Thornton doubles up, Heeter rolls into victory lane on Racin’ for Rian Night at I-35 Speedway


The Out-Pace USRA B-Mods were the first class to deal with a track heading to the slick side. The 19 drivers all made the right setup changes and put on a show in a mostly green feature. Daniel Harris took the early lead, but that did not last long as Ricky Thornton Jr. made his way to his back bumper before a lap five caution. On the restart, Thornton made the slide job stick and took off with the lead. Thornton dominated the rest of the race while seven different drivers were in the rest of the top five at some point. Harris finished second, Doug Keller third, Ed Noll fourth and Kyle Henning fifth, while Jason Billups and Jacob Blair were the two that missed out on the top five.

Brett Heeter backed up his win in the Gary Davis Super 66 Stock Car race with another feature win. He battled with Gary Donaldson for the Holley USRA Stock Car win, who subbed for Cletus Murray in the 75 car. Donaldson finished second, with William Dahl third, Gene Stigall fourth and Robert Fisk fifth.

Mark Dotson jumped to the early lead in the USRA Modified feature. Fourth place starter Ricky Thornton Jr. made quick work of Darren Shaw and Houston Johnson to get to second. Dotson and Thornton swapped the lead several times with sliders and crossovers before Thornton grabbed the lead for good and scorched his way to the win, his second for the night. Dotson finished second, as Dennis Elliott battled back from an early race incident to finish third. Darren Shaw finished fourth and Houston Johnson fifth.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
I-35 Speedway, Winston, Mo.
Saturday, June 23, 2018

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

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS
1. (4) 20T Ricky Thornton Jr.
2. (1) 07 Daniel Harris (Heat Race Winner)
3. (5) 7 Doug Keller
4. (7) 15 Ed Noll
5. (2) 1 Kyle Henning (Heat Race Winner)
6. (15) 2 Jason Billups
7. (8) 81 Jacob Blair
8. (16) 52M Dustin Miller
9. (14) 57 Randy Ainsworth
10. (10) 10 Johnny McGinnis
11. (19) 222 Dustin Crist
12. (13) 77 Ramon Ortega
13. (17) 22B Mitch Booher
14. (11) 17X Clint Baker
15. (18) 23B Casey Burnett
16. (9) 35 Dalton Blow
17. (12) 94 Jared Hillyard
18. (3) 0 Chase Galvan (Heat Race Winner)
19. (6) 15X Corey Myers
 
HOLLEY USRA STOCK CARS
1. (5) 05 Brett Heeter
2. (1) 75 Gary Donaldson (Heat Race Winner)
3. (6) 40 William Dahl
4. (4) S20 Gene Stigall
5. (7) 31B Robert Fisk
6. (3) 83 Aaron Sauter
7. (2) 93 Sam Scott
 
USRA MODIFIEDS
1. (4) 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr.
2. (1) 85D Mark Dotson (Heat Race Winner)
3. (5) 29 Dennis Elliott
4. (2) 11 Darren Shaw
5. (3) 97 Houston Johnson (Heat Race Winner)
6. (8) 98 Austin Johnson
7. (6) 17$ Shane Lawson
8. (9) 4M Manlee Lamar
9. (10) 99J Billie Hoover
10. (12) 1W Spencer Wilson
11. (11) 2H John Hanson
12. (7) 78 Derrick Hicks
DNS - 71 Jim Hopkins
DNS - 74 Rodney Schweizer
DNS - 75 B.B. Tex