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Sorensen checks Saturday box in USMTS Masters finale

By USMTS (New Richmond, WI) -- The Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt staged their 34th race at the Cedar Lake Speedway on Saturday with $11,000 up for grabs to the driver who could win the 24th Annual Masters main event.

A two-time USMTS winner here, Dustin Sorensen led the majority of Friday night’s main event before failing to fend off Cayden Carter in the closing laps, eventually finishing second to Carter who led the final five laps.

PHOTOCREDIT: Jacy Norgaard

Driving the familiar No. 28 for Jimmy Mars, Sorensen led the opening circuit of Saturday’s 50-lap feature and the next 41 orbits when the race’s third caution waved with just eight laps to go.

During that time, Dylan Thornton kept the pressure on the defending USMTS national champion as the pair pulled away to an advantage of nearly four seconds over the third-place car of Jim Chisholm with Jason Hughes and Zack VanderBeek filling out the fastest five.

Sorensen struggled with lapped traffic in the second half of the race. Thornton made his move with 20 laps to go using a sliding pass going into turn three but Sorensen scooted back underneath to hold the position.

“Yeah I could see on the scoreboard that he was right on my bumper but last night I got passed because I wasn’t high enough on the track and then tonight he drove underneath me but luckily he kind of blew through the rubber there and I was able to cross back underneath,” Sorensen said. “Hats off to him for running me clean and clearing me and everything. He’s fun to race with.”

Thursday’s runner-up Will Krup was a member of the group of tough-to-tame lapped cars. Eventually, he was tapped by another back-marker and spun right in front of the leaders—all of whom scurried around the inside and outside of Krup and continued without damage.

The restart with eight laps to go saw Hughes power around the outside of Thornton but was unable to mount a serious charge at the top spot. Sorensen beat Hughes to the checkered flag with two car lengths to spare.

“Last night I was really patient with lapped cars and it kind of bit me so tonight I kind of pushed the issue a little more than I normally would have,” Sorensen revealed during his victory lane interview with RacinDirt’s Pat Graham.

While Hughes matched his best finish in nearly six years, Thornton held on for a career-best third-place paycheck while Zack VanderBeek finished fourth and Joe Chisholm—driving the car that carried Sorensen to last year’s series title—round out the top five.

Sixth through tenth were A.J. Diemel, Darrell Nelson, Jim Chisholm, points leader Rodney Sanders and Jake Timm.

With his 12th career triumph, Sorensen climbed into a tie with Lucas Schott for 20th on the all-time USMTS wins list.

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With a four-week break facing them, the series rolls back into action on Thursday-Saturday, July 13-15, at the Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, Minn., for the 3rd Annual Mod Wars featuring the Summit USMTS Modifieds vs. Wissota Modifieds plus Midwest Mods, Mod Fours and Hornets.

The Ogilvie Raceway is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located less than an hour north of the Twin Cities at 1539 Hwy 23, Ogilvie, MN 56358. To learn more, check out https://www.ogilvieraceway.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 (50 Laps): 1. 28-Dustin Sorensen[3]; 2. 12-Jason Hughes[10]; 3. 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]; 4. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[4]; 5. 19-Joe Chisholm[6]; 6. 89-AJ Diemel[9]; 7. 44-Darrell Nelson[5]; 8. 24C-Jim Chisholm[22]; 9. 20-Rodney Sanders[20]; 10. 49-Jake Timm[15]; 11. 10C-Cayden Carter[7]; 12. 02-Tanner Mullens[23]; 13. 0-Jake O'Neil[14]; 14. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[24]; 15. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[13]; 16. 87-Darron Fuqua[25]; 17. 75-Terry Phillips[12]; 18. 4-Jeremy Nelson[17]; 19. 15W-Alex Williamson[29]; 20. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[27]; 21. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[11]; 22. 44H-Adam Hensel[19]; 23. 96-Taton Hansen[30]; 24. 60-Dan Ebert[16]; 25. 45-Chase Holland[28]; 26. K9-Will Krup[26]; 27. 4W-Tyler Wolff[21]; 28. 18A-Landon Atkinson[18]; 29. 21K-Kyle Brown[8]; 30. 30-Matt Leer[1]

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 49-Jake Timm[4]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson[1]; 3. 44H-Adam Hensel[2]; 4. 4W-Tyler Wolff[5]; 5. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 6. 19SB-Lance Mari[8]; 7. 26G-Ryan Gierke[7]; 8. 71-AJ Roschen[10]; 9. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[12]; 10. 15W-Alex Williamson[15]; 11. 96-Taton Hansen[9]; 12. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[13]; 13. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[6]; 14. 10B-Brandon Givens[11]; 15. 55H-AJ Hoff[16]; 16. 8S-Tony Schill[14]

Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[1]; 2. 18A-Landon Atkinson[2]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[3]; 4. 24C-Jim Chisholm[6]; 5. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[4]; 6. 45-Chase Holland[10]; 7. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[5]; 8. K9-Will Krup[7]; 9. 7-Al Hejna[9]; 10. 21X-Jake Smith[11]; 11. 65-Tyler Davis[16]; 12. 24-Brandon Dolman[13]; 13. 747-Colton Eck[14]; 14. 16-Austin Siebert[12]; 15. 51W-JT Wasmund[8]; 16. 87-Darron Fuqua[15]

Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Joe Chisholm[2]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson[1]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson[4]; 4. 12-Jason Hughes[5]; 5. 0-Jake O'Neil[6]; 6. 24C-Jim Chisholm[10]; 7. 10B-Brandon Givens[3]; 8. 21X-Jake Smith[9]; 9. 747-Colton Eck[8]; 10. 65-Tyler Davis[7]

Fast Shafts Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[1]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown[4]; 3. 30-Matt Leer[6]; 4. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[3]; 5. K9-Will Krup[2]; 6. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[5]; 7. 71-AJ Roschen[7]; 8. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[8]; 9. 8S-Tony Schill[9]

Edelbrock Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 2. 89-AJ Diemel[3]; 3. 28-Dustin Sorensen[5]; 4. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[4]; 5. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[6]; 6. 19SB-Lance Mari[7]; 7. 96-Taton Hansen[9]; 8. 24-Brandon Dolman[8]; 9. 87-Darron Fuqua[2]

Wieland Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Cayden Carter[2]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[1]; 3. 49-Jake Timm[3]; 4. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[5]; 5. 26G-Ryan Gierke[4]; 6. 4W-Tyler Wolff[6]; 7. 45-Chase Holland[7]; 8. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[9]; 9. 15W-Alex Williamson[8]

VP Race Fuels Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson[3]; 2. 44H-Adam Hensel[1]; 3. 02-Tanner Mullens[4]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips[5]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders[6]; 6. 51W-JT Wasmund[7]; 7. 7-Al Hejna[8]; 8. 16-Austin Siebert[9]; 9. 55H-AJ Hoff[2]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:15.209[7]; 2. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:15.244[6]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 00:15.283[3]; 4. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:15.414[8]; 5. 19-Joe Chisholm, 00:15.428[2]; 6. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 00:15.439[4]; 7. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:15.471[10]; 8. 747-Colton Eck, 00:15.481[1]; 9. 21X-Jake Smith, 00:15.540[5]; 10. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:16.259[9]

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 30-Matt Leer, 00:15.260[1]; 2. 5K-Tyler Kaeter, 00:15.299[8]; 3. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:15.311[9]; 4. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:15.338[7]; 5. K9-Will Krup, 00:15.404[2]; 6. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:15.471[4]; 7. 71-AJ Roschen, 00:15.561[5]; 8. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 00:15.673[6]; 9. 8S-Tony Schill, 00:15.819[3]

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:15.081[3]; 2. 28-Dustin Sorensen, 00:15.270[8]; 3. 11X-Tom Berry Jr, 00:15.301[1]; 4. 89-AJ Diemel, 00:15.458[5]; 5. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:15.466[4]; 6. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:15.467[2]; 7. 19SB-Lance Mari, 00:15.482[6]; 8. 24-Brandon Dolman, 00:15.795[9]; 9. 96-Taton Hansen, 00:15.984[7]

Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:15.357[4]; 2. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 00:15.445[8]; 3. 26G-Ryan Gierke, 00:15.526[7]; 4. 49-Jake Timm, 00:15.642[6]; 5. 10C-Cayden Carter, 00:15.647[2]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:15.691[3]; 7. 45-Chase Holland, 00:15.747[1]; 8. 15W-Alex Williamson, 00:15.806[9]; 9. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:15.942[5]

Qualifying 5 (2 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:15.347[3]; 2. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:15.411[2]; 3. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:15.455[7]; 4. 44-Darrell Nelson, 00:15.570[8]; 5. 55H-AJ Hoff, 00:15.691[9]; 6. 44H-Adam Hensel, 00:15.851[4]; 7. 51W-JT Wasmund, 00:16.027[6]; 8. 7-Al Hejna, 00:16.038[5]; 9. 16-Austin Siebert, 00:16.038[1]

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LATE MODELS

A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 27-Jake Redetzke[6]; 2. 77-Jordan Yaggy[3]; 3. 15-Nick Anvelink[8]; 4. 49-Jake Timm[5]; 5. 55C-Chad Mahder[4]; 6. 44-Darrell Nelson[16]; 7. 11-Pat Doar[24]; 8. 10-Cole Searing[18]; 9. 71-Rick Hanestad[10]; 10. 10B-Daniel Bargender[11]; 11. 55N-Greg Nippoldt[13]; 12. 5E-Shane Edginton[19]; 13. 7C-Jim Carlson[22]; 14. (DNF) 58-AJ Diemel[7]; 15. (DNF) 98-Jason Rauen[15]; 16. (DNF) 70-Justin Ritchie[14]; 17. (DNF) 11H-Lance Hofer[2]; 18. (DNF) 6M-Jeff Massingill[23]; 19. (DNF) 32C-Chad Holladay[21]; 20. (DNF) 29F-Dave Flynn[1]; 21. (DNF) 11G-James Giossi[20]; 22. (DNF) 17-Mike Greseth[17]; 23. (DNF) 28S-Dustin Sorensen[9]; 24. (DNF) C4-Ryan Corbett[12]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Greseth[2]; 2. 5E-Shane Edginton[1]; 3. 32C-Chad Holladay[3]; 4. 6M-Jeff Massingill[4]; 5. 5-Josh Zimpel[7]; 6. 32*-Jon Tollakson[8]; 7. 90-Lance Matthees[6]; 8. 85-John Kaanta[10]; 9. 22E-Kevin Eder[13]; 10. 22-Nick Panitzke[11]; 11. 71JR-Buddy Hanestad[5]; 12. 1 2-Bryce Sward[14]; 13. 50-Gavin Tarras[9]; 14. 34-Jordan Langer[12]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing[2]; 2. 11G-James Giossi[3]; 3. 7C-Jim Carlson[1]; 4. 11-Pat Doar[5]; 5. 32-Jordan Tollakson[4]; 6. 33-Nick Marolf[6]; 7. 28-Sam Mars[8]; 8. 7X-Jesse Glenz[7]; 9. 42-Paul Niznik[9]; 10. 173-Andy Jones[11]; 11. 14-Robbie Johnson[12]; 12. 92-Aaron Wilson[13]; 13. (DNF) 65-Jake Miller[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Jake Timm[2]; 2. 29F-Dave Flynn[4]; 3. C4-Ryan Corbett[1]; 4. 10B-Daniel Bargender[8]; 5. 32C-Chad Holladay[7]; 6. 5-Josh Zimpel[5]; 7. 32*-Jon Tollakson[9]; 8. 65-Jake Miller[6]; 9. 22E-Kevin Eder[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jordan Yaggy[1]; 2. 71-Rick Hanestad[2]; 3. 44-Darrell Nelson[3]; 4. 5E-Shane Edginton[6]; 5. 71JR-Buddy Hanestad[5]; 6. 90-Lance Matthees[4]; 7. 28-Sam Mars[9]; 8. 22-Nick Panitzke[8]; 9. 92-Aaron Wilson[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11H-Lance Hofer[1]; 2. 58-AJ Diemel[4]; 3. 98-Jason Rauen[2]; 4. 7C-Jim Carlson[6]; 5. 32-Jordan Tollakson[3]; 6. 7X-Jesse Glenz[5]; 7. 50-Gavin Tarras[9]; 8. 173-Andy Jones[8]; 9. 1 2-Bryce Sward[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 55C-Chad Mahder[2]; 2. 28S-Dustin Sorensen[3]; 3. 55N-Greg Nippoldt[1]; 4. 10-Cole Searing[5]; 5. 11G-James Giossi[7]; 6. 33-Nick Marolf[4]; 7. 85-John Kaanta[6]; 8. 34-Jordan Langer[8]

USRA LIMITED LATES

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 54-Chad Prissel[1]; 2. 24-Brad Waits[4]; 3. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[3]; 4. 65-Lucas Peterson[15]; 5. 88-Michael Hucovski[7]; 6. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[11]; 7. 007-Jess Seim[2]; 8. 42K-Patrick Kletschka[9]; 9. 63-Patrick Kelley[17]; 10. 26D-Chad Dawson[19]; 11. (DNF) 97-Miranda Carlson[16]; 12. (DNF) 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[13]; 13. (DNF) 35X-Parker Foster[10]; 14. (DNF) 44-Cade Nelson[6]; 15. (DNF) 11X-Derek Nelson[8]; 16. (DNF) 99-Mitchell Fenske[12]; 17. (DNF) D1-Dennis Larson[18]; 18. (DNF) 65CM-Carver Miller[20]; 19. (DNS) 73-Larry Fitzsimmons; 20. (DNS) 24S-Justin Sass; 21. (DNS) B61-Brian Dachel

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Cade Nelson[2]; 2. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[1]; 3. 54-Chad Prissel[3]; 4. 11X-Derek Nelson[4]; 5. 88-Michael Hucovski[8]; 6. 99-Mitchell Fenske[5]; 7. 24S-Justin Sass[7]; 8. 65-Lucas Peterson[10]; 9. D1-Dennis Larson[9]; 10. 65CM-Carver Miller[11]; 11. 26D-Chad Dawson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[2]; 2. 007-Jess Seim[1]; 3. 24-Brad Waits[6]; 4. 42K-Patrick Kletschka[4]; 5. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[5]; 6. 35X-Parker Foster[9]; 7. 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[8]; 8. 97-Miranda Carlson[7]; 9. 63-Patrick Kelley[3]; 10. B61-Brian Dachel[10]

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