The Pritchard Family Auto Stores Mason City Motor Speedway welcomed back the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt on Saturday for the second of three nights for the 11th Annual USMTS North Iowa Nationals presented by Kabrick Distributing.
Two-time USRA Modified National Champion Tyler Davis took a slight edge at the drop of the green flag but it was Tanner Mullens getting the advantage and leading the opening lap of the 40-lapper.
Within a few laps, Mullens was about two seconds ahead of his nearest pursuer while Davis battled with Jim Chisholm to preserve the second spot.
The race’s second Gorsuch Performance Solutions caution flag waved just past the halfway point and Jake Timm used that to his advantage to jump up to third and join Chisholm in the case for the lead.
With 12 laps to go, Chisholm gave it a whirl and slipped in front of Mullens with a slide through turns three and four, but Mullens crossed underneath and beast his rival back to the flagstand to remain in first place.
Chisholm dropped back about six car lengths and then had to deal with Timm trying to weave his way into the runner-up spot. He held his ground and with four laps left to go, the top three were racing nose to tail.
Like the night before, lapped traffic played into the end of Saturday night’s jaw-dropping show.
With one of them between them at the finish line, Mullens went high and Chisholm stayed low with Mullens getting the $5,000 win with about half of a car length to spare.
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“I just tried to slow down and save as much as I could. But as soon as I seen (Chisholm) I just gave it all I had” Mullens said in Victory Fuel Victory Lane. “We were struggling a little bit down there (turn one). I knew he could roll the bottom a lot better than we could… For the year we’ve had we’ll take it.
We always do fairly good here, so we enjoy coming. This is new car—fourth night on it—so I think changes we made have been pretty good. We’ll take anything we can get at this point but (the track officials) did a really good job from earlier today to now. It’s in really good shape.”
With his first win of the year—and first since winning the 25th Anniversary USMTS Silver Jubilee here last August—Mullens now has a series-best five wins at the North Iowa Action Track and registered his 11th overall career USMTS win.
On Sunday, the weekend finale in the Collins Brothers Towing USMTS North Region presented by Featherlite will see the USMTS Modifieds share the spotlight with USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and Outlaw Mini-Mods.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
Collins Brothers Towing USMTS North Region presented by Featherlite
Pritchard Family Auto Stores Mason City Motor Speedway, Mason City, Iowa
11th Annual USMTS North Iowa Nationals presented by Kabrick Distributing – Night 2 of 3
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown. Heat race lineups are determined via group qualifying. The top 12 in heat race passing points advance to the Summit Racing Equipment “A” Main.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (10 laps):
1. (2) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
2. (1) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (4) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
4. (3) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
5. (6) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
6. (7) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
7. (5) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
8. (8) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (10 laps):
1. (2) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (1) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
3. (3) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
4. (5) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
5. (4) 17 Jon Plowman, Woodbine, Iowa
6. (6) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
7. (7) 21 Ben Nading, Ankeny, Iowa
8. (8) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps):
1. (1) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
2. (5) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
3. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
4. (7) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
5. (2) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls , Wis.
6. (4) 21D Daniel Drury, Iowa Falls, Iowa
7. (3) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN (10 laps, all advance):
1. (2) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
2. (1) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls , Wis.
3. (3) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
4. (6) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
5. (5) 21 Ben Nading, Ankeny, Iowa
6. (4) 21D Daniel Drury, Iowa Falls, Iowa
7. (7) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
8. (8) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
9. (9) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (2) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
2. (3) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (8) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
4. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
5. (1) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
6. (7) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
7. (10) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
8. (15) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
9. (18) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
10. (12) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
11. (4) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
12. (9) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
13. (6) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
14. (17) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
15. (14) 17 Jon Plowman, Woodbine, Iowa
16. (11) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
17. (16) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls , Wis.
18. (19) 21 Ben Nading, Ankeny, Iowa
19. (21) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
20. (13) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
21. (22) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
DNS – (20) 21D Daniel Drury, Iowa Falls, Iowa
DNS – (23) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
Lap Leader: Mullens 1-40.
Total Laps Led: Mullens 40.
Margin of Victory: 0.161 second.
Time of Race: 20 minutes, 36.737 seconds (2 cautions).
Provisional Starters: none.
Emergency Provisionals: none.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: VanderBeek (started 18th, finished 9th).
Entries: 23.
Next Race: July 21, Mason City Motor Speedway.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points: Timm 1901, Chisholm 1877, Sanders 1785, Phillips 1688, Ebert 1661, Mullens 1622, Hughes 1562, Davis 1521, Williamson 1470, Christian 1465.
Collins Brothers Towing USMTS North Region Points: Chisholm 1002, Sanders 958, Timm 958, Mullens 848, Phillips 843.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: Hobscheidt 1415, Hodges 1331, Steven Glenn 727, Joe Chisholm 574, D.J. Shannon 409.
FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points: Timm 108, Sanders 107, Chisholm 98, Ebert 85, Mullens 71.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: MBCustoms 149, Rage 147, Skyrocket 144, Mullens 139, Bloodline 95.
Callies/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: KSE 166, Mullins 157, OFI 150, Hatfield 128, Durham 117.
Contingency Awards:
Aero Race Wheels – Karau.
American Racer – Hobscheidt.
Bear Graphix – Drury.
Beyea Custom Headers – Sanders.
Bryke Racing – Plowman.
BSB Manufacturing – Hughes.
Champ Pans – Davis.
Danny Crane Racing Engines – Brown.
Deatherage Opticians – Karau.
Edelbrock – Davis.
Fast Shafts – Ebert.
Featherlite Trailers – Chisholm, Mullens, Timm.
FK Rod Ends – VanderBeek.
Gorsuch Performance Solutions – Mullens.
Hooker Harness – Hobscheidt.
Hyperco – Sanders.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Nading.
Keyser Manufacturing – Williamson.
KSE Racing Products – VanderBeek.
MD3 – Mullens.
MSD Performance – Sanders.
Penske Racing Shocks – Ebert.
PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain – Christian.
QA1 – Sanders.
Quarter Master – VanderBeek.
RacerWebsite.com – Nading.
Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt – Brown.
Simpson Race Products – Mullens.
Summit Racing Equipment – Hansen, Hodges, Hughes, Timm, Wasmund.
Sweet Manufacturing – Christian.
Swift Springs – Mullens, Plowman.
Sybesma Graphics – Mullens.
Total Power –Hodges.
Victory Fuel – Mullens.
VP Racing – Mullens.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Drury.
Wilwood Disc Brakes – Phillips.
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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Beyea Headers, Callies Performance Products, Chevrolet Performance, Fast Shafts, Featherlite Trailers, FK Rod Ends, KSE Racing Products, Malvern Bank, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Nitroquest Media, PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit Racing Equipment, TicketSmarter, VP Racing - Heartland, Wieland.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ARMI Contractors, Boomtest Well Service, Boubin Tire & Automotive, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Collins Brothers Towing, Gene Nicholas, LLC, Hacienda Mechanical, Hochatown Saloon, Mel Hambelton Ford, Miller Welders, PBM Performance Products, Rancho Milagro Racing, Salty's BBQ & Catering, Shop Quik Stores, STAKT Products, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO Race Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance, Bear Graphix, Bryke Racing, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, Danny Crane Racing Engines, Deatherage Racing Opticians, Edelbrock, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Gunshepherd.com, Hooker Harness, Hyperco, Integra Racing Shocks and Springs, JE Pistons, Keyser Manufacturing, MD3, Mel Hambelton Racing, MSD Performance, Penske Racing Shocks, Performance Bodies & Parts, QA1, Quarter Master, RacerWebsite.com, Real Racing Wheels, Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt, Simpson Performance Products, Sweet Manufacturing, Swift Springs, Sybesma Graphics, Total Power, Victory Fuel, Victory Vault, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood Racing.
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