Allen 10th USRA Modified winner in 10 races at Humboldt

  • May 8, 2015
  • by Scott L. Stewart

HUMBOLDT, Kan.--In an environment where high speed and full- on competition reign supreme, grinding wrecks are possible at any instant. Such was the case in this week’s USRA B-Mod main when a group of very fast cars tangled just past the flagstand on the front straightaway.

In the ensuing crash, Dylan Allen’s car rolled with the remains coming to rest on the drivers side, with the roof facing oncoming traffic. At that point, Allen’s #98 was struck in the roof area full force by another race car. The 98 appeared to be totally destroyed, and it took several anxious moments before safety workers were able to extract Dylan from the remains of the automobile, amazingly unharmed (a credit to the engineering that goes into today’s modern chassis). No one else was injured, although several cars will require extensive repairs.

At the finish of the race, Jake Richards of Kansas City held off Mike Striegel for the feature win. Jim Body, Riley Whitworth and Mike Letterman completed the top five.

Dylan Allen’s father, John Allen, turned in a classic performance in the USRA Modified feature, winning the feature wire to wire. Tad Davis was the runner-up, Tyler Davis finished third, Jessy Willard fourth and Dennis Bishop was fifth.

Next week will be Kids Night, with bicycle races to be held at half time.