Ricky Lewis scores USAC/MRA Sprint Car win at Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Saturday night the Wholesale Batteries Inc. USAC MRA Sprint Car Series conducted their first ever event at Springfield Raceway with Ricky Lewis taking first place in spectacular fashion over Braydon Cromwell, Wesley Smith, Wyatt Burks. and Jack Wagner. Rounding out the top five. While Chase Howard, Bryson Smith, Kobe Simpson, Chris Parkinson, and Justin Johnson, would complete the top 10 finishers in that order.
Earlier, 27 cars had checked into the pits at Springfield from eight states to run in the inaugural Aubren Dudley Memorial paying 4,000 dollars to win and 400 dollars to start.
Wesley Smith from near by Nixa. Missouri, would take quick time in hot laps/time trials, turning in a run of 12.157. Interestingly enough,
Camarillo, California’s Lewis was not able to take a time setting the stage for his wild drive in the 25 lap feature coming from 14th on the grid to the eventual win.
Racing in the four heats was fast and furious as Lone Jack, Missouri’s Jack Wagner took the first heat in the JHR 77, Luke Howard from Overland Park, Kansas, came home first in the second heat driving the Lewis 2. While Ricky Lewis, after posting no time, had to start scratch in heat race number three, but came from 7th to first for the victory. And Chris Parkinson of Gladstone, Mo: raced to the win in the fourth and final heat.
With a storm blowing in on radar, a quick decision was made by track officials to scrap intermission, and subsequently the B feature for the MRA sprint cars. . Meaning all cars were now eligible to run the main event.
26 of the 27 cars in attendance made the call for the 25 lap feature sponsored by All Metal Recycling. And with 4,000 on the line for first place, and the bragging rights that would come with winning the first ever MRA feature. and first ever Aubren Dudley Memorial the racing was truly spectacular, not just for the win, but throughout the 26 car starting lineup. With several drivers looking like they had a legitimate shot at victory.
Early on positions were swapped at an amazing rate up front, while Lewis steadily worked his way to the front eventually taking the lead.
But the old adage “Ir ain’t over till it’s over” certainly applied to this one! After a late race caution, Lewis was penalized two spots for taking off to early on the restart and was docked two positions. This moved Wesley Smith to the lead, and Cromwell to second place. Smith took off like a man possessed, but coming out of four slipped off the cushion giving the lead to Cromwell, and moving Lewis up to second. As they came down for the white flag Cromwell was in first, Lewis second, and Smith in third.
But Lewis was gaining, and then pulled off a massive slide job going into three that stuck, beating Cromwell to the line by about a car length, with Smith in third, Burks in fourth, and Jack Wagner fighting his way up to fifth following a right rear tire going down earlier in the feature which sent him to the back for the restart that followed.
USAC Racing
Wholesale Batteries, Inc.
