Jim Chisholm outdueled Terry Phillips in a United States Modified Touring Series classic Friday night on the first of two nights at the 15th Annual Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented by Foley Equipment at the Lucas Oil Speedway.
Chisholm led six of the final eight laps, but swapped the lead with Phillips three times over the final stretch of the 40-lapper. The Osage, Iowa, driver regained the lead from Phillips on lap 38 and held on from there to win by less than one-half second over the veteran from Springfield, Mo.
Chisholm earned $5,000 to win the 40-lap feature for the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt. A total of 41 USMTS Modifieds were in attendance and 89 total entries in the four divisions.
Alex Williamson led the first 18 laps and Dan Ebert the next 10 in the night's headliner, but neither were able to build anything close to a comfortable margin. Then it got downright wild after Phillips went to the front on lap 29, following the event's third caution.
On the restart, Phillips found grip on the inside of turns one and two to take the lead away from Ebert and then went back to the high side to keep it. Chisholm, who entered the action just behind series points leader Jake Timm, suddenly found speed on the bottom and roared to the front on lap 34 - only to see Phillips go back to the front a lap later.
But the two swapped again the next time around. Over the final several laps, Phillips went to the top and the 21-year-rold Chisholm the bottom. Phillips, 58, found the front again on lap 35 in what turned into an epic battle.
It was Chisholm’s turn to lead again on lap 38 in what would be the final lead change. He held off the veteran from there to capture the win by 0.445 second.
"I've got to give hats off to Lucas Oil (Speedway)," Chisholm said. "This place is the best facility in the world, but I always hated coming here because we weren't very good. Nothing against the race track. But I have to give it to them. This is probably the best race track I’ve been on all year long.
"We could run top to bottom. We ran through the middle a lot. I have to thank Terry. I don’t know if he led some of those laps, but we were running side by side through there. I was a little bit better through one and two and he would get me back in three and four."
Chisholm said he was able to use the video board overlooking turn three to see he was clear of Phillips on lap 38 and moved up the track to take away Phillips' preferred line over the closing two circuits.
Phillips said his tires were pretty well shot by that point and part of his spoiler had been knocked askew earlier when he nicked the wall in turn four while battling with Ebert.
"I didn't help myself there," Phillips said. "The car was fair. We just need to be a little better."
Zack Vanderbeek finished third while Timm, who had to go to a backup car and take a provisional to start 23rd, rallied for fourth. Ebert settled for fifth in the Mel Hambelton Racing USMTS Central Region matchup.
Alex Williamson beat fellow front-row starter Trevor Hughes to the lead at the start and had a one-second lead when action slowed due to a lap-four caution. Ebert advanced to second on the restart with Vanderbeek into third.
Ebert began to pressure the leader on lap 10 with Phillips, who started eighth, closing in on the lead duo. Chisholm joined the fray by lap 15, making it four cars bunched within 1.1 seconds up front.
Ebert dove inside of Williamson to take the lead coming off turn four on lap 19 with Phillips getting around Williamson one lap later.
The leaders weaving in and out of lapped traffic, Phillips pressed Ebert on lap 24 and the two traded the lead on lap 26 with Ebert officially leading the lap after Phillips nearly hit the wall in turn four, but made a nifty save.
The race had four leaders and eight lead changes, including five in the final eight laps.
Saturday on dirt and water: Lucas Oil Speedway plays host to another big day of racing—on the dirt and water—on Saturday. The Summit USMTS Modifieds headline the action on the dirt track with nine divisions of Drag Boats on Lake Lucas during the day time
The USMTS feature will pay $5,000 to win with $900 to start the main event. USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will race for $750 to win with Hermitage Lumber Late Models racing for $1,000 to win.
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series points will be awarded in the Stock Car and B-Mod classes, and USRA Modified track regulars who enter for USMTS will receive 75 track bonus points each night.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m. with grandstands at 4:30 p.m., hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. For information, visit LucasOilSpeedway.com.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
Mel Hambelton Racing USMTS Central Region
15th Annual Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented by Foley Equipment – Night 1 of 2
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Friday, Aug. 2, 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) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (4) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
3. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
4. (3) 18L Chad Lyle, Lone Jack, Mo.
5. (7) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
6. (9) 08 Dakota Sproul, Hays, Kan.
7. (5) 18 Brad Johnson, Cameron, Mo.
8. (8) 26S Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo.
9. (1) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (10 laps):
1. (4) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (6) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
3. (1) 19K Kyle Slader, Muskogee, Okla.
4. (2) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
5. (8) 7D Davis Givens, Hutchinson, Kan.
6. (7) 98 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
7. (5) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
8. (3) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps):
1. (3) 15WX Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
2. (4) 712 Trevor Hughes, Westville, Okla.
3. (6) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
4. (5) 10 Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (7) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
6. (8) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
7. (1) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.
