Johnny Scott won the USRA Modified main event.

Johnny Scott made his return to USRA Modified racing on Topless Night at the Vado Speedway Park on Saturday and stomped the field to win for the first time at his hometown track since July 6, 2019. Meanwhile, Greg Gorham raced to his first victory in the USRA B-Mod feature.

The USRA B-Mods were up for their 20-lap main and Donnie Newcomb took the lead from the pole on the initial green flag and led the early portion of the event with heavy pressure from Gorham, Justin Allen, Jesse Haynie, Lucas Ward and Dustin Smith before Gorham was able to power by into the lead and overtake the top spot.

With Gorham out front, he set the pace while Ward was trying his best to get by on the bottom and Haynie was working the top side to try to work into the lead as well.

Gorham was able to withstand the pressure from both drivers and took the lead back to race away with his first feature win after Ward snuck by for a brief second.

Ward ran second with Haynie, Smith and Allen in the top five.

​Greg Gorham won the USRA B-Mod main event.

The URSA Modified 25-lap feature was the final event of the night with Terry Tipton and Tom Georges on the front row. Tipton took command at the drop of the green with Georges and Jimmy Ray along for the ride, but a first-lap crash shuffled the starting lineup.

Eighth-starting Johnny Scott, in his 2022 Modified debut at Vado, hopped to the high side of the track and blasted his way through the field up to second and ran alongside Tipton for several laps until he took over the top spot and ran off into the night.

Scott ran away to a nearly half-lap advantage over Ray, who worked his way by Tipton into second and tried to keep Scott within his sights.

With Scott dominating the event out front, all eyes were on Nathan Smith, who started 21st, Nick Rivera, who went to the tail after the opening lap crash and both Fito and Jake Gallardo, who also both went to the tail after being involved in a turn four crash early in the event.

They stormed through the field to finish fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth, respectively.

The Vado Speedway Park gets back to action next Saturday, Oct. 1, with Rancho Milagro Fan & Driver Appreciation Night where the first 1,000 fans get into the grandstand area for free.

Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing begins at 7:30.

For fans not able to attend in person, watch 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, Sept. 24, 2022

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 1ST Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (6) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (5) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (1) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (4) 49 Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
6. (2) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (7) 88 Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (4) 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
3. (6) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
4. (5) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (7) 5L Joe Lackey, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (3) X15 Jesse Haynie, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (2) 73 Levi Demartino, Las Cruces, N.M.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (5) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (4) 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
4. (6) 3T Todd Harper, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (3) J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.
6. (2) M16 Rocko Gallardo, Fair Acres, N.M.
7. (7) 71 Tyler Steed, York, Ariz.

Feature:
1. (8) 1ST Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (4) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (1) 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
4. (7) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (20) 88 Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M.
6. (5) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (10) 3T Todd Harper, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (6) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (11) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
10. (2) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
11. (18) X15 Jesse Haynie, Las Cruces, N.M.
12. (12) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (15) 49 Duane Murphy, El Paso, Texas
14. (14) J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.
15. (13) 5L Joe Lackey, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (19) 71 Tyler Steed, York, Ariz.
17. (16) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
18. (3) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
19. (9) 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
20. (17) M16 Rocko Gallardo, Fair Acres, N.M.
DNS – 73 Levi Demartino, Las Cruces, N.M.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (2) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (4) 17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (7) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
5. (5) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (6) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
7. (3) 612 Luis Salazar, Ciudad Juárez, Mex.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (4) 49M Donnie Newcomb, El Paso, Texas
3. (5) C7 Jose De La Fuente, El Paso, Texas
4. (2) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
5. (1) 8840 Ruben Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (6) X0 Tyler Tallmon, Anthony, N.M.
DNS – 87JR Jose Salazar, Ciudad Juárez, Mex.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (3) 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
3. (6) X15 Jesse Haynie, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (1) 15 Cheyenna Yates, Albuquerque, N.M.
5. (5) 24 Rick Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (4) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
7. (7) 99 Angel Gonzalez, Ciudad Juárez, Mex.

Feature:
1. (3) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (8) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
3. (7) X15 Jesse Haynie, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (4) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (5) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (1) 49M Donnie Newcomb, El Paso, Texas
7. (13) 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
8. (15) 24 Rick Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (6) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
10. (18) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
11. (9) 15 Cheyenna Yates, Albuquerque, N.M.
12. (12) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (17) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
14. (11) 8840 Ruben Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
15. (14) 17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (2) C7 Jose De La Fuente, El Paso, Texas
17. (19) 612 Luis Salazar, Ciudad Juárez, Mex.
18. (20) 99 Angel Gonzalez, Ciudad Juárez, Mex.
19. (10) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
20. (16) X0 Tyler Tallmon, Anthony, N.M.
DNS – 87JR Jose Salazar, Ciudad Juárez, Mex.

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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