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Kale Westover celebrates after winning his first career USMTS race in Humboldt. (Tyler Rinken Photo).

Westover Wins First USMTS Race

HUMBOLDT, Kan. — Kale Westover scored his first career USMTS Modified feature win in the Summit King of America XI presented by RacinDirt on Saturday afternoon at Humboldt Speedway. 

After a tense battle with Dereck Ramirez early in the race, Westover, the Altus, Oklahoma native, won from the pole in the 35-lap USMTS Modified main event. 

The win was worth $5,000 to Westover while Ramirez settled for the runner-up paycheck. 

With his sixth place finish, Tyler Davis would take over the points lead. 

In the Medieval USRA Stock Car main event, Beau Davis of Cheney, Kansas, nipped North Dakota’s Aaron Olson at the checkered flag to win the $1,000 winner’s share of the prize money.

The finish:

Feature (35 Laps): 1. Kale Westover, 2. Dereck Ramirez, 3. Tyler Peterson, 4. Dustin Sorensen, 5. Tyler Wolff, 6. Tyler Davis, 7. Tanner Mullens, 8. Jayson Good, 9. Jake O’Neil, 10. Zack VanderBeek, 11. A.J. Diemel, 12. Jason Hughes, 13. Shane DeVolder, 14. Terry Phillips, 15. Rodney Sanders, 16. Jake Timm, 17. Carlos Ahumada Jr., 18. Chris Spalding,  19. Jason Pursley, 20. Gunner Martin, 21. Lance Mari, 22. Jade Luzenberg, 23. Darron Fuqua, 24. Paden Phillips, 25. Lucas Schott, 26. Steve Wetzstein, 27. Brad Dierks