September 20, 2024 | By Lyndal Scranton

Hot feature battles highlight Night 2 of Summit USRA Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway

WHEATLAND, Mo. — Night Two of the Summit USRA Nationals saw a host of exciting feature races in four divisions before rain showers washed out the final feature for USRA Stock Cars at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Feature victories on Thursday night before weather intervened included J.T. Wasmund and Wayne Gaggero (USRA Modifieds), Jon Sheets and Cody King (USRA B-Mods), Nic Hanes (USRA Stock Cars) and Jeremy Crimmins (USRA Hobby Stocks).

Those four divisions plus USRA Tuners will comprise the action on Friday with another round of heat races and features in each of the classes. Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with racing at 6 p.m.

A recap of the action on Thursday:

Wasmund, Gaggero earn USRA Modified wins: J.T. Wasmund of Pine Island, Minn., led all 20 laps in the first USRA Modified feature. His winning margin over Jason Pursley was half-a-second after a late caution produced a two-lap sprint.

Wasmund set a blistering pace after jumping out to the lead from the front row. He was 2.6 seconds clear of second-place Pursley by lap six. That’s when the first caution came out to take away Wasmund’s big lead.

Nathan Hagar took over the runner-up spot on the restart as Wasmund rolled away to his original lead approaching three seconds. A couple of laps later, Jason Pursley took his turn at the second position.

Kyle Brown wound up third with Dayton Pursley fouth and Kevin Stoa fifth.

The second Modified feature saw Wyatt Gaggero of Wichita, Kan., also lead the entire 20 laps as he held off a late charge by Henry Chambers for the win.

Gaggero started on the front row and opened a one-second lead over Paden Philips when a lap-three caution flew.

Phillips pestered Gaggero for several laps, but was unable to get around the lead. Caution came out once again on lap nine with Gaggero’s lead at just under a second. Henry Chambers grabbed second after the restart, but no one could catch Gaggero.

The winning margin for Gaggero was .350 seconds over Chambers, with Philips third, Chisholm fourth and Devon Havlik fifth.

Sheets and King capture B Mod victories: Jon Sheets of Nevada saved his best for last in the first USRA B-Mod Feature, making a last-turn pass of Chad Clancy for the win.

Sheets roared to the lead on lap three, as he squeezed past Boone Evans on the outside coming off turn four. Sheets soon checked out to a 1.5-second lead by the midway point over Dan Hovden.

Hovden came charging to make it a race. He was a half-second behind when a caution flew on lap 14. Chad Clancy made a run at Sheets after the restart and passed Sheets on lap 18 when a caution flfew as third-running Hovden spun.

Sheets saved one more big charge, sailing around the top side of Clancy coming off turn four with the checkers in sight. Sheets’ winning margin was .195 seconds over Clancy.

Evans was third, Dan Wheeler fourth and Tianna Mithun fifth.

As close as Sheets' victory was, the second B-Mod feature was a rout. Cody King of Fanshawe, Okla., put a beatdown on the field, leading every lap and beating runner-up Michael Taylor III by five seconds.

King rolled to a 2.1-second lead nine laps in the race with fellow front-row starter Kenny Nutter in second. King kept pouring it on, stretching his margin to four seconds by lap 12.

As the laps clicked by without a caution, King went unchallenged to the checkers. Dustin Kruse was second with Taylor third, Tyler Cadwallader fourth and Harley Dais fifth.

Hanes takes USRA Stock Cars feature: Nic Hanes of Trenton led from the beginning of the first Stock Cars feature to take the 20-lap victory, beating runner-up Kyle Hamby.

Ninth-starting Brock Badger advanced to second by lap nine and was .791 seconds behind Hanes when a caution flew on lap 12. That proved no problem for Hanes, who proved too tough to catch.

Jeff Dixon earned third with Badger fourth and Doug Keller coming home in fifth.

The second Stock Cars feature saw Jesse Stovall advance from a sixth-starting spot to the lead in just six laps, taking the point away from early leader Todd Staley. On lap eight, a five-car pileup on the backstretch led to a caution during which rain began to fall and action was halted for the night.

Crimmins drives to USRA Hobby Stocks triumph: Jeremy Crimmins of Fort Dodge, Iowa, took the lead on lap eight and went on to grab the Hobby Stocks feature win.

Crimmins took the lead from Bryce Sommerfeld, who had led every lap until that point. They staged a side-by-side battle for the majority of the next several laps until Crimmins opened up a one-second lead by lap 15.

Hovden made it to second by lap 16 but he was 1.6 seconds behind the leader. There was no catching Crimmins as he held on to beat Hovden by 1.3 seconds.

Sommerfeld came home in third with Nick Brady fourth and Dustin Gulbrandson fifth.


LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Sept. 19, 2024)
Summit USRA Nationals

USRA Modifieds

A Feature 1 - 1. 51W-JT Wasmund[2]; 2. 38C-Jason Pursley[6]; 3. 21K-Kyle Brown[11]; 4. 10P-Dayton Pursley[3]; 5. 98-Kevin Stoa[8]; 6. 33S-Ben Stockton[1]; 7. 747-Colton Eck[7]; 8. 03-Jason Sivils[15]; 9. 21D-Daniel Drury[12]; 10. 92-Tyler Grooms[13]; 11. 18-Brad Johnson[14]; 12. 12JR-Jory Stotts[16]; 13. (DNF) 55-Nathan Hagar[5]; 14. (DNF) 7-Al Hejna[19]; 15. (DNF) 98C-Jeff Cutshaw[4]; 16. (DNF) 6-Jason Payton[10]; 17. (DNF) 9L-Vince Lucas[9]; 18. (DNF) 5*-John Briggs[17]; 19. (DNS) 24-Donnie Fellers

A Feature 2 - 1. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[2]; 2. 17-Henry Chambers[10]; 3. 127-Paden Phillips[3]; 4. 25-Joe Chisholm[7]; 5. 5D-Devon Havlik[9]; 6. 98K-Kenton Allen[14]; 7. 21M-Ryan Middaugh[6]; 8. 51-Eddie Martin[4]; 9. 17B-Lee Beemer[11]; 10. 8L-Lyle Sathoff[8]; 11. 7D-Davis Givens[5]; 12. 21N-Ben Nading[12]; 13. 151-Lucas Gibbs[13]; 14. 21-Greg Scheffler[16]; 15. 12-Andrew Thomas[15]; 16. 9*-Troy Martin Jr[17]; 17. (DNF) 00S-Chris Spalding[18]; 18. (DNF) 17JR-Drake Long[1]

Heat 1 - 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[4]; 2. 38C-Jason Pursley[8]; 3. 747-Colton Eck[6]; 4. 33S-Ben Stockton[7]; 5. 6-Jason Payton[2]; 6. 21N-Ben Nading[5]; 7. 98K-Kenton Allen[3]; 8. 21-Greg Scheffler[1]; 9. (DNF) 24-Donnie Fellers[9]

Heat 2 - 1. 127-Paden Phillips[2]; 2. 10P-Dayton Pursley[3]; 3. 21M-Ryan Middaugh[6]; 4. 8L-Lyle Sathoff[5]; 5. 9L-Vince Lucas[7]; 6. 21D-Daniel Drury[4]; 7. 18-Brad Johnson[1]; 8. 03-Jason Sivils[9]; 9. 5*-John Briggs[8]

Heat 3 - 1. 98C-Jeff Cutshaw[2]; 2. 51-Eddie Martin[5]; 3. 17JR-Drake Long[1]; 4. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[7]; 5. 17-Henry Chambers[4]; 6. 17B-Lee Beemer[6]; 7. 92-Tyler Grooms[9]; 8. 12-Andrew Thomas[8]; 9. (DQ) 7-Al Hejna[3]

Heat 4 - 1. 55-Nathan Hagar[4]; 2. 7D-Davis Givens[3]; 3. 51W-JT Wasmund[1]; 4. 98-Kevin Stoa[7]; 5. 5D-Devon Havlik[6]; 6. 21K-Kyle Brown[5]; 7. 151-Lucas Gibbs[9]; 8. 12JR-Jory Stotts[8]; 9. 9*-Troy Martin Jr[2]; 10. (DNS) 00S-Chris Spalding


USRA B-Mods

A Feature 1 - . 8S-Jon Sheets[3]; 2. 57C-Chad Clancy[4]; 3. 457-Boone Evans[2]; 4. RED1-Dan Wheeler[7]; 5. 53-Tianna Mithun[8]; 6. 30-Rex Harris[1]; 7. 12C-Stephen Clancy[17]; 8. 56G-Ty Griffith[11]; 9. 54-Tyler Kidwell[22]; 10. 56H-Hoyt Miller[14]; 11. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[12]; 12. 32-Lane New[15]; 13. 15-Cayden Stacye[18]; 14. 16D-Dan Hovden[5]; 15. 66X-Chris Wright[19]; 16. 31M-Michael Hascall[20]; 17. 12B-Mike Monnig[13]; 18. (DNF) 3A-Taylor Ausrud[10]; 19. (DNF) 1-Kyle Henning[6]; 20. (DNF) 94C-JT Carroll[9]; 21. (DNF) 18P-Shaine Paxston[16]; 22. (DNS) 345-Jimmy Downs

A Feature 2 - 1. 510-Cody King[1]; 2. 6-Dustin Kruse[9]; 3. 6T-Michael Taylor III[5]; 4. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[6]; 5. 87H-Harley Dais[4]; 6. 23N-Kenny Nutter[2]; 7. 45-Shayne Bailey[3]; 8. 2X-Cole Hamilton[11]; 9. 76-KC Mullin[15]; 10. 211-Tim Eaton[20]; 11. 11L-Logan Smith[16]; 12. 52-Mitch Keeter[21]; 13. 171-Jacob Toepper[8]; 14. 21K-Dave Kennedy[7]; 15. 17-Klay Beemer[14]; 16. 214-Eric Spreer[17]; 17. 57-Duke Erickson[18]; 18. 58-Chad Reid[13]; 19. 00-Cason Harris[12]; 20. 87-Randy Smith Jr[19]; 21. 24L-Patrick Lewis[10]

Heat 1 - 1. 57C-Chad Clancy[3]; 2. 23N-Kenny Nutter[1]; 3. 53-Tianna Mithun[6]; 4. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[9]; 5. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[2]; 6. 32-Lane New[4]; 7. 214-Eric Spreer[5]; 8. 57-Duke Erickson[7]; 9. (DNS) 30-Rex Harris

Heat 2 - 1. 87H-Harley Dais[1]; 2. 45-Shayne Bailey[5]; 3. 510-Cody King[7]; 4. 8S-Jon Sheets[8]; 5. 00-Cason Harris[3]; 6. 76-KC Mullin[4]; 7. 11L-Logan Smith[6]; 8. 15-Cayden Stacye[9]; 9. (DQ) 54-Tyler Kidwell[2]

Heat 3 - 1. 457-Boone Evans[1]; 2. 16D-Dan Hovden[2]; 3. 1-Kyle Henning[3]; 4. 94C-JT Carroll[9]; 5. 56G-Ty Griffith[7]; 6. 58-Chad Reid[6]; 7. 12C-Stephen Clancy[4]; 8. 66X-Chris Wright[8]; 9. 87-Randy Smith Jr[5]

Heat 4 - 1. 52-Mitch Keeter[6]; 2. RED1-Dan Wheeler[4]; 3. 21K-Dave Kennedy[2]; 4. 6-Dustin Kruse[5]; 5. 30-Rex Harris[7]; 6. 12B-Mike Monnig[3]; 7. 17-Klay Beemer[1]; 8. (DNS) 345-Jimmy Downs; 9. (DNS) 31M-Michael Hascall

Heat 5 - 1. 6T-Michael Taylor III[4]; 2. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[5]; 3. 24L-Patrick Lewis[2]; 4. 171-Jacob Toepper[3]; 5. 2X-Cole Hamilton[7]; 6. 56H-Hoyt Miller[6]; 7. 18P-Shaine Paxston[8]; 8. (DNS) 211-Tim Eaton


USRA Stock Cars

A Feature 1 - 1. 9H-Nic Hanes[1]; 2. 7K-Kyle Hamby[3]; 3. 88-Jeff Dixon[2]; 4. 50B-Brock Badger[4]; 5. 7-Doug Keller[13]; 6. 74S-Rodney Schweizer[6]; 7. 95-Chance Larson[19]; 8. 17M-Jeff Metcalf[8]; 9. 3-Brandon Dixon[10]; 10. 47X-Connor Masoner[18]; 11. 52W-Weston Koop[17]; 12. 83-James Ellis[23]; 13. 77-Josh Monthei[21]; 14. 35-Johnny Coats[7]; 15. 10-Bryan Bennett[12]; 16. 99-Daniel Drury[24]; 17. 20X-Jon Boller Jr[11]; 18. 34-Donald Fetty[20]; 19. 11W-Graci Williams[25]; 20. (DNF) 131-Mason Martin[9]; 21. (DNF) 2J-Steve Jackson[14]; 22. (DNF) 54-David Hendrix[5]; 23. (DNF) 39JR-Robert Southerland[15]; 24. (DNF) 22F-Dawson Fennewald[22]; 25. (DNF) 15J-Jaymee McGarrah[16]

Heat 1 - 1. 35-Johnny Coats[1]; 2. 0F-Mason Beck[4]; 3. 31-Gene Parvin[2]; 4. 1G-Pat Graham[5]; 5. 15X-Corey Myers[3]; 6. 25-Jeremy Vaughn[9]; 7. 52W-Weston Koop[7]; 8. 34-Donald Fetty[6]; 9. 77-Josh Monthei[8]; 10. (DNF) 99-Daniel Drury[10]

