A solid field of 36 USRA Modifieds made their way to the 67 Speedway on Friday night and produced a first-time winner for the American Racer USRA Modified Series powered by Day Motor Sports in their first visit to the 1/4-mile dirt oval in Texarkana, Ark.

Racing at his “home track” located 25 miles from Fouke, Ark., Manuel Williams II garnered the pole position for a second straight night after repeating the feat from Thursday at the Hunt County Raceway in Greenville, Texas.

After leading three laps early on, he eventually settled for a fourth-place finish Thursday but Friday was a different animal as the second-generation racer never relinquished the top spot en route to a $2,500 pay day and his first ARMS triumph.

“It was definitely a tricky racetrack,” the 33-year-old said. “We had a pretty good hot rod but it was definitely a hard racetrack to get around. Man, we’ve been traveling up and down the road trying to win one of these things for about two years this sure does feel good to finally get one.

“We’ve been racing here since I started racing 15 or 18 years ago—forever. We’ve been racing with ARMS and USMTS a long time now and we haven’t been able to pick one up, but I told my dad if we kept going we’d finally picked one up, there here it is.”

The win did not come easy, however, as his No. 24 MB Customs powered by Baldwin Racing Engines was chased throughout the feature race by Gary Christian, Tanner Mullens and Thursday’s winner, Rodney Sanders as they tried high and low to no avail.

Christian switched to the high line with two laps remaining and that left the door open for Sanders to steal the runner-up honors while Townsend and tenth-starting Tommy Cannon completed the top five.

D.J. Shannon, Kale Westover, Mark Smith and Tanner Barnhart were sixth through ninth, respectively, while Lynnsee Provence came from 17th on the starting grid to finish tenth and garner the Dickson Transport Hard Charger Award.

In other action Friday night, Aaron Roy scored $500 for his win in the USRA Limited Mod feature while fellow Texarkana racer Justin Whitehead held off 13th-starting Scott Hushelpeck for a Sunoco USRA Factory Stock win worth $500.

The USRA Tuner nightcap saw 12-year-old Clay Gardner of Stamps take the feature win in dominating fashion to pocket $200.

Eyes on the prize at Mize: Two more events remain this Labor Day Weekend with the third round of action happening Saturday, Sept. 2, at Kevin Sustaire’s rip-roaring Rocket Raceway Park in Petty, Texas, for the 9th Annual Bryan Mize Memorial.

Expected to draw some of the nation’s top talent, the race pays $9,000 to the winner and attracts many of the nation’s best dirt modified monsters.

The four-race weekend wraps up Sunday at the RPM Speedway in Crandall, Texas, for the Ronnie Sigman Memorial which carries a $4,800 top prize for the feature winner at the always-tight and always-thrilling 1/4-mile bullring.

The season finale happens Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28, at the Rocket Raceway Park for the ARMS Nationals.

ARMS across the nation: With a schedule featuring stops at the finest dirt ovals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, the American Racer USRA Modified Series powered by Day Motor Sports presents the who’s who of dirt modified racing to fans throughout the southern half of the United States of America.

Special thanks to American Racer, ARMI Contractors, Day Motor Sports, Deatherage Opticians, Dickson Transport, Duvall Electric, RaceOnTexas, RacerWebsite.com, RacinDirt, Star 1 Roofing & Construction, Summit Racing Equipment, Texas Locomotive Solutions, TNT Auto Parts and Transmissions Unlimited for their support of the American Racer USRA Modified Series powered by Day Motor Sports.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
American Racer USRA Modified Series powered by Day Motor Sports
67 Speedway, Texarkana, Ark.
Friday, Sept. 1, 2023

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Star 1 Roofing Heat #1 (10 laps):
1. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2. (2) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (6) 24M Manuel Williams II, Fouke, Ark.
4. (4) 718 Tommy Cannon, Denham Springs, La.
5. (5) 2SS Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M.
6. (3) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
7. (9) 100 Lee Patton, Ruston, La.
8. (7) 88 Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M.
9. (8) 18 Dennie Gieber, Frankston, Texas

TNT Auto Parts Heat #2 (10 laps):
1. (3) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
2. (2) 71 Chad Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas
3. (5) 25W Kale Westover, Altus, Okla.
4. (4) D25 David Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas
5. (6) 64 Casey Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas
6. (7) 511 Tanner Barnhart, N. Little Rock, Ark.
7. (8) F27 Lynnsee Provence, Little Rock, Ark.
8. (1) 36 Jay Quillin, Fort Smith, Ark.
9. (9) 211 Chase Hatton, De Berry, Texas

