Jody Tillman won the USRA Modified main event on Saturday, June 16, 2018, at the Springfield Raceway in springfield, Mo.

The "Quick Quarter"of the Springfield Raceway presented Casey's General Stores Night on Saturday with current USRA Modified track points leader Jody Tillman fighting back several challenges from Ryan Gilmore on the lightning-quick and racy high-banked quarter-mile clay oval while Gilmore had to work hard to capture the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature over a 24-car field.

The USRA Modified feature found Gilmore and Tillman on the front row with Jim Body and Jerry Lankton in row 2. Gilmore got the hole shot on the start and wasted no time in going to the low side while Tillman rode to the top side as they went door to door with Tillman carrying the speed off turn 2 and grabbed the lead with Gilmore close behind. Tillman refused to move off the top side as Gilmore was searching in different places in the quick-paced 20-lap feature while Body, Lankton and Mickey Burrell were wagging war for third place with door-to-door racing.

Tillman used lapped traffic to fend back a mid-race attempt out of turn 4 at one point. Only two cautions slowed the race as Gilmore continued to apply pressure on Tillman in his West Point Marine/Yeoman Engines/Hoffman Race Cars No. 85 started to search around to make sure he didn't use the top cushion up. The final three laps saw Gilmore in his Danny Martin Trucking/Hoffman Race Cars No. 3366 going to diamond the track to move around Tillman but fell short as Tillman got his third win of the season and second consecutive with Gilmore, Body, Burrell and Lankton providing great action behind the leaders in the top five.

In Out-Pace USRA B-Mod action, Gilmore found the low groove to his preference as we shot to the inside of leader Aaron Scroggins out of turn 4 and then had to fend off current track points leader Jackie Dalton on a late restart and 24 other drivers in an action-packed Casey's feature. Scroggins earned the pole spot with Bobby Pearish on the outside as Greg Woodcock and Dillion McCowan in row 2 while the powerhouse duo of Dalton and Gilmore in row 3.

Scroggins took the opening lead with Pearish close behind on the top side as 3 wide action followed all over the pack. Gilmore was wasting no time in moving downstairs and finding the opening holes early. An early caution for Pearish who lost a driveshaft bunched things tight and on the restart Gilmore was quick to make his move as Dalton was on the charge on the top side. With Gilmore out in front a late caution set-up a close finish as Dalton took the top side on the restart and pulled right up to the leader but came up short as Gilmore, Dalton, early leader Scroggins, Rex Merritt and Mike Hailmann completed a tough top five.

Ryan Gillmore won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod main event.

Action continues next Saturday night, Juen 23, with racing at 7:30 p.m.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Springfield Raceway, Springfield, Mo.
Saturday, June 16, 2018

Feature race results showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number and driver.

USRA MODIFIEDS
1. (2) 85 Jody Tillman
2. (1) 3366 Ryan Gilmore
3. (3) 71 Jim Body
4. (7) 73 Mickey Burrell
5. (4) 35 Jerry Lankton
6. (6) 11T James Thompson
7. (10) 49s Andrew Smith
8. (13) 55 Shawn Strong
9. (8) 33D Danny DeMasters
10. (11) 33 Danny Martin
11. (5) 160 Michael Maggard
12. (12) 20 Brenton Jordan
13. (9) 2 Adam Kaltenbach

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS
1. (6) 66 Ryan Gilmore
2. (5) 21 Jackie Dalton
3. (1) 1/4 Aaron Scroggins
4. (9) 25m Rex Merritt
5. (7) 85 Mike Hailmann
6. (13) 112 Justin (Joplin) Comer
7. (8) 50B Andy Beauchamp
8. (19) 55B Bill Schahuber
9. (3) 22 Greg Woodcock
10. (11) 71III Jim Body III
11. (14) D7 Shawn Duncan
12. (4) 8 Dillion McCowan
13. (12) 17H Robert High
14. (15) 17 Phillip Caddy
15. (16) 17R Rod Inman
16. (18) 32 Kelly Hicks
17. (21) 3A Aaron Speck
18. (20) 1/4x Ron Scroggins
19. (23) 32M Michael Foster
20. (24) Jace Parmley
21. (22) 64 Andrew Hendren
22. (17) 11 Levi Phillips
23. (10) C88 Cory Johnson
24. (2) 26P Bobby Pearish
DNS - 99x James Scroggins