July 21, 2023 | By USMTS PR

Chisholm cashes in on Thornton’s heartbreak at Mason City

(Mason City, IA) -- National Championship presented by RacinDirt kicked off the three-day 10th Annual USMTS North Iowa Nationals presented by Christie Door Store on Thursday at the Pritchard Family Auto Stores Mason City Motor Speedway.

In a prelude to the 25th Anniversary USMTS Silver Jubilee here Aug. 16-19, Dylan Thornton looked to be on his way to his career-first USMTS triumph after leading the first 30 laps of the main event at North Iowa’s Action Track.

A flat tire with five laps to go doomed the young gun’s dreams while eighth-starting Jim Chisholm of Osage, Iowa, picked up the pieces and sped to his fifth USMTS win of his short career.

After Thornton’s blow out, 2021 USMTS National Champion Dereck Ramirez assumed the lead but Chisholm was far too strong and pulled away over to a margin of victory of more than two seconds during the final four circuits.

Behind Ramirez, four-time USMTS titlist Jason Hughes grabbed the third-place paycheck while Alex Williamson and Tim Ward completed the top five.

Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year points leader Tom Berry Jr.. was sixth, followed by Al Hejna, Gary Christian, Jake O'Neil and 18th-starting Cayden Carter.

The FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award went to Aaron Benson who started 22nd and finished 12th.

One down, two to go: Another 48 hours of action-packed dirt-flavored adrenaline remain on Friday and Saturday. The feature win on Friday will be worth $5,000 and Saturday’s USMTS North Iowa Nationals champion will take home a cool $10,000 for his or her efforts.

The next two shows will feature the mud-slinging WINS Sprint Car Series racing for $700 to win Friday and $1,200 to win Saturday. On top of that, fans will witness school bus races on both nights.

The pit gates opens at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 each day. Following the drivers meeting at 6:15, hot laps and qualifying begins at 6:30 with racing to follow around 7:10. All times are Central Standard Time. Youth ages 17 and under must have signed Minor Release to enter the pits.

The Mason City Motor Speedway is a 1/3-mile clay oval located 5.1 miles east of I-35 at exit 194 on SR 122 (at the North Iowa Fairgrounds). For more information, call (515) 832-6000 or check out MasonCityMotorSpeedway.com. You can also follow MCMS on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

For its Silver Anniversary season, the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt currently features 45 nights of racing at 15 of America's premier dirt track racing venues in nine states. The winners of those events are set to earn more than $300,000 with nearly $2 million in purses and prize money earmarked for the 2023 campaign.

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RESULTS

Summit Racing Equipment A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[8]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[2]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[3]; 4. 15W-Alex Williamson[6]; 5. 4TW-Tim Ward[4]; 6. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[7]; 7. 7-Al Hejna[5]; 8. 58X-Gary Christian[10]; 9. 0-Jake O'Neil[9]; 10. 10C-Cayden Carter[18]; 11. 21K-Kyle Brown[11]; 12. 24-Aaron Benson[22]; 13. 20-Rodney Sanders[13]; 14. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[16]; 15. 4W-Tyler Wolff[15]; 16. 75-Terry Phillips[21]; 17. 4-Jeremy Nelson[23]; 18. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[14]; 19. 02-Tanner Mullens[17]; 20. 60-Dan Ebert[20]; 21. (DNF) 99L-Steve Lavasseur[24]; 22. (DNF) 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 23. (DNF) 96-Taton Hansen[12]; 24. (DNF) K9-Will Krup[19]

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[1]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 3. K9-Will Krup[4]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips[2]; 5. 19SB-Lance Mari[8]; 6. 4-Jeremy Nelson[6]; 7. R-Ron Ver Beek[7]; 8. 23-Darwin Karau[10]; 9. 16B-Randy Brown[9]; 10. (DNF) 65D-Dustin Brown[5]; 11. (DNS) 96T-RC Whitwell; 12. (DNS) 87-Darron Fuqua

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[1]; 2. 10C-Cayden Carter[2]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[3]; 4. 24-Aaron Benson[4]; 5. 10B-Brandon Givens[7]; 6. 71M-Chad Melton[9]; 7. 17-Jon Plowman[6]; 8. 17L-Lee Beemer[8]; 9. (DNF) 5D-Devon Havlik[11]; 10. (DNF) 55-Casey Schlichting[10]; 11. (DQ) 99L-Steve Lavasseur[5]

Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Al Hejna[3]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[6]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[5]; 4. K9-Will Krup[2]; 5. 65D-Dustin Brown[1]; 6. 24-Aaron Benson[7]; 7. 19SB-Lance Mari[4]; 8. 71M-Chad Melton[8]; 9. (DNF) 55-Casey Schlichting[9]; 10. (DNS) 87-Darron Fuqua

Fast Shafts Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown[1]; 3. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[5]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 5. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[6]; 6. 4-Jeremy Nelson[4]; 7. R-Ron Ver Beek[8]; 8. 17L-Lee Beemer[9]; 9. (DNF) 5D-Devon Havlik[7]

Edelbrock Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 4TW-Tim Ward[1]; 2. 0-Jake O'Neil[3]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 4. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 5. 75-Terry Phillips[6]; 6. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[2]; 7. 10B-Brandon Givens[7]; 8. 16B-Randy Brown[9]; 9. 23-Darwin Karau[8]