Texas Locomotive Solutions Heat #3 (10 laps):
1. (2) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
2. (1) 7 Sean Gaddis, Diana, Texas
3. (8) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
4. (4) 32 D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif.
5. (3) 17 Jason Sartain, Royce City, Texas
6. (7) 15 Chase Wascom, Denham Springs, La.
7. (5) 24W Mason Williams, Fouke, Ark.
8. (6) 16JR Dustin Henigan, Marshall, Texas
9. (9) 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas

ARMI Contractors Heat #4 (10 laps):
1. (8) 12T Tyler Townsend, Longview, Texas
2. (3) 2G Kenny Gaddis, Diana, Texas
3. (1) 7X Chris Dawson, Lubbock, Texas
4. (5) 18J Jake Huckaby, Texarkana, Texas
5. (6) 46 Matthew West, Wilmar, Ark.
6. (7) 12 Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas
7. (9) 99 Justin McKeehan, Genoa, Ark.
8. (4) 44 Nathan Stewart, Bryant, Ark.
9. (2) 24 Manuel Williams Sr., Fouke, Ark.

Day Motor Sports “B” Feature (12 laps, top 8 advance):
1. (3) 511 Tanner Barnhart, N. Little Rock, Ark.
2. (2) 2SS Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M.
3. (5) 12 Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas
4. (6) 100 Lee Patton, Ruston, La.
5. (1) 46 Matthew West, Wilmar, Ark.
6. (11) 18 Dennie Gieber, Frankston, Texas
7. (7) F27 Lynnsee Provence, Little Rock, Ark.
8. (4) 15 Chase Wascom, Denham Springs, La.
9. (8) 44 Nathan Stewart, Bryant, Ark.
10. (9) 88 Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M.
11. (10) 211 Chase Hatton, De Berry, Texas
DNS – 64 Casey Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas
DNS – 17 Jason Sartain, Royce City, Texas
DNS – 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
DNS – 99 Justin McKeehan, Genoa, Ark.
DNS – 24W Mason Williams, Fouke, Ark.
DNS – 36 Jay Quillin, Fort Smith, Ark.
DNS – 16JR Dustin Henigan, Marshall, Texas
DNS – 24 Manuel Williams Sr., Fouke, Ark.
DNS – 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas

American Racer “A” Feature (20 laps):
1. (1) 24M Manuel Williams II, Fouke, Ark.
2. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
3. (5) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
4. (3) 12T Tyler Townsend, Longview, Texas
5. (10) 718 Tommy Cannon, Denham Springs, La.
6. (12) 32 D.J. Shannon, Merced, Calif.
7. (8) 25W Kale Westover, Altus, Okla.
8. (14) 2SS Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M.
9. (13) 511 Tanner Barnhart, N. Little Rock, Ark.
10. (17) F27 Lynnsee Provence, Little Rock, Ark.
11. (16) 46 Matthew West, Wilmar, Ark.
12. (7) 71 Chad Melton, Mineral Wells, Texas
13. (11) D25 David Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas
14. (9) 18J Jake Huckaby, Texarkana, Texas
15. (18) 15 Chase Wascom, Denham Springs, La.
16. (2) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
17. (6) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
18. (15) 100 Lee Patton, Ruston, La.
DNS – 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
DNS – 7 Sean Gaddis, Diana, Texas
DNS – 2G Kenny Gaddis, Diana, Texas
DNS – 12 Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas
DNS – 7X Chris Dawson, Lubbock, Texas
DNS – 18 Dennie Gieber, Frankston, Texas

Lap Leader: Williams II 1-20.
Total Laps Led: Williams II 20.
Margin of Victory: 0.473 second.
Time of Race: 8 minutes, 19 seconds (1 caution).
Provisional Starters: none.
Dickson Transport Hard Charger: Provence (started 17th, finished 10th).
Entries: 36.
Next Race: Saturday, Sept. 2, Rocket Raceway Park, Petty, Texas.
Points Standings: TBD.

Contingency Awards:
Deatherage Opticians – Christian, Duvall, Sanders, Townsend.
Dickson Transport – Provence.

