Dayton Pursley won the USRA Modified main event.

WHEATLAND, Mo. (June 21, 2025)—Dayton Pursley of nearby Hermitage, who grew up watching his dad race USRA Modifieds at Lucas Oil Speedway, found his way to victory lane in the division on Saturday night.

Pursley led all but the opening lap and held off Dustin Hodges for his USRA Modified victory and pick up the $1,000 check in the headliner during Ozarks Food Harvest Food Drive Night.

Other feature winners in the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series were William Garner (USRA Stock Cars) and Jon Sheets (USRA B-Mods).

Pursley, who started third, took the lead on lap two after pole-starting Hodges paced the opening circuit. Pursley also zoomed past his dad and reigning track champ, Jason Pursley to make his way to the front.

Competing for only the second time this season, Dayton Pursley never surrendered the lead the remainder of the 25-lapper, despite a strong challenge from Hodges on the final lap. Nic Bidinger was third and Jason Pursley came home in fourth.

"I can't thank the Lord enough for giving me the opportunity," Dayton Pursley said in victory lane. "This is my second race of the year and first win. That's 50 percent, so it ain't bad. I want to thank my grandpa, who's worked his butt off, and my dad for his countless hours and money and everything.

"I want to thank all my sponsors. I don't know what to say."

Pursley drove like a veteran from the start. His lead was 1.4 seconds when the first caution flew on lap seven. Pursley drew off to a 1.6-second margin by lap 15 as Hodges and Jason Pursley gave chase. The leaders entered lapped traffic soon after and it didn’t slow down the eventual winner - but a caution did on lap 19 to bunch the field for another restart with six to go.

Hodges stayed within two car lengths the rest of the way after action resumed and tried a low-side bid in the final turns of the final lap, but couldn’t get around the 22-year-old in his first full season driving a USRA Modified.

It was Dayton Pursley’s second career win at Lucas Oil Speedway, with the other coming in a USRA B-Mod in 2023.

Sheets hangs on in a USRA B-Mods: Jon Sheets of Nevada picked up his third Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod victory of the season, holding off Tyler Potter and JC Morton in a terrific finish.

"The motor wasn't running right. After lap three or four, we picked up a miss," Sheets said. "We lost our fuel pressure. It was sure hindering us. I've got to thank the guys behind me for not running over me."

Sheets took the lead on lap five after Colson Kirk had paced the opening laps. Sheets immediately got loose entering turn two and lost the lead - but a caution that occurred behind the leaders meant the running order for a restart reverted to the last completed lap.

Sheets made the most of the opportunity after his bobble, hugging the low grooves in the turns to open a 1.3-second gap on Kirk by lap 10. Meanwhile, seventh-starting Tyler Potter supplanted Kirk for second on lap 13, just before the race’s second caution.

J.C. Morton, who started 12th, charged into third on lap 16 to make it a three-way battle for the win. They were three-wide nearing the start-finish line as the white flag was set to fly - but instead a caution appeared. That left the running order as Sheets, Potter and Morton for a two-lap finish.

Sheets was able to fend off the pair the rest of the way to prevail for his 11th overall win of the season by 0.329 second over Potter with Morton .089 behind the winner.

"I knew they'd be reeling me right back in," Sheets said of Potter and Morton. "There's only so long you can hold off someone like J.C. The 94 car, Potter, he's good, too."

Kirk settled for fourth and J.T. Carroll came home in fifth.

Garner all the way in USRA Stock Cars: William Garner of Lebanon led all 20 laps, but had to navigate a late restart to hang on for the USRA Stock Car feature win.

The front row was wiped out on the first lap as pole-sitter Dawson Fennewald spun in turn four and Jaylen Wettengel clipped him and suffered a flat tire.

Garner inherited the pole on the restart and set the pace, rolling to a 2.3-second lead over Beck by lap nine when a caution tightened the field.

After action resumed, Garner didn’t fool around. He needed just five laps to reclaim his comfortable margin over Beck with Christopher Sawyer in third. Garner’s lead was fourth seconds coming to the white flag when a slower car spun to bring out one more yellow.

Garner handled the restart to beat Beck by a second. Sawyer was third, James McMillin fourth and Butch Bailey fifth.

"When Dawson and Jaylen got together and I hit Dawson, I thought I just ripped the rear end out of this thing," Garner said. "I don't know how I didn't get a flat. I hope his car's not too bad. It (stinks) when a race car gets tore up and you don't get to even make a lap."

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, June 21, 2025

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat 1:
1. (1) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (4) 92 Daniel Scrogham, Peculiar, Mo.
3. (6) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
4. (2) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
5. (3) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
6. (5) 33S Ben Stockton, Kansas City, Mo.
7. (7) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
8. (8) 88 Jimmy Dowell, Boonville, Mo.

Heat 2:
1. (1) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (3) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
3. (2) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
4. (6) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
5. (5) 25 Scotty Roberts, Columbia, Mo.
6. (7) 03 Jason Sivils, Bolivar, Mo.
7. (4) 53 Charlie Laizure, Creighton, Mo.
DNS - 98K Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.

Heat 3:
1. (5) 22 Dustin Hodges, Centralia, Mo.
2. (1) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
3. (2) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
4. (6) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
5. (7) 23N Kenny Nutter, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (4) 91 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
DQ - (3) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
DNS - 12X Skip Pope, Marshfield, Mo.

Feature:
1. (3) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (1) 22 Dustin Hodges, Centralia, Mo.
3. (5) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
4. (2) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (9) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (8) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
7. (4) 92 Daniel Scrogham, Peculiar, Mo.
8. (15) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
9. (7) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
10. (11) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
11. (14) 25 Scotty Roberts, Columbia, Mo.
12. (12) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
13. (20) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
14. (18) 33S Ben Stockton, Kansas City, Mo.
15. (13) 23N Kenny Nutter, Bolivar, Mo.
16. (19) 53 Charlie Laizure, Creighton, Mo.
17. (16) 03 Jason Sivils, Bolivar, Mo.
18. (10) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
19. (17) 91 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
20. (6) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
DNS - 88 Jimmy Dowell, Boonville, Mo.
DNS - 98K Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
DNS - 12X Skip Pope, Marshfield, Mo.
DNS - 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.

USRA STOCK CARS

Heat 1:
1. (1) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
2. (4) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (5) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
4. (2) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
5. (7) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty, Mo.
6. (6) 19J jett stovall, Billings, Mo.
7. (3) L23 Allen Luttjohann, Republic, Mo.
DNS - 54 William Gillette, Fair Play, Mo.

Heat 2:
1. (2) 22 Dawson Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
2. (1) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
3. (4) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
4. (5) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (6) 35Z Zach Zeugin, Fair Play, Mo.
6. (3) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
7. (7) 54T Gage Test, Mexico, Mo.

Feature:
1. (3) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (6) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
3. (4) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
4. (7) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (8) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty, Mo.
6. (10) 35Z Zach Zeugin, Fair Play, Mo.
7. (11) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
8. (13) L23 Allen Luttjohann, Republic, Mo.
9. (5) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
10. (12) 19J jett stovall, Billings, Mo.
11. (2) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
12. (14) 54T Gage Test, Mexico, Mo.
13. (9) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
14. (1) 22 Dawson Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
DNS - 54 William Gillette, Fair Play, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat 1:
1. (2) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
2. (5) 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
3. (3) 94 Tyler Potter, Fulton, Mo.
4. (4) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
5. (8) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
6. (6) 214 Eric Spreer, Perry, Kan.
7. (1) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
8. (7) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.

Heat 2:
1. (2) 7L Trevor Drake, Brighton, Mo.
2. (1) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
3. (3) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
4. (5) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (7) 11S Scotty Bough, Nevada, Mo.
6. (8) 98 Christopher Watts, Osceola, Mo.
7. (6) 17L Londen McClure, St. Joseph, Mo.
8. (4) 08 Chad Neill, Dunnegan, Mo.

Heat 3:
1. (1) 1R Rylan Gibbs, Osceola, Mo.
2. (5) 15 Ryan Edde, Cross Timbers, Mo.
3. (3) 30 Trevor Wilson, Fulton, Mo.
4. (4) 1 Justin Allen Jr., Webb City, Mo.
5. (6) 82N Keith Nutter, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (2) 39 Trent Rogers, Warsaw, Mo.
7. (7) 29 Bronson Wicker, Sedalia, Mo.

Feature:
1. (3) 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
2. (7) 94 Tyler Potter, Fulton, Mo.
3. (12) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
4. (1) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
5. (11) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
6. (2) 7L Trevor Drake, Brighton, Mo.
7. (4) 15 Ryan Edde, Cross Timbers, Mo.
8. (8) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
9. (6) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
10. (10) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
11. (14) 11S Scotty Bough, Nevada, Mo.
12. (15) 82N Keith Nutter, Bolivar, Mo.
13. (18) 214 Eric Spreer, Perry, Kan.
14. (21) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
15. (13) 1 Justin Allen Jr., Webb City, Mo.
16. (17) 39 Trent Rogers, Warsaw, Mo.
17. (23) 08 Chad Neill, Dunnegan, Mo.
18. (5) 1R Rylan Gibbs, Osceola, Mo.
19. (16) 98 Christopher Watts, Osceola, Mo.
20. (20) 17L Londen McClure, St. Joseph, Mo.
21. (19) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
22. (22) 29 Bronson Wicker, Sedalia, Mo.
23. (9) 30 Trevor Wilson, Fulton, Mo.

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