September 3, 2023 | By Ray Cunningham

Burks posts third straight USAC MWRA win

Winston, MO —  Saturday night at I-35 Speedway in Winston, Missouri Wyatt Burks of (Topeka, Ks) would win his 6th feature of the year racing with the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Series after grabbing the lead from Zach Clark of (Raymore, Mo) following a second lap restart. And then methodically worked through lapped traffic on his way to a series leading 16th all-time win. Though the path for Burks to victory appeared at times to be easy, the competition behind the winner turned into a fierce battle among the rest of the contenders running for positions second thru tenth.
All of that action however followed the wildest moment of the night when the field barreled down the straightaway to complete the first lap of the feature resulting in a multi car accident that incapacitated the machines of Chad Winfrey of (Gladstone, Mo) and (Independence, Mo) chauffeur Chad Tye. Both Chads were okay after the altercation, but their cars were not as they left on the hook.

Once Burks took the lead for good, a dog fight ensued behind him for second, third, and fourth, with Luke Howard of (Overland Park, Ks) wrestling away second place after passing both third place finisher Clark, and fourth place Chris Parkinson of (Gladstone, Mo) on his way to his best finish so far in 2023.
Behind those drivers, Dakota Earls of (Independence, Mo) would race to 5Th, followed by “Hard Charger” recipient Buddy Parker of (Wichita Falls, Tx) who advanced four positions from tenth to sixth. Which for Parker would pay him 100 dollars from the Midwest Wingless Racing Association, as well as a bonus of a extra 100 dollars from title sponsor Wholesale Batteries, Inc.on his way to a career best finish with the MWRA.

While rounding out the top 10 were A.J. Gilbert of (Tonganoxie, Ks) with a best finish of 2023 coming home seventh. (Newton, Iowas) Ben Woods in eighth, and the Johnson’s (no relation) Justin Johnson (Parkville, Mo) ninth, with Wojo Johnson, in tenth. The finish for “JJ” Justin Johnson was also significant as it was his first top 10 finish with the MWRA and came after he battled very hard with Parker and others in the 25 lap feature. Show Me State racer Tye would also receive the Hard Luck award courtesy of Xtreme Color.

Earlier in the evening Burks would win his sixth heat race with the MWRA in 2023, while Parkinson would take his first heat win with the series this season.
The MWRA’s trip to Northwest Missouri concludes tonight, Sunday, September 3rd at the Northwest Missouri State Fairgrounds in Bethany for night number 3 of this Labor Day weekend triple header.

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RESULTS

A Feature 1: 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[3]; 2. 2H-Luke Howard[4]; 3. 26-Zachary Clark[1]; 4. 65-Chris Parkinson[2]; 5. 15E-Dakota Earls[6]; 6. 93-Buddy Parker[10]; 7. 2G-AJ Gilbert[9]; 8. 11B-Ben Woods[7]; 9. 27J-Justin Johnson[12]; 10. 2L-Warren Johnson[8]; 11. 7X-Lance Silvers[13]; 12. 88-Chad Tye[11]; 13. 65W-Chad Winfrey[5]

Heat 1: 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[4]; 2. 2H-Luke Howard[6]; 3. 11B-Ben Woods[2]; 4. 65W-Chad Winfrey[7]; 5. 2G-AJ Gilbert[5]; 6. 27J-Justin Johnson[1]; 7. (DNS) 7X-Lance Silvers

Heat 2: 1. 65-Chris Parkinson[1]; 2. 26-Zachary Clark[6]; 3. 15E-Dakota Earls[4]; 4. 2L-Warren Johnson[2]; 5. 93-Buddy Parker[3]; 6. 88-Chad Tye[5]

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T HIBNER, SHADREN TURNER TOP USRA MODIEFIED FEATURES AT I-35 SPEEDWAY

By Phillip Wilson, Track Announcer (Winston, MO) -- It was Seeburg Muffler Night at I-35 Speedway. The Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Racing Association non-wing Sprint Cars made an appearance for the first time this season as their original appearance was washed out.

We started off feature racing action with the E-Mods and the points leader Adam Dunwoodie took advantage of his outside front row starting position to pick up his tenth win at I-35 Speedway, his twelfth overall. Aaron Jones celebrated his birthday with some great side by side battles as he finished second, Mark Anderson battled in the top five all race long as he came home third, Brett Holman gained three positions as he finished fourth and Michael Hascall picked up another top five finish as he finished fifth.

In Pure Stock competition Jeffrey Sears, the class points leader got back to McCarthy Autogroup Victory Lane for the eighth time this season as he held off all challenges. Ava Dixon came back from the tail of the field after a first lap mishap to finish second, Alvie Christopherson challenged Sears for the lead lap after lap but finished third, Johnny Price picked up a top five finish as he came home fourth and Issac Dixon continued his outstanding rookie season finishing fifth.

In the USRA B-Mods the National Points leader Shadren Turner had a great battle with the defending track champion Tyler Cadwallader before Turner eventually made the pass to capture win number seven at I-35, his nineteenth overall in the USRA competition. Cadwallader, last week’s winner finished second, track points leader Corey Myers came home third, Jace Whitt and Krew Walburn made their return to I-35 finishing fourth and fifth.

Nic Hanes visited McCarthy Autogroup Victory Lane for the sixth time in 2023 in Medieval USRA Stock Car competition as he held off Tommy Ground and track points leader Jeff Dixon as they came home second and third. Bill Carter and Dalton Swalley had good runs finishing fourth and fifth.

USRA Modified points leader Tyler Hibner picked up another win, his eleventh on the season. Lee Hibner battled Houston Johnson as Hibner finished second with Johnson third. Richard Layne and Andrew Thomas both would garner top five finishes in fourth and fifth.

Sport Compact points leader Brad Mick made it three wide before taking the lead and picking up win number nine this season. Alvin Cooney ran in the top three all race long finishing second, Harold Robb Jr, winner of the previous two weeks finished third, Brad Aleshire made a return to the Speedway finishing fourth and Ryan Hinkle had a good run and finished fifth.

Jr Sport Compact points leader Payton Hanes picked up her fourth win of the season as she held off Alvin Cooney, Maddy Barr and Katelynn Fleming for the victory.

Congratulations to Shannon McClure for winning this week’s fan of the week sponsored by MWRA, Aaron Jones Racing, Teel Racing, Reed\Anderson Racing, Mahoney Racing, and Shadren Turner Racing.

Join us next week for Johnson Mechanical suicide awareness night with the Poweri Midwest Lightning Sprints making another appearance

USRA MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1: 1. 89-Tyler Hibner[1]; 2. 99H-Lee Hibner[3]; 3. 97-Houston Johnson[4]; 4. 0-Richard Layne[2]; 5. 12-Andrew Thomas[5]; 6. 7D7-Kyle Covert[7]; 7. 58-Terry Vantrump[6]; 8. 92-Tyler Grooms[9]; 9. 12JR-Jory Stotts[8]

Heat 1: 1. 89-Tyler Hibner[4]; 2. 0-Richard Layne[5]; 3. 12-Andrew Thomas[1]; 4. 7D7-Kyle Covert[3]; 5. (DNS) 92-Tyler Grooms

Heat 2: 1. 99H-Lee Hibner[1]; 2. 97-Houston Johnson[4]; 3. 58-Terry Vantrump[2]; 4. 12JR-Jory Stotts[3]

USRA B-MODS

A Feature 1: 1. 56-Shadren Turner[4]; 2. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[1]; 3. 15X-Corey Myers[3]; 4. 26J-Jace Whitt[6]; 5. 28K-Krew Walburn[2]; 6. 41-Adam Dunwoodie[15]; 7. 18M-Chase Moulton[12]; 8. 27-Tyler O'Neal[5]; 9. 17R-Rylee Fuller[7]; 10. 26-Jamie Aleshire[9]; 11. 20-Chad Fuller[11]; 12. 14-Wayne Stevens[8]; 13. 10W-Mike Wahwahsuck[10]; 14. (DNS) 59-Scott Kunze; 15. (DNS) 12P-Perry Milbourn Jr

Heat 1: 1. 28K-Krew Walburn[1]; 2. 27-Tyler O'Neal[2]; 3. 17R-Rylee Fuller[3]; 4. 14-Wayne Stevens[6]; 5. 26-Jamie Aleshire[5]; 6. 20-Chad Fuller[7]; 7. (DNS) 41-Adam Dunwoodie; 8. (DNS) 12P-Perry Milbourn Jr

Heat 2: 1. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[2]; 2. 15X-Corey Myers[3]; 3. 56-Shadren Turner[6]; 4. 26J-Jace Whitt[7]; 5. 10W-Mike Wahwahsuck[1]; 6. 18M-Chase Moulton[5]; 7. 59-Scott Kunze[4]

