Alberts, Kath earn Labor Day Weekend laurels in Lansing

Joel Alberts won the USRA Modified feature.

Joel Alberts won the USRA Modified feature.


September specials bring some of the most exciting races every year. Drivers see the end of the season just ahead and come out for a few last shows and the chance to get to victory lane one more time before the car goes up on stands for the winter. Fans put on there sweaters and hats to see a few more thrilling shows before the season fades away.

Chateau Speedway has a long tradition of racing into September and that tradition continued Sunday with the Labor Day Dash sponsored by Express Power Washers of Blooming Prairie and Misgen Auto of Ellendale. The pace was fast all night long as the field ran through their heats in under an hour and zipped through there features in less than an hour and a half sending everybody home in record time.

USRA Modified driver Jason Cummins of New Richland who ripped off a lap of 15.309 seconds (78.384 mph) in his heat race win. His time eclipsed the old mark of 15.587 seconds set by Brandon Davis of Hayfield back in 2013.

For the third show in a row, the USRA Modifieds flew though a caution-free main event. Joel Alberts of Mantorville started on the front row and, after picking up his first career feature win two Fridays ago, added a second on Sunday.

While he was running away from the field there was plenty of action behind him. Joe Horgdal of Kasson drove a solid race coming from row 3 to finish second while Cummins drove to a third-place finish after starting outside of row 5. Devin Havlik of Iowa Falls, Iowa, and Kevin Stoa of Kasson rounded out the top 5.

Dwaine Hansen of Lakefield took a heat win on the night along with Cummins.

Out-Pace USRA B-Mods saw the caution flag come out two times in the race's first nine laps, and then kept it green the rest of the way.

A front row starting spot was friendly to Kadden Kath of Owatonna as he scored his sixth feature win of the year. Jayden Larson of Mankato and A.J. Hoff of Mantorville put on a show coming out of the middle of the field to battle for second down the stretch. Larson ended up with the spot. Michael Wytaske of Hartland held off Jamie Anderson of Mason City, Iowa, for fourth.

Heat wins went to Hoff and Scott Demmer of Ellendale.


Kadden Kath won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Chateau Speedway, Lansing, Minn.
Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
2. (4) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
3. (2) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
4. (7) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
5. (3) 0 Jamie Anderson, Mason City, Iowa
6. (6) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa
7. (5) 14 Steven O'Brien, Red Wing, Minn.
8. (8) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
DNS – 12L Bracken Smith, Cannon Falls, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 30 Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
2. (6) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
3. (8) 83X Kadden Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
4. (3) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
5. (7) 33S Dustin Steinbrink, Austin, Minn.
6. (5) 83K Kobie Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
7. (1) 97 Damien Van Denberg, Renner, S.D.
8. (2) 52 Hunter Nelson, Peterson, Minn.

Feature:
1. (1) 83X Kadden Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
2. (7) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
3. (9) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn.
4. (10) 38 Michael Wytaske, Hartland, Minn.
5. (3) 0 Jamie Anderson, Mason City, Iowa
6. (5) 30 Scott Demmer, Ellendale, Minn.
7. (4) 33S Dustin Steinbrink, Austin, Minn.
8. (8) 72 Alex Schubbe, North Mankato, Minn.
9. (6) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
10. (12) 83K Kobie Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
11. (13) 97 Damien Van Denberg, Renner, S.D.
12. (14) 52 Hunter Nelson, Peterson, Minn.
13. (2) 81K Caleb Korpi, Claremont, Minn.
14. (16) 54 Jett Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
15. (11) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa
16. (15) 14 Steven O'Brien, Red Wing, Minn.
17. (17) 12L Bracken Smith, Cannon Falls, Minn.

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
2. (1) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
3. (3) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
4. (7) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
5. (6) 5D Devon Havlik, Iowa Falls, Iowa
6. (5) 00 Mark Gartner, Mapleton, Minn.
7. (4) 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
2. (1) 98 Kevin Stoa, Albert Hea, Minn.
3. (6) 111JR Keith Tourville, Janesville, Minn.
4. (3) 96 Joe Horgdal, Kasson, Minn.
5. (4) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
6. (5) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
DNS – 44 Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.

Feature:
1. (1) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
2. (6) 96 Joe Horgdal, Kasson, Minn.
3. (10) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
4. (3) 5D Devon Havlik, Iowa Falls, Iowa
5. (4) 98 Kevin Stoa, Albert Hea, Minn.
6. (7) 111JR Keith Tourville, Janesville, Minn.
7. (9) 51W J.T. Wasmund, Pine Island, Minn.
8. (5) 23 Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.
9. (14) 44 Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
10. (8) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
11. (12) 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.
12. (13) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
13. (2) 1A Dwaine Hanson, Lakefield, Minn.
14. (11) 00 Mark Gartner, Mapleton, Minn.