WHEATLAND, Mo. — The 9th annual Summit USRA Nationals kicked off Tuesday night with four divisions in action at the luxurious Lucas Oil Speedway.
While USRA Modifieds and USRA B-Mods competed in dual heat races and two feature events, the Medieval USRA Stock Cars and USRA Hobby Stocks featured qualifying races and a pair of main events for the Summit Shootout.
In all, 34 races got the green flag throughout the evening.
In the USRA Modifieds, the star of the show was Tyler Wolff who won both of his heat races — one from the pole and the other from eighth — before leaving the field in his wake with a dominant wire-to-wire win in the 18-lap feature.
Callaway Raceway regular Ryan Middaugh was a distant second while national points leader Tyler Davis held off Brandon Givens for third. Two-time Lucas Oil speedway track champ Dillon McCowan rounded out the top five.
Jeff Cutshaw, Nic Bidinger, Kevin Stoa, Alex Williamson and Dustin Hodges completed the top 10.
Likewise, the USRA B-Mods featured two heats races for each driver with an 18-lap feature to cap off the action with arguably to best race of the night as Jon Sheets came out on top of a last-lap exchange of slide jobs with Kris Jackson.
Sheets, who started 10th, had to turn back underneath Jackson as they exited the final turn and edged ahead of the two-time USRA B-Mod national champ at the checkered flag.
National title contender Shadren Turner gave Jackson’s J2 Race Cars squad a sweep of the podium while Joe Chisholm powered from 16th on the starting grid to finish fourth ahead of Caney Valley Speedway icon Tyler Kidwell.
Brandon Hare, Kyle Slader, Brian McGowen, Reece Solander and Gabe Hodges filled out the top 10.Â
The Summit Shootout for Medieval USRA Stock Cars and USRA Hobby Stocks featured the best of both classes.
Dylan Thornton, who won the first two preliminary features here last year, scored a wire-to-wire win while last year’s USRA Nationals finale winner, Mitch Hovden, followed in the runner-up spot.
The win was worth $1,000 to Thornton, who earned his way into the show via a Summit Shootout qualifying race.
Todd Staley held off 13th-starting Myles Michehl for third while Kevin Donlan rebounded from an early-race mishap to complete the top five.