Shryock fends off Noble for Deer Creek triumph

SPRING VALLEY, MINN. (Sept. 2, 2006) - Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa, notched his 29th O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series victory of the season Saturday as he held off Mark Noble to with the 5th Annual Midwest Wireless Labor Day Dual at the Deer Creek Speedway near Spring Valley, Minn.

Noble jumped out to the early lead from his pole position while action permeated the 24-car field behind him. On lap 12, Shryock had moved into contention from his eighth starting spot and began to put the heat on Noble. The seven-time defending O’Reilly USMTS national champ wrestled the top spot away from Noble on lap 13, then held off the veteran from Blooming Prairie, Minn., over the final 17 laps to pick up the $2,000 top prize.

Ryan Ruter of Forest City, Iowa, rebounded from three straight nights of DNFs to take home the third-place finish after starting 13th. Tim Donlinger of Rochester, Minn., was fourth while Dean Mahlstedt of Clear Lake, Iowa, rounded out the top-5 finishers.

Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon, Iowa, who needed a provisional to get into the main event, earned the Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger honors by racing from 23rd on the starting grid to a ninth-place finish at the end of the 30-lapper. VanderBeek's effort was enough to maintain the lead in ‘The Hunt’ points standings (420 to 404) over Shryock.

Jon Tesch, who won two of the last three O’Reilly USMTS features, also had to take a provisional starting spot on Saturday and slipped to third in the standings, 15 markers behind Shryock. Jason Friesen sits fourth (352), followed by Tommy Myer (326), Mike Hejna (300), Brad McEwan (296), Ruter (281), Al Hejna (241) and Jay Poidinger (241).

The O’Reilly USMTS rugged road warriors roll on Sunday night with the 5th Annual Kasson Klash at the Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn. -- the fifth of 16 events in ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. The semi-banked 1/3-mile oval is located 1.1 mile north of US 14 on SR 57 (at the Dodge County Fairgrounds). Gates open at 3 p.m. with hot laps at 5:45 and the first heat race scheduled to go green at 6:15. For day-of-race information, call the track hotline at (507) 634-4281.

For more information, or to learn more about the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series, call (515) 832-7944 or visit www.USMTS.com online.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series
5th Annual Midwest Wireless Labor Day Dual
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006

Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown and starting position in parentheses. The top 12 drivers in Home Pride Passing Points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the Holley “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT #1 (10 laps):
1. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (1)
2. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (3)
3. 66 - Dan Bohr -- Decorah, IA (4)
4. 7ii - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (7)
5. 18s - Brent Bohmont -- Martell, NE (2)
6. 96 - Jay Ihrke -- Dover, MN (5)
7. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN (9)
8. 88t - Terry Timmerman -- Stewartville, MN (6)
9. 54 - Bobby Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (8)

HEAT #2 (10 laps):
1. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (1)
2. 4d - Bret Diercks -- Davenport, IA (8)
3. 93 - Bob Fisher -- Lyle, MN (2)
4. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (3)
5. 72 - Doug Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (6)
6. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (7)
7. 58 - Scott Vesely -- Mosinee, WI (5)
8. 28 - Brett Pospisil -- Worthington, MN (4)

HEAT #3 (10 laps):
1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (2)
2. 21h - Jim Horejsi -- Echo, MN (4)
3. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (6)
4. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (8)
5. 97 - Ron Schreiner -- Hudson, WI (5)
6. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (1)
7. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (3)
8. 58 - Jeffrey Rollinger -- Winona, MN (7)

HEAT #4 (10 laps):
1. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (3)
2. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (1)
3. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (5)
4. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (4)
5. 24 - Brad Waits -- Zumbrota, MN (8)
6. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (6)
7. 28 - Bill C. Clemens -- Chatfield, MN (2)
8. 2g - Troy Girolamo -- Eleva, WI (7)

HEAT #5 (10 laps):
1. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1)
2. 55x - Brian Shaw -- Brownsdale, MN (2)
3. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- West Concord, MN (3)
4. 1 - Dan Chapman -- Clarence, IA (8)
5. 6x - Ricky Kluver -- Alexandria, MN (9)
6. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (7)
7. 23 - Darwin Karau -- Kasson, MN (6)
8. 75 - James Parker -- Dodge Center, MN (5)
9. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (4)

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (1)
2. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (5)
3. 66 - Dan Bohr -- Decorah, IA (2)
4. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN (10)
5. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (9)
6. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (8)
7. 97 - Ron Schreiner -- Hudson, WI (7)
8. 72 - Doug Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (6)
9. 54 - Bobby Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (15)
10. 2g - Troy Girolamo -- Eleva, WI (14)
11. 23 - Darwin Karau -- Kasson, MN (12)
12. 28 - Brett Pospisil -- Worthington, MN (13)
13. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (11)
14. 6x - Ricky Kluver -- Alexandria, MN (4)
15. 93 - Bob Fisher -- Lyle, MN (3)

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. 7ii - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (2)
2. 24 - Brad Waits -- Zumbrota, MN (4)
3. 1 - Dan Chapman -- Clarence, IA (1)
4. 96 - Jay Ihrke -- Dover, MN (8)
5. 58 - Jeffrey Rollinger -- Winona, MN (13)
6. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (5)
7. 18s - Brent Bohmont -- Martell, NE (6)
8. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (15)
9. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (7)
10. 88t - Terry Timmerman -- Stewartville, MN (12)
11. 58 - Scott Vesely -- Mosinee, WI (10)
12. 75 - James Parker -- Dodge Center, MN (14)
13. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (9)
14. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- West Concord, MN (3)
15. 28 - Bill C. Clemens -- Chatfield, MN (11)

HOLLEY “A” MAIN (30 laps):
1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (8)
2. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1)
3. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (13)
4. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (7)
5. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (3)
6. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (6)
7. 96 - Jay Ihrke -- Dover, MN (20)
8. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (15)
9. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (23)
10. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (21)
11. 7ii - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (14)
12. 24 - Brad Waits -- Zumbrota, MN (16)
13. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (12)
14. 21h - Jim Horejsi -- Echo, MN (5)
15. 1 - Dan Chapman -- Clarence, IA (18)
16. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (24)
17. 55x - Brian Shaw -- Brownsdale, MN (11)
18. 4d - Bret Diercks -- Davenport, IA (2)
19. 66 - Dan Bohr -- Decorah, IA (17)
20. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (4)
21. 58 - Jeffrey Rollinger -- Winona, MN (22) DNF
22. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (25) DNF
23. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN (19) DNF
24. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (9) DNF
25. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (10) DNS

AMSOIL Lap Leaders: Noble 1-13, Shryock 14-30.
Total Laps Led: Shryock 17, Noble 13.
Provisional Starters: VanderBeek (regional), Tesch (national), McEwan (track).
Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: VanderBeek (started 23rd, finished 9th).
