Season Opener
Falck, Chisholm, Dobel tackle Tuesday’s Mod Mania main events
Opening night for Mod Mania took place Tuesday with a trio of Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series racers steering their machines into the winner’s circle at the Mason City Motor Speedway.
Kyle Falck of Decorah picked up the win and $400 for his efforts in the American Racer USRA Stock Cars. The 2016 Christie Door Company Iron Man Challenge champion bested three-time USRA B-Mod national champ Matt Jones of Waukon.
Brayden Gjere of Mabel, Minn., won the most recent Stock Car main event at the new 1/3-mile Action Track and brought home a third-place finish Tuesday night ahead of McIntire’s Blake Adams and Joe Schmit of Ventura.
Kyle Falck won the American Racer USRA Stock Car main event.
In USRA B-Mod action, national title contender Jim Chisholm held off Ryan Maitland for the win and $400 top prize. Maitland, however, was disqualified during post-race technical inspections and the runner-up spot on the podium was inherited by the winner’s younger brother, Joe Chisholm.
Jim Chisholm, 17, registered his ninth victory this season under the USRA banner while Joe Chisholm celebrated behind him just one day after turning 14.
Following the Osage speedsters to the finish line was a pair of Mason City racers, Jamie Anderson and George Nordman, while Taylor Skauge of Caledonia, Minn., rounded out the top five.
Scott Dobel of Manly made his fifth trip to victory lane this season in the Mensink Racing Products USRA Hobby Stocks by holding off 2009 USRA national champ Chris Hovden of Cresco.
Meanwhile, Dustin Gulbrandson of Sioux Falls, S.D., continued his march toward an unprecedented sixth crown as the third driver to see the checkered flag, Kyle Sidles of Algona claimed the fourth spot and fifth place went to Austin Hoeft of Charles City.
Scott Dobel won the Mensink Racing Products USRA Hobby Stock main event.
More Mod Mania: Theinaugural event continues Wednesday and Thursday at the Mason City Motor Speedway. The pits are slated to open at 3 p.m. and grandstand gates swing open at 5 each day. Hot laps will begin at 7 with qualifying getting underway at 7:30.
Stock Cars and B-Mods will be battling for $500 to win and $75 to start on Wednesday while Thursday’s finale is worth $750 to win and $90 to start the main event. Hobby Stock racers are going $400 to win and $60 to start on Wednesday and Thursday is $500 to win with $75 to start.
With the fire-breathing Modifieds of the Summit USMTS National Championship fueled by Casey’s completing the four-division card, each night is a complete program with qualifying heats and feature races. There is no entry fee for Stock Car, B-Mod or Hobby Stock competitors and Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series national points are awarded every night.
Spectator tickets for those ages 17-61 are $20 each day while seniors (62+) and juniors (12-16) are just $15. Youth (6-11) are $5. Pit passes for everybody 11 and older are $35 Wednesday and $40 Thursday while youth (6-10) are $20 Wednesday and $25 Thursday. Children 5 and under get in free both days at both gates.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Mod Mania presented by Keyser Manufacturing – Night 1 of 3
Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City, Iowa
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.
AMERICAN RACER USRA STOCK CARS
Heat #1:
1. (2) 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake, Iowa
2. (1) 11 Jesse Brown, Nashua, Iowa
3. (3) 67 Kyle Falck, Decorah, Iowa
4. (4) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
5. (5) 782 Miah Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Heat #2:
1. (1) 23M Matt Jones, Waukon, Iowa
2. (2) 87 Dylan Suhr, Waterloo, Iowa
3. (3) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
4. (5) 38 Joe Schmit, Ventura, Iowa
5. (4) 60 Wyatt Medlin, Rockford, Iowa
Feature:
1. (1) 67 Kyle Falck, Decorah, Iowa
2. (3) 23M Matt Jones, Waukon, Iowa
3. (7) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
4. (5) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
5. (8) 38 Joe Schmit, Ventura, Iowa
6. (4) 6 Chanse Hollatz, Clear Lake, Iowa
7. (6) 11 Jesse Brown, Nashua, Iowa
8. (9) 782 Miah Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
9. (2) 87 Dylan Suhr, Waterloo, Iowa
DNS – 60 Wyatt Medlin, Rockford, Iowa
USRA B-MODS
Heat #1:
1. (2) 7C Cole Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (3) 32 Taylor Skauge, Caledonia, Minn.
3. (1) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
4. (4) B52 Dan Herman, Lawrence, Kan.
5. (5) 79 Summer Anderson, Meservey, Iowa
6. (6) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
Heat #2:
1. (4) 90 George Nordman, Mason City, Iowa
2. (3) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
3. (6) 2 Brandon Maitland, Waterloo, Iowa
4. (2) G12 Ryan Goergen, Stacyville, Iowa
5. (1) 23 Zack Tannahill, Clear Lake, Iowa
6. (5) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa
Heat #3:
1. (2) 0 Jamie Anderson, Mason City, Iowa
2. (5) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (1) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
4. (4) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
5. (3) 21K Dave Kennedy, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Feature:
1. (7) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (2) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (4) 0 Jamie Anderson, Mason City, Iowa
4. (5) 90 George Nordman, Mason City, Iowa
5. (6) 32 Taylor Skauge, Caledonia, Minn.
6. (3) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
7. (15) 21K Dave Kennedy, Sioux Falls, S.D.
8. (9) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
9. (16) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
10. (11) G12 Ryan Goergen, Stacyville, Iowa
11. (12) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
12. (1) B52 Dan Herman, Lawrence, Kan.
13. (14) 23 Zack Tannahill, Clear Lake, Iowa
14. (13) 79 Summer Anderson, Meservey, Iowa
15. (17) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa
16. (10) 7C Cole Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
DQ – (8) 2 Brandon Maitland, Waterloo, Iowa
MENSINK RACING PRODUCTS USRA HOBBY STOCKS
Heat:
1. (2) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (3) 83 Scott Dobel, Manly, Iowa
3. (1) 07 Chris Hovden, Cresco, Iowa
4. (5) 27H Austin Hoeft, Charles City, Iowa
5. (4) 8 Kyle Sidles, Algona, Iowa
6. (6) 18Z Zac Smith, Manly, Iowa
7. (7) 15 Jeremy Crimmins, Fort Dodge, Iowa
8. (8) 52D B.J. Dahl, Calmer, Iowa
Feature:
1. (3) 83 Scott Dobel, Manly, Iowa
2. (4) 07 Chris Hovden, Cresco, Iowa
3. (6) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
4. (2) 8 Kyle Sidles, Algona, Iowa
5. (5) 27H Austin Hoeft, Charles City, Iowa
6. (1) 18Z Zac Smith, Manly, Iowa
7. (8) 52D B.J. Dahl, Calmer, Iowa
8. (7) 15 Jeremy Crimmins, Fort Dodge, Iowa
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