Wolff and Sanders Win Deuces Wild Finale as Willis and Crigler Claim 2026 Titles
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FORT WORTH, Texas, (Nov. 8, 2026) — Tyler Wolff passed Bo Day in the closing laps to win Saturday’s USRA American Racer Modified Series finale, while Rodney Sanders pulled away to win the POWRi Heartland Late Model Tour feature at Texas Motor Speedway. Rookie Talan Willis closed out his ARMS championship season with a top-10 finish, and Scott Crigler clinched the Late Model title by 26 points over his son Sawyer.
USRA American Racer Modified Series presented by Day Motor Sports
Bo Day took the lead from the outside pole and spent most of the 25-lap Pannell Chipping A-Main fending off Wyatt Gaggero and Tyler Wolff. A caution with four laps to go gave Wolff another shot at Day. After the restart, Wolff worked his way underneath Day’s CDR machine off Turn 2 and took the lead coming to three laps to go. He led the final three circuits to take the win after finishing second in the Late Model feature earlier in the night.
Day finished second, with Friday night winner Stormy Scott coming from seventh to complete the podium. Gaggero finished fourth and Tyler Stevens rounded out the top five.
Willis, who clinched the championship with a third-place finish Friday, finished ninth in the finale. The Elizabeth, Louisiana, rookie ended his first season in a Modified with 1,136 points, 88 ahead of Scott. Kale Westover finished third in the final standings with 899 points.
“I wouldn’t say I was playing it safe. I just wasn’t very good there in the A-Feature tonight,” Willis said. “So we’ll go back and look at that and get it figured out. We weren’t even really going to points race this year. This is my first year in a Mod and I’ve never points raced before, but I told my dad I think if we just go and try to win every race and do the best we can, we’ll let things fall where they may and it all worked out.”
Chad Melton won the Real Racing Wheels B-Main. Wolff won the Rick Beebe Heating & Air Conditioning Heat 1, Westover took the Smith Equipment Company Heat 2, Gaggero won the Kevko Racing Heat 3 and Day claimed the Swift Springs Heat 4. In Thursday’s Deatherage Opticians Qualifying for the finale, Chris Henigan topped Group A and set the overall quick time at 17.813 seconds. Gaggero led Group B at 17.873.
Modified Media Results · 34 Entries
Pannell Chipping A-Main
1. Tyler Wolff 2. Bo Day 3. Stormy Scott 4. Wyatt Gaggero 5. Tyler Stevens 6. Kale Westover 7. Chris Henigan 8. Jason Hughes 9. Talan Willis 10. Matthew Day 11. Rusty Trevathan Jr. 12. James McCreery 13. Triston Dycus 14. Shane Hartline 15. David Tanner 16. Chad Melton 17. Dillon Pike 18. Peyton Gallardo 19. Rodney Sanders 20. Dean Abbey 21. Jake Upchurch 22. Jason Langford 23. Mason Day 24. AJ Sharpensteen
Real Racing Wheels B-Main
1. Chad Melton 2. Dean Abbey 3. Peyton Gallardo 4. AJ Sharpensteen 5. Ryan Murphy 6. Bobby Malchus 7. Kevin Rowland 8. Casey Fowler 9. Clayton Thompson 10. Harold Winton Jr. 11. Shawn Johnson 12. Bradley Bracey 13. Theron Pierce 14. Davis Lemaster
Rick Beebe Heating & Air Conditioning Heat 1
1. Tyler Wolff 2. Chris Henigan 3. Matthew Day 4. Jason Hughes 5. Triston Dycus 6. AJ Sharpensteen 7. Ryan Murphy 8. Shawn Johnson 9. Theron Pierce
Smith Equipment Company Heat 2
1. Kale Westover 2. Stormy Scott 3. Rodney Sanders 4. Jason Langford 5. Dillon Pike 6. Chad Melton 7. Dean Abbey 8. Davis Lemaster
Kevko Racing Heat 3
1. Wyatt Gaggero 2. Talan Willis 3. Mason Day 4. Rusty Trevathan Jr. 5. Shane Hartline 6. Clayton Thompson 7. Kevin Rowland 8. Bobby Malchus 9. Bradley Bracey
Swift Springs Heat 4
1. Bo Day 2. Tyler Stevens 3. James McCreery 4. David Tanner 5. Jake Upchurch 6. Peyton Gallardo 7. Casey Fowler 8. Harold Winton Jr.
Deatherage Opticians Qualifying Group A
1. Chris Henigan 2. Kale Westover 3. Tyler Wolff 4. Rodney Sanders 5. Ryan Murphy 6. Stormy Scott 7. Matthew Day 8. Dean Abbey 9. Jason Hughes 10. Chad Melton 11. Triston Dycus 12. Jason Langford 13. AJ Sharpensteen 14. Dillon Pike 15. Shawn Johnson 16. Davis Lemaster
Deatherage Opticians Qualifying Group B
1. Wyatt Gaggero 2. Tyler Stevens 3. Talan Willis 4. Bo Day 5. Rusty Trevathan Jr. 6. David Tanner 7. Mason Day 8. James McCreery 9. Shane Hartline 10. Jake Upchurch 11. Clayton Thompson 12. Casey Fowler 13. Kevin Rowland 14. Peyton Gallardo 15. Bradley Bracey 16. Harold Winton Jr. 17. Bobby Malchus
POWRi Heartland Late Model Tour presented by Mel Hambelton Racing
Rodney Sanders and Friday night winner Eli Ross battled early in the 25-lap Pannell Chipping A-Main. Ross caught the thin cushion in Turns 3 and 4 and got into the outside fence, leaving his car too damaged to continue. Sanders took command when the field returned to green and went unchallenged the rest of the way. Wolff came from fifth to finish second, and rookie Kayden Clatt took third.
Sawyer Crigler entered the finale 29 points behind his father and put as many as three cars between them early in the race. Scott worked his way forward and closed the gap, finishing fifth directly behind Sawyer in fourth. That secured the championship for Scott with 1,012 points to Sawyer’s 986. Clatt finished third in the final standings with 876 points.
“It’s been a nerve-racking week,” Scott Crigler said. “It’s hard to come here and just not let it all hang out as much as I can. But I knew a flat tire or anything wouldn’t be good. My boy [Sawyer], he was good all night long, and that’s the first time in a while that he beat me, but it was a good night.”
Clatt topped Thursday’s Deatherage Opticians Qualifying for the finale with a lap of 15.909 seconds. Sanders won the Rick Beebe Heating and Air Conditioning Heat 1, and Ross won the Smith Equipment Company Heat 2.
Late Model Media Results · 18 Entries
Pannell Chipping A-Main
1. Rodney Sanders 2. Tyler Wolff 3. Kayden Clatt 4. Sawyer Crigler 5. Scott Crigler 6. Chase Raymond 7. Patrik Daniel 8. Brandon Morton 9. Jason Sivils 10. Josh McGaha 11. Nate Jantz 12. Dakota Dillin 13. Joey Smith 14. Arin Lawrence 15. Nathan Hagar 16. Eli Ross 17. John Rowland 18. Jake Nightingale
Rick Beebe Heating and Air Conditioning Heat 1
1. Rodney Sanders 2. Kayden Clatt 3. Tyler Wolff 4. Sawyer Crigler 5. Nate Jantz 6. Joey Smith 7. Dakota Dillin 8. Josh McGaha 9. Arin Lawrence
Smith Equipment Company Heat 2
1. Eli Ross 2. Scott Crigler 3. Patrik Daniel 4. Brandon Morton 5. Chase Raymond 6. Jason Sivils 7. Nathan Hagar 8. John Rowland 9. Jake Nightingale
Deatherage Opticians Qualifying
1. Kayden Clatt 2. Scott Crigler 3. Rodney Sanders 4. Jake Nightingale 5. Tyler Wolff 6. Eli Ross 7. Nate Jantz 8. Brandon Morton 9. Sawyer Crigler 10. Patrik Daniel 11. Joey Smith 12. John Rowland 13. Dakota Dillin 14. Chase Raymond 15. Arin Lawrence 16. Jason Sivils
For updates schedules, championship standings, event details, and breaking series news, visit AmericanRacerModifiedSeries.com or HeartlandLateModeltour.com. Fans unable to attend in person can catch every remaining race of the 2026 season live and on demand exclusively on RacinDirt.tv
The USRA American Racer Modified Series presented by Day Motorsports and POWRi Heartland Late Model tour presented by Mel Hambelton Racing would like to recognize and thank our 2026 season long partners. Please thank them, with your patronage for their support.
Gold Partners - Central Spray Foam & Cement Lifting, Day Motor Sports, Deatherage Opticians, Dirt Track Specialist, Dylan Scott Entertainment, Hochatown Saloon, Kevko Racing, Midwest Sheet Metal, Mel Hambelton Ford Racing, Pannell Chipping, RacinDirt.com, Real Racing Wheels, Rick Beebe Heating and Air Conditioning, Smith Equipment Company, Swift Springs, VP Racing Fuels Heartland, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products
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2026 Point Funds (ARMS, HMT, NLMS)
- 1. $7,500
- 2. $4,500
- 3. $3,500
- 4. $3,000
- 5. $2,500
- 6. $2,400
- 7. $2,300
- 8. $2,200
- 9. $2,100
- 10. $2,000
*80 Percent attendance required to remain point fund eligible
2026 HLMT Point Fund
- 1. $10,000
- 2. $6,000
- 3. $5,000
- 4. $4,000
- 5. $3,000
- 6. $2,800
- 7. $2,600
- 8. $2,400
- 9. $2,200
- 10. $2,000
*80 Percent attendance required to remain point fund eligible