September 20, 2024 | By Lyndal Scranton

Preliminary features conclude as Summit USRA Nationals gear toward Saturday-night finale

WHEATLAND, Mo. — Three nights of heat races and preliminary features are over and the Summit USRA Nationals are headed into a big Saturday-night finale at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Action in five divisions saw Rodney Schweizer and Jeremy Vaughn capture USRA Stock Car feature victories with Tyler Wolff and Kyle Brown winning in the USRA Modified division. Other feature winners were JC Morton and Taylor Ausrud in the B-Mods, Cale Hancock in Tuners and Scott Dobel in Hobby Stocks.

The four-night event concludes on Saturday with last-chance races and the championship features in all each division. Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with racing is set for 5:30 p.m.

Schweizer, Vaughn grab USRA Stock Car wins: Rodney Schweizer of Kansas City, Kan., drove to victory in the first USRA Stock Cars feature, holding off a fast-closing Pat Graham over the final laps.

The third-starting Schweizer took the lead away from Christopher Theodore on lap two. Schweizer hugged the low groove as Mason Martin, who started fourth, went to the high side and those two were side-by-side by lap six.

Schweizer was able to hold onto the top spot and stretched the gap to one-second by lap nine. That’s when a caution flew to bunch the field for a restart with 11 to go. Martin faded to fourth on the restart as Todd Staley and Graham moved into second and third.

One more yellow flag flew, on lap 18, with Schweizer leading Graham by 1.2 seconds. Schweizer had a flawless restart and stayed on the extreme inside over the final two laps to finish .415 seconds in front of Graham.

Staley wound up third with Doug Keller fourth and Mason Beck was fifth.

"I'm just blessed with everybody's that's on the car and gets us here," Schweizer said. "I've been struggling the last couple of nights, but finally pulled through and we might have something for tomorrow."

Jeremy Vaughn of Pocola, Okla., won a duel with Brock Badger and William Garner to win a thriller in the second USRA Stock Cars feature that saw seven lead changes.

Badger, who started on the pole, made a pass of his fellow front-row starter Johnny Coats to take the lead on lap three. Badger was able to pull away to a 1.1-second lead by lap six with Jeremy Vaughn charging from seventh to second.

Vaughn went to the lead on lap 12, but Badger was right back to the front the next tie around as William Garner took over the second spot. The trio crossed the line within .162 seconds of each other and a caution flew shortly after, leaving seven laps to settle the outcome.

As green-flag action resumed, the top three remained unchanged when another yellow slowed things on lap 15. On this restart, Garner was able to make the pass and take the lead for the first time - but Badger once again was able to take back the top spot on lap 17.

Then it was Vaughn’s turn to lead on lap 18 and this time he made it stick. Vaughn held on to prevail by .796 seconds over Coats, who found speed at the end to beat Badger, Garner and fifth-place Bill Carter.

Vaughn dedicated the win to his cousin, Gerry Vaughn, who passed away last December.

"This one's for him and for the whole Vaughn family. This one hits home," Jeremy Vaughn said.

Jaylen Wettengel of Topeka, Kan., picked up the makeup Stock Cars feature win from Thursday night that was halted after eight laps due to rain. Actioin resumed with 12 to go and Wettengel beat Bryan White by .297 seconds. Myles Michehl was third, Staley fourth and Graham fifth.

Wolff, Brown drive to USRA Modified feature wins: USRA B-Mod national points leader Tyler Wolff of Fayetteville, Ark., scored a decisive victory in the opening Modified feature.

Wolff started fourth and had the lead by lap two after Chisholm paced the opening lap. Meanwhile, former Lucas Oil Speedway track champ Ryan Middaugh advanced from seventh to third by the midpoint of the race.

Wolff was able to maintain a one-second lead over Chisholm as the laps ticked away caution-free. He went on to prevail by .865 seconds over Chisholm with Middaugh third, Vince Lucas fourth and Al Hejna fifth.

"I was just trying to be methodical as I could," Wolff said of the final couple of laps as he had to deal with lapped traffic with Chisholm close behind. "I knew he had to be behind me. Once I saw the white flag, I saw a white nose there at one point and I got fueled up on the last lap and made sure we got the win."

Kyle Brown of Madrid, Iowa, regained the lead on lap 12 and held off Lyle Sathoff for the second USRA Modified feature victory.

