6/27/2021
Summit American Modified Series
Lee Takes Win at Circle City
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(June 26, 2021) – The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series made its first ever appearance on Saturday night at the Circle City Raceway. The event helped kick off a week of action at the Marion County Fairgrounds during the Marion County Fair.
Twenty-eight cars signed in for the opportunity to capture the $3,000 to win main event. The action got underway with Allstar Performance qualifying. Victor Lee from Danville, KY was the overall fast qualifier with a lap of 14.082 seconds. Qualifying action set the lineups for three heat races that would determine the lineup for the feature event.
Hypercoils Heat Race #1 got the racing action underway at Circle City Raceway. Pole sitter Victor Lee got out front on the opening lap and ran away with the heat win. Warsaw, IN driver Dillion Nusbaum finished second. Dylan Woodling, Jimmy Hayden and Josh Lolmaugh all transferred on to the main event.
In heat race #2 presented by Willy’s Carb and Dyno it was Royal Center, IN youngster Garrett Jameson who picked up the win. Zeke McKenzie crossed the stripe in the runner up spot. Drivers Will Bennett, Jacob Rexing and Richie Lex would be the other contenders who moved on to the feature event.
The final heat race of the night went to Derek Losh. Derek made it look easy during Fast Shaft heat #3. Bradley Jameson would finish second. Series points leader Brian Shaw came home in third. Brent Weaver and Andy Sherley also transferred on to the main event.
It took a VP Race Fuels sponsored B-Main to set the final starters at Circle City. After several Quickcar yellow flags it was Jesse Strange who managed to get the win. Jack Dossey, from Indianapolis finished second. Nick Richards, Logan Beckwith, and Jeff Herbert also moved on. Series regulars Richard Gibson and Derrick Sollers had to rely on provisionals to make the show.
Victor Lee started on the pole looking for a clean sweep of the night. Early on Victor was able to get away from the rest of the field and pull away. But in the middle stages of the event as Victor started to work through lap traffic Derek Losh was able to run him down. For several laps Derek was able to challenge Lee including getting up along side him on a couple occasions. They put a show on for the fans as they were four-wide at one point working through lapped traffic.
After the final restart Victor Lee was able to drive away and pick up the $3,000 payday in the American Modified Series debut at the Circle City bullring. Derek Losh came home runner up and Zeke McKenize rounded out the podium. Points leader Brian Shaw finished fifth after starting back in the ninth spot. The SPEC Racing Engines Hard Charger was Nick Richards who came from 18th to finish 10th.
The next series events will take place at Fayette County Speedway on Saturday July 3rd in Brownstown, IL. The event will pay $3,000 to win. On Sunday July 4th, the series will return to Circle City Raceway for a $2,000 to win event. For all the event info go to the Facebook Event page on the American Modified Series page. It will be updated with info as we close in on the event.
Official Results:
Summit Racing Equipment A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 4-Victor Lee[1]; 2. 21-Derek Losh[3]; 3. 124-Zeke McKenzie[5]; 4. 0-Garrett Jameson[2]; 5. 1S-Brian Shaw[9]; 6. 3W-Dylan Woodling[7]; 7. 10J-Bradley Jameson[6]; 8. 7LEX-Richie Lex[14]; 9. 59R-Jacob Rexing[11]; 10. 23R-Nick Richards[18]; 11. 15J-Jimmy Hayden[10]; 12. 24B-Brent Weaver[12]; 13. JD3-Jack Dossey[17]; 14. 38-Jeff Herbert[20]; 15. 11S-Derrick Sollers[22]; 16. 44-Andy Sherley[15]; 17. 15-Richard Gibson[21]; 18. 22-Will Bennett[8]; 19. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[4]; 20. 4B-Logan Beckwith[19]
