One week ago, Mason Beck was unable to celebrate his Lucas Oil Speedway Midseason Championship on the track due to a rainout.

The 20-year-old from Urbana made sure to properly relish the accolades on Saturday night, capturing the headline feature of the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series in the Medieval USRA Stock Cars at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Beck picked up $750 for the victory, in which he led all 25 laps and took a big first step toward a season championship. Unofficially, he's 67 ahead of second-place Mason Garner.

Other winners on the Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series program presented by Thunderburst Media were Ryan Middaugh (Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modifeids) and Kris Jackson (Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mods).

Beck, who finished just two points in front of Rob White to claim the midseason title, posted his second feature win of the Lucas Oil Speedway season. He beat Waylon Dimmitt by 0.981 second.

"We've had a pretty good weekend," Beck said. "We went over to Bolivar last night and won and slung a new set of shocks on. We came here and decided to try them again and got her done again."

Beck joked that he forgot to shop for his dad, Philip Beck, for Father's Day

"There's your gift," Beck said, with a laugh.

Dean Wille passed Christopher Sawyer on a lap-three restart to move into second as Beck drove out to a one-second lead after starting on the pole. Four laps later, Dimmitt used the high groove to go around Willie for second.

Meanwhile, Beck stayed on the low side as Dimmitt cut into his lead and pulled within a car length to complete lap 11. Those two dueled for the lead until a lap-17 caution slowed the action with Beck continuing to hang on.

Beck seemed to find an extra bit of speed after the restart as he opened a five-car-length lead by lap 21. Beck hung on from there to beat Dimmitt by nearly one second.

Garner rallied from 10th to finish third with Wille fourth and James McMillin coming home in fifth.

Middaugh cruises to USRA Modified win: Another midseason champion, Ryan Middaugh of Fulton, took control early and cruised to his second USRA Modified feature victory of the season, beating runner-up Robbie Reed by 3.7 seconds.

"It's been a good weekend," Middaugh said, noting a win on Friday at his hometown Callaway Raceway. "It's good to get the midseason points, but we're here to win races. The first step toward winning a championship is winning races."

Middaugh, who started from the inside of row two, rolled past Jason Pursley and into the lead on lap two. Pursley started on the pole and led the first three laps before Middaugh got position on the inside headed into turn one and made the pass for the lead.

Jeff Cutshaw, a four-time track champion, took over the second position on lap six but Middaugh already had a two-second lead by that point. His cushion grew to 2.4 seconds by lap 10 when Cutshaw spun in turn four to bring out the caution.

From there, the race remained caution-free and it was all Middaugh as he drove away from the field to pick up his eighth feature win overall in 2023. He is leading the USRA Modifieds National points chase.

Reed passed Chase Jones on the final lap to grab the second position. Pursley wound up fourth and Reggie Jackson was fifth.

USRA B-Mod victory goes to Jackson: Seven-time Lucas Oil Speedway track champion Kris Jackson of Lebanon led all the way to capture his second USRA B-Mod feature win of the season.

"The car was pretty good tonight," Jackson said. "It was a really good race track. It came in really nice and you could race all over it."

Ryan Gillmore, who started fourth, sailed around the outside of Jackson for the lead on lap 4. However, a caution flag waved as three cars spun in turn 4, reverting the order to the previous lap which meant Jackson would lead Gillmore as the race returned to green.

Jackson opened up a one-second lead after the restart, but Gillmore began to close in. The two were separated by 0.426 second when the caution flew on lap 14, setting up a six-lap shootout for the win.

Two laps after the restart, Gillmore was in hot pursuit, but too hot as it turned out as he slipped high and over the cushion in turn 4. That dropped the two-time feature winner back to eighth and left Jackson in command.

Jackson continued on to win by three seconds over Ryan Edde. Overall, it was Jackson's 21st victory of the season in 29 attempts in the J2 Race Car chassis that he owns and helped develop.

"Our J2 Race Cars have taken off phenomenally," Jackson said. "I'm proud of everything we've been able to do."

J.C. Morton, after pitting early for a flat tire, rallied for third with J.C. Newell fourth and midseason champ Bobby Williams in fifth. Gillmore had to settle for eighth.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, June 17, 2023

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (4) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
2. (6) 356 Reggie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (3) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
4. (2) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (7) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
6. (1) 9 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
7. (5) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
8. (8) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (1) 14 Kameron Grindstaff, Independence, Mo.
3. (5) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
4. (6) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
5. (3) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
6. (7) 26 Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (2) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.

Feature:
1. (3) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
2. (1) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
3. (4) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
4. (2) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (8) 356 Reggie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
6. (7) 14 Kameron Grindstaff, Independence, Mo.
7. (6) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
8. (5) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
9. (10) 26 Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
10. (12) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
11. (9) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
12. (11) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
13. (14) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
14. (13) 9 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
DNS – 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
2. (5) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (3) 7X John Scott, Warsaw, Mo.
4. (1) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
5. (4) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
6. (6) 21D Dalton Phillips, Butler, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
2. (4) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
3. (5) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
4. (6) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (2) 54 Gage Test, Mexico, Mo.
DQ – (1) 2 Colton Bourland, Appleton City, Mo.

Feature:
1. (1) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
2. (6) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (10) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
4. (3) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (5) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
6. (12) 2 Colton Bourland, Appleton City, Mo.
7. (4) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
8. (11) 21D Dalton Phillips, Butler, Mo.
9. (2) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
10. (7) 7X John Scott, Warsaw, Mo.
11. (9) 54 Gage Test, Mexico, Mo.
12. (8) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 17L Chris Leathers, Excello, Mo.
2. (3) 11S Scotty Bough, Nevada, Mo.
3. (1) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
4. (4) 24L Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
5. (7) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (6) 51 Brian Schutt, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (8) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
8. (5) 2G Eric Graves, Richland, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
2. (4) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (5) 96 Cody Brill, Bates City, Mo.
4. (7) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
5. (6) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
6. (2) 23N Kenny Nutter, Bolivar, Mo.
DQ – (1) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 15 Ryan Edde, Cross Timbers, Mo.
2. (5) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
3. (7) J2 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
4. (3) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (6) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
6. (1) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
7. (4) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee Summit, Mo.

Feature:
1. (1) J2 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (2) 15 Ryan Edde, Cross Timbers, Mo.
3. (9) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
4. (4) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
5. (13) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (22) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
7. (5) 11S Scotty Bough, Nevada, Mo.
8. (3) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
9. (11) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
10. (19) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
11. (15) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
12. (10) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
13. (18) 51 Brian Schutt, Lebanon, Mo.
14. (12) 24L Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
15. (14) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
16. (21) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee Summit, Mo.
17. (7) 96 Cody Brill, Bates City, Mo.
18. (8) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
19. (17) 23N Kenny Nutter, Bolivar, Mo.
20. (6) 17L Chris Leathers, Excello, Mo.
21. (16) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
22. (20) 2G Eric Graves, Richland, Mo.

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