8. (2) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
WIELAND METAL SERVICES HEAT RACE #4 (10 laps):
1. (1) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (3) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
3. (5) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
4. (7) 8 Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, N.C.
5. (2) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (4) 96 Logan Johnson, Haysville, Kan.
7. (6) 66 Tyler Worley, St. Genevieve, Mo.
8. (8) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
VP RACING HEAT RACE #5 (10 laps):
1. (1) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2. (4) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
3. (2) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
4. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
5. (8) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
6. (3) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (6) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls , Wis.
8. (7) 98C Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
2. (3) 10 Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (2) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
4. (14) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
5. (7) 08 Dakota Sproul, Hays, Kan.
6. (6) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
7. (5) 18L Chad Lyle, Lone Jack, Mo.
8. (13) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
9. (15) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
10. (9) 96 Logan Johnson, Haysville, Kan.
11. (4) 7D Davis Givens, Hutchinson, Kan.
12. (8) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
13. (10) 66 Tyler Worley, St. Genevieve, Mo.
14. (12) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.
15. (11) 18 Brad Johnson, Cameron, Mo.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 8 Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, N.C.
2. (3) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
3. (5) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
4. (2) 19K Kyle Slader, Muskogee, Okla.
5. (11) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
6. (7) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
7. (6) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
8. (13) 98C Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
9. (9) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
10. (10) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls , Wis.
11. (8) 98 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
12. (14) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
13. (12) 26S Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo.
14. (4) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (7) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (8) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (4) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
4. (23) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
5. (3) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
6. (11) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
7. (1) 712 Trevor Hughes, Westville, Okla.
8. (2) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
9. (14) 8 Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, N.C.
10. (9) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
11. (12) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
12. (19) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
13. (18) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
14. (13) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
15. (20) 19K Kyle Slader, Muskogee, Okla.
16. (17) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
17. (16) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
18. (24) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
19. (6) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
20. (25) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
21. (5) 15WX Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
22. (26) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
23. (10) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
24. (15) 10 Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
25. (22) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
26. (21) 08 Dakota Sproul, Hays, Kan.
Lap Leaders: Williamson 1-18. Ebert 19-28, Phillips 29-31, Chisholm 32, Phillips 33, Chisholm 34-35, Phillips 36-37, Chisholm 38-40.
Total Laps Led: Williamson 18, Ebert 10, Chisholm 6, Phillips 6.
Margin of Victory: 0.445 seconds.
Time of Race: 25 minutes, 37 seconds (2 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Timm, Mullens, Hodges (regional), Pursley (track).
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Hobscheidt (started 19th, finished 12th).
Entries: 41.
Next Race: Saturday, Aug. 3, Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points: Timm 2072, Chisholm 2069, Sanders 1942, Phillips 1879, Ebert 1810, Mullens 1765, Hughes 1670, Davis 1663, Williamson 1630, Christian 1601.
Mel Hambelton Racing USMTS Central Region Points: Timm 527, Chisholm 520, Phillips 483, Sanders 468, Ebert 451.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: Hobscheidt 1483, Hodges 1385, Glenn 772, Joe Chisholm 574, D.J. Shannon 409.
FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points: Sanders 112, Timm 108, Chisholm 104, Ebert 85, Mullens 71.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: MBCustoms 154, Skyrocket 154, Rage 154, Mullens 145, Bloodline 104.
Callies/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: KSE 176, Mullins 161, OFI 157, Hatfield 133, Durham 126.
Contingency Awards:
Aero Race Wheels – Hobscheidt.
American Racer – O’Neil.
Bear Graphix – Pursley.
Beyea Custom Headers – Timm.
Bryke Racing – Slader.
BSB Manufacturing – Gaggero.
Champ Pans – Ebert.
Danny Crane Racing Engines – Sanders.
Deatherage Opticians – Brown.
Edelbrock – Gaggero.
Fast Shafts – Chisholm.
Featherlite Trailers – Chisholm, Phillips, VanderBeek.
FK Rod Ends – Hobscheidt.
Gorsuch Performance Solutions – Chisholm.
Hooker Harness – Hobscheidt.
Hyperco – B. Johnson.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Mullens.
Keyser Manufacturing – Carter.
KSE Racing Products – Strickler.
MD3 – Williamson.
Mel Hambelton Racing – Nicholas, Siebert.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – Strickler.
MSD Performance – Timm.
Penske Racing Shocks – Christian.
PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain – L. Johnson.
QA1 – Wolff.
Quarter Master – Strickler.
RacerWebsite.com – Sproul.
Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt – Williamson.
Simpson Race Products – Ebert.
Summit Racing Equipment – T. Hughes, Nicholas, Sanders, Sproul, Wille.
Sweet Manufacturing – Mari.
Swift Springs – Chisholm, Pursley, Sproul.
Sybesma Graphics – T. Hughes.
Total Power – Davis.
Victory Fuel – Chisholm.
VP Racing – Chisholm.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – B. Johnson.
Wilwood Disc Brakes – T. Hughes.
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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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