Hector Barraza won the USRA B-Mod main event.

Topless Night was held at the Vado Speedway Park on Saturday which featured the USRA Modifieds and USRA B-Mods racing without roofs, along with a full program for the othr three classes in action.

Hector Barraza raced to his career-first feature win after coming out on top of a wild USRA B-Mod feature that saw Sherman Barnett lead early, Xavier Ortega and Christy Barnett pressuring him during the mid-stages of the race and Donavon Flores challenge him during the closing laps.

But Barraza was up to the challenge and held off all of them for the victory.

The event was entertaining from start to finish. After a late-race caution bunched up the field, Barraza was able to hold on for the popular victory.

Flores finished a close second with Ortega third, Aasa Flores fourth and 17th-starting Fito Gallardo in fifth.

Jonathon Ortega has hit his stride at the right time of the season with the $21,000-to-win Rancho Milagro USRA Fall Nationals just around the corner and raced to his second straight USRA Modified victory from his fourth starting spot to claim the $1,000 top prize for his efforts.

Tim Tharp jumped into the lead from the pole on the start and lead early until Ortega was able to race by him into the lead and then build a sizeable advantage over a great battle for second between Christy Barnett, Royal Jones and Adams.

Jones and Barnett battled nose to tail and side by side for many laps for the runner-up spot, while Ortega stretched his lead lap after lap out front.

The lone caution of the 25-lap event flew on lap 24, which gave Jones and Barnett one last shot at the leader but Ortega was too strong and raced off with the win.

Jones got by Barnett for second with Fito Gallardo fourth and Nick Rivera rounding out the top five.

The Vado Speedway Park will be back in action this Saturday, Oct. 2, with Rancho Milagro Fan Appreciation Night. The first 1,000 fans will be admitted into the grandstands for free. Pits open at 4 p.m. with the grandstands opening at 5 and racing starting at 7:30.

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, Sept. 25, 2021

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (5) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (1) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
3. (3) 777 Mike Rosales, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (4) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (2) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
6. (6) 14 Sergio Chao Sr., El Paso, Texas
DNS – 29 Mercedes Abercrombie, Deming, N.M.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (5) 22 Jonathon Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (6) 3 Tim Tharp, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (4) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
DQ – (1) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.

Heat #3:
1. (1) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (3) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas
3. (2) 3T Todd Harper, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (6) 18JR Ricardo Olague Jr., El Paso, Texas
5. (7) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (4) 5 Joe Lackey, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (5) 36 Joe Alvarado, El Paso, Texas

Feature:
1. (4) 22 Jonathon Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (6) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
4. (7) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (12) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (14) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
7. (10) 777 Mike Rosales, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (1) 3 Tim Tharp, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (9) 3T Todd Harper, Las Cruces, N.M.
10. (15) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
11. (18) 36 Joe Alvarado, El Paso, Texas
12. (17) 5 Joe Lackey, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (19) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
14. (11) 18JR Ricardo Olague Jr., El Paso, Texas
15. (8) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (2) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas
17. (13) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
18. (16) 14 Sergio Chao Sr., El Paso, Texas
DQ – (5) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.
DNS – 29 Mercedes Abercrombie, Deming, N.M.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (5) 52TX Paddy Rush, Horizon City, Texas
2. (3) 85M Vince Melone, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (4) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
4. (7) 10 Enrique Barraza, El Paso, Texas
5. (6) 241 David Jay Jr., Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (2) 357 Steve McGuire, Deming, N.M.
DQ – (1) 14J Justin Garrett, Deming, N.M.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
2. (6) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
3. (3) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
4. (7) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (5) 13 Manny Nunez, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (1) 14X Tom Conner, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (4) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 83 Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (4) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (2) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (3) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
5. (5) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (7) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (8) 47 Mingo Jauregui, El Paso, Texas
8. (6) 3 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.

Feature:
1. (6) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
2. (7) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (8) 83 Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (9) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (17) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (11) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (18) 47 Mingo Jauregui, El Paso, Texas
8. (15) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (10) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
10. (20) 3 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
11. (3) 52TX Paddy Rush, Horizon City, Texas
12. (1) 85M Vince Melone, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (5) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
14. (2) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
15. (14) 13 Manny Nunez, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (13) 241 David Jay Jr., Las Cruces, N.M.
17. (21) 14J Justin Garrett, Deming, N.M.
18. (12) 10 Enrique Barraza, El Paso, Texas
19. (16) 14X Tom Conner, Las Cruces, N.M.
20. (19) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
DQ – (4) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 357 Steve McGuire, Deming, N.M.