Erick Chesterman (Park City, KS) -- 81 Speedway kicked off the 2021 season in high flying fashion Saturday April 3rd. It was the “The Mt. Hope Missile” Tad Davis and the “B52 Bomber” Jeremy Chambers both bringing home wins on the opening night for Summit Racing Equipment USRA Weekly Racing Series action.
Chambers played the patience game during a caution plagued Chunky Poodle USRA B-Mod feature, stalking pole sitter Brian McGowen until the races mid-way point. With laps finally clicking away, Chambers flexed his muscle driving around the 22x machine at the exit of turn 4. From there it was all Chambers the rest of the way. McGowen, Reece Solander, Krew Walburn and defending track champion Kenton Allen completed the top 5. B-Mod newcomer Braden Stoner, Chambers and Krew Walburn claimed the 3 heat race wins.
In Alternative Pest Management USRA Modified action, it was Mt. Hope’s Tad Davis who stunned the field from his 11th starting spot on the grid. Derby, KS racer Scott Green paced the field for the first half of the event, until caution flags interrupted the otherwise fast paced event. Taking notes from Chamber’s B-Mod win, Davis had worked his way into the top 5 using the middle part of the Speedway before the caution flew. On the ensuing restart, Davis once again stuck the middle and went 5th to 1st in a single lap while the rest of the top 5 continued to argue for real-estate around the hub of the Speedway. Another late race restart saw Hutchinson’s Jake Nightingale sneak past Green for 2nd. Green finished 3rd, Cody Schneipp 4th, and hard charging Randy Wilson went 22nd to 5th. Making another early season modified start, MLRA Late Model RoY candidate Chris Kratzer, along with Jake Nightingale and Bryce Schneipp, picked up heat race wins.
David Blocher and Korey Bice both picked up where they left off last season. Blocher drove away from the field and swept the night in AutoTech Service Center Super Stock action. James Weve, Rod Northcutt, 2020 Camp Mike McIlvain, and Raymond Ketner made up your top 5. Sixth starting Korey Bice picked his way through the Primal Beef Jerky Mini Stock field on his way to the first checker flag of the season. Brett Barber, Jayce Reimer, Haley Cash and Aaron Esparza completed the top five, with Barber and Wyatt Gaggero pickup up heat race wins.
Summit Racing Equipment USRA sanctioned divisions get the weekend off, but 81 Speedway will be the place to be for late model race fans. Saturday April 10th the Sooner Late Model series come to town, joined by the Two M Motorsports & Machine Rookie Modifieds, AutoTech Service Center Super Stocks, and Heyglassman.com Stock Cars. Gates open at 5, racing starts at 7. General admission tickets are just $12, Military and Seniors 65+ are $10, kids 10 & under are free. For complete schedule and race day information visit the 81 Speedway website at 81Speedway.com. You can also find us on our official Facebook page at facebook.com/race81Speedway or on My Race Pass at myracepass.com/tracks/2893. For any questions during offices hours call 316-755-1781. We will see you at the races!
4/3/2021 at 81 Speedway
Alternative Pest Management USRA Modifieds
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 75-Tad Davis[11]; 2. 3J-Jake Nightingale[2]; 3. 25-Scott Green[3]; 4. 21C-Cody Schniepp[9]; 5. A2-Randy Wilson[22]; 6. 21B-Bryce Schniepp[1]; 7. 19R-Chris Kratzer[4]; 8. 99T-TJ Tolan[12]; 9. 32R-Daniel Richey[6]; 10. 9-Cole Traugott[20]; 11. 71-Patrick McManus[23]; 12. 60-Cody Kretchmar[17]; 13. 86-Eric Main[10]; 14. 40-Jason Yager[13]; 15. 35G-Barry Gifford[7]; 16. 429-Shelby Stucky[19]; 17. 194-Scott Phillips[14]; 18. 38-Cody Johnson[25]; 19. 20G-Jake Greider[8]; 20. 7J-Jerry Eveland[18]; 21. 020-Fred Freeman[5]; 22. 15-Jason Denny[15]; 23. (DNF) 5*-Jason McGehee[16]; 24. (DNF) 6-John Cohoon[21]; 25. (DNS) 69-Cecil Dymond
