Jason Cummins won the USRA Modified main event.

A great night of racing action was followed up by a gigantic fireworks display Friday night at Chateau Speedway in Lansing, Minn. As usual, the show was spectacular as was the action on the track.

The French’s Repair USRA Modifieds put out plenty of action from their heats all the way through the feature. In the end it was Jason Cummins of New Richland scoring his third clean sweep of the year. However, the highlight of the class may have been Steve Wetzstein of West Concord who stepped out of his car just over two years ago and stepped back in Friday.

He led the first 17 laps of the feature, withstanding several restarts until Cummins took advantage of a late restart to take the top spot. Cummins put on quite a show of his own as he worked from his sixth row starting spot and picked his way to the front in earning his fifth feature win of the year.

Josh Angst of Winona slipped past Wetzstein for second as the laps wound down.

Darwyn Karau of Kasson and Jayden Larson of Mankato took the classes two other heat wins.

For the second time in three weeks, Hunter Kennedy of St. Ansgar, Iowa, swept his way to a pair of wins in the USRA B-Mods. Kennedy started on the pole in the feature and held off Noah Grinstead of Austin from start to finish.

Grinstead had the other heat win.

Next Friday, Aug. 20, is Kids Night with kids lining up at 6:15 p.m. for rides in race cars. During the night there will be bicycle giveaways and free ice cream treats for the 12-and-under crowd. The the following Friday, Aug. 27, is the rescheduled “Spirit of 83” Memorial.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Chateau Speedway, Lansing, Minn.
Friday, Aug. 13, 2021

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
2. (3) 15 Scotty Anderson, Mason City, Iowa
3. (5) 24 Aaron Benson, Clear Lake, Iowa
4. (4) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
5. (2) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
6. (6) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
2. (2) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
3. (6) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
4. (3) 98 Kevin Stoa, Albert Lea, Minn.
5. (5) OD Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa
6. (4) 1 Blake Arndt, Brownsdale, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 51K Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
2. (1) 24S Charlie Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
3. (3) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
4. (5) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
5. (4) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
6. (6) 14 Scott Gronvold, Grand Meadow, Minn.

Feature:
1. (11) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
2. (6) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
3. (1) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
4. (3) 24 Aaron Benson, Clear Lake, Iowa
5. (10) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
6. (2) 98 Kevin Stoa, Albert Lea, Minn.
7. (8) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
8. (7) 51K Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
9. (16) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
10. (4) 15 Scotty Anderson, Mason City, Iowa
11. (5) 24S Charlie Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
12. (9) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
13. (14) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
14. (18) 14 Scott Gronvold, Grand Meadow, Minn.
15. (15) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
16. (12) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
17. (17) 1 Blake Arndt, Brownsdale, Minn.
18. (13) OD Thomas Rolfes, Carpenter, Iowa

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
2. (4) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
3. (3) 07 Logan Alseth, Winona, Minn.
4. (5) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
5. (2) 15Z Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
6. (6) 75 Tyson Boge, Orchard, Iowa
7. (7) 64 John Ross, Mankato, Minn.
8. (8) 40 Larry Scott, Northfield, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
2. (3) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (1) 52 Hunter Nelson, Peterson, Minn.
4. (4) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
5. (7) 44 Matthew Brooks, Austin, Minn.
6. (6) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
7. (8) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.
8. (5) 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.

Feature:
1. (1) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
2. (2) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
3. (8) 45 Cole Lonergan, Dexter, Minn.
4. (12) 83R Kullen Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
5. (9) 44 Matthew Brooks, Austin, Minn.
6. (4) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
7. (3) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
8. (13) 64 John Ross, Mankato, Minn.
9. (11) 75 Tyson Boge, Orchard, Iowa
10. (14) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.
11. (10) 15Z Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
12. (15) 40 Larry Scott, Northfield, Minn.
13. (6) 07 Logan Alseth, Winona, Minn.
14. (7) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
15. (5) 52 Hunter Nelson, Peterson, Minn.
DNS – 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.