Jason Cummins won the USRA Modified feature.

The warmest temperatures of the year greeted drivers and fans Friday night at Chateau Raceway in Lansing for the fifth night of racing action during the 2017 season.

In the USRA Modifieds, Jason Cummins of New Richland captured his third feature win of the season at the track. Greg Pfeifer Junior of Austin lead much of the first half of the caution-free feature until he caught the tail end of the field.

Pfeifer had committed to the top of the track right off the drop of the green while Cummins alternated between the top line at one end of the track and the bottom line at the other.

With the move-over flag flying, Pfeifer was unable to clear the car which was also driving the high line and that allowed Cummins to reel him in and eventually move around both him and the slower car to take the win away. Pfeifer held on for second over Brandon Aggen of Miltona.

Cummins and Jacob Dahle of Morristown captured the heat wins.

Derek Clement won a very wild Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature. Clement led the first lap of the race off the pole but Jayden Larson of Mankato shot wide off the outside of the second row and made the line stick as he took over the top spot on lap two with Nate Chodur of Lake Mills, Iowa, moving up to second a few laps later shuffling Clement back to third.

A caution just over halfway through the event kept the leaders bunched and Chodur used the restart to his advantage as he took over the lead. A couple laps later Clement found the high line to his liking and went back to the front. Then a lap later Chodur had mechanical problems and stalled on the track bringing out another caution and his chances at the win.

Larson inherited the lead back for the restart with Clement on his back bumper. With three laps to go coming out of turn two Clement made his move to the bottom and put his machine back on point where he ran the rest of the way to the checkers. Kadden Kath of Owatonna made a later pass on Larson for second.

The lone heat win went to Chodur.

Derek Clement won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feture.

Racing action continues next Friday night, June 16, at 7:30 p.m.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Chateau Raceway, Lansing, Minn.
Friday, June 9, 2017

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1 (8 laps): 1. 02-Jacob Dahle, [2]; 2. 55-Brian Shaw, [4]; 3. 1-Greg Jensen, [1]; 4. 23-Darwin Karau, [5]; 5. 77-Jacob Stark, [3].

Heat #2 (8 laps): 1. 71-Jason Cummins, [4]; 2. 01-Brandon Aggen, [2]; 3. 73JR-Greg Pfeifer Jr, [3]; 4. 1A-Dwaine Hanson, [5]; 5. (DNF) 72-Doug Hillson, [1].

Feature (25 laps): 1. 71-Jason Cummins-New Richland, [5]; 2. 73JR-Greg Pfeifer Jr-Austin, [1]; 3. 01-Brandon Aggen-Miltona, [2]; 4. 23-Darwin Karau-Kasson, [6]; 5. 1A-Dwaine Hanson-Lakefield, [4]; 6. 1-Greg Jensen-Albert Lea, [9]; 7. 02-Jacob Dahle-Morristown [8]; 8. 77-Jacob Stark-Austin, [3]; 9. 72-Doug Hillson-Blooming Prairie, [10]; 10. (DNF) 55-Brian Shaw-Brownsdale, [7].

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

Heat (8 laps): 1. 88-Nate Chodur, [2]; 2. 36K-Jayden Larson, [4]; 3. 83X-Kadden Kath, [7]; 4. 4-Derek Clement, [5]; 5. 44-Matthew Brooks, [1]; 6. 31-Raey Hastings IV, [6]; 7. 17-Justin Murray, [3].

Feature: 1. 4-Derek Clement-Spring Valley, [1]; 2. 83X-Kadden Kath-Owatonna, [5]; 3. 36K-Jayden Larson-Mankato, [4]; 4. 44-Matthew Brooks-Austin, [3]; 5. 31-Raey Hastings IV-Austin, [6]; 6. 17-Justin Murray-Owatonna, [7]; 7. (DNF) 88-Nate Chodur-Lake Mills IA, [2].