Clayton Miller Victorious in Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Casey’s Modified Nationals at FALS
Fairbury, IL-September 5, 2015- The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series would present its richest event in series history and it would take place at one of America’s finest dirt tracks as Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway in Fairbury, IL would be the scene of the 3rd Annual Casey’s Modified Nationals and series points leader Clayton Miller of Elkton, KY would find victory lane for the fourth time this season and fifth time in his career with the tour by claiming the richest win of his career with a $10,000 payday at the extremely racy 1/3 facility. Miller’s win would come aboard the Lexington Landscape/Powell’s Transmission/Joe’s Small Engine/C. Blackwell Construction/Dane Elliott Industrial/Wilson’s Printworks/Mark Bush Racing sponsored #15 Bandit Race Car sporting a Tucker’s Performance Race Engine.
Miller would have to transfer from a B-Main to make the show and would roll off from the tenth starting position and would quickly make his way into the top five and would grab the race lead from early race leader Nick Hoffman and proceed to work the magical dirt at FALS to perfection and survive a late race caution to score his biggest career win in the biggest event ever sanctioned by the series. Brent Mullins would finish in the runner-up position, with Allen Weisser working his way to the final podium finishing position in third. Mike McKinney and 23rd starting Jeff Curl completed the top five.
The remainder of the top ten at the completion of the Casey’s Modified Nationals A-Main would be 27th starting Chad Kinder, Mike Harrison, Trent Young, Jeb Friedman, and Brian Lynn. The 50 lap, $10,000 to win event would be slowed by seven caution flags.
In preliminary action, Max McLaughlin was the Quick Car Racing Product top qualifier among 83 entries at 13.830 seconds. Summit Racing Equipment heat one went to Chris Arnold, while Trent Young scored the win in Wiles Driveshafts heat two. Hypercoils heat three went to Preston Seratt, with Steven Brooks winning Frankland Racing Equipment heat four. Summit Racing Equipment heat five went to Nick Hoffman, while Mike McKinney scored the win in Wiles Driveshafts heat six. Hypercoils heat three went to Jimmy Payne, with Jay Ledford winning Frankland Racing Equipment heat four. The Out-Pace Racing Products B-Mains went to David Stremme, Jacob Poel, Clayton Miller, and Tait Davenport, while Tyler Nicely and Mark Lamont were series provisional starters, with Jeff Curl, Lance Dehm, Brian Lynn, Jeff Leka, Chad Kinder, and Curt Spalding earning the track provisional starting spot.
The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series presents UMP DirtCar Modified sanctioned dirt track entertainment at racing venues throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Tennessee. For more information concerning the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series, contact series race director Jeff Evans at (859) 358-7178 or by email at jdevans@live.com or by visiting the series social media outlets at www.americanmodifiedseries.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/pages/American-Modified-Series, and on Twitter @AmericanModSeri.
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Race Summary-2015 Event #12: Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway-Fairbury, IL-September 5, 2015
Quick Car Racing Products Overall Top Qualifier- Max McLaughlin 13.830 Summit Racing Equipment Heat #1 (winner transfer)- Chris Arnold, Josh Harris, Matt Cooper, Max McLaughlin, Tommy Duncan, Chris Smith, Kevin Deyoung, Jimmy Dehm, Todd Bates, Lucas Lee, Brandon Maciejewski
Wiles Driveshafts Heat #2 (winner transfer)- Trent Young, Nick Stroupe, Vince Cooper, Tyler Delbert, Lance Dehm, Mitch Bailey, Mike Chasteen, Jr., Peyton Harlow, Cody Smith, Denny Schwartz
Hypercoils Heat #3 (winner transfer)- Preston Seratt, Chad Kinder, Keith Smith, Devin Gilpin, David Stremme, Nick Allen, Alex Graf, Justin Coulter, Richard Shirey, Travis Kohler
Frankland Racing Equipment Heat #4 (winner transfer)- Steven Brooks, Danny Schwartz, Jacob Poel, John DeMoss, Mike Harrison, Kent Robinson, Michael Long, Michael Prokup, Scott Heeren
Summit Racing Equipment Heat #5 (winner transfer)- Nick Hoffman, Jeb Friedman, Brian Shaw, Brent Mullins, Ray Bollinger, Nate Zimmer, Collin Thirlby, Nick Clubb, Brody Pompe, Stephen Meyer, Jr.
Wiles Driveshafts Heat #6 (winner transfer)- Mike McKinney, Tait Davenport, Donovan Lodge, Mark Lamont, Tanner Wilson, Tyler Nicely, Ken Schrader, Josh Ferguson, Brent Glastetter, Jesse Bitterling
Hypercoils Heat #7 (winner transfer)- Jimmy Payne, Curt Spalding, Bob Pohlman, Clayton Miller, Will Krup, Jeff Leka, Kevin Weaver, Josh Rice, Michael Lee, Eric Vaughn
Frankland Racing Equipment Heat #8 (winner transfer)- Jay Ledford, Allen Weisser, Patrick Lyon, Dean Hoffman, Matt Mevert, Brian Lynn, Dave Dulceak, Earl Plessinger, Dan Hamstra, Jeff Curl, Kyle Strickler
Out-Pace Racing Products B-Main #1 (top 3 transfer)- David Stremme, Josh Harris, Max McLauglin, Keith Smith, Chad Kinder, Nick Allen, Chris Smith, Brandon Maciejewski, Kevin Deyoung, Matt Cooper, Todd Bates, Travis Kohler, Justin Coulter, Jimmy Dehm, Richard Shirey, Alex Graf, Tommy Duncan, Devin Gilpin
Out-Pace Racing Products B-Main #2 (top 3 transfer)- Jacob Poel, Nick Stroupe, Mike Harrison, John DeMoss, Mike Chasteen, Jr., Michael Long, Danny Schwartz, Tyler Deibert, Scott Heeren, Cody Smith, Peyton Harlow, Mitch Bailey, Michael Prokup, Vince Cooper, Lance Dehm
Out-Pace Racing Products B-Main #3 (top 3 transfer)- Clayton Miller, Brent Mullins, Ray Bollinger, Kevin Weaver, Nate Zimmer, Brody Pompe, Jeb Friedman, Curt Spalding, Will Krup, Michael Lee, Josh Rice, Brian Shaw, Nick Clubb, Jeff Leka, Bob Pohlman, Collin Thirlby
Out-Pace Racing Products B-Main #4 (top 3 transfer)- Tait Davenport, Allen Weisser, Dean Hoffman, Matt Mevert, Brian Lynn, Donovan Lodge, Ken Schrader, Patrick Lyon, Kyle Strickler, Earl Plessinger, Dan Hamstra, Jesse Bitterling, Brent Glastetter, Tanner Wilson, Jeff Curl, Josh Ferguson, Tyler Nicely
Casey’s Modified Nationals A-Main: Clayton Miller, Brent Mullins, Allen Weisser, Mike McKinney, Jeff Curl, Chad Kinder, Mike Harrison, Trent Young, Jeb Friedman, Brian Lynn, Tyler Nicely, Ray Bollinger, Josh Harris, Steven Brooks, Chris Arnold, Max McLaughlin, Mark Lamont, Nick Hoffman, Curt Spalding, Jacob Poel, Nick Stroupe, Jay Ledford, Preston Seratt, Tait Davenport, Dean Hoffman, Jimmy Payne, David Stremme, Lance Dehm Mullins Race Engines Shootout Non-Qualifiers Feature: Kevin Weaver, Matt Mevert, Michael Long, Keith Smith, Mike Chasteen, Jr., Michael Lee, John DeMoss, Danny Schwartz, Brandon Maciejewski, Kyle Strickler, Nick Allen, Chris Smith, Donovan Lodge, Ken Schrader, Tyler Deibert, Patrick Lyon, Nate Zimmer, Brody Pompe (DNS- Will Krup, Kevin Deyoung)
Race Statistics
*Entries- 83
*Race Leaders- N/A
*Cautions- 7 (laps 11, 13, 19, 25, 36, 42, 49) *Red Flags- N/A
*Series Provisional Starters- Tyler Nicely, Mark Lamont
*Track Provisional Starters- Jeff Curl, Lance Dehm, Brian Lynn, Jeff Leka, Chad Kinder, Curt Spalding
*Time of Race- N/A
*Quick Car Racing Products Fast Time Award ($100 cash)- Max McLaughlin
*All Star Performance Hard Charger Award ($100 certificate)- Chad Kinder (started 27th-finished 6th: advanced 21 positions)
*Crane Cams Ignition Systems Live Wire Award ($250 certificate for the highest finisher using a Crane Cams Ignition system)- Clayton Miller
*Maxima Racing Oil Tough Fifth Place Finisher ($50 certificate)- Jeff Curl
*Wilwood Lucky Seven Award ($50 certificate)- Mike Harrison
*Summit Racing Equipment Heat One Winner ($50 certificate)- Chris Arnold
*Wiles Driveshafts Heat Two Winner ($75 certificate)- Trent Young *Hypercoil Springs Heat Three Winner (certificate for one spring)- Preston Seratt *Frankland Racing Equipment Heat Four Winner ($75 certificate)- Steven Brooks *Out Pace Racing Products B-Main Award ($75 gift certificate to the first non-transfer)- Keith Smith
