
got the $10,000 winner’s share of the prize money.
“We’ve sucked all year,” Davis proclaimed. “I don’t
think we’ve been focused enough and this week I said we
got to get our (crap) together. “That cushion was pretty
gnarly down there and I gave up the lead by going to the
bottom and hitting that rut and I know Tanner was trying
to protect the same thing.
“I knew my only way to
get it back was going to be a slide job at the end so I
just really went in as hard as I could but I seen the
white flag and he tucked in a little low. I just buried
it in the corner and had the speed down the backstretch
and we pulled it off.
It was the third career
USMTS triumph for Davis, who bookended last season with
wins at the Rocket Raceway Park and his home track at 81
Speedway.
Despite the last-lap tire failure,
Mullens held off Dereck Ramirez for runner-up honors
while Rodney Sanders and points leader Jake O'Neil came
from 14th and 20th, respectively, to finish fourth and
fifth.
Hughes held on for a sixth-place paycheck
while Ahumada took seventh. Jim Chisholm passed ten cars
to earn the eighth spot, rookie Jacob Hobscheidt nabbed
ninth and Dan Ebert rounded out the top ten.
“My
daughter said, ‘You don’t win any more… You suck Dad’ so
we put our hard hats on and got to work,” added
Davis—the defending Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
national champ in the USRA Modified division.
Up
next for the Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt is a return to the Deer Creek
Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, May 25-27, for the 20th Annual LRS Waste
Services USMTS Southern MN Spring Challenge.
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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 12th Annual Jayhawk Classic – Night 2 of
2 Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. Saturday,
May 6, 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) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New
Sharon, Iowa 2. (3) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines,
Iowa 3. (4) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 4.
(5) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 5. (2) K9 Will
Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 6. (10) 87 Darron Fuqua,
Mayetta, Kan. 7. (7) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview,
Mo. 8. (8) 68 Kerry Davis, Parkville, Mo. 9. (9)
11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 10. (6) 25C Cody
Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa
FAST SHAFTS
HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps): 1. (2) 01 Jacob
Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 2. (4) 21K Kyle Brown,
Madrid, Iowa 3. (6) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso,
Texas 4. (5) 88 Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla. 5.
(8) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 6. (1) 17 Jon
Plowman, Woodbine, Iowa 7. (3) 21C Chad Clancy, Polo,
Mo. 8. (7) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn. 9.
(9) 30 Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan. DNS – 45 Chase
Holland, Success, Miss.
EDELBROCK HEAT
RACE #3 (8 laps): 1. (2) 65 Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan. 2. (4) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
3. (3) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 4. (1) 44T
Tanner Black, Otis, Kan. 5. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders,
Happy, Texas 6. (6) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
7. (9) 1K Tim Karrick, Basehor, Kan. 8. (8) 55 Chris
Kratzer, Lyons, Kan. 9. (7) 99L Steve Lavasseur,
River Falls, Wis. DNS – 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt,
Calif.
WIELAND HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (3) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 2. (1) 58X
Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 3. (4) 24C Jim
Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 4. (5) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry,
Kan. 5. (6) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 6.
(7) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 7. (9) 4TW Tim
Ward, Harcourt, Iowa 8. (8) 44K Kelsie Foley, Otis,
Kan. 9. (2) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top
4 advance): 1. (1) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 2. (3) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta,
Kan. 3. (5) 4TW Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa 4. (11)
25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa 5. (4) 10B
Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 6. (10) 99L Steve
Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 7. (9) 11N Gene
Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 8. (6) 16 Austin Siebert,
Grandview, Mo. 9. (2) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield,
Mo. 10. (8) 44K Kelsie Foley, Otis, Kan. 11. (7)
68 Kerry Davis, Parkville, Mo. DNS – 45 Chase
Holland, Success, Miss.
