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Wheeler tames Wolff in Arrowhead ARMS debut

By USRA (The American Racer USRA Modified Series powered by Day Motor Sports made its debut at the all-new Arrowhead Speedway in Colcord, Okla., on Friday, and a first-time series winner emerged when Chad Wheeler won the race to the finish line.

Wheeler, who has two previous wins at the Arrowhead Speedway in this inaugural season, kept his record perfect at the high-banked 1/3-mile clay oval and took home $2,000 for his efforts.

Early on, Tyler Wolff was in charge as he set a torrid pace until the race’s first and only caution occurred on lap 14 when third-starting ‘Big Daddy’ Joe Duvall came to a stop on the racing surface. After the restart, Wheeler disposed of four-time USMTS national champion Jason Hughes while Wolff quickly found the back of the pack, allowing Wheeler to close in.

With Wolff hugging the low line, Wheeler danced dangerously close to the outside concrete wall and eventually pulled alongside of Wolff as the duo navigated lapped traffic.

Wheeler was scored the leader of the race with eight laps to go and the 39-year-old from Muskogee, Okla., led the rest of the way to become the fifth different winner in nine ARMS clashes this season.

“I was already past my limit,” Wheeler declared in reference to his abbreviated racing season. “I went back to the wife and said ‘Babe, we got ourselves hot rod’ and I was like let me keep racing a little bit… What a special night. It’s so cool that we have this race track in our backyard.

“I need to get on a treadmill, I’m hurting. That was up on the wheel and Tyler’s normally the one railing on the top and I'm the one running in the middle to bottom.”

Wolff eventually joined Wheeler on the high side but had to settle for the runner-up paycheck while Hughes, whose Hughes Racing Chassis shop is just minutes from the former West Siloam Speedway, finished third.

Eighth-starting Kale Westover crossed the finish line in fourth with Jared Russell fifth. Duvall rebounded to claim the sixth spot and moved into the series points lead with that effort.

Gary Christian bested 15th-starting Trevor Hughes for seventh, Terry Phillips nabbed the ninth position and Jake Davis came from 20th on the starting grid to round out the top 10 at the checkered flag.

Mike Hansen, who started 25th and found his way to an 11th-place finish, earned a $100 bonus and the Dickson Transport Hard Charger Award.

In addition to USRA Modifieds, Friday’s program also featured three divisions competing for Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series national points.

David Whittle claimed the checkers in the Medieval USRA Stock Car main event, J.C. Morton topped the USRA B-Mods and Ricky Foster was first in the USRA Tuners.

The second $2,000-to-win clash of the weekend takes place at the Tri-State Speedway in Pocola, Okla., on Saturday, June 24, with USRA B-Mods and Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks joining the American Racer USRA Modified Series powered by Day Motor Sports.

The pits open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 6, hot laps are at 7:30 and racing gets underway at 8.

The Tri-State Speedway is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located 1.6 miles west of the Arkansas-Oklahoma State line on US 271, then 0.3 mile north to 1705 Race Track Rd, Pocola, OK 74902.

For more information visit Tri-StateSpeedway.com or the track’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube profiles.

If you can't be there in person, stream both events live on RaceonTexas.com or RacinDirt.TV.

American Racer USRA Modified Series Schedule
(after June 23, 2023)
Friday, April 14 – Red Dirt Raceway, Meeker, Okla. (winner: Tanner Mullens)
Saturday, April 15 – Lawton Speedway, Lawton, Okla. (winner: Rodney Sanders)
Friday, May 5 – Boothill Speedway, Greenwood, La. (winner: Chris Henigan)
Saturday, May 6 – Super Bee Speedway, Chatham, La. (winner: Joe Duvall)
Friday, May 19 – West Texas Raceway, Lubbock, Texas (winner: Tanner Mullens)
Saturday, May 20 – Route 66 Motor Speedway, Amarillo, Texas (winner: Tanner Mullens)
Friday, June 2 – Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Vivian, La. (winner: Tanner Mullens)
Saturday, June 3 – Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Vivian, La. (winner: Tanner Mullens)
Friday, June 23 – Arrowhead Speedway, Colcord, Okla. (winner: Chad Wheeler)
Saturday, June 24 – Tri-State Speedway, Pocola, Okla.
Saturday, July 22 – Salina Highbanks, Salina, Okla.
Saturday, Aug. 26 – Boothill Speedway, Greenwood, La.
Thursday, Aug. 31 – Hunt County Speedway, Greenville, Texas
Friday, Sept. 1 – 67 Speedway, Texarkana, Ark.
Saturday, Sept. 2 – Rocket Raceway Park, Petty, Texas
Sunday Sept. 3 – Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Vivian, La.
Friday, Oct. 27 – Rocket Raceway Park, Petty, Texas
Saturday, Oct. 28 – Rocket Raceway Park, Petty, Texas

Each of the venues will host one or more events with a minimum of $2,000 to win, an unmatched year-end points fund as well as Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series national points.

With a schedule currently featuring 18 nights of racing at the finest dirt ovals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, the 2023 campaign is nearing the halfway point. Each racer's best 16 performances are factored in for series points.

Special thanks to American Racer, ARMI Contractors, Day Motor Sports, Duvall Electric, RaceOnTexas.com, RacerWebsite.com, RacinDirt.TV, Star 1 Roofing & Construction, Summit Racing Equipment, Texas Locomotive Solutions, TNT Auto Parts and Transmissions Unlimited for their support of the American Racer USRA Modified Series powered by Day Motor Sports.

More information about the ARMS is available at usraracing.com. You can also get social with the ARMS on Facebook and Twitter.

Drivers can pre-enter for any or all ARMS events at MyRacePass.

For more than two decades, the USRA has attracted more and more racetracks and dirt track racers each year through fair, logical and cost-effective rules accompanied by an organization that puts the racers, racetracks and their fans first. In the 2023 Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series, as many as 60 of America’s finest dirt ovals plan to host more than 1,000 nights of racing.

USRA competitors can register online at MyRacePass today. Alternatively, you can call (515) 832-6000 to register by phone, or submit a completed USRA License Application by email at office@usraracing.com or fax (515) 832-7958. You can download the application at usraracing.com/downloads.

To learn more, check out usraracing.com for schedules, points, photos, souvenirs, videos and more. Follow our social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. Click here to get USRA news delivered to your inbox.

RESULTS

YEOMAN RACE ENGINES USRA MODIFIEDS

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 88-Chad Wheeler[6]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[5]; 3. 12-Jason Hughes[4]; 4. 15W-Kale Westover[8]; 5. 4R-Jared Russell[7]; 6. 91-Joe Duvall[3]; 7. 58X-Gary Christian[12]; 8. 712-Trevor Hughes[15]; 9. 75-Terry Phillips[10]; 10. 7D-Jake Davis[20]; 11. 12H-Mike Hansen[25]; 12. 7X-Chris Dawson[2]; 13. 89-Tate Cole[13]; 14. D25-David Tanner[9]; 15. 17-Roy Long[14]; 16. 7-Sean Gaddis[17]; 17. 2G-Kenny Gaddis[23]; 18. 57M-Michael Hines[21]; 19. 84-John Yeoman[1]; 20. 247-Jarret Dotson[16]; 21. 33-Jaren Martin[11]; 22. 03-Josiah Robinson[19]; 23. 71-Jay Rierson[18]; 24. 9*-Troy Martin Jr[26]; 25. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[24]; 26. 24-Toby Lindell[22]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 2. 84-John Yeoman[6]; 3. 7X-Chris Dawson[5]; 4. 91-Joe Duvall[8]; 5. 89-Tate Cole[7]; 6. 17-Roy Long[9]; 7. 57M-Michael Hines[1]; 8. 24-Toby Lindell[2]; 9. 12H-Mike Hansen[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15W-Kale Westover[2]; 2. 4R-Jared Russell[5]; 3. D25-David Tanner[1]; 4. 33-Jaren Martin[3]; 5. 247-Jarret Dotson[4]; 6. 71-Jay Rierson[6]; 7. 03-Josiah Robinson[9]; 8. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[7]; 9. 9*-Troy Martin Jr[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Jason Hughes[1]; 2. 88-Chad Wheeler[7]; 3. 75-Terry Phillips[2]; 4. 58X-Gary Christian[3]; 5. 712-Trevor Hughes[4]; 6. 7-Sean Gaddis[5]; 7. 7D-Jake Davis[8]; 8. 2G-Kenny Gaddis[6]