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2015 Racing Schedule March 21 (Saturday)- Clarksville Speedway (Clarksville, TN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start- 11th Annual Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic (www.clarksvillespeedway.com)- Clayton Miller- Elkton, KY March 28 (Saturday)- Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, TN)- 35 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start (www.smokymountainspeedway.com)- Nick Stroupe- Iron Station, NC April 18 (Saturday)- Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, KY)- 40 laps/$4,000 to win/$250 start (www.kylakespeedway.com)- Brian Shaw- Robinson, IL April 24 (Friday)- Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington, IN)- 30 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start- 2nd Annual J.B. Robinson Memorial (www.bloomingtonspeedway.com)- Kent Robinson- Bloomington, IN May 2 (Saturday)- Chandler Motor Speedway (Chandler, IN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.chandlermotorspeedway.com)- Brian Shaw- Robinson, IL May 15 (Friday)- Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, KY)- 30 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start (www.kylakespeedway.com)- Rained Out May 22 (Friday)- Farmer City Raceway (Farmer City, IL)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.farmercityracing.com)- Jeff Leka- Buffalo, IL May 23 (Saturday)- Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL)- 30 laps/$2,064 to win/$200 to start- 2nd Annual Gary Cook, Jr. Memorial (www.fairburyspeedway.com)- Clayton Miller-Elkton, KY May 24 (Sunday)- LaSalle Speedway (LaSalle, IL)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.lasallespeedway.com)- Rained Out June 13 (Saturday)- Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, KY)- 35 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start (www.kylakespeedway.com)- Stormy Scott- Las Cruces, NM June 26 (Friday)- Moler Raceway Park (Williamsburg, OH)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.molerracewaypark.com)- Rained Out (make-up date to be announced) June 27 (Saturday)- Florence Speedway (Union, KY)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.florencespeedway.com)- Clayton Miller- Elkton, KY July 17 (Friday)- Chandler Motor Speedway (Chandler, IN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.chandlermotorspeedway.com)- Steven Schnapf-Evansville, IN July 18 (Saturday)- Clarksville Speedway (Clarksville, TN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.clarksvillespeedway.com)- Tyler Nicely- Owensboro, KY September 4 (Friday)- Farmer City Raceway (Farmer City, IL)- 35 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start (www.farmercityracing.com)- Rain Out September 5 (Saturday)- Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL)- 50 laps/$10,000 to win/$300 to start- 3rd Annual Casey’s AMS Modified Nationals (www.fairburyspeedway.com)- Clayton Miller-Elkton, KY September 6 (Sunday)- Spoon River Speedway (Canton, IL)- 50 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 25th Annual Modified Fall Nationals (www.spoonriverspeedway.com) September 26 (Saturday)- Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, KY)- 40 laps/$4,000 to win/$250 to start (www.kylakespeedway.com) October 24 (Saturday)- Florence Speedway (Union, KY)- 40 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 6th Annual Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Championship (www.florencespeedway.com)