Springfield Raceway
RESULTS
USAC MRA Sprint Cars
Springfield Raceway
Springfield, Mo
Saturday, April 25, 2026
USAC/MRA NON-WING SPRINT CARS (27 entries)
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 41-Ricky Lewis[14]; 2. 4-Braydon Cromwell[8]; 3. 44-Wesley Smith[1]; 4. 11W-Wyatt Burks[6]; 5. 77-Jack Wagner[5]; 6. 13-Chase Howard[3]; 7. 33-Bryson Smith[4]; 8. 21K-Kobe Simpson[19]; 9. 27-Justin Johnson[9]; 10. 65-Chris Parkinson[7]; 11. 73-Samuel Wagner[18]; 12. 03-Tyler Burton[12]; 13. 6-Jake Kouba[13]; 14. 79-Tim Kent[20]; 15. 52-Blake Bowers[10]; 16. 44M-Jared McCarty[23]; 17. 7-Tyler Kent[16]; 18. 93-JR Parkinson[22]; 19. 7X-Lance Silvers[25]; 20. 33L-Mark Lane[27]; 21. 18K-Kyle Gorham[26]; 22. 2-Luke Howard[2]; 23. 15E-Dakota Earls[11]; 24. 44H-Ronny Howard[21]; 25. 45-Jesse Bebee[24]; 26. 11T-James Turnbull[17]; 27. (DNS) 11X-Tom Curran
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jack Wagner[3]; 2. 44-Wesley Smith[4]; 3. 73-Samuel Wagner[7]; 4. 27-Justin Johnson[2]; 5. 7-Tyler Kent[1]; 6. 93-JR Parkinson[5]; 7. (DNS) 33L-Mark Lane
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Luke Howard[4]; 2. 33-Bryson Smith[3]; 3. 15E-Dakota Earls[1]; 4. 52-Blake Bowers[2]; 5. 44H-Ronny Howard[5]; 6. 7X-Lance Silvers[7]; 7. 18K-Kyle Gorham[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Ricky Lewis[7]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks[4]; 3. 21K-Kobe Simpson[6]; 4. 03-Tyler Burton[2]; 5. 11T-James Turnbull[1]; 6. 44M-Jared McCarty[5]; 7. (DNF) 11X-Tom Curran[3]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Chris Parkinson[2]; 2. 13-Chase Howard[4]; 3. 4-Braydon Cromwell[3]; 4. 6-Jake Kouba[1]; 5. 79-Tim Kent[5]; 6. 45-Jesse Bebee[6]
Qualifying 1: 1. 44-Wesley Smith, 12.157[1]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner, 12.422[7]; 3. 27-Justin Johnson, 12.521[4]; 4. 7-Tyler Kent, 13.358[6]; 5. 93-JR Parkinson, 13.482[5]; 6. (DNS) 33L-Mark Lane; 7. (DNS) 73-Samuel Wagner
Qualifying 2: 1. 33-Bryson Smith, 12.548[3]; 2. 2-Luke Howard, 12.656[5]; 3. 52-Blake Bowers, 12.704[4]; 4. 15E-Dakota Earls, 12.778[2]; 5. 44H-Ronny Howard, 13.704[6]; 6. 18K-Kyle Gorham, 14.219[1]; 7. 7X-Lance Silvers, 14.321[7]
Qualifying 3: 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks, 12.317[2]; 2. 11X-Tom Curran, 12.661[3]; 3. 03-Tyler Burton, 12.999[6]; 4. 11T-James Turnbull, 13.980[7]; 5. 44M-Jared McCarty, 15.262[5]; 6. (DNS) 21K-Kobe Simpson; 7. (DNS) 41-Ricky Lewis
Qualifying 4: 1. 13-Chase Howard, 12.387[4]; 2. 4-Braydon Cromwell, 12.605[3]; 3. 65-Chris Parkinson, 12.737[2]; 4. 6-Jake Kouba, 12.926[1]; 5. 79-Tim Kent, 13.301[5]; 6. 45-Jesse Bebee, 14.138[6]
MW Modzs B Class by THOMPSON EQUIPMENT (20 entries)
