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Burks sweeps USAC Midwest Wingless Sprints at I-35 Speedway

By I-35 Speedway PR (Winston, MO) -- Racing at I-35 Speedway on August 15, 2020 was a night of firsts. First time winners in the Pure Stock, E Mods, and USRA A Mods. On a night the racers were honoring the late racer Cletus “Mudcat” Murray a couple of winners felt he was riding with them to victory lane.

The Pure Stocks opened feature time on the super smooth track with the heat race winners, Brandon Dixon on the pole and Matthew Matsukevich on the outside front row, bringing the field to the green. Claiming his first win of the 2020 season Matsukevich brought home the win by consistently hitting his marks on the track.

The Midwest Racing Association Non-Wing Sprints were the second feature of the night. Wyatt Burks, Ty Hulsey, and Dom Droud were the heat winners and thus the top three starters for the feature event. Burks grabbed the lead from the drop of the green. A caution on lap 7 bunched the field but Burks pulled away and masterfully handled lapped traffic to take his second win of the year at I-35 Speedway.

Following the Sprint Cars were the E Mods. Heat race winners were Kameron Hanes, Casey Burnett, and Jace Whitt. Blake Bland though was second in passing points as he started 7th in the heat and finished second which provided him the outside front row of the feature. Bland used this starting position to seize the lead and cruise to his first career win!

John Willard claimed his ninth Sport Compact feature of the year with a fast closing Joseph Mick claiming second.
Kerry Davis and Tommy Cordray won their heat races in the Midwest Limited Late Models. They finished first and second in the feature with Davis claiming win number 11.

Here come the USRA classes. The first USRA class was the always exciting B Mods. Shadren Turner and Tyler Cadwallader won the heats and brought the B Mod field to the green. Turner captured the lead into turn 1 with Cadwallader in second. Current point leader Nic Hanes settled into third. A race with only one yellow, Turner claimed his third straight USRA B Mod feature win.

USRA Stock Cars were the next to last feature of the night. After heat race wins, 2019 Track Champion Jeff Dixon and USRA current National Stock Car Point Leader Doug Keller brought the field to green. Keller seized the lead. The battle was for second between Dixon, Gary Donaldson, and JJ Baumli. These three drivers were sometimes three wide out of the turns. Keller cruised to the checkered, with Dixon second Donaldson third and Baumli in fourth.

The USRA A Mod heat races were won by the Johnson Brothers (Houston and Austin). However, starting outside the front row was Kyle Covert who was second in passing points as he started seventh in his heat and advanced to second earning the second most passing points. At the drop of the green two battles developed, Covert and Houston Johnson for the lead and Austin Johnson and Chad Clancy for third and fourth. These battles continued for several laps. Eventually, Covert pulled away earning his first I-35 Speedway win with Clancy in second, Austin Johnson third, and Houston Johnson in fourth.

Next up is Trenton Coca Cola and Central Auto Racing Boosters Night at the Races on August 22, 2020.

Pure Stock 11 Entries
A Feature 1 | 00:21:19.608

1. 16-Matthew Matsukevich[2]; 2. 8Y-Rieli Yonts[5]; 3. 3-Brandon Dixon[1]; 4. 21C-Travis Cavin[7]; 5. 77-Johnnie Price[3]; 6. 18K-Kasey Ayres[4]; 7. 33-David Granger[9]; 8. 17RJ-Ryan Hinkle[10]; 9. 21-Kyle McClendon[6]; 10. 3Y-Blaine Yonts[11]; 11. 8UP-Cody Winn[8]
   Heat 1
2. 3-Brandon Dixon[5]; 2. 18K-Kasey Ayres[3]; 3. 8Y-Rieli Yonts[4]; 4. 21C-Travis Cavin[1]; 5. 33-David Granger[2]; 6. (DNS) 17RJ-Ryan Hinkle
   Heat 2
3. 16-Matthew Matsukevich[3]; 2. 77-Johnnie Price[5]; 3. 21-Kyle McClendon[4]; 4. 8UP-Cody Winn[1]; 5. (DNS) 3Y-Blaine Yonts
   Non-Winged Sprints 19 Entries
   A Feature 1 | 00:15:59.632
4. 11W-Wyatt Burks[2]; 2. 24H-Ty Hulsey[1]; 3. 1M-Don Droud Jr[3]; 4. 12-Wesley Smith[4]; 5. 37-Brian Beebe[12]; 6. 65-Chris Parkinson[9]; 7. 24C-Craig Carroll[8]; 8. 9-Chad Goff[19]; 9. 77-Danny Billings[10]; 10. 69-Zach Sanders[6]; 11. 82V-Vinny Ward[18]; 12. 2-Kyle Lewis[5]; 13. 2C-Zach Clark[7]; 14. 41-Brad Wyatt[13]; 15. 21C-Chris Desselle[16]; 16. 88-Chad Tye[15]; 17. 15E-Dakota Earls[11]; 18. 82-Christie Thomason[14]; 19. 33L-Mark Lane[17]
   Heat 1
5. 24H-Ty Hulsey[2]; 2. 2-Kyle Lewis[4]; 3. 69-Zach Sanders[5]; 4. 37-Brian Beebe[3]; 5. 41-Brad Wyatt[6]; 6. 33L-Mark Lane[1]; 7. 21C-Chris Desselle[7]
   Heat 2
6. 1M-Don Droud Jr[5]; 2. 2C-Zach Clark[2]; 3. 15E-Dakota Earls[3]; 4. 77-Danny Billings[6]; 5. 82-Christie Thomason[4]; 6. (DNS) 9-Chad Goff
   Heat 3
7. 11W-Wyatt Burks[2]; 2. 12-Wesley Smith[5]; 3. 65-Chris Parkinson[3]; 4. 24C-Craig Carroll[6]; 5. 88-Chad Tye[4]; 6. 82V-Vinny Ward[1]