USRA LIMITED MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 100 Braden Howell, Amarillo, Texas
2. (6) 35 Aaron Roy, Texarkana, Texas
3. (3) 00B Britton Moore, Texarkana, Ark.
4. (2) 55 John Smelley, Longview, Texas
5. (8) 213 Timothy Strickland, Maud, Texas
6. (4) 61 Trint Kenward, Maud, Texas
7. (5) 14JR Michael King Jr., El Dorado, Ark.
8. (7) 96 Andy Hooten, Conway, Ark.

Heat #2:
1. (7) 00 Barry Moore, Texarkana, Ark.
2. (5) F5 Skeet Amason, New Boston, Texas
3. (4) 56 Bailey Dosser, Rusk, Texas
4. (3) L17 Logan Griffin, Texarkana, Ark.
5. (8) 16 Hubert Cash, Little Rock, Ark.
6. (2) 18 Stephen Hogan, Jefferson, Texas
7. (6) 47G Greg Gothard, Fruitvale, Texas
8. (1) 36C Connor Mewborn, Texarkana, Texas

Feature:
1. (2) 35 Aaron Roy, Texarkana, Texas
2. (1) 00 Barry Moore, Texarkana, Ark.
3. (4) 100 Braden Howell, Amarillo, Texas
4. (10) L17 Logan Griffin, Texarkana, Ark.
5. (6) 00B Britton Moore, Texarkana, Ark.
6. (7) 213 Timothy Strickland, Maud, Texas
7. (9) 55 John Smelley, Longview, Texas
8. (11) 18 Stephen Hogan, Jefferson, Texas
9. (15) 36C Connor Mewborn, Texarkana, Texas
10. (12) 61 Trint Kenward, Maud, Texas
11. (3) F5 Skeet Amason, New Boston, Texas
12. (8) 16 Hubert Cash, Little Rock, Ark.
13. (5) 56 Bailey Dosser, Rusk, Texas
14. (14) 47G Greg Gothard, Fruitvale, Texas
15. (16) 96 Andy Hooten, Conway, Ark.
16. (13) 14JR Michael King Jr., El Dorado, Ark.

SUNOCO USRA FACTORY STOCKS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 36J Justin Whitehead, Texarkana, Texas
2. (4) 15 Bobby Jordan, Texarkana, Texas
3. (8) 21B Brandon Stowell, Powderly, Texas
4. (6) 25 Gary Harvin, Fouke, Ark.
5. (5) 21 Brian Holland, Winnsboro, Texas
6. (7) 10X Chase Hatton, De Berry, Texas
7. (9) 5 Scott Hushelpeck, Texarkana, Texas
8. (3) 28 Colby Lishman, Texarkana, Ark.
9. (1) 18 Philip Turner, Mercer, Tenn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 25S Justin Sells, Texarkana, Ark.
2. (8) 99X Dustin Durham, Texarkana, Ark.
3. (3) 4 Ty Abernathy, Mt. Ida, Ark.
4. (6) 14A Amber Nutt, Murfreesboro, Ark.
5. (2) 15K Neil Kemp, Mineral Springs, Ark.
6. (7) 00 Gary Hendrickson, Texarkana, Texas
7. (9) 35 Raysen Roy, Texarkana, Texas
8. (4) 69X Michael Smith, Paris, Texas
9. (5) 50 Shelby Ward, Texarkana, Ark.

Feature:
1. (2) 36J Justin Whitehead, Texarkana, Texas
2. (13) 5 Scott Hushelpeck, Texarkana, Texas
3. (3) 25S Justin Sells, Texarkana, Ark.
4. (16) 69X Michael Smith, Paris, Texas
5. (9) 15K Neil Kemp, Mineral Springs, Ark.
6. (11) 10X Chase Hatton, De Berry, Texas
7. (8) 14A Amber Nutt, Murfreesboro, Ark.
8. (17) 18 Philip Turner, Mercer, Tenn.
9. (18) 50 Shelby Ward, Texarkana, Ark.
10. (1) 99X Dustin Durham, Texarkana, Ark.
11. (7) 25 Gary Harvin, Fouke, Ark.
12. (5) 15 Bobby Jordan, Texarkana, Texas
13. (6) 4 Ty Abernathy, Mt. Ida, Ark.
14. (12) 00 Gary Hendrickson, Texarkana, Texas
15. (14) 35 Raysen Roy, Texarkana, Texas
16. (10) 21 Brian Holland, Winnsboro, Texas
17. (4) 21B Brandon Stowell, Powderly, Texas
18. (15) 28 Colby Lishman, Texarkana, Ark.

