Jonathan Burton won the Medieval USRA Stock Car main event.

The opening night of the Vado Speedway Park’s Labor Day doubleheader kicked off under stormy conditions Saturday, but the event went on as planned.

After a first-corner spin by polesitter Adrian Barraza, Rick Garcia and Daniel Sanchez shared the front row for the Medieval USRA Stock Car feature and the duo battled early out front for the top spot while Cameron Martin put heavy pressure on the leaders.

Meanwhile, eighth-starting Jonathan Burton and 14th-starting Bryan Bennett were working their way through traffic. Burton got to the lead first and took off out front while Bennett and Martin battled for second.

Burton went on to win with Bennett edging Martin for second. Josh Reynolds rallied from the tail to finish fourth and 15th-starting Dustin White came home fifth.

The final event of the night was the USFRA B-Mod main event and it proved to be very entertaining. Israel Ortega took the lead at the start from the pole and raced away out front on the bottom while Lucas Ward, John Carney and Hector Barraza were putting on a great show for second.

The trio ran three-wide on multiple occasions for the runner-up spot as Aasa Flores, Dustin Smith, Rob Moseley and Mingo Jauregui were in a great battle just behind.

As the race wound down, Flores took over the top spot and began to look to the checkered flag while Smith and Moseley were in a great battle for second. Flores crossed the finish line first but was disqualified later in tech, lifting Smith to the victory.

Moseley finished second. Jauregui was third, Ortega wound up fourth and John Carney rounded out the top five.

The Vado Speedway Park will be back in action Sunday. The pits open at 4 p.m. with the grandstands opening at 5 and racing starting at 7:30.

For fans not able to attend in person, all events held during the 2021 season at the Vado Speedway Park will be live online at watchfye.tv.

For upcoming schedule information and tickets, visit vadospeedwaypark.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Vado Speedway Park, Vado, N.M.
Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021

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

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
2. (4) M7 Cameron Martin, Los Lunas, N.M.
3. (6) 171 Jed Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (3) 5 Rick Garcia, El Paso, Texas
5. (5) 96X Herman Garcia, Espanola, N.M.
6. (1) 93 Adrian Barraza, El Paso, Texas
7. (8) 33Z Michael Zimmerman, Elephant Butte, N.M.
8. (7) 2W Dustin White, Lamesa, Texas

Heat #2:
1. (3) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (2) 3 Josh Reynolds, Alamogordo, N.M.
3. (8) 71 Gary Kerr Jr., Odessa, Texas
4. (4) 4 Garrett Stearns, El Paso, Texas
5. (6) 24 Shane McNutt, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (5) 51 Zach McCoy, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (7) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.
8. (1) 37 Fred Gibson, Anthony, N.M.

Feature:
1. (8) 00 Jonathan Burton, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (14) 10 Bryan Bennett, Tularosa, N.M.
3. (4) M7 Cameron Martin, Los Lunas, N.M.
4. (7) 3 Josh Reynolds, Alamogordo, N.M.
5. (15) 2W Dustin White, Lamesa, Texas
6. (12) 71 Gary Kerr Jr., Odessa, Texas
7. (9) 4 Garrett Stearns, El Paso, Texas
8. (11) 24 Shane McNutt, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (3) 5 Rick Garcia, El Paso, Texas
10. (16) 37 Fred Gibson, Anthony, N.M.
11. (13) 33Z Michael Zimmerman, Elephant Butte, N.M.
12. (10) 51 Zach McCoy, Las Cruces, N.M.
13. (2) 11SR Daniel Sanchez, La Mesa, N.M.
14. (1) 93 Adrian Barraza, El Paso, Texas
15. (6) 171 Jed Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
16. (5) 96X Herman Garcia, Espanola, N.M.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (7) 13 Manny Nunez, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (5) 357 Steven McGuire, Deming, N.M.
4. (3) C7 Jose De La Fuente, El Paso, Texas
5. (8) 15 Cameron Sogge, Tularosa, N.M.
6. (6) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
7. (1) 14J Justin Garrett, Deming, N.M.
8. (4) 22 Jacob Dart, Deming, N.M.

Heat #2:
1. (6) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (1) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
3. (2) 7C John Carney, El Paso, Texas
4. (4) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
5. (5) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (3) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
DNS – (7) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
2. (2) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (5) 47 Mingo Jauregui, El Paso, Texas
4. (4) M17 Rob Moseley, Los Lunas, N.M.
5. (7) 52TX Paddy Rush, Horizon City, Texas
6. (6) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (3) 77 Justin Thornton, Chandler, Ariz.

Feature:
1. (7) 65 Dustin Smith, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (8) M17 Rob Moseley, Los Lunas, N.M.
3. (9) 47 Mingo Jauregui, El Paso, Texas
4. (1) 23B Israel Ortega, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (4) 7C John Carney, El Paso, Texas
6. (17) 07 Donavon Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (5) 23H Hector Barraza, El Paso, Texas
8. (18) 93 Greg Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (3) 11 Lucas Ward, El Paso, Texas
10. (13) 82X Christy Barnett, El Paso, Texas
11. (15) 52TX Paddy Rush, Horizon City, Texas
12. (12) 15 Cameron Sogge, Tularosa, N.M.
13. (10) 13 Manny Nunez, Las Cruces, N.M.
14. (16) 96 Victor Barraza, El Paso, Texas
15. (2) C7 Jose De La Fuente, El Paso, Texas
16. (11) 357 Steven McGuire, Deming, N.M.
17. (21) 22 Jacob Dart, Deming, N.M.
18. (19) 14J Justin Garrett, Deming, N.M.
19. (14) 82 Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas
20. (20) 77 Justin Thornton, Chandler, Ariz.
21. (22) 3 Dickie Gorham, Las Cruces, N.M.
DQ – (6) 05 Aasa Flores, Las Cruces, N.M.