Economy Mods 20 Entries
A Feature 1 | 00:21:31.944

1. 0B-Blake Bland[2]; 2. 23B-Casey Burnett[1]; 3. 54L-Chris Dishong[3]; 4. 99C-Chet Yates[7]; 5. 33D-Adam Dunwoodie[12]; 6. 25C-Casey Anderson[14]; 7. 26J-Jace Whitt[5]; 8. 68-Aaron Jones[10]; 9. 56R-Kenny Reed[13]; 10. 69-Gary Miles[15]; 11. 411-Jaden Polley[8]; 12. 00C-Kevin Rash[17]; 13. 65A-Mark Anderson[16]; 14. 59R-Logan Rash[20]; 15. 95A-Chad Allen[6]; 16. 9HJR-Kameron Hanes[4]; 17. 75L-Jimmy Winkler[9]; 18. 35-Shane West[19]; 19. 21T-Tyler Erickson[11]; 20. 21C-Ryan Thurman[18]
   Heat 1 | 00:04:18.043
2. 9HJR-Kameron Hanes[1]; 2. 0B-Blake Bland[7]; 3. 99C-Chet Yates[6]; 4. 33D-Adam Dunwoodie[5]; 5. 56R-Kenny Reed[3]; 6. 65A-Mark Anderson[4]; 7. 35-Shane West[2]
   Heat 2 | 00:08:04.288
3. 23B-Casey Burnett[4]; 2. 54L-Chris Dishong[6]; 3. 68-Aaron Jones[2]; 4. 75L-Jimmy Winkler[7]; 5. 25C-Casey Anderson[1]; 6. 00C-Kevin Rash[3]; 7. 59R-Logan Rash[5]
   Heat 3 | 00:04:25.007
4. 26J-Jace Whitt[1]; 2. 95A-Chad Allen[3]; 3. 411-Jaden Polley[4]; 4. 21T-Tyler Erickson[6]; 5. 69-Gary Miles[5]; 6. 21C-Ryan Thurman[2]
   Sport Compact 13 Entries
   A Feature 1
5. 1/2-John Willard[1]; 2. 31-Joseph Mick[2]; 3. 9-Christian Pease[5]; 4. X-Frank Reed[6]; 5. 16A-Scott Beagle[7]; 6. 01B-Brett Holman[9]; 7. 22L-Harold Robb Sr[11]; 8. 76-Brandon Hartman[12]; 9. 45-Samantha Robb[8]; 10. 2-Dakota Cox[13]; 11. 81-Chris Lewis[4]; 12. 69X-Owen Richards[3]; 13. 7-Jason Teel[10]
   Heat 1
6. 1/2-John Willard[3]; 2. 9-Christian Pease[2]; 3. X-Frank Reed[1]; 4. 16A-Scott Beagle[4]; 5. 01B-Brett Holman[7]; 6. 22L-Harold Robb Sr[6]; 7. 76-Brandon Hartman[5]
   Heat 2
7. 31-Joseph Mick[1]; 2. 69X-Owen Richards[4]; 3. 81-Chris Lewis[6]; 4. 45-Samantha Robb[3]; 5. 7-Jason Teel[2]; 6. (DNS) 2-Dakota Cox
   Midwest Limited Late Models 10 Entries
   A Feature 1 | 00:17:25.695
8. 24-Kerry Davis[1]; 2. 5-Tommy Cordray[2]; 3. 11T-Mike Taylor Jr[10]; 4. 33-Paul Glendenning[3]; 5. 21B-Dustin Thulin[7]; 6. 26-Donnie Brown[5]; 7. 47-Gregg Truelove[8]; 8. 55-Jackson Brawner[9]; 9. 97-Houston Johnson[4]; 10. 21JD-JD Gresham[6]
   Heat 1 | 00:03:41.826
9. 24-Kerry Davis[5]; 2. 97-Houston Johnson[1]; 3. 26-Donnie Brown[4]; 4. 21B-Dustin Thulin[3]; 5. 55-Jackson Brawner[2]
   Heat 2 | 00:04:04.135
10. 5-Tommy Cordray[2]; 2. 33-Paul Glendenning[4]; 3. 21JD-JD Gresham[1]; 4. 47-Gregg Truelove[3]; 5. 11T-Mike Taylor Jr[5]
    USRA B-Mods 18 Entries
    A Feature 1 | 00:10:53.510
11. 17T-Shadren Turner[1]; 2. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[2]; 3. 9H-Nic Hanes[3]; 4. 88L-Lonnie Hibner[5]; 5. 45-Dustin Thulin[4]; 6. 57-Randy Ainsworth[7]; 7. 15-Corey Myers[17]; 8. 17R-Rylee Fuller[6]; 9. 15P-Colin Pierce[8]; 10. 28-Hunter Cuno[11]; 11. 14H-Blake Hayes[12]; 12. 4-Andrew Sheetz[10]; 13. 11-Jared Hillyard[15]; 14. B12-Jerry Burdick[9]; 15. 22B-Mitch Booher[13]; 16. 42C-Clayton Stutesmun[18]; 17. (DNS) 17X-Clint Baker; 18. (DNS) 2T-Todd Luke
    Heat 1 | 00:04:59.552
12. 17T-Shadren Turner[7]; 2. 9H-Nic Hanes[3]; 3. 45-Dustin Thulin[6]; 4. 15P-Colin Pierce[4]; 5. 4-Andrew Sheetz[2]; 6. B12-Jerry Burdick[9]; 7. 22B-Mitch Booher[8]; 8. 2T-Todd Luke[5]; 9. 15-Corey Myers[1]
    Heat 2 | 00:16:49.529
13. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[3]; 2. 88L-Lonnie Hibner[2]; 3. 57-Randy Ainsworth[4]; 4. 17R-Rylee Fuller[8]; 5. 28-Hunter Cuno[1]; 6. 14H-Blake Hayes[7]; 7. 17X-Clint Baker[6]; 8. 11-Jared Hillyard[9]; 9. 42C-Clayton Stutesmun[5]