Wieland Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 15W-Alex Williamson[2]; 2. 96-Taton Hansen[1]; 3. 24C-Jim Chisholm[7]; 4. 10C-Cayden Carter[3]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 6. 20-Rodney Sanders[6]; 7. 17-Jon Plowman[8]; 8. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[5]; 9. (DNF) 96T-RC Whitwell[9]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 11X-Tom Berry Jr, 00:15.414[3]; 2. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:15.473[7]; 3. 19SB-Lance Mari, 00:15.494[2]; 4. 7-Al Hejna, 00:15.599[6]; 5. K9-Will Krup, 00:15.611[8]; 6. 65D-Dustin Brown, 00:15.878[1]; 7. 24-Aaron Benson, 00:15.900[4]; 8. 71M-Chad Melton, 00:16.266[9]; 9. 55-Casey Schlichting, 00:17.099[5]; 10. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:17.099[10]

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:15.521[6]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:15.707[3]; 3. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 00:15.782[8]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:15.801[1]; 5. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:15.824[9]; 6. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:15.880[2]; 7. 5D-Devon Havlik, 00:16.122[7]; 8. R-Ron Ver Beek, 00:16.539[5]; 9. 17L-Lee Beemer, 00:16.567[4]

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:15.516[7]; 2. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:15.525[3]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:15.534[2]; 4. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:15.807[1]; 5. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:15.982[5]; 6. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:16.068[4]; 7. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:16.190[8]; 8. 23-Darwin Karau, 00:16.423[6]; 9. 16B-Randy Brown, 00:16.835[9]

Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:15.352[4]; 2. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:15.482[8]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:15.495[7]; 4. 10C-Cayden Carter, 00:15.559[5]; 5. 15W-Alex Williamson, 00:15.588[3]; 6. 96-Taton Hansen, 00:15.616[9]; 7. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:15.856[2]; 8. 17-Jon Plowman, 00:15.895[6]; 9. 96T-RC Whitwell, 00:16.586[1]

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A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24-Josh Zieman[4]; 2. 87T-Travis Shipman[15]; 3. 67-Darin Toot[8]; 4. 18X-Daniel Eckblad[3]; 5. 21-Andrew Borchardt[2]; 6. 23-Paul Conrad[1]; 7. 7X-Andrew Eischens[9]; 8. 21X-Xander Treichel[11]; 9. 14-Brady Williamson[12]; 10. 123-Kyle Rose[5]; 11. 55B-Blaine Hanson[14]; 12. 95-Chance Larson[7]; 13. 8-Andrew Gerhardt[13]; 14. 42-Coy VanHauen[10]; 15. (DNF) 49-Nate Whitehurst[6]; 16. (DNS) 11-Jesse Brown

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Josh Zieman[3]; 2. 49-Nate Whitehurst[8]; 3. 123-Kyle Rose[5]; 4. 67-Darin Toot[2]; 5. 42-Coy VanHauen[4]; 6. 14-Brady Williamson[6]; 7. 55B-Blaine Hanson[1]; 8. 87T-Travis Shipman[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Chance Larson[3]; 2. 23-Paul Conrad[1]; 3. 21-Andrew Borchardt[4]; 4. 18X-Daniel Eckblad[6]; 5. 7X-Andrew Eischens[7]; 6. 21X-Xander Treichel[5]; 7. 8-Andrew Gerhardt[8]; 8. (DNF) 11-Jesse Brown[2]

WINDOW WORLD USRA B-MODS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 56H-Brandon Hare[1]; 2. 88-Bryer McCoy[2]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm[16]; 4. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[15]; 5. 56-Ty Griffith[8]; 6. 90-George Nordman[6]; 7. 10T-Trevor Fecht[3]; 8. 37-Michael Wytaske[4]; 9. 64-John Ross[5]; 10. 17-Klay Beemer[14]; 11. 07-Logan Alseth[10]; 12. 29-Lilli Reps[9]; 13. 40-George Gilliland[12]; 14. (DNF) D1-Damion Elliott[11]; 15. (DNF) 46-Jackson Harpole[7]; 16. (DNS) 57-Lynn Brockett

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10T-Trevor Fecht[2]; 2. 88-Bryer McCoy[5]; 3. 46-Jackson Harpole[3]; 4. 37-Michael Wytaske[7]; 5. 64-John Ross[8]; 6. 40-George Gilliland[6]; 7. (DNF) 17-Klay Beemer[4]; 8. (DNF) 02K-Hunter Kennedy[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Ty Griffith[3]; 2. 56H-Brandon Hare[7]; 3. 90-George Nordman[1]; 4. 29-Lilli Reps[6]; 5. 07-Logan Alseth[5]; 6. D1-Damion Elliott[8]; 7. 57-Lynn Brockett[4]; 8. (DQ) 25-Joe Chisholm[2]

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A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 07-Chris Hovden[3]; 2. 52-Carter Koop[5]; 3. 83-Scott Dobel[1]; 4. 44KT-Brian Lund[11]; 5. 18Z-Zac Smith[6]; 6. 25$-Joshua Monson[8]; 7. 57H-Jonathon Hynes[12]; 8. 3JR-Jace Hanson[9]; 9. 7-Logan Knudson[10]; 10. (DNF) 50K-Kolby Goepel[7]; 11. (DNF) 81-Zack Smidt[4]; 12. (DQ) 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[2]

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 52-Carter Koop[2]; 2. 81-Zack Smidt[3]; 3. 18Z-Zac Smith[5]; 4. 50K-Kolby Goepel[6]; 5. 7-Logan Knudson[4]; 6. 44KT-Brian Lund[1]

Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[1]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[4]; 3. 83-Scott Dobel[5]; 4. 25$-Joshua Monson[6]; 5. 3JR-Jace Hanson[2]; 6. 57H-Jonathon Hynes[3]