September 30, 2023 | By Ray Cunningham

Wesley Smith takes USAC MWRA prelim at U.S. 36 Raceway

Osborn, MO —  Wesley Smith of Nixa, Missouri, raced to victory during the preliminary round of the Missouri Nationals at US 36 Raceway for the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series Friday night in Northwest Missouri.

The Show Me State racer would have to get past rivals that included point leader of the series Wyatt Burks of (Topeka, Ks), second place in the standings, Chris Parkinson, (Gladstone, Mo), and 3-time winner in 2023 with the MWRA, Kory Schudy of (Battlefield, Mo). All, in the early going of the 20 lap preliminary feature driving a 4th different car with the series in 2023.

This time, Smith, winning his second feature of the year with the MWRA, and his 10th all-time in points paying races was behind the wheel of the family owned number 33 usually driven by his brother Bryson Smith. While running the car he raced last season to a hard fought victory over Schudy driving the Jon Sawyer Racing (JSR) 28. Schudy, a winner earlier in the season at US 36, slowly, and steadily, reeled in Smith during this barn burner as they played cat and mouse with lapped traffic until the checkered flag flew with Smith taking the victory by a couple car lengths.

Meanwhile, Josh Most of (Red Oak,Ia) would make the “Most” of his first race with the MWRA in 2023 to come from 10th to 3rd taking the final spot on the podium in the Germar Racing 93. While Burks driving the WBR 11w put a stranglehold on the championship for the MWRA by running 4th place. And Returning for the first time to racing since a mid season hiatus, (Lone Jack, Mo) chauffeur Braydon Cromwell driving his BCR number 4, would complete the top 5 showing little rust after his couple month layoff.

Positions 6 thru 12th on the first night of the Missouri Nationals at US 36 included a impressive run by Dakota Earls coming from last place to (6th) to win the Hard Charger Award in his 15E. This took place for the fourth year sprint car racer after his car had a fuel issue during his heat, relegating him to a last place finish after leading most of the race. While Parkinson would come home (7th), Zach Clark, (8th), Luke Howard (9th), Chad Winfrey (10th), Buddy Parker (11th), and Justin Johnson, (12th).

Earlier in the evening, Cromwell would win the first heat, and Burks the second, after starting fifth to win high point honors.

The 17th, and final race of the 2023 season for the MWRA, will be held today at the US 36 dirt track for the second round of the Missouri Nationals. With the program starting around 2:30 for the first three classes. And then a break while the track gets reworked before the finals of the other classes including the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Car Series. Photos courtesy of High Fly'N Photos www.highfly-nphotos.com John Lee and Ken Simon
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RESULTS

NON- WING SPRINTS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 33-Wesley Smith[3]; 2. 28-Kory Schudy[4]; 3. 93-Josh Most[10]; 4. 11W-Wyatt Burks[1]; 5. 4-Braydon Cromwell[5]; 6. 15E-Dakota Earls[16]; 7. 65-Chris Parkinson[2]; 8. 26-Zachary Clark[6]; 9. 2H-Luke Howard[9]; 10. 65W-Chad Winfrey[7]; 11. 93P-Buddy Parker[12]; 12. 27J-Justin Johnson[8]; 13. 88-Chad Tye[11]; 14. 11B-Ben Woods[13]; 15. 7X-Lance Silvers[15]; 16. 1-Chris Desselle[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Braydon Cromwell[1]; 2. 28-Kory Schudy[5]; 3. 33-Wesley Smith[8]; 4. 65W-Chad Winfrey[3]; 5. 2H-Luke Howard[6]; 6. 93P-Buddy Parker[2]; 7. 11B-Ben Woods[7]; 8. 7X-Lance Silvers[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[5]; 2. 65-Chris Parkinson[7]; 3. 26-Zachary Clark[4]; 4. 27J-Justin Johnson[3]; 5. 93-Josh Most[6]; 6. 88-Chad Tye[8]; 7. 1-Chris Desselle[2]; 8. 15E-Dakota Earls[1]

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IMCA RACESAVER SPRINT CAR

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20-Jeremy Huish[2]; 2. 20D-Jacob Dye[1]; 3. 17X-Jake Martens[13]; 4. 51-Mitchell Moore[4]; 5. 79-Gage Montgomery[3]; 6. 76-Jay Russell[5]; 7. 69-Mike Moore[7]; 8. 31-Koby Werkmeister[11]; 9. 14-Nick Barger[20]; 10. 4-Brett Combs[14]; 11. 1P-Curtis Evans[17]; 12. 55-Kenny Potter[19]; 13. 937-Mike Boston[9]; 14. 17-Lee Goos Jr[15]; 15. 6B-Bayley Ballenger[16]; 16. 23V-Michalob Voeltz[6]; 17. (DNF) 74-Natalie Doney[8]; 18. (DNF) 48-Tyler Thompson[18]; 19. (DNF) FJB-Chad Frewaldt[12]; 20. (DNS) 15-Jack Potter

