WHEATLAND, Mo. — It was all Tanner Mullens in the headline division Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway.
The Kansan led all 30 laps to grab the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modified feature win on the Heartland Modified Tour.
Mullens, of Wichita, beat Tyler Davis by nearing four seconds to earn the $2,000 prize during the Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series program Presented by Vietti Marketing.
Mullens started on the feature pole after setting fast qualifying time and winning his heat race. He carried that speed right into the main event, leading at every point of the 30-lapper. It was his second HMT win in the last month to go along with a pair of Late Model wins.
“It’s been a pretty good month for us. We’ve been working really hard,” Mullens said. “We got this new car down and made some laps, just 10 or 15 in it, and decided we’d better bring it here and race with it, see if it’s good or not. It’s been pretty good since the drop of the green.”
Mullens jumped out to a 1.8-second lead after just five laps with Wyatt Gaggero running in second. By lap eight, Mullens already had caught lapped traffic – and that’s when the first caution flew as Shadren Turner rolled to a stop in turn two. Mullens had a 2.9-second lead at the time.
Two more cautions over the next three laps slowed Mullens’ momentum, but the race then settled into a green-flag rhythm and Mullens was able to build a three-second lead by lap 20, as Gaggero and Tyler Davis battled for second.
Mullens cruised from there as the race remained caution-free. He beat Tyler Davis by 3.8 seconds with Gaggero third, Trevor Hughes fourth and Tad Davis coming home in fifth.
“Just make sure you hit your marks,” Mullens said of the final half of the race. “There were a lot of good drivers behind us. If you slip up, they’re gonna go by you. I was glad to see the yellows quit coming out and start making laps and get used to this thing.”
Miles Michehl led all 20 laps to prevail in the O’Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars make-up feature to start the program.
Michehl held a 1.3-second lead over McMillin by the halfway point on lap 10. As his margin gradually increased, Christopher Sawyer closed in on McMillin to battle for second and made the pass with five to go.
Michehl went on to beat Sawyer by 1.6 seconds with Zach Zeugin rallying into the third spot.
In the regularly scheduled O’Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars feature, Rodney Schweizer led all the way to pick up the win.
Schweizer started on the pole and held off a determined challenge throughout from runner-up William Garner. With laps dwindling, Garner closed in on Schweizer again after a lap-13 restart, but Schweizer was up to the challenge and held on by .630 seconds.
“Track position always helps, but we’ve had a pretty good year,” Schweizer said after his fourth win overall in 2025.
Myles Michehl, winner of the make-up feature earlier, was third with Mason Beck fourth and James McMillin, who started 10th, coming home in fifth.
Tucker Cox chased down Robbie Ewing and made the winning pass coming to the white flag, then held on for the Hermitage Lumber Late Model feature win.
Ryan Gillmore of Springfield won a thriller over Jon Sheets in the Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature, making the winning pass with one lap remaining.
