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Davis dominates for USMTS win at Deer Creek Speedway

By USMTS (Spring Valley, MN) -- With $10,000 on the line, Brandon Davis picked a fine time to shine as he led all 50 laps from the outside of the front row to notch his ninth career USMTS victory and first in nearly four years, and only his second in nine seasons.

Saturday night’s 20th Annual LRS Waste Services USMTS Southern Minnesota Spring Challenge trophy was the sixth one he has stolen from the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.

PHOTO CREDIT: Tyler Rinken

Driving his home-built Tri-Built Race Cars chassis, the 31-year-old from nearby Haysville, Minn., is the track’s all-time winningest driver, and Davis added to that career milestone by holding off Jim Chisholm—the winningest driver at ‘The Creek’ over the last four years.

“It was fun but it’s a lot easier when you start up front with these guys,” Davis said in Tralo Victory Lane. “Jim’s kind of the class of the of the field around here so it was nice to be able to hold him off for once. So far he’s gotten the better end of the stick to me most times but I got a little bit on them tonight so that's nice.”

Jake Timm earned the Sybesma Pole Award but Davis snagged the advantage at the waving of the green flag—a sight that many Deer Creek Speedway fans have witnessed over the past decade or so.

Timm stayed close for much of the race before Chisholm moved in to challenge Davis in the late stages, but this time Davis put his experience on the high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval to take home the winner’s share of the prize money.

While six of Davis’s nine USMTS wins have come here, Chisholm came one spot shy of registering his fourth career USMTS win and third one here after a valiant effort from the 15th starting spot to claim the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award.

Timm held on for third but was disqualified during post-race technical inspections, moving Jason Hughes—the driver with the most USMTS wins (14) at Deer Creek to third, holding off Terry Phillips at the checkered flag.

Aaron Benson came from 19th on the starting grid to secure a fifth-place paycheck. Zack VanderBeek was sixth, Dan Ebert earned the seventh spot, Rodney Sanders ended his two-race win streak in eighth and 2021 USMTS National Champion Dereck Ramirez was ninth with Jim Chisholm rounding out the top 10.

While it took a heavy right foot for Davis to accomplish his feat, all drivers in both the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt and USRA B-Mods ran their main events with a heavy heart after B-Mod racer Caleb Korpi passed away in the pit area before the completion of the last two races.

“It was definitely different (the feeling in victory lane),” added Davis. “Condolences to the family. We’re glad we could honor their wishes and keep on going.”

On Sunday, the fast and furious Fayette County Speedway in West Union, Iowa, hosts the USMTS mega-monster modifieds with the 10th Annual Super Clean War in West Union and second straight $10,000-to-win clash to wrap up the Memorial Day Weekend.

WWU1 was waged Sept. 16, 2008, with Omaha, Neb.’s Jake Neal—now a Malvern Bank SLMR champion—garnering his one and only USMTS triumph. Ryan Gustin won in 2009 but the series didn’t return until 2016. Zack VanderBeek came out on top that night.

Gustin became the event’s first two-time winner in 2017 and since then victory lane has been graced by Lucas Schott, Rodney Sanders, Dereck Ramirez and Terry Phillips, who won for a second time here last year.

USRA B-Mods ($500 to win) and USRA Hobby Stocks ($400 to win) will also be in action battling for Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series national points. The pits open at 3 p.m. and grandstands open at 4 with hot laps at 5:30 and opening ceremonies at 6:10.

Spectator tickets are $25 and kids $10. Pit passes are $40 and kids ages 6-11 are $20. Children ages 5 and under get into the grandstands or pits for free with a paid adult.

The Fayette County Speedway is a semi-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located 0.9 mile south of US 18 on SR 150, then 0.1 mile east on SR 56 to 504 S Vine St, West Union, IA 52175.

For more information, call (563) 380-7075 or (319) 327-2733 and visit racefayettecountyspeedway.net on the World Wide Web. You can also check out the track's social media platforms on Facebook and Twitter.

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

A MODIFIEDS

Summit Racing Equipment A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 50III-Brandon Davis[2]; 2. 24C-Jim Chisholm[15]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[11]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips[3]; 5. 24-Aaron Benson[19]; 6. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[5]; 7. 60-Dan Ebert[12]; 8. 20-Rodney Sanders[21]; 9. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[17]; 10. 19-Joe Chisholm[13]; 11. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[29]; 12. 87-Darron Fuqua[27]; 13. 28-Parker Hale[20]; 14. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[18]; 15. 10C-Cayden Carter[25]; 16. 4-Jeremy Nelson[24]; 17. 99-Josh Angst[22]; 18. 58X-Gary Christian[26]; 19. 0-Jake O'Neil[4]; 20. 69-Lucas Schott[8]; 21. K9-Will Krup[28]; 22. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[23]; 23. 38T-Dylan Thornton[10]; 24. 21K-Kyle Brown[14]; 25. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[6]; 26. 90W-Steve Wetzstein[7]; 27. 4W-Tyler Wolff[9]; 28. 49-Jake Timm[1]; 29. (DNS) 02-Tanner Mullens

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[1]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[2]; 3. 24-Aaron Benson[7]; 4. 20-Rodney Sanders[5]; 5. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[3]; 6. K9-Will Krup[4]; 7. 65-Tyler Davis[13]; 8. 58X-Gary Christian[9]; 9. 07-Cory Crapser[17]; 10. 45-Chase Holland[10]; 11. 12M-Nick Murgic[8]; 12. 10B-Brandon Givens[15]; 13. 16B-Randy Brown[14]; 14. 30-Dalton Kirk[18]; 15. R-Ron Ver Beek[19]; 16. 19SB-Lance Mari[12]; 17. 1-Blake Arndt[11]; 18. 7-Al Hejna[6]; 19. 95-Keith Foss[16]

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[2]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[1]; 3. 28-Parker Hale[4]; 4. 99-Josh Angst[5]; 5. 4-Jeremy Nelson[7]; 6. 10C-Cayden Carter[3]; 7. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[6]; 8. 87-Darron Fuqua[9]; 9. 21-Jacob Bleess[17]; 10. 55H-AJ Hoff[8]; 11. 83-Kylie Kath[13]; 12. 88-Tanner Williamson[12]; 13. 96-Taton Hansen[10]; 14. 51W-JT Wasmund[18]; 15. 4A-Joel Alberts[11]; 16. 29D-Brad Dierks[14]; 17. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[15]; 18. (DNS) 25C-Cody Thompson; 19. (DNS) 15W-Alex Williamson

Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 69-Lucas Schott[1]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens[2]; 3. 10C-Cayden Carter[3]; 4. 4W-Tyler Wolff[6]; 5. 19-Joe Chisholm[5]; 6. 4-Jeremy Nelson[4]; 7. 12M-Nick Murgic[9]; 8. 88-Tanner Williamson[8]; 9. 83-Kylie Kath[11]; 10. 07-Cory Crapser[10]; 11. R-Ron Ver Beek[7]

Fast Shafts Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 90W-Steve Wetzstein[2]; 2. 49-Jake Timm[5]; 3. 24C-Jim Chisholm[7]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton[6]; 5. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[3]; 6. 24-Aaron Benson[8]; 7. 4A-Joel Alberts[1]; 8. 1-Blake Arndt[9]; 9. 16B-Randy Brown[10]; 10. 25C-Cody Thompson[11]; 11. 15W-Alex Williamson[4]

Edelbrock Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[1]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[3]; 3. 28-Parker Hale[2]; 4. 12-Jason Hughes[6]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders[5]; 6. 55H-AJ Hoff[4]; 7. 87-Darron Fuqua[7]; 8. 65-Tyler Davis[8]; 9. 29D-Brad Dierks[10]; 10. 30-Dalton Kirk[9]

Wieland Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[2]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[3]; 3. 0-Jake O'Neil[5]; 4. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[7]; 5. 99-Josh Angst[8]; 6. 21K-Kyle Brown[6]; 7. 19SB-Lance Mari[1]; 8. 96-Taton Hansen[10]; 9. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt[9]; 10. 51W-JT Wasmund[4]

VP Race Fuels Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 50III-Brandon Davis[2]; 2. 75-Terry Phillips[5]; 3. K9-Will Krup[3]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 5. 7-Al Hejna[9]; 6. 58X-Gary Christian[4]; 7. 45-Chase Holland[7]; 8. 10B-Brandon Givens[1]; 9. 95-Keith Foss[8]; 10. 21-Jacob Bleess[10]

Qualifying 1: 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:16.090[5]; 2. 19-Joe Chisholm, 00:16.255[10]; 3. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 00:16.376[2]; 4. 10C-Cayden Carter, 00:16.475[9]; 5. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:16.493[8]; 6. 69-Lucas Schott, 00:16.651[11]; 7. R-Ron Ver Beek, 00:16.907[7]; 8. 88-Tanner Williamson, 00:16.997[1]; 9. 12M-Nick Murgic, 00:17.001[6]; 10. 07-Cory Crapser, 00:17.305[3]; 11. 83-Kylie Kath, 00:17.821[4]

Qualifying 2: 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:16.384[9]; 2. 49-Jake Timm, 00:16.414[8]; 3. 15W-Alex Williamson, 00:16.517[6]; 4. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:16.530[3]; 5. 90W-Steve Wetzstein, 00:16.562[2]; 6. 4A-Joel Alberts, 00:16.711[1]; 7. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:16.745[7]; 8. 24-Aaron Benson, 00:16.795[10]; 9. 1-Blake Arndt, 00:17.129[4]; 10. 16B-Randy Brown, 00:17.168[11]; 11. 25C-Cody Thompson, 00:17.230[5]

Qualifying 3: 1. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:16.151[9]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:16.343[6]; 3. 55H-AJ Hoff, 00:16.432[8]; 4. 11X-Tom Berry Jr, 00:16.433[10]; 5. 28-Parker Hale, 00:16.502[7]; 6. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:16.513[4]; 7. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:16.637[5]; 8. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:16.656[2]; 9. 30-Dalton Kirk, 00:17.106[1]; 10. 29D-Brad Dierks, 00:17.610[3]

Qualifying 4: 1. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:16.263[8]; 2. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:16.264[3]; 3. 51W-JT Wasmund, 00:16.271[1]; 4. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:16.271[6]; 5. 90-Ryan Wetzstein, 00:16.446[2]; 6. 19SB-Lance Mari, 00:16.493[4]; 7. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:16.510[10]; 8. 99-Josh Angst, 00:16.531[9]; 9. 14M-Brian Mahlstedt, 00:16.927[7]; 10. 96-Taton Hansen, 00:17.043[5]

Qualifying 5: 1. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:16.305[4]; 2. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:16.332[3]; 3. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:16.496[6]; 4. K9-Will Krup, 00:16.497[1]; 5. 50III-Brandon Davis, 00:16.508[5]; 6. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:16.582[10]; 7. 45-Chase Holland, 00:16.610[9]; 8. 95-Keith Foss, 00:16.622[7]; 9. 7-Al Hejna, 00:16.642[2]; 10. 21-Jacob Bleess, 00:16.680[8]

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USRA B-MODS

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 85-Ben Moudry[6]; 2. 23K-Erik Kanz[5]; 3. 6-Dustin Kruse[9]; 4. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[4]; 5. 87H-Harley Dais[1]; 6. 83X-Kadden Kath[7]; 7. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[10]; 8. 60-Colby Mann[18]; 9. 3A-Taylor Ausrud[20]; 10. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[11]; 11. 55S-Brian Shaw[23]; 12. 25-Joe Chisholm[2]; 13. 35-Dennis Dunbar[13]; 14. 96-Isaiah Rowe[24]; 15. 2-Phillip Dunbar[15]; 16. 88-Jacob Toepper[26]; 17. 29-Lilli Reps[21]; 18. 15-Cole Neisius[14]; 19. 13-Jesse Antiporek[3]; 20. 24T-Liz Toepper[12]; 21. (DNF) 40-Colton Kramer[19]; 22. (DNF) 22H-Jayme Hiller[25]; 23. (DNF) 18-Tyler Werner[8]; 24. (DNF) 15-Zach Elward[16]; 25. (DNS) 4B-Greg Brooks; 26. (DNS) 83-Billy Steinberg

