5/27/2023
RacinBoys
Sanders all the way for back-to-back USMTS honors at Deer Creek
By USMTS (Spring Valley, MN) -- Friday was the second night of the 20th Annual LRS Waste Services USMTS Southern Minnesota Spring Challenge at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota, and second straight win for Rodney Sanders in the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt.
Sanders had the race won when his crew member drew the pole position for him prior to the start of the race. Despite challenges from Tanner Mullens the entire distance, the four-time USMTS National Champion led all 40 laps, extending his time at the front to 52 straight laps including Thursday’s night’s win.
PHOTO CREDIT: Tyler Rinken
Following a brief caution on lap 13, Dereck Ramirez got around Mullens to take second but the race’s third and final yellow flag waved one lap later and Mullens regained the position on the restart with Alex Williamson following into third one lap later.
Sanders fended off multiple challenges from Mullens throughout the contest, but with 11 laps to go he finally grew tired of seeing the nose of Mullens’ pink machine underneath him and snuck down to the low side of the racing surface.
“I knew at the beginning I wasn’t tight enough,” Sanders said following his 114th career USMTS triumph. “This place races really good a lot of times and I didn’t really know where I needed to be. I saw them crumbs start getting thrown across the track so I thought I’d better get down but I was awful free at the end.
A lapped car with five to go made things interesting but nobody could find the muscle to get around the Happy, Texas, native. Sanders rolled to his second victory in 24 hours and pocketed $5,000 for his efforts.
“I’ve got to thank Tanner for racing me clean. I feel like he could have dirtied me up a couple times but we’re pretty good friends and I’d race him the same.”
Mullens nipped ninth-starting Alex Williamson for the runner-up paycheck while Jake Timm claimed the fourth spot ahead of 13th-starting Tyler Wolff.
Jim Chisholm, who started 16th earned the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award for finishing sixth while Ramirez, Brandon Davis, Jason Hughes and Dan Ebert rounded out the top 10.
Jake O'Neil was only able to advance five positions from his 17th-place spot on the starting grid, thereby giving up the series points lead to Sanders.
Action continues Saturday with a $10,000 top prize for the feature winner. The Memorial Day Weekend culminates Sunday with another $10,000-to-win battle at the Fayette County Speedway in West Union, Iowa, and the 10th Annual Super Clean War in West Union.
For its Silver Anniversary season, the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt currently features 45 nights of racing at 15 of America's premier dirt track racing venues in nine states. The winners of those events are set to earn more than $300,000 with nearly $2 million in purses and prize money earmarked for the 2023 campaign.
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RESULTS
Summit Racing Equipment A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders[1]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens[4]; 3. 15W-Alex Williamson[9]; 4. 49-Jake Timm[8]; 5. 4W-Tyler Wolff[13]; 6. 24C-Jim Chisholm[16]; 7. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[5]; 8. 50III-Brandon Davis[6]; 9. 12-Jason Hughes[7]; 10. 60-Dan Ebert[12]; 11. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[14]; 12. 0-Jake O'Neil[17]; 13. 99-Josh Angst[10]; 14. 4-Jeremy Nelson[11]; 15. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[26]; 16. 75-Terry Phillips[24]; 17. 87-Darron Fuqua[15]; 18. 07-Cory Crapser[19]; 19. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[23]; 20. 28-Parker Hale[21]; 21. 38T-Dylan Thornton[22]; 22. 69-Lucas Schott[18]; 23. 45-Chase Holland[27]; 24. 58X-Gary Christian[25]; 25. 10C-Cayden Carter[20]; 26. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[2]; 27. 21K-Kyle Brown[3]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 87-Darron Fuqua[5]; 2. 0-Jake O'Neil[6]; 3. 07-Cory Crapser[4]; 4. 28-Parker Hale[8]; 5. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[7]; 6. 24-Aaron Benson[10]; 7. 19SB-Lance Mari[13]; 8. 28S-Dustin Sorensen[20]; 9. 7-Al Hejna[9]; 10. 90B-Daniel Bargender[3]; 11. 51W-JT Wasmund[12]; 12. 19-Joe Chisholm[19]; 13. 30-Dalton Kirk[11]; 14. K9-Will Krup[16]; 15. R-Ron Ver Beek[15]; 16. (DNS) 4A-Joel Alberts; 17. (DNS) 11X-Tom Berry Jr; 18. (DNS) 65-Tyler Davis; 19. (DNS) 90-Ryan Wetzstein; 20. (DNS) 4W-Tyler Wolff
