8.19.10 USMTS Modifieds Results
BRITT, Iowa – The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers rolled into the Hancock County Speedway Thursday night and produced a seventh winner in seven races with yet another shake up in the points battle.
Polesitter Bob Timm grabbed the lead at the start of the 35-lap WIX Filters “A” Main, but his time at the top lasted just one lap around the fast 3/8-mile oval as Tommy Myer powered underneath and into the lead at the completion of lap 1.
Mark Elliott quickly followed into second and put the heat on Myer, but three cautions over the final 34 laps was not enough to help his cause.
Rodney Sanders snuck by Elliott after a restart on lap 30, but he too had nothing for Myer. With the white flag waving, Jason Hughes powered around Sanders on the outside of turn 2 and came home in the runner-up spot after starting tenth.
Sanders was third and Elliott finished fourth ahead of Jason Krohn, Kelly Shryock, Jon Tesch, Mark Dotson, Tommy Weder Jr. and Timm.
The win was worth $3,000 to the ‘Bixby Bullet’ as he racked up his fifth win of the season and 41st of his career with the United States Modified Touring Series.
Points leader Ryan Gustin struggled from the drop of the green flag in his heat race until the checkered flag in the main event. What appeared to be a miscue that dropped him to the back of the field in his heat race turned out to be a piece of mud that pierced his face shield and actually dazed the 19-year-old.
After qualifying through the Real Racing Wheels “B” Main, he started 22nd in the main event and climbed as high as seventh at one point, but wound up eleventh on the final score sheets.
While the night produced a seventh different winner in seven aces during the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers, from it also emerged the third different points leader of the title bout.
Hughes is now in command in his quest for a first USMTS National Championship and now leads Gustin by seven points (591 to 584). Zack VanderBeek continues to lurk in third with 560 markers, followed by Shryock (545), Myer (538), Tesch (507), Dereck Ramirez (496), Sanders (492), Tim Donlinger (488) and Krohn (480).
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 – MISSISSIPPI THUNDER SPEEDWAY (FOUNTAIN CITY, WI)
On Friday, action moves to the Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City, Wis., for Round 7 of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers.
Todd Scharkey captured the inaugural event in 2007 at the former Tri-Oval Speedway and Kelly Shryock picked up the win when the series returned the following month. Mother Nature won the first scheduled stop during the 2008 season and Al Hejna won later that year in the final event staged on the tri-oval configuration.
In 2009, veteran Modified racer Bob Timm took over the reigns of the racetrack. Timm’s new role as promoter brought a new configuration, new clay surface and a new name. The facility was renamed Mississippi Thunder Speedway and gone was the sweeping tri-oval shape in favor of a high-banked 1/3-mile oval.
On May 25, 2009, Ryan Gustin won in dominating fashion and then followed Tim Donlinger across the finish line on Aug. 21 during ‘The Hunt.’
Tommy Myer picked up his third USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour victory of the season when the series last visited Fountain City a little more than a month ago.
Pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m., grandstand gates open at 5:30, hot laps are slated to begin at 6:40 and the first heat race will take to the track at 7 p.m. Also on the racing card will be USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mods racing for track and national points in the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series, plus WISSOTA Street Stocks and Mini Mods.
The Mississippi Thunder Speedway is located 3.0 miles north of Fountain City on SR 35. For more information, call 608-687-3282 or visit www.mississippithunder.com on the World Wide Web.
Colt Mather and his #8 Snickers-sponsored Modified will be at the Casey’s General Store located at 1600 Eastwood Rd. SE in Rochester, Minn., from 12-2 p.m. Race fans can get their $2-off coupons at Casey’s General Stores locations in Rochester and Zumbrota in Minnesota or in Wisconsin at the Sparta or Tomah locations. For more information, or to find the Casey’s location nearest you, check out www.caseys.com online.
SATURDAY, AUG. 21 – ADAMS COUNTY SPEEDWAY (CORNING, IA)
Saturday night will find the mud-slinging USMTS Modifieds at the Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa, after a one-year hiatus.
With three of his series-best 156 career wins coming in Corning, Kelly Shryock is the only multi-time winner at the sweeping half-miler. Other winners include Jon Tesch, Jason Hughes, Tony Fraise, Al Hejna, Zack VanderBeek and Ryan Ruter.
Grandstand gates are set to swing open at 5 p.m., with hot laps at 6:30 and the first heat race scheduled to get the green flag at 7 p.m. Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks and Sport Mods will also be on the racing card Saturday night.
Race fans can pick up $2-off coupons at Casey’s General Stores locations in Corning, Lenox and Villisca. Tim Donlinger and his #3D Cheetos-sponsored Modified will be making an appearance at the Casey’s General Store located at 600 Quincy in Corning from 12-2 p.m.
The Adams County Speedway is a slightly-banked half-mile dirt oval located 1.0 mile north of US 34 on SR 148, then east on 12th (at the Adams County Fairgrounds). For more information, call the track office at 641-322-4184 or check out www.acspeedway.com online.
FILM CREWS CAPTURING THE ACTION FOR DIRT KNIGHTS
Film crews for the Dirt Knights television show will be on hand capturing the action this week and at every race during the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers.
Dirt Knights will be an on-going dramatic series of one-hour programs that will air during the highly coveted Sunday evening time slot for 13 weeks. The much-anticipated show is set to debut in January of 2011 on VERSUS cable sports network, reaching more than 75 million households.
USMTS drivers Corey Dripps, Ryan Gustin, Al Hejna, Mike Spaulding and Jon Tesch are the featured drivers of the Dirt Knights program. While life has taken them in unique directions, all of them have one thing in common: a hunger for the checkered flag. Night after night from town to town, the Dirt Knights seek out a life of danger and on-the-edge-thrills.
