Jared Boumeester won the USRA B-Mod main event.

Jared Boumeester made the approximately 3-hour drive to Rapid Speedway from Waseca, Minn., Friday night to take aim at the big payout for the USRA B-Mod special.

The feature started with a three-wide battle into turn 1 with Boumeester, Dave Kennedy and Jackson Mulder. Mulder eventually emerged as the leader and set the pace.

After multiple cautions Mulder began to slip away from the field, leading by two car-lengths. On the next restart Boumeester took his shot. The No. 81 dove to the inside of turn 3 and slid up the hill but could not quite get there. The next lap he tried again but the slider was not successful.

Boumeester chose the bottom line on lap 7 and pulled even with Mulder as they raced down the back-stretch. At the line it was Mulder by inches but this time Boumeester stuck to the bottom in turn 1 and made the pass coming out of turn 2. Heading into turn 3 it was Mulder’s turn at the slide job but as he slid up the hill while Boumeester dipped underneath and drove back to the lead.

Tyler Johnson joined the mix and made his way to battle for the second position. Mulder slipped off the top of turn 4 and Johnson claimed the spot. While the two battled each other Boumeester was able to get away and pick up the $600 payday.

“Once we got going it was a lot of fun racing," said Boumeester in victory lane. “The track is a lot faster than it was last year.”

Johnson came home in second while Derek Van Veldhuizen charged from 12th to third ahead of Dave Kennedy and Tyler Tesch.

Johnson, Boumeester and Kennedy were the heat winners.

Presented by Sybesma Graphics, the Mensink Racing Products USRA Hobby Stocks saw 22 drivers take to the raceway for the main event. On the start, Eric Gaul of Luverne, Minn., grabbed the lead with some great tight racing going on behind him including a four-car battle for the fourth position.

There wasn’t enough room as Marty Halouska and Alex Wiertzma got together coming out of turn 2. Both cars slid off the back-stretch with Halouska’s machine bouncing into the air and coming down in the deep ravine behind the track, bringing a red flag over the track.

On the restart, Gaul assumed the lead with Tracy Halouska and Dustin Gulbrandson following with Gaul and Halouska working the high side while Gulbrandson tried to burn a line into the bottom of the track.

It took until lap 10, but Gulbrandson finally got the run he needed and made his move. The No. 6 car dove to the bottom  in turn 3, overtaking second and pulled side-by-side with Gaul as they got to the flagstand. Gulbrandson grabbed the lead away in the first turn but a caution come out to negate the pass.

Gaul fell victim to the mental chess match as he went low in turn 1 to attempt the block after the reastart. Gulbrandson seized the opportunity, flying around the high side and taking the lead out of turn 2 and driving away for his fifth win of the season.

“I saw him go low and I hammered the top," said Gulbrandson. "I was just hoping not to slide off the back-stretch.”

Gaul settled for second followed by Tracy Halouska. Doug Brinkhouse came home in fourth and Dylan Fitzpatrick drove from 15th to fifth.

The three heat races were won by Gulbrandson, Halouska and Nick Brady.

Fast and furious were the American Racer USRA Stock Cars presented by Precision Auto Body on Friday night. Current points leader Colten Arends owned the pole and looked to win his second feature in a row after last Saturday. He jumped out to the early lead but Jon DeBoer was hot on his tail.

Just a few laps into the race, DeBoer showed his power as he drove to the outside of Arends to take the lead and brought the No. 5L of Dustin Larson with him. The three were all over each other as they raced around the track. Heading down the back-stretch it was three-wide for the lead.

At that time, Larson shot to the inside with DeBoer up to and Arends in the middle. Coming out of turn 4, Larson had the lead and started to pull away. Behind the top three, multiple cars were shuffling positions trading spots throughout the field while Larson kept extending his lead.

A few cautions kept the field close, but it was Larson driving to his fourth win of the season.

“Look what happens when the car doesn’t break,” exclaimed Larson as he climbed out of the car, noting his bad luck as of late.

Arends held on to finish second ahead of hard-charging Scott Overgaard coming from 15th. DeBoer and Chad Lonneman rounded out the top 5.

Larson, Arends and Justin Regnerus were the heat winners.

The Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series returns next Friday, July 24, during the Lyon County Fair with Fan Appreciation Night featuring free grandstand admission for all fans.

More information is available at rockrapidsspeedway.com.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa
Friday, July 17, 2020

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

AMERICAN RACER USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 46 Colton Arends, Luverne, Minn.
2. (4) 43K Josh Kelderman, Sioux Center, Iowa
3. (6) 117L Chad Lonneman, Adrian, Minn.
4. (5) 0TG Brad Te Grotenhuis, Orange City, Iowa
5. (3) 20K Spenser Kalass, Luverne, Minn.
DQ – (2) 40 Scott Overgaard, Luverne, Minn.
DQ – (7) 4 Aaron Stettnichs, Rock Rapids, Iowa

Heat #2:
1. (3) 32 Justin Regnerus, Middleburg, Iowa
2. (5) 11K Darrin Korthals, Rock Rapids, Iowa
3. (4) 9B Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
4. (6) 46-7 Jacob Foster, Melvin, Iowa
5. (1) 81T Tanner Vanden Top, Rock Rapids, Iowa
DNS – 04 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa

Heat #3:
1. (4) 5L Dustin Larson, Rushmore, Minn.
2. (1) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn.
3. (3) 57X Jesse Olson, Mankato, Minn.
4. (5) 5X Kevin Kremin, Kenneth, Minn.
5. (2) 36 Glenn Wynia, Sioux Center, Iowa
6. (6) 75 Randy Klein, Currie, Minn.

Feature
1. (6) 5L Dustin Larson, Rushmore, Minn.
2. (1) 46 Colton Arends, Luverne, Minn.
3. (15) 40 Scott Overgaard, Luverne, Minn.
4. (2) 9B Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
5. (3) 117L Chad Lonneman, Adrian, Minn.
6. (5) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn.
7. (9) 11K Darrin Korthals, Rock Rapids, Iowa
8. (8) 32 Justin Regnerus, Middleburg, Iowa
9. (18) 75 Randy Klein, Currie, Minn.
10. (11) 5X Kevin Kremin, Kenneth, Minn.
11. (7) 43K Josh Kelderman, Sioux Center, Iowa
12. (14) 36 Glenn Wynia, Sioux Center, Iowa
13. (4) 57X Jesse Olson, Mankato, Minn.
14. (12) 20K Spenser Kalass, Luverne, Minn.
15. (10) 0TG Brad Te Grotenhuis, Orange City, Iowa
16. (17) 46-7 Jacob Foster, Melvin, Iowa
17. (13) 81T Tanner Vanden Top, Rock Rapids, Iowa
18. (19) 4 Aaron Stettnichs, Rock Rapids, Iowa
DNS – 04 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa
Dustin Larson won the American Racer USRA Stock Car main event.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 91 Tyler Johnson, Montrose, S.D.
2. (1) 15A Curt Ahlers, Flandreau, S.D.
3. (3) 97 Damien VanDenBerg, Renner, S.D.
4. (5) 19 Tracy Johnson, Lake Preston, S.D.
5. (4) 20 Derek Van Veldhuizen, Rock Rapids, Iowa
6. (6) 21T Trevor Tesch, Lennox, S.D.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 81 Jared Boumeester, Waseca, Minn.
2. (5) 22T Tyler Tesch, Lennox, S.D.
3. (1) 8M Kaleb Modder, George, Iowa
4. (4) 66R Randy Van Veldhuizen, Rock Rapids, Iowa
5. (6) 21X Eric Faber, Sioux Center, Iowa
6. (2) 11X Quinten Johnson, Emery, S.D.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 21K Dave Kennedy, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (4) 4 Jackson Mulder, Doon, Iowa
3. (2) 13N Nick Schmidt, Baltic, S.D.
4. (6) 50 Roger DeBoer, Rock Rapids, Iowa
5. (5) 21 Josh Van Westen, Sibley, Iowa
6. (3) 14A Andrew Ahlers, Baltic, S.D.

Feature:
1. (4) 81 Jared Boumeester, Waseca, Minn.
2. (3) 91 Tyler Johnson, Montrose, S.D.
3. (12) 20 Derek Van Veldhuizen, Rock Rapids, Iowa
4. (1) 21K Dave Kennedy, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (9) 22T Tyler Tesch, Lennox, S.D.
6. (2) 4 Jackson Mulder, Doon, Iowa
7. (13) 21X Eric Faber, Sioux Center, Iowa
8. (6) 15A Curt Ahlers, Flandreau, S.D.
9. (5) 8M Kaleb Modder, George, Iowa
10. (7) 97 Damien VanDenBerg, Renner, S.D.
11. (11) 66R Randy Van Veldhuizen, Rock Rapids, Iowa
12. (10) 19 Tracy Johnson, Lake Preston, S.D.
13. (17) 14A Andrew Ahlers, Baltic, S.D.
14. (8) 13N Nick Schmidt, Baltic, S.D.
15. (15) 21 Josh Van Westen, Sibley, Iowa
16. (14) 11X Quinten Johnson, Emery, S.D.
17. (16) 21T Trevor Tesch, Lennox, S.D.
18. (18) 50 Roger DeBoer, Rock Rapids, Iowa

MENSINK RACING PRODUCTS USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1:
1. (5) 61N Nick Brady, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (1) 43 Doug Brinkhous, George, Iowa
3. (2) 22W Michael Weidert, Lismore, Minn.
4. (8) 15 Thomas Kracht, Luverne, Minn.
5. (7) 7A Justin Van Otterloo, Rock Rapids, Iowa
6. (4) 15X Katie Kracht, Luverne, Minn.
7. (6) 24D Paul Dagel, Sanborn, Iowa
DNS – 2* Dustin Schultz, Marshall, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 86 Tracy Halouska, Worthing, S.D.
2. (2) 23 Marty Halouska, Worthing, S.D.
3. (1) 4D Cory Kelderman, Hills, Minn.
4. (7) 22E Eric Gaul, Rushmore, Minn.
5. (6) 11T Todd Uhl, Sheldon, Iowa
6. (5) 8 Levi Vander Weide, Sioux Falls, S.D.
7. (3) 15B Brent Van Hill, Alvord, Iowa

Heat #3:
1. (2) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (1) 31 Dawson DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
3. (4) X Tyler Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
4. (6) 13X Alex Wiertzma, Little Rock, Iowa
5. (7) 82 Dylan Fitzpatrick, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (3) 19 Brandon Jurrens, Rock Rapids, Iowa
7. (5) L82 Logan Fitzpatrick, Worthing, S.D.

Feature:
1. (8) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (2) 22E Eric Gaul, Rushmore, Minn.
3. (6) 86 Tracy Halouska, Worthing, S.D.
4. (1) 43 Doug Brinkhous, George, Iowa
5. (15) 82 Dylan Fitzpatrick, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (11) X Tyler Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
7. (4) 22W Michael Weidert, Lismore, Minn.
8. (14) 11T Todd Uhl, Sheldon, Iowa
9. (12) 4D Cory Kelderman, Hills, Minn.
10. (20) L82 Logan Fitzpatrick, Worthing, S.D.
11. (3) 13X Alex Wiertzma, Little Rock, Iowa
12. (13) 7A Justin Van Otterloo, Rock Rapids, Iowa
13. (16) 15X Katie Kracht, Luverne, Minn.
14. (7) 61N Nick Brady, Sioux Falls, S.D.
15. (10) 31 Dawson DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa
16. (19) 15B Brent Van Hill, Alvord, Iowa
17. (22) 2* Dustin Schultz, Marshall, Minn.
18. (17) 8 Levi Vander Weide, Sioux Falls, S.D.
19. (5) 23 Marty Halouska, Worthing, S.D.
20. (18) 19 Brandon Jurrens, Rock Rapids, Iowa
21. (21) 24D Paul Dagel, Sanborn, Iowa
22. (9) 15 Thomas Kracht, Luverne, Minn.

Dustin Gulbrandson won the Mensink Racing Products USRA Hobby Stock main event.