May 11, 2025 | By Lyndal Scranton

Mullens dominates for Heartland Modified Tour win at Lucas Oil Speedway

WHEATLAND, Mo.—It was all Tanner Mullens in the headline division Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. The Kansan led all 30 laps to grab the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modified feature win on the Heartland Modified Tour.

Mullens, of Wichita, beat Tyler Davis by nearing four seconds to earn the $2,000 prize during the Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series program Presented by Vietti Marketing.

A total of 103 cars checked into the pits, including 39 in the USRA Modified class where Mullens was fast all night.

Mullens started on the feature pole after setting fast qualifying time and winning his heat race. He carried that speed right into the main event, leading at every point of the 30-lapper. It was his second HMT win in the last month to go along with a pair of Late Model wins.

"It's been a pretty good month for us. We've been working really hard," Mullens said. "We got this new car down and made some laps, just 10 or 15 in it, and decided we'd better bring it here and race with it, see if it's good or not. It's been pretty good since the drop of the green."

Mullens jumped out to a 1.8-second lead after just five laps with Wyatt Gaggero running in second. By lap eight, Mullens already had caught lapped traffic - and that’s when the first caution flew as Shadren Turner rolled to a stop in turn two. Mullens had a 2.9-second lead at the time.

Two more cautions over the next three laps slowed Mullens’ momentum, but the race then settled into a green-flag rhythm and Mullens was able to build a three-second lead by lap 20, as Gaggero and Tyler Davis battled for second.

Mullens cruised from there as the race remained caution-free. He beat Tyler Davis by 3.8 seconds with Gaggero third, Trevor Hughes fourth and Tad Davis coming home in fifth.

"Just make sure you hit your marks," Mullens said of the final half of the race. "There were a lot of good drivers behind us. If you slip up, they're gonna go by you. I was glad to see the yellows quit coming out and start making laps and get used to this thing."

Davis, of Haysville, Kan., said he was no match for Mullens' strength on the low side of the speedway.

"I rode it pretty hard up there for a long time," Davis said of the high groove. "It was getting pretty hard on the tires, but it was a pretty good run for us. We're getting our car a little better. We've been struggling a little bit lately."

Michehl wins Stock Cars make-up feature: Miles Michehl of Fort Dodge, Iowa, led all 20 laps to prevail in the O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars make-up feature to start the program.

Michehl held a 1.3-second lead over McMillin by the halfway point on lap 10. As his margin gradually increased, Christopher Sawyer closed in on McMillin to battle for second and made the pass with five to go.

Michehl went on to beat Sawyer by 1.6 seconds with Zach Zeugin rallying into the third spot.

Schweizer holds on for Stock Cars win: In the regularly scheduled O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars feature, Rodney Schweizer of Kansas City, Kan., led all the way to pick up the win.

Schweizer started on the pole and held off a determined challenge throughout from runner-up William Garner. With laps dwindling, Garner closed in on Schweizer again after a lap-13 restart, but Schweizer was up to the challenge and held on by .630 seconds.

"Track position always helps, but we've had a pretty good year," Schweizer said after his fourth win overall in 2025.

Myles Michehl, winner of the make-up feature earlier, was third with Mason Beck fourth and James McMillin, who started 10th, coming home in fifth.

Cox uses late pass for Late Model win: Tucker Cox of Jefferson City chased down Robbie Ewing and made the winning pass coming to the white flag, then held on for the Hermitage Lumber Late Model feature win.

JC Morton beat Ewing into turn one as the green flew and immediately opened a 1.5-second lead after a lap. Ewing took advantage of a lap three caution to close back in and was side by side for the lead on lap seven.

Morton rode the high groove and Ewing the low side until lap 11, when Ewing was able to edge his way to the front. Cox caught and passed Morton three laps later and set out for Ewing.

Fourth-starting Cox pulled alongside with two to go and made the pass in turns three and four, coming to the white flag. He held on from there to score his first feature win of the season, finishing .372 seconds in front.

"I was kind of arcing it in there real hard into (turn) one," Cox said of his rally to catch and pass Ewing. "I kept getting a really good run off of two. I knew I had to get up beside him going into three because he was going to pinch me down there in the slime, but we cleared him and got the win."

Morton was third, Justin Russell fourth and Larry Jones fifth.

Gillmore wins a thriller in B-Mods: Ryan Gillmore of Springfield won a thriller over Jon Sheets in the Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature, making the winning pass with one lap remaining.

"We've been working really hard on this thing to try and get it better," Gillmore said of his team and chassis-builder Scotty Allen after his first Lucas Oil Speedway feature win of the season, by .431 seconds over Sheets.

Sheets grabbed the lead on lap two after fellow front-row starter JC Morton paced the opening circuit. Sheets had a 1.3-second lead by lap 10 over Gillmore, who had cleared Morton for second.

Gillmore chased down Sheets and was on his back bumper by lap 14 and the two were side by side the next time round. Gillmore kept diving low into turns three and four, but Sheets used momentum from the top to maintain his lead by the narrowest of margins.

Coming to the white flag, Gillmore used the high side and made the decisive pass coming out of turn four. He was able to hang on from there to beat Sheets by two car lengths at the checkers.

"I was good on the bottom before I went to the top, I just kept messing up," Gillmore said. "Once I got to Sheets, I didn't really know how to break it down. I had to disrupt the race so to speak. I threw a slider, after running next to him, maybe trying to surprise him and get him to shift his momentum.

"Everything just kind of played out on my end of the favor. Jon raced me really well. Me and him have had a lot of really good races."

Morton was third with JC Newell fourth and Brayden Bennett fifth.


LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (May 10, 2025)
Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series


Arctic Food Equipment USRA Heartland Modifieds

A Feature - 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[1]; 2. 65-Tyler Davis[3]; 3. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[4]; 4. 712-Trevor Hughes[2]; 5. 75-Tad Davis[9]; 6. 1B-Bobby Williams[10]; 7. 127-Paden Phillips[15]; 8. 19K-Kyle Slader[11]; 9. 37D-Dakota Dale[8]; 10. 10B-Brandon Givens[13]; 11. 38C-Jason Pursley[5]; 12. 3B-Nic Bidinger[7]; 13. 22H-Dustin Hodges[18]; 14. 9-Mark Schafman[23]; 15. 73-Mickey Burrell[14]; 16. 11JR-Randal Schiffelbein Jr[17]; 17. 41-Chevy Coleman[24]; 18. 16B-Kaylin Lopez[16]; 19. 68-Dean Wille[12]; 20. 18JR-Chase Sigg[20]; 21. 16-Austin Siebert[22]; 22. 247-Jarret Dotson[25]; 23. 21S-Greg Scheffler[26]; 24. (DNF) 98-Kenton Allen[27]; 25. (DNF) 18L-Chad Lyle[28]; 26. (DNF) 7B-Shayne Bailey[19]; 27. (DNF) 21-Ryan Middaugh[6]; 28. (DNF) 56-Shadren Turner[21]

B Feature - 1. 56-Shadren Turner[5]; 2. 16-Austin Siebert[1]; 3. 9-Mark Schafman[2]; 4. 41-Chevy Coleman[7]; 5. 33S-Ben Stockton[11]; 6. 18L-Chad Lyle[3]; 7. 247-Jarret Dotson[15]; 8. 747-Colton Eck[4]; 9. 98-Kenton Allen[13]; 10. 09-Tanner Tomasi[12]; 11. 21S-Greg Scheffler[14]; 12. 69-Cecil Dymond[17]; 13. 3D-Dexton Daniels[6]; 14. (DNF) 44-Braden Stoner[16]; 15. (DNF) 721-Troy Gemmill[10]; 16. (DNF) 7D-Davis Givens[8]; 17. (DNF) 23N-Kenny Nutter[9]; 18. (DNS) L75-Lane Whitney; 19. (DNS) 7-Treyton Gann

Heat 1 - 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[1]; 2. 38C-Jason Pursley[2]; 3. 75-Tad Davis[3]; 4. 10B-Brandon Givens[4]; 5. 11JR-Randal Schiffelbein Jr[5]; 6. 16-Austin Siebert[7]; 7. 56-Shadren Turner[8]; 8. 23N-Kenny Nutter[9]; 9. 98-Kenton Allen[6]; 10. 69-Cecil Dymond[10]

Heat 2 - 1. 65-Tyler Davis[5]; 2. 37D-Dakota Dale[1]; 3. 19K-Kyle Slader[2]; 4. 127-Paden Phillips[4]; 5. 7B-Shayne Bailey[3]; 6. 9-Mark Schafman[7]; 7. 3D-Dexton Daniels[8]; 8. 721-Troy Gemmill[6]; 9. 21S-Greg Scheffler[9]

Heat 3 - 1. 712-Trevor Hughes[1]; 2. 3B-Nic Bidinger[2]; 3. 1B-Bobby Williams[3]; 4. 73-Mickey Burrell[4]; 5. 22H-Dustin Hodges[8]; 6. 18L-Chad Lyle[5]; 7. 41-Chevy Coleman[6]; 8. 33S-Ben Stockton[7]; 9. 247-Jarret Dotson[9]; 10. (DNS) L75-Lane Whitney

Heat 4 - 1. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[1]; 2. 21-Ryan Middaugh[3]; 3. 68-Dean Wille[5]; 4. 16B-Kaylin Lopez[2]; 5. 18JR-Chase Sigg[4]; 6. 747-Colton Eck[8]; 7. 7D-Davis Givens[7]; 8. 09-Tanner Tomasi[9]; 9. (DNF) 44-Braden Stoner[6]; 10. (DNS) 7-Treyton Gann

Qualifying Group 1 - 1. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:17.448[10]; 2. 37D-Dakota Dale, 00:17.921[1]; 3. 38C-Jason Pursley, 00:17.929[13]; 4. 19K-Kyle Slader, 00:17.974[4]; 5. 75-Tad Davis, 00:18.017[19]; 6. 7B-Shayne Bailey, 00:18.027[18]; 7. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:18.028[8]; 8. 127-Paden Phillips, 00:18.094[15]; 9. 11JR-Randal Schiffelbein Jr, 00:18.256[14]; 10. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:18.274[3]; 11. 98-Kenton Allen, 00:18.288[11]; 12. 721-Troy Gemmill, 00:18.293[6]; 13. 16-Austin Siebert, 00:18.296[7]; 14. 9-Mark Schafman, 00:18.374[16]; 15. 56-Shadren Turner, 00:18.434[12]; 16. 3D-Dexton Daniels, 00:18.925[9]; 17. 23N-Kenny Nutter, 00:19.078[5]; 18. 21S-Greg Scheffler, 00:19.100[2]; 19. 69-Cecil Dymond, 00:19.980[17]

Qualifying Gruop 2 - 1. 712-Trevor Hughes, 00:17.865[19]; 2. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero, 00:18.131[18]; 3. 3B-Nic Bidinger, 00:18.197[3]; 4. 16B-Kaylin Lopez, 00:18.254[15]; 5. 1B-Bobby Williams, 00:18.283[13]; 6. 21-Ryan Middaugh, 00:18.287[16]; 7. 73-Mickey Burrell, 00:18.331[7]; 8. 18JR-Chase Sigg, 00:18.335[17]; 9. 18L-Chad Lyle, 00:18.524[8]; 10. 68-Dean Wille, 00:18.528[9]; 11. 41-Chevy Coleman, 00:18.530[6]; 12. 44-Braden Stoner, 00:18.602[11]; 13. 33S-Ben Stockton, 00:18.689[14]; 14. 7D-Davis Givens, 00:18.807[10]; 15. 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:18.963[12]; 16. 747-Colton Eck, 00:19.236[4]; 17. (DNS) 247-Jarret Dotson, 00:19.236; 18. (DNS) 09-Tanner Tomasi, 00:19.236; 19. (DNS) L75-Lane Whitney, 00:19.236; 20. (DNS) 7-Treyton Gann, 00:19.236


O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars

A Feature (makeup) - 1. 21-Myles Michehl[1]; 2. 12-Christopher Sawyer[10]; 3. 35Z-Zach Zeugin[9]; 4. 111-Butch Bailey[3]; 5. 24-Blayne McMillin[4]; 6. 8M-James McMillin[6]; 7. L23-Allen Luttjohann[7]; 8. 34-Blake Bolton[5]; 9. (DNF) 83-James Ellis[8]; 10. (DNF) 0F-Mason Beck[2]; 11. (DNF) 50-Waylon Dimmitt[11]

A Feature (regular) - 1. 74-Rodney Schweizer[1]; 2. 7-William Garner[4]; 3. 21M-Myles Michehl[2]; 4. 0F-Mason Beck[6]; 5. 8M-James McMillin[10]; 6. L23-Allen Luttjohann[5]; 7. 34-Blake Bolton[11]; 8. 35Z-Zach Zeugin[12]; 9. 12-Christopher Sawyer[8]; 10. 24B-Blayne McMillin[14]; 11. 111-Butch Bailey[9]; 12. 15E-Eddy Noll[13]; 13. (DNF) 21J-Jacob Ellison[7]; 14. (DNF) 24-Kasey Coleman[3]; 15. (DNF) C4-Mike Cole[15]; 16. (DNF) 83-James Ellis[16]

Heat 1 - 1. 24-Kasey Coleman[1]; 2. 74-Rodney Schweizer[6]; 3. 21J-Jacob Ellison[3]; 4. L23-Allen Luttjohann[8]; 5. 111-Butch Bailey[7]; 6. 34-Blake Bolton[2]; 7. 15E-Eddy Noll[4]; 8. (DNF) C4-Mike Cole[5]

Heat 2 - 1. 21M-Myles Michehl[2]; 2. 7-William Garner[3]; 3. 0F-Mason Beck[1]; 4. 12-Christopher Sawyer[5]; 5. 8M-James McMillin[7]; 6. 35Z-Zach Zeugin[6]; 7. 24B-Blayne McMillin[4]; 8. (DNF) 83-James Ellis[8]


Hermitage Lumber Late Models

Feature - 1. 1T-Tucker Cox[4]; 2. 32-Robbe Ewing[1]; 3. 72-JC Morton[2]; 4. 12J-Justin Russell[3]; 5. 99-Larry Jones[6]; 6. 3K-Richard Kimberling[9]; 7. (DNF) 20-Alan Westling[5]; 8. (DNS) 18-Scott Bergen; 9. (DNS) 19-Hunter Bergen; 10. (DNS) 6-Bob Cummings; 11. (DNS) 1A-Bryon Allison

Heat 1 - 1. 32-Robbe Ewing[5]; 2. 72-JC Morton[8]; 3. 20-Alan Westling[1]; 4. 12J-Justin Russell[10]; 5. 1T-Tucker Cox[11]; 6. 99-Larry Jones[7]; 7. (DNF) 18-Scott Bergen[2]; 8. (DNF) 19-Hunter Bergen[9]; 9. (DNF) 3K-Richard Kimberling[6]; 10. (DNS) 1A-Bryon Allison; 11. (DNS) 6-Bob Cummings


Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods

A Feature - 1. 66-Ryan Gillmore[4]; 2. 8-Jon Sheets[1]; 3. 18-JC Morton[2]; 4. 83-JC Newell[3]; 5. 14B-Brayden Bennett[6]; 6. 7L-Trevor Drake[13]; 7. 37-Wesley Long[8]; 8. 94C-JT Carroll[9]; 9. 20D-Dawson David[14]; 10. 54-Tyler Kidwell[15]; 11. 90-Terry Schultz[17]; 12. 11L-Logan Smith[5]; 13. 30-Rex Harris[7]; 14. 28-Andy Bryant[18]; 15. 1-Kyle Henning[16]; 16. 15-Ryan Edde[20]; 17. F1-Mitchell Franklin[19]; 18. 32-Robbe Ewing[10]; 19. 23Y-Ethan Young[11]; 20. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[24]; 21. 44TT-Casey Thomas[22]; 22. 12-Parker Smith[21]; 23. (DNF) 22-Brian McGowen[23]; 24. (DNF) 55-Colson Kirk[12]

B Feature - 1. 90-Terry Schultz[1]; 2. 28-Andy Bryant[4]; 3. F1-Mitchell Franklin[6]; 4. 15-Ryan Edde[5]; 5. 12-Parker Smith[2]; 6. 44TT-Casey Thomas[11]; 7. 22-Brian McGowen[12]; 8. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[8]; 9. 18C-Carter Harrison[3]; 10. 42J-Donnie Jackson[19]; 11. 82N-Keith Nutter[15]; 12. 0K-Tracy Killian[9]; 13. 39-Trent Rogers[17]; 14. 57J-John Fellers[20]; 15. 88B-Colby Burge[14]; 16. (DNF) 18J-Jace Boney[7]; 17. (DNF) 8S-Clayton Smith[18]; 18. (DNF) 11S-Scotty Bough[16]; 19. (DNF) 80-TJ Yount[13]; 20. (DNF) 00-Cason Harris[10]; 21. (DNF) 28B-Wesley Briggs[21]

Heat 1 - 1. 11L-Logan Smith[1]; 2. 66-Ryan Gillmore[5]; 3. 7L-Trevor Drake[3]; 4. 20D-Dawson David[6]; 5. 90-Terry Schultz[8]; 6. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[2]; 7. 44TT-Casey Thomas[4]; 8. 80-TJ Yount[9]; 9. 39-Trent Rogers[10]; 10. 28B-Wesley Briggs[7]

Heat 2 - 1. 8-Jon Sheets[8]; 2. 30-Rex Harris[3]; 3. 55-Colson Kirk[2]; 4. 12-Parker Smith[1]; 5. F1-Mitchell Franklin[4]; 6. 28-Andy Bryant[9]; 7. 22-Brian McGowen[6]; 8. 82N-Keith Nutter[7]; 9. 42J-Donnie Jackson[5]

Heat 3 - 1. 18-JC Morton[5]; 2. 37-Wesley Long[2]; 3. 32-Robbe Ewing[4]; 4. 23Y-Ethan Young[7]; 5. 1-Kyle Henning[9]; 6. 18J-Jace Boney[8]; 7. 00-Cason Harris[3]; 8. 88B-Colby Burge[1]; 9. 57J-John Fellers[6]

Heat 4 - 1. 83-JC Newell[3]; 2. 14B-Brayden Bennett[4]; 3. 94C-JT Carroll[5]; 4. 54-Tyler Kidwell[6]; 5. 18C-Carter Harrison[7]; 6. 15-Ryan Edde[9]; 7. 0K-Tracy Killian[2]; 8. 11S-Scotty Bough[8]; 9. 8S-Clayton Smith[1]


Public Safety Appreciation Night next week: Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Series Public Safety Appreciation Night at the Races is set for next Saturday. All police, fire and rescue personnel are admitted free with ID. The Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods will headline the racing with a 25-lap, $750-to-win feature. The Hickamo Super Stocks, Arctic Food Equipment Modifieds and O'Reilly Auto Parts Stock Cars also will be in action.

The Hickamo Super Stocks feature rained out on April 27 will be made up and run as the first race on the program. Grandstands and pits open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 and opening ceremonies at 7.

Off Road set for Saturday: UTV Short-Course Off Road returns for Round 2 with practice on Friday and racing on Saturday. Race classes will include 200 stock: ages 5-12; 200 limited: ages 5-12; 250 modified: ages 7-12, 700cc and under: ages 10-15; youth 1k: ages 13-17; sportsman na: ages 14 & up; sportsman turbo: ages 14 & up; women's na: ages 13 & up; women's fi: ages 13 and up; vet na: ages 40 and over; vet fi: ages 40 and over; pro-am na: ages 18 and up; pro-am turbo: ages 18 and up; pro na: ages 18 and up; pro turbo: ages 18 and up.

Racing is tentatively set to begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday with practice sessions starting at 12:25 p.m. Friday.

For information on tickets or camping for any Lucas Oil Speedway event in 2025, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or email her at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com for more information.