Gunner Martin won the USRA Modified main event.

With just two races remaining on the inaugural season for the USRA Heartland Modified Tour presented by Real Racing Wheels, the fans at the Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., were treated to a showcase on Friday night.

Slicing in and out of lapped traffic, Tyler Hibner appeared to be on his way to his second series win of the season.

However, the Hochatown Saloon Last Call white flag went to Gunner Martin with a last-lap pass exiting turn two. Martin went to the top and made it stick for his first win with the series, in front of his hometown crowd.

“This is one of the coolest wins ever,” said Gunner Martin. “I've been wanting to get Rick Beebe a win for two years now and we finally got it done," Martin said. "I knew lapped traffic was going to play into it. I waited, and then we got to one to go. He (Hibner) went to the bottom and I just stuck it up there.

"I started racing out here in 2009. I got a lot of laps here. This is very special.”

Behind Martin, Hibner showed an extremely strong performance in the runner-up position. Racing with the tour all the way from Winona, Minn., Keith Foss, rounded out the podium moving forward six spots to third.

Thirty-two cars rolled in for the track's first USRA Modifieds show in eight seasons.

On Saturday, the HMT invades the I-35 Speedway in Winston, Mo., capping the year. Back in June, Hibner won the series first event there. From that time, he has taken ten checkered flags at I-35 Speedway and the points lead.

Tyler Wolff will also be crowned the USRA Heartland Modified Tour champion for 2024.

Fans unable to attend the event can watch at racindirt.tv.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
USRA Heartland Modified Tour presented by Real Racing Wheels
Valley Speedway, Grain Valley, Mo.
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 75M Gunner Martin, Sugar Creek, Mo.
2. (5) 29 Dennis Elliott, Mt. Ayr, Iowa
3. (4) 88 Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla.
4. (8) 13M Kraig Maple, Grain Valley, Mo.
5. (1) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (3) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
7. (6) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
8. (7) 88J Jimmy Dowell, Boonville, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
2. (1) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
3. (5) 75 Tad Davis, Mt. Hope, Kan.
4. (8) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
5. (3) 98 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
6. (7) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
7. (6) 81 Austin Charles, Basehor, Kan.
8. (2) 34D Aaron Moss, Westville, Okla.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 37D Dakota Dale, Valley Center, Kan.
2. (3) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
3. (5) 22B Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
4. (7) 41 Chevy Coleman, Wichita, Kan.
5. (1) 247 Jarret Dotson, Baxter Springs, Kan.
6. (6) 8 Wesley Summers, Wellington, Mo.
7. (8) 5X Tucker Seele, Bates City, Mo.
8. (4) 75S Sebastian Wolfenbarger, Blue Springs, Mo.

Heat #4:
1. (4) 21R Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
2. (3) 56 Shadren Turner, St. Joseph, Mo.
3. (8) 89 Tyler Hibner, Chillicothe, Mo.
4. (2) 21 Mark Smith, Rossville, Kan.
5. (1) 96 Cody Brill, Bates City, Mo.
6. (5) 11JR Randal Schiffelbein Jr., , Berryton, Kan.
7. (6) 69 Cecil Dymond, Goddard, Kan.
8. (7) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.

"B" Feature:
1. (3) 11JR Randal Schiffelbein Jr., , Berryton, Kan.
2. (11) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
3. (2) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
4. (9) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (5) 81 Austin Charles, Basehor, Kan.
6. (6) 69 Cecil Dymond, Goddard, Kan.
7. (10) 75S Sebastian Wolfenbarger, Blue Springs, Mo.
8. (8) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
9. (4) 5X Tucker Seele, Bates City, Mo.
10. (7) 34D Aaron Moss, Westville, Okla.
11. (1) 98 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
DNS - 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
DNS - 88J Jimmy Dowell, Boonville, Mo.
DNS - 8 Wesley Summers, Wellington, Mo.

"A" Feature:
1. (6) 75M Gunner Martin, Sugar Creek, Mo.
2. (4) 89 Tyler Hibner, Chillicothe, Mo.
3. (9) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
4. (5) 21R Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
5. (10) 75 Tad Davis, Mt. Hope, Kan.
6. (11) 22B Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
7. (7) 56 Shadren Turner, St. Joseph, Mo.
8. (8) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
9. (18) 11JR Randal Schiffelbein Jr., , Berryton, Kan.
10. (2) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
11. (13) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
12. (19) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
13. (21) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
14. (22) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
15. (3) 29 Dennis Elliott, Mt. Ayr, Iowa
16. (16) 247 Jarret Dotson, Baxter Springs, Kan.
17. (23) 81 Austin Charles, Basehor, Kan.
18. (20) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
19. (14) 88 Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla.
20. (1) 37D Dakota Dale, Valley Center, Kan.
21. (15) 21 Mark Smith, Rossville, Kan.
22. (17) 96 Cody Brill, Bates City, Mo.
23. (12) 13M Kraig Maple, Grain Valley, Mo.
DNS - 41 Chevy Coleman, Wichita, Kan.

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