I-35 Speedway 8-1-26
WINSTON, Mo. (August 1, 2026)—O’Reily’s Auto Parts night at the races brought out a great crowd of race fans to I-35 Speedway this past Saturday night. 104 total cars hit the track for some action-packed dirt track racing. From the start of the heat races to the end of the features, you didn’t want to miss tonight’s racing action. Tonight during Intermission we also held a “pass the helmet” to collect funds for one of our former racers Ryan Thurman, after Ryan and his wife Angie lost their home and all of their belongings in a house fire last week.
For on track action, the E-Mods rolled out first for feature action. Tony Layne was able to snap his winless streak and pick up the feature win, his first feature win since May 2nd at I-35 Speedway. James Silkwood kept the pressure on before ultimately coming home 2nd,Cameron Sample found some late race speed to finish in 3rd, Brayden Royce in 4th and Brett Wideman in 5th.
Late Model feature action had Houston Johnson collect his 5th feature win in the 2026 season. Adam Dunwoodie ran strong and finished in 2nd, Vic Lovejoy in 3rd, Jon Binning 4th and Alyssa Fiala in 5th.
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USRA Tuners were next up for feature action, where Samuel Moore continued his impressive 2026 season, collecting his 6th feature victory. Brad Mick finished in 2nd, JR Curtis in 3rd, Brett Holman 4th and Hunter Throckmorton in 5th.
It was all Lefholz in the Open Vintage. Ron Lefholz and Mike Lefholz started on the front row and would finish 1-2, with Ron getting the feature win. Bill Hager finished in 3rd,Steve Tanner 4th and David Clark 5th.
Gavin Grier had the car to beat in the USRA Hobby Stocks. Grier won his heat race, started on the pole, and led every lap en route to his first feature win at I-35 this season. Trevor Hittle was able to challenge Grier in the closing laps before coming home 2nd. Landon Brown finished in 3rd, Ben Berwanger in 4th and Tyler Brown collected another solid top-5 finish.
USRA B-Mods put on a great race, with Colin Pierce snagging the feature win. Adam Dunwoodie would finish in 2nd, Jake Richards in 3rd, Colby Burge 4th and Jimmy Downs in 5th.
In USRA Stock Cars, Chris Dishong and Austin Kaplan would exchange the lead back and forth, before Dishong was able to find speed late and take home the feature win, his 7th win on the season. Kaplan came home in 2nd, Jake Hoover 3rd, Jeffery Sears 4th and Tyler Cadwallader in 5th.
USRA Modifieds rolled out next, where Houston Johnson took home tonight’s feature win. Tyler Grooms 2nd, Brad Johnson 3rd, Terry Vantrump 4th and Steven Glenn in 5th.
Makayla Myers collected her 8th feature win in the Beginner Tuners feature race.
Thank you to all the amazing drivers, fans and crew members that came out to I-35 Speedway and made it the place to be on Saturday night. Thank you to all of our track officials, safety crew and anyone else that had a helping hand in tonight’s racing action. We’ll be back next Saturday night for another action packed night of racing at I-35 Speedway!