The life of an American dirt track racer is not one that many could endure, but for the Dirt Knights it’s the only life worth living, and through the Dirt Knights TV series on VERSUS, we all get to go along for the wild ride.
Visit www.dirtknights.com on the World Wide Web for more information or to view the trailer. Also look for Dirt Knights on Facebook and Twitter.
To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also follow the USMTS on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers
7th Annual Ruter Farms Iowa Summer Challenge
Hancock County Speedway, Britt, Iowa
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money won. The top 16 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the WIX Filters “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.
ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 49 Bob Timm, Rollingstone, Minn.
2. (2) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
3. (3) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
4. (5) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
5. (6) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
6. (7) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
7. (4) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
2. (1) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
3. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
4. (5) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
5. (6) B1 Jeff Larson (R), Freeport, Ill.
6. (7) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
7. (3) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
SCHOENFELD HEADERS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (1) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.
3. (4) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn.
4. (6) 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo.
5. (3) 16 Austin Siebert (R), Grandview, Mo.
6. (5) 17s Mike Spaulding, Bemidji, Minn.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla.
2. (1) 12 Mark Elliott (R), Webster City, Iowa.
3. (4) 12 Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla.
4. (3) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
5. (6) 73 Troy Swearingen, Forest City, Iowa.
6. (5) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN (12 laps, top 8 advance):
1. (1) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
2. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
3. (4) 16 Austin Siebert (R), Grandview, Mo.
4. (2) B1 Jeff Larson (R), Freeport, Ill.
5. (3) 73 Troy Swearingen, Forest City, Iowa.
6. (6) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
7. (10) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
8. (9) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
9. (7) 17s Mike Spaulding, Bemidji, Minn., $90.
10. (8) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., $90.
WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (35 laps):
1. (2) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/Sput’s, 35, $3000.
2. (10) 12 Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 35, $1500.
3. (8) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/ASI, 35, $1000.
4. (7) 12 Mark Elliott (R), Webster City, Iowa, Harris/Sput’s, 35, $900.
5. (11) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $800.
6. (15) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 35, $700.
7. (14) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D., Ramirez/Sput’s, 35, $650.
8. (12) 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo., GRT/KSE, 35, $600.
9. (3) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla., Hughes/Clements, 35, $650.
10. (1) 49 Bob Timm, Rollingstone, Minn., Fegers/Sput’s, 35, $500.
11. (17) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $450.
12. (22) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 35, $425.
13. (21) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $400.
14. (6) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Ramirez/ProPower, 35, $400.
15. (13) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa, Harris/JR, 35, $350.
16. (20) 73 Troy Swearingen, Forest City, Iowa, Skyrocket/Swearingen, 35, $250.
17. (16) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/Mullins, 35, $300.
18. (23) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., Hillson/CRE, 35, $300.
19. (19) B1 Jeff Larson (R), Freeport, Ill., Shaw/Mullins, 35, $300.
20. (18) 16 Austin Siebert (R), Grandview, Mo., GRT/Mullins, 30, $300.
21. (5) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ASI, 16, mechanical, $400.
22. (9) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn., Ramirez/Sput’s, 13, suspension, $400.
23. (4) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 10, crash, $300.
24. (24) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa, Sidebiter/KSE, 2, engine, $300.
(R) = DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year contender.
WIX Filters Lap Leaders: Timm 1, Myer 2-35.
Total Laps Led: Myer 34, Timm 1.
Margin of Victory: 1.207 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Myer.
PBM Performance Products Hard Charger: Gustin (started 22nd, finished 12th).
Ruter Farms Long Tow: Weder (730.14 miles).
Next Race: Friday, Aug. 20, Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, Wis.
Championship Points: Hughes 591, Gustin 584, VanderBeek 560, Shryock 545, Myer 538, Tesch 507, Ramirez 496, Sanders 492, Donlinger 488, Krohn 480.
DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year Points: Scott 1632, Nick Deal 772, Elliott 664, Curt Myers 619, Lucas Conley 552.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 350, Sput’s 348, ASI 182, ProPower 169, JR 135.
Chassis Builders Championship Points: Hughes 349, Skyrocket 340, GRT 280, Ramirez 244, Harris 153.
Contingency Awards:
Ai-Racing – Weder.
American Racer – Mather.
ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems – Krohn.
Dart Machinery – Gustin.
Eibach Springs – Weder.
Forty9Designs.com – Elliott, Weder.
Hooker Harness – Mather.
Isky Racing Cams – Timm.
KSE Racing Products – Sanders.
Marsh Racing Wheels – Ruter.
Out-Pace Racing Products – VanderBeek.
PBM Performance Products – Gustin.
Quarter Master – Myer, Dotson.
QuickTime – Tesch.
Real Racing Wheels – Mather.
Schoenfeld Headers – Scott.
WIX Filters – Myer.
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USMTS TITLE SPONSORS: Casey’s General Stores, Castle Rock Recruiting.
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USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Allstar Performance, Arnold Motor Supply, ASi Racewear, Bad Boy Mowers, Bear Tire, Big Dog Chassis & Fabrication, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Cagle Motorsports, Centex Motorsports, DandyLand Farms, Day Motor Sports, Dirt Track Racing School, Dirthead.com, DirtKnights.com, Falcon Wind Power, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Gressel Oil Field Service, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Just Say Yes, Karl Performance Parts, Olympic Fire Protection, Ramirez Race Cars, Ruter Farms, WIX Filters, Yeager Machine.
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