WEST UNION, Iowa — Jim Chisholm led all 40 on Thursday en route to winning Thursday’s Summit USMTS National Championship modified feature at Fayette County Speedway.
Chisholm’s second straight win was worth another $3,000 and propelled him into the points lead of the Collins Brothers Towing USMTS North Region.
The three-eighths-mile clay oval at the Fayette County Fairgrounds produced some high-speed action throughout the night, with multiple drivers swapping positions inside the top five.
But nobody had an answer for the 21-year-old from Osage, Iowa, and his No. 24c Skyrocket Chassis. It was his ninth career USMTS win, tying him on the all-time wins list with Brandon Davis, Jake Timm and Brad Waits.
Some timely caution flags waved which happened just as Chisholm was reaching lapped traffic.
“It made the night easier, but they gave us a really good race track,” Chisholm said. “I think that some lapped traffic racing would have been so much fun. I hate to see it—I really do—because I think Rodney (Sanders) and me could have had a really fun battle in lapped traffic.”
Sanders had to settle for second at the end of the race while Gary Christian, who led all but the final lap one night earlier, wound up in third.
“I just like lapped traffic racing. I think it’s the funnest part about the sport… it’s what I live for, so I like the yellows and I hate them.”
With his fourth-place finish, Jake Timm remains the USMTS national points leader with a 28-point cushion over Chisholm.
Cayden Carter rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Jim Chisholm, Rodney Sanders, Gary Christian, Jake Timm, Cayden Carter, Alex Williamson, Jason Hughes, Tanner Mullens, Zack VanderBeek, Dan Ebert, Terry Phillips, Kyle Brown, Mike Hansen, Gabe Hodges, Jacob Hobscheidt, Cole Denner, Tyler Davis, Dereck Ramirez, Troy Morris III, Steve Lavasseur, A.J. Hoff, Brett Bumgardner, Steven Glenn, Zach Brom, Joe Chisholm.