6/17/2023
RacinBoys
Carter wins USMTS thriller at Cedar Lake
By USMTS (New Richmond, WI) -- Fans watching from the grandstands of the Cedar Lake Speedway and those watching from afar on RacinDirt were treated to a barnburner Friday night that ended with Oskaloosa, Iowa’s Cayden Carter in victory lane on the second night of the 24th Annual Masters.
Headlining the event at the state-of-the-art high-banked clay oval in New Richmond, Wis., the racers in the Summit USMTS National Championship put on a show with five drivers sharing a straightaway over the final dozen laps of the main event.
PHOTO CREDIT: Tyler Rinken
Young gun Ryan Gierke took the lead from polesitter and defending USMTS national champ Dustin Sorensen and paced the first 16 laps before Sorensen was able to steal the lead after a spirited side-by-side battle for several laps.
Meanwhile, following close behind were Tom Berry Jr., Carter, Jake O’Neil and Joe Chisholm with all six drivers within striking distance of first place.
Berry moved into second on the fifth lap and then Sorensen took it away on lap six before tracking down Gierke and taking control.
Things got really interesting when Chisholm—making just his fifth USMTS start—jogged by Berry for third place. Berry, however, battled back and took it back one lap later while O’Neil and Carter made it a four-car tussle for third place on lap 25.
Running the extreme high side, O’Neil looked to be headed for the front when Carter had to slide up in front of O’Neil to dodge lapped traffic. That chance encounter showed last year’s Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year a more preferred line.
Carter used a longer way around the racetrack to run down Sorensen, taking the lead with five to go. From there he split two lapped cars perfectly before speeding away from the pack for his third career USMTS triumph.
“I think Jake O’Neill won me that race,” Carter revealed as confetti rained down on the 29-year-old in victory lane. “I saw him and heard him out there and I moved up and it (the racing surface) was cleaned up and was starting to rubber up, so I’m like ‘I got to go or I’m going to lose.’ I knew my car was pretty good. I just bided my time there the first 20 some laps and then once it finally slicked all the way off we were getting better and better.
“Once I got to the lead I caught them two lapped cars running side by side and they just opened up. I knew I had to go for it and happened to get by. That definitely helped me out… Just a great win here tonight.”
While Carter pocketed five grand for the win, Sorensen had to settle for the runner-up paycheck with O'Neil, Berry and tenth-starting Tanner Mullens the first five to cross the finish line. Both Sorensen and O’Neill are two-time USMTS winners here.
Will Krup, Jake Timm, four-time USMTS national champion Jason Hughes, Darrell Nelson and Chisholm (Joe, not Jim) rounded out the top ten.
Of note, points leader Rodney Sanders finishing 11th after starting 16th in the caution-free feature race, and the seven-time Cedar Lake winner continues to hold a somewhat comfortable lead over O’Neil in the race for a $100,000 title.
Saturday’s finale pays a whopping top prize of $11,000 for both the Summit USMTS Modifieds and Super Late Models while USRA Late Models go for $1,100 to win.
On Saturday, general admission spectator tickets are $40, students are $20 and pit passes are $45. Kids ages 5 and under get in for free each day. The pits open at 2 p.m., grandstands open at 5, hot laps and USMTS qualifying begin at 6:30 and racing starts at 7.
The Cedar Lake Speedway is a state-of-the-art 3/8-mile high-banked clay located 1.0 mile east of SR 35 on SR 64, then 4.2 miles north on CR C to CR CC, then left 1.8 miles to 2275 County Rd CC, New Richmond, WI 54017. For more information, call (612) 363-0479 or visit cedarlakespeedway.com.
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 (45 Laps): 1. 10C-Cayden Carter[6]; 2. 28-Dustin Sorensen[1]; 3. 0-Jake O'Neil[7]; 4. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[4]; 5. 02-Tanner Mullens[10]; 6. K9-Will Krup[5]; 7. 49-Jake Timm[11]; 8. 12-Jason Hughes[8]; 9. 44-Darrell Nelson[13]; 10. 19-Joe Chisholm[3]; 11. 20-Rodney Sanders[16]; 12. 75-Terry Phillips[15]; 13. 26G-Ryan Gierke[2]; 14. 21K-Kyle Brown[14]; 15. 19SB-Lance Mari[9]; 16. 4W-Tyler Wolff[17]; 17. 30-Matt Leer[19]; 18. 60-Dan Ebert[20]; 19. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[26]; 20. 45-Chase Holland[24]; 21. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[27]; 22. 38T-Dylan Thornton[21]; 23. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[22]; 24. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[25]; 25. 44H-Adam Hensel[18]; 26. 4-Jeremy Nelson[28]; 27. 87-Darron Fuqua[12]; 28. 24C-Jim Chisholm[23]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 75-Terry Phillips[1]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 3. 30-Matt Leer[2]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton[6]; 5. 24C-Jim Chisholm[7]; 6. 65-Tyler Davis[11]; 7. 96-Taton Hansen[3]; 8. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[9]; 9. 10B-Brandon Givens[5]; 10. 16-Austin Siebert[12]; 11. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[16]; 12. 51W-JT Wasmund[13]; 13. 7-Al Hejna[14]; 14. 89-AJ Diemel[10]; 15. 15W-Alex Williamson[8]; 16. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[15]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders[2]; 2. 44H-Adam Hensel[4]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[3]; 4. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[1]; 5. 45-Chase Holland[6]; 6. 4-Jeremy Nelson[7]; 7. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[8]; 8. 24-Brandon Dolman[13]; 9. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[5]; 10. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[9]; 11. 8S-Tony Schill[11]; 12. 55H-AJ Hoff[10]; 13. 747-Colton Eck[12]; 14. 71-AJ Roschen[14]; 15. (DNS) 18A-Landon Atkinson
Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Cayden Carter[1]; 2. 30-Matt Leer[2]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[4]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips[5]; 5. 24C-Jim Chisholm[3]; 6. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[7]; 7. 44-Darrell Nelson[6]; 8. 65-Tyler Davis[9]; 9. 7-Al Hejna[8]
Fast Shafts Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[2]; 2. 19SB-Lance Mari[4]; 3. 96-Taton Hansen[1]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert[7]; 5. 21K-Kyle Brown[6]; 6. 38T-Dylan Thornton[5]; 7. 55H-AJ Hoff[3]; 8. 8S-Tony Schill[9]; 9. 71-AJ Roschen[8]
Edelbrock Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Dustin Sorensen[2]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens[4]; 3. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[6]; 4. 10B-Brandon Givens[1]; 5. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[7]; 6. 4-Jeremy Nelson[8]; 7. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[5]; 8. 16-Austin Siebert[9]; 9. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[3]
Wieland Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Joe Chisholm[2]; 2. 49-Jake Timm[4]; 3. 0-Jake O'Neil[5]; 4. 45-Chase Holland[1]; 5. 15W-Alex Williamson[3]; 6. 4W-Tyler Wolff[6]; 7. 89-AJ Diemel[7]; 8. 747-Colton Eck[9]; 9. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[8]
VP Race Fuels Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. K9-Will Krup[1]; 2. 87-Darron Fuqua[3]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[6]; 4. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[5]; 5. 44H-Adam Hensel[9]; 6. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[7]; 7. 51W-JT Wasmund[2]; 8. 24-Brandon Dolman[8]; 9. 18A-Landon Atkinson[4]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson, 00:14.928[7]; 2. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:15.158[6]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:15.226[5]; 4. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:15.248[8]; 5. 30-Matt Leer, 00:15.265[1]; 6. 10C-Cayden Carter, 00:15.525[3]; 7. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 00:15.578[2]; 8. 7-Al Hejna, 00:15.646[9]; 9. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:15.721[4]
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:15.067[9]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:15.204[7]; 3. 19SB-Lance Mari, 00:15.309[2]; 4. 55H-AJ Hoff, 00:15.413[3]; 5. 26G-Ryan Gierke, 00:15.417[5]; 6. 96-Taton Hansen, 00:15.477[1]; 7. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:15.497[4]; 8. 71-AJ Roschen, 00:15.621[6]; 9. 8S-Tony Schill, 00:15.626[8]
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 11X-Tom Berry Jr, 00:14.978[9]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:15.215[4]; 3. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:15.237[8]; 4. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:15.341[5]; 5. 28-Dustin Sorensen, 00:15.385[2]; 6. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:15.412[7]; 7. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:15.434[3]; 8. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 00:15.497[1]; 9. 16-Austin Siebert, 00:15.539[6]
Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:15.079[3]; 2. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:15.320[1]; 3. 49-Jake Timm, 00:15.418[5]; 4. 15W-Alex Williamson, 00:15.474[8]; 5. 19-Joe Chisholm, 00:15.534[6]; 6. 45-Chase Holland, 00:15.549[7]; 7. 89-AJ Diemel, 00:15.549[2]; 8. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:15.564[4]; 9. 747-Colton Eck, 00:15.840[9]
Qualifying 5 (2 Laps): 1. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:15.366[3]; 2. 5K-Tyler Kaeter, 00:15.588[5]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 00:15.661[9]; 4. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:15.706[2]; 5. 51W-JT Wasmund, 00:15.756[6]; 6. K9-Will Krup, 00:15.775[8]; 7. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 00:15.833[7]; 8. 24-Brandon Dolman, 00:16.016[1]; 9. 44H-Adam Hensel, 00:16.037[4]
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LATE MODELS
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 15A-Nick Anvelink[1]; 2. 58-AJ Diemel[5]; 3. 44-Darrell Nelson[13]; 4. 32C-Chad Holladay[8]; 5. 98-Jason Rauen[12]; 6. 11G-James Giossi[7]; 7. 71JR-Buddy Hanestad[15]; 8. 32-Jordan Tollakson[9]; 9. 71-Rick Hanestad[18]; 10. 11-Pat Doar[4]; 11. 27-Jake Redetzke[21]; 12. 28-Sam Mars[22]; 13. 70-Justin Ritchie[11]; 14. 22P-Nick Panitzke[20]; 15. 85-John Kaanta[23]; 16. C4-Ryan Corbett[10]; 17. 1 2-Bryce Sward[19]; 18. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[16]; 19. (DNF) 77-Jordan Yaggy[6]; 20. (DNF) 90-Lance Matthees[17]; 21. (DNF) 42-Terry Casey[14]; 22. (DNF) 22E-Brent Larson[3]; 23. (DNF) 65-Jake Miller[24]; 24. (DNF) 32*-Jon Tollakson[2]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 90-Lance Matthees[2]; 2. 1 2-Bryce Sward[1]; 3. 27-Jake Redetzke[7]; 4. 85-John Kaanta[3]; 5. 49-Jake Timm[4]; 6. 7C-Jim Carlson[8]; 7. 17-Mike Greseth[5]; 8. 7X-Jesse Glenz[12]; 9. 10C-Chad Olsen[11]; 10. 29F-Dave Flynn[13]; 11. 28S-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 12. 6M-Jeff Massingill[6]; 13. 173-Andy Jones[15]; 14. 92-Aaron Wilson[9]; 15. 