5/29/2023
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VanderBeek vaults back into USMTS victory lane
By USMTS (West Union, IA) -- Zack VanderBeek celebrated the loss of 120 pounds since his last win with the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt by celebrating a $10,000 win on Sunday in the 10th Annual Super Clean War in West Union at the Fayette County Speedway.
From the outside of the front row, Dan Ebert shot to the lead to take control of the race on the opening lap. Meanwhile, VanderBeek followed in second as the pair raced bumper-to-bumper through heavy lapped traffic while Tom Berry Jr., Tyler Wolff and Rodney Sanders worked inside the top five.
PHOTO CREDIT: Tyler Rinken
The yellow flag waved for the first time with 20 laps in the books and 20 still remaining, and that opened the door for VanderBeek as he powered ahead of Ebert in the first corner to take over the top spot.
‘The Z-Man’ found himself with a massive 3.5-second cushion over Ebert nine laps later while Berry, Sanders and Jason Hughes filled the top five positions when the yellow flag waved again.
The pace slowed, but back underway VanderBeek pulled away again and cruised to nearly a two-second margin of victory over Berry, Hughes, Sanders and Ebert.
“He kind of gave me the top line there and it was just wide open and once I could carry good momentum I could tell my car was really good so I was comfortable up there,” said VanderBeek after scoring his 51st career USMTS victory.
The win was worth $10,000 to the 38-year-old builder of VanderBuilt Race Cars in New Sharon, Iowa. It was his second in West Union. He also won here in 2016.
On this Memorial Day Weekend, it is fitting to acknowledge is last USMTS win happened at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, La., on Sept. 11, 2020. He weighed in at 300 pounds that day, but 989 days later he picked up the win as a lean, mean 180-pound driving machine.
“It’s been a stepping stone process for me,” VanderBeek added. “I’ve been doing this a long time with a lot of these USMTS races under my belt, and sometimes I wonder if I should become a car owner and let somebody else drive it, but I’ve got an awesome program and team, and this is what I do.”
Tyler Wolff was sixth while Dylan Thornton raced from 16th on the grid to seventh and earned the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award. Cayden Carter was eighth, Dereck Ramirez rebounded from a mid-race incident to nab ninth and EL Paso’s Carlos Ahumada Jr. rounded out the top 10.
Following a much-needed and well-deserved two week hiatus, the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt is back in action Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 15-17, for the 24th Annual Masters at the Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis.
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. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[1]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[4]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[7]; 4. 20-Rodney Sanders[5]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 6. 4W-Tyler Wolff[6]; 7. 38T-Dylan Thornton[16]; 8. 10C-Cayden Carter[11]; 9. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[17]; 10. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[13]; 11. 24C-Jim Chisholm[15]; 12. 02-Tanner Mullens[14]; 13. 87-Darron Fuqua[8]; 14. 10B-Brandon Givens[21]; 15. 21K-Kyle Brown[20]; 16. 4-Jeremy Nelson[3]; 17. 75-Terry Phillips[12]; 18. 55H-AJ Hoff[18]; 19. 77-Kurt Kile[22]; 20. 19SB-Lance Mari[9]; 21. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[23]; 22. 45-Chase Holland[19]; 23. 0-Jake O'Neil[10]; 24. 30-Dalton Kirk[24]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[2]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 3. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[5]; 4. 55H-AJ Hoff[3]; 5. 45-Chase Holland[4]; 6. 21K-Kyle Brown[7]; 7. 10B-Brandon Givens[10]; 8. 77-Kurt Kile[8]; 9. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[6]; 10. 30-Dalton Kirk[12]; 11. 16B-Randy Brown[11]; 12. 58X-Gary Christian[13]; 13. K9-Will Krup[9]
Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[3]; 2. 19SB-Lance Mari[1]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[6]; 4. 0-Jake O'Neil[7]; 5. 24C-Jim Chisholm[4]; 6. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[2]; 7. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[5]; 8. 10B-Brandon Givens[8]; 9. 16B-Randy Brown[9]
Fast Shafts Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jeremy Nelson[2]; 2. 87-Darron Fuqua[4]; 3. 10C-Cayden Carter[3]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 5. 55H-AJ Hoff[1]; 6. 02-Tanner Mullens[5]; 7. 21K-Kyle Brown[7]; 8. 77-Kurt Kile[9]; 9. 30-Dalton Kirk[8]
Edelbrock Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[1]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[4]; 3. 75-Terry Phillips[3]; 4. 20-Rodney Sanders[5]; 5. 38T-Dylan Thornton[9]; 6. 45-Chase Holland[7]; 7. K9-Will Krup[2]; 8. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[6]; 9. 58X-Gary Christian[8]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:16.584[8]; 2. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:16.651[1]; 3. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:17.000[6]; 4. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:17.097[3]; 5. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:17.103[5]; 6. 19SB-Lance Mari, 00:17.202[9]; 7. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:17.235[2]; 8. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:17.416[4]; 9. 16B-Randy Brown, 00:17.819[7]
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:16.746[2]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:16.791[5]; 3. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:16.933[3]; 4. 10C-Cayden Carter, 00:17.021[9]; 5. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 00:17.264[6]; 6. 55H-AJ Hoff, 00:17.496[7]; 7. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:17.509[8]; 8. 30-Dalton Kirk, 00:17.515[1]; 9. 77-Kurt Kile, 00:17.752[4]
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:16.883[2]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:16.950[1]; 3. 11X-Tom Berry Jr, 00:16.966[7]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:17.014[3]; 5. K9-Will Krup, 00:17.077[5]; 6. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:17.089[6]; 7. 45-Chase Holland, 00:17.266[4]; 8. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:17.276[8]; 9. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:17.335[9]
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WILBUR FORD/KNAPP LOGGING USRA BMODS
Wilbur Ford/Knapp Logging A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 16-Dan Hovden[4]; 2. 85-Ben Moudry[6]; 3. 56H-Brandon Hare[2]; 4. 25-Dale Schwamman[1]; 5. 55-Brian Shaw[3]; 6. 07-Logan Alseth[8]; 7. 10T-Trevor Fecht[10]; 8. 2C-Cole Bennerotte[15]; 9. 155-Gavin Shaw[16]; 10. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[7]; 11. 24-Tim Heins[5]; 12. 28T-Philip Ihde[14]; 13. 72-Travis Scholbrock[9]; 14. (DNF) 83-Dylan Crawford[11]; 15. (DNS) 66K-Keagen Einck; 16. (DNS) 98-Kyle Anderson
Wilbur Ford/Knapp Loggin Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 56H-Brandon Hare[2]; 2. 16-Dan Hovden[6]; 3. 55-Brian Shaw[5]; 4. 24-Tim Heins[3]; 5. 42B-Kaeden Bronner[8]; 6. 72-Travis Scholbrock[1]; 7. (DNF) 83-Dylan Crawford[4]; 8. (DNF) 28T-Philip Ihde[7]
Wilbur Ford/Knapp Loggin Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Ben Moudry[3]; 2. 25-Dale Schwamman[2]; 3. 07-Logan Alseth[8]; 4. 10T-Trevor Fecht[6]; 5. 66K-Keagen Einck[1]; 6. (DNF) 98-Kyle Anderson[7]; 7. (DQ) 2C-Cole Bennerotte[4]; 8. (DQ) 155-Gavin Shaw[5]
TORKELSON MOTORS USRA HOBBY STOCKS
Torkelson Motors A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 81-Joshua Ludeking[2]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[3]; 3. 18K-Dylan Clinton[6]; 4. 18-Scott Spilde[5]; 5. 5-Daryl Moss[1]; 6. 266-Justin Lichty[10]; 7. 22-Steve Larson[4]; 8. 19-Paul Seabrooke[12]; 9. 52D-BJ Dahl[13]; 10. 27H-Austin Hoeft[11]; 11. (DNF) 7D-Devin Holthaus[8]; 12. (DNF) 15R-Ryan Crooks[9]; 13. (DNF) 171-Jeremy Swanson[7]
Torkelson Motors Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18K-Dylan Clinton[1]; 2. 22-Steve Larson[2]; 3. 5-Daryl Moss[6]; 4. 171-Jeremy Swanson[4]; 5. 15R-Ryan Crooks[3]; 6. 27H-Austin Hoeft[7]; 7. 52D-BJ Dahl[5]
Torkelson Motors Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Joshua Ludeking[1]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[2]; 3. 18-Scott Spilde[3]; 4. 7D-Devin Holthaus[4]; 5. 266-Justin Lichty[5]; 6. (DNF) 19-Paul Seabrooke[6]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott