FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — Brandon Davis was fast out of the box Friday as the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt flooded the Mississippi Thunder Speedway with the best of the best in dirt modified racing for the 12th Annual Spring Shootout built by LT Construction.
The 32-year-old blasted around eight cars to win Fast Shafts Heat Race No. 3 where he was the only driver of the night to break the 15-second-lap barrier to earn the QA1 Quick Lap Award as well as the Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt “Rush to the Front” Award which goes to the driver passing the most cars in a heat race.
With about $500 in contingency awards already in his pocket, he added four more from Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Swift Springs, Victory Fuel and VP Racing for winning the main event which paid $5,000 cash to the pilot of the KJSE-powered No. 50III Tri-Built Race Cars USMTS Modified.
The road to victory lane was not easy, however, as USMTS national points leader Jake Timm had his second career win at MTS in his crosshairs while Davis stalked him the entire distance.
With seven laps to go, Timm hit the wall which slowed his pace. Davis took his opportunity, made his move around Timm and drove away to a 1.969-second triumph over Timm.
It was the first win for Davis at the former Tri-Oval Speedway which was born again under the direction of Bob Timm.
Jake O’Neil captured the last USMTS victory at the high-banked three-eighths-mile clay oval on Sept. 2, 2022 — his only one here — and finished third to round out the Featherlite Trailers Top-3 podium on Friday night.
Another former winner, Rodney Sanders, scooted from ninth on the starting grid to fourth at the finish line while Cayden Carter rounded out the top five finishers in the second race of the Collins Brothers Towing USMTS North Region presented by Featherlite.
Feature Finish (40 Laps)
1. (3) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn., 2. (4) 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn., 3. (1) 0 Jake O’Neil, Tucson, Ariz., 4. (9) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, 5. (6) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 6. (7) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa, 7. (12) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan., 8. (2) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa, 9. (8) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., 10. (23) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla., 11. (5) 89 A.J. Diemel, Elk Mound, Wis., 12. (18) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., 13. (24) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn., 14. (14) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn., 15. (16) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn., 16. (20) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif., 17. (17) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn., 18. (21) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan., 19. (15) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa, 20. (22) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn., 21. (13) 3JR Shane Halopka, Greenwood, Wis., 22. (29) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan., 23. (26) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., 24. (19) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn., 25. (11) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia, Wis., 26. (25) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D., 27. (10) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas, 28. (27) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., 29. (28) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.