Jake Gallardo won the USRA Modified main event.

The second Meet the Drivers Night of the season at the Vado Speedway Park was held with a season-high 112 cars in the pit area on a beautiful Saturday night with Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series action featuring the USRA Modifieds and USRA B-Mods.

Starting 14th on the grid, Fito Gallardo sliced the through the USRA B-Mod feature with ease during the 20-lap main to drive by his competition and dominate the event after starting in the seventh row.

While he was working his way through the field early, Duane Murphy was leading while Gallardo, Dustin Smith, Mingo Jauregui and others were working their way toward the front.

Once Gallardo got to the lead he checked out, but Jauregui was also able to get by Murphy late in the race and tried to challenge Gallardo on a late race restart, but Gallardo was too strong, racing to the win.

Jauregui ran second with Murphy third, Smith from the tail after a lap-one tire change to fourth and Christy Barnett from 16th to fifth at the checkered.

The final event of the night was the 27-car USRA Modified feature and the fans were treated, saving the best for last for sure as Christy Barnett jumped out front from the pole and led early with Jonathan Ortega and Jake Gallardo providing heavy pressure early.

Ortega and Barnett ran side by side for the lead for several laps until Gallardo made it a three-car battle and was able to assume the top spot on a restart.

Once Jake Gallardo was out front, he led the remainder of the event for the win but the racing was intense behind him.

Fito Gallardo, started 26th and stormed through the field into the top five early and battled with Jimmy Ray, Nick Rivera, Xavier Ortega and Travis Tipton for a top-five spot but he wasn’t content there and continued his march forward.

On a late-race restart, he stole second away and tried to challenge Jake Gallardo for the lead, but his son was too strong out front and picked up the win.

Fito Gallardo completed the 26th-to-second run with Ortega third, Ray fourth and Rivera fifth when the checkered flag flew.

The Vado Speedway Park will be back in action Saturday, August 7, with another Hot City Nights event where fans from Alamogordo, Tularosa, La Luz and Cloudcroft with be admitted into the grandstand area for just $5 with a valid ID.

Pits open at 4 p.m. with the grandstand opening at 5.

For fans not able to attend in person, the event will be liv at watchfye.tv.

For upcoming schedule information and tickets, visit vadospeedwaypark.com.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Vado Speedway Park, Vado, N.M.
Saturday, July 31, 2021

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 82 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
2. (3) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (8) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (7) M16 Rocko Gallardo, Fair Acres, N.M.
5. (4) 49 Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
6. (9) 71 Tyler Steed, York, Ariz.
7. (2) 3 Tim Tharp, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (6) 18J Ricardo Olague Jr., El Paso, Texas
9. (5) 5A Ralph Adams Jr., El Paso, Texas

Heat #2:
1. (1) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (2) 22 Jonathon Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (5) 30 Travis Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
5. (6) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (7) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
7. (4) 7 Don Parra, Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – 3 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – 3S Sal Gomez, Las Cruces, N.M.

Heat #3:
1. (7) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (5) 3T Todd Harper, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
4. (2) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (6) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas
6. (4) 777 Kyle McCutcheon, Alamogordo, N.M.
7. (8) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (1) 5 Joe Lackey, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (9) 14 Sergio Chao Sr., El Paso, Texas

Feature:
1. (7) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (8) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (2) 22 Jonathon Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (5) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (6) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (4) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (11) 30 Travis Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
8. (13) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (9) 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
10. (1) 82 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
11. (14) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas
12. (3) 3T Todd Harper, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (16) 49 Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
14. (17) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
15. (18) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (20) 7 Don Parra, Las Cruces, N.M.
17. (22) 5A Ralph Adams Jr., El Paso, Texas
18. (19) 3 Tim Tharp, Las Cruces, N.M.
19. (12) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
20. (10) M16 Rocko Gallardo, Fair Acres, N.M.
21. (15) 71 Tyler Steed, York, Ariz.
22. (21) 18J Ricardo Olague Jr., El Paso, Texas
23. (23) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – 777 Kyle McCutcheon, Alamogordo, N.M.
DNS – 5 Joe Lackey, Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – 14 Sergio Chao Sr., El Paso, Texas
DNS – 3S Sal Gomez, Las Cruces, N.M.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (8) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
2. (9) 3S Sal Gomez, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (4) C7 Jose De La Fuente, El Paso, Texas
4. (5) X15 Rick Hall, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (7) 63 Michael Wells, El Paso, Texas
6. (1) 49M Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
7. (10) 86 Luis Salazar, Ciudad Juárez, Chih., Mexico
8. (6) 2 Javier Moreno, El Paso, Texas
9. (3) 08 Daniel Lozoya, El Paso, Texas
10. (2) 57 Billy Roy Harris, Deming, N.M.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (10) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (7) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (3) 7C John Carney, El Paso, Texas
5. (8) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (9) 47 Mingo Jauregui, El Paso, Texas
7. (6) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (5) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
9. (1) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
10. (2) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas

Feature:
1. (14) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (11) 47 Mingo Jauregui, El Paso, Texas
3. (1) 49M Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
4. (10) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (16) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
6. (18) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
7. (5) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
8. (8) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (9) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
10. (4) 63 Michael Wells, El Paso, Texas
11. (3) X15 Rick Hall, Las Cruces, N.M.
12. (2) C7 Jose De La Fuente, El Paso, Texas
13. (17) 08 Daniel Lozoya, El Paso, Texas
14. (7) 7C John Carney, El Paso, Texas
15. (21) 241 David Jay Jr., Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (20) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
17. (19) 57 Billy Roy Harris, Deming, N.M.
18. (13) 86 Luis Salazar, Ciudad Juárez, Chih., Mexico
19. (12) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
20. (6) 3S Sal Gomez, Las Cruces, N.M.
21. (15) 2 Javier Moreno, El Paso, Texas