Elliott, Heeter, Smith ride to Motorcycle Closeouts Night wins at I-35 Speedway

Brad Smith won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod main event on Saturday, July 14, 2018, at the I-35 Speedway in Winston, Mo.

Brad Smith won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod main event on Saturday, July 14, 2018, at the I-35 Speedway in Winston, Mo.


The Rick Beebe Heating & Air Smokin’ Hot Summer Series presented by Prime Racing Products headlined the night of racing on Motorcycle Closeouts Night at I-35 Speedway on Saturday.

In the USRA Modifieds, Dennis Elliott grabbed the lead early and paced his way to McCarthy Auto Group Winner’s Circle. Behind him, Derrick Hicks and Mark Dotson battled hard for the second position. Dotson won the battle of sliders and finished second. Darren Shaw charged late to finish third with Hicks fourth and Houston Johnson fifth.

The Holley USRA Stock Cars saw Brett Heeter make another drive to victory. After being stuck in the bottom lane battling with Bryan Rigsby, Heeter found the top lane and drove to the back bumper of leader Kevin Anderson. Anderson left the top lane open and Heeter pounced, stealing the lead away. Anderson held on to finish second with Bryan Rigsby third, Cletus Murray fourth and Jeff Dixon fifth.

The Out-Pace USRA B-Mods put on the best show of the night as five cars battled for the victory. Patrick Royalty held the lead early before making a mistake and handing the lead to Brad Smith. Smith held off Dustin Crist for the rest of the race. with Daniel Harris third, 15th-place starter Andy Bryant fourth and Luke Nieman fifth.

The USRA Modifieds also ran a make-up feature from the June 30 rain-out. Dotson powered his way to victory lane for the fourth time this season. Elliott contested for the top spot but settled for second. Hicks, Austin Johnson and Shane Lawson rounded out the top five.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
I-35 Speedway, Winston, Mo.
Saturday, July 14, 2018

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Feature:
1. (1) 29 Dennis Elliott
2. (8) 85D Mark Dotson
3. (6) 11 Darren Shaw
4. (4) 78 Derrick Hicks
5. (2) 97 Houston Johnson
6. (11) 4M Manlee Lamar
7. (5) 34 Mark Schafman
8. (10) 77 Doug Keller
9. (9) 2H John Hanson
10. (3) 17$ Shane Lawson
11. (7) 98 Austin Johnson
12. (12) 12V Nathan Vaughn
13. (13) 14 Kameron Grindstaff
DNS - 99J Billie Hoover
DNS - 75X Gunner Martin

Make-Up Feature (from June 30):
1. (1) 85D Mark Dotson
2. (3) 29 Dennis Elliott
3. (4) 78 Derrick Hicks
4. (2) 98 Austin Johnson
5. (9) 17$ Shane Lawson
6. (5) 4M Manlee Lamar
7. (7) 97 Houston Johnson
8. (6) 99J Billie Hoover
9. (8) 2H John Hanson
DNS - 75 Eddie Ingram
DNS - 22B Rick Beebe
DNS - 89 Tyler Hibner
DNS - 69 Zach Sanders

HOLLEY USRA STOCK CARS

Feature:
1. (3) 05 Brett Heeter
2. (1) 417 Kevin Anderson
3. (2) 12B Bryan Rigsby
4. (5) 75 Cletus Murray
5. (4) 88 Jeff Dixon
6. (6) 83 Aaron Sauter
7. (7) 1R Craig Reynolds
8. (8) S20 Gene Stigall

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

Feature:
1. (1) 99 Brad Smith
2. (4) 222 Dustin Crist
3. (3) 07 Daniel Harris
4. (15) 28 Andy Bryant
5. (6) 181 Luke Nieman
6. (12) 7 Doug Keller
7. (20) 0 Chase Galvan
8. (8) 14 Kameron Grindstaff
9. (9) 117 Tim Galvan
10. (14) 71 Richard Layne
11. (13) 1 Kyle Henning
12. (22) 47 Tyson Lanfermann
13. (21) 8U Rodney Schweizer
14. (18) 10H Garrett Hill
15. (23) 57 Randy Ainsworth
16. (5) 04 Chad Walker
17. (17) 94 Jared Hillyard
18. (11) 77 Kit Bailey
19. (19) 22K Ashley Klick
20. (7) 22W Yancy Shepard
21. (16) 52M Dustin Miller
22. (10) 3D Jonathan Barnett
DQ - (2) 49 Patrick Royalty
DNS - 15X Corey Myers
DNS - 81 Jacob Blair
DNS - 2 Jason Billups