Chisholm charges to USMTS Mod Wars win at Ogilvie

After completing the delayed main events that were rained out Thursday night, the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt got back to action Friday with the completion of Thursday’s events followed by a complete show for the fans afterward.

Fresh off of a win in Thursday’s makeup feature, Jake Timm earned the Sybesma Graphics Pole Award for Friday night’s 40-lap nightcap with Wissota legend Shane Sabraski sharing the front row.

Timm has two wins and Sabraski has one in the 19 USMTS feature races staged here at the Ogilvie Raceway, but it was a new face in victory lane when the checkered flag waved.

Racing his way to the front from the outside of the fourth row at the drop of the green flag, Jim Chisholm passed Timm with four laps to go when Timm relinquished the bottom groove.

Chisholm went on to win his fourth career USMTS feature and first in Ogilvie.

Looking over their hoods at a pair of lapped cars at the finish line, Chisholm nipped Timm at the finish line by less than two-tenths of a second.

The victory for the 20-year-old from Osage, Iowa, was also the first of the 2023 campaign for Skyrocket Chassis—the dirt modified machines manufactured by nine-time USMTS national champ Kelly Shryock.

Sabraski secured the third spot with Dave Cain and 12th-starting Tanners Mullens snaring fourth and fifth at the flagstand.

Rodney Sanders came from 14th to sixth, Dan Ebert wound up seventh, Zack VanderBeek earned an eighth-place paycheck, Jason Hughes nabbed ninth and Carlos Ahumada Jr. passed 12 cars to take 10th and earn the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award. To boot.

The action reaches a boiling point on Saturday with drivers racing for $11,000 to win the Mod Wars finale, and as much as $800 just to take the green flag in the main event.

The pits open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5, hot laps and qualifying begin at 6 and racing gets underway at 6:30. Also racing will be Midwest Modifieds, Street Stocks, Mod Fours and Hornets.

The Ogilvie Raceway is a high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located less than one hour north of the twin cities on Hwy. 23, or 5 miles west of Hwy. 65, or 11 miles east from Hwy.169 in Milaca, or 1 mile east of Hwy. 47 to 1539 MN-23, Ogilvie, MN 56358.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
3rd Annual USMTS Mod Wars – Night 2 of 3
Ogilvie Raceway, Ogilvie, Minn.
Friday, July 14, 2023

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown. Heat race lineups are determined via group qualifying. The top 14 in heat race passing points advance to the Summit Racing Equipment “A” Main.

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (2) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (1) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
3. (6) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
4. (4) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
5. (5) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Ramsey, Minn.
6. (3) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
7. (7) 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif.
8. (8) 9B Brendan Blascyk, Hoffman, Minn.
9. (9) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
10. (10) 88XXX Randy Klein, Buffalo, N.D.

FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2. (3) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
3. (6) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
4. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
5. (2) 112 Brennan Gave, Princeton, Minn.
6. (8) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa
7. (4) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
8. (9) WIN1 Karl Leavenworth, Ramsey, Minn.
9. (7) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
10. (10) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
2. (3) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
3. (1) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
4. (4) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
5. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
6. (6) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
7. (8) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
8. (7) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
9. (9) 88 Eric Lamm, Milaca, Minn.
10. (10) 74 Shaun Kreyer, Hayward, Wis.

WIELAND HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
2. (1) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River, Minn.
3. (6) 7A Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
4. (3) 06 Jeremy Nelson, Princeton, Minn.
5. (5) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa
6. (7) 12P Joey Price, Great Falls, Mont.
7. (8) 27P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
8. (4) 24 Brandon Dolman, Evansville, Minn.
9. (10) 22 Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
10. (9) 18M Mason McEvers, Grantsburg, Wis.

VP RACING HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
2. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
3. (6) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
4. (1) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
5. (4) 18A Landon Atkinson, Little Falls, Minn.
6. (5) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
7. (8) 89 J.T. Johnson, Milaca, Minn.
8. (7) 88T Tanner Williamson, Fort Frances, Ont., Can.
9. (9) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
2. (4) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (6) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
4. (3) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Ramsey, Minn.
5. (5) 06 Jeremy Nelson, Princeton, Minn.
6. (7) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa
7. (10) 89 J.T. Johnson, Milaca, Minn.
8. (15) 88 Eric Lamm, Milaca, Minn.
9. (8) 12P Joey Price, Great Falls, Mont.
10. (12) 9B Brendan Blascyk, Hoffman, Minn.
11. (11) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
12. (13) 88T Tanner Williamson, Fort Frances, Ont., Can.
13. (16) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
14. (17) 25 Adam Bohlman, Princeton, Minn.
15. (14) 22 Alan Bohlman, Isanti, Minn.
16. (9) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
17. (18) 18M Mason McEvers, Grantsburg, Wis.
DQ – (2) 04JR Adam Ayotte, Elk River, Minn.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (3) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
3. (5) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
4. (2) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
5. (6) 18A Landon Atkinson, Little Falls, Minn.
6. (4) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa
7. (8) 27P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
8. (7) 112 Brennan Gave, Princeton, Minn.
9. (9) 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif.
10. (12) 24 Brandon Dolman, Evansville, Minn.
11. (10) WIN1 Karl Leavenworth, Ramsey, Minn.
12. (14) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
13. (13) 5K Tyler Kaeter, St. Cloud, Minn.
14. (11) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
15. (15) 88XXX Randy Klein, Buffalo, N.D.
16. (16) 74 Shaun Kreyer, Hayward, Wis.
DNS – 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.

SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (8) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (1) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (2) 7A Shane Sabraski, Rice, Minn.
4. (3) 2C Dave Cain, Corcoran, Minn.
5. (12) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (14) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
7. (4) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
8. (9) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
9. (15) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
10. (22) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
11. (6) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
12. (11) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
13. (7) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
14. (17) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
15. (21) 14W Clayton Wagamon, Ramsey, Minn.
16. (10) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
17. (18) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
18. (25) 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif.
19. (27) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa
20. (23) 06 Jeremy Nelson, Princeton, Minn.
21. (16) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
22. (24) 18A Landon Atkinson, Little Falls, Minn.
23. (20) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn.
24. (29) 112 Brennan Gave, Princeton, Minn.
25. (28) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
26. (19) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
27. (13) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
28. (26) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
29. (5) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.

Lap Leaders: Timm 1-36, Chisholm 37-40.
Total Laps Led: Timm 36, Chisholm 4.
Margin of Victory: 0.129 second.
Time of Race: 12 minutes, 18.837 seconds (no cautions).
Provisional Starters: Thornton, Brown.
Emergency Provisionals: Berry, Hansen, Gave (track).
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Ahumada (started 22nd, finished 10th).
Entries: 49.
Next Race: Saturday, July 15, Ogilvie Raceway, Ogilvie, Minn.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points: Sanders 1818, Hughes 1733, O'Neil 1732, Chisholm 1710, Ebert 1688, Mullens 1662, Ramirez 1630, Berry 1625, VanderBeek 1577, Phillips 1575.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: Berry 1625, Krup 1543, Nelson (4) 1358, Christian 1150, Lavasseur 1114.
FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points: Chisholm 116, Sanders 101, O'Neil 97, Hughes 82, Givens 64.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: MBCustoms 158, Mullens 155, Hughes 139, VanderBuilt 116, Harris 108.
Callies/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 175, Cornett 159, Stoen 152, Hatfield 141, KSE 128.

Contingency Awards:
Aero Race Wheels – A. Williamson.
American Racer – Wolff.
Beyea Custom Headers – Cain.
BigDeal Car Care – Chisholm.
Bryke Racing – Wagamon.
BSB Manufacturing – Carter.
Champ Pans – Mullens.
Collins Brothers Towing – Mari.
Deatherage Opticians – Adam Bohlman.
Edelbrock – Krup.
Fast Shafts – VanderBeek.
FK Rod Ends – Ahumada.
Hooker Harness – O’Neil.
Hyperco – Ramirez.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Thornton.
Keyser Manufacturing – Ahumada.
KSE Racing Products – Ahumada.
MD3 – Timm.
Mel Hambelton Racing – Timm.
Midwest Wrap Co. – Atkinson.
MSD Performance – Sabraski.
Penske Racing Shocks – Krup.
PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain – Mullens.
QA1 – Cain.
Quarter Master – VanderBeek.
RacerWebsite.com – Dolman.
Salty’s BBQ & Catering – Chisholm.
Simpson Race Products – Ebert.
Summit Racing Equipment – Alan Bohlman, Kangas, Klein, Kreyer, McEvers.
Super Clean – Chisholm.
Swift Springs – Wolff, Sabraski, Chisholm.
Sybesma Graphics – Timm.
VP Racing – Chisholm.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – McEvers.
Willy's Carb & Dyno Shop – Hughes.
Wilwood Disc Brakes – Ebert.

USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Beyea Headers, Callies Performance Products, Chevrolet Performance, Fast Shafts, FK Rod Ends, KSE Racing Products, Malvern Bank, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Nitroquest Media, PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit Racing Equipment, Super Clean, VP Racing, Wieland.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ARMI Contractors, Boomtest Well Service, Boubin Tire & Automotive, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Collins Brothers Towing, D&T Marriott Enterprise, LLC, DAY Motorsports, Duvall Electric, Gunshepherd.com, Hacienda Mechanical, Kenny's Tile, Mel Hambelton Racing, Midwest Wrap Co., Miller Welders, PBM Performance Products, Rancho Milagro Racing, S&S Fishing & Rental, Salty's BBQ & Catering, Shocker Hitch, Shop Quik Stores, YouDirt.com.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO Race Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance, BigDeal Car Care, Bryke Racing, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, Deatherage Opticians, Edelbrock, Hooker Harness, Hyperco, Integra Racing Shocks and Springs, JE Pistons, K1 RaceGear by Ryan Bowers Motorsports, Keyser Manufacturing, MD3, MSD Performance, Penske Racing Shocks, Performance Bodies & Parts, QA1, Quarter Master, RacerWebsite.com, Real Racing Wheels, Simpson Performance Products, Swift Springs, Sybesma Graphics, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Willy’s Carb & Dyno Shop, Wilwood Racing.

USMTS RACETRACKS: 81 Speedway, Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Arrowhead Speedway, Cedar Lake Speedway, Deer Creek Speedway, Fayette County Speedway, Hamilton County Speedway, Humboldt Speedway, I-70 Speedway, Lakeside Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, Lucas Oil Speedway, Mason City Motor Speedway, Ogilvie Raceway, Rocket Raceway Park.