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (2) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 2. (1) 24C
Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 3. (3) 0 Jake O'Neil,
Tucson, Ariz. 4. (5) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
5. (6) 1K Tim Karrick, Basehor, Kan. 6. (4) 44T
Tanner Black, Otis, Kan. 7. (10) 4 Jeremy Nelson,
Alexandria, Minn. 8. (7) 17 Jon Plowman, Woodbine,
Iowa 9. (12) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
10. (11) 30 Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan. 11. (9) 55
Chris Kratzer, Lyons, Kan. 12. (8) 21C Chad Clancy,
Polo, Mo. DNS – 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (2) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 2. (3) 02
Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 3. (7) 4R Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 4. (14) 20 Rodney Sanders,
Happy, Texas 5. (20) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
6. (1) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 7. (4) 65X
Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 8. (18) 24C Jim
Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 9. (6) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 10. (13) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore,
Minn. 11. (15) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
12. (17) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. 13. (11) 88
Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla. 14. (16) 10C Cayden
Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 15. (24) 4 Jeremy Nelson,
Alexandria, Minn. 16. (19) 4TW Tim Ward, Harcourt,
Iowa 17. (22) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 18.
(5) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 19. (9) 11X Tom
Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa 20. (10) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark. 21. (8) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New
Sharon, Iowa 22. (23) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield,
Mo. 23. (12) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan. 24. (21)
25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa
Lap
Leaders: Hughes 1-6, Davis 7, Hughes 8-13,
Davis 14-18, Mullens 19-39, Davis 40. Total
Laps Led: Mullens 21, Davis 12, Hughes 7.
Margin of Victory: 0.797 second.
Time of Race: 16 minutes, 21.9 seconds
(1 caution). Provisional Starters:
Phillips, Nelson. Emergency Provisionals:
none. FK Rod Ends Hard Charger:
O’Neil (started 20th, finished 5th). Entries:
39. Next Race: Thursday-Saturday,
May 25-27, Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn..
Summit USMTS National Championship Points:
O'Neil 1104, Sanders 1087, Ebert 1075, Hughes 1050,
Ramirez 1022, Wolff 1017, Phillips 1009, Berry 998,
Fuqua 998, Krup 994. Grant Junghans USMTS
Rookie of the Year Points: Berry 998, Krup 994,
Christian 859, Nelson 836, Hobscheidt 726. FK
Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points: O'Neil 57,
Chisholm 50, Givens 49, Sanders 46, Hughes 40.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship
Points: Mullens 99, MBCustoms 97, Hughes 83,
LG2 76, VanderBuilt 73. Callies/JE Pistons
USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points:
Cornett 104, Mullins 103, Stoen 96, Hatfield 84,
ProPower 76.
Contingency Awards:
Aero Race Wheels – Siebert. American Racer –
Nicholas. Beyea Custom Headers – Sanders. BigDeal
Car Care – Davis. Bryke Racing – Nelson. BSB
Manufacturing – VanderBeek. Carquest – TBD. Champ
Pans – O’Neil. Collins Brothers Towing – Siebert.
Deatherage Opticians – Hughes. Edelbrock – Davis.
Fast Shafts – Hobscheidt. FK Rod Ends – O’Neil.
Hooker Harness – Fuqua. Hyperco – Davis. Integra
Racing Shocks & Springs – Brown. Keyser Manufacturing
– Ebert. KSE Racing Products – O’Neil. MD3 –
Mullens. Mel Hambelton Racing – Mullens. Midwest
Wrap Co. – Phillips. MSD Performance – Ramirez.
Penske Racing Shocks – Wheeler. PEM Racing Gears &
Drivetrain – Kratzer. Performance Bodies – Krup.
QA1 – Ramirez. Quarter Master – Hobscheidt.
RacerWebsite.com – Siebert. Salty’s BBQ & Catering –
Davis. Simpson Performance Products – VanderBeek.
Summit Racing Equipment – Ahumada, Carter, Givens, Mari,
Plowman. Super Clean – Davis. Swift Springs –
Ebert, Foley, Davis. Sybesma Graphics – Hughes. VP
Racing – Davis. Wehrs Machine & Racing Products –
Clancy. Willy's Carb & Dyno Shop – Chisholm.
Wilwood Disc Brakes – Ahumada.
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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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