Ryan Middaugh won the USRA Modified main event.

With 101 entries in the pits on Friday night, Ryan Middaugh, Waylon Dimmitt and Kris Jackson scored Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series victories on the first of two nights of racing at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo.

USRA Modified track champion Middaugh of Fulton led all but the first lap en route to his 17th overall victory of the season and sixth at Lucas Oil Speedway, beating Jared Russell and Jason Pursley.

Middaugh assumed the lead on lap two when he got around fellow front-row starter Pursley. Over the next several laps, Middaugh ran the low side as Pursley worked the high groove to break away from the third-place Russell by 1.5 seconds.

As the laps clicked by, regular-season track champion Middaugh gradually began to pull away to lead Pursley by 1.2 seconds by lap 12. The leader caught lapped traffic by lap 16 just as Russell moved around Pursley and into second.

Middaugh held on to beat Russell by 1.02 seconds at the finish with Pursley third, Robbie Reed fourth and Gunner Martin fifth.

"Lapped traffic got a little hairy there," Middaugh said. "I wanted a caution, but I didn't want a caution. I just wanted to see the checkered flag."

Dimmitt rolls to USRA Stock Car win: Camdenton's Waylon Dimmitt earned his fourth Medieval USRA Stock Car victory of the season, leading all 20 laps to top track champion Mason Beck.

Dimmitt started on the pole and set the early pace, with Pat Graham advancing from sixth to second by lap two and Beck running third. The trio broke away and it was well back to William Garner in fourth by lap 10.

Dimmitt was able to extend his lead to 1.5 seconds by lap 12 as Graham and Beck were dueling side by side behind him. Garner soon joined the battle to make it a three-way race for the runner-up spot.

Meanwhile, Dimmitt kept pulling away as the race stayed caution-free. He prevailed by 2.9 seconds at the finish with Beck edging past Graham for second on the final lap and Garner finished fourth.

"These are the kind of tracks we shine on," Dimmitt said. "I hate racing in the mud. It was good and slick tonight. I kind of wish it was that way every night."

Jackson drives to USRA B-Mod win: Lebanon’s Kris Jackson picked up his 38th overall feature win in 2023 and fourth at Lucas Oil Speedway, leading the final 15 laps of Friday night’s USRA B-Mod main event.

"This track was great for the feature," Jackson said. "It kind of favored a person like me. I like the middle of the race track and it was probably the prime groove for the better part of the race."

Jackson moved from his third starting position to challenge Newell for the lead on lap one, but Newell held him off and had a 0.720-second lead when the race’s first caution waved on lap five.

Jackson found traction in the low groove to pass Newell for the lead on lap six, but action was quickly slowed again just a lap later with another caution. Andy Bryant moved into second on the restart and stayed on the high side to battle it out with Jackson.

Just as Jackson opened up a 1.2-second lead on lap 11, another caution came out to bunch the field. Finally getting an extended green-flag run, Jackson drove away over the final nine laps for a 3.2-second win over Bryant with Eric Turner coming home in third, Robbe Ewing fourth and Newell finishing fifth.

Action resumes for the second round of the Ron Jenkins Memorial Presented by Rugged Radios on Saturday night with pit and spectator gates open at 4 p.m., hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05.

The Lucas Oil MLRA Late Models will once again be the headlining act.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Friday, Sept. 1, 2023

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (9) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (3) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
3. (1) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
4. (5) 151 Lucas Gibbs, Udall, Kan.
5. (8) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
6. (10) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
7. (4) 29 Shelby Stucky, Hutchinson, Kan.
8. (2) 14 Kameron Grindstaff, Independence, Mo.
9. (6) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
10. (7) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 4R Jared Russell, Wagoner, Okla.
2. (2) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
3. (8) 18 Chad Lyle, Oak Grove, Mo.
4. (6) 22B Gunner Martin, Sugar creek, Mo.
5. (4) 33 Jaren Martin, Republic, Mo.
6. (9) 24C Brandon Conkwright, Wamego, Kan.
7. (3) 4B Eric Brady, Booneville, Mo.
8. (5) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
9. (7) 712 Trevor Hughes, Westville, Okla.

