Hibner, Keller, Galvan garner Racin' for Rian honors at I-35 Speedway

Tyler Hibner (center) won the USRA Modified main event.

Tyler Hibner (center) won the USRA Modified main event.


A night to remember, a night to congratulate, a night for a sendoff, a night for super exciting you don’t know until the last few laps who is going to win occurred at I-35 Speedway to close out the month of June. Twenty-three races, Racin for Rian, and congratulations to our 2020 seniors and oh a Happy Birthday sung by the entire audience, all on race night number 8.

Intermission was fun as we honored the 2020 graduates from Oak Park, Liberty, Gallatin, Excelsior Springs, and Lawson High Schools. The entire crowd wished the seniors congratulations as we send them off to conquer the next stages of life. Happy Birthday was sung by the crowd to senior and I-35 Speedway competitor Blake Bland.

A couple of tries to get lap one in the books and then the USRA B-Mods were off to the races.

Front row starters Chase Galvan and Nic Hanes put on a three-lap show as each tried desperately to gain the upper hand. On lap four, Galvan drove away for his first USRA B-Mod win in 2020.

Hanes collected second, Jeffrey Sears brought his racecar home in third, Daniel Harris was fourth and Tyler Cadwallader finished fifth.

Heat race winners were Cadwallader, Galvan and Hanes.


Chase Galvan won the USRA B-Mod main event.

Doug Keller has been the man to beat since moving into the American Racer USRA Stock Car division.

On Racin' for Rian Night he collected his sixth win in nine tries in 2020. The battle was for second as Gary Donaldson, Gene Stigall, Jeff Dixon and Jason Estes raced to be runner-up.

At the checkered it was Donaldson second, Stigall third, Dixon in fourth and, in his first time out this year, Estes was fifth.


Doug Keller won the American Racer USRA Stock Car main event.

Come USRA Modified feature time the smooth track was perfect for Tyler Hibner as he set sail. The exciting dogfight was who was going to claim second.

The battle was between Terry Schultz, Lee Hibner and Austin Johnson. At one point those three were three wide out of turn four. Unfortunately the battle got extremely close on the back straight between Hibner and Johnson with contact causing Johnson to retire from the fracas.

At the finish it was Tyler Hibner claiming his first victory of the season and the points lead. He was followed by Schultz, Lee Hibner, Ed Nol, and Chris Mercer.

The USRA Modified heat race winners were won by Tyler Hibner and Mercer.

June is now in the history books, here comes a super exciting July at I-35 Speedway.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
I-35 Speedway, Winston, Mo.
Saturday, June 27, 2020

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 89 Tyler Hibner, Chillicothe, Mo.
2. (7) 33 C.J. Lyle, Peculiar, Mo.
3. (3) 0 Richard Layne, Kansas City, Mo.
4. (5) 99H Lee Hibner, Chillicothe, Mo.
5. (4) 92 Tyler Grooms, Trenton, Mo.
6. (6) 15 Ed Noll, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
7. (2) 7 Anthony Tanner, Topeka, Kan.
8. (8) 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 13 Chris Mercer, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
2. (1) 98 Austin Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.
3. (6) 97 Houston Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.
4. (7) 33C Cole Moore, Kansas City, Mo.
5. (5) 19 Jared Klick, Auxvasse, Mo.
6. (2) 49D Doug Heimbaugh, St. Joseph, Mo.
DNS – 55 Casey Kirk, Warrensburg, Mo.

Feature:
1. (3) 89 Tyler Hibner, Chillicothe, Mo.
2. (14) 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
3. (8) 99H Lee Hibner, Chillicothe, Mo.
4. (11) 15 Ed Noll, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
5. (1) 13 Chris Mercer, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
6. (7) 0 Richard Layne, Kansas City, Mo.
7. (13) 7 Anthony Tanner, Topeka, Kan.
8. (5) 98 Austin Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.
9. (9) 92 Tyler Grooms, Trenton, Mo.
10. (4) 97 Houston Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.
11. (2) 33 C.J. Lyle, Peculiar, Mo.
12. (6) 33C Cole Moore, Kansas City, Mo.
13. (10) 19 Jared Klick, Auxvasse, Mo.
DNS – 49D Doug Heimbaugh, St. Joseph, Mo.
DNS – 55 Casey Kirk, Warrensburg, Mo.

