OGILVIE, Minn. — Ogilvie Raceway hosted opening night of the second annual Mod Wars presented by JPW/Jobbers Warehouse Supply and Northern Line Contracting for the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt.
When the checkered flag waved, it was a veteran dirt modified racer Dave Cain finally scoring his first USMTS win.
Tyler Wolff made the best of his pole position, jumping into the lead at the drop of the green flag while Wissota veteran Cain gave chase.
By lap 10, Wolff stretched out his lead margin to more than three seconds but a caution with 12 laps in the books erased Wolff’s margin.
Unphased by the slowdown, Wolff again pulled away from his chasers when the green light shined again. Meanwhile, Cain was having a sporty tussle with Lucas Schott, Shane Sabraski and Dustin Sorensen for the remaining positions among the top-five runners.
Wolff’s advantage was more than four seconds with four laps to go when he came upon a swarm of soon-to-be lapped cars. With most competitors finding the bottom line to their liking, Wolff got underneath his first victim but the lapper came down into the leader and Wolff became the victim.
Cain assumed the lead position for the restart and then fended off a last-lap challenge from Sorensen to take the victory — his first USMTS triumph and the second first-time winner this week
Schott, Sabraski and defending USMTS National Champion Dereck Ramirez rounded out the top five.
With his $3,000 triumph, Cain became the 10th different winner in the 20th race for the USMTS this season. He’s also the fifth driver this year to claim his career-first USMTS win.
The finish:
Dave Cain, Dustin Sorensen, Lucas Schott, Shane Sabraski, Dereck Ramirez, Tanner Mullens, Zack VanderBeek, Kyle Brown, J.T. Johnson, Clayton Wagamon, Cayden Carter, Terry Phillips, Darron Fuqua, Dan Ebert, Tripp Gaylord, Jacob Bleess, Carlos Ahumada Jr., Rodney Sanders, Jason Hughes, Tyler Wolff, Jeremy Nelson, Jeremy Nelson, Jake O’Neil, Landon Atkinson, Jake Timm, Dylan Thornton, Lance Mari, Brandon Dolman, Shane DeVolder, Jody Bellefeuille.
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