Nick Rivera won the USRA Modified main event.

Another Hot City Nights program was held Saturday at the Vado Speedway Park and hot action on the track was the name of the game all night long during the program.

After a heat race win earlier in the night, Xander Parra led the field to the green and after an early-race battle with Daniel Blaeser, but fifth-starting Jonathan Burton took over the top spot and raced away with his second Medieval USRA Stock Car feature win of the season ahead of 2020 track champion Bryan Bennett.

Burton and Bennett ran out front while Shane McNutt, Brian Kleine and Fred Gibson worked into the top five where they crossed the finish line.

The final event of the night was the 25-lap USRA Modified feature with Cory Hemphill on the pole. On the start, Hemphill and Austin Adams battled out front while Christy Barnett worked into the second spot early.

Terry Tipton ran inside the top five early, while eighth-starting Nick Rivera used the top side of the speedway to make progress forward. Rivera and Jimmy Ray both used the top line to work into the top five early and then continue their progression toward the front.

Rivera took over the lead and raced off to the win over his father-in-law, Ray, in second. Barnett ran third with Jonathon Ortega and Tipton rounding out the top five when the checkered flag flew.

The Vado Speedway Park will be back in action Saturday, August 14, with another Hot City Nights promotion where fans from Deming, Silver City, Hurley, Bayard and Santa Clara will 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, all events held during the 2021 season will be live 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, Aug. 7, 2021

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (5) 22 Jonathon Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (7) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (1) 26 Cory Hemphill, Yuma, Ariz.
4. (4) 777 Kyle McCutcheon, Alamogordo, N.M.
5. (2) 3T Todd Harper, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (3) 18JR Ricardo Olague Jr., El Paso, Texas
7. (6) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (8) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
9. (9) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 82 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
2. (3) 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
3. (6) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (2) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas
5. (8) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (4) 49 Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
7. (5) 5A Ralph Adams Jr., El Paso, Texas
8. (7) G3 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.

Feature:
1. (8) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (6) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 82 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
4. (5) 22 Jonathon Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (4) 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
6. (7) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (14) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (2) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas
9. (11) 18JR Ricardo Olague Jr., El Paso, Texas
10. (16) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
11. (1) 26 Cory Hemphill, Yuma, Ariz.
12. (12) 49 Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
13. (13) 5A Ralph Adams Jr., El Paso, Texas
14. (10) 3T Todd Harper, Las Cruces, N.M.
15. (15) G3 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (9) 777 Kyle McCutcheon, Alamogordo, N.M.
17. (17) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 8X Xander Parra, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (3) 1I Daniel Blaeser, La Mesa, N.M.
3. (5) 37 Fred Gibson, Anthony, N.M.
4. (6) 12 Robert Barnett, Anson, Texas
5. (4) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
6. (2) 93 Adrian Barraza, El Paso, Texas

Heat #2:
1. (1) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (2) 74 Jason Josselyn, Alamogordo, N.M.
3. (3) 24 Shane McNutt, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (4) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.
5. (5) 21K Brian Kleine, Las Cruces, N.M.

Feature:
1. (5) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (8) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.
3. (7) 24 Shane McNutt, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (9) 21K Brian Kleine, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (4) 37 Fred Gibson, Anthony, N.M.
6. (1) 8X Xander Parra, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (3) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
8. (10) 12 Robert Barnett, Anson, Texas
9. (2) 1I Daniel Blaeser, La Mesa, N.M.
10. (11) 93 Adrian Barraza, El Paso, Texas
11. (12) 27 Vincent Prigione, El Paso, Texas
12. (6) 74 Jason Josselyn, Alamogordo, N.M.