August 25, 2024 | By Ray Cunningham

Cody Baker scores at Valley Speedway and goes back-to-back in USAC/MWRA

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. — Saturday night at Valley Speedway, Cody Baker validated his big win at the Weld Memorial last weekend by becoming the first driver to win back-to-back points paying races with the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series in 2024.

For the (Lone Jack, Mo) racer competing behind the wheel of the THR 9H owned and wrenched by his grandfather Ted Hall, this victory also represented their fourth MWRA feature win all-time together in points paying events. And came after Baker drove to a hard fought win in the 25 lap affair over (Topeka, Ks) point leader Wyatt Burks driving the WBR 11w, Chad Goff of (Spring Hill, Ks) running the CGM 9, Wesley Smith (Nixa, Mo), driving the John Helm 12, and Luke Howard (Overland Park, Ks) chauffeuring the LHR 2H, to round out the top five respectively. With Goff getting his first podium this season advancing from 8th to 3rd. And Smith winning the Country Kids Day Care of Olathe Hard Charger award, after charging from 12th to 4th on a juiced up track at Dennis Shrouts Valley Speedway.
On this beautiful summers night for sprint car racing, early leader Zach Clark of (Raymore, Mo), would finish sixth, Dakota Earls (Independence, Mo) seventh, Justin Johnson (KCK) eighth, Chad Winfrey (Gladstone, Mo) ninth, and Junior Parkinson (Wichita Falls, Tx) in 10th.

Earlier in the evening, Burks would earn his fifth heat race win for 2024 with the MWRA to earn high point honors. While Baker took his third heat win with the MWRA this season.

The Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Series will be next in action on September 7th at I-35 Speedway, and then back to Valley Speedway for the Helm Memorial on September 28th to complete the 2024 campaign.

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RESULTS

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 9H-Cody Baker[4]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks[3]; 3. 9-Chad Goff[8]; 4. 12-Wesley Smith[12]; 5. 2H-Luke Howard[9]; 6. 26-Zachary Clark[1]; 7. 15E-Dakota Earls[6]; 8. 27J-Justin Johnson[7]; 9. 65W-Chad Winfrey[13]; 10. 93-Ralph Parkinson Jr[14]; 11. 88-Chad Tye[10]; 12. 03-Tyler Burton[11]; 13. 44-Jared Mc carty[15]; 14. (DNF) 604-Danny Billings[2]; 15. (DNF) 2L-Chris Morgan[5]; 16. (DNS) 11X-Tom Curran

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[2]; 2. 26-Zachary Clark[1]; 3. 2L-Chris Morgan[4]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard[3]; 5. 9-Chad Goff[7]; 6. 12-Wesley Smith[5]; 7. 65W-Chad Winfrey[6]; 8. 93-Ralph Parkinson Jr[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9H-Cody Baker[2]; 2. 604-Danny Billings[1]; 3. 27J-Justin Johnson[3]; 4. 15E-Dakota Earls[6]; 5. 88-Chad Tye[4]; 6. 03-Tyler Burton[7]; 7. 44-Jared Mc carty[8]; 8. (DNF) 11X-Tom Curran[5]


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USRA B-MODS

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 21J-Josh Everhart[2]; 2. 51-Mike Ryun[1]; 3. 81-Austin Charles[3]; 4. 27J-Koby Rigsby[5]; 5. 75J-Jackson Simmons[8]; 6. 96-Cody Brill[15]; 7. 13M-Kraig Maple[12]; 8. 447-Kenny Prince[11]; 9. 33-Kevin White[7]; 10. 25-David Chapman[6]; 11. 81J-Jeff Jackson II[14]; 12. 8-Terry Bruner[10]; 13. 15A-Allen Anders[13]; 14. 21-Mark Smith[9]; 15. 2-Brayden Bohn[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Mike Ryun[2]; 2. 81-Austin Charles[4]; 3. 25-David Chapman[1]; 4. 75J-Jackson Simmons[3]; 5. 21-Mark Smith[5]; 6. 447-Kenny Prince[6]; 7. 15A-Allen Anders[7]; 8. (DNS) 96-Cody Brill

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21J-Josh Everhart[2]; 2. 2-Brayden Bohn[4]; 3. 33-Kevin White[1]; 4. 27J-Koby Rigsby[6]; 5. 8-Terry Bruner[5]; 6. 13M-Kraig Maple[3]; 7. 81J-Jeff Jackson II[7]


VALLEY PURE STOCKS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15-Eddy Noll[2]; 2. 74-Justin Asher[3]; 3. 15E-Ed Noll[8]; 4. 7-Spencer Reiff[13]; 5. 14-Cody Ohrenberg[1]; 6. 117-Chris Reiff[6]; 7. 14SR-Mike Taylor[5]; 8. 19-Bill Munsen[7]; 9. 403-Darrin Christy[9]; 10. B5-George Bruning[10]; 11. (DNF) 11-Landon Harper[11]; 12. (DNF) B4-LUKE MCAFEE[12]; 13. (DNS) 21-Joey Harper; 14. (DNS) 31-David Oxford

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Cody Ohrenberg[4]; 2. 31-David Oxford[1]; 3. 74-Justin Asher[6]; 4. 19-Bill Munsen[5]; 5. B5-George Bruning[2]; 6. B4-LUKE MCAFEE[3]; 7. (DNS) 11-Landon Harper

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Eddy Noll[4]; 2. 14SR-Mike Taylor[1]; 3. 117-Chris Reiff[2]; 4. 15E-Ed Noll[5]; 5. 403-Darrin Christy[6]; 6. 7-Spencer Reiff[3]; 7. 11-Landon Harper[8]; 8. 21-Joey Harper[7]


VALLEY E MODS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 9-Brian Meyer[2]; 2. 75B-Brayden Royce[1]; 3. 32X-Brad RIchardson[5]; 4. 99-Mark Spillman[7]; 5. 96SR-Eli Vogt[10]; 6. 18T-Mike Taylor[4]; 7. 11-Emme Ryun[11]; 8. (DNF) 41-Ashlyn Piburn[6]; 9. (DNF) 1-Cole Ryun[3]; 10. (DNF) 17-Nathan Lundholm[9]; 11. (DNS) 00-Jason Ensley

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Brian Meyer[1]; 2. 18T-Mike Taylor[2]; 3. 32X-Brad RIchardson[3]; 4. 99-Mark Spillman[5]; 5. 96SR-Eli Vogt[4]; 6. 11-Emme Ryun[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Cole Ryun[1]; 2. 75B-Brayden Royce[4]; 3. 41-Ashlyn Piburn[3]; 4. 00-Jason Ensley[2]; 5. 17-Nathan Lundholm[5]


IMCA MOD LITES

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 46-Dillon Raffurty[8]; 2. 41-Michael Raffurty[3]; 3. 75-Justin Raffurty[7]; 4. 34-Tyler Furrell[6]; 5. 98-Jeff Raffurty[4]; 6. 3-Nathan Wolfe[5]; 7. 04-Zach Christopher[2]; 8. 84-Joe Gunn[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Michael Raffurty[2]; 2. 75-Justin Raffurty[4]; 3. 3-Nathan Wolfe[3]; 4. 84-Joe Gunn[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Dillon Raffurty[4]; 2. 98-Jeff Raffurty[2]; 3. 34-Tyler Furrell[3]; 4. 04-Zach Christopher[1]