Zack VanderBeek

Chisholm completes USMTS Show-Me Shootout sweep at Lucas Oil Speedway

Jim Chisholm never had particularly been a fan of Lucas Oil Speedway's racing surface in past visits to the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks," but his opinion definitely has changed after this weekend's visit.

Chisholm, of Osage, Iowa, doubled up his fun Saturday night at the 15th Annual USMTS Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented by Foley Equipment. Twenty-four hours after winning a thriller on opening night, Chisholm repeated and took home another $5,000 first prize to complete the sweep.

Chisholm, 21, took the lead on lap two and maintained it the rest of the 50-lapper. He held off a hard-charging Jake Timm by 0.743 second in the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt finale.

Zack Vanderbeek was third and Kyle Strickler finished fourth. Dan Ebert rounded out the top five.

Chisholm smiled in victory lane about the special weekend, where he found the right combo to get around the south-central Missouri oval.

"This is gonna stick with me for a really, really long time," Chisholm said. "Again, Lucas Oil gave us a really good race track. I didn't win the race on the line I started. To me, that's huge because it keeps us drivers working really hard on where we have to run.

"I have to thank all the people for coming out to this event. You have one of the best facilities around and I love coming here, now."

Chisholm took the lead away from fellow front-row starter Vanderbeek on lap two with Trevor Hughes settling into third. Chisholm needed only five laps to open a 1.9-second lead and he was catching lapped traffic by lap 10.

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The lead swelled to 3.7 seconds by lap 12 and Chisholm was nearly a straightaway ahead of Vanderbeek just a few laps later. With the race remaining green, Chisholm had a 4.8-second command at the halfway mark on lap 25 as it was becoming a complete runaway.

But a lap-31 caution gave life to the rest of the field as Chisholm’s 5.4-second gap was wiped out when Dayton Pursley spun in turn one after A.J. Hoff’s car went up in smoke directly in front of him.

That left Strickler, Vanderbeek, Trevor Hughes and his father, Jason Hughes, behind Chisholm for the restart with 19 to go in the Mel Hambelton Racing USMTS Central Region tilt.

"I didn't really know how many laps were left when that caution came out," Chisholm said. "I thought there was only like five or 10. These races are always a lot longer when you're leading."

Strickler pulled alongside Chisholm on the inside the two laps after the restart, but was unable to get by. Chisholm was able to push his lead back to five car lengths on lap 36, with Strickler and Vanderbeek battling it out for second.

Strickler, of Mooresville, N.C., moved to the high line in turns three and four and remained low in turns one and two, but Chisholm held firm in the high groove. The top three were separated by only three car lengths by lap 43 and Vanderbeek edged into second a lap later with 15th-starting Jake Timm moving by Strickler into third.

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Timm, of Winona, Minn., came to the white flag in second, but wasn’t close enough to make a run at Chisholm as the 21-year-old Iowan held on to win by about six car-lengths.

"I saw Jake and Zack at the end there and I think they were a little bit better than me the last few laps," Chisholm said. "I just had to come down where they were really good.

"I had to use up a lot, too early, running the cushion getting through lapped cars. I had to push it a little harder than I expected."

Timm, who led the weekend in cars passed, picked up 13 spots from the start after using a provisional to rally from 23rd to fourth on Friday. He fell behind Chisholm in the USMTS championship chase by a handful of points.

"It would definitely have helped to start toward the front," Timm said. "Toward the end, we started to get really good. If I could have started closer to the front, maybe we'd have had a shot to win. Or 10 more laps, I don't know.

"Either way, I can't complain. We had to battle some adversity this weekend."

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Beatrice braces for USMTS: For the first time in 17 years, the USMTS will return to the Beatrice Speedway this Wednesday, Aug. 7. The series made its first appearance in Beatrice, Neb., on Aug. 16, 1999, and returned nearly eight years later on Aug. 8, 2007. Both shows produced a legendary main event packed full of legendary racers.

Greg Metz scored the win in front of a packed house in 1999 while Jason Hughes held off arch rival Kelly Shryock to win the 2007 event. Jason Krohn was third with Jordan Grabouski and Johnny Saathoff—the two winningest drivers in Beatrice Speedway history—rounding out the top five.

This year's 3rd Annual USMTS Battle by the Big Blue presented by Valentino's will pay no less than $3,000 to win and $300 to start the main event. Two (2) provisional starting spots will be awarded to the top two (2) in track points that fail to qualify for “A” Main.

The support class will be the weekly Beatrice Speedway Sports Modz (unsanctioned) racing for $500 to win plus more than $2,000 in lap money and contingency awards.

The Beatrice Speedway is a semi-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located 1.7 miles west of US 77 on US 136, then 0.3 miles south to 321 Logan St, Beatrice, NE 68310 (at the Gage County Fairgrounds).

For complete event information, check out the FAST FACTS.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt
Mel Hambelton Racing USMTS Central Region
15th Annual Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented by Foley Equipment – Night 2 of 2
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown. Heat race lineups are determined via group qualifying. The top 12 in heat race passing points advance to the Summit Racing Equipment “A” Main.

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (10 laps):
1. (1) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2. (6) 98A Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
3. (2) 66 Tyler Worley, St. Genevieve, Mo.
4. (8) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
5. (10) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
6. (7) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
7. (3) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
8. (5) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
9. (9) 96 Logan Johnson, Haysville, Kan.
10. (4) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.

FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (10 laps):
1. (1) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
2. (5) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
3. (2) 08 Dakota Sproul, Hays, Kan.
4. (4) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
5. (3) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
6. (6) 18L Chad Lyle, Lone Jack, Mo.
7. (9) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
8. (8) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
9. (10) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
10. (7) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps):
1. (2) 8 Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, N.C.
2. (3) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
3. (4) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
4. (1) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
5. (7) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (6) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
7. (10) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
8. (9) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
9. (5) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
10. (8) 26S Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo.

WIELAND METAL SERVICES HEAT RACE #4 (10 laps):
1. (1) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2. (2) 10 Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (6) 712 Trevor Hughes, Westville, Okla.
4. (5) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
5. (10) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls , Wis.
6. (9) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (7) 3J Lewis Jackson, Edgerton, Kan.
8. (4) 7D Davis Givens, Hutchinson, Kan.
9. (3) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
10. (8) 26 Brad Johnson, Cameron, Mo.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (5) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (6) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (1) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls , Wis.
4. (4) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
5. (10) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
6. (3) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
7. (2) 08 Dakota Sproul, Hays, Kan.
8. (9) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
9. (7) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
10. (8) 3J Lewis Jackson, Edgerton, Kan.
11. (12) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
12. (11) 7D Davis Givens, Hutchinson, Kan.
13. (14) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
14. (13) 26S Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
2. (5) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
3. (7) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
4. (2) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
5. (9) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
6. (4) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (8) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
8. (1) 66 Tyler Worley, St. Genevieve, Mo.
9. (14) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.
10. (6) 18L Chad Lyle, Lone Jack, Mo.
11. (10) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
12. (13) 26 Brad Johnson, Cameron, Mo.
13. (11) 96 Logan Johnson, Haysville, Kan.
14. (12) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.

SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (50 laps):
1. (2) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
2. (15) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (1) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
4. (6) 8 Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, N.C.
5. (16) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
6. (4) 712 Trevor Hughes, Westville, Okla.
7. (13) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
8. (12) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
9. (11) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
10. (22) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
11. (8) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
12. (14) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
13. (7) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
14. (17) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls , Wis.
15. (23) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
16. (3) 98A Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
17. (18) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
18. (10) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
19. (25) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
20. (9) 10 Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
21. (20) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
22. (21) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif.
23. (19) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
24. (5) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
25. (24) 26S Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo.

Lap Leaders: VanderBeek 1-2, Chisholm 3-50.
Total Laps Led: Chisholm 48, VanderBeek 2.
Margin of Victory: 0.743 second.
Time of Race: 17 minutes, 37.306 seconds (1 caution).
Provisional Starters: Carter, Glenn, J. Pursley (track).
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: Timm (started 15th, finished 2nd).
Entries: 40.
Next Race: Wednesday, Aug. 7, Beatrice Speedway, Beatrice, Neb.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points: Chisholm 2172, Timm 2167, Sanders 2014, Phillips 1957, Ebert 1894, Mullens 1833, J. Hughes 1746, Davis 1721, Williamson 1686, Christian 1646.
Mel Hambelton Racing USMTS Central Region Points: Chisholm 623, Timm 622, Phillips 561, Sanders 540, Ebert 535.
Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: Hobscheidt 1553, Hodges 1438, Glenn 822, Joe Chisholm 574, D.J. Shannon 409.
FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Points: Sanders 124, Timm 121, Chisholm 105, Ebert 96, Phillips 75.
Miller Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: Skyrocket 164, Rage 163, MBCustoms 156, Mullens 151, Bloodline 108.
Callies/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: KSE 186, Mullins 167, OFI 166, Hatfield 136, Durham 131.

Contingency Awards:
Aero Race Wheels – B. Johnson.
American Racer – O’Neil.
Bear Graphix – Mari.
Beyea Custom Headers – Strickler.
Bryke Racing – Carter.
BSB Manufacturing – Hodges.
Champ Pans – Ebert.
Danny Crane Racing Engines – T. Hughes.
Deatherage Opticians – Sproul.
Edelbrock – Strickler.
Fast Shafts – Wolff.
Featherlite Trailers – Chisholm, Timm, VanderBeek.
FK Rod Ends – Timm.
Gorsuch Performance Solutions – Chisholm.
Hooker Harness – Mullens.
Hyperco – Nicholas.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Williamson.
Keyser Manufacturing – Sanders.
KSE Racing Products – Brown.
MD3 – Chisholm.
Mel Hambelton Racing – Sproul, Wille.
MSD Performance – Strickler.
Penske Racing Shocks – Wolff.
PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain – Hobscheidt.
QA1 – Strickler.
Quarter Master – Brown.
RacerWebsite.com – Lavasseur.
Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt – J. Hughes.
Simpson Race Products – O’Neil.
Summit Racing Equipment – Gaggero, D. Givens, Mari, Slader, Wolff.
Sweet Manufacturing – Allen.
Swift Springs – Chisholm, J. Pursley, Timm.
Sybesma Graphics – VanderBeek.
Total Power – Hobscheidt.
Victory Fuel – Chisholm.
VP Racing – Chisholm.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Scheffler.
Wilwood Disc Brakes – Phillips.