Feature:
1. (1) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
2. (3) 4R Jared Russell, Wagoner, Okla.
3. (2) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (5) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
5. (7) 22B Gunner Martin, Sugar creek, Mo.
6. (8) 151 Lucas Gibbs, Udall, Kan.
7. (18) 712 Trevor Hughes, Westville, Okla.
8. (12) 33 Jaren Martin, Republic, Mo.
9. (11) 24C Brandon Conkwright, Wamego, Kan.
10. (4) 18 Chad Lyle, Oak Grove, Mo.
11. (9) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
12. (6) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
13. (17) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
14. (13) 29 Shelby Stucky, Hutchinson, Kan.
15. (14) 4B Eric Brady, Booneville, Mo.
16. (19) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
17. (10) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
18. (16) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
19. (15) 14 Kameron Grindstaff, Independence, Mo.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (5) 1G Pat Graham, Ankeny, Iowa
2. (3) 7K Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
3. (7) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
4. (1) 50 Darrell Hurt, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (6) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
6. (4) 24C Brandon Conkwright, Wamego, Kan.
7. (2) 23 Kevin Simon, Buffalo, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
2. (1) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (4) 91 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
4. (5) 21 Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.
5. (2) 5DJ D.J. Barnes, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
6. (6) 24M Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
2. (3) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (5) 1X Mark Simon, Buffalo, Mo.
4. (1) 24 Craig Wright, Arma, Kan.
5. (4) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
6. (6) 77 Zack Willis, Macks Creek, Mo.

Feature:
1. (1) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
2. (6) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
3. (5) 1G Pat Graham, Ankeny, Iowa
4. (7) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
5. (14) 24C Brandon Conkwright, Wamego, Kan.
6. (3) 7K Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
7. (12) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
8. (9) 91 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
9. (8) 1X Mark Simon, Buffalo, Mo.
10. (2) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
11. (18) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
12. (11) 50 Darrell Hurt, Camdenton, Mo.
13. (10) 21 Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.
14. (15) 24M Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
15. (16) 23 Kevin Simon, Buffalo, Mo.
16. (17) 24 Craig Wright, Arma, Kan.
17. (4) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
18. (13) 5DJ D.J. Barnes, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
DNS – 77 Zack Willis, Macks Creek, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
2. (1) 3D Dexton Daniels, Van Alstyne, Texas
3. (8) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (5) 17B Jace Boney, Cleveland, Mo.
5. (7) 15S Kody Bray, Archie, Mo.
6. (4) 17 Blake Beal, Deerfield, Mo.
7. (6) 2X Cole Hamilton, Archie, Mo.
8. (2) 7 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 28B Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
2. (1) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (4) 79 Kyle Slader, Muskogee, Okla.
4. (6) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
5. (7) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
6. (2) 76 K.C. Mullin, Manhattan, Kan.
7. (5) 08 Chad Neill, Dunnegan, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
2. (5) J2 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (3) 96 Dylan Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.
4. (6) 91 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
5. (4) 15 Nick Drew, Kansas City, Kan.
6. (2) 2G Eric Graves, Richland, Mo.
DNS – 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.

Heat #4:
1. (1) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
2. (3) 42 Casey Thomas, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (6) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (7) 17C Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
5. (2) 58 Chad Reid, Yukon, Okla.
6. (4) 19B Kaleb Bray, Archie, Mo.
7. (5) 28 Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.

"B" Feature:
1. (13) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
2. (1) 15S Kody Bray, Archie, Mo.
3. (3) 58 Chad Reid, Yukon, Okla.
4. (2) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (12) 7 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
6. (5) 76 K.C. Mullin, Manhattan, Kan.
7. (7) 17 Blake Beal, Deerfield, Mo.
8. (4) 15 Nick Drew, Kansas City, Kan.
9. (10) 28 Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
10. (11) 2X Cole Hamilton, Archie, Mo.
11. (9) 08 Chad Neill, Dunnegan, Mo.
12. (6) 2G Eric Graves, Richland, Mo.
DQ – (8) 19B Kaleb Bray, Archie, Mo.

"A" Feature:
1. (3) J2 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (6) 28B Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
3. (4) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (1) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
5. (2) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
6. (7) 42 Casey Thomas, Camdenton, Mo.
7. (13) 17C Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
8. (10) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
9. (21) 7 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
10. (8) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
11. (20) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
12. (15) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
13. (18) 15S Kody Bray, Archie, Mo.
14. (9) 3D Dexton Daniels, Van Alstyne, Texas
15. (12) 91 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
16. (19) 58 Chad Reid, Yukon, Okla.
17. (22) 76 K.C. Mullin, Manhattan, Kan.
18. (23) 17 Blake Beal, Deerfield, Mo.
19. (14) 96 Dylan Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.
20. (16) 17B Jace Boney, Cleveland, Mo.
21. (11) 79 Kyle Slader, Muskogee, Okla.
22. (24) 15 Nick Drew, Kansas City, Kan.
23. (5) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
24. (17) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.

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