AMERICAN RACER USRA STOCK CARS

Heat:
1. (1) 7 Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
2. (2) 88 Jeff Dixon, Jamesport, Mo.
3. (6) 14B Austin Bouzek, Trenton, Mo.
4. (5) 28D Gary Donaldson, Rayville, Mo.
5. (3) 997 Jason Estes, Winston, Mo.
6. (7) 40 William Dahl, Rush Hill, Mo.
7. (8) S20 Gene Stigall, Winston, Mo.
8. (4) 3X Tony Manley, Osborn, Mo.

Feature:
1. (1) 7 Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
2. (4) 28D Gary Donaldson, Rayville, Mo.
3. (7) S20 Gene Stigall, Winston, Mo.
4. (3) 88 Jeff Dixon, Jamesport, Mo.
5. (5) 997 Jason Estes, Winston, Mo.
6. (6) 40 William Dahl, Rush Hill, Mo.
7. (2) 14B Austin Bouzek, Trenton, Mo.
8. (8) 3X Tony Manley, Osborn, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
2. (1) 64 John Ross, Independence, Mo.
3. (6) 57 Randy Ainsworth, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
4. (4) 15P Colin Pierce, Kearney, Mo.
5. (5) 81 Jeff Jackson, Liberty, Mo.
6. (7) 14K Michael King, St. Joseph, Mo.
7. (3) 4 Andrew Sheetz, Tina, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 0 Chase Galvan, Bonner Springs, Kan.
2. (5) 49X Patrick Royalty, Kansas City, Kan.
3. (6) 07 Daniel Harris, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
4. (4) 13M Matthew Munyon, Kellerton, Iowa
5. (2) 14H Blake Hayes, Albany, Mo.
6. (7) 2T Todd Luke, Stanberry, Mo.
7. (1) 97J Jeff Elder, Smithville, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (4) 9H Nic Hanes, Trenton, Mo.
2. (1) 17X Clint Baker, Meadville, Mo.
3. (6) 13J Jeffrey Sears, St. Joseph, Mo.
4. (2) 17R Rylee Fuller, Savannah, Mo.
5. (3) 2 John Stevenson
6. (7) 19 Tyler O'Neal, Bethany, Mo.
DNS – 25S Shannon Bardwell Jr., Warrensburg, Mo.

Feature:
1. (2) 0 Chase Galvan, Bonner Springs, Kan.
2. (1) 9H Nic Hanes, Trenton, Mo.
3. (7) 13J Jeffrey Sears, St. Joseph, Mo.
4. (6) 07 Daniel Harris, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
5. (3) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
6. (4) 49X Patrick Royalty, Kansas City, Kan.
7. (5) 57 Randy Ainsworth, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
8. (17) 2T Todd Luke, Stanberry, Mo.
9. (8) 64 John Ross, Independence, Mo.
10. (13) 81 Jeff Jackson, Liberty, Mo.
11. (9) 17X Clint Baker, Meadville, Mo.
12. (10) 15P Colin Pierce, Kearney, Mo.
13. (14) 14H Blake Hayes, Albany, Mo.
14. (12) 17R Rylee Fuller, Savannah, Mo.
15. (15) 2 John Stevenson
16. (16) 14K Michael King, St. Joseph, Mo.
17. (21) 19 Tyler O'Neal, Bethany, Mo.
18. (11) 13M Matthew Munyon, Kellerton, Iowa
DNS – 4 Andrew Sheetz, Tina, Mo.
DNS – 97J Jeff Elder, Smithville, Mo.
DNS – 25S Shannon Bardwell Jr., Warrensburg, Mo.