Carlos Ahumada Jr. won the USRA Modified main event.

After qualifying races were completed during Saturday's Hot City Nights event at the Vado Speedway Park, the five features were on tap and produced several first-time season winners in the process.

The S&J Automotive Medieval USRA Stock Cars saw Sherman Barnett leading the field to the green flag at the start of the 20-lap feature event.

Barnett jumped from the pole to the lead as the pack entered turn number one, but outside front row starter Kenny McCoy took over on the high side and raced into the top spot as the field thundered down the backstretch.

McCoy began to stretch his lead over the field while Jonathan Burton, Rob Moseley, Devon Jobin and Bryan Bennett worked their way into a great five-car battle for the lead with Burton able to sling by on the top to take command out front.

Bennett and Moseley were in a spirited battle for second for the majority of the race while Burton was able to race off to his first win of the season. Bennett was able to hold off Moseley for second at the checkered.

​Jonathan Burton won the Medieval USRA Stock Car main event.

The best race of the night was the Rancho Milagro USRA Modified feature event which saw Carlos Ahumada Jr. race from his sixth starting spot to pick up his first win of the 2022 season after a thrilling race-long battle within the top five.

Jimmy Ray and Terry Tipton kicked off action early with a side-by-side battle for the lead with Fito Gallardo in tow. Once Gallardo got to second be began to pressure Tipton for the lead until he lost the handle of his No. G17 and spun, bringing out the caution.

On the restart, Ahumada blasted by Tipton to lead and kept his No. 65X glued to the bottom of the speedway while Tipton blasted the cushion using the momentum to keep pace with Ahumada out front. The two raced hard for the lead, while Ray, Royal Jones and Donavon Flores were in a great battle for third just behind the leaders.

As the laps wound down, a two-lap shootout would set the stage for Ahumada’s first win of the year as he held off Tipton to the checkered. Gallardo rallied from the tail to steal third over the final laps to complete the podium.

The Vado Speedway Park will be back in action Saturday, April 30, with another Hot City Nights event where residents of Las Cruces will be admitted into the grandstand area for just $5 with a valid ID. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing begins at 7:30.

USRA Modifieds, Medieval USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods are on tap for another exciting night of Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series action.

For fans not able to attend in person, all events held during the 2022 season at the Vado Speedway Park will be streamed live at WatchFYE.tv.

For upcoming schedule information and tickets, visit VadoSpeedwayPark.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Vado Speedway Park, Vado, N.M.
Saturday, April 23, 2022

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (2) J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.
2. (4) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (6) 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
4. (5) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas
5. (1) 5L Joe Lackey, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (7) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
7. (3) 18R Ricardo Olague Sr, El Paso, Texas
8. (9) 1 Justin Thornton, Chandler, Ariz.
9. (8) 89D Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.

Heat #2:
1. (1) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (5) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 24 Rick Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (6) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
5. (7) 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
6. (8) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (9) 52TX Paddy Rush, Horizon City, Texas
8. (2) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (4) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.

Feature:
1. (6) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
2. (2) 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
3. (7) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (8) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (9) 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
6. (11) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (12) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
8. (1) 24 Rick Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (17) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
10. (3) J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.
11. (15) 1 Justin Thornton, Chandler, Ariz.
12. (13) 52TX Paddy Rush, Horizon City, Texas
13. (14) 18R Ricardo Olague Sr, El Paso, Texas
14. (4) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
15. (16) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (5) 85 Austin Adams, El Paso, Texas
17. (10) 5L Joe Lackey, Las Cruces, N.M.
DNS – 89D Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (5) 51 Kenny McCoy, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (3) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
3. (6) 86 Luis Salazar, Ciudad, Juárez, Mexico
4. (7) 33Z Michael Zimmerman, Elephant Butte, N.M.
5. (4) 81 Devon Jobin, Alamogordo, N.M.
6. (2) 37 Fred Gibson, Anthony, N.M.
DQ – (1) 93 Adrian Barraza, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 87JR Jose Salazar, Ciudad, Juárez, Mexico

Heat #2:
1. (4) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (6) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.
3. (2) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
4. (5) M17 Rob Moseley, Los Lunas, N.M.
5. (3) 3 Josh Reynolds, Alamogordo, N.M.
6. (7) 5X Russell Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (1) 11JR Daniel Sanchez Jr., La Mesa, N.M.

Feature:
1. (5) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (7) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.
3. (6) M17 Rob Moseley, Los Lunas, N.M.
4. (1) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
5. (11) 81 Devon Jobin, Alamogordo, N.M.
6. (8) 86 Luis Salazar, Ciudad, Juárez, Mexico
7. (3) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
8. (2) 51 Kenny McCoy, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (12) 37 Fred Gibson, Anthony, N.M.
10. (9) 5X Russell Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
11. (4) 3 Josh Reynolds, Alamogordo, N.M.
12. (14) 33Z Michael Zimmerman, Elephant Butte, N.M.
13. (10) 11JR Daniel Sanchez Jr., La Mesa, N.M.
14. (13) 93 Adrian Barraza, El Paso, Texas
DNS – 87JR Jose Salazar, Ciudad, Juárez, Mexico

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