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[1]; 2. 69-Lucas Schott[7]; 3. 10C-Cayden Carter[3]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]; 5. 75-Terry Phillips[16]; 6. 95-Keith Foss[4]; 7. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 8. 21-Jacob Bleess[12]; 9. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[8]; 10. 88-Tanner Williamson[10]; 11. 25C-Cody Thompson[15]; 12. 45-Chase Holland[14]; 13. 10B-Brandon Givens[13]; 14. 55H-AJ Hoff[9]; 15. 96-Taton Hansen[19]; 16. 16B-Randy Brown[6]; 17. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[11]; 18. 29D-Brad Dierks[18]; 19. (DNS) 98M-Mitchel Madery; 20. (DNS) 4TW-Tim Ward
Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 2. 49-Jake Timm[6]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[5]; 4. 95-Keith Foss[7]; 5. 07-Cory Crapser[11]; 6. 88-Tanner Williamson[4]; 7. 24-Aaron Benson[10]; 8. 21-Jacob Bleess[9]; 9. 75-Terry Phillips[2]; 10. 19-Joe Chisholm[8]; 11. 4TW-Tim Ward[1]
Fast Shafts Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[3]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[5]; 3. 10C-Cayden Carter[4]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 5. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[7]; 6. 16B-Randy Brown[11]; 7. 30-Dalton Kirk[9]; 8. R-Ron Ver Beek[1]; 9. 25C-Cody Thompson[8]; 10. 98M-Mitchel Madery[10]; 11. 28S-Dustin Sorensen[2]
Edelbrock Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 15W-Alex Williamson[1]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson[4]; 3. 65-Tyler Davis[7]; 4. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[5]; 5. 87-Darron Fuqua[10]; 6. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[9]; 7. 51W-JT Wasmund[3]; 8. 10B-Brandon Givens[8]; 9. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[2]; 10. 4W-Tyler Wolff[6]
Wieland Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Josh Angst[1]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]; 3. 50III-Brandon Davis[6]; 4. 0-Jake O'Neil[4]; 5. 69-Lucas Schott[7]; 6. 28-Parker Hale[10]; 7. 55H-AJ Hoff[5]; 8. 45-Chase Holland[3]; 9. K9-Will Krup[8]; 10. 29D-Brad Dierks[9]
VP Race Fuels Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 21K-Kyle Brown[4]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[3]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[6]; 4. 90B-Daniel Bargender[9]; 5. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 6. 7-Al Hejna[8]; 7. 19SB-Lance Mari[2]; 8. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[10]; 9. 4A-Joel Alberts[1]; 10. 96-Taton Hansen[7]
Qualifying 1: 1. 49-Jake Timm, 00:16.211[9]; 2. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:16.307[1]; 3. 88-Tanner Williamson, 00:16.320[7]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:16.345[3]; 5. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:16.356[2]; 6. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:16.421[5]; 7. 95-Keith Foss, 00:16.432[10]; 8. 19-Joe Chisholm, 00:16.457[4]; 9. 21-Jacob Bleess, 00:16.461[11]; 10. 24-Aaron Benson, 00:16.673[6]; 11. 07-Cory Crapser, 00:16.869[8]
Qualifying 2: 1. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:16.026[8]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:16.184[4]; 3. 10C-Cayden Carter, 00:16.217[6]; 4. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:16.366[9]; 5. 28S-Dustin Sorensen, 00:16.384[10]; 6. R-Ron Ver Beek, 00:16.455[2]; 7. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:16.469[3]; 8. 25C-Cody Thompson, 00:16.635[5]; 9. 30-Dalton Kirk, 00:16.693[7]; 10. 98M-Mitchel Madery, 00:16.845[11]; 11. 16B-Randy Brown, 00:17.217[1]