USRA STOCK CARS

A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 6D-David Whittle[5]; 2. 6-Jeff Metcalf[1]; 3. 27T-Jeff Tennant[8]; 4. 127-Andy Morris[3]; 5. 99W-Edwin Wells[7]; 6. 39JR-Robert Southerland[2]; 7. 9F-Kevin Flock[12]; 8. DT1-Mike Wiseman[6]; 9. 1P-Marshall Penson[13]; 10. 23A-Stan Anderson[11]; 11. 3D-Nathan Gattis[10]; 12. 15J-Jaymee McGarrah[4]; 13. 21-Christopher Adair[9]; 14. (DNS) 27-Justin Price

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Jeff Metcalf[2]; 2. 127-Andy Morris[1]; 3. 6D-David Whittle[3]; 4. 99W-Edwin Wells[4]; 5. 27T-Jeff Tennant[7]; 6. 23A-Stan Anderson[6]; 7. 1P-Marshall Penson[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 39JR-Robert Southerland[1]; 2. 15J-Jaymee McGarrah[2]; 3. 27-Justin Price[4]; 4. DT1-Mike Wiseman[6]; 5. 21-Christopher Adair[5]; 6. 3D-Nathan Gattis[7]; 7. 9F-Kevin Flock[3]

AMERIFLEX USRA B-MODS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 18-JC Morton[3]; 2. 75L-Kyle Ledford[2]; 3. 22B-Brian McGowen[9]; 4. 22-Dalton Ragsdale[13]; 5. 510-Cody King[16]; 6. 53H-Tye Hollingsworth[14]; 7. 27-Jacob Campbell[19]; 8. 5J-Justin Shoemaker[5]; 9. 4W-Mark Wolfe[6]; 10. 19-Dylan Cantwell[18]; 11. 79-Allen Owen Jr[10]; 12. 7P-Mickey Prather[20]; 13. 25*-Michael Hornback[7]; 14. 00-Cason Harris[21]; 15. 12A-Preston Guthary[22]; 16. 116-Nathan Melanson[24]; 17. 44T-Ty O'Neal[4]; 18. 26-Brian Williams[1]; 19. 12-wyatt O`Neal[23]; 20. 19K-Kyle Slader[8]; 21. 119-Stetson Johnson[15]; 22. 0-Ray Roberts[11]; 23. 7-Daniel Cowett[17]; 24. (DQ) 81M-Brad Murdock[12]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22-Dalton Ragsdale[1]; 2. 119-Stetson Johnson[6]; 3. 7-Daniel Cowett[4]; 4. 27-Jacob Campbell[10]; 5. 00-Cason Harris[7]; 6. 12-wyatt O`Neal[3]; 7. C35-Casey Willson[9]; 8. 22H-Chase Hubbard[5]; 9. 20-Josh Goforth[12]; 10. 75-Gage Garoutte[2]; 11. 14-Dale Drieth[8]; 12. 16-Hubert Cash[11]; 13. (DNS) 5-Nick Hardbarger; 14. (DNS) 16M-Jimmy McGarrah

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 53H-Tye Hollingsworth[2]; 2. 510-Cody King[6]; 3. 19-Dylan Cantwell[5]; 4. 7P-Mickey Prather[3]; 5. 12A-Preston Guthary[8]; 6. 116-Nathan Melanson[4]; 7. 32-Kelly Hicks[7]; 8. 5D-David LaCoe[12]; 9. 5K-Kyle Holzkamper[1]; 10. 19S-Stefan Palmer[10]; 11. 6-Corey Henson[13]; 12. (DNS) 45-Dan Culp; 13. (DNS) 11D-Paul Dilbeck; 14. (DNS) 12AJR-Corgan Guthary

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4W-Mark Wolfe[1]; 2. 5J-Justin Shoemaker[5]; 3. 22B-Brian McGowen[7]; 4. 81M-Brad Murdock[9]; 5. 116-Nathan Melanson[2]; 6. 119-Stetson Johnson[6]; 7. 00-Cason Harris[8]; 8. C35-Casey Willson[10]; 9. 5D-David LaCoe[4]; 10. 5-Nick Hardbarger[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Brian Williams[6]; 2. 0-Ray Roberts[1]; 3. 44T-Ty O'Neal[9]; 4. 5K-Kyle Holzkamper[8]; 5. 22H-Chase Hubbard[2]; 6. 7P-Mickey Prather[10]; 7. 12A-Preston Guthary[5]; 8. 45-Dan Culp[7]; 9. 20-Josh Goforth[3]; 10. 16M-Jimmy McGarrah[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-JC Morton[3]; 2. 25*-Michael Hornback[4]; 3. 75-Gage Garoutte[2]; 4. 53H-Tye Hollingsworth[5]; 5. 12-wyatt O`Neal[8]; 6. 510-Cody King[6]; 7. 32-Kelly Hicks[1]; 8. 27-Jacob Campbell[7]; 9. 11D-Paul Dilbeck[10]; 10. 12AJR-Corgan Guthary[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 75L-Kyle Ledford[5]; 2. 19K-Kyle Slader[4]; 3. 79-Allen Owen Jr[6]; 4. 22-Dalton Ragsdale[9]; 5. 7-Daniel Cowett[1]; 6. 19-Dylan Cantwell[8]; 7. 14-Dale Drieth[2]; 8. 19S-Stefan Palmer[7]; 9. 16-Hubert Cash[10]; 10. 6-Corey Henson[3]

USRA TUNERS

A Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20F-Ricky Foster[1]; 2. 17H-Clint Haigler[2]; 3. 21F-Twyla Foster[3]; 4. (DNS) 6T-Chris Tuck

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 6T-Chris Tuck[4]; 2. 20F-Ricky Foster[3]; 3. 17H-Clint Haigler[2]; 4. 21F-Twyla Foster[1]

PURE STOCK

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20-Neil Kemp[1]; 2. FIVE-Wesley Bourne[4]; 3. 24B-Brady Walsh[9]; 4. 92-Rowdy Bonewell[15]; 5. 2-Scott Starling[2]; 6. 11-Hunter Mundy[5]; 7. 58-Larrett Daniels[12]; 8. 27W-Landon Price[17]; 9. 413-Racen Stacy[16]; 10. 1-Brian Murray[13]; 11. 1X-Mitchel Wiseman[14]; 12. 11MC-DAVID MCDANIEL[18]; 13. 64-Brandon Sanders[21]; 14. 54-Dean Kimberling[23]; 15. 69W-Tyler Watkins[20]; 16. 8-Chris Orr[22]; 17. 19-Brodey Slader[3]; 18. 14-Lane Frailey[8]; 19. 22-Colby Young[11]; 20. 18B-Shawn Blair[6]; 21. 15K-Kyle Dilbeck[7]; 22. 3-Dylan Murray[10]; 23. (DNS) 00-James Adams; 24. (DNS) 22X-Steve Freeman

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1-Brian Murray[2]; 2. 1X-Mitchel Wiseman[4]; 3. 92-Rowdy Bonewell[17]; 4. 413-Racen Stacy[3]; 5. 27W-Landon Price[11]; 6. 11MC-DAVID MCDANIEL[1]; 7. 00-James Adams[6]; 8. 69W-Tyler Watkins[8]; 9. 64-Brandon Sanders[9]; 10. 8-Chris Orr[7]; 11. 54-Dean Kimberling[5]; 12. 22X-Steve Freeman[10]; 13. 21H-Blake Hansen[13]; 14. (DNS) 93-Hunter Daniels; 15. (DNS) 7K-Jack Kirby; 16. (DNS) 83-Robert Leamons; 17. (DNS) 10J-James Mullins

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Scott Starling[7]; 2. 15K-Kyle Dilbeck[3]; 3. 11-Hunter Mundy[8]; 4. 11MC-DAVID MCDANIEL[4]; 5. 413-Racen Stacy[5]; 6. 00-James Adams[1]; 7. 64-Brandon Sanders[6]; 8. 27W-Landon Price[2]; 9. (DNS) 7K-Jack Kirby; 10. (DNS) 92-Rowdy Bonewell

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 20-Neil Kemp[7]; 2. 14-Lane Frailey[2]; 3. 24B-Brady Walsh[5]; 4. 58-Larrett Daniels[3]; 5. 3-Dylan Murray[9]; 6. 1X-Mitchel Wiseman[8]; 7. 8-Chris Orr[4]; 8. 22X-Steve Freeman[1]; 9. 83-Robert Leamons[6]; 10. (DNS) 10J-James Mullins

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. FIVE-Wesley Bourne[1]; 2. 18B-Shawn Blair[3]; 3. 19-Brodey Slader[9]; 4. 22-Colby Young[2]; 5. 1-Brian Murray[7]; 6. 54-Dean Kimberling[8]; 7. 69W-Tyler Watkins[4]; 8. 93-Hunter Daniels[6]; 9. 21H-Blake Hansen[5]

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