6/17/2023
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Wyatt Burks scores USAC MWRA victory at Lakeside Speedway
By Ray Cunningham (Kansas City, KS) -- On Friday night at Kansas City, Kansas’ Lakeside Speedway, Wyatt Burks of Topeka, Kan. took his third victory of the season with the USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Racing Association Sprint Car in dominating fashion.
The Wyatt Burks Racing No. 11w was on point all night long as “The Sheriff” was number one in passing points after the heat races, but rolled a (2), putting him on the inside of the second row for the feature.
PHOTO CREDIT: Ken Simon
On lap seven, Burks blasted into first place and led to the finish, besting second place Dakota Earls by 4.709 seconds as he lapped up to third by the race’s end in the 25-lapper that went green from start to finish.
Runner-up finisher Earls (Independence, Mo.) and Braydon Cromwell (Lone Jack, Mo.) grabbed the final spot on the podium while Luke Howard (Overland Park, Kan.) took fourth following a battle with Chris Parkinson (Gladstone Mo.) who came home fifth.
Earls had his finest night ever with the USAC MWRA series as he won the first heat race and followed that up by leading early in the feature before being passed by Burks to finish a career best second place.
Meanwhile, Cromwell fought his way to another podium after starting seventh in the 25-lap feature while Howard finished fourth after earlier winning heat race two.
The second half of the top-10 on this night was led by Chad Goff who finished sixth in the Lewis Racing No. 2x with Bonham, Texas chauffeur Kobe Simpson earning hard charger honors after driving from 13th to seventh in the A-Main.
Brad Wyatt followed in eighth with Chad Winfrey ninth and Warren Johnson in a Rick Smith-owned machine rounding out the top-10.
Chad Tye was rewarded with the Valor Racing bonus and Tom Curran received the Hard Luck award courtesy of Xtreme Color.
RESULTS
MIDWEST WINGLESS SPRINTS
A Feature 1: 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[3]; 2. 15E-Dakota Earls[4]; 3. 4-Braydon Cromwell[7]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard[1]; 5. 65-Chris Parkinson[6]; 6. 2X-Chad Goff[2]; 7. 21K-Kobe Simpson[13]; 8. 41-Brad Wyatt[9]; 9. 65W-Chad Winfrey[12]; 10. 90-Warren Johnson[15]; 11. 88-Chad Tye[5]; 12. 2G-AJ Gilbert[8]; 13. 27J-Justin Johnson[11]; 14. 93-Buddy Parker[14]; 15. 11X-Tom Curran[10]; 16. (DNS) 9H-Cody Baker
Heat 1: 1. 15E-Dakota Earls[2]; 2. 2X-Chad Goff[3]; 3. 2G-AJ Gilbert[1]; 4. 88-Chad Tye[7]; 5. 41-Brad Wyatt[6]; 6. 27J-Justin Johnson[5]; 7. 93-Buddy Parker[4]; 8. (DNS) 9H-Cody Baker
Heat 2: 1. 2H-Luke Howard[2]; 2. 65-Chris Parkinson[1]; 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks[7]; 4. 4-Braydon Cromwell[5]; 5. 11X-Tom Curran[3]; 6. 65W-Chad Winfrey[4]; 7. 21K-Kobe Simpson[6]; 8. 90-Warren Johnson[8]
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A-MODIFIEDS
Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 1K-Tim Karrick[4]; 2. 3B-Nic Bidinger[2]; 3. 9-Brad Dibben[3]; 4. 68-Kerry Davis[1]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 68-Kerry Davis[1]; 2. 3B-Nic Bidinger[4]; 3. 9-Brad Dibben[3]; 4. 1K-Tim Karrick[2]
USRA B-MODS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 56-Shadren Turner[1]; 2. 34-Mark Schafman[2]; 3. 57-Tim Powell[3]; 4. 90-Terry Schultz[7]; 5. 49-Patrick Royalty[8]; 6. 94-Jacob Ebert[5]; 7. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[13]; 8. 47-Tyson Lanfermann[9]; 9. 181-Luke Nieman[14]; 10. 17L-Chris Leathers[4]; 11. 8-Terry Bruner[18]; 12. 36-Travis Alexander[15]; 13. 9-Don Marrs[17]; 14. 54JR-Eddie Ingram Jr[11]; 15. 27-Jarret Beach[16]; 16. 36A-Brian Andrews[10]; 17. 311-John Baker[12]; 18. 30-Dakota Jennings[19]; 19. 99-Brad Smith[6]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 34-Mark Schafman[1]; 2. 17L-Chris Leathers[2]; 3. 47-Tyson Lanfermann[3]; 4. 49-Patrick Royalty[7]; 5. 181-Luke Nieman[5]; 6. 27-Jarret Beach[4]; 7. (DNS) 8-Terry Bruner
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 56-Shadren Turner[2]; 2. 94-Jacob Ebert[1]; 3. 90-Terry Schultz[4]; 4. 311-John Baker[3]; 5. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[6]; 6. 9-Don Marrs[5]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 57-Tim Powell[1]; 2. 99-Brad Smith[2]; 3. 36A-Brian Andrews[3]; 4. 54JR-Eddie Ingram Jr[5]; 5. 36-Travis Alexander[4]; 6. (DNS) 30-Dakota Jennings
E-MODS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 54L-Chris Dishong[2]; 2. 447-Kenny Prince[1]; 3. 16-Dalton Dultmeier[3]; 4. 29-Dennis Melvin[9]; 5. 8-Devin Dultmeier[14]; 6. 33-Kevin White[5]; 7. 54-Tim Galvan[13]; 8. 61-Jeff Degroot[11]; 9. 00-Justin Dunn[7]; 10. 32-Mike Richardson[4]; 11. 79J-Javier Fierro[10]; 12. 95-Dale Hughes[15]; 13. 72M-Juan Martinez[12]; 14. (DNS) 9X-Josh Boyd; 15. (DNS) 6-Zach Boyd
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 447-Kenny Prince[4]; 2. 54L-Chris Dishong[5]; 3. 9X-Josh Boyd[6]; 4. 6-Zach Boyd[2]; 5. 29-Dennis Melvin[3]; 6. 61-Jeff Degroot[8]; 7. 54-Tim Galvan[1]; 8. 95-Dale Hughes[7]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Dalton Dultmeier[1]; 2. 32-Mike Richardson[4]; 3. 33-Kevin White[7]; 4. 00-Justin Dunn[5]; 5. 79J-Javier Fierro[3]; 6. 72M-Juan Martinez[6]; 7. 8-Devin Dultmeier[2]
USRA STOCK CARS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 42T-Tim Shields[1]; 2. 74-Rodney Schweizer[4]; 3. 85-Darrin Schmidt[8]; 4. 0-Chase Galvan[10]; 5. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[6]; 6. 42C-Kacey Shields[2]; 7. 7-Doug Keller[5]; 8. 6-Hank Thompson[15]; 9. 27X-Dominic Thyfault[11]; 10. 54-Buz Kaster[12]; 11. 39C-Lawrence Cobler Jr[7]; 12. (DNF) 11W-Gerald Wahwahsuck[17]; 13. (DNF) 39K-Shane Schmidt[9]; 14. (DNF) 5K-Steve Herrick[14]; 15. (DNF) 24K-Daniel King[3]; 16. (DNF) 27-David Oxford[18]; 17. (DNF) 5T-Robert Garst[13]; 18. (DNS) 31J-Jason Park
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 24K-Daniel King[1]; 2. 74-Rodney Schweizer[4]; 3. 39C-Lawrence Cobler Jr[6]; 4. 0-Chase Galvan[3]; 5. 5T-Robert Garst[2]; 6. 31J-Jason Park[5]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 42C-Kacey Shields[2]; 2. 7-Doug Keller[4]; 3. 85-Darrin Schmidt[6]; 4. 27X-Dominic Thyfault[3]; 5. 5K-Steve Herrick[5]; 6. 11W-Gerald Wahwahsuck[1]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 42T-Tim Shields[3]; 2. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[4]; 3. 39K-Shane Schmidt[1]; 4. 54-Buz Kaster[2]; 5. 6-Hank Thompson[5]; 6. 27-David Oxford[6]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott