4/29/2023
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Berry finds redemption at Hamilton County Speedway
By USMTS (Webster City, IA) -- Tom Berry Jr. of Des Moines, Iowa, found redemption on the second night of the 13th Annual USMTS Spring Classic as he scored a $5,000 victory after coming up one lap short on Thursday at the historic Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City, Iowa.
With the best of the best in dirt modified racing on the grounds, the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt produced yet another thriller on a cold night at the oldest racetrack in the Hawkeye State.
PHOTO CREDIT: Tyler Rinken
The second of three nights of racing saw four-time Summit USMTS National Champion Jason Hughes take the early from the outside of the from row with Berry, the polesitter, slipping back a few spots when the green flag waved.
Berry eventually worked his way past some tough competition before wrestling the top spot away from Hughes with 12 laps in the books. The 28-year-old originally from Medford, Ore., led the rest of the way for his second win of the 2023 campaign.
“I figured Todd (Staley) was going to cancel so we were kind of behind on tire work,” Berry said. “We had a winning car last night and it didn’t result in that, and just shows how good our team is and how consistent we are no matter what the track conditions.”
One night earlier, Berry collided with Ebert and then took the lead with seven laps remaining. Ebert returned the favor with an aggressive slide-job on the final lap to steal the win.
“My dad just taught me from a young age to speak with your steering wheel and beat him on the track. It didn’t turn out our way and there’s no reason to bad mouth someone in that incident—we were just racing hard. It is what it is and we moved past it. If you hold on to it you’re not worrying about tonight.
“I wasn't even thinking I was going to run after qualifying and we just dug down. You really just had to know where to be on the track to maneuver and I feel like I was maneuvering better and all these guys, and just maybe a little younger and a little bit more in shape,” Berry said with a smile.
The finish of Friday night’s feature looked like the next-to-last lap of Thursday’s as Ebert came across the line in second place behind Berry.
Hughes held on to finish third while Will Krup bested another four-time champ, Rodney Sanders, for fourth after a great battle between those two.
Darron Fuqua came from 13th to get sixth at the stripe, but Brandon Givens earned the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award after racing to a seventh-place paycheck after rolling off 19th on the 24-car grid.
Although he passed more cars than Givens, 24th-starting Zack VanderBeek had to use a provisional starting spot making him ineligible for hard charger honors, but ‘The Z-Man’ made the most of it by finishing eighth. Dereck Ramirez and Alex Williamson rounded out the top t10.
Racing continues Saturday at the Hamilton County Speedway with the fire-breathing Outlaw Modifieds of the Summit USMTS National Championship competing for $10,000 to top tomorrow night’s finale. USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and USRA Tuners will also be in action.
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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 (35 Laps): 1. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[1]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[2]; 4. K9-Will Krup[7]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders[6]; 6. 87-Darron Fuqua[13]; 7. 10B-Brandon Givens[19]; 8. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[24]; 9. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[8]; 10. 15W-Alex Williamson[17]; 11. 24C-Jim Chisholm[10]; 12. 65-Tyler Davis[22]; 13. 21-Jacob Bleess[5]; 14. 75-Terry Phillips[20]; 15. 4W-Tyler Wolff[9]; 16. 0-Jake O'Neil[23]; 17. (DNF) 21K-Kyle Brown[16]; 18. (DNF) 10C-Cayden Carter[21]; 19. (DNF) 19SB-Lance Mari[15]; 20. (DNF) 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[14]; 21. (DNF) 58X-Gary Christian[18]; 22. (DNF) 38T-Dylan Thornton[11]; 23. (DNF) 02-Tanner Mullens[12]; 24. (DNF) 4-Jeremy Nelson[3]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 87-Darron Fuqua[2]; 2. 19SB-Lance Mari[3]; 3. 15W-Alex Williamson[8]; 4. 10B-Brandon Givens[5]; 5. 10C-Cayden Carter[10]; 6. 30-Dalton Kirk[4]; 7. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[11]; 8. 55H-AJ Hoff[7]; 9. 40-Jessy Willard[13]; 10. (DNF) 17-Jon Plowman[14]; 11. (DNF) 4B-Jason Bass[6]; 12. (DNF) 0-Jake O'Neil[1]; 13. (DNS) 3F-Cole Ferguson; 14. (DNS) 83-Kylie Kath; 15. (DNS) 69-Lucas Schott
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[2]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown[1]; 3. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips[4]; 5. 65-Tyler Davis[7]; 6. 25C-Cody Thompson[10]; 7. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[3]; 8. 57-Duke Erickson[11]; 9. 88-Tanner Williamson[9]; 10. (DNF) 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[13]; 11. (DNF) 1-Blake Arndt[6]; 12. (DNS) 21DB-David Brown; 13. (DNS) 5D-Devon Havlik; 14. (DNS) 45-Chase Holland; 15. (DNS) 71-Dustin Strand
Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jacob Bleess[2]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[1]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 4. 21K-Kyle Brown[3]; 5. 10B-Brandon Givens[5]; 6. 4B-Jason Bass[7]; 7. 65-Tyler Davis[6]; 8. 88-Tanner Williamson[9]; 9. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[10]; 10. 17-Jon Plowman[8]; 11. 69-Lucas Schott[11]
Fast Shafts Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. K9-Will Krup[1]; 2. 12-Jason Hughes[4]; 3. 38T-Dylan Thornton[3]; 4. 87-Darron Fuqua[5]; 5. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[2]; 6. 58X-Gary Christian[8]; 7. 15W-Alex Williamson[6]; 8. 10C-Cayden Carter[9]; 9. 57-Duke Erickson[10]; 10. 40-Jessy Willard[11]; 11. 45-Chase Holland[7]
Edelbrock Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jeremy Nelson[2]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[4]; 3. 24C-Jim Chisholm[5]; 4. 0-Jake O'Neil[7]; 5. 19SB-Lance Mari[6]; 6. 30-Dalton Kirk[9]; 7. 55H-AJ Hoff[1]; 8. 25C-Cody Thompson[8]; 9. 83-Kylie Kath[10]; 10. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[3]
Wieland Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders[2]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 3. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 4. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[5]; 5. 75-Terry Phillips[1]; 6. 1-Blake Arndt[7]; 7. 21DB-David Brown[6]; 8. 3F-Cole Ferguson[10]; 9. 5D-Devon Havlik[9]; 10. 71-Dustin Strand[8]
Qualifying 1: 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:20.276[5]; 2. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:20.336[7]; 3. 21-Jacob Bleess, 00:20.589[6]; 4. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:20.693[10]; 5. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:20.720[8]; 6. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:20.944[2]; 7. 4B-Jason Bass, 00:21.085[11]; 8. 17-Jon Plowman, 00:21.103[4]; 9. 88-Tanner Williamson, 00:21.376[9]; 10. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:21.768[1]; 11. 69-Lucas Schott, 00:21.768[3]
Qualifying 2: 1. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:20.153[5]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:20.155[7]; 3. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:20.171[11]; 4. K9-Will Krup, 00:20.318[1]; 5. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:20.379[6]; 6. 15W-Alex Williamson, 00:20.409[3]; 7. 45-Chase Holland, 00:20.424[9]; 8. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:20.440[4]; 9. 10C-Cayden Carter, 00:20.929[8]; 10. 57-Duke Erickson, 00:20.981[10]; 11. 40-Jessy Willard, 00:22.966[2]
Qualifying 3: 1. 11X-Tom Berry Jr, 00:19.927[7]; 2. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:20.050[5]; 3. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 00:20.065[1]; 4. 55H-AJ Hoff, 00:20.150[4]; 5. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:20.234[6]; 6. 19SB-Lance Mari, 00:20.277[3]; 7. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:20.283[10]; 8. 25C-Cody Thompson, 00:20.506[8]; 9. 30-Dalton Kirk, 00:20.513[9]; 10. 83-Kylie Kath, 00:21.023[2]
Qualifying 4: 1. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:19.418[5]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:20.145[7]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:20.305[10]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:20.314[8]; 5. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt, 00:20.484[3]; 6. 21DB-David Brown, 00:20.650[2]; 7. 1-Blake Arndt, 00:21.272[6]; 8. 71-Dustin Strand, 00:21.393[4]; 9. 5D-Devon Havlik, 00:21.393[1]; 10. 3F-Cole Ferguson, 00:21.393[9]
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SENECA FOUNDRY USRA STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 32-Derek Green[5]; 2. 35-Bill Crimmins[6]; 3. 21-Myles Michehl[3]; 4. 19-Reid Keller[4]; 5. 8-Levi Vander Weide[2]; 6. 10-John Ades[9]; 7. 14-Brady Williamson[8]; 8. 59-Brandon Mannhardt[10]; 9. (DNF) 10J-Justin Ades[1]; 10. (DNF) 49-Nate Whitehurst[7]
Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 32-Derek Green[5]; 2. 8-Levi Vander Weide[3]; 3. 49-Nate Whitehurst[2]; 4. 10J-Justin Ades[1]; 5. 10-John Ades[4]
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 19-Reid Keller[1]; 2. 21-Myles Michehl[3]; 3. 35-Bill Crimmins[4]; 4. 14-Brady Williamson[2]; 5. 59-Brandon Mannhardt[5]
STEIN HEATING & COOLING USRA B-MODS
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[6]; 2. 56H-Brandon Hare[5]; 3. 56-Ty Griffith[7]; 4. 65J-Josh Appel[4]; 5. 88-Bryer McCoy[3]; 6. 1-Doug McCollough[12]; 7. TG16-Greg Elliott[10]; 8. 07-Logan Alseth[2]; 9. 40-George Gilliland[11]; 10. (DNF) 93-Hunter Longnecker[9]; 11. (DNF) 2-Jerid Ratzke[1]; 12. (DNF) 54-Jett Sorensen[8]
Top 4 Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Jerid Ratzke[1]; 2. 88-Bryer McCoy[2]; 3. 07-Logan Alseth[5]; 4. 54-Jett Sorensen[3]; 5. 93-Hunter Longnecker[6]; 6. 40-George Gilliland[4]
Top 4 Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[2]; 2. 56-Ty Griffith[1]; 3. 65J-Josh Appel[4]; 4. 56H-Brandon Hare[3]; 5. TG16-Greg Elliott[5]; 6. (DNF) 1-Doug McCollough[6]
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH USRA HOBBY STOCKS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 15-Jeremy Crimmins[2]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[8]; 3. 81-Zack Smidt[4]; 4. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[3]; 5. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[7]; 6. 50K-Kolby Goepel[5]; 7. 4D-Daniel Ayers[6]; 8. 11G-Jayden Glenn[1]; 9. 05-Mark Kennedy[10]; 10. (DNF) 34-Lincoln Miller[9]; 11. (DNF) 10B-Breanna Ades[12]; 12. (DNS) 35-Riley Crimmins
Top 4 Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[2]; 2. 4D-Daniel Ayers[3]; 3. 81-Zack Smidt[4]; 4. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[5]; 5. 34-Lincoln Miller[1]; 6. 05-Mark Kennedy[6]
Top 4 Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 15-Jeremy Crimmins[4]; 2. 07-Chris Hovden[2]; 3. 50K-Kolby Goepel[5]; 4. 11G-Jayden Glenn[1]; 5. 10B-Breanna Ades[6]; 6. (DNF) 35-Riley Crimmins[3]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott