August 2, 2025 | By Lyndal Scranton

Mullens wires the field as 16th annual USMTS Show-Me Shootout opens at Lucas Oil Speedway

WHEATLAND, MO.—Tanner Mullens bounded to the front on the opening lap and went on to lead all 40 circuits to capture Friday night's opener of the 16th annual USMTS Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout Presented by Foley Equipment.

Mullens, of Wichita, Kan., outdistanced Tyler Wolff to earn the $5,000 prize at Lucas Oil Speedway. The United States Modified Touring Series will go again on Saturday night in another 40-lapper for another $5,000 to win.

Other feature winners on Friday night were JC Morton (Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods), Tyler Wolff (Hermitage Lumber Late Models) and Jason Hughes (Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods).

From the inside of row two, Mullens grabbed the lead shortly after the green, getting around pole-starter Nic Bidinger. He navigated two brief cautions and a bout with lapped traffic to score his third USMTS victory of the season and 16th overall win.

"I was fading there at the end," Mullens said of his 1.5-second win over Wolff. "The lappers were right the the bottom and the middle was getting really, really dirty. I would stay out there for a few laps and if I wasn't going to make it, I had to go back to the bottom.

"I'd seen Tyler (Davis) was getting close there. He's really good here and I knew it would be tough, but I held on until the end. It was a pretty good evening."

Mullens had a 1.4-second lead by lap five but the big early news was Davis, advancing to third from eighth. Ninth-starting Wolff, a few minutes after winning the Late Model feature, found himself in fifth after eight laps. That’s when the first caution flew for a spin in turn two. Davis took second away from Kyle Brown on the restart as Mullens pulled away.

Brown spun on lap 12 to bring out the second and final caution. Mullens got it rolling again after the restart and established a 1.5-second lead over Davis by the halfway mark.

Showing his strength on longer green-flag runs, Mullens’ lead peaked at 2.4 seconds by lap 24. But as he encountered lapped traffic soon after, Davis began to slice into the margin and the gap was under one second by lap 29. Then as Mullens got around a pack of slower cars and Davis was held up, he had breathing room again.

Mullens was flawless from there as the race remained green. He won by 1.5 seconds over Wolff, who passed Davis for second with one to go.

"It feels good. We've ran good here in the past," Mullens said. "It's just kind of hit or miss. Here lately we've been a little bit better. I just can't thank everybody enough who's on the car."

Wolff said his only hope was to stay close and hope for a late-race caution.

"I was just trying to be patient," Wolff said. "We were close. We were just off a little bit, but overall a good night for us. Getting to run a Late Model and Mod back-to-back is fun."

Tenth-starting Bobby Williams of Hermitage finished fourth and Bidinger was fifth.

USMTS championship leader Rodney Sanders salvaged 10th after starting 17th. He finished one spot behind defending series champion Jim Chisholm, who started 13th.

USRA B-Mods win to Morton: JC Morton of Springfield earned his second Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod win of the season, passing race-long leader Colson Kirk with five laps remaining.

Front-row starters Kirk and Logan Smith ran 1-2 in the early going with Andy Bryant and Morton joining the battle. Those four were bunched within one second by lap six and Morton advanced to second two laps later.

Finding speed on the bottom, the fifth-starting Morton closed in on Kirk by lap 10 and was .408 seconds behind when caution appeared on lap 11. Morton hopped
to the high side on the restart and started to reel in the leader, finally going around Kirk on lap 15 as he switched back to the bottom.

Morton took it home from there, beating Kirk by 1.5 seconds.

"We took off there and the top five cars were really all about the same speed," Morton said. "We were just kind of maintaining, trying to pull off a move here or there. Then we got to the leader and I about showed 'em the top over here and I think that might have about ended it. We got back going green and I chose the top and got behind and it ended up all right."

Smith held onto third with Jon Sheets fourth and Waylon Dimmitt coming from 12th to fifth.

Wolff scores Late Model triumph: USMTS regular Tyler Wolff of Fayetteville, Ark., scored his second Hermitage Lumber Late Model win at Lucas Oil Speedway, leading all 20 laps of the main event.

Wolff said he's enjoying running the Late Model when he can, using one of his Modified motors to supply the power.

"It's been a great time getting to run it here," Wolff said. "I appreciate the track running these things. It fits the motors we have and makes it a lot of fun. It gives us a chance to do double duty."

Wolff started up front and set the clear pace from the start, building a 2.5-second lead over Robbe Ewing by lap 11 when the race’s first caution came out. The
caution didn’t affect Wolff as he quickly rebuilt the lead in excess of two seconds by lap 15.

Wolff went on to prevail by 3.3 seconds over Ewing, the season points leader at the track. Tucker Cox finished third with JC Morton fourth and Bryon Allison fifth.

Hughes earns USRA Stock Cars win: Four-time USMTS Modified champion Jason Hughes, of Watts, Okla., came to Lucas Oil Speedway in another division. Hughes took the lead on lap four and drove away for the O’Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars feature victory. It was his second in a Stock Car in two attempts this season.

"These Stock Cars put on a hell of a race," Hughes said. "It reminds me of the old days in the Modifieds when we had no traction, no side-bite and you're just out there sliding around. You just have to keep it all underneath you and that's a lot of fun."

Fourth-starting Hughes took the lead from William Garner on a lap-four restart after Garner paced things to that point. Garner faded out of contention a lap later when his car lost power, but did fire back up to remain on the lead lap.

Meanwhile, Hughes led Mason Beck in a two-car breakaway with Rodney Schweizer nearly three seconds behind in third. Hughes edged away to a 1.2-second
lead over Beck by lap 12.

Hughes went on to win by 1.7 seconds over Beck with Schweizer third, Christopher Sawyer fourth and Johnny Coats fifth.


LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Aug. 1, 2025)
16th annual USMTS Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout Presented by Foley Equipment

A Feature - 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[9]; 3. 65-Tyler Davis[8]; 4. 1B-Bobby Williams[10]; 5. 3B-Nic Bidinger[1]; 6. 10-Dayton Pursley[7]; 7. 10B-Brandon Givens[4]; 8. 38C-Jason Pursley[11]; 9. 24C-Jim Chisholm[13]; 10. 20-Rodney Sanders[17]; 11. 2SS-Mark Smith[6]; 12. 58X-Gary Christian[20]; 13. 22C-Cole Campbell[16]; 14. 91-Joe Duvall[12]; 15. 75-Terry Phillips[22]; 16. 87-Darron Fuqua[14]; 17. 712-Trevor Hughes[26]; 18. 33S-Ben Stockton[25]; 19. 21K-Kyle Brown[5]; 20. 22H-Dustin Hodges[15]; 21. 25-Joe Chisholm[24]; 22. 55H-AJ Hoff[27]; 23. 16-Austin Siebert[2]; 24. 71-Chad Melton[18]; 25. 8-Kyle Strickler[23]; 26. 15G-Geoff Lary[21]; 27. 5-Reece Solander[19]

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 - 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[2]; 2. 22H-Dustin Hodges[1]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[3]; 4. 5-Reece Solander[4]; 5. 15G-Geoff Lary[8]; 6. 25-Joe Chisholm[7]; 7. 712-Trevor Hughes[5]; 8. 97-Cole Anderson[6]; 9. 33S-Ben Stockton[11]; 10. 55H-AJ Hoff[10]; 11. 68-Dean Wille[9]

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 - 1. 87-Darron Fuqua[2]; 2. 22C-Cole Campbell[1]; 3. 71-Chad Melton[6]; 4. 58X-Gary Christian[8]; 5. 75-Terry Phillips[5]; 6. 7-Sean Gaddis[3]; 7. 8-Kyle Strickler[7]; 8. 03-Jason Sivils[9]; 9. 2G-Troy Girolamo[10]; 10. 29-Keith Hammett[4]

Simpson Performance Heat 1 - 1. 3B-Nic Bidinger[2]; 2. 10-Dayton Pursley[1]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[3]; 4. 22C-Cole Campbell[4]; 5. 5-Reece Solander[5]; 6. 97-Cole Anderson[6]; 7. 25-Joe Chisholm[7]; 8. 68-Dean Wille[8]; 9. 33S-Ben Stockton[9]

Fast Shafts Heat 2 - 1. 65-Tyler Davis[2]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown[3]; 3. 91-Joe Duvall[1]; 4. 24C-Jim Chisholm[4]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders[6]; 6. 75-Terry Phillips[7]; 7. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 8. 03-Jason Sivils[8]

Edelbrock Heat 3 - 1. 2SS-Mark Smith[2]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens[1]; 3. 1B-Bobby Williams[3]; 4. 22H-Dustin Hodges[5]; 5. 7-Sean Gaddis[6]; 6. 71-Chad Melton[4]; 7. 8-Kyle Strickler[7]; 8. 55H-AJ Hoff[8]

Wieland Metals Heat 4 - 1. 16-Austin Siebert[1]; 2. 10B-Brandon Givens[3]; 3. 38C-Jason Pursley[2]; 4. 87-Darron Fuqua[4]; 5. 29-Keith Hammett[5]; 6. 712-Trevor Hughes[8]; 7. 15G-Geoff Lary[7]; 8. 2G-Troy Girolamo[6]

Qualifying Group 1 - 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:17.556[17]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:17.685[15]; 3. 3B-Nic Bidinger, 00:17.735[9]; 4. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:17.783[14]; 5. 10-Dayton Pursley, 00:17.799[1]; 6. 91-Joe Duvall, 00:17.835[3]; 7. 22C-Cole Campbell, 00:18.029[16]; 8. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:18.062[11]; 9. 5-Reece Solander, 00:18.123[2]; 10. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:18.147[5]; 11. 97-Cole Anderson, 00:18.218[10]; 12. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:18.256[13]; 13. 25-Joe Chisholm, 00:18.413[6]; 14. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:18.450[4]; 15. 68-Dean Wille, 00:18.774[8]; 16. 03-Jason Sivils, 00:18.790[12]; 17. 33S-Ben Stockton, 00:19.056[7]

Qualifying Group 2 - 1. 1B-Bobby Williams, 00:17.670[15]; 2. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:17.736[6]; 3. 2SS-Mark Smith, 00:17.834[1]; 4. 38C-Jason Pursley, 00:17.870[5]; 5. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:17.900[16]; 6. 16-Austin Siebert, 00:17.909[13]; 7. 71-Chad Melton, 00:17.947[12]; 8. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:18.126[7]; 9. 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:18.132[2]; 10. 29-Keith Hammett, 00:18.160[14]; 11. 7-Sean Gaddis, 00:18.162[8]; 12. 2G-Troy Girolamo, 00:18.237[4]; 13. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:18.240[10]; 14. 15G-Geoff Lary, 00:18.313[11]; 15. 55H-AJ Hoff, 00:18.411[9]; 16. 712-Trevor Hughes, 00:18.560[3]


Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods

A Feature - 1. 18-JC Morton[5]; 2. 55-Colson Kirk[1]; 3. 8-Jon Sheets[4]; 4. 11L-Logan Smith[2]; 5. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[12]; 6. 18B-Jace Boney[7]; 7. 28-Andy Bryant[3]; 8. 32-Robbe Ewing[10]; 9. 90-Terry Schultz[13]; 10. 1-Kyle Henning[15]; 11. 181-Luke Nieman[6]; 12. Y23-Ethan Young[14]; 13. 42J-Donnie Jackson[9]; 14. 88B-Colby Burge[11]; 15. (DNF) 39-Trent Rogers[8]

Heat 1 - 1. 11L-Logan Smith[2]; 2. 8-Jon Sheets[4]; 3. 18-JC Morton[7]; 4. 39-Trent Rogers[1]; 5. 32-Robbe Ewing[3]; 6. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[6]; 7. 90-Terry Schultz[8]; 8. Y23-Ethan Young[5]

Heat 2 - 1. 55-Colson Kirk[3]; 2. 28-Andy Bryant[5]; 3. 181-Luke Nieman[4]; 4. 18B-Jace Boney[6]; 5. 42J-Donnie Jackson[1]; 6. 88B-Colby Burge[7]; 7. (DNF) 1-Kyle Henning[2]


Hermitage Lumber Late Models

A Feature - 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[1]; 2. 32-Robbe Ewing[2]; 3. 1T-Tucker Cox[3]; 4. 72-JC Morton[6]; 5. 1A-Bryon Allison[5]; 6. 28-Jim Greenway[7]; 7. 23-Chad Walter[9]; 8. 99-Larry Jones[10]; 9. (DNF) 15-John Aitken[8]; 10. (DNF) 20-Alan Westling[4]

Heat 1 - 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[10]; 2. 32-Robbe Ewing[8]; 3. 1T-Tucker Cox[6]; 4. 20-Alan Westling[1]; 5. 72-JC Morton[5]; 6. 1A-Bryon Allison[9]; 7. 28-Jim Greenway[4]; 8. 15-John Aitken[7]; 9. (DNF) 23-Chad Walter[3]; 10. (DNF) 99-Larry Jones[2]


O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars

A Feature -


Heat 1 - 1. 0F-Mason Beck[1]; 2. 7-William Garner[5]; 3. 74-Rodney Schweizer[4]; 4. 35-Johnny Coats[3]; 5. L23-Allen Luttjohann[6]; 6. 83-Mathieu Ellis[7]; 7. (DNF) 54-William Gillette[2]

