Just the way my schedule works out, I very rarely get a chance to take part in a United States Modified Touring Series Race, so with a Wednesday night, that allowed me to go. I made the trip up to the Karl Chevrolet Buick GMC Hamilton County Speedway for the 14th Annual USMTS Spring Classic.
Car count may have been low, but the racing was not disappointing, and the final checkered flag was waived at 9:51 p.m. It was a beautiful night with crystal-clear skies.
The A1 Automotive USRA Tuners eight-lap feature event was first up, and Tyler Crimmins grabbed the top spot early. Crimmins was followed by Jake Paysen, and those would battle it out for the race lead, with Crimmins on the high side and Paysen on the bottom. Paysen would take the race lead away on lap six and off Crimmins to claim the victory. Charles Prime finished third, and TJ Williams came home fourth. That is Paysen's second win of the season in Webster City.
Bryce Sommerfeld led the first six laps of the 15-lap USRA Hobby Stocks feature event before Jeremy Crimmins was able to take the top spot away. Crimmins was followed by Joshua Monson and Scott Dobel. Crimmins went on to take his second win of the season in Webster City. Monson, Dobel, Danny Ayers, and Riley Crimmins rounded out the top five.
Shadren Turner took the race lead early and checked out of the field in the Stein Heating and Cooling USRA B-Mods 15-lap feature event. Turner appeared to be heading on to the win until the caution came on lap eight when he slowed on the front-stretch after blowing up, and Ty Griffith was also slowing and blowing up in turn three. Bryer McCoy inherited the lead on the restart, but Klay Beemer grabbed the top spot on lap nine. McCoy regained it on lap ten and went on to claim his first of the season in Webster City. Beemer finished second, Kaedon Bronner was third, John Ross was fourth, and Oliver Sackett took fifth.
Myles Michehl led from start to finish in the originally scheduled 15-lap Seneca Foundry USRA Stock Cars Feature event. The only thing slowing him down was a pair of cautions when Brent Fielder spun in turn four on laps 11 and 14. The latter caution forced a green-white-checkered finish, and Michehl held off Reid Keller and Rodney Schweizer to claim the victory. Keller came in second but was disqualified in the post-race tech inspection, so that handed second to Schweizer. "Presidente" Todd Staley, John Ades, and Jack "Bugs" Vincent rounded out the top five.
The final feature of the night was the 35-lap feature for the Summit Equipment USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt. Gary Christian and Kyle Brown led the field to the green flag. Christian grabbed the top spot quickly and pulled away, while Brown had to fend off several challenges from Alex Williamson. The first caution came out on lap seven for Jake Timm slowing with a flat left rear tire. Christian again checked out until the next caution on lap 16 for Williamson in turn two. Christian got another great restart, but three laps later, the caution came out for Dereck Ramirez in turn four. Another caution came out on lap 24 for Steven Glenn stopping on the front stretch, and the final caution came out on lap 27 for Mike Hansen stopping at the top of turn four. Christian led through all, while Jim Chisholm was working his way through. Chisholm put pressure on Christian late, and coming out of the final corner, Chisholm took the win away from Christian to take his first USMTS win in Webster City and his eighth of his career. Christian settled for second, and Dan Ebert got by Kyle Brown for third after Brown slipped up out of turn two. Brown came home third, and eighteenth-place starter Rodney Sanders was fifth.
The USMTS heads to the Fayette County Speedway in West Union on Thursday night for the War in West Union. Then on Friday, it heads to the Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City, Wisconsin, for the 12th Annual Spring Shootout constructed by LT Construction LLC. The Memorial Day Weekend swing on Saturday is at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota, for the LRS Waste Services Southern Minnesota Spring Challenge, and on Sunday at the Pritchard Family Auto Stores Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City for Mod Mania. Hot Laps begins at 7pm on Thursday, 6:30pm on Friday, 5:30pm on Saturday and 6pm on Sunday.
Fayette County support classes are USRA Stock Cars, USRA Hobby Stocks, and USRA Tuners. Mississippi Thunder support divisions are USRA Stock Cars, USRA Late Models, USRA B-Mods, and USRA Hobby Stocks. At Deer Creek, USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks join the fun. Mason City Motor Speedway will see USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks, and Outlaw Mini Mods join the USMTS.