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

A Feature 1: 1. 9H-Nic Hanes[2]; 2. 33T-Tommy Ground[4]; 3. 88-Jeff Dixon[6]; 4. 14C-Bill Carter[5]; 5. 4D-Dalton Swalley[7]; 6. 82M-Anthony Robertson[1]; 7. 3-Brandon Dixon[8]; 8. 11W-Gerald Wahwahsuck[3]; 9. 53-Sam Luehrs[9]

Heat 1: 1. 82M-Anthony Robertson[1]; 2. 11W-Gerald Wahwahsuck[3]; 3. 14C-Bill Carter[4]; 4. 4D-Dalton Swalley[5]; 5. 53-Sam Luehrs[2]

Heat 2: 1. 9H-Nic Hanes[1]; 2. 33T-Tommy Ground[2]; 3. 88-Jeff Dixon[3]; 4. 3-Brandon Dixon[4]

PURE STOCK

A Feature 1: 1. 13J-Jeffrey Sears[2]; 2. 3A-Ava Dixon[6]; 3. 771-Alvie Christofferson[1]; 4. 77-Johnnie Price[3]; 5. 78-Isaac Dixon[7]; 6. 95S-AJ Sayers[4]; 7. 13B-Devin Baker[10]; 8. 79-Carter Johnson[8]; 9. 95-Bo Eads[5]; 10. (DNS) 10-Albert Curtis; 11. (DNS) 10R-Christopher Rainey

Heat 1: 1. 771-Alvie Christofferson[5]; 2. 77-Johnnie Price[4]; 3. 3A-Ava Dixon[3]; 4. 78-Isaac Dixon[6]; 5. 10R-Christopher Rainey[1]; 6. (DNS) 10-Albert Curtis

Heat 2: 1. 13J-Jeffrey Sears[3]; 2. 95S-AJ Sayers[1]; 3. 95-Bo Eads[5]; 4. 79-Carter Johnson[2]; 5. 13B-Devin Baker[4]

ECONOMY MODS

A Feature 1: 1. 33D-Adam Dunwoodie[2]; 2. 68-Aaron Jones[3]; 3. 65A-Mark Anderson[5]; 4. 01B-Brett Holman[7]; 5. 31M-Michael Hascall[1]; 6. 17L-Landen McClure[8]; 7. 35JR-Trinton Penland[9]; 8. 23-Bill Penland[10]; 9. 19-Derrick Mahoney[6]; 10. 21T-Tyler Erickson[4]; 11. 96B-Tyler Turner[11]

Heat 1: 1. 68-Aaron Jones[2]; 2. 33D-Adam Dunwoodie[6]; 3. 19-Derrick Mahoney[1]; 4. 01B-Brett Holman[3]; 5. 35JR-Trinton Penland[5]; 6. 96B-Tyler Turner[4]

Heat 2: 1. 31M-Michael Hascall[3]; 2. 21T-Tyler Erickson[1]; 3. 65A-Mark Anderson[5]; 4. 17L-Landen McClure[2]; 5. 23-Bill Penland[4]

SPORT COMPACT

A Feature 1: 1. 31-Brad Mick[4]; 2. 69-Alvin Cooney[3]; 3. 007T-Harold Robb Jr[6]; 4. 47-Brad Aleshire[2]; 5. 17-Ryan Hinkle[1]; 6. 9X-Samuel Moore[5]; 7. 20D-Dakota Cox[9]; 8. 98-Elijah Hoyt[8]; 9. 22L-Harold Robb Sr[11]; 10. 10-Hunter Throckmorton[14]; 11. 21X-Joshua Glaspie[15]; 12. 04-Laura Davis[13]; 13. 76B-Jonnathon Hartman[7]; 14. 24M-Mike King[12]; 15. (DNS) 28-Austin Ziegler

Heat 1: 1. 69-Alvin Cooney[2]; 2. 31-Brad Mick[5]; 3. 007T-Harold Robb Jr[4]; 4. 76B-Jonnathon Hartman[7]; 5. 20D-Dakota Cox[3]; 6. 22L-Harold Robb Sr[8]; 7. 04-Laura Davis[6]; 8. 21X-Joshua Glaspie[1]

Heat 2: 1. 17-Ryan Hinkle[6]; 2. 47-Brad Aleshire[7]; 3. 9X-Samuel Moore[5]; 4. 98-Elijah Hoyt[3]; 5. 28-Austin Ziegler[1]; 6. 24M-Mike King[2]; 7. 10-Hunter Throckmorton[4]