Derek Brown won the USRA Stock Car main event.

Sixth-starting Derek Brown of Stoutland held off William Garner in a caution-free USRA Stock Car feature to headline Saturday's Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series program at Lucas Oil Speedway.

The victory, while worth $750 for Brown, was priceless for its personal meaning. He said in victory lane it was dedicated to his friend Brian Webster, a fellow racer who passed away on Friday due to cancer. Webster, 36, was a Richland High School graduate who drove in the USRA Stock Car division.

"That one was for him," Brown said, noting that his motor's water temperature was running a red-hot 260 degrees late in the 25-lapper. "But I wasn't pulling off for nothing."

Other feature winners on Ozarks Food Harvest Food Drive Night were Chad Lyle (USRA Modifieds) and Dustin Kruse (USRA B-Mods).

Brown grabbed the lead on lap five of the feature and didn't give it up, though things got a bit dicey near the finish as Garner applied pressure and a lapped car nearly spun Brown in the final turn

"Luckily I had it straight enough when the run into me that I didn't spin out, but I sure thought I was there for a minute," Brown said.

Mid-Sseason  points champ Jaylen Wettengel took the early lead from the front row, but Brown rolled from fifth into the top spot on lap five. Wettengel fell all the way back to fourth with Mason Beck and Garner in between he and Brown.

Brown, Beck and Garner staged a three-way battled over the next several laps, not separated by more than a couple of car lengths. Brown was able to stave off the challengers and, with the race remaining green, built up a 1.5-second lead over Garner by lap 13.

Garner cut into the lead and was within on second by lap 18 with Beck and Wettengal well behind. Once again, Garner pulled right on the back bumper of Brown to complete lap 21 as both drivers hugged the low groove.

On the final lap, Garner made one final charge but Brown was able to hang on for a .630-second victory.

Wettengel finished third with Beck fourth and Waylon Dimmitt fifth.

Lyle earns USRA Modified victory: Chad Lyle of Lone Jack took the lead on lap four and drove away to win the USRA Modified victory, beating runner-up Jason Pursley by 1.7 seconds.

Chris Spalding started on the pole and grabbed the lead at the start, but Lyle was able to advance from the fourth-starting spot into the lead by lap four.

Lyle wasted no time opening up a 1.3-second lead over the next three laps with Lyle second and Pursley in third. Pursley used the high groove to power around Lyle for the runner-up spot on lap nine with Lyle nearly two seconds clear of the field.

Caution flew on lap 10 for debris on the track, wiping out Lyle’s margin. It didn’t matter as Lyle had a solid restart and quickly drew off to another sizable lead and the race remained caution-free the rest of the way. It was the veteran driver's first victory of the season.

Dean Wille rallied from eighth to third with Henry Chambers improving six positions from the start to come in fourth. Spalding wound up fifth.

South Dakota invader Kruse wins USRA B-Mods: Dustin Kruse made the eight-hour haul from Baltic, S.D., worth it with a wire-to-wire victory in the USRA B-Mod feature.

Kruse held off J.C. Morton after a late-race restart to win in his first visit to Lucas Oil Speedway in 2024.

"Holy cow, we won at Lucas Oil. That's awesome," Kruse said in victory lane. He noted that the only other time he has competed in Wheatland was at the 2022 Summit USRA Nationals and it was not a good result.

"This red dirt is so different than that black dirt that we have back home," Kruse said, noting "we got our butts kicked" in his only other attempt at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Outside pole-starting Kruse opened up a 2.1-second lead over fifth-starting Morton by lap four, with Eric Turner running third. Kruse continued to stretch his command, with a 2.6-second margin at the midway point.

Morton moved to the high side of the track and began to cut into the lead as both had to deal with lapped traffic. Kruse’s lead was back to two seconds by lap 16 when the first caution of the race put some mystery into the outcome as it set the stage for a four-lap shootout.

Morton tried the low side on the restart, but couldn’t make up any ground. Kruse rolled from there and beat Morton by 1.4 seconds.

Jake Richards captured third with Turner fourth and Colson Kirk fifth.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, June 22, 2024

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
2. (1) 98K Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
3. (6) 18 Chad Lyle, Lone Jack, Mo.
4. (7) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (5) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
6. (4) 87 Dewayne Hobbs, Buffalo, Mo.
7. (8) 18JR Chase Sigg, Iola, Kan.
8. (3) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
DNS – 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
2. (7) 00S Chris Spalding, Montgomery City, Mo.
3. (1) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
4. (3) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (4) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
6. (6) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (5) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
DNS – 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
DNS – 66 Eric Johnson, Centralia, Mo.

Feature:
1. (4) 18 Chad Lyle, Lone Jack, Mo.
2. (6) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (8) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
4. (10) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
5. (1) 00S Chris Spalding, Montgomery City, Mo.
6. (11) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (14) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
8. (3) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
9. (7) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
10. (15) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
11. (5) 98K Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
12. (18) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
13. (2) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
14. (13) 18JR Chase Sigg, Iola, Kan.
15. (12) 87 Dewayne Hobbs, Buffalo, Mo.
16. (16) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
17. (17) 66 Eric Johnson, Centralia, Mo.
18. (9) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.

USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 05G Grayson McKiney, Springfield, Mo.
2. (5) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
3. (7) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
4. (6) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.
5. (1) 33X Justin Custer, Liberty, Mo.
6. (8) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
7. (2) 22 Dawson Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
8. (4) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
DNS – 140 Keith Jennings, Leavenworth, Kan.

Heat #2:
1. (6) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
2. (1) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (7) 11 Derek Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
4. (3) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (5) 15X Corey Myers, Atchison, Kan.
6. (4) 11W Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
7. (2) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
8. (8) 41 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.

Feature:
1. (5) 11 Derek Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
2. (6) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (1) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
4. (3) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
5. (12) 11W Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
6. (8) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
7. (9) 33X Justin Custer, Liberty, Mo.
8. (4) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
9. (10) 15X Corey Myers, Atchison, Kan.
10. (2) 05G Grayson McKiney, Springfield, Mo.
11. (13) 22 Dawson Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
12. (15) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
13. (14) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
14. (7) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.
15. (11) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
16. (16) 41 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
DNS – 140 Keith Jennings, Leavenworth, Kan.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (4) 56 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
2. (2) 3D Dexton Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.
3. (1) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
4. (6) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
5. (8) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
6. (5) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
7. (7) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
8. (3) 3DJR Dylan Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 6 Dustin Kruse, Baltic, S.D.
2. (4) 24L Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
3. (6) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
4. (5) 8S Clayton Smith, Sturgeon, Mo.
5. (3) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
6. (1) 50 Jordan Martin, Fulton, Mo.
7. (7) 20 Blake Wimmer, Wellsville, Mo.
DNS – 19 Tanner Kade, Hermitage, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (4) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
3. (5) 7J Jake Richards, Lansing, Kan.
4. (6) 30 Rex Harris, Macks Creek, Mo.
5. (1) 24LL Patrick Lewis, Wellsville, Mo.
6. (3) 8X Scott Chism, Bolivar, Mo.
DNS – 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.

Feature:
1. (2) 6 Dustin Kruse, Baltic, S.D.
2. (5) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
3. (7) 7J Jake Richards, Lansing, Kan.
4. (3) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (6) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
6. (13) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
7. (4) 24L Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
8. (11) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
9. (1) 56 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
10. (10) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
11. (20) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
12. (15) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
13. (16) 50 Jordan Martin, Fulton, Mo.
14. (9) 30 Rex Harris, Macks Creek, Mo.
15. (18) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
16. (14) 24LL Patrick Lewis, Wellsville, Mo.
17. (17) 8X Scott Chism, Bolivar, Mo.
18. (21) 3DJR Dylan Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.
19. (19) 20 Blake Wimmer, Wellsville, Mo.
20. (8) 3D Dexton Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.
21. (12) 8S Clayton Smith, Sturgeon, Mo.
DNS – 19 Tanner Kade, Hermitage, Mo.
DNS – 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.

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