Jake O'Neil won the USRA Modified main event.

Weather played a huge factor in the 45th running of the NAPA Gopher 50 at the Deer Creek Speedway. Everyone battled the rain and mud for three days to get this event completed. Championship night was no different when incoming weather was an issue.

The USRA Modifieds had 30 entries with four heats and two B-Mains scheduled to run. With the possibility of weather moving in, the B-Mains were scrapped and all drivers were in the feature.

The finale was 35 laps for $5,000 to win, and cars displaying a NAPA decal would pick up a $750 bonus if they won.

Brandon Davis took off from the pole and quickly opened up a lead.

The race had all kinds of issues with yellow flags—the biggest on lap two when six cars piled up in turn two.

Jake O’Neil bolted to second on the restart, but Davis again opened up the lead. Jake Timm worked to third before another yellow slowed the race on lap 11.

Davis again took off while O’Neil and Timm had an excellent race going for second. Davis had as 2.328-second lead when another yellow flew on lap 25. That brought O’Neil and Timm back to Davis for the restart.

Davis again opened up a lead and looked in control until another yellow came out on lap 30. When the race resumed, Davis led again but O’Neil found something on the track and stayed with Davis.

O’Neil made the pass for the lead on lap 32 and led the final three circuits for a $5,750 payday.

Davis finished in second while Timm ended up third. Joe Chisholm came home in the fourth spot and Rodney Sanders charged from 14th to fifth.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, July 6, 2024

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (8) 28 Spencer Stock, Racine, Minn.
3. (1) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
4. (7) 17W Ryan Wiome, Center City, Minn.
5. (5) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (3) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
7. (4) 7S Todd Stinehart, Waseca, Minn.
8. (6) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
2. (4) 90W Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
3. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
4. (6) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (2) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
6. (7) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa
7. (5) 32 Derek Green, Granada, Minn.
8. (8) 24S Charlie Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (3) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (2) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
4. (5) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
5. (6) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
6. (7) 24X Aaron Benson, Clear Lake, Iowa
7. (4) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.

Heat #4:
1. (3) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
2. (6) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (1) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
4. (5) 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.
5. (7) 97JR Landon Volkman, Rushford, Minn.
6. (4) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
7. (2) 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.

Feature:
1. (2) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (1) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
3. (10) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
4. (8) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
5. (13) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
6. (15) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
7. (7) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
8. (12) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
9. (22) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa
10. (19) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
11. (23) 24X Aaron Benson, Clear Lake, Iowa
12. (27) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
13. (9) 28 Spencer Stock, Racine, Minn.
14. (20) 97JR Landon Volkman, Rushford, Minn.
15. (11) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
16. (4) 90W Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
17. (29) 24S Charlie Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
18. (3) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
19. (28) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis.
20. (18) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
21. (5) 17W Ryan Wiome, Center City, Minn.
22. (25) 7S Todd Stinehart, Waseca, Minn.
23. (17) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
24. (24) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
25. (16) 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.
26. (26) 32 Derek Green, Granada, Minn.
27. (21) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
28. (14) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
29. (6) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
DNS – 83 Kylie Kath, Claremont, Minn.

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