Heat 2 - 1. 7G-William Garner[6]; 2. 74S-Rodney Schweizer[2]; 3. 41-Bryan White[3]; 4. 16M-Jimmy McGarrah[1]; 5. 17M-Jeff Metcalf[8]; 6. X-Roy Long[5]; 7. 34B-Blake Bolton[10]; 8. 95-Chance Larson[4]; 9. 21M-Myles Michehl[9]; 10. 22F-Dawson Fennewald[7]

Heat 3 - 1. 9H-Nic Hanes[5]; 2. 19-Jesse Stovall[1]; 3. 3-Brandon Dixon[2]; 4. 27-Jeff Tennant[10]; 5. 2J-Steve Jackson[3]; 6. 10-Bryan Bennett[9]; 7. 106-Christopher Theodore[7]; 8. 22-David Davis[6]; 9. (DNF) 83-James Ellis[8]; 10. (DNS) 11W-Graci Williams

Heat 4 - 1. 88-Jeff Dixon[8]; 2. 7K-Kyle Hamby[3]; 3. 131-Mason Martin[9]; 4. 50B-Brock Badger[6]; 5. 7-Doug Keller[1]; 6. 39JR-Robert Southerland[7]; 7. 15J-Jaymee McGarrah[10]; 8. 18X-Jason Purvis[5]; 9. (DNF) 9X-Anthony Manley[2]; 10. (DNF) 14C-Bill Carter[4]

Heat 5 - 1. 14-Todd Staley[2]; 2. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[5]; 3. 54-David Hendrix[6]; 4. 20X-Jon Boller Jr[3]; 5. 81-Devon Jobin[4]; 6. 3X-Tony Manley[9]; 7. 47X-Connor Masoner[1]; 8. 34X-Mich Ross[8]; 9. (DNF) 8B-Ashlee Buck[7]


USRA Hobby Stocks

A Feature - 1. 15-Jeremy Crimmins[5]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[6]; 3. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[1]; 4. 61N-Nick Brady[7]; 5. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[9]; 6. 50K-Kolby Goepel[12]; 7. 83-Scott Dobel[14]; 8. 122-Cory Stone[15]; 9. 18JR-Gavin Bartel[13]; 10. 14-Kevin Lacy[4]; 11. 81-Joshua Ludeking[16]; 12. 25$-Joshua Monson[3]; 13. 37-Casey Colsch[11]; 14. 25-Jacob Monson[17]; 15. 18Z-Zac Smith[8]; 16. 20B-Josh Bradley[2]; 17. 46-Craig Walker[18]; 18. 15R-Ryan Crooks[20]; 19. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[22]; 20. 16-Shaun Wright[21]; 21. 54-Chris Spear[10]; 22. 33JR-Taylor Donlan[23]; 23. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[19]; 24. 17J-Jason Bradley[24]; 25. (DNS) 20-Brad Chumbly

Heat 1 - 1. 61N-Nick Brady[5]; 2. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[8]; 3. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[6]; 4. 20B-Josh Bradley[9]; 5. 18JR-Gavin Bartel[7]; 6. 25-Jacob Monson[4]; 7. (DNF) 02F-Samuel Fitterer[1]; 8. (DNF) 33JR-Taylor Donlan[2]; 9. (DNS) 20-Brad Chumbly

Heat 2 - 1. 07-Chris Hovden[3]; 2. 54-Chris Spear[2]; 3. 25$-Joshua Monson[8]; 4. 50K-Kolby Goepel[5]; 5. 83-Scott Dobel[6]; 6. 81-Joshua Ludeking[7]; 7. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[1]; 8. (DNF) 17J-Jason Bradley[4]

Heat 3 - . 18Z-Zac Smith[2]; 2. 15-Jeremy Crimmins[8]; 3. 14-Kevin Lacy[6]; 4. 37-Casey Colsch[7]; 5. 122-Cory Stone[4]; 6. 46-Craig Walker[5]; 7. 15R-Ryan Crooks[3]; 8. 16-Shaun Wright[1]


Action continues Friday: Grandstands open at 4:30 p.m. with racing at 6 p.m. on Friday with USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and USRA Tuners in action.

Saturday will see last-chance races and main events for all classes, culminating with championship features in all five divisions. Racing will begin a half-hour earlier on Saturday.


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Pit pass - $40
Kids pit pass (6-10) - $20
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Adults (13 and up) - $30
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Kids (5 and uder) - FREE
Pit pass - $40
Kids pit pass (6-10) - $20


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