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3J-Jake Nightingale[2]; 2. 25-Scott Green[6]; 3. 35G-Barry Gifford[4]; 4. 20G-Jake Greider[7]; 5. 40-Jason Yager[5]; 6. 7J-Jerry Eveland[1]; 7. 429-Shelby Stucky[8]; 8. 38-Cody Johnson[9]; 9. (DNS) 71-Patrick McManus
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19R-Chris Kratzer[3]; 2. 020-Fred Freeman[1]; 3. 86-Eric Main[2]; 4. 99T-TJ Tolan[5]; 5. 194-Scott Phillips[4]; 6. 60-Cody Kretchmar[7]; 7. 9-Cole Traugott[8]; 8. (DNS) 69-Cecil Dymond
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21B-Bryce Schniepp[2]; 2. 32R-Daniel Richey[1]; 3. 75-Tad Davis[3]; 4. 21C-Cody Schniepp[7]; 5. 15-Jason Denny[4]; 6. 5*-Jason McGehee[8]; 7. 6-John Cohoon[5]; 8. (DNF) A2-Randy Wilson[6]
AutoTech Service Super Stocks
A Feature 1 (17 Laps): 1. 24B-David Blocher[5]; 2. 164-James Weve[6]; 3. N50-Rod Northcutt[4]; 4. 54-Mike McIlvain[1]; 5. 3X-Raymond Ketner[7]; 6. (DNF) 35-Jay Purkey[3]; 7. (DNF) 84T-Mark Courtright[2]; 8. (DNF) 09B-Kyle Blocher[8]; 9. (DNS) 36-Chris Purkey
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 24B-David Blocher[2]; 2. N50-Rod Northcutt[1]; 3. 164-James Weve[6]; 4. 54-Mike McIlvain[3]; 5. 35-Jay Purkey[7]; 6. 84T-Mark Courtright[5]; 7. 3X-Raymond Ketner[8]; 8. (DNF) 09B-Kyle Blocher[4]
The Chunky Poodle USRA B-Mods
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. B52-Jeremy Chambers[5]; 2. 22X-Brian McGowen[2]; 3. 5-Reece Solander[8]; 4. 28K-Krew Walburn[3]; 5. 98K-Kenton Allen[7]; 6. 7G-Gabriel Hodges[4]; 7. 48M-Rick Murcko[19]; 8. 2C-Matthew Crowell[21]; 9. 14J-Jacob Hodges[15]; 10. 70P-Tim Prochnow[11]; 11. 3C-Jacob Crowell[1]; 12. 28-Seth Beard[16]; 13. 10-Alex Wiens[17]; 14. 41J-Brady Lanphier[22]; 15. (DNF) 18-Kyle Wiens[9]; 16. (DNF) 44-Braden Stoner[6]; 17. (DNF) 22-Nate Baumgartner[20]; 18. (DNF) 4T-Timothy Burkholder[18]; 19. (DNF) 01-Kason Carroll[12]; 20. (DNF) TM3-Bryan Lariviere[10]; 21. (DNF) 2W-Richard Wilson[13]; 22. (DNS) 33A-Bradley Shipman; 23. (DNS) 2-Rustin Wilson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Braden Stoner[1]; 2. 22X-Brian McGowen[4]; 3. 98K-Kenton Allen[6]; 4. 18-Kyle Wiens[7]; 5. 2W-Richard Wilson[8]; 6. (DNF) 2C-Matthew Crowell[2]; 7. (DNF) 41J-Brady Lanphier[5]; 8. (DNS) 33A-Bradley Shipman
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. B52-Jeremy Chambers[1]; 2. 5-Reece Solander[2]; 3. TM3-Bryan Lariviere[3]; 4. 70P-Tim Prochnow[5]; 5. 2-Rustin Wilson[8]; 6. 28-Seth Beard[6]; 7. 4T-Timothy Burkholder[4]; 8. 22-Nate Baumgartner[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28K-Krew Walburn[3]; 2. 7G-Gabriel Hodges[6]; 3. 3C-Jacob Crowell[7]; 4. 01-Kason Carroll[1]; 5. 14J-Jacob Hodges[5]; 6. 10-Alex Wiens[2]; 7. 48M-Rick Murcko[4]
Primal Beef Jerky Mini Stocks
A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 14K-Korey Bice[6]; 2. 36-Brett Barber[1]; 3. 775-Jayce Reimer[7]; 4. 11-Haley Cash[2]; 5. 1-Aaron Esparza[4]; 6. 15-Wyatt Gaggero[3]; 7. 25B-Shannon Skaggs[9]; 8. 4K-Kasey Coleman[10]; 9. 16-Addison Petty[8]; 10. (DNF) 74-Willy Sallee[5]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 36-Brett Barber[2]; 2. 11-Haley Cash[5]; 3. 74-Willy Sallee[4]; 4. 16-Addison Petty[3]; 5. (DNS) 4K-Kasey Coleman
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 15-Wyatt Gaggero[1]; 2. 1-Aaron Esparza[3]; 3. 14K-Korey Bice[4]; 4. 775-Jayce Reimer[5]; 5. 25B-Shannon Skaggs[2]