11B-Michael Bruggeman[10]; 16. (DNF) 34-Jordan Langer[14]; 17. (DNF) 55C-Chad Mahder[17]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 71-Rick Hanestad[1]; 2. 22P-Nick Panitzke[8]; 3. 28-Sam Mars[5]; 4. 65-Jake Miller[2]; 5. 42N-Paul Niznik[4]; 6. 50-Gavin Tarras[3]; 7. 5-Josh Zimpel[16]; 8. 5E-Shane Edginton[14]; 9. 10-Daniel Bargender[10]; 10. 15-Steve Hucovski[13]; 11. (DNF) 14-Robbie Johnson[15]; 12. (DNF) 22-Brett Shafer[9]; 13. (DNF) 1-Lukas Koski[12]; 14. (DNF) 11H-Lance Hofer[6]; 15. (DNF) 1L-Steve Laursen[11]; 16. (DNF) 33-Nick Marolf[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 58-AJ Diemel[2]; 2. C4-Ryan Corbett[1]; 3. 98-Jason Rauen[4]; 4. 44-Darrell Nelson[7]; 5. 42N-Paul Niznik[6]; 6. 49-Jake Timm[10]; 7. 22-Brett Shafer[5]; 8. 7X-Jesse Glenz[8]; 9. 15-Steve Hucovski[3]; 10. 28S-Dustin Sorensen[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Pat Doar[2]; 2. 32-Jordan Tollakson[3]; 3. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[1]; 4. 90-Lance Matthees[6]; 5. 71JR-Buddy Hanestad[10]; 6. 17-Mike Greseth[9]; 7. 11B-Michael Bruggeman[5]; 8. 1-Lukas Koski[8]; 9. 34-Jordan Langer[4]; 10. 14-Robbie Johnson[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jordan Yaggy[3]; 2. 15A-Nick Anvelink[4]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay[7]; 4. 50-Gavin Tarras[1]; 5. 6M-Jeff Massingill[5]; 6. 11H-Lance Hofer[8]; 7. 92-Aaron Wilson[2]; 8. 1L-Steve Laursen[6]; 9. 29F-Dave Flynn[10]; 10. 5-Josh Zimpel[9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 22E-Brent Larson[2]; 2. 70-Justin Ritchie[1]; 3. 71-Rick Hanestad[3]; 4. 85-John Kaanta[5]; 5. 28-Sam Mars[4]; 6. 27-Jake Redetzke[7]; 7. 7C-Jim Carlson[8]; 8. 10-Daniel Bargender[10]; 9. 5E-Shane Edginton[6]; 10. (DNF) 55C-Chad Mahder[9]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 32*-Jon Tollakson[1]; 2. 11G-James Giossi[4]; 3. 1 2-Bryce Sward[2]; 4. 42-Terry Casey[7]; 5. 65-Jake Miller[9]; 6. 33-Nick Marolf[5]; 7. 22P-Nick Panitzke[8]; 8. 10C-Chad Olsen[3]; 9. 173-Andy Jones[6]
USRA LIMITED LATES
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24-Brad Waits[1]; 2. 88-Michael Hucovski[2]; 3. 42K-Patrick Kletschka[4]; 4. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[13]; 5. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[10]; 6. 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[6]; 7. 11X-Derek Nelson[17]; 8. D1-Dennis Larson[14]; 9. 65-Lucas Peterson[15]; 10. 63-Patrick Kelley[19]; 11. 63M-Matt McEathron[11]; 12. 35X-Parker Foster[3]; 13. 99-Mitchell Fenske[16]; 14. 44-Cade Nelson[12]; 15. 97-Miranda Carlson[18]; 16. 26D-Chad Dawson[20]; 17. 007-Jess Seim[8]; 18. 65CM-Carver Miller[23]; 19. (DNF) 54-Chad Prissel[7]; 20. (DNF) 24S-Justin Sass[5]; 21. (DNF) 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[9]; 22. (DNS) 62-Todd Green; 23. (DNS) B61-Brian Dachel
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Justin Sass[1]; 2. 88-Michael Hucovski[2]; 3. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[3]; 4. 44-Cade Nelson[4]; 5. 65-Lucas Peterson[5]; 6. 99-Mitchell Fenske[6]; 7. 63-Patrick Kelley[7]; 8. B61-Brian Dachel[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 42K-Patrick Kletschka[1]; 2. 24-Brad Waits[2]; 3. 54-Chad Prissel[4]; 4. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[3]; 5. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[7]; 6. 11X-Derek Nelson[6]; 7. 97-Miranda Carlson[5]; 8. 65CM-Carver Miller[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[2]; 2. 35X-Parker Foster[4]; 3. 007-Jess Seim[1]; 4. 63M-Matt McEathron[3]; 5. D1-Dennis Larson[6]; 6. (DNF) 26D-Chad Dawson[7]; 7. (DNF) 62-Todd Green[5]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott