Ben Moudry won the USRA B-Mod main event

Fayette County Speedway in West Union, Iowa, got the Independence Day weekend started right with another excellent night of racing at the 3/8-mile speedway.

In the USRA B-Mod feature race, Protivin’s Ben Moudry put on a show for the fans and the race sponsor for the speedway, The Place in Protivin, as he led all 20 laps of the main event to pick up his first win of the season at FCS. Moudry held off constant pressure from Ionia’s Brian Mahlstedt, who finished in the runner-up spot. Decorah’s Keagen Einck had a strong run as he captured third place, while Kyle Anderson (Decorah) was fourth and Josh Roney (Postville) was fifth in his Rage Chassis, which got a brand-new wrap earlier in the day.

The Mensink Racing Products USRA Hobby Stock feature had one of the most exciting finishes of the night. It was Justin Lichty (Waterloo) and Josh Ludeking (Decorah) that took the white flag first, but neither of them would finish inside the top 12 as the two battled through turn one before Lichty got a flat tire that led to the two getting tangled up and spinning out in front of the entire field. Ludeking also suffered a flat tire in the scrumb, which took both drivers out of contention.

Benefiting from the situation was Independence driver Marcus Wayne who wheeled the No. 18 hot rod that is owned by Dru Kueker to Victory Lane. Wayne moved up eight spots in the feature to finish ahead of Adam Speicher (Fredericksburg) and Paul Seabrooke (Decorah) for the top three. Fourth place went to Hawkeye’s Justin Hanson, while Steve Larson of Decorah fought back from some early race trouble to take fifth.

Like the story has been for much of the season so far, it was Decorah driver Mitch Hovden who again found his way to the winner’s circle as he picked up win No. 5 of the season at FCS in the Medieval USRA Stock Car division. Hovden led early and often from his outside pole starting spot as he held off Kyle Falck (Decorah) for the win. In third was Brayden Gjere of Mabel, Minn., who advanced six spots in the 20-lap feature. Lynn Panos (Calmar) finished fourth, while last week’s winner Kevin Donlan (Decorah) was fifth.

The USRA Tuner feature race featured plenty of excitement for the fans with Elkader’s Josh Hills getting his first win of the season. Hills jumped ahead eight spots to win the hard charger designation, as a lap-1 wreck dropped five cars from the race. In second place was Lawler’s Mitch Balik, and Brad Stahl of Castalia was third. Fourth place went to Braiden Schaufenbuel of New Hampton as the youngster celebrated his birthday week with a career-best finish. Rounding out the top five was Josh Harms of Postville.

Racing will be back at Fayette County Speedway next Friday night for the Barker Memorial 50 which will pay $2,000 to the winner of the 50-lap Medieval USRA Stock Car feature. The overall purse for the race will be over $10,000 as racers, fans and friends of the late Larry Barker will honor his memory with a great night of racing. Also competing will be the other four weekly classes including the USRA B-Mods, Mensink Racing Products USRA Hobby Stocks, USRA Tuners and Mod Lites.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Fayette County Speedway, West Union, Iowa
Friday, July 2, 2021

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1 (8 laps): 1. 23 Brayden Gjere (2); 2. 97 Lynn Panos (1); 3. 55H Troy Hansmeier (4); 4. 808 Chance Hillman (3); 5. 55 Derek Dettmann (5); 6. 21X Xander Treichel (6).

Heat #2 (8 laps): 1. 33 Kevin Donlan (3); 2. 44 Dillon Anderson (4); 3. 07 Chris Hovden (6); 4. 15 Mitch Hovden (5); 5. 98 Neal Miller (1); 6. 47 Brayton Boyer (2).

Heat #3 (8 laps): 1. 29 Brady Link (1); 2. 25 Dan Jones (2); 3. 67 Kyle Falck (4); 4. 11 Jake Lampert (5); 5. 87 Dylan Suhr (3); 6. 99X Brandon Dietrich (6).

Feature (20 laps): 1. 15 Mitch Hovden (2); 2. 67 Kyle Falck (3); 3. 23 Brayden Gjere (9); 4. 97 Lynn Panos (7); 5. 33 Kevin Donlan (8); 6. 07 Chris Hovden (11); 7. 44 Dillon Anderson (1); 8. 55H Troy Hansmeier (6); 9. 99X Brandon Dietrich (18); 10. 11 Jake Lampert (12); 11. 55 Derek Dettmann (13); 12. 25 Dan Jones (10); 13. 98 Neal Miller (14); 14. 21X Xander Treichel (16); 15. 808 Chance Hillman (5); 16. 87 Dylan Suhr (15); 17. 29 Brady Link (4); 18. 47 Brayton Boyer (17).

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1 (8 laps): 1. 98 Kyle Anderson (3); 2. 18 Jerry Luloff (2); 3. 28T Philip Ihde (5); 4. 1K Parker Kessel (4); 5. J49 Jake Steere (7); 6. 0 Jason Rohde (1); 7. 83 Dylan Crawford (6).

Heat #2 (8 laps): 1. 16 Dan Hovden (3); 2. 85 Ben Moudry (1); 3. 14M Brian Mahlstedt (4); 4. 34 Jeremy Schaufenbuel (6); 5. 32Z Alex Zwanziger (2); 6. 28 Ryan Thorsten (5).

Heat #3 (8 laps): 1. 476X Troy Hovey (2); 2. 66 Keagen Einck (1); 3. 60 Colby Mann (3); 4. 8X Josh Roney (4); 5. 24 Tim Heins (6); 6. 67 Sawyer Swatek (5).

Feature (20 laps): 1. 85 Ben Moudry (1); 2. 14M Brian Mahlstedt (2); 3. 66 Keagen Einck (5); 4. 98 Kyle Anderson (4); 5. 8X Josh Roney (8); 6. 18 Jerry Luloff (10); 7. 16 Dan Hovden (3); 8. 60 Colby Mann (12); 9. 1K Parker Kessel (6); 10. 34 Jeremy Schaufenbuel (11); 11. 28T Philip Ihde (7); 12. 28 Ryan Thorsten (17); 13. 32Z Alex Zwanziger (14); 14. 24 Tim Heins (15); 15. 0 Jason Rohde (16); 16. J49 Jake Steere (13); 17. 476X Troy Hovey (9); 18. 67 Sawyer Swatek (18); DNS – 83 Dylan Crawford.

MENSINK RACING PRODUCTS USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1 (8 laps): 1. 266 Justin Lichty (1); 2. 18 Marcus Wayne (2); 3. 75 Michael Minnier (6); 4. 15C Caden Helle (7); 5. 23 Justin Hanson (3); 6. 11 Sam Umbarger (5); 7. 14 Arthur Schott (4).

Heat #2 (8 laps): 1. 18K Dylan Clinton (2); 2. 19 Paul Seabrooke (4); 3. 22 Steve Larson (5); 4. 81 Joshua Ludeking (3); 5. 15R Ryan Crooks (6); 6. 9 Cody Torkelson (1); 7. 00 Jeff Fels (7).

Heat #3 (8 laps): 1. 9ER Adam Speicher (1); 2. 5 Daryl Moss (4); 3. 22V Jackson Vsetecka (3); 4. 29T Trevor Fleming (7); 5. 4 Trevor Mitts (6); 6. 33 Aaron Kleppe (2); 7. 52D B.J. Dahl (5).

Feature (20 laps): 1. 18 Marcus Wayne (9); 2. 9ER Adam Speicher (4); 3. 19 Paul Seabrooke (3); 4. 23 Justin Hanson (13); 5. 22 Steve Larson (7); 6. 75 Michael Minnier (1); 7. 18K Dylan Clinton (8); 8. 5 Daryl Moss (11); 9. 22V Jackson Vsetecka (5); 10. 14 Arthur Schott (19); 11. 11 Sam Umbarger (16); 12. 9 Cody Torkelson (17); 13. 81 Joshua Ludeking (12); 14. 29T Trevor Fleming (10); 15. 00 Jeff Fels (20); 16. 4 Trevor Mitts (15); 17. 266 Justin Lichty (2); 18. 15R Ryan Crooks (14); 19. 15C Caden Helle (6); DNS – 33 Aaron Kleppe; DNS – 52D B.J. Dahl.

USRA TUNERS

Heat #1 (6 laps): 1. 35 Brad Stahl (1); 2. 31 David Balik (5); 3. 74 Josh Harms (2); 4. 28 Braiden Schaufenbuel (3); 5. K8 Kaitlyn Schroeder (7); 6. 35M Tyler Mannion (4); 7. 70 Jacob Lamphere (6).

Heat #2 (6 laps): 1. 86 Mitch Balik (3); 2. 7J Ben Horsfall (1); 3. 22 Micheal Reicks (7); 4. 18H Josh Hills (5); 5. 59C Levi Hansmeier (4); 6. 76 Clayton Harms (6); 7. 56 Katie Stahl (2).

Feature (10 laps): 1. 18H Josh Hills (9); 2. 86 Mitch Balik (8); 3. 35 Brad Stahl (10); 4. 28 Braiden Schaufenbuel (3); 5. 74 Josh Harms (4); 6. 35M Tyler Mannion (11); 7. 59C Levi Hansmeier (1); 8. 7J Ben Horsfall (2); 9. 70 Jacob Lamphere (13); 10. 31 David Balik (6); 11. 22 Micheal Reicks (7); 12. 76 Clayton Harms (12); 13. 56 Katie Stahl (14); 14. K8 Kaitlyn Schroeder (5).