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USMTS Grant Junghans Memorials Aug. 8-9

The Outlaw Modifieds of the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt.com returns to Lakeside Speedway for the 7th and 8th Annual Grant Junghans Memorial races to celebrate the life of one of the most popular dirt modified racers of all time.

Thursday’s seventh annual event will see double features paying $2,222 to win each before returning for Friday night's eighth annual event for $12,002 to win and no less than $1,002 to start the main event for licensed drivers.

USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will round out the three-division program each night and competing for valuable Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series points.

Entry fees and spectator ticket sales will benefit the Grant Junghans Memorial Fund which supports research and funding for childhood cancer.

The racing world lost one of its finest ambassadors in March 2016, and the Grant Junghans Memorial race is an opportunity for his family, friends, fans and fellow competitors to remember the good times and racing memories shared in his 27 years with us.

Junghans was first diagnosed with cancer in February of 2010. Despite on-again off-again chemotherapy treatments and numerous surgeries, he never lost his sense of humor, fighting spirit or natural-born tendency to be decent to others.

He was also the 2009 USMTS Rookie of the Year and that award has since been renamed in his honor.

Lucas Schott topped the inaugural event in 2016. Rodney Sanders, Jake O'Neil, Jacob Bleess and Ricky Thornton Jr. won the next four and Tanner Mullens is the defending champion of the Grant Junghans Memorial.

Last year’s race at the Lakeside Speedway was rained out, hence the doubleheader this year on August 8-9.

The Lakeside Speedway is a high-banked 4/10-mile dirt oval located 1 west of I-435 (exit 18) on SR 5 (northwest of Kansas City) to 5615 Wolcott Dr, Kansas City, KS 66109.

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