Mari charged into contention for the win late after Dillon McCowan, who had pressured the leader most of the way, fell out of contention.

"I knew the slider was coming on the last lap so I just loaded up on entry," Davis said.

Davis, who started second, led all 20 laps but fourth-starting McCowan moved into the runner-up position by lap two.

McCowan used the outside line to pull alongside Davis to challenge for the lead on lap 10 but couldn't quite complete the pass. As those two weaved through lapped traffic and broke away from the field, McCowan continued to give chase until a lap-16 caution.

Over the next lap after the restart, McCowan pulled off with mechanical issues. Davis then had to hold off Lance Mari's charge over the final lap and did so by a half-car-length after Mari's slider in turn four coming to the checkers.

Matt Johnson wound up third with T.J. Tolan coming from 13th to fourth and Darron Fuqua fifth.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

United States Racing Association

Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series

Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.

Saturday, April 17, 2021

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat 1 - 1. 65-Tyler Davis[6]; 2. 155-Terry Kirk[2]; 3. 89-Tyler Hibner[3]; 4. 21TW-Tracy Wolf[1]; 5. 98D-Paden Phillips[9]; 6. 9-Evan Hubert[7]; 7. 07-Daniel Harris[4]; 8. 33-Ryan Stiens[8]; 9. 194-Scott Phillips[5]; 10. (DNS) 23-Lucas Dobbs

Heat 2 - 1. 38C-Jason Pursley[3]; 2. 99-Nathan Hagar[1]; 3. 03-Chase Jones[4]; 4. 1X-Matt Johnson[9]; 5. 11-Darren Shaw[8]; 6. 6-Jason Payton[5]; 7. 24D-Donnie Fellers[7]; 8. 92-Tyler Grooms[2]; 9. 50-Leroy Morrison[6]

Heat 3 - 1. 8-Dillon McCowan[2]; 2. 292-Kyle Thompson[4]; 3. 99T-TJ Tolan[3]; 4. 227-Chase Domer[1]; 5. 21R-Rusty Skaggs[6]; 6. 21-Ryan Middaugh[7]; 7. 49-Cole Wells[9]; 8. 74-Rodney Schweizer[8]; 9. 93D-Josh Dugan[5]

Heat 4 - 1. 19SB-Lance Mari[7]; 2. 5-Robbie Reed[2]; 3. 87-Darron Fuqua[6]; 4. 73-Jay Arnold[1]; 5. 5D-Josh Dunn[9]; 6. 379-Cole Stanberry[5]; 7. (DNF) 75L-Lane Whitney[4]; 8. (DNF) 88-Jimmy Dowell[3]; 9. (DNS) 98-Robert Heydenreich

B Feature - 1. 73-Jay Arnold[3]; 2. 227-Chase Domer[2]; 3. 6-Jason Payton[7]; 4. 21-Ryan Middaugh[6]; 5. 21TW-Tracy Wolf[1]; 6. 9-Evan Hubert[5]; 7. 92-Tyler Grooms[12]; 8. 74-Rodney Schweizer[14]; 9. 50-Leroy Morrison[17]; 10. 93D-Josh Dugan[16]; 11. 194-Scott Phillips[15]; 12. 379-Cole Stanberry[8]; 13. (DNF) 21R-Rusty Skaggs[4]; 14. (DNF) 88-Jimmy Dowell[19]; 15. (DNF) 24D-Donnie Fellers[11]; 16. (DNF) 75L-Lane Whitney[18]; 17. (DNF) 49-Cole Wells[9]; 18. (DNF) 33-Ryan Stiens[13]; 19. (DNS) 23-Lucas Dobbs; 20. (DNS) 07-Daniel Harris; 21. (DNS) 98-Robert Heydenreich

A Feature - 1. 65-Tyler Davis[2]; 2. 19SB-Lance Mari[1]; 3. 1X-Matt Johnson[7]; 4. 99T-TJ Tolan[13]; 5. 87-Darron Fuqua[6]; 6. 38C-Jason Pursley[3]; 7. 89-Tyler Hibner[12]; 8. 5-Robbie Reed[10]; 9. 227-Chase Domer[18]; 10. 21-Ryan Middaugh[20]; 11. 98D-Paden Phillips[14]; 12. 99-Nathan Hagar[8]; 13. 03-Chase Jones[11]; 14. 155-Terry Kirk[9]; 15. 92-Tyler Grooms[23]; 16. 6-Jason Payton[19]; 17. 73-Jay Arnold[17]; 18. (DNF) 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 19. (DNF) 9-Evan Hubert[22]; 20. (DNF) 292-Kyle Thompson[5]; 21. (DNF) 74-Rodney Schweizer[24]; 22. (DNF) 21TW-Tracy Wolf[21]; 23. (DNF) 5D-Josh Dunn[15]; 24. (DNS) 11-Darren Shaw