The next race at the Hamilton County Speedway is on Thursday, May 30th, for School's Out Summer Bash, the first night of the Thunder Summer Series. Jerry Goebel State Farm Super Late Models, Olsen Family USRA Modifieds, Seneca Foundry USRA Stock Cars, Stein Heating & Cooling USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks, A1 Automotive USRA Tuners, and Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks are all on the card. Hot Laps at 6:45 p.m., racing to follow.
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 Racing, 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 Graphiz, Bryke Racing, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, Danny Crane Racing Engines, Deatherage Racing Opiticians, Edelbrock, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Gunshepherd.com, Hooker Harness, Hyperco, Integra Racing Shocks and Springs, JE Pistons, Keyser Manufacturing, MD3, Mel Hambleton 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 Producets, Wilwood Racing.
HAMILTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY MARKETING PARTNERS: Karl Chevrolet Buick GMC, Kwik Star, A1 Automotive, American Racer Racing Wheels, Arends Ag Service, Availa Bank, Burke Plain Plumbing, CAM Motorsports, City of Webster City, CPD Racing Shocks, D&B Agro-Systems, DCD Concrete Coatings, Farmer Credit Services of America, Fertilizer Equipment Specialists, Foster Funeral & Cremation, Gerber Auto Care, Gilbert Jewelers, Good Life RV, Humes Distributing, Hy-Vee, Jerry Goebel State Farm Agent, Jones Rock & Dirt, K.C. Nielsen Ltd., Lampert Lumber, Malvern Bank, McDonald's, Mort's Water Company, MyRacePass, NAPA Auto Parts, Nitroquest Media, P&P Electric, PBM-World-Erson, Peoples Credit Union, Pepsi Beverages, POET Biorefining - Jewell, RacinDirt, Scooter's Coffee, Seneca Foundry, Seneca Street Saloon, Stein Heating & Cooling, Summit Racing Equipment, The Olsen Family, Tolle Automotive, WCF Financial Bank, Webster City Custom Meats, Webster City True Value, Windsor Manor Assisted Living.
Webster City, Iowa
Wednesday May 22nd, 2024
UNITED STATES MODIFIED TOURING SERIES
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
Fast Shafts Heat 2 (8 Laps) [starting] : 1. Williamson [2]; 2. Ebert [6]; 3. Hoff [8]; 4. Davis [1]; 5. Hodges [3]; 6. Mari [7]; 7. Hahne [5]; 8. Sanders [4].
presented by Seneca Foundry
A Feature (15 Laps) [starting] : 1. 21 Myles Michehl (F0rt Dodge) [1]; 2. 74 Rodney Schweizer (Kansas City, Kan.) [2]; 3. 14 Todd Staley (Webster City) [6]; 4. 10 John Ades (Rippey) [5]; 5. 64 Jack Vincent (Nevada) [9]; 6. 32 Brent Fielder (Kansas City, Mo.) [7]; 7. 77 Josh Monthei (Jefferson) [8]; 8. 35 Bill Crimmins (Fort D0dge) [3]; DQ 19 Reid Keller (Webster City) [4].
presented by Stein Heating & Cooling
A Feature (15 Laps) [starting] : 1. 88 Bryer McCoy (Webster City) [2]; 2. 17 Klay Beemer (Fairmont, Minn.) [1]; 3. 42B Kaeden Bronner (Austin, Minn.) [6]; 4. 64 John Ross (Mankato, Minn.) [7]; 5. 17S Oliver Sackett (Pierson) [8]; 6. 56G Ty Griffith (Webster City) [5]; 7. 56 Shadren Turner (St. Joseph, Mo.) [3]; 8. 2A Jamie Andreasen (Lytton) [4].
presented by
Heat 2 (6 Laps) [starting] : 1. Dobel [1]; 2. Jeremy Crimmins [2]; 3. Monson [6]; 4. Ayers [3]; 5. David Gilliland [4]; 5. Kennedy [5].
presented by A1 Automotive
A Feature (8 Laps) [starting] : 1. 44 Jake Paysen (Wall Lake) [3]; 2. 15 Tyler Crimmins (Fort Dodge [2]; 3. 7P Charles Prime (Britt) [1]; 4. 98T TJ Williams (Fort Dodge) [4].