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 215-Jase Holder[3]; 2. 79A-Cody Arnett[5]; 3. 21K-Sam Keller[1]; 4. 18-Joe Beard[7]; 5. 7D7-Rafe Duncan[6]; 6. 15-Cory Wilson[10]; 7. 00S-Case Shuler[11]; 8. J10-Jermey Burns[13]; 9. 20-Jacob Cater[17]; 10. 22-Derek Messer[9]; 11. 73-Ray Gibson[19]; 12. 42-Jack Owens[4]; 13. 13-Johna Moore[12]; 14. 830-Scott Timothy[20]; 15. 252-Colton Inman[18]; 16. (DNF) 28-Joshua Holmes[15]; 17. (DNF) 160-Brayson Maggard[2]; 18. (DNF) 6-Corey Henson[8]; 19. (DNF) 52-Nathan Houston[16]; 20. (DNF) 8-Cody Cook[14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 79A-Cody Arnett[1]; 2. 7D7-Rafe Duncan[2]; 3. 18-Joe Beard[4]; 4. 15-Cory Wilson[5]; 5. J10-Jermey Burns[7]; 6. 28-Joshua Holmes[3]; 7. 20-Jacob Cater[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 215-Jase Holder[2]; 2. 21K-Sam Keller[6]; 3. 22-Derek Messer[1]; 4. 00S-Case Shuler[5]; 5. 8-Cody Cook[4]; 6. 52-Nathan Houston[3]; 7. 252-Colton Inman[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Jack Owens[2]; 2. 160-Brayson Maggard[6]; 3. 6-Corey Henson[4]; 4. 13-Johna Moore[1]; 5. (DNS) 73-Ray Gibson; 6. (DNS) 830-Scott Timothy
Legend Cars by WHEELER METALS (15 entries)
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 07-Jay Reynolds[1]; 2. 00-Jett Stovall[3]; 3. 29-Jacob Horn[6]; 4. 48-Austin Azeez[4]; 5. 01-Chance Gilbert[5]; 6. 17-Matthew Bowen[10]; 7. 12B-Dustin Blair[7]; 8. 7J2-Erik Johnson[2]; 9. 25-David Sappington[11]; 10. 2-Phillip Uhrig[12]; 11. 5-Scott Merrell[9]; 12. 28-Bronson Hawkins[8]; 13. 08-Brent Greenwood[13]; 14. 9-Rory Thompson[14]; 15. 68-Jordan Myers[15]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 07-Jay Reynolds[5]; 2. 00-Jett Stovall[4]; 3. 29-Jacob Horn[3]; 4. 01-Chance Gilbert[7]; 5. 17-Matthew Bowen[1]; 6. 25-David Sappington[2]; 7. 08-Brent Greenwood[6]; 8. 68-Jordan Myers[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7J2-Erik Johnson[5]; 2. 48-Austin Azeez[4]; 3. 12B-Dustin Blair[3]; 4. 28-Bronson Hawkins[2]; 5. 5-Scott Merrell[7]; 6. 2-Phillip Uhrig[1]; 7. 9-Rory Thompson[6]
MW Modzs A Class by INDIGO SKY CASINO (12 entries)
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 99-Jordon Cater[2]; 2. 34-Braxton Rupp[3]; 3. 86J-Cory Johnson[5]; 4. 9X-Jerad McIntire[1]; 5. 64-Pete Richardson[7]; 6. 06-Trent Wynn[8]; 7. 75-Gage Garoutte[9]; 8. 26-Gary Krebs[6]; 9. 35-Jerry Lankton[4]; 10. 81K-Elijah Keepper[12]; 11. 18-Shawn Eggeman[10]; 12. (DNF) 15-Jordan Bryant[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Jordon Cater[3]; 2. 34-Braxton Rupp[1]; 3. 86J-Cory Johnson[5]; 4. 64-Pete Richardson[6]; 5. 75-Gage Garoutte[4]; 6. (DNF) 15-Jordan Bryant[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9X-Jerad McIntire[6]; 2. 35-Jerry Lankton[2]; 3. 26-Gary Krebs[3]; 4. 06-Trent Wynn[5]; 5. (DNF) 18-Shawn Eggeman[1]; 6. (DNF) 81K-Elijah Keepper[4]
Full Body by PEPSI (pure) (16 entries)