Sathoff rolled by early leader Kyle Brown for the lead on lap four. He built a 1.8-second lead when the first caution appeared on lap eight, wiping out his lead.

Brown regained the lead on lap 12, working the outside line off turn two. He was able to build a 1.1-second lead by lap 15 and was able to maintain it from there, outdistancing Sathoff by .848 seconds at the checkers.

"This place is a very, very fun place to come race," Brown said. "It's extremely hard to get a hold of, whether it's muddy, slick or black. It's a challenging place, but every time I pull in here I love it. I wish it wasn't five hours from home or I'd be here a lot more."

Ausrud, Morton earn USRA B-Mod features: Taylor Ausrud of Hayfield, Minn., took over the lead on lap three and went on to win the first USRA B-Mod feature. He was able to hold off a hard-charging Mitch Keeter by just under one second. Cole Hamilton was third with Duke Erickson fourth and Shayne Bailey fifth.

"I was excited when I saw the track. It looked like it was forming a cushion and I love running up top," Ausrud said. "The last lap I jumped it and made it interesting I guess. Closer than I'd like it to have been."

Springfield's JC Morton outdueled Logan Smith for the victory in the second USRA B-Mod feature, charging from his 13th starting position. Morton was able to make the winning pass with three laps remaining.

Smith led from the start of the second B-Mod feature with fellow Lucas Oil Speedway regular J.T. Carroll applying pressure throughout the middle portion of the 20-lapper. Another weekly competitor at the track, JC Morton, moved into contention by lap 15 by making time on the high side.

Morton was able to clear those two for the lead on lap 17 and a lap later, JT Carroll slowed with an apparent flat to bring out a caution.

Morton, a former USRA B-Mod national champion, was able to bring it home form there, beating Smith by 1.2 seconds. Tyler Kidwell earned third, ahead of Dan Hovden and Tim Eaton.

"I locked in Wednesday night and we showed up today and I told dad, 'let's do it.' The track kind of came to us. It worked out," Morton said.

USRA Tuners win goes to Hancock: Cale Hancock of Collinsville, Okla., marched from a ninth-starting position to capture the USRA Tuners feature win with a pass on the next-to-last lap. It was his seventh feature win of the season.

Sean Leasure started on the outside of row one and he took the lead at the start of the 15-lap feature. The race tightened by lap eight as Dustin Reeves closed in and made the pass for the lead the next time around with Leasure slipping all the way back to fourth.

But on lap 14, Hancock grabbed the lead and held on to beat Reeves by .261 seconds. Oliver Monson was third with Leasure fourth and David Kirkpatrick fifth.

"I just tried to hold my line and do the best I could and give it my all," Hancock said of the final laps.

Dobel elevated to USRA Hobby Stocks win: Scott Dobel of Manly, Iowa, was elevated to the USRA Hobby Stocks feature victory after Jeremy Crimmins, who was first under the checkered flag, was disqualified in post-race tech.

Kolby Goepel moved up one position to second with Joshua Monson third and Bryce Sommerfeld fourth.

"The way 2024 has gone, I'll take anything I can get at this point," Dobel said of his victory.


LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Sept. 20, 2024)
Summit USRA Nationals


USRA Stock Cars

A Feature 1 - 1. 74S-Rodney Schweizer[3]; 2. 1G-Pat Graham[6]; 3. 14-Todd Staley[8]; 4. 7-Doug Keller[14]; 5. 0F-Mason Beck[1]; 6. 131-Mason Martin[4]; 7. 3-Brandon Dixon[9]; 8. 81-Devon Jobin[18]; 9. 52W-Weston Koop[10]; 10. 83-James Ellis[7]; 11. 10-Bryan Bennett[12]; 12. 34X-Mich Ross[11]; 13. X-Roy Long[13]; 14. 20X-Jon Boller Jr[5]; 15. 18X-Jason Purvis[20]; 16. 47X-Connor Masoner[17]; 17. 22-David Davis[19]; 18. 11W-Graci Williams[16]; 19. 9X-Anthony Manley[21]; 20. (DNF) 106-Christopher Theodore[2]; 21. (DNF) 20J-Jayden Bears[15]; 22. (DNS) 19-Jesse Stovall