USRA TUNERS

Heat #1:
1. (4) 1X Clay Gardner, Stamps, Ark.
2. (1) 57 Trace Holder, Longview, Texas
3. (5) 14 Tyler Ellis, Murfreesboro, Ark.
4. (3) 7K Kris Kersten, Wake Village, Texas
5. (6) 13L Austin Applegate, Hope, Ark.
6. (7) 27S Gracie Surrett, Little Rock, Ark.
7. (2) 72K Kayla Kizer, Dekalb, Texas

Heat #2:
1. (2) C49 Justin Converse, Texarkana, Ark.
2. (5) 11X Robert Sumrell, Ashdown, Ark.
3. (6) 93S Stephanie Sharp, Nashville, Ark.
4. (4) BC Tracy Korp, Texarkana, Ark.
5. (1) 2 Maddison Gaddis, Diana, Texas
6. (3) 3A Tracy Bruce, Texarkana, Texas

Feature:
1. (1) 1X Clay Gardner, Stamps, Ark.
2. (7) 7K Kris Kersten, Wake Village, Texas
3. (3) 11X Robert Sumrell, Ashdown, Ark.
4. (6) 14 Tyler Ellis, Murfreesboro, Ark.
5. (5) 57 Trace Holder, Longview, Texas
6. (9) 13L Austin Applegate, Hope, Ark.
7. (12) 72K Kayla Kizer, Dekalb, Texas
8. (8) BC Tracy Korp, Texarkana, Ark.
9. (10) 27S Gracie Surrett, Little Rock, Ark.
10. (2) C49 Justin Converse, Texarkana, Ark.
11. (11) 3A Tracy Bruce, Texarkana, Texas
12. (4) 93S Stephanie Sharp, Nashville, Ark.
DNS – 2 Maddison Gaddis, Diana, Texas

USRA OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Beyea Headers, Chevrolet Performance, Christie Door Company, Fast Shafts, FK Rod Ends, KS Engineering, KSE Racing Products, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Nitroquest Media, PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels.

USRA PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Allen Autosports Race Cars, ARMI Contractors, Boubin Tire & Automotive, Brodix Cylinder Heads, DAY Motorsports, Duvall Electric, Gunshepherd.com, Innovative AutoGlass & Window Tint, PBM Performance Products, Star 1 Roofing & Construction, Stealth Thru Tubing, Texas Locomotive Solutions, TNT Auto Parts, YouDirt.com.

USRA CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance, Bryke Racing, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, Edelbrock, Hooker Harness, Hyperco, Integra Racing Shocks & Springs, JE Pistons, K1 RaceGear by Ryan Bowers, Keyser Manufacturing, Landrum Performance Springs, MD3, Medieval Chassis, MSD, Performance Bodies & Parts, QA1, Quarter Master, QuickCar Racing Products, RacerWebsite.com, Real Racing Wheels, Swift Springs, Sybesma Graphics, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes.

USRA RACETRACKS: 67 Speedway of Texarkana, 81 Speedway, Alien Motor Speedway, Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Arrowhead Speedway, Bolivar Speedway, Boothill Speedway, Callaway Raceway, Caney Valley Speedway, Cedar Lake Speedway, Crawford County Speedway, Cresco Speedway, Dallas County Speedway, Deer Creek Speedway, Diamond Park Speedway, Eagle Valley Speedway, Elk City Motorsports Park, Fairmont Raceway, Fayette County Speedway, Hamilton County Speedway, Humboldt Speedway, Hunt County Raceway, I-35 Speedway, I-90 Speedway, Lakeside Speedway, Lawton Speedway, Legacy Speedway, Longdale Speedway, Lucas Oil Speedway, Mason City Motor Speedway, Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Monett Raceway, Outlaw Motor Speedway, Rapid Speedway, Red Cedar Speedway, Red Dirt Raceway, Rocket Raceway Park, Route 66 Motor Speedway, RPM Speedway, Sabine Speedway, Salina Highbanks Speedway, Sandia Speedway, Sports Park Raceway, Springfield Raceway, Super Bee Speedway, Thunder Valley Speedway, Tomahawk Speedway, Tri-State Speedway, Tulsa Speedway, US 36 Raceway, Vado Speedway Park, West Texas Raceway, Winneshiek Raceway.