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 714-Dustin Isaacs[1]; 2. 92M-Michael McKnight[2]; 3. 23R-Jeff Reid[4]; 4. 28H-Bronson Hawkins[3]; 5. 50J-Jeremy Jones[7]; 6. 133-Jason Richardson[14]; 7. 13-Greg Dykstra[5]; 8. 124-Skyler Massey[16]; 9. 43X-Garrett Todd[10]; 10. (DNF) 195-Tyler Dawson[15]; 11. (DNF) 97T-Justin Tichenor[11]; 12. (DNF) 28W-Michael Willoughby[8]; 13. (DNF) 17-Austan Wilson[6]; 14. (DNF) 5S-Charley Sloan[13]; 15. (DNF) 96E-Lane Elsenpeter[9]; 16. (DNS) T42-Trevor Ellingson
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 714-Dustin Isaacs[4]; 2. 28H-Bronson Hawkins[6]; 3. 17-Austan Wilson[3]; 4. 124-Skyler Massey[8]; 5. (DNF) T42-Trevor Ellingson[2]; 6. (DNF) 5S-Charley Sloan[5]; 7. (DNF) 133-Jason Richardson[1]; 8. (DNF) 195-Tyler Dawson[7]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 23R-Jeff Reid[1]; 2. 92M-Michael McKnight[7]; 3. 13-Greg Dykstra[6]; 4. 50J-Jeremy Jones[5]; 5. 28W-Michael Willoughby[3]; 6. 96E-Lane Elsenpeter[8]; 7. 43X-Garrett Todd[4]; 8. 97T-Justin Tichenor[2]
B - Mods by ALL TRAILER SERVICE (12 entries)
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11T-James Thompson[3]; 2. 678-Sundance Keepper[1]; 3. 5W-Derek Watson[2]; 4. 98-Christopher Watts[5]; 5. 00M-Matt Brookshire[6]; 6. 34C-Jake Carter[4]; 7. 84JR-Jon Yeoman[8]; 8. 16-Tim Mullins[9]; 9. 26D-Jonathon Dean[7]; 10. (DNF) 1-Josh Farris[10]; 11. (DNF) 83-Scott Campbell[11]; 12. (DNS) 00T-Trenton Brookshire
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 678-Sundance Keepper[4]; 2. 98-Christopher Watts[1]; 3. 00M-Matt Brookshire[3]; 4. 84JR-Jon Yeoman[2]; 5. 16-Tim Mullins[5]; 6. (DNF) 00T-Trenton Brookshire[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5W-Derek Watson[4]; 2. 11T-James Thompson[3]; 3. 34C-Jake Carter[6]; 4. 26D-Jonathon Dean[5]; 5. 1-Josh Farris[1]; 6. 83-Scott Campbell[2]
FWD by GUFFEY SERVICES HEATING & AIR (17 entries)
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 7K-Amadeus Keepper[6]; 2. 69-Alvin Cooney[2]; 3. 77-Allen Thompson[5]; 4. 13-Brantley Jones[7]; 5. 7-Robert Tosh[1]; 6. 24B-Jesse Booth[10]; 7. 85J-Joseph Aitken[3]; 8. 32S-Alex Scarlett[16]; 9. 32H-Richard Harrington[9]; 10. 93-Daniel Barton[8]; 11. 29-Victor Marcinek[12]; 12. 18-Dustin Akin[4]; 13. 49-Justin Witt[17]; 14. 87-Joe Aitken[14]; 15. (DNF) 1I-Levi Felton[15]; 16. (DNF) 63S-Richard Sparks[11]; 17. (DNF) 25-James Cater[13]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Dustin Akin[1]; 2. 77-Allen Thompson[3]; 3. 7K-Amadeus Keepper[6]; 4. 63S-Richard Sparks[4]; 5. 25-James Cater[5]; 6. (DNF) 49-Justin Witt[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Robert Tosh[4]; 2. 13-Brantley Jones[1]; 3. 93-Daniel Barton[2]; 4. 24B-Jesse Booth[5]; 5. 87-Joe Aitken[3]; 6. 32S-Alex Scarlett[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Alvin Cooney[2]; 2. 85J-Joseph Aitken[5]; 3. 32H-Richard Harrington[1]; 4. 29-Victor Marcinek[3]; 5. 1I-Levi Felton[4]
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