Dillard drives to $22,000 Rancho Milagro USRA Fall Nationals payday

Cade Dillard won the USRA Modified main event.

Cade Dillard won the USRA Modified main event.


The 2019 Rancho Milagro USRA Fall Nationals champion, Cade Dillard, rolled off from the outside of the second row in Sunday's 50-lap, $22,000- to-win USRA Modified feature.

After dogging early leader Johnny Scott for the first half of the event, Dillard blasted by around the high side after a mid-race restart and proceeded to drive away for his biggest career payday.

Scott, who started on the outside of the front row got the jump on polesitter Terry Phillips and led the first part of the race until Phillips made slight contact, sending Scott spinning in front of the field.

Everyone was able to avoid the spun Scott and he was restored to the lead on the restart and jumped back out front with Dillard on his heels.

Dillard put heavy pressure on Scott lap after lap until he was finally able to use the high line to his advantage and roared by into the top spot, which he never relinquished on his way to a 2.729-second victory.

While Scott and Dillard ran out front, Jake O’Neil ran a solid third for the majority of the event, while Dereck Ramirez and Jake Timm circled the speedway door to door for what seemed like eternity with Rodney Sanders and Tanner Mullens doing the same just behind.

Dillard raced to the huge win with Scott a solid second. O’Neil was third with Ramirez edging Timm at the line for fourth.

Sanders raced from 12th up to sixth with Mullens seventh, Kale Westover eighth, Bo Day ninth and Jake Gallardo rounding out the top 10.

In the USRA B-Mod feature, Aasa Flores took the lead from polesitter Jesse Haynie at the start of the 25-lapper and led early with fourth-starting Lucas Ward working into second early.

The three, along with points leader Justin Allen and Donavon Flores began to pull away from the field and the fivesome were putting on a great show out front.

Ward was stuck to the bottom of the speedway and was able to use that low line to his advantage and raced into the top spot while the battle ensued behind him.

Unfortunately, Aasa Flores and Dustin Smith made contact, eliminating both from competition and at the same time Donavon Flores headed to the work area.

Both Flores cars were able to continue but Ward ran alone out front on his way to the biggest payday of his career.

Hunter Sandy edged Allen at the line for an impressive second-place finish with Donavon Flores rallying from the tail to cross the finish line in fourth, just ahead of John Carney.

Josh Cain led from start to finish in the night’s $2,200-to-win Medieval USRA Stock Car feature, but was disqualified in post-race tech, elevating second-place finisher R.C. Combs to the biggest win of his career.

Cain got out front and paced the field for the entire 25-lap distance with Combs and Mike Rosales in tow.

The trio ran alone out front while 13th-starting Austin Huskey was working his way forward and appeared in the top five as well.

As the laps wound down, Cain worked his way flawlessly through traffic and crossed the finish line first but Combs was declared the winner.

Rosales crossed the line third but was elevated to second, just ahead of Huskey in third. Bryan Bennett finished fourth but was also dinged for a post-race infraction moving Shane McNutt to fourth and 14th-starting Zachary Madrid into the top five at the finish.

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

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

"C" Feature:
1. (1) 7X Chris Dawson, Lubbock, Texas
2. (5) 3J Josh Cain, Rio Rancho, N.M.
3. (3) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.
4. (7) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (6) 88N Nick O Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
6. (2) D25 David Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas
7. (8) 10 Dustin Robinson, Post, Texas
8. (10) 117 Toby Herring, Hobbs, N.M.
9. (9) 7 A.J. Sharpensteen, Amarillo, Texas
10. (11) 77 Ronnie Yanacsek, Amarillo, Texas
11. (12) 54 Carlos Ahumada Sr., El Paso, Texas
12. (16) 89D Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (14) 99 Terry Tipton, Duncan, Ariz.
14. (24) 32G Tag Georges, El Paso, Texas
15. (13) 15 Dee Yates, Albuquerque, N.M.
16. (20) 28 Tom Georges, El Paso, Texas
17. (18) 28R Ronnie Leathem Jr., Albuquerque, N.M.
18. (25) 7Z Isaiah Montoya, Roswell, N.M.
19. (21) 17 Roy Don Mason, Hobbs, N.M.
20. (15) 157 Joel King, Artesia, N.M.

"B" Feature:
1. (2) 88 Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M.
2. (3) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
3. (1) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (6) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
5. (5) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (10) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas
7. (7) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (16) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (15) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.
10. (17) 88N Nick O Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
11. (4) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
12. (19) 10 Dustin Robinson, Post, Texas
13. (9) 24X Xavier Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
14. (20) 117 Toby Herring, Hobbs, N.M.
15. (14) 3J Josh Cain, Rio Rancho, N.M.
16. (22) 77 Ronnie Yanacsek, Amarillo, Texas
17. (11) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
18. (23) 54 Carlos Ahumada Sr., El Paso, Texas
19. (8) J7 Jake Boles, Alamogordo, N.M.
20. (24) 89D Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
21. (18) D25 David Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas
22. (12) 44 Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
23. (13) 7X Chris Dawson, Lubbock, Texas
24. (21) 7 A.J. Sharpensteen, Amarillo, Texas

"A" Feature:
1. (4) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.
2. (2) 1ST Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
4. (5) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
5. (7) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
6. (12) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
7. (10) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
8. (9) 15W Kale Westover, Altus, Okla.
9. (8) 4 Bo Day, Greenville, Texas
10. (15) J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
11. (11) 8N Nick Rivera, Las Cruces, N.M.
12. (19) G17 Fito Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (14) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
14. (18) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas
15. (22) 88N Nick O Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
16. (16) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
17. (13) 88 Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M.
18. (20) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
19. (23) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas
20. (25) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
21. (17) 131 Royal Jones, Las Cruces, N.M.
22. (1) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
23. (24) 10 Dustin Robinson, Post, Texas
24. (21) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.
25. (6) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

