Brandon Gemmill won the USRA Modified main event. (Gary Cornelison Photo)

Surviving several Midwest Sheet Metal cautions, Brendon Gemmill bested a field of 32 cars to score his first USRA Heartland Modified Tour win Friday night at Salina Speedway in Salina, Kan.

Gemmill passed three cars in his heat to finish second, which placed him in the last spot for the Wehrs Machine "A" Feature redraw. His fellow competitors left him the number one chip and he rolled from the pole.

“I was just trying to stay as smooth as I could and not let the car push," Gemmill said. “This is definitely not my forte of a race track, never has been. Man it feels good to get this one out of the way against such stiff competition that run this Heartland Mod Tour. I was getting a little nervous with the lapped traffic there. There was a couple of those cautions I was really glad to see and a couple I really hated to see.”

The win for Gemmill comes at a place where he has relatively limited experience, even though it's close to home for him. He estimated less than ten total times he has raced at Salina Speedway.

Tanner Mullens moved up six positions during the 30-lapper to finish as the runner-up. A late-race restart bunched the field back up, and he had a shot to unseat Gemmill, but was just short.

Sixteen-year-old Henry Chambers continued turn heads and knocked down his best series finish of the season in third. He also remains at the top of the VP Racing Fuels Rookie of the Year points.

Chad Wheeler had was fourth and cut 31 points off of Tyler Wolff's lead in the overall series standings. Brandon Givens completed the balance of the top five. He moved forward 13 positions during the race.

Saturday night the show moves just over an hour down the road to the Sartain's house of power at the 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan. It will be the second stop of the season there for the HMT. Fans unable to attend, watch at RacinDirt.tv.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
USRA Heartland Modified Tour presented by Real Racing Wheels
Salina Speedway, Salina, Kan.
Friday, Sept. 6, 2024

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 75M Gunner Martin, Sugar Creek, Mo.
2. (6) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
3. (8) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
4. (5) 98 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
5. (2) 24 Corey Lagroon, Salina, Kan.
6. (7) 94 Austen Huehl, Salina, Kan.
7. (3) 29C Cooper Weis, Little River, Kan.
8. (4) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 88 Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla.
2. (7) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
3. (1) 0 Brody Robe, Wichita, Kan.
4. (5) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (4) 37D Dakota Dale, Valley Center, Kan.
6. (2) 34 Rickey Bonham, Hutchinson, Kan.
7. (6) 1 Kirby Robe, Wichita, Kan.
8. (8) C7 Casey Brown, Salina, Kan.

Heat #3:
1. (3) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
2. (5) G3 Brendon Gemmill, Wichita, Kan.
3. (8) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
4. (4) 11JR Randal Schiffelbein Jr., Berryton, Kan.
5. (6) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (1) 69 Cecil Dymond, Goddard, Kan.
7. (7) 29 Ethyn Hafner, Newton, Kan.
8. (2) 78D Dillon Moler, Wichita, Kan.

Heat #4:
1. (2) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
2. (1) 41 Chevy Coleman, Wichita, Kan.
3. (6) 75 Tad Davis, Mt. Hope, Kan.
4. (3) 7 Troy Gemmill, Ponca City, Okla.
5. (7) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
6. (4) 151 Lucas Gibbs, Udall, Kan.
7. (8) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.
8. (5) 164 James Weve, Hutchinson, Kan.

"B" Feature:
1. (6) 151 Lucas Gibbs, Udall, Kan.
2. (2) 37D Dakota Dale, Valley Center, Kan.
3. (1) 24 Corey Lagroon, Salina, Kan.
4. (4) 69 Cecil Dymond, Goddard, Kan.
5. (5) 34 Rickey Bonham, Hutchinson, Kan.
6. (7) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.
7. (3) 94 Austen Huehl, Salina, Kan.
8. (11) 78D Dillon Moler, Wichita, Kan.
9. (10) 164 James Weve, Hutchinson, Kan.
10. (8) 29C Cooper Weis, Little River, Kan.
11. (12) C7 Casey Brown, Salina, Kan.
DQ - (9) 1 Kirby Robe, Wichita, Kan.
DNS - 29 Ethyn Hafner, Newton, Kan.
DNS - 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) G3 Brendon Gemmill, Wichita, Kan.
2. (8) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
3. (3) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
4. (6) 88 Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla.
5. (18) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (19) 151 Lucas Gibbs, Udall, Kan.
7. (2) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
8. (9) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
9. (7) 75M Gunner Martin, Sugar Creek, Mo.
10. (16) 11JR Randal Schiffelbein Jr., Berryton, Kan.
11. (13) 98 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
12. (17) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
13. (20) 37D Dakota Dale, Valley Center, Kan.
14. (12) 0 Brody Robe, Wichita, Kan.
15. (11) 41 Chevy Coleman, Wichita, Kan.
16. (14) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
17. (22) 69 Cecil Dymond, Goddard, Kan.
18. (5) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
19. (23) 34 Rickey Bonham, Hutchinson, Kan.
20. (15) 7 Troy Gemmill, Ponca City, Okla.
21. (10) 75 Tad Davis, Mt. Hope, Kan.
22. (24) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.
23. (4) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
24. (21) 24 Corey Lagroon, Salina, Kan.

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