VP Race Fuels B Feature (10 Laps): 1. E85-Jesse Strange[1]; 2. JD3-Jack Dossey[4]; 3. 23R-Nick Richards[2]; 4. 4B-Logan Beckwith[7]; 5. 38-Jeff Herbert[6]; 6. 83J-James Weintraut[8]; 7. 15-Richard Gibson[10]; 8. 11S-Derrick Sollers[9]; 9. 42-Bo LeMastus[11]
Hypercoils Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Victor Lee[1]; 2. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[3]; 3. 3W-Dylan Woodling[4]; 4. 15J-Jimmy Hayden[9]; 5. 25-Josh Lolmaugh[8]; 6. E85-Jesse Strange[5]; 7. JD3-Jack Dossey[10]; 8. 4B-Logan Beckwith[7]; 9. 15-Richard Gibson[2]; 10. R19-Ryan Ramseyer[6]
Willys Carb Dyno Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Garrett Jameson[1]; 2. 124-Zeke McKenzie[2]; 3. 22-Will Bennett[3]; 4. 59R-Jacob Rexing[4]; 5. 7LEX-Richie Lex[6]; 6. 23R-Nick Richards[5]; 7. 10-Jason Highley[7]; 8. 83J-James Weintraut[8]; 9. 42-Bo LeMastus[9]
Fast Shafts Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Derek Losh[1]; 2. 10J-Bradley Jameson[2]; 3. 1S-Brian Shaw[4]; 4. 24B-Brent Weaver[5]; 5. 44-Andy Sherley[3]; 6. 65-Todd Sherman[6]; 7. 38-Jeff Herbert[9]; 8. 11S-Derrick Sollers[8]; 9. BEER30-Travis Johnson[7]
Allstar Performance Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 4-Victor Lee, 00:14.082[26]; 2. 0-Garrett Jameson, 00:14.284[25]; 3. 21-Derek Losh, 00:14.334[5]; 4. 15-Richard Gibson, 00:14.338[11]; 5. 124-Zeke McKenzie, 00:14.380[4]; 6. 10J-Bradley Jameson, 00:14.480[9]; 7. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum, 00:14.500[28]; 8. 22-Will Bennett, 00:14.548[23]; 9. 44-Andy Sherley, 00:14.622[22]; 10. 3W-Dylan Woodling, 00:14.644[3]; 11. 59R-Jacob Rexing, 00:14.652[14]; 12. 1S-Brian Shaw, 00:14.717[27]; 13. E85-Jesse Strange, 00:14.763[16]; 14. 23R-Nick Richards, 00:14.843[6]; 15. 24B-Brent Weaver, 00:14.857[7]; 16. R19-Ryan Ramseyer, 00:14.910[10]; 17. 7LEX-Richie Lex, 00:14.958[20]; 18. 65-Todd Sherman, 00:14.980[1]; 19. 4B-Logan Beckwith, 00:15.008[18]; 20. 10-Jason Highley, 00:15.027[15]; 21. BEER30-Travis Johnson, 00:15.162[19]; 22. 25-Josh Lolmaugh, 00:15.179[8]; 23. 83J-James Weintraut, 00:15.266[12]; 24. 11S-Derrick Sollers, 00:15.319[17]; 25. 15J-Jimmy Hayden, 00:15.461[21]; 26. 42-Bo LeMastus, 00:15.639[13]; 27. 38-Jeff Herbert, 00:15.682[24]; 28. JD3-Jack Dossey, 00:16.095[2]
Contingency / Award Winners
Allstar Performance (Overall Fast Qualifier) $100 Certificate Victor Lee
HYPERCOILS (Heat #1 Winner) (1) 5" Spring Certificate Victor Lee
Willy's Carb & Dyno (Heat #2 Winner) $100 Certificate Garrett Jameson
FAST SHAFTS (Heat #3 Winner or 3rd in Feature) $75 Certificate Derek Losh
SPEC RACING ENGINES (HARD CHARGER) Nick Richards
PEM RACING (5th Place Finish) Quick Change Gear Set (Upgrade Option) Brian Shaw
Hooker Harness (6th Place finish in feature) $75 Certificate Dylan Woodling
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES (Lucky 7th Place Finish) $50 Certificate Bradley Jameson
FOX RACING SHOX (Lucky 13th Place Finish) $100 Certificate Jack Dossey
Special Thanks to all Series Sponsors: Summit Racing Equipment, Dale Meers Racing Engines, QuickCar Racing Products, Bruce’s Lawn & Tree Care, VP Racing Fuels, Hampton Inn & Suites – Bloomington, IL, KB Graphics, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Allstar Performance, Fast Ignition Systems, Hypercoil. Willy’s Carb & Dyno, Fast Shafts, Maxima Racing Oil, PEM Racing, Hooker Harness, Wilwood Brakes, Fox Racing Shox, Wiles Drive Shafts, SPEC Racing Engines, MLR Fabricating, Racing Performance Media
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Submitted By: Dewayne Ragland