"B" Feature #1:
1. (2) 26 Austin Huskey, Lubbock, Texas
2. (6) 53JT Justin Thornton, Chandler, Ariz.
3. (1) 42D Donny Carey, Gallup, N.M.
4. (3) 5X Rick Boelter, Los Lunas, N.M.
5. (8) 5 Russell Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (4) 13 Cameron Martin, Los Lunas, N.M.
7. (10) 24 Scott Morlang, Grants, N.M.
8. (9) 8B Ashlee Buck, Roswell, N.M.
9. (12) 18 Raymundo Lopez, Las Cruces, N.M.
10. (5) 62 Nathan Machen, Roswell, N.M.
11. (7) 22 Chris Spear, Roswell, N.M.
12. (13) 8X Xander Parra, Las Cruces, N.M.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (12) 7M Zachary Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz.
2. (1) 01 Mark Morris, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (4) 37 Fred Gibson, El Paso, Texas
4. (3) 6R Rick Combs, Albuquerque, N.M.
5. (5) 11JR Daniel Sanchez Jr., La Mesa, N.M.
6. (6) 87 Matthew Machen, Roswell, N.M.
7. (7) 8811 Diego Alvarado, El Paso, Texas
8. (11) 43 Carlos Munoz, El Paso, Texas
9. (10) 13M Carl Morlang, Grants, N.M.
10. (2) 96X Herman Garcia, Espanola, N.M.
11. (9) 51 Brandon Ward, Blue Water Village, N.M.
12. (8) 17R Miguel Rincon, Berino, N.M.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 53 R.C. Combs, Albuquerque, N.M.
2. (4) 777 Mike Rosales, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (13) 26 Austin Huskey, Lubbock, Texas
4. (9) 5M Shane McNutt, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (14) 7M Zachary Madrid, Phoenix, Ariz.
6. (2) M17 Rob Moseley, Los Lunas, N.M.
7. (8) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.
8. (5) 3 Josh Reynolds, Alamogordo, N.M.
9. (16) 01 Mark Morris, Las Cruces, N.M.
10. (23) 13 Cameron Martin, Los Lunas, N.M.
11. (24) 87 Matthew Machen, Roswell, N.M.
12. (10) 88 Andrew Fanning, Grants, N.M.
13. (15) 53JT Justin Thornton, Chandler, Ariz.
14. (17) 42D Donny Carey, Gallup, N.M.
15. (18) 37 Fred Gibson, El Paso, Texas
16. (20) 6R Rick Combs, Albuquerque, N.M.
17. (21) 5 Russell Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
18. (19) 5X Rick Boelter, Los Lunas, N.M.
19. (6) 5T Trevor Combs, Rio Rancho, N.M.
20. (7) 71 Gary Kerr Jr., Odessa, Texas
21. (11) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
22. (22) 11JR Daniel Sanchez Jr., La Mesa, N.M.
DQ – (3) 3J Josh Cain, Rio Rancho, N.M.
DQ – (12) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.

USRA B-MODS

"B" Feature #1:
1. (1) 24S Derek Stuhler, Elephant Butte, N.M.
2. (5) 101 Luke Silber, Laveen, Ariz.
3. (2) C7 Jose De La Fuente, El Paso, Texas
4. (3) 15 Cheyenna Yates, Albuquerque, N.M.
5. (11) 81 Devon Jobin, Alamogordo, N.M.
6. (4) 25C Cory Polen, Grants, N.M.
7. (9) 12M Isiah Mendoza, Albuquerque, N.M.
8. (12) 6010 Richard Ceniceros, El Paso, Texas
9. (7) 151 Christopher Ward, Bluewater, N.M.
10. (6) 45 Jay Hill, Dell City, Texas
11. (8) 27N Nathaniel Cruz, Grants, N.M.
12. (10) 27W Forrest Wemken, Dunn, Texas

"B" Feature #2:
1. (3) 44JT Jaime Torres, Tortugas, N.M.
2. (1) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (4) 27 Jacob Pape, Bosque Farms, N.M.
4. (2) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
5. (6) 94 Justin Garrett, Deming, N.M.
6. (5) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
7. (7) 10 Enrique Barraza, El Paso, Texas
8. (10) 49 Carson Ditsch, Marana, Ariz.
9. (8) 18R Kyle Nanco, Grants, N.M.
10. (9) 5 Jake Darby, Grants, N.M.

"A" Feature:
1. (4) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
2. (8) 7S Hunter Sandy, Albuquerque, N.M.
3. (6) 12 Justin Allen, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (3) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (9) 7C John Carney, El Paso, Texas
6. (18) 27 Jacob Pape, Bosque Farms, N.M.
7. (14) 44JT Jaime Torres, Tortugas, N.M.
8. (16) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (20) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
10. (2) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
11. (19) 15 Cheyenna Yates, Albuquerque, N.M.
12. (10) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
13. (21) 81 Devon Jobin, Alamogordo, N.M.
14. (15) 101 Luke Silber, Laveen, Ariz.
15. (11) 4 Chris Hooper, Albuquerque, N.M.
16. (12) 24X Jonathon Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
17. (7) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
18. (13) 24S Derek Stuhler, Elephant Butte, N.M.
19. (23) 25C Cory Polen, Grants, N.M.
20. (1) X15 Jesse Haynie, Las Cruces, N.M.
21. (24) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
22. (22) 94 Justin Garrett, Deming, N.M.
23. (5) 17 Peyton Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M.
24. (17) C7 Jose De La Fuente, El Paso, Texas