GREENWOOD, La. — After settling for the runner-up paycheck in Thursday night’s fourth annual Summit USRA Southern Nationals opener at the Boothill Speedway, Rodney Sanders sailed to his third victory this season with the American Racer Modified Series.
Starting from the outside of the front row, Sanders led all 35 laps and beat series points leader Triston Dycus to the checkered flag with 5.753 seconds to spare and put $3,000 in his pocket for his efforts.
Although one more contest remains in the, Dycus clinched the season-long title with his runner-up finish in Friday’s feature. A tight battle for second comes down to Saturday between Max Eddie Thomas and Michael with Thomas holding a slim seven-point advantage.
Jason Ingalls followed Dycus to the finish line while USRA Modified National Rookie of the Year Dillon McCowan held off Chris Henigan for fourth. Sean Gaddis, Thursday’s winner Kale Westover, Kenny Gaddis, Joe Duvall and Dustin ‘Tater’ Hyde rounded out the top 10.
Meanwhile, it was Rowdy Day, Dalton Faulkner and Steven Bevills returning to the winner’s circle in their respective divisions for a second straight night.
Day grabbed the top spot from Derick Grigsby on lap 13 of the USRA Limited Mod main event and then led the final seven laps to keep his win percentage perfect for the weekend.
Aaron Roy bested Grigsby for second while Bo Day and Rodney Sanders were fourth and fifth.
In Sunoco USRA Factory Stock action, Faulkner led all 20 laps en route to a second straight trip to victory lane while Neil Kemp, Ricky Ingalls, Bo Perry and C.J. Howell completed the top five.
Steven Bevills was the USRA Tuner winner for a second straight night.