Jake O'Neil won the USRA Modified main event.

The richest Rancho Milagro USRA Fall Nationals in the 21-year history of the event kicked off Friday with Terry Phillips landing in Western Tech Victory Lane on the opening night and Jake O’Neil racing to the USRA Modified win on Saturday, setting a star-studded front row for the 24-car field during the $21,000-to-win, 50-lap event on Sunday evening.

O’Neil took the lead at the drop of the green, but a crash took place on the opening corner and resetting the field for a second attempt at the start. On the second attempt, O’Neil again took control with Phillips and Sanders beginning an early race battle for the runner up spot just behind the quickly disappearing No. 0 car.

O’Neil paced himself out front while Phillips and sixth-starting Tanner Mullens began to jockey for the second spot. Lance Mari, Sanders and Shane Devolder were in an exciting side-by-side battle for the fourth spot for much of the race, while Mullens was able to get by Phillips for the runner=up spot just after the third and final caution flew on lap 24.

O’Neil again proved to the be the class of the field while Mullens took his shot to hang with the leader out front. Phillips settled back into third while Devolder and Sanders continued to swap the fourth and fifth spots. Outside of the top five. Zack VanderBeek and Jake Gallardo were locked in battle for sixth, with Nathan Smith, Fito Gallardo and Carlos Ahumada Jr inside the top 10 as well.

As laps wound down, lapped traffic slowed O’Neil’s progress just a bit, allowing Mullens to close in slightly, but O’Neil was just too strong and led all 50 laps en route to the biggest win of his career while Mullens ran second with Phillips third. Devolder outlasted Sanders for fourth, with VanderBeek, Jake Gallardo, Smith, Fito Gallardo and Ahumada rounding out the top 10.

Double duty racer Josh Cain led the Medieval USRA Stock Car feature field to the green flag. After having to battle early with third-starting Colby Deming, Cain settled in out front and ran uncontested for the majority of the race, picking up the $2,100 payday for his efforts when the checkered flag flew.

The battle behind the leader was intense all 25 laps long between Deming, R.C. Combs, Jed Smith and Saturday's winner Tommy Fain as they swapped the second through fifth spots over and over during the entire event. Deming eventually took control of the runner-up spot and held it to the checkered with Combs slipping by Smith in a photo finish for third. Fain crossed the finish line with a fifth-place run.

Former Medieval USRA Stock Car national champion Donavon Flores and the Red-headed Rebel Scott Bintz paced the field to the green in the $2,100-to-win finale for the USRA B-Mods on Sunday afternoon. Flores hopped to the top spot on the opening lap with Bintz and Justin Allen battling for second right behind.

The racing was action-packed all throughout the field with Fito Gallardo, who started 15th, working his way through the field, cracking the top 10 early and then continuing his progression forward into the top five just past the mid-point of the 25-lap event.

Once Gallardo got into the top five, he began to battle with Flores, Allen and Bintz for the lead until he was able to overhaul them and drive away with the impressive victory from the eighth row. Flores held off Bintz for second with Allen fourth and USRA B-Mod rookie Parker Anderson recording a top-five finish for his efforts.

Special thanks to Rancho Milagro for being the title sponsor of the 2021 Fall Nationals, along with S&S Fishing & Rental for being the presenting sponsor and to Gallardo Construction and Hacienda Mechanical for their associate sponsorship of the weekend as well.

For fans not able to attend in person, all events held during the 2021 season at the Vado Speedway Park can be watched 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.
Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

"C" Feature:
1. (6) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (4) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas
3. (1) 18JR Ricardo Olague Jr., El Paso, Texas
4. (3) J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.
5. (9) 85F Neal Flowers, Hobbs, N.M.
6. (5) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
7. (8) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (13) 49 Vince Ogle, Lubbock, Texas
9. (7) 44JT Jaime Torres, Tortugas, N.M.
10. (10) 32G Tag Georges, El Paso, Minn.
11. (14) 157 Joel King, Artesia, N.M.
12. (16) 28R Ronnie Leathem Jr., Albuquerque, N.M.
13. (11) 17M Roy Don Mason, Hobbs, N.M.
14. (15) 202 Robbie Chiles, Hooper, Colo.
15. (17) J16 Josh Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (12) 9C Bryan Cain, Roswell, N.M.
17. (2) 5A Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas
DNS – (15) 7J Devon Jobin, Alamogordo, N.M.
DNS – 82 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.

"B" Feature:
1. (1) 88 Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M.
2. (8) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (11) 10 Dustin Robinson, Post, Texas
4. (3) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (4) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (15) 18JR Ricardo Olague Jr., El Paso, Texas
7. (5) 22 Jonathon Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (14) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas
9. (7) 117 Toby Herring, Hobbs, N.M.
10. (13) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
11. (6) 7 A.J. Sharpensteen, Amarillo, Texas
12. (10) 30 Travis Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
13. (17) 85F Neal Flowers, Hobbs, N.M.
14. (12) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
15. (9) 777 Mike Rosales, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (19) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
17. (18) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
18. (21) 44JT Jaime Torres, Tortugas, N.M.
19. (16) J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.
20. (20) 49 Vince Ogle, Lubbock, Texas
21. (22) 32G Tag Georges, El Paso, Minn.
22. (23) 157 Joel King, Artesia, N.M.
23. (24) 28R Ronnie Leathem Jr., Albuquerque, N.M.
24. (2) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (4) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
3. (2) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
4. (9) 44 Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
5. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
6. (10) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
7. (6) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (13) 88 Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M.
9. (14) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
10. (7) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
11. (11) 3J Josh Cain, Rio Rancho, N.M.
12. (12) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (23) 7 A.J. Sharpensteen, Amarillo, Texas
14. (8) 2 Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M.
15. (17) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (19) 22 Jonathon Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
17. (5) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
18. (22) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
19. (21) 117 Toby Herring, Hobbs, N.M.
20. (15) 10 Dustin Robinson, Post, Texas
21. (20) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas
22. (18) 18JR Ricardo Olague Jr., El Paso, Texas
23. (16) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
24. (24) 30 Travis Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