Heat 2 - 1. 111-Butch Bailey[2]; 2. 12-Jason Hughes[3]; 3. 12S-Christopher Sawyer[4]; 4. 35Z-Zach Zeugin[5]; 5. 8M-James McMillin[1]; 6. 24-Blayne McMillin[6]; 7. (DNF) 13-Lyle Dietrich[7]

Action continues on Saturday with another $5,000-to-win USMTS feature.The Hermitage Lumber Late Models will also be in action racing for $1,000-to-win with the O'Reilly USRA Stock Cars and Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods going after $750 to win in their features.

Grandstand gates open at 4 p.m. both days with hot laps at 6:30 and racing to follow.


Dirt Track Saturday Admission:

Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $22
Adults (13 and up) - $25
Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $22
Youth (6-12) - $10
Kids (5 and under) - FREE
Family Pass - $60
Pit Pass - $40


Drag boats continue on Lake Lucas: Day 2 of the KDBA Show-Me Shootout is set for Saturday during the day hours on Lake Lucas. Spectator gates for the drag boats open at 9 a.m. with eliminations starting at 9:30 a.m. Times are tentative.


Saturday Eliminations Pairings:

Pro Comp Flat - (1) David Merchant vs. (6) Blaine Fess; (2) John Forney vs. (5) G.W. Goff; (3) Ron Sapp vs. (4) Andy Costock.

Stock Eliminator - (1) Gary Carty vs. bye; (6) Christy Moroles vs. (7) Kerry Fry; (3) James Norman vs. (10) Garik Snider; (4) Denise Hodge vs. (9) Andy Warren; (2) William Wilson vs. (11) Dennis Hammond; (5) Koren McGinnis vs. (8) Ted Scheer.

Personal Water Craft - (1) Alexi McKay vs. bye; (4) Lyle See vs. (5) Sheila Still; (2) Teagan Finnigan vs. (7) Bella Janacek; (3) Forrest Warren vs. (6) Stacy Hughes.

Pro Jet - (1) Rod McGinnis vs. (2) Mike King.

Top Alcohol Hydro - (1) Tyler Speer vs. bye; (2) Andy Reynolds vs. (3) Jacob Schneider.

Pro Modified - (1) Tip Draffen vs. bye; (2) Mike Lamb vs. (3) Matt Crews.

Pro Outlaw - (1) Justin Schmidt vs. (6) Tyler Salsman; (2) Gavin Snider vs. (5) Shelby Ebert; (3) Jeremy Schmidt vs. (4) Cade Janacek.

Quick Eliminator - (1) Bill Henderson vs. (8) Tim Ortiz; (4) Robbie Stafford vs. (5) Ronnie Jennings; (2) Rock Guthrie vs. (7) Ed Anderson; (3) Chris Armstrong vs. (6) Ty Bollweg.

Pro Eliminator - (1) Bill Delve vs. (4) David Schmidt; (2) Mike Edmondson vs. (3) Daryl Busby.

Top Eliminator - (1) Joe McIntrye vs. bye; (4) Paytyn Yewel vs. (5) Tiffany Smith; (2) Grant Snider vs. (7) Scott Rainbolt; (3) Dalton Jones vs. (6) Josh Womack.

Modified Eliminator - (1) Ashton Wheeler vs. bye; (7) Bill Miles vs. (8) Rick Conklin; (4) Bradley Johnson vs. (11) Jackson Schultz; (5) Steve Dollen vs. (10) Justin Stuteville; (2) Jennifer Bailey vs. (13) Don Hanke; (3) Scott Malone vs. (12) Joe Peroceschi; (6) Jenna Schmidt vs. (9) Addyson Leas.


Saturday Drag Boat Admission (includes drag boat pit access)


2-day pit pass - $40 (Includes admission to dirt track Saturday night)
Saturday Drag Boat only
General admission (ages 6 and up) - $15
Kids GA (age 5 and under) - FREE
Combo Event (Drag Boat & Dirt Track Event)
Adults GA Combo (13 and up) - $40
Seniors (62 and up) /Military GA Combo - $37
Youth GA Combo (6-12) - $25
Kids GA Combo (age 5 and under) - FREE
Family Pass GA Combo - $105 includes admission for two adults and up to 2 kids (ages 6-12)


For information on admission or camping for any Lucas Oil Speedway event in 2025, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 282-6119 or (417) 295-6043 or email her at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com for more information.