A Feature 2 - 1. 25-Jeremy Vaughn[7]; 2. 35-Johnny Coats[2]; 3. 50B-Brock Badger[1]; 4. 7G-William Garner[6]; 5. 14C-Bill Carter[4]; 6. 17M-Jeff Metcalf[5]; 7. 16M-Jimmy McGarrah[17]; 8. 95-Chance Larson[9]; 9. 39JR-Robert Southerland[16]; 10. 34B-Blake Bolton[14]; 11. 2J-Steve Jackson[10]; 12. 31-Gene Parvin[13]; 13. 77-Josh Monthei[11]; 14. 3X-Tony Manley[8]; 15. 22F-Dawson Fennewald[18]; 16. 15J-Jaymee McGarrah[20]; 17. 34-Donald Fetty[15]; 18. (DNF) 99-Daniel Drury[3]; 19. (DNF) 27-Jeff Tennant[12]; 20. (DNS) 8B-Ashlee Buck; 21. (DNS) 54-David Hendrix

Heat 1 - 1. 131-Mason Martin[8]; 2. 2J-Steve Jackson[3]; 3. 99-Daniel Drury[4]; 4. 83-James Ellis[2]; 5. 77-Josh Monthei[6]; 6. 20J-Jayden Bears[1]; 7. 11W-Graci Williams[9]; 8. (DNF) 15J-Jaymee McGarrah[7]; 9. (DNF) 9X-Anthony Manley[5]

Heat 2 - 1. 7G-William Garner[7]; 2. 74S-Rodney Schweizer[5]; 3. 0F-Mason Beck[6]; 4. 14C-Bill Carter[3]; 5. 3X-Tony Manley[8]; 6. 34-Donald Fetty[1]; 7. (DNF) 54-David Hendrix[2]; 8. (DNS) 8B-Ashlee Buck; 9. (DNS) 19-Jesse Stovall

Heat 3 - 1. 17M-Jeff Metcalf[1]; 2. 14-Todd Staley[9]; 3. 3-Brandon Dixon[3]; 4. 52W-Weston Koop[5]; 5. 27-Jeff Tennant[2]; 6. 31-Gene Parvin[8]; 7. 16M-Jimmy McGarrah[4]; 8. 22F-Dawson Fennewald[6]; 9. 22-David Davis[7]

Heat 4 - 1. 1G-Pat Graham[1]; 2. 35-Johnny Coats[2]; 3. 20X-Jon Boller Jr[5]; 4. 34X-Mich Ross[4]; 5. 10-Bryan Bennett[6]; 6. 34B-Blake Bolton[7]; 7. 39JR-Robert Southerland[8]; 8. 81-Devon Jobin[3]

Heat 5 - 1. 25-Jeremy Vaughn[3]; 2. 50B-Brock Badger[4]; 3. 106-Christopher Theodore[7]; 4. 95-Chance Larson[6]; 5. X-Roy Long[2]; 6. 7-Doug Keller[8]; 7. 47X-Connor Masoner[1]; 8. (DNF) 18X-Jason Purvis[5]


USRA Modifieds

A Feature 1 - 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 2. 25-Joe Chisholm[6]; 3. 21M-Ryan Middaugh[7]; 4. 9L-Vince Lucas[1]; 5. 7-Al Hejna[2]; 6. 151-Lucas Gibbs[11]; 7. 24-Donnie Fellers[3]; 8. 88-Sam Osman[8]; 9. 03-Jason Sivils[17]; 10. 7D-Davis Givens[9]; 11. 21D-Daniel Drury[5]; 12. 21-Greg Scheffler[12]; 13. 12JR-Jory Stotts[15]; 14. 12-Andrew Thomas[16]; 15. 9*-Troy Martin Jr[13]; 16. (DNF) 17JR-Drake Long[10]; 17. (DNF) 33S-Ben Stockton[14]; 18. (DNS) 51-Eddie Martin

A Feature 2 - 1. 21K-Kyle Brown[1]; 2. 8L-Lyle Sathoff[5]; 3. 5D-Devon Havlik[4]; 4. 98C-Jeff Cutshaw[6]; 5. 718-Terry Beckham II[17]; 6. 6-Jason Payton[8]; 7. 98-Kevin Stoa[15]; 8. 17B-Lee Beemer[13]; 9. 89-Tyler Hibner[2]; 10. 98K-Kenton Allen[9]; 11. 21N-Ben Nading[14]; 12. 18-Brad Johnson[12]; 13. 747-Colton Eck[3]; 14. (DNF) 55-Nathan Hagar[11]; 15. (DNF) 00S-Chris Spalding[7]; 16. (DNF) 92-Tyler Grooms[10]; 17. (DNS) 34-Weston Holman

Heat 1 - 1. 9L-Vince Lucas[2]; 2. 88-Sam Osman[3]; 3. 7-Al Hejna[1]; 4. 8L-Lyle Sathoff[9]; 5. 7D-Davis Givens[7]; 6. 18-Brad Johnson[6]; 7. 17B-Lee Beemer[5]; 8. (DNF) 34-Weston Holman[4]; 9. (DNF) 718-Terry Beckham II[8]

Heat 2 - 1. 00S-Chris Spalding[1]; 2. 5D-Devon Havlik[7]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm[5]; 4. 6-Jason Payton[6]; 5. 151-Lucas Gibbs[4]; 6. 92-Tyler Grooms[9]; 7. (DNF) 98-Kevin Stoa[3]; 8. (DNF) 12-Andrew Thomas[2]; 9. (DNS) 51-Eddie Martin

Heat 3 - 1. 21M-Ryan Middaugh[4]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown[3]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[9]; 4. 747-Colton Eck[2]; 5. 17JR-Drake Long[6]; 6. 55-Nathan Hagar[8]; 7. 33S-Ben Stockton[5]; 8. 21N-Ben Nading[7]; 9. 12JR-Jory Stotts[1]

Heat 4 - 1. 98C-Jeff Cutshaw[2]; 2. 21D-Daniel Drury[1]; 3. 89-Tyler Hibner[4]; 4. 24-Donnie Fellers[5]; 5. 98K-Kenton Allen[7]; 6. 21-Greg Scheffler[3]; 7. 9*-Troy Martin Jr[8]; 8. (DNF) 03-Jason Sivils[6]


USRA B-Mods

A Feature 1 - 1. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[2]; 2. 52-Mitch Keeter[8]; 3. 2X-Cole Hamilton[1]; 4. 57-Duke Erickson[3]; 5. 45-Shayne Bailey[19]; 6. RED1-Dan Wheeler[5]; 7. 12C-Stephen Clancy[7]; 8. 17-Klay Beemer[4]; 9. 76-KC Mullin[12]; 10. 87-Randy Smith Jr[9]; 11. 58-Chad Reid[17]; 12. 30-Rex Harris[13]; 13. 18P-Shaine Paxston[18]; 14. 32-Lane New[14]; 15. 214-Eric Spreer[11]; 16. 00-Cason Harris[16]; 17. 15-Cayden Stacye[6]; 18. 66X-Chris Wright[10]; 19. (DNF) 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[15]

A Feature 2 - 1. 18-JC Morton[13]; 2. 11L-Logan Smith[1]; 3. 54-Tyler Kidwell[4]; 4. 16D-Dan Hovden[9]; 5. 211-Tim Eaton[5]; 6. 1-Kyle Henning[2]; 7. 87H-Harley Dais[12]; 8. 171-Jacob Toepper[15]; 9. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[6]; 10. 31M-Michael Hascall[14]; 11. 23N-Kenny Nutter[8]; 12. 73-Blake Wimmer[18]; 13. 12B-Mike Monnig[17]; 14. 21K-Dave Kennedy[16]; 15. (DNF) 24L-Patrick Lewis[7]; 16. (DNF) 94C-JT Carroll[3]; 17. (DNF) 53-Tianna Mithun[11]; 18. (DNF) 56G-Ty Griffith[10]; 19. (DNS) 56H-Hoyt Miller

Heat 1 - 1. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[1]; 2. 15-Cayden Stacye[2]; 3. 211-Tim Eaton[3]; 4. RED1-Dan Wheeler[6]; 5. 16D-Dan Hovden[7]; 6. 56G-Ty Griffith[9]; 7. 18-JC Morton[8]; 8. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[10]; 9. 58-Chad Reid[5]; 10. 18P-Shaine Paxston[4]

Heat 2 - 1. 1-Kyle Henning[1]; 2. 24L-Patrick Lewis[2]; 3. 17-Klay Beemer[5]; 4. 2X-Cole Hamilton[8]; 5. 214-Eric Spreer[3]; 6. 87H-Harley Dais[7]; 7. 32-Lane New[4]; 8. 171-Jacob Toepper[10]; 9. 12B-Mike Monnig[9]; 10. 73-Blake Wimmer[6]

Heat 3 - 1. 52-Mitch Keeter[6]; 2. 12C-Stephen Clancy[3]; 3. 57-Duke Erickson[1]; 4. 87-Randy Smith Jr[5]; 5. 66X-Chris Wright[7]; 6. 53-Tianna Mithun[8]; 7. 30-Rex Harris[9]; 8. 00-Cason Harris[2]; 9. 21K-Dave Kennedy[4]

Heat 4 - 1. 23N-Kenny Nutter[4]; 2. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[1]; 3. 11L-Logan Smith[5]; 4. 94C-JT Carroll[7]; 5. 54-Tyler Kidwell[9]; 6. 76-KC Mullin[8]; 7. 31M-Michael Hascall[6]; 8. (DNF) 45-Shayne Bailey[3]; 9. (DNS) 56H-Hoyt Miller


USRA Hobby Stocks

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

Heat 1 - 1. 61N-Nick Brady[1]; 2. 14-Kevin Lacy[4]; 3. 25$-Joshua Monson[2]; 4. 18Z-Zac Smith[5]; 5. 54-Chris Spear[3]; 6. 122-Cory Stone[8]; 7. 17J-Jason Bradley[7]; 8. (DNF) 15R-Ryan Crooks[6]

Heat 2 - 1. 81-Joshua Ludeking[4]; 2. 50K-Kolby Goepel[8]; 3. 83-Scott Dobel[5]; 4. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[2]; 5. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[6]; 6. 33JR-Taylor Donlan[3]; 7. 25-Jacob Monson[1]; 8. 16-Shaun Wright[7]

Heat 3 - 1. 37-Casey Colsch[1]; 2. 15-Jeremy Crimmins[2]; 3. 07-Chris Hovden[4]; 4. 20B-Josh Bradley[5]; 5. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[6]; 6. 18JR-Gavin Bartel[8]; 7. 46-Craig Walker[3]; 8. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[7]


USRA Tuners

A Feature - 1. 91-Cale Hancock[9]; 2. 6-Dustin Reeves[3]; 3. 5-Oliver Monson[8]; 4. 81C-Sean Leasure[2]; 5. 4W-David Kirkpatrick[4]; 6. 41S-Shawn Brownlee[7]; 7. 15-Tyler Crimmins[11]; 8. 0-Michael E McEachern[21]; 9. 17H-Clint Haigler[1]; 10. 93-Daniel Barton[10]; 11. 75-Steven Seay[15]; 12. 57-Josh Clark[13]; 13. 93S-Stephanie Sharp[18]; 14. 7-Allen Thompson[20]; 15. 80-Jim Cook[14]; 16. 9H-Payton Hanes[17]; 17. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr[23]; 18. 2-Derryl Aeillo[16]; 19. (DNF) 27-Corey Howell[6]; 20. (DNF) 32S-Alex Scarlett[19]; 21. (DNF) 41-Connar Brownlee[22]; 22. (DNF) 28-Braiden Schaufenbuel[12]; 23. (DNS) 41B-Braxton Brownlee

Heat 1 - 1. 6-Dustin Reeves[2]; 2. 4W-David Kirkpatrick[1]; 3. 15-Tyler Crimmins[3]; 4. 93-Daniel Barton[8]; 5. 80-Jim Cook[6]; 6. 9H-Payton Hanes[5]; 7. 0-Michael E McEachern[7]; 8. 41-Connar Brownlee[4]

Heat 2 - 1. 41S-Shawn Brownlee[1]; 2. 81C-Sean Leasure[4]; 3. 17H-Clint Haigler[2]; 4. 5-Oliver Monson[7]; 5. 57-Josh Clark[8]; 6. 93S-Stephanie Sharp[5]; 7. 7-Allen Thompson[3]; 8. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr[6]

Heat 3 - 1. 91-Cale Hancock[4]; 2. 41B-Braxton Brownlee[5]; 3. 27-Corey Howell[1]; 4. 28-Braiden Schaufenbuel[6]; 5. 75-Steven Seay[3]; 6. 2-Derryl Aeillo[7]; 7. 32S-Alex Scarlett[2]


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