September 2, 2023 | By Ray Cunningham

Wild USAC MWRA shootout goes To Burks At U,S, 36 Raceway

Osborn, MO —  Friday Night “The Sheriff” Wyatt Burks of Topeka, Kansas, survived a wild shootout with rival Kory Schudy, of Battlefield, Missouri, as the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Series raced at US 36 Raceway Dirt Track. This was the third time this USAC series raced at the Northwest Missouri speed plant in 2023. With capital city racer Burks driving his Wyatt Burks Racing 11w to victory in May. While Schudy would take the win at US 36 in July driving the Jon Sawyer Racing (JSR) 28.

For the third go round Schudy would win the first heat race Friday night from his 5th starting spot to earn high points honor. And Burks would counter driving his way to victory in heat race number two for second place in points following heat race action. After Schudy rolled a zero for the invert, both drivers would move to the front row for the 25 lapper, and the stage was set for a epic showdown.
During the first half of the race it was Schudy who set the pace in the feature followed by Burks, Wesley Smith of (Nixa, Mo) running the John Helm 12, Luke Howard (Overland Park, Ks) driving the LHR 2H, and Chris Parkinson (Gladstone, Mo)turning the wheels in the CHR 65 rounding out the top 5. A few laps later Burks would catch Schudy in traffic and take the lead for the first time. Shortly after, 3rd running Smith would lose the right side panel of the Helm 12 between turns three and four, bringing out the only yellow flag of the race.
On the restart, and over the final laps of the race, Burks and Schudy would exchange the lead several times, racing high and low on the high banks of US 36. Finally, on the 24th lap,Burks had just enough breathing room to get the win over Schudy, followed by Smith in third, and Parkinson in fourth, after passing Howard who would end up fifth.

Positions sixth through tenth at US 36 would include “Birthday Boy” Dakota Earls of (Independence, Mo) coming home next, with Zach Clark, (Raymore, Mo), taking seventh.

Chad Tye of (Independence, Mo), returning to action after a layoff to place eighth. Chad Winfrey (Gladstone, Mo) advancing six spots in the feature to finish ninth, as well as taking the Midwest Wingless Racing Association Hard Charger award. And Brad Wyatt of (Kearney, Mo), coming home in tenth spot. Meanwhile, (Ottumwa,Ia) racer Lance Silvers would receive the Xtreme Color Hard Luck award.

The Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprints will be in action tonight, Saturday, September 2nd at I-35 Speedway in (Winston, Mo). And finally, Sunday night, September 3rd at the Northwest Missouri State Fairgrounds in Bethany as the MWRA Sprints finish off a triple header weekend on “The Road To A Championship” in 2023.

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RESULTS

A Feature 1: 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[2]; 2. 28-Kory Schudy[1]; 3. 12-Wesley Smith[4]; 4. 65-Chris Parkinson[8]; 5. 2H-Luke Howard[5]; 6. 15E-Dakota Earls[9]; 7. 26-Zachary Clark[3]; 8. 88-Chad Tye[6]; 9. 65W-Chad Winfrey[15]; 10. 41-Brad Wyatt[10]; 11. 2L-Warren Johnson[12]; 12. 27J-Justin Johnson[14]; 13. 93-Buddy Parker[11]; 14. 7X-Lance Silvers[13]; 15. 11X-Tom Curran[7]

Heat 1: 1. 28-Kory Schudy[5]; 2. 26-Zachary Clark[2]; 3. 11X-Tom Curran[3]; 4. 15E-Dakota Earls[1]; 5. 65-Chris Parkinson[7]; 6. 2L-Warren Johnson[4]; 7. 27J-Justin Johnson[6]; 8. 65W-Chad Winfrey[8]

Heat 2: 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[2]; 2. 12-Wesley Smith[1]; 3. 2H-Luke Howard[4]; 4. 88-Chad Tye[6]; 5. 41-Brad Wyatt[3]; 6. 93-Buddy Parker[5]; 7. 7X-Lance Silvers[7]

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PURE STOCK

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11J-JAKE STARMER[1]; 2. 31M-Trevor Hittle[7]; 3. 19-Jack Turner[8]; 4. 19X-Bill Munsen[11]; 5. 2OK-Todd Luke[5]; 6. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[10]; 7. B5-George Bruning[13]; 8. 87X-Anthony Persell[4]; 9. 4B-Jarrold Burns[2]; 10. B4-LUKE MCAFEE[12]; 11. 911-Mike Miller[6]; 12. (DNF) 03-Gabe Querry[9]; 13. (DNS) 13J-Jeffrey Sears

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 11J-JAKE STARMER[6]; 2. 87X-Anthony Persell[1]; 3. 2OK-Todd Luke[2]; 4. 19-Jack Turner[4]; 5. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[5]; 6. 19X-Bill Munsen[7]; 7. B5-George Bruning[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 4B-Jarrold Burns[2]; 2. 13J-Jeffrey Sears[4]; 3. 911-Mike Miller[3]; 4. 31M-Trevor Hittle[5]; 5. 03-Gabe Querry[6]; 6. B4-LUKE MCAFEE[1]

E-MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14H-Blake Hayes[1]; 2. 13-PJ Conger[4]; 3. 23B-Casey Burnett[15]; 4. 21K-Coleman Browning[2]; 5. 22C-Chance Brune[8]; 6. 37-Nathan Asher[5]; 7. 3B-James Burns[6]; 8. 08W-Brett Wideman[9]; 9. 35JR-Trinton Penland[10]; 10. 23-Bill Penland[12]; 11. 13H-Kennedy Hull[16]; 12. 96B-Tyler Turner[14]; 13. (DNF) 8-Ryan Royce[11]; 14. (DNF) 10A-Jonathan Peters[13]; 15. (DNF) 07R-Kevin Rash[3]; 16. (DQ) 25-Laine Grenier[7]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 14H-Blake Hayes[3]; 2. 07R-Kevin Rash[1]; 3. 3B-James Burns[2]; 4. 22C-Chance Brune[4]; 5. 08W-Brett Wideman[6]; 6. 23-Bill Penland[5]; 7. 10A-Jonathan Peters[8]; 8. (DQ) 23B-Casey Burnett[7]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 21K-Coleman Browning[1]; 2. 13-PJ Conger[2]; 3. 37-Nathan Asher[4]; 4. 25-Laine Grenier[6]; 5. 35JR-Trinton Penland[3]; 6. 8-Ryan Royce[7]; 7. 13H-Kennedy Hull[8]; 8. 96B-Tyler Turner[5]

SPORT COMPACT

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11-Keegan Russell[4]; 2. 7-Jason Teel[1]; 3. 9X-Samuel Moore[5]; 4. 98-Elijah Hoyt[2]; 5. 5F-Franklin Reed[8]; 6. 22V-Lucas Winder[6]; 7. 66A-Landon Brown[3]; 8. (DNF) 5J-Jeremy Sims[7]; 9. (DNF) 1F-Frank Reed[9]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 7-Jason Teel[4]; 2. 11-Keegan Russell[2]; 3. 9X-Samuel Moore[3]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Sims[1]; 5. 5F-Franklin Reed[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 98-Elijah Hoyt[4]; 2. 66A-Landon Brown[1]; 3. 22V-Lucas Winder[3]; 4. (DNS) 1F-Frank Reed

IMCA MOD LITE

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 4K-Garrett Stonum[1]; 2. 47-Ed Griggs[2]; 3. 75-Justin Raffurty[4]; 4. 98-Jeff Raffurty[3]; 5. 3-Nathan Wolfe[5]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 4K-Garrett Stonum[1]; 2. 75-Justin Raffurty[5]; 3. 98-Jeff Raffurty[4]; 4. 47-Ed Griggs[3]; 5. (DNS) 3-Nathan Wolfe