CRANDALL, Texas — Four night of racing at four dirt ovals in Arkansas and Texas produced four different winners as the American Racer USRA Modified Series powered by Day Motor Sports wrapped up the Labor Day Weekend swing with a howling good finish at the RPM Speedway.
James McCreery paced the first five circuits before Tyler Wolff came screaming underneath at the flag stand to lead the sixth lap of the Ronnie Sigman Memorial.
Heavy lapped traffic and four cautions dotted the 48-lap main event, but nothing phased Wolff as the 38-year-old from Fayetteville, Ark., sped to a $4,800 triumph behind the wheel of his No. 4W ARMI Contractors MB Customs chassis powered by an Elusive Competition Engines powerplant.
“I knew that these locals are no slouches, so I was trying to give it all I can on those restarts,” said Wolff after his win. “I knew how big (the restarts) would be for us, but being up front with those guys behind us I didn’t know how that was going to work out. I’m just glad we got it done. This track turned out to be pretty dang good.”
The only thing that had a chance at thwarting Wolff’s hunger for victory was Mother Nature, who deemed it necessary to open the skies and dump rain on the event just before the final three feature races.
When the rain subsided, track crews immediately went to work and produced a smooth, fast racing surface to give the racers and fans an explosive trio of finales.
“The track was absolutely amazing,” Wolff added. “I can’t express how excited I was to see them work at it because they could have rained it out, but they stayed after it and it obviously paid off.”
Delayed by more than an hour, Wolff crossed the finish line topless but on top with a full second to spare after a yellow flag with four laps to go gave hope to his chasers.
“This right here is pretty cool because my dad is not a very big fan of topless races,” Wolff said. “I enjoy them—they’re kind of fun—so to be able to win one makes me happy. I sat in the bleachers here three years ago with Tanner Mullens and watched because we didn’t make it, so to come back and get some redemption… I’m very happy about it.”
With seven different drivers holding down second place at one time during the race, tenth-starting Bo Day wound up with runner-up honors while ninth-starting Chris Henigan and 13th-starting Tyler Davis took the checkers in third and fourth place.
Feature Finish (48 Laps)
1. (4) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark., 2. (10) 4 Bo Day, Greenville, Texas, 3. (9) 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas, 4. (13) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan., 5. (6) 88XXX Clyde Dunn Jr., Rockwall, Texas, 6. (24) 7 Sean Gaddis, Diana, Texas, 7. (15) 57 Dennie Gieber, Frankston, Texas, 8. (7) 56 Colton Horner, Houston, Texas, 9. (23) 2G Kenny Gaddis, Diana, Texas, 10. (3) 13J James McCreery, Midlothian, Texas, 11. (19) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., 12. (12) 2SS Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M., 13. (2) 15 Chase Wascom, Denham Springs, La., 14. (8) 25W Kale Westover, Altus, Okla., 15. (5) 718 Tommy Cannon, Denham Springs, La., 16. (16) 12 Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas, 17. (17) 130 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas, 18. (18) 211 Chase Hatton, De Berry, Texas, 19. (21) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas. 20. (14) 82 Max Eddie Thomas, Wills Point, Texas, 21. (11) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, 22. (22) 11D Cole Dennis, Altus, Okla., 23. (20) 16JR Dustin Henigan, Marshall, Texas