Qualifying 3: 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:15.973[9]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr, 00:15.995[2]; 3. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 00:16.262[1]; 4. 51W-JT Wasmund, 00:16.330[3]; 5. 90-Ryan Wetzstein, 00:16.376[4]; 6. 15W-Alex Williamson, 00:16.415[8]; 7. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:16.439[10]; 8. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:16.448[6]; 9. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:16.556[7]; 10. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:16.653[5]
Qualifying 4: 1. 50III-Brandon Davis, 00:16.071[9]; 2. 55H-AJ Hoff, 00:16.139[7]; 3. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:16.203[2]; 4. 45-Chase Holland, 00:16.262[6]; 5. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:16.279[10]; 6. 99-Josh Angst, 00:16.336[8]; 7. 69-Lucas Schott, 00:16.549[5]; 8. K9-Will Krup, 00:16.581[1]; 9. 29D-Brad Dierks, 00:16.794[3]; 10. 28-Parker Hale, 00:16.795[4]
Qualifying 5: 1. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:16.151[6]; 2. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:16.273[8]; 3. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:16.278[10]; 4. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:16.360[4]; 5. 19SB-Lance Mari, 00:16.407[3]; 6. 4A-Joel Alberts, 00:16.410[2]; 7. 96-Taton Hansen, 00:16.578[1]; 8. 7-Al Hejna, 00:16.790[9]; 9. 90B-Daniel Bargender, 00:16.862[5]; 10. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt, 00:17.011[7]
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USRA B-MODS
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[4]; 2. 56H-Brandon Hare[1]; 3. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[8]; 4. 43-Zach Brom[16]; 5. 99-Noah Grinstead[7]; 6. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[2]; 7. 88T-Jacob Toepper[17]; 8. 83X-Kadden Kath[5]; 9. 28-Spencer Stock[13]; 10. 53-Tianna Mithun[3]; 11. 23B-Britt Olson Jr[21]; 12. 24-Dylan Goettl[9]; 13. 07-Logan Alseth[14]; 14. 96-Isaiah Rowe[18]; 15. 15-Zach Elward[23]; 16. 22H-Jayme Hiller[19]; 17. 13-Jesse Antiporek[20]; 18. (DNF) 5K-Todd Kamish[12]; 19. (DNF) 1Z-Zach Davis[10]; 20. (DNF) 3A-Taylor Ausrud[15]; 21. (DNF) 29S-Raymond Rehbein[22]; 22. (DNF) 83-Billy Steinberg[6]; 23. (DNF) 18-Tyler Werner[11]
A Feature 2 (18 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[5]; 2. 85-Ben Moudry[3]; 3. 6-Dustin Kruse[6]; 4. 23K-Erik Kanz[7]; 5. 87H-Harley Dais[8]; 6. 35-Dennis Dunbar[4]; 7. 37-Michael Wytaske[15]; 8. 45-Cole Lonergan[20]; 9. RED1-Dan Wheeler[1]; 10. 14-Caden Neisius[10]; 11. 28H-Troy Hale[12]; 12. 10T-Trevor Fecht[19]; 13. 97JR-Landon Volkman[2]; 14. 40-Colton Kramer[21]; 15. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[17]; 16. (DNF) 15-Cole Neisius[9]; 17. (DNF) 29-Lilli Reps[13]; 18. (DNF) 28J-Jackson Hale[11]; 19. (DNF) 21-Rian Leichtnam[18]; 20. (DNF) 4B-Darwin Karau[16]; 21. (DNF) 19C-Colin Wittenberg[22]; 22. (DNS) 88-Brady Boland
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97JR-Landon Volkman[2]; 2. 25-Joe Chisholm[9]; 3. RED1-Dan Wheeler[4]; 4. 14-Caden Neisius[3]; 5. 24-Dylan Goettl[8]; 6. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[6]; 7. 88T-Jacob Toepper[1]; 8. 22H-Jayme Hiller[5]; 9. 40-Colton Kramer[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 56H-Brandon Hare[7]; 2. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[5]; 3. 83X-Kadden Kath[9]; 4. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[8]; 5. 28J-Jackson Hale[6]; 6. 88-Brady Boland[2]; 7. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[3]; 8. (DNF) 19C-Colin Wittenberg[4]; 9. (DQ) 15-Zach Elward[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[5]; 2. 53-Tianna Mithun[4]; 3. 35-Dennis Dunbar[7]; 4. 18-Tyler Werner[3]; 5. 28H-Troy Hale[2]; 6. 5K-Todd Kamish[9]; 7. 4B-Darwin Karau[8]; 8. 21-Rian Leichtnam[1]; 9. 23B-Britt Olson Jr[6]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Ben Moudry[3]; 2. 99-Noah Grinstead[1]; 3. 87H-Harley Dais[9]; 4. 15-Cole Neisius[2]; 5. 29-Lilli Reps[5]; 6. 37-Michael Wytaske[6]; 7. 96-Isaiah Rowe[4]; 8. 10T-Trevor Fecht[7]; 9. 29S-Raymond Rehbein[8]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Kruse[1]; 2. 83-Billy Steinberg[6]; 3. 23K-Erik Kanz[5]; 4. 1Z-Zach Davis[2]; 5. 28-Spencer Stock[4]; 6. 07-Logan Alseth[8]; 7. 43-Zach Brom[9]; 8. 13-Jesse Antiporek[7]; 9. 45-Cole Lonergan[3]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott