Dustin Sorensen won the USRA Modified main event.

Chateau Speedway is always looking for fun ways to get the kids involved. Friday's “Cool the Flagman Night” with temperatures near 90 it turned out to be a perfect night. Regular flagman Ross Spitzer and substitute flagman Donnie Svoboda stood tall in the flag stand at intermission and took the kids' best shots.

Once again over a 100 cars filled the pits for the racing action sponsored this week by Action Builders of Hayfield and Meadow Greens Golf Course of Austin.

There was a bit of a somber moment at the beginning of the night as it was announced that one of the original members of the Chateau Speedway Hall of Fame and three-time track champion Dave Noble of Blooming Prairie passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86. Noble took championships at Lansing in 1963, 1967 and 1977.

Noble started racing in 1954 and was at the Chateau Speedway for opening night on June 30 1956, although he didn’t see his first checkered flag at the track until taking a semi-feature win that July. His first feature win at Lansing came on Sept. 29, 1957, and he strung over 40 feature wins until taking his final win on Aug. 9, 1986, in a Modified. His son, Mark Noble, also won that night and remains the only time that a father and son have both won features in the same night in the same class.

Friday night's main event were some of the best of the year. There were some cautions along the way with the two biggest coming in the French’s Repair USRA Modifieds but there was still great racing and a fantastic finish.

Joel Alberts of Mantorville started on the pole looking for his second straight feature win and on the drop of the green he jumped to the point while 12 of the 18 cars went spinning and sliding into a tangle. Fortunately just two cars were lost in the incident. However a couple more cars were lost two laps in when five cars got twisted up in turn three and slid up into the wall.

A debris caution a lap later had everyone thinking this was going to be one of those yellow-filled events but they ran the final 23 laps to the checkers.

Jason Cummins of New Richland and Dustin Sorensen of Rochester came from rows three and four into the top five rather quickly along with Brad Waits of Rochester who started back in row five. By lap five they were the top four along with Alberts. Cummins closed it up on Alberts for a lap or two before falling back a few car lengths and having a side-by-side battle with Sorensen.

The two battled all the way until five to go when Sorensen got the spot. The pair then moved up on Alberts and going to the outside in turn one with two to go Sorensen snatched the lead. Sorensen drove into victory lane for the first time this year while Alberts held off Cummins for second. Waits came home fourth ahead of Ryan Wetzstein who drove a patient race up from row six to snag a top five.

Waits had a heat win earlier in the night along with Darwyn Karau of Kasson.

USRA B-Mods were slowed by just two cautions as Garitt Wytaske of Austin scored his first feature win of the year. A caution on the first start of the race before a lap was completed and a debris caution a hand full of laps in is all that slowed them. Wytaske lead flag to flag off the pole but had his hands full with Dustin Steinbrink of Austin.

Steinbrink was inside and outside looking to make a move for the lead and was side by side challenging as they came into traffic in the final laps when he got caught behind the slower car and lost contact with Garitt. Steinbrink had to hold off A.J. Hoff of Mantorville the final lap with Noah Grinstead of Austin and Scott Demmer of Ellendale making up the rest of the top five.

Wytaske also took a heat win giving him a sweep on the night, while the other heat went to Alex Schubbe of North Mankato.

Garitt Wytaske won the USRA B-Mod main event.

Next week the track will wrap up the month of July with Zumbrota Ford Night. Steve Johnson, the dealer for the people, will be by and usually brings along one of his nice new cars to show off for everyone.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Chateau Speedway, Lansing, Minn.
Friday, July 24, 2020

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 23 Darwyn Karau, Kasson, Minn.
2. (6) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (3) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
4. (5) 8S Tony Schill, Oakdale, Minn.
5. (4) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
6. (8) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
7. (9) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
8. (7) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
9. (2) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 24W Brad Waits, Rochester, Minn.
2. (1) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
3. (4) 5D Devon Havlik, Iowa Falls, Iowa
4. (6) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
5. (2) 65D Dustin Brown, Thornton, Iowa
6. (8) 00 Mark Gartner, Mapleton, Minn.
7. (5) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
8. (7) 21 Troy Gudmonson, Savage, Minn.
9. (9) 98M Mitchel Madery, Kasson, Minn.

Feature:
1. (7) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (1) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
3. (5) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
4. (10) 24W Brad Waits, Rochester, Minn.
5. (11) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
6. (3) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
7. (13) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
8. (6) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.
9. (9) 23 Darwyn Karau, Kasson, Minn.
10. (15) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
11. (17) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
12. (18) 98M Mitchel Madery, Kasson, Minn.
13. (2) 65D Dustin Brown, Thornton, Iowa
14. (14) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
15. (16) 21 Troy Gudmonson, Savage, Minn.
16. (8) 8S Tony Schill, Oakdale, Minn.
17. (12) 00 Mark Gartner, Mapleton, Minn.
18. (4) 5D Devon Havlik, Iowa Falls, Iowa

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
2. (3) 30 Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
3. (1) 55 Brody Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
4. (6) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
5. (8) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
6. (4) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
7. (7) 0D Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa
8. (5) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
2. (3) 33S Dustin Steinbrink, Austin, Minn.
3. (7) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
4. (4) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
5. (8) 44 Matthew Brooks, Austin, Minn.
6. (5) 45 Cole Longergan, Dexter, Minn.
7. (6) 15J Jeremy Schaufenbuel, New Hampton, Iowa
8. (2) 17 Justin Murray, Owatonna, Minn.

Feature:
1. (1) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
2. (3) 33S Dustin Steinbrink, Austin, Minn.
3. (7) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
4. (2) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
5. (9) 30 Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
6. (10) 55 Brody Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
7. (6) 44 Matthew Brooks, Austin, Minn.
8. (8) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
9. (5) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
10. (16) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
11. (4) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
12. (12) 45 Cole Longergan, Dexter, Minn.
13. (11) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
14. (15) 17 Justin Murray, Owatonna, Minn.
15. (13) 0D Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa
16. (14) 15J Jeremy Schaufenbuel, New Hampton, Iow