"B" Feature #1:
1. (6) 2 Dustin White, Lamesa, Texas
2. (4) 51K Kenny McCoy, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (1) 3 Josh Reynolds, Alamogordo, N.M.
4. (8) 5X Rick Boelter, Los Lunas, N.M.
5. (5) 4C Cecil Hankins, Roswell, N.M.
6. (3) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
7. (9) 9 Jeremy DuBois, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (7) 173J Daniel Sanchez Jr., La Mesa, N.M.
9. (2) 37 Fred Gibson, Anthony, N.M.
DNS – 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 3R Ronnie Cain, Cosby, Texas
DNS – 93 Adrian Barraza, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 5 Russell Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – 24XXX Eric McNutt, Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – 13 Vanessa Robinson, Las Cruces, N.M.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (1) 74C James Collins, Roswell, N.M.
2. (2) 4 Garrett Stearns, El Paso, Texas
3. (7) 59 Alex Sutherlin, Aztec, N.M.
4. (8) 5M Ryder McCutcheon, Lubbock, Texas
5. (4) 17 Austin Hankins, Roswell, N.M.
6. (12) 8811 Diego Alvarado, El Paso, Texas
7. (6) 562 Craig Walker, Roswell, N.M.
8. (10) 51 Brandon Ward, Blue Water Village, N.M.
9. (3) 18 Raymundo Lopez, Las Cruces, N.M.
10. (9) Z9 Ralph Garcia, Los Lunas, N.M.
11. (5) 23 Xander Parra, Las Cruces, N.M.
12. (11) 53S Dickie Stearns Jr., El Paso, Texas
DNS – 96X Herman Garcia, Espanola, N.M.
DNS – 1I Daniel Blaeser, La Mesa, N.M.
DNS – 7 Cecil Fanning, Rio Rancho, N.M.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) M4 Josh Cain, Rio Rancho, N.M.
2. (3) 65 Colby Deming, Hobbs, N.M.
3. (5) 53 RC Combs, Albuquerque, N.M.
4. (7) 171 Jed Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (2) 90.5 Tommy Fain, Abilene, Texas
6. (11) 74 Jason Josselyn, Alamogordo, N.M.
7. (8) M7 Cameron Martin, Los Lunas, N.M.
8. (10) 24 Shane McNutt, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (13) 2 Dustin White, Lamesa, Texas
10. (4) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.
11. (6) 71 Gary Kerr Jr., Odessa, Texas
12. (18) 59 Alex Sutherlin, Aztec, N.M.
13. (17) 3 Josh Reynolds, Alamogordo, N.M.
14. (15) 51K Kenny McCoy, Las Cruces, N.M.
15. (20) 5M Ryder McCutcheon, Lubbock, Texas
16. (23) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
17. (16) 4 Garrett Stearns, El Paso, Texas
18. (21) 4C Cecil Hankins, Roswell, N.M.
19. (22) 17 Austin Hankins, Roswell, N.M.
20. (12) LUCK13 Luigi Truden, Rio Rancho, N.M.
21. (9) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.
22. (19) 5X Rick Boelter, Los Lunas, N.M.
23. (14) 74C James Collins, Roswell, N.M.
24. (24) 8811 Diego Alvarado, El Paso, Texas

USRA B-MODS

"B" Feature #1:
1. (1) 7C John Carney, El Paso, Texas
2. (10) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (4) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (3) 52TX Paddy Rush, Horizon City, Texas
5. (2) 15 Cheyenna Yates, Albuquerque, N.M.
6. (5) 14J Justin Garrett, Deming, N.M.
7. (8) C7 Jose De La Fuente, El Paso, Texas
8. (9) 45 Jay Hill, Dell City, Texas
9. (6) 25C Cory Polen, Grants, N.M.
10. (11) 20K Gage Duke, Ruidoso, N.M.
11. (7) 241 David Jay Jr., Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – X15 Rick Hall, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 24 Derek Stuhler, Elephant Butte, N.M.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (1) 88 Andrew Fanning
2. (5) 4C Chris Hooper, Albuquerque, N.M.
3. (6) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
4. (4) 95 Andrew Fowner, Albuquerque, N.M.
5. (2) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
6. (3) 3S Sal Gomez, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (8) 27 Jacob Pape, Bosque Farms, N.M.
8. (9) 21 Damon Sanchez, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (7) 08 Daniel Lozoya, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 14 Sergio Chao, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 2 Javier Moreno, El Paso, Texas

"A" Feature:
1. (15) G3 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (1) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 1S Scott Bintz, Jamestown, N.D.
4. (5) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (10) 1P Parker Anderson, Phillips, Wis.
6. (11) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (6) 47 Mingo Jauregui, El Paso, Texas
8. (18) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
9. (9) M17 Rob Moseley, Los Lunas, N.M.
10. (13) 7C John Carney, El Paso, Texas
11. (17) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
12. (8) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (21) 15 Cheyenna Yates, Albuquerque, N.M.
14. (22) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
15. (20) 95 Andrew Fowner, Albuquerque, N.M.
16. (19) 52TX Paddy Rush, Horizon City, Texas
17. (12) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
18. (4) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
19. (24) 3S Sal Gomez, Las Cruces, N.M.
20. (14) 88 Andrew Fanning, Grants, N.M.
21. (23) 14J Justin Garrett, Deming, N.M.
22. (16) 4C Chris Hooper, Albuquerque, N.M.
23. (7) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.