USRA Stock Cars 11 Entries
A Feature 1 | 00:09:56.928

1. 7-Doug Keller[2]; 2. 88-Jeff Dixon[1]; 3. 28D-Gary Donaldson[3]; 4. 46-JJ Baumli[4]; 5. 14B-Austin Bouzek[5]; 6. 3X-Tony Manley[11]; 7. 21A-Aaron Sauter[6]; 8. 6K-Greg Keuhn[7]; 9. 31B-Robert Fisk[10]; 10. 5-Joe Martin[8]; 11. 54-Eddie Ingram[9]
   Heat 1
2. 7-Doug Keller[3]; 2. 28D-Gary Donaldson[5]; 3. 14B-Austin Bouzek[1]; 4. 6K-Greg Keuhn[2]; 5. 54-Eddie Ingram[4]; 6. 3X-Tony Manley[6]
   Heat 2 | 00:03:05.717
3. 88-Jeff Dixon[5]; 2. 46-JJ Baumli[3]; 3. 21A-Aaron Sauter[1]; 4. 5-Joe Martin[4]; 5. 31B-Robert Fisk[2]
   USRA Modifieds 15 Entries
   A Feature 1
4. 7D7-Kyle Covert[2]; 2. 21C-Chad Clancy[4]; 3. 98-Austin Johnson[1]; 4. 97-Houston Johnson[3]; 5. 0-Richard Layne[9]; 6. 85D-Mark Dotson[5]; 7. 89-Tyler Hibner[7]; 8. 99H-Lee Hibner[6]; 9. 10-Johnny McGinnis[10]; 10. 13-Chris Mercer[8]; 11. 15-Ed Noll[12]; 12. 31-David Coates[11]; 13. 92-Tyler Grooms[15]; 14. 11-Darren Shaw[14]; 15. R21-Ryan Schaffer[13]
   Heat 1 | 00:07:40.745
5. 97-Houston Johnson[2]; 2. 7D7-Kyle Covert[7]; 3. 21C-Chad Clancy[6]; 4. 89-Tyler Hibner[8]; 5. 10-Johnny McGinnis[5]; 6. 31-David Coates[3]; 7. R21-Ryan Schaffer[4]; 8. 92-Tyler Grooms[1]
   Heat 2 | 00:05:18.293
6. 98-Austin Johnson[5]; 2. 99H-Lee Hibner[1]; 3. 85D-Mark Dotson[6]; 4. 13-Chris Mercer[3]; 5. 0-Richard Layne[7]; 6. 15-Ed Noll[4]; 7. 11-Darren Shaw[2]

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