Gary Kerr Jr. won the Medieval USRA Stock Car main event.

The final Hot City Nights promotion of the season at the Vado Speedway Park was hotly contested on Saturday, August 28th for the five divisions in action on the program and both Odessa, Texas racers that were in competition won their respective main events, taking top honors back to West Texas with them.

Gary Kerr Jr. got to the track late, barely made his heat race and then had to work over race-long leader Rick Garcia to claim the Medieval USRA Stock Car feature.

Garcia took command at the start of the main from his outside front row starting spot and lead the majority of the feature with Kerr racing from the fifth row to put heavy pressure on him just past the mid-point.

Garrett Stearns, Shane McNutt and Daniel Sanchez were in the mix up front as well, but Kerr was able to get by them and set his sights on Garcia out front.

Once Kerr got to the inside of Garcia, he was able to capitalize on a misstep by the race leader to take the top spot and run off with the win.

Stearns ran second with Garcia, McNutt and Kenny McCoy in the top five.

Fito Gallardo topped a wild USRA B-Mod feature as the top four finishers in the event started 14th, 13th, 15th and 20th, respectively, and roared their way through the field and to the front during the 20-lap event.

Billy Roy Harris took command early from the pole with Tom Connor, Sherman Barnett and Lucas Ward in the mix early as well but Gallardo, Christy Barnett and Mingo Jauregui were on a mission to the front as the trio worked together to get through slower traffic.

Barnett got there first and took the lead just past the mid-point, but Gallardo was too strong and overpowered her for the lead several laps later. Once out front, Gallardo ran away during the final laps for the win with Barnett chasing him to the line, followed by Jauregui, Hector Barraza and Sherman Barnett.

The Vado Speedway Park will be back in action this coming Labor Day Weekend with a pair of events featuring Medieval USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods, plus 360 Winged Sprint Cars, Legends Cars and Claimers on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Pits open at 4 .p.m with the grandstand opening at 5 and racing starting at 7:30 both nights.

For fans not able to attend in person, all events held during the 2021 season at the Vado Speedway Park will also 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. 28, 2021

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

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (5) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
2. (6) 51 Kenny McCoy, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 5 Rick Garcia, El Paso, Texas
4. (7) B52 Michael Hartman, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (1) 33Z Michael Zimmerman, Elephant Butte, N.M.
6. (2) 8X Xander Parra, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (4) 53 Dickie Stearns Jr., El Paso, Texas

Heat #2:
1. (2) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (4) 24 Shane McNutt, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (6) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.
4. (3) 4 Garrett Stearns, El Paso, Texas
5. (5) 71 Gary Kerr Jr., Odessa, Texas
6. (1) 37 Fred Gibson, Anthony, N.M.

Feature:
1. (9) 71 Gary Kerr Jr., Odessa, Texas
2. (7) 4 Garrett Stearns, El Paso, Texas
3. (2) 5 Rick Garcia, El Paso, Texas
4. (8) 24 Shane McNutt, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (4) 51 Kenny McCoy, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (12) 8X Xander Parra, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (10) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.
8. (3) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
9. (13) 53 Dickie Stearns Jr., El Paso, Texas
10. (11) B52 Michael Hartman, Las Cruces, N.M.
11. (1) 33Z Michael Zimmerman, Elephant Butte, N.M.
12. (5) 37 Fred Gibson, Anthony, N.M.
13. (6) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 57 Billy Roy Harris, Deming, N.M.
2. (2) 2 Javier Moreno, El Paso, Texas
3. (6) 77 Justin Thornton, Chandler, Ariz.
4. (5) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (4) 59D Jacob Dart, Deming, N.M.
6. (7) 241 David Jay Jr., Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (3) 08 Daniel Lozoya, El Paso, Texas

Heat #2:
1. (3) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
2. (2) 63 Michael Wells, El Paso, Texas
3. (4) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
4. (1) 14X Tom Conner, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (6) 7C John Carney, El Paso, Texas
6. (7) 49M Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
7. (5) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas

Heat #3:
1. (1) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (4) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (2) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
4. (3) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (6) 47 Mingo Jauregui, El Paso, Texas
6. (5) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (7) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.

Feature:
1. (14) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (13) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
3. (15) 47 Mingo Jauregui, El Paso, Texas
4. (20) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
5. (5) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
6. (9) 77 Justin Thornton, Chandler, Ariz.
7. (3) 14X Tom Conner, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (1) 57 Billy Roy Harris, Deming, N.M.
9. (4) 63 Michael Wells, El Paso, Texas
10. (17) 49M Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
11. (18) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
12. (2) 2 Javier Moreno, El Paso, Texas
13. (21) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
14. (19) 08 Daniel Lozoya, El Paso, Texas
15. (12) 7C John Carney, El Paso, Texas
16. (6) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
17. (10) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
18. (16) 241 David Jay Jr., Las Cruces, N.M.
19. (8) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
20. (11) 59D Jacob Dart, Deming, N.M.