Sheets wires field for Casey's Thursday Night Thunder win

Jon Sheets won the USRA B-Mod main event.

Jon Sheets won the USRA B-Mod main event.


A total of 119 cars checked into the pits for Casey's Thursday Night Thunder presented by State Tech feature at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.

Jon Sheets of Nevada started up front and led all 20 laps to earn the Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature over Shadren Turner.

Sheets started on the pole and led Turner through the first nine laps, opening a nearly-one-second lead. That’s when the first caution came out for a two-car mishap in turn two. The two leaders broke away after the restart with Turner pressuring Sheets for the lead.

Turner briefly went in front on lap 14, but Sheets crossed back over in turn three to regain the top spot. They were separated by 0.356 second when a lap-16 caution slowed the field, leaving four laps to settle the outcome.

Sheets took advantage of a slip by Turner on the restart and rolled away to his second feature win of the season. He finished 1.3 seconds in front of Turner with Trevor Drake third, Logan Smith a season-best fourth and Andy Bryant fifth.

"We have a really good racecar right now," Sheets said after knocking down his 10th feature win of the season overall. "Big props to Eagle Machine. They make good power, and J2 Chassis, they're awesome, and our whole list of sponsors."

Johnson earns USRA Modified triumph: Matt Johnson led all 20 laps, overcoming a couple of restarts after cautions, to beat Robbie Reed for the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modified win.

Johnson, from Archie, used the outside groove to lead fellow front-row starter Reed on the opening lap. By lap four, Johnson had built a 1.6-second lead over Reed with Chad Lyle running in third. That’s when action slowed for a caution.

Johnson’s domination continued after the restart, with his lead swelling to 2.3-second at the midpoint on lap 10, with Lyle having moved past Reed for second. Three laps later, the race’s second caution flew to set up a restart with seven laps left.

There were no problems for Johnson the rest of the way. He drove to a 1.6-second win over Reed. Dayton Pursley, a USRA Modified rookie after moving up from B-Mods, finished third with Houston Johnson fourth and Lyle fifth.

"Thank you to all the fans for showing up. I know it was an iffy deal with the weather but they did an awesome job," Johnson said of the track.

Stock Cars cut short: After three cautions before an official lap could be completed in the O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars feature, lightning began moving into the vicinity and the feature was postponed.

CMH Diamond Nationals next: The 18th annual CMH Diamond Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment is set for Saturday, July 13.

Action features the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and MLRA Late Models. The Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds will be in action along with the O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars.

For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Thursday, July 4, 2024

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (4) 1X Matt Johnson, Archie, Mo.
2. (5) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (2) 211 Chase Hatton, De Berry, Texas
4. (1) 98K Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
5. (6) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (7) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
7. (9) 92 Tyler Grooms, Trenton, Mo.
8. (3) 21T Troy Gudmonson, Savage, Minn.
9. (10) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
10. (8) 12JR Jory Stotts, Gilman City, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 18 Chad Lyle, Lone Jack, Mo.
2. (2) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (8) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
4. (1) 1K Tim Karrick, Basehor, Kan.
5. (5) 18JR Chase Sigg, Iola, Kan.
6. (4) L75 Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
7. (7) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
8. (9) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
9. (6) 396 Jason Sivils, Bolivar, Mo.
10. (10) 12 Andrew Thomas, Chillicothe, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (5) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
2. (6) 97 Houston Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.
3. (1) 89 Tyler Hibner, Chillicothe, Mo.
4. (3) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (9) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
6. (8) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
7. (2) 18J Brad Johnson, Cameron, Mo.
8. (4) T11 Jacob Twomey, Carthage, Texas
9. (7) 88 Jimmy Dowell, Boonville, Mo.

Feature:
1. (2) 1X Matt Johnson, Archie, Mo.
2. (1) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
3. (5) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (4) 97 Houston Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.
5. (3) 18 Chad Lyle, Lone Jack, Mo.
6. (7) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (6) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
8. (10) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
9. (8) 89 Tyler Hibner, Chillicothe, Mo.
10. (11) 98K Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
11. (12) 1K Tim Karrick, Basehor, Kan.
12. (9) 211 Chase Hatton, De Berry, Texas
13. (19) 92 Tyler Grooms, Trenton, Mo.
14. (15) 18JR Chase Sigg, Iola, Kan.
15. (13) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
16. (22) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
17. (16) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
18. (25) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
19. (21) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
20. (20) 18J Brad Johnson, Cameron, Mo.
21. (17) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
22. (28) 12 Andrew Thomas, Chillicothe, Mo.
23. (27) 12JR Jory Stotts, Gilman City, Mo.
24. (18) L75 Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
25. (26) 396 Jason Sivils, Bolivar, Mo.
26. (23) 21T Troy Gudmonson, Savage, Minn.
27. (14) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
28. (24) T11 Jacob Twomey, Carthage, Texas
29. (29) 88 Jimmy Dowell, Boonville, Mo.

USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (3) 127 Andy Morris, Fort Gibson, Okla.
3. (5) 5K Steve Herrick, Topeka, Kan.
4. (4) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
5. (7) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty, Mo.
6. (6) 3 Brandon Dixon, St. Joseph, Mo.
7. (8) 3X Tony Manley, Osborn, Mo.
8. (2) 23 Kolby Rathbone, Springfield, Mo.
DNS – 66K Kevin Kaiser, Tontitown, Ark.

Heat #2:
1. (8) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
2. (3) 41 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (4) 9H Nic Hanes, Trenton, Mo.
4. (9) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
5. (1) 05G Grayson McKiney, Springfield, Mo.
6. (6) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
7. (5) 22 Dawson Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
8. (2) 53 Sam Luehrs, Lexington, Mo.
9. (7) 9X Anthony Manley, Osborn, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (4) 7D Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
2. (2) 32 Brent Fielder, Kansas City, Mo.
3. (7) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
4. (6) 7K Kyle Hamby, Hackett, Ark.
5. (8) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
6. (5) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
7. (1) 00 Nick Whalen, Kansas City, Kan.
8. (9) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
9. (3) 5DJ D.J. Barnes, Pleasant Hill, Mo.

Feature:
Postponed, makeup date TBA

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (7) 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
2. (4) 68 Kerry Davis, Parkville, Mo.
3. (6) 447 Kenny Prince, Bonner Springs, Kan.
4. (5) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
5. (8) 1R Rylan Gibbs, Osceola, Mo.
6. (3) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee's Summit, Mo.
7. (1) 37 Wesley Long, Greenfield, Mo.
DQ – (2) 2X Cole Hamilton, Archie, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 7L Trevor Drake, Brighton, Mo.
2. (8) 56S Shadren Turner, St. Joseph, Mo.
3. (5) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (6) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (1) 23N Kenny Nutter, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (4) 8H Scott Chism, Bolivar, Mo.
7. (3) 15R Ryan Smith, Moran, Kan.
8. (7) 24L Patrick Lewis, Wellsville, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
2. (2) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
3. (6) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
4. (3) 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
5. (4) 19 Tanner Kade, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (5) 24DL Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
7. (7) -7 Kynsey Collins, Stockton, Mo.
DNS – 80 Thomas Yount, Greenfield, Mo.

Heat #4:
1. (2) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
2. (6) 15 Cayden Stacye, Springfield, Mo.
3. (3) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
4. (7) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (4) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (5) 214 Eric Spreer, Perry, Kan.
7. (1) 27 Terry Williams, Springfield, Mo.
8. (8) 15S Kody Bray, Archie, Mo.

Heat #5:
1. (5) 94 Tyler Potter, Fulton, Mo.
2. (1) 96 Cody Brill, Bates City, Mo.
3. (4) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
4. (7) 30 Rex Harris, Macks Creek, Mo.
5. (8) 13H Grant Honeycutt, Pea Ridge, Ark.
6. (3) 3 Richard Hines, Lake Ozark, Mo.
7. (6) 19B Breyanna Mattingly, Springdale, Ark.
8. (2) 12G Austin Greer, Richland, Mo.

Heat #6
1. (2) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
2. (5) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
3. (4) 52 Mitch Keeter, Webb City, Mo.
4. (6) 56 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
5. (1) 19M J.C. Mattingly, Springdale, Ark.
6. (3) 32L Lane New, Rogersville, Mo.
DNS – 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.

"B" Feature #1:
1. (1) 52 Mitch Keeter, Webb City, Mo.
2. (3) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (2) 30 Rex Harris, Macks Creek, Mo.
4. (4) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
5. (7) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (6) 23N Kenny Nutter, Bolivar, Mo.
7. (9) 8H Scott Chism, Bolivar, Mo.
8. (12) 15R Ryan Smith, Moran, Kan.
9. (15) 2X Cole Hamilton, Archie, Mo.
10. (8) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee's Summit, Mo.
11. (14) 19B Breyanna Mattingly, Springdale, Ark.
12. (5) 13H Grant Honeycutt, Pea Ridge, Ark.
13. (10) 24DL Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
14. (11) 37 Wesley Long, Greenfield, Mo.
15. (13) 15S Kody Bray, Archie, Mo.
DNS – 80 Thomas Yount, Greenfield, Mo.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (1) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
2. (3) 56 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
3. (5) 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
4. (14) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
5. (2) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
6. (7) 19 Tanner Kade, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (13) 32L Lane New, Rogersville, Mo.
8. (4) 1R Rylan Gibbs, Osceola, Mo.
9. (10) -7 Kynsey Collins, Stockton, Mo.
10. (11) 27 Terry Williams, Springfield, Mo.
11. (9) 214 Eric Spreer, Perry, Kan.
12. (6) 19M J.C. Mattingly, Springdale, Ark.
13. (12) 24L Patrick Lewis, Wellsville, Mo.
14. (8) 3 Richard Hines, Lake Ozark, Mo.
DNS – 12G Austin Greer, Richland, Mo.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
2. (3) 56S Shadren Turner, St. Joseph, Mo.
3. (5) 7L Trevor Drake, Brighton, Mo.
4. (8) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (9) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
6. (7) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
7. (13) 96 Cody Brill, Bates City, Mo.
8. (6) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
9. (11) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
10. (17) 52 Mitch Keeter, Webb City, Mo.
11. (24) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
12. (10) 68 Kerry Davis, Parkville, Mo.
13. (15) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
14. (19) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
15. (22) 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
16. (14) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
17. (23) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
18. (18) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
19. (20) 56 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
20. (2) 94 Tyler Potter, Fulton, Mo.
21. (12) 447 Kenny Prince, Bonner Springs, Kan.
22. (21) 30 Rex Harris, Macks Creek, Mo.
23. (16) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
DQ – (4) 15 Cayden Stacye, Springfield, Mo.

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