3/31/2023
RacinBoys
Dillard does it again at Ark-La-Tex Speedway
By USMTS (Vivian, LA) -- The Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt rolled into the Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, Louisiana, Thursday for the first of three nights at the ‘Land of Three Wide’ with native son Cade Dillard of Robeline notching his series-best fourth career USMTS victory here.
Opening night at the 10th Annual USMTS Cajun Clash saw a scary-good field of 59 powerful Summit USMTS Modifieds roll through the gates for the fifth race of the season with USRA Limited Mods and Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks also on the card.
PHOTO CREDIT: Tyler Rinken
Houston’s Colton Horner set the pace for the 30-car starting field to get the green flag, and then proceeded to lead the first seven laps before Dillard was able to race ahead to lead the eighth lap.
Just two brief cautions slowed the action in the 35-lap main event with the final yellow flag waving with just a handful of laps remaining when Rodney Sanders and Jim Chisholm split a lapped machine, resulting in Sanders sliding to a stop atop turn three.
Back under green Chisholm challenged Dillard in the final five laps but had to settle for runner-up honors while ‘The Thriller’ pocketed a $3,000 paycheck and his 20th career USMTS triumph.
“This is where I got my first USMTS win,” Dillard recalled. “It’s been a long road since then and I’m just thankful for the opportunities I’ve had.
“I never thought I'd still be racing, much less doing the things I've got to do, but it's a blast. To me there's nothing more fun than mod racing… There’s not better modifieds in the country than what races with these guys and I got so much respect for them.”
Behind Chisholm, Dereck Ramirez held off Darron Fuqua for third while Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year contender Chase Holland completed the top five. Horner, points leader Jason Hughes, 18th-starting Tyler Wolff, Brandon Givens and Taton Hansen rounded out the top ten.
Action continues Friday and Saturday at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway for rounds two and three of the 10th Annual USMTS Cajun Clash. USRA Limited Mods, Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks and USRA Tuners will also be on the card.
The Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt currently features 46 nights of racing at 15 of America's premier dirt track racing venues in nine states for its Silver Anniversary season. Just 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.
The Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt currently features 46 nights of racing at 15 of America's premier dirt track racing venues in nine states for its Silver Anniversary season. Just 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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RESULTS
Summit Racing Equipment A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[6]; 3. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[5]; 4. 87-Darron Fuqua[2]; 5. 45-Chase Holland[9]; 6. 56-Colton Horner[1]; 7. 12-Jason Hughes[10]; 8. 4W-Tyler Wolff[18]; 9. 10B-Brandon Givens[13]; 10. 96-Taton Hansen[7]; 11. 0-Jake O'Neil[15]; 12. 02-Tanner Mullens[17]; 13. 91-Joe Duvall[20]; 14. 46-Jade Luzenberg[11]; 15. 10C-Cayden Carter[14]; 16. 75-Terry Phillips[24]; 17. 4-Jeremy Nelson[26]; 18. 60-Dan Ebert[16]; 19. 58X-Gary Christian[21]; 20. 20-Rodney Sanders[4]; 21. 21-Jacob Bleess[29]; 22. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[25]; 23. 38T-Dylan Thornton[27]; 24. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[28]; 25. 6-Donnie Powers[30]; 26. 21K-Kyle Brown[23]; 27. K9-Will Krup[22]; 28. 25C-Cody Thompson[19]; 29. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[8]; 30. 16-Chris Henigan[12]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 10B-Brandon Givens[2]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[5]; 3. 25C-Cody Thompson[1]; 4. K9-Will Krup[7]; 5. 38T-Dylan Thornton[4]; 6. 21-Jacob Bleess[8]; 7. 4RJ-Jared Russell[9]; 8. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[12]; 9. 7S-Sean Gaddis[6]; 10. 6-Donnie Powers[3]; 11. 76-Kyle Pleasant[11]; 12. D25-David Tanner[13]; 13. 78-Billy Jack Brutchin[14]; 14. 7-Al Hejna[10]; 15. 12T-Tyler Townsend[15]; 16. 24W-Mason Williams[16]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 10C-Cayden Carter[2]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens[5]; 3. 91-Joe Duvall[8]; 4. 21K-Kyle Brown[4]; 5. 4-Jeremy Nelson[10]; 6. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[3]; 7. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[14]; 8. 12J-Jason Ingalls[1]; 9. 16B-Randy Brown[6]; 10. 71M-Chad Melton[7]; 11. 712-Trevor Hughes[12]; 12. 40-Jessy Willard[11]; 13. 11N-Gene Nicholas[13]; 14. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[9]; 15. 64-Casey Fowler[15]; 16. 47-Jack Sartain[16]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 3 (15 Laps): 1. 0-Jake O'Neil[1]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[2]; 3. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips[3]; 5. 24M-Manuel Williams II[4]; 6. 56X-Broc Bowen[7]; 7. 15-Chase Wascom[11]; 8. 2G-Kenny Gaddis[10]; 9. C7-Corey Neil Jr[14]; 10. 2S-Steven Gaddis[15]; 11. 1-Jonathan Beckett[13]; 12. D25W-Kale Westover[9]; 13. 4D-Bo Day[12]; 14. 13J-James McCreery[6]; 15. 24-Manuel Williams Sr[8]
Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 96-Taton Hansen[4]; 2. 16-Chris Henigan[3]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[6]; 4. 25C-Cody Thompson[10]; 5. 75-Terry Phillips[5]; 6. 4RJ-Jared Russell[1]; 7. 7-Al Hejna[7]; 8. 15-Chase Wascom[9]; 9. C7-Corey Neil Jr[2]; 10. 24W-Mason Williams[8]
Fast Shafts Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 87-Darron Fuqua[2]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 3. 6-Donnie Powers[1]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 5. K9-Will Krup[4]; 6. 24M-Manuel Williams II[6]; 7. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[8]; 8. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[9]; 9. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[7]; 10. 12T-Tyler Townsend[10]
Edelbrock Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[4]; 2. 12J-Jason Ingalls[2]; 3. 56-Colton Horner[6]; 4. 13J-James McCreery[1]; 5. 16B-Randy Brown[7]; 6. 24-Manuel Williams Sr[3]; 7. 56X-Broc Bowen[5]; 8. 76-Kyle Pleasant[10]; 9. 78-Billy Jack Brutchin[8]; 10. 64-Casey Fowler[9]
Wieland Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[6]; 2. 10B-Brandon Givens[1]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[2]; 4. 58X-Gary Christian[3]; 5. 38T-Dylan Thornton[5]; 6. 91-Joe Duvall[4]; 7. 4-Jeremy Nelson[7]; 8. 40-Jessy Willard[10]; 9. 11N-Gene Nicholas[9]; 10. 47-Jack Sartain[8]
VP Race Fuels Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 45-Chase Holland[2]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[5]; 3. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[1]; 4. 46-Jade Luzenberg[6]; 5. 71M-Chad Melton[3]; 6. 21-Jacob Bleess[7]; 7. D25W-Kale Westover[8]; 8. 4D-Bo Day[4]; 9. D25-David Tanner[10]; 10. 2S-Steven Gaddis[9]
Super Clean Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Jason Hughes[1]; 2. 0-Jake O'Neil[2]; 3. 10C-Cayden Carter[4]; 4. 7S-Sean Gaddis[3]; 5. 21K-Kyle Brown[5]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 7. 2G-Kenny Gaddis[7]; 8. 712-Trevor Hughes[8]; 9. 1-Jonathan Beckett[9]
Qualifying 1: 1. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:15.930[10]; 2. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:16.027[2]; 3. 96-Taton Hansen, 00:16.054[7]; 4. 16-Chris Henigan, 00:16.165[6]; 5. C7-Corey Neil Jr, 00:16.354[5]; 6. 4RJ-Jared Russell, 00:16.564[4]; 7. 7-Al Hejna, 00:16.697[9]; 8. 24W-Mason Williams, 00:16.863[3]; 9. 15-Chase Wascom, 00:16.869[1]; 10. 25C-Cody Thompson, 00:16.869[8]
Qualifying 2: 1. 24M-Manuel Williams II, 00:15.816[10]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:15.854[2]; 3. K9-Will Krup, 00:15.859[4]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:15.904[1]; 5. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:15.920[7]; 6. 6-Donnie Powers, 00:15.980[5]; 7. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:15.984[6]; 8. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:16.105[8]; 9. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt, 00:16.145[3]; 10. 12T-Tyler Townsend, 00:16.343[9]
Qualifying 3: 1. 56-Colton Horner, 00:15.582[5]; 2. 56X-Broc Bowen, 00:15.816[2]; 3. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:15.871[4]; 4. 24-Manuel Williams Sr, 00:16.260[1]; 5. 12J-Jason Ingalls, 00:16.294[8]; 6. 13J-James McCreery, 00:16.304[6]; 7. 16B-Randy Brown, 00:16.377[9]; 8. 78-Billy Jack Brutchin, 00:16.403[3]; 9. 64-Casey Fowler, 00:16.957[7]; 10. 76-Kyle Pleasant, 00:17.218[10]
Qualifying 4: 1. 11X-Tom Berry Jr, 00:15.484[3]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:15.654[4]; 3. 91-Joe Duvall, 00:15.686[1]; 4. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:15.758[10]; 5. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:15.763[9]; 6. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:15.856[2]; 7. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 00:15.925[8]; 8. 47-Jack Sartain, 00:16.029[5]; 9. 11N-Gene Nicholas, 00:16.273[6]; 10. 40-Jessy Willard, 00:16.428[7]
Qualifying 5: 1. 46-Jade Luzenberg, 00:15.516[6]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:15.571[9]; 3. 4D-Bo Day, 00:15.722[1]; 4. 71M-Chad Melton, 00:15.741[5]; 5. 45-Chase Holland, 00:15.741[10]; 6. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:15.765[7]; 7. 21-Jacob Bleess, 00:15.798[2]; 8. D25W-Kale Westover, 00:15.944[3]; 9. 2S-Steven Gaddis, 00:15.992[4]; 10. D25-David Tanner, 00:16.184[8]
Qualifying 6: 1. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:15.188[8]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:15.309[9]; 3. 10C-Cayden Carter, 00:15.424[5]; 4. 7S-Sean Gaddis, 00:15.469[3]; 5. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:15.482[2]; 6. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:15.556[4]; 7. 2G-Kenny Gaddis, 00:15.564[1]; 8. 712-Trevor Hughes, 00:15.670[6]; 9. 1-Jonathan Beckett, 00:16.550[7]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