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2015 Official Sponsors *Summit Racing Equipment (www.summitracing.com)- “Title Sponsor for the American Modified Series and Sponsor of Heat Race #1”
*All Star Performance (www.allstarperformance.com)- “Official Hard Charger of the Race” Award Sponsor at all Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series events *Crane Cams Ignition Systems- (www.cranecams.com)- “Official Ignition System” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series *KBC Graphics- (www.kbcgraphix.com)- “Official Graphics Company” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series (www.kbcgraphix.com) *Maxima Racing Oil- (www.maximausa.com) “Official Oil” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series and Tough Fifth Place Award Sponsor *Quick Car Racing Products- (www.quickcar.net)- “$100 Fast Qualifier Award” at all Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series events *VP Racing Fuels (www.vpracingfuels.com)- “Official Race Fuel” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series *Wilwood (www.wilwood.com)- “Official Brakes” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series and “Lucky 7” Award Sponsor
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2015 Marketing Partners Bad Fast Race Chassis (www.734dirt.com) Bandit Race Cars (www.banditracecars.net) Bilstein (www.bilsteinus.com) Bob Poynter GM (www.bobpoynter.com) Boknecht Trucking Dale Meers Race Engines DASCO Racing Supply Fox Shocks (www.ridefox.com) Frankland Racing Equipment (www.franklandracing.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #4”
Hypercoils (www.hypercoils.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #3”
Impressive Race Cars (www.impressiveracecars.com) Integra Shocks (www.integrashocksprings.com) Maximum Energy Development (www.maximumenergy.us) Mullins Race Engines (www.mullinsraceengines.com) Nemesis Race Cars (www.nemesisracecars.com) Out-Pace Racing Products (www.out-pace.com)- “Sponsor of B-Mains”
RACEceiver (www.raceceiver.com)
Reaper Race Cars
UMP Dirt Car (www.umpracing.com)
Wick Oil Company (www.wickoil.com)
Wiles Driveshafts (www.wilesdriveshafts.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #2”
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UMP DIRTcar Modifieds
A-MAIN
Pos No Driver Start
1 15 Clayton Miller 10
2 41M Brent Mullins 14
3 25W Allen Weisser 16
4 96M Mike McKinney 4
5 12 Jeff Curl 23
6 22S Chad Kinder 27 (HC)
7 24H Mike Harrison 19
8 10Y Trent Young 3
9 4 Jeb Friedman 29
10 72 Brian Lynn 25
11 25 Tyler Nicely 21
12 77 Ray Bollinger 18
13 16C Josh Harris 13
14 5 Steven Brooks 7
15 99W Chris Arnold 1
16 Z8 Max McLaughlin 17
17 7 Mark Lamont 22
18 2H Nick Hoffman 2
19 111 Curt Spalding 28
20 82 Jacob Poel 11
21 45 Nick Stroupe 15
22 7L Jay Ledford 8
23 29 Preston Seratt 5
24 18 Tait Davenport 12
25 1D Dean Hoffman 20
26 155 Jimmy Payne 6
27 3L Jeff Leka 26
28 35 David Stremme 9
29 D1 Lance Dehm 24
MULLINS ENGINES SHOOTOUT ($5OO TO WIN)
Pos No Driver Start
1 292 Kevin Weaver 2
2 22 Matt Mevert 4
3 18L Michael Long 9
4 1S Keith Smith 1
5 40JR Mike Chasteen Jr. 5
6 55 Michael Lee 18 (HC)
7 79D John DeMoss 3
8 21D Danny Schwartz 12
9 99 Brandon Maciejewski 13
10 8 Kyle Strickler 17
11 21A Nick Allen 7
12 15S Chris Smith 11
13 32 Donovan Lodge 10
14 9 Ken Schrader 14
15 84 Tyler Deibert 16
16 1 Patrick Lyon 15
17 32Z Nate Zimmer 6
18 P0 Brody Pompe 8