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 1P-Curtis Evans[2]; 2. 48-Tyler Thompson[5]; 3. 55-Kenny Potter[1]; 4. 14-Nick Barger[4]; 5. 98-Nate Barger[3]; 6. 92J-JR Topper[8]; 7. 1-Greg Murry[11]; 8. (DNF) 36-Chris Couch[7]; 9. (DNF) 4K-Kendall Weymuth[6]; 10. (DNF) 8UP-Doug Cook[10]; 11. (DNS) 30K-Monty Cook; 12. (DNS) 4L-Mike Houseman Jr

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20D-Jacob Dye[1]; 2. 76-Jay Russell[2]; 3. 937-Mike Boston[6]; 4. 17X-Jake Martens[5]; 5. 55-Kenny Potter[7]; 6. 48-Tyler Thompson[3]; 7. (DNS) 4L-Mike Houseman Jr

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Jeremy Huish[1]; 2. 23V-Michalob Voeltz[2]; 3. 15-Jack Potter[6]; 4. 4-Brett Combs[4]; 5. 1P-Curtis Evans[5]; 6. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[7]; 7. 8UP-Doug Cook[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Gage Montgomery[1]; 2. 69-Mike Moore[3]; 3. 31-Koby Werkmeister[5]; 4. 17-Lee Goos Jr[6]; 5. 98-Nate Barger[4]; 6. 36-Chris Couch[2]; 7. 1-Greg Murry[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Mitchell Moore[3]; 2. 74-Natalie Doney[1]; 3. FJB-Chad Frewaldt[7]; 4. 6B-Bayley Ballenger[4]; 5. 14-Nick Barger[5]; 6. 92J-JR Topper[6]; 7. 30K-Monty Cook[2]

USRA B-MODS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 211-Tim Eaton[4]; 2. 56-Shadren Turner[6]; 3. 12C-Stephen Clancy[3]; 4. 73T-Truman Asher[8]; 5. 66X-Chris Wright[1]; 6. 26J-Jake Sachau[7]; 7. 25-Travis Peterson[5]; 8. 15-Colin Pierce[9]; 9. 173T-Justin Asher[10]; 10. 54JR-Eddie Ingram Jr[11]; 11. 55J-Josh Marshall[2]; 12. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[13]; 13. (DNF) 2-Brayden Bohn[12]; 14. (DNF) 3-Kenny Champ[15]; 15. (DNF) 125-Duane Peterson[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66X-Chris Wright[4]; 2. 211-Tim Eaton[3]; 3. 56-Shadren Turner[5]; 4. 26J-Jake Sachau[6]; 5. 15-Colin Pierce[8]; 6. 54JR-Eddie Ingram Jr[1]; 7. 125-Duane Peterson[7]; 8. 3-Kenny Champ[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55J-Josh Marshall[2]; 2. 25-Travis Peterson[1]; 3. 12C-Stephen Clancy[7]; 4. 73T-Truman Asher[6]; 5. 173T-Justin Asher[5]; 6. 2-Brayden Bohn[4]; 7. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[3]

IMCA STOCK CARS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 63-Mike Nichols[4]; 2. 34X-Mich Ross[1]; 3. 14-Jake Sachau[7]; 4. 12X-Matthew Lance[2]; 5. 29X-Nate Barnes[8]; 6. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[10]; 7. 37D-Brad Derry[5]; 8. 74-Rodney Schweizer[15]; 9. 75X-Randy Smith Jr[13]; 10. 20X-Carson Masoner[3]; 11. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[16]; 12. 14B-Austin Bouzek[9]; 13. 2X-Ricky Bobby Couch[6]; 14. 292-Jayden Bears[18]; 15. 47-Ed Griggs[11]; 16. 21X-Connor Masoner[14]; 17. 5B-Matt Boucher[12]; 18. 53-Sam Luehrs[17]; 19. 3-Brandon Dixon[19]; 20. (DNF) 10A-Jonathan Peters[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 34X-Mich Ross[6]; 2. 63-Mike Nichols[7]; 3. 14-Jake Sachau[4]; 4. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[1]; 5. 75X-Randy Smith Jr[5]; 6. 24C-Brandon Conkwright[2]; 7. 3-Brandon Dixon[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12X-Matthew Lance[2]; 2. 37D-Brad Derry[1]; 3. 29X-Nate Barnes[4]; 4. 47-Ed Griggs[3]; 5. 21X-Connor Masoner[6]; 6. 53-Sam Luehrs[5]; 7. (DNF) 10A-Jonathan Peters[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20X-Carson Masoner[2]; 2. (DNF) 2X-Ricky Bobby Couch[5]; 3. (DNF) 14B-Austin Bouzek[3]; 4. (DNF) 5B-Matt Boucher[6]; 5. (DNF) 74-Rodney Schweizer[1]; 6. (DNF) 292-Jayden Bears[4]

PURE STOCK

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11J-JAKE STARMER[2]; 2. 63-Tim Eaton[4]; 3. 11S-Tyler Starmer[1]; 4. 34-Mich Ross[3]; 5. 20X-Randy Smith Jr[7]; 6. 26-Blake Peeler[5]; 7. 911-Mike Miller[11]; 8. 13J-Jeffrey Sears[9]; 9. 31M-Trevor Hittle[6]; 10. 91-CJ Turner[12]; 11. 19X-Jack Turner[8]; 12. 27-Kyle Russell[17]; 13. 771-Alvie Christofferson[13]; 14. 38D-Darrion McLaughlin[20]; 15. 27H-Jakub Hisel[15]; 16. 4B-Jarrold Burns[16]; 17. F86-Blaine Nolker[19]; 18. 95-Bo Eads[18]; 19. 2OK-Todd Luke[14]; 20. (DNF) 49K-Conrad Kaufman[10]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 27-Kyle Russell[3]; 2. 95-Bo Eads[5]; 3. F86-Blaine Nolker[2]; 4. 38D-Darrion McLaughlin[8]; 5. 03-Gabe Querry[1]; 6. 12G-Tyler Gray[12]; 7. (DNF) 16B-Marvin Kauffman[11]; 8. (DNF) 17-Ray Lindgren[4]; 9. (DNF) 76-Trevin Russell[9]; 10. (DNF) 87-Anthony Persell[6]; 11. (DNS) B5-George Bruning; 12. (DNS) 48X-Jim Masoner Jr

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 11S-Tyler Starmer[2]; 2. 26-Blake Peeler[3]; 3. 13J-Jeffrey Sears[5]; 4. 771-Alvie Christofferson[6]; 5. 03-Gabe Querry[7]; 6. (DNF) 95-Bo Eads[1]; 7. (DNF) 76-Trevin Russell[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 11J-JAKE STARMER[6]; 2. 31M-Trevor Hittle[2]; 3. 49K-Conrad Kaufman[4]; 4. 2OK-Todd Luke[1]; 5. F86-Blaine Nolker[7]; 6. 87-Anthony Persell[5]; 7. (DNF) B5-George Bruning[3]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 34-Mich Ross[1]; 2. 20X-Randy Smith Jr[3]; 3. 911-Mike Miller[4]; 4. 27H-Jakub Hisel[6]; 5. 27-Kyle Russell[7]; 6. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[2]; 7. (DNF) 16B-Marvin Kauffman[5]

Heat 4 (6 Laps): 1. 63-Tim Eaton[1]; 2. 19X-Jack Turner[4]; 3. 91-CJ Turner[5]; 4. 4B-Jarrold Burns[7]; 5. 17-Ray Lindgren[3]; 6. (DQ) 38D-Darrion McLaughlin[6]; 7. (DQ) 12G-Tyler Gray[2]

E-MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 211-Tim Eaton[1]; 2. 13-PJ Conger[2]; 3. 96JR-Jim Cameron[4]; 4. 23-George Burnett[3]; 5. 33D-Adam Dunwoodie[9]; 6. 74-Justin Asher[6]; 7. 14H-Blake Hayes[5]; 8. 37-Nathan Asher[7]; 9. 3-Jared Hillyard[13]; 10. 22C-Chance Brune[16]; 11. 14P-Jonathan Parker[8]; 12. 50C-Josh Mclaughlin[15]; 13. 3B-James Burns[19]; 14. 01B-Brett Holman[12]; 15. 35JR-Trinton Penland[11]; 16. 23X-Bill Penland[18]; 17. 08W-Brett Wideman[10]; 18. (BF) 07R-Kevin Rash[21]; 19. (DNF) 08D-Dalton Strohl[14]; 20. (DNF) 2X-Logan Rash[20]; 21. (DNS) 14-Gary Ainsworth

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 211-Tim Eaton[2]; 2. 07R-Kevin Rash[4]; 3. 14H-Blake Hayes[5]; 4. 14P-Jonathan Parker[6]; 5. 35JR-Trinton Penland[3]; 6. 08D-Dalton Strohl[7]; 7. (DQ) 14-Gary Ainsworth[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 13-PJ Conger[1]; 2. 23-George Burnett[5]; 3. 74-Justin Asher[2]; 4. 33D-Adam Dunwoodie[6]; 5. 01B-Brett Holman[3]; 6. 50C-Josh Mclaughlin[7]; 7. 23X-Bill Penland[4]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 2X-Logan Rash[2]; 2. 96JR-Jim Cameron[1]; 3. 37-Nathan Asher[4]; 4. 08W-Brett Wideman[3]; 5. 3-Jared Hillyard[6]; 6. 22C-Chance Brune[7]; 7. 3B-James Burns[5]