A Feature 2 (18 Laps): 1. 56H-Brandon Hare[2]; 2. RED1-Dan Wheeler[8]; 3. 43-Zach Brom[10]; 4. 10T-Trevor Fecht[1]; 5. 99-Noah Grinstead[9]; 6. 53-Tianna Mithun[5]; 7. 14-Caden Neisius[4]; 8. 07-Logan Alseth[3]; 9. 45-Cole Lonergan[17]; 10. 37-Michael Wytaske[11]; 11. 28H-Troy Hale[7]; 12. 28-Spencer Stock[13]; 13. 97JR-Landon Volkman[22]; 14. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[23]; 15. 28J-Jackson Hale[20]; 16. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[18]; 17. (DNF) 155-Gavin Shaw[6]; 18. (DNF) 29S-Raymond Rehbein[19]; 19. (DNF) 41-Cheyanne Stanfield[14]; 20. (DNF) 54-Jett Sorensen[15]; 21. (DNF) 21-Rian Leichtnam[16]; 22. (DNF) 81K-Caleb Korpi[12]; 23. (DNS) 11-Lyndon Johnson; 24. (DNS) 29-Tommie Tesch; 25. (DQ) 24-Dylan Goettl[24]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10T-Trevor Fecht[5]; 2. 85-Ben Moudry[9]; 3. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[2]; 4. 35JR-Garitt Wytaske[6]; 5. 28-Spencer Stock[7]; 6. 15-Zach Elward[8]; 7. 83-Billy Steinberg[4]; 8. (DQ) 97JR-Landon Volkman[1]; 9. (DQ) 96-Isaiah Rowe[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. RED1-Dan Wheeler[1]; 2. 18-Tyler Werner[4]; 3. 13-Jesse Antiporek[6]; 4. 35-Dennis Dunbar[3]; 5. 24T-Liz Toepper[8]; 6. 41-Cheyanne Stanfield[9]; 7. (DNF) 3A-Taylor Ausrud[2]; 8. (DNF) 29-Lilli Reps[7]; 9. (DNF) 29-Tommie Tesch[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 02K-Hunter Kennedy[3]; 2. 56H-Brandon Hare[4]; 3. 28H-Troy Hale[6]; 4. 81K-Caleb Korpi[1]; 5. 15-Cole Neisius[7]; 6. 2-Phillip Dunbar[9]; 7. 21-Rian Leichtnam[8]; 8. 45-Cole Lonergan[5]; 9. (DQ) 55S-Brian Shaw[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 23K-Erik Kanz[1]; 2. 83X-Kadden Kath[4]; 3. 53-Tianna Mithun[5]; 4. 37-Michael Wytaske[6]; 5. (DNF) 60-Colby Mann[8]; 6. (DNF) 40-Colton Kramer[7]; 7. (DNS) 4B-Greg Brooks; 8. (DQ) 24-Dylan Goettl[3]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 155-Gavin Shaw[1]; 2. 07-Logan Alseth[4]; 3. 14-Caden Neisius[8]; 4. 99-Noah Grinstead[7]; 5. (DNF) 19C-Colin Wittenberg[6]; 6. (DQ) 11-Lyndon Johnson[5]; 7. (DQ) 42B-Kaeden Bronner[2]; 8. (DQ) 22H-Jayme Hiller[3]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[1]; 2. 87H-Harley Dais[2]; 3. 43-Zach Brom[3]; 4. 6-Dustin Kruse[8]; 5. 54-Jett Sorensen[4]; 6. (DNF) 29S-Raymond Rehbein[5]; 7. (DNF) 28J-Jackson Hale[7]; 8. (DQ) 88-Jacob Toepper[6]

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