Mitchell Franklin won the USRA B-Mod main event.

The first of two nights on Friday at the 15th Annual Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented by Foley Equipment hosted by the Lucas Oil Speedway, William Garner and Mitchell Franklin both earned Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series victories.

Garner grabbed the lead on lap six and went on to earn his fourth O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Car feature win of the season, beating Johnny Fennewald by 1.4 seconds at the checkers.

"Me and my whole family, we've been working our butts off on this thing," Garner said. "I can't thank Josh and Mitchell Franklin enough. They help me all the time. I have to thank Johnny Fennewald and just everybody that supports me on this thing."

James McMillin started on the pole and set the early pace with a host of cars right behind in the early going. Fourth-starting Beck edged to the front with a turn-four pass on lap four.

Two laps later, sixth-starting Garner roared to the front and had a 0.324-second lead when a yellow on lap seven slowed the action.

Garner, the division points leader, had a half-second lead at the midway point over Fennewald with Bryan White in third. Taking advantage of a dozen green-flag laps to finish the event, Garner rolled away to prevail over Fennewald.

Jaylen Wettengel rallied from ninth to third with White fourth and Waylon Dimmitt fifth.

Franklin earns USRA B-Mod triumph: Mitchell Franklin took over on lap seven and drove away to beat Bobby Williams by 1.4 seconds in the Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature.

"That's a brand new car; I tore the front end off of it last week," Franklin said. "My dad (Josh) busted his butt on it today. I didn't know I was racing tonight until about 2 o'clock and I work in Branson. So, thanks to my dad and thanks to everybody who makes it happen.

"This is a new race car. It's a little different than my old one, but I think we found something that might work."

Tanner Kade and Franklin, starting on the front row, ran 1-2 through the first six laps before Franklin took the lead on lap seven with an inside pass off turn three.

J.C. Morton gave chase in third but Franklin was able to gradually build a one-second lead by lap 10 as Kade and Morton battled for second. Franklin was 2.5 seconds in front when the gap was wiped out due to a lap-14 caution.

Morton and Bobby Williams got around Kade after the restart as Franklin opened a five-car-length lead.

Franklin held on over the final laps to capture his first feature win of the season, beating Williams and Morton at the finish. J.T. Carroll earned fourth with Reece Solander in fifth.

Saturday on dirt and water: Lucas Oil Speedway plays host to another big day of racing, on the dirt and water on Saturday. The Summit USMTS Modifieds headline the action on the dirt track with nine divisions of Drag Boats on Lake Lucas during the day time

USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will race for $750 to win with Hermitage Lumber Late Models racing for $1,000 to win.

Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series points will be awarded in the Stock Car and B-Mod classes, and USRA Modified track regulars who compete with the USMTS receive 75 track bonus points.

Pit gates open at 4 p.m. with grandstands at 4:30 p.m., hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. For information, visit LucasOilSpeedway.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Friday, Aug. 2, 2024

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

USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 21 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
2. (4) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
3. (3) 41 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
4. (7) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
5. (6) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
6. (2) 05G Grayson McKiney, Springfield, Mo.
7. (5) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
2. (6) 27 Jeff Tennant, Greenwood, Ark.
3. (5) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
4. (1) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (4) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
6. (2) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty, Mo.

Feature:
1. (6) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (3) 21 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
3. (9) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
4. (7) 41 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
5. (5) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
6. (4) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
7. (2) 27 Jeff Tennant, Greenwood, Ark.
8. (11) 05G Grayson McKiney, Springfield, Mo.
9. (10) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
10. (13) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
11. (12) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty, Mo.
12. (8) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
13. (1) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
2. (6) 19 Tanner Kade, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (1) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
4. (3) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
5. (7) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
6. (5) 61 Sturgis Streeter, Springfield, Mo.
7. (4) 22H Tim Hoselton, Galt, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (3) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (1) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
4. (5) 56 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
5. (6) 7L Trevor Drake, Brighton, Mo.
6. (4) 03 TC Hambrick, Warsaw, Mo.
DNS – 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
2. (5) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (4) 5S Reece Solander, Emporia, Kan.
4. (3) 15 Cayden Stacye, Springfield, Mo.
5. (2) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (6) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.

Feature:
1. (2) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
2. (4) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (3) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
4. (6) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (7) 5S Reece Solander, Emporia, Kan.
6. (9) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
7. (1) 19 Tanner Kade, Hermitage, Mo.
8. (8) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
9. (5) 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
10. (11) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
11. (14) 7L Trevor Drake, Brighton, Mo.
12. (10) 56 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
13. (13) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
14. (12) 15 Cayden Stacye, Springfield, Mo.
15. (15) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
16. (17) 22H Tim Hoselton, Galt, Mo.
17. (20) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
18. (19) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.
19. (18) 03 TC Hambrick, Warsaw, Mo.
20. (16) 61 Sturgis Streeter, Springfield, Mo.

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