Jason Cummins won the USRA Modified main event.

It was the final night of the regular season Friday night at the Chateau Speedway powered by Garlick’s Water in Lansng, Minn. That meant track champions were crowned at the end of the night in the USRA Modifieds, Medieval USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods.

Coming into the night, one of the classes would be decided by a driver who just had to start the feature to clinch while the others could still swing depending on finishing positions. Two of those were separated by two points and six points coming into the night which really put the heat on those drivers to outperform the others.

The tightest of the races was the USRA Modifieds with Ryan Wetzstein of West Conocrd just two markers up on Jason Cummins of New Richland. Wetzstein was looking for his first track championship while Cummins was hunting his seventh.

For the most part, the championship was decided when Wetzstein failed to start his heat because of mechanical issues. That put him at the back of the feature while Cummins got into the redraw to start near the front.

After his father, Steve Wetzstein of West Concord, got the lead it looked like it was going to be another feature win for him but his car faded near the end and Cummins came on strong, made a three-wide pass for the lead with six laps to go and went on to take his second feature win of the year and that seventh track title.

Heat wins went to A.J. Hoff of Mantorville, Steve Wetzstein and Dwaine Hanson of Lakefield.

Michael Johnson of Rose Creek was looking for his first track championship as he took the track for the feature in the USRA B-Mods. Johnson entered the night up 32 points on Hunter Kennedy of St. Ansgar, Iowa.

When Kennedy was a no-show on the night that sealed the deal for Johnson’s championship. Johnson put an exclamation mark on the title as he took his fifth feature win of the year.

Heat wins went to A.J. WIste of Adams, Jerry Young of Blooming Prairie, Colton Weigel of Glenville and Zach Elward of Hayfield.

The class with the least amount of drama was the Medieval USRA Stock Cars.

The class, which was just added this year, came into the final night with Travis Shipman of Mason City, Iowa, up 97 points, meaning that just signing in at the gate assured him enough points to claim his first track championship at the Chateau Speedway.

Shipman worked his way into the top three but a charge from Kevin Donlan of Decorah, Iowa, from row six is what the fans were talking about as he claimed his second feature win of the year.

Shipman got a heat race win with Rodney Schweizer of Kansas City, Kan., taking the other.

Two more weeks of racing specials are yet to come at the Chateau Speedway. Next Friday, Sept. 9, will be the 25th anniversary of the running of the Mike Guttormson Memorial Modified “Spirit of 83” event. This year's main event will pay $2,000 to the winner. The track's other classes will also be on hand for the night.

Then in two weeks on Friday, Sept. 16, it will be the season finale for 2022. Check out ChateauSpeedway.com for more information.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Chateau Speedway powered by Garlick’s Water, Lansing, Minn.
Friday, Sept. 2, 2022

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
2. (4) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
3. (3) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
4. (6) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
5. (2) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 90X Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
2. (5) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
3. (3) 57 Duke Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
4. (4) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
5. (6) 23B Brett Bumgardner, Hawkeye, Iowa
6. (2) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (4) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
2. (6) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
3. (5) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
4. (2) 24S Charlie Steinberg, Kasson, Minn.
5. (3) 65D Dustin Brown, Clear Lake, Iowa
6. (1) 60 Brandon Shahan, Dows, Iowa

Feature:
1. (10) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
2. (3) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
3. (8) 90X Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
4. (9) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
5. (12) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
6. (4) 57 Duke Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
7. (15) 65D Dustin Brown, Clear Lake, Iowa
8. (11) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
9. (18) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
10. (19) 55 Brian Shaw, Brownsdale, Minn.
11. (5) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
12. (1) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
13. (14) 23B Brett Bumgardner, Hawkeye, Iowa
14. (2) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
15. (13) Z29 A.J. Zvorak, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
16. (7) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
17. (16) 60 Brandon Shahan, Dows, Iowa

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
2. (1) 14 Caden Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
3. (4) 36 Ross Spitzer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
4. (6) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
5. (7) 95 Chance Larson, Dunnel, Minn.
6. (5) 02 Cole Denner, Ionia, Iowa
7. (3) 16K Kevin Vogt, Rose Creek, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
2. (1) 5 Kyle King, Hastings, Minn.
3. (4) 11 Jesse Brown, Nashua, Iowa
4. (3) 32 Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.
5. (5) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
6. (6) 33 Kevin Donlan, Decorah, Iowa
7. (7) 46 Stacy Krohnberg, Walters, Minn.

Feature:
1. (12) 33 Kevin Donlan, Decorah, Iowa
2. (6) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
3. (11) 02 Cole Denner, Ionia, Iowa
4. (7) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
5. (8) 14 Caden Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
6. (3) 32 Jason Newkirk, Austin, Minn.
7. (1) 95 Chance Larson, Dunnel, Minn.
8. (9) 7X Andrew Eischens, Taopi, Minn.
9. (13) 16K Kevin Vogt, Rose Creek, Minn.
10. (14) 46 Stacy Krohnberg, Walters, Minn.
11. (2) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
12. (5) 36 Ross Spitzer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
13. (10) 11 Jesse Brown, Nashua, Iowa
14. (4) 5 Kyle King, Hastings, Minn.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 1 Aj Wiste, Adams, Minn.
2. (3) 22C Michael Johnson, Rose Creek, Minn.
3. (2) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
4. (5) 20S Kevin Johnson, Adams, Minn.
5. (4) 1Z Zach Davis, Lonsdale, Minn.
6. (6) 5 Michael Meyer, New Richland, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 18Y Jerry Young, Blooming Prarie, Minn.
2. (3) 28 Autum Winters, Mason City, Iowa
3. (2) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.
4. (5) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
5. (6) 61T Scott Daniels, Rochester, Minn.
6. (1) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa

Heat #3:
1. (1) 77 Colton Weigel, Glenville, Minn.
2. (4) 20 Gage Motl, Owatonna, Minn.
3. (2) 21M Brandon McFarland, Austin, Minn.
4. (5) 7M Matt Tighe, Austin, Minn.
5. (3) 66 Levi Chipp, Latimer, Iowa
6. (6) 7II Steve Inman, Mason City, Iowa

Heat #4:
1. (2) 15Z Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
2. (4) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
3. (3) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
4. (5) 38 Kenny Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
5. (1) 17 Klay Beemer, Fairmont, Minn.

Feature:
1. (1) 22C Michael Johnson, Rose Creek, Minn.
2. (12) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
3. (2) 15Z Zach Elward, Hayfield, Minn.
4. (14) 15 Cole Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
5. (9) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
6. (13) 20S Kevin Johnson, Adams, Minn.
7. (15) 7M Matt Tighe, Austin, Minn.
8. (22) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa
9. (5) 18Y Jerry Young, Blooming Prarie, Minn.
10. (11) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
11. (21) 5 Michael Meyer, New Richland, Minn.
12. (20) 17 Klay Beemer, Fairmont, Minn.
13. (8) 77 Colton Weigel, Glenville, Minn.
14. (19) 66 Levi Chipp, Latimer, Iowa
15. (10) 4 Greg Brooks, Spring Valley, Minn.
16. (17) 1Z Zach Davis, Lonsdale, Minn.
17. (4) 20 Gage Motl, Owatonna, Minn.
18. (7) 1 Aj Wiste, Adams, Minn.
19. (3) 21M Brandon McFarland, Austin, Minn.
20. (16) 38 Kenny Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
21. (6) 28 Autum Winters, Mason City, Iowa
22. (18) 61T Scott Daniels, Rochester, Minn.

Summit USRA Nationals nears: The 9th Annual Summit USRA Nationals happens Monday through Saturday, Oct. 3-8, at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo.

The biggest event on dirt will kick off with an open practice on Monday, and then racing will take place every night from Tuesday through Saturday. All eight USRA-sanctioned classes will participate at one time or another during the six-day event.

The Summit Shootout also returns this year and will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and feature USRA track champions and Summit Shootout qualifying race winners to compete in this one-of-a-kind blockbuster battle royale for Modified, Stock Car, B-Mod and Hobby Stock competitors.

Drivers can register for the Summit USRA Nationals here or call (515) 832-6000 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Hurry, late fees apply after Aug. 31. Fans can order tickets here. Camping and RV information is available here.

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For the upcoming 2022 campaign for the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series, there are currently more than 50 of America’s finest dirt ovals which will host over 1,000 nights of racing this season.

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