SPRING VALLEY, Minn. — The 24th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree ended Saturday with Jim Chisholm’s No. 24 car sitting in victory lane at the Deer Creek Speedway.
Headlined by the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt, Sybesma Graphics Pole Award winner Shane DeVolder led the field into the first corner when the green flag waved, but Brandon Davis — the winningest driver in the history of the Deer Creek Speedway with 70 career wins across multiple divisions — took control in the next set of turns to lead the opening lap.
Davis was in control from that point while Rodney Sanders passed DeVolder and climbed into the fifth position on the ninth lap after starting 14th. Meanwhile, great battles throughout the field kept the fans on the edge of their seats.
Davis caught the back of the field while Phillips and Chisholm raced side by side for second. As Davis struggled to put Tyler Kaeter a lap down, Chisholm pulled away from Phillips and snuck underneath Davis as they completed lap 26.
The pair finally got by but the back-markers, but contact between Kaeter and Ryan Wetzstein sent Kaeter into the outside concrete wall in turn two.
Unable to avoid the stopped car, Phillips slammed into the side of Kaeter but was able to continue after the caution period.
At the halfway point of the 50-lapper, Davis led Chisholm with Phillips, Sanders and Joe Duvall in tow.
Chisholm inched ahead and into the lead on lap 28, and then began to drive away from Davis and the rest of the field.
While he sailed away, Davis and Sanders had a great battle for second while Phillips, Duvall and Dustin Sorensen were in a thrilling battle for the next three spots.
Everything came to a halt on lap 43 when the yellow flag waved for a third time, but it was a flag of false hope for anybody with plans on passing Chisholm.
The 19-year-old from Osage, Iowa, cruised the rest of the way to score his third USMTS victory in his rookie season.
Along with $12,000 for winning Saturday’s Featherlite Fall Jamboree feature, Chisholm’s three wins this season have earned him $27,000.
After 48 victories in three seasons and back-to-back USRA B-Mod National Championships, Chisholm’s move to the full-blown outlaw-style Modifieds has seemed more like a lateral move then a step up in competition.
Prior to this year, he had swept all three nights of the USRA B-Mod action here at the Featherlite Fall Jamboree. This weekend, his younger brother, Joe continued that family tradition in his march toward a USRA B-Mod national title.
Davis held off Sanders to claim the runner-up paycheck while Thursday’s winner, Lucas Schott, held off USMTS points leader Dustin Sorensen for fourth.
The finish:
Jim Chisholm, Brandon Davis, Rodney Sanders, Lucas Schott, Dustin Sorensen, Joe Duvall, Terry Phillips, Zack VanderBeek, Darron Fuqua, Carlos Ahumada Jr., Tanner Mullens, Jake Timm, Dereck Ramirez, Jacob Bleess, Jake O’Neil, Cayden Carter, Jeremy Nelson, Brady Gerdes, Keith Foss, Shane DeVolder, Chase Holland, Dan Ebert, Jason Hughes, Kyle Brown, Brandon Givens, Clayton Wagamon, Austin Siebert, Josh Angst, Ryan Wetzstein, Tyler Kaeter, Dylan Thornton, Alex Williamson.
Keyword: Fall Jamboree Goes To Jim Chisolm