August 19, 2023 | By USMTS

Christian crosses finish line first in Friday’s 25th Anniversary USMTS Silver Jubilee prelim

Mason City, IA —  Gary Christian made the most of his do-over Friday as the Mason City Motor Speedway hosted “Mulligan Night” during the final preliminary program before Saturday’s finale for the 25th Anniversary USMTS Silver Jubilee.

The 29-year-old Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year contender scored a USRA Modified victory here a little more than a month ago during the Ted Zieman Memorial, but Friday’s feature win was the first under the USMTS banner.

Following time trials and heat races, Christian found himself on the pole for the 25-lap contest. Making the trek from Broken Arrow, Okla., he proceeded to dominate the race from start to finish.

Zack VanderBeek stayed within striking distance most of the way but had to settle for runner-up honors when the checkered flags were displayed.

Kyle Brown came out ahead of a fantastic three-car battle and finished third ahead of fast qualifier Jim Chisholm and Brandon Davis.

Darron Fuqua, Joe Chisholm, Ryan Gustin, Clayton Wagamon and Chad Wheeler rounded out the top ten.

One of the big movers during the first half of the race was Jason Hughes, but the four-time USMTS National Champion was caught up in a melee with a pair of lapped cars, mangling all three machines and ending their night.

Hughes will have to come from deep in the “alphabet soup” of consolation features Saturday in order to stake his claim to the $25,000 winner’s share of the prize money.

Points were accumulated throughout the night for each driver’s performance in time trials, heat races and the features. The top six in points locked themselves into the first six spots of the outside row for the start of Saturday night’s contest which starts three-wide.

Saturday night’s alright for racing: Twenty-five years in the making, the 25th Anniversary USMTS Silver Jubilee concludes on Saturday featuring the best of the best in dirt modified racing battling for the largest pool of prize money in series history.

With the purchase of their entry fee, each competitor get one free ticket into the drawing for some incredible prizes that will be given away. If a racer purchased a mulligan, he or she gets another ticket for the same drawing.

Tickets will also be sold for more chances to win great gifts. On the top of that list will be a brand new USMTS 415 spec motor built by Stoen Race Engines and valued at $25,000.

Extra tickets for the drawing will be on sale at $20 per ticket or six for $100.

Dozens of supporters have stepped up to make this show explode, and many more are expected to jump on board before and during Saturday's $25,000-to-win main event that will pay no less than a record $2,500 to start.

The top 12 from Saturday’s $1,200-to-start “B” Main will transfer into the “A” Main. The “C” Main pays a minimum of $1,000 to start, and the “D” Main is at least $900 to start.

Officials will also auction off two spots with an opening bid of $2,500 for any person what wishes to get their choice of driver into the finale. Any extra money above $2,500 per driver will be divided equally among drivers finishing third through 33rd.

One final spot will be added by a ticket raffle open to anybody. Tickets will be $10 each, 6 for $50 or 15 for $100. The raffle winner can put in the driver they want into the 33rd and final starting spot.

Lap sponsorships are $1,000 per lap. From this, more than $40,000 goes to the drivers and $37,500 to sponsors and fans. Fifteen lap sponsors will also be entered for a chance to win up to $25,000.

All lap sponsors are in a draw for 15 winners among the 78 laps of sponsors.

The feature winners on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will each draw five (5) random numbers from 1 through 78, and the sponsor(s) of those laps will be in Saturday’s drawing (15 lap sponsors total).

For fans, two (2) adults each on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—plus two from Saturday’s 50/50 drawing—will be in the drawing (15 lap sponsors + 10 fans = 25 eligible winners).

During driver introductions on Saturday, five (5) random drivers will draw five (5) random names of fans with each fan getting $2,500.

The driver that wins Saturday’s A-Main will draw a random name in the final drawing and that person will win $25,000.

Among the festivities at the 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee are a delicious meal on Saturday afternoon and inducting some new names into the USMTS Hall of Fame.

USRA Hobby Stocks join the program Saturday.

The pit gates opens at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5. Following the drivers meeting at 6:15, hot laps begin at 6:30 with racing to follow around 7:10. All times are Central Standard Time.

For full event information or to buy advance tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster, check out https://usmts.com/schedule/event.asp?RaceID=64287

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 us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

For its Silver Anniversary season, the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt currently features racing at some of America's premier dirt track racing venues. 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 (25 Laps): 1. 58X-Gary Christian[1]; 2. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[2]; 3. 21K-Kyle Brown[4]; 4. 24C-Jim Chisholm[8]; 5. 50III-Brandon Davis[3]; 6. 87-Darron Fuqua[5]; 7. 24-Joe Chisholm[16]; 8. 55-Ryan Gustin[11]; 9. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[9]; 10. 88-Chad Wheeler[18]; 11. 10B-Brandon Givens[7]; 12. 65-Tyler Davis[24]; 13. 7X-Chris Dawson[15]; 14. 96-Taton Hansen[12]; 15. 4TW-Tim Ward[17]; 16. 75-Terry Phillips[29]; 17. 13J-Triston Dycus[6]; 18. 75M-Gunner Martin[22]; 19. 16-Austin Siebert[14]; 20. 36K-Jayden Larson[19]; 21. 94JR-John Doelle[13]; 22. 98-Kevin Stoa[20]; 23. 44K-Kelsie Foley[25]; 24. 29H-Joe Horgdal[21]; 25. 65D-Dustin Brown[27]; 26. 4M-Bobby Malchus[28]; 27. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[30]; 28. (DNF) 12-Jason Hughes[10]; 29. (DNF) 22B-Rick Beebe[23]; 30. (DNF) 81-Cody Simpson[26]

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 4TW-Tim Ward[1]; 2. 36K-Jayden Larson[2]; 3. 29H-Joe Horgdal[11]; 4. 22B-Rick Beebe[5]; 5. 44K-Kelsie Foley[4]; 6. 65D-Dustin Brown[13]; 7. 75-Terry Phillips[6]; 8. 21D-David Brown[7]; 9. 747-Colton Eck[10]; 10. 25-Adam Bohlman[9]; 11. 17-Jon Plowman[8]; 12. (DNF) 51W-JT Wasmund[3]; 13. (DNF) 60X-Tyler Wirtjes[12]

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 88-Chad Wheeler[2]; 2. 98-Kevin Stoa[3]; 3. 75M-Gunner Martin[4]; 4. 65-Tyler Davis[11]; 5. 81-Cody Simpson[12]; 6. 4M-Bobby Malchus[10]; 7. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[7]; 8. 98M-Mitchel Madery[5]; 9. 11N-Gene Nicholas[9]; 10. (DNF) R-Ron Ver Beek[8]; 11. (DNF) 22-Alan Bohlman[1]; 12. (DNF) 1-Blake Arndt[6]

Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 13J-Triston Dycus[2]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[6]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[5]; 4. 24-Joe Chisholm[4]; 5. 88-Chad Wheeler[3]; 6. 22B-Rick Beebe[1]; 7. 44K-Kelsie Foley[10]; 8. 17-Jon Plowman[8]; 9. 747-Colton Eck[7]; 10. 29H-Joe Horgdal[9]; 11. (DNF) 60X-Tyler Wirtjes[11]

Fast Shafts Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 10B-Brandon Givens[1]; 2. 50III-Brandon Davis[6]; 3. 55-Ryan Gustin[5]; 4. 4TW-Tim Ward[3]; 5. 7X-Chris Dawson[8]; 6. 36K-Jayden Larson[9]; 7. 75-Terry Phillips[4]; 8. R-Ron Ver Beek[7]; 9. 25-Adam Bohlman[10]; 10. (DNF) 81-Cody Simpson[2]

Edelbrock Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 87-Darron Fuqua[6]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown[4]; 3. 94JR-John Doelle[1]; 4. 16-Austin Siebert[5]; 5. 98-Kevin Stoa[2]; 6. 75M-Gunner Martin[3]; 7. 98M-Mitchel Madery[7]; 8. 1-Blake Arndt[9]; 9. 11N-Gene Nicholas[8]; 10. 4M-Bobby Malchus[10]

Wieland Metals Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 58X-Gary Christian[1]; 2. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[5]; 3. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[6]; 4. 96-Taton Hansen[7]; 5. 51W-JT Wasmund[3]; 6. 22-Alan Bohlman[10]; 7. 21D-David Brown[2]; 8. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[9]; 9. (DNF) 65-Tyler Davis[4]; 10. (DNS) 65D-Dustin Brown

Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:14.890[38]; 2. 50III-Brandon Davis, 00:15.010[4]; 3. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:15.045[5]; 4. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 00:15.135[22]; 5. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:15.141[32]; 6. 55-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.179[14]; 7. 16-Austin Siebert, 00:15.186[12]; 8. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:15.196[8]; 9. 24-Joe Chisholm, 00:15.204[37]; 10. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:15.213[10]; 11. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:15.245[25]; 12. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:15.273[26]; 13. 88-Chad Wheeler, 00:15.319[13]; 14. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:15.322[27]; 15. 75M-Gunner Martin, 00:15.327[21]; 16. 51W-JT Wasmund, 00:15.374[40]; 17. 13J-Triston Dycus, 00:15.393[6]; 18. 81-Cody Simpson, 00:15.439[34]; 19. 98-Kevin Stoa, 00:15.445[9]; 20. 21D-David Brown, 00:15.453[3]; 21. 22B-Rick Beebe, 00:15.493[16]; 22. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:15.493[31]; 23. 94JR-John Doelle, 00:15.511[24]; 24. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:15.516[35]; 25. 747-Colton Eck, 00:15.531[36]; 26. R-Ron Ver Beek, 00:15.531[41]; 27. 98M-Mitchel Madery, 00:15.558[20]; 28. 96-Taton Hansen, 00:15.568[23]; 29. 17-Jon Plowman, 00:15.646[15]; 30. 7X-Chris Dawson, 00:15.681[1]; 31. 11N-Gene Nicholas, 00:15.699[19]; 32. 65D-Dustin Brown, 00:15.755[39]; 33. 29H-Joe Horgdal, 00:15.757[18]; 34. 36K-Jayden Larson, 00:15.801[30]; 35. 1-Blake Arndt, 00:15.854[7]; 36. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt, 00:15.879[11]; 37. 44K-Kelsie Foley, 00:15.888[2]; 38. 25-Adam Bohlman, 00:15.916[29]; 39. 4M-Bobby Malchus, 00:15.916[28]; 40. 22-Alan Bohlman, 00:15.920[17]; 41. 60X-Tyler Wirtjes, 00:16.289[33]

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WRIGHTZ AUCTION CO USRA HOBBY STOCKS

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 52-Carter Koop[2]; 2. 35-Luke Schluetter[8]; 3. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[4]; 4. 18Z-Zac Smith[9]; 5. 83-Scott Dobel[7]; 6. 50K-Kolby Goepel[6]; 7. 44KT-Brian Lund[12]; 8. 99X-Josh Sidles[5]; 9. 136-Tanner Green[3]; 10. 25S-Joshua Monson[1]; 11. 7-Logan Knudson[10]; 12. (DNS) 56-Jake Blau

Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 35-Luke Schluetter[3]; 2. 136-Tanner Green[1]; 3. 83-Scott Dobel[2]; 4. 52-Carter Koop[5]; 5. 18Z-Zac Smith[6]; 6. 7-Logan Knudson[4]

Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[2]; 2. 50K-Kolby Goepel[4]; 3. 25S-Joshua Monson[1]; 4. 99X-Josh Sidles[6]; 5. (DNF) 56-Jake Blau[3]; 6. (DQ) 44KT-Brian Lund[5]

CHARLIE'S AUTO REPAIR OUTLAW MINI MODS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 111-Matthew Grobe[9]; 2. 25B-Bobby Daniels[1]; 3. 9-Ben Kraus[8]; 4. 15-Nathan Kilwine[6]; 5. 11-TJ Stalker[4]; 6. 25C-Chase Daniels[2]; 7. 47-Troy Ihrke[5]; 8. 104-Ben Mattick[21]; 9. 85-Chris Trulson[13]; 10. 5M-Megan Daniels[11]; 11. (DNF) 25L-Lucas Daniels[10]; 12. (DNF) 1R-Bobby Ruehlow[17]; 13. (DNF) 1*-Dane Birkholz[19]; 14. (DNF) 17-Dalton Faber[20]; 15. (DNF) 121-Jordan Williamson[16]; 16. (DNF) 69K-Kaden Rice[7]; 17. (DNF) 22-Nick Hauge[12]; 18. (DNF) 17J-Justin Winkler[14]; 19. (DNF) 31-Spencer Nelson[18]; 20. (DNF) 65-Logan Brown[3]; 21. (DNF) 95-Aric Pate[15]; 22. (DNS) 69X-Zackary Schaefer

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 15-Nathan Kilwine[3]; 2. 11-TJ Stalker[4]; 3. 25B-Bobby Daniels[7]; 4. 5M-Megan Daniels[1]; 5. 17J-Justin Winkler[2]; 6. 121-Jordan Williamson[5]; 7. 31-Spencer Nelson[6]; 8. 1*-Dane Birkholz[8]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 9-Ben Kraus[6]; 2. 25C-Chase Daniels[7]; 3. 25L-Lucas Daniels[1]; 4. 22-Nick Hauge[4]; 5. 95-Aric Pate[2]; 6. (DNF) 17-Dalton Faber[5]; 7. (DNF) 104-Ben Mattick[3]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 47-Troy Ihrke[3]; 2. 65-Logan Brown[5]; 3. 69K-Kaden Rice[4]; 4. 111-Matthew Grobe[7]; 5. 85-Chris Trulson[1]; 6. 1R-Bobby Ruehlow[6]; 7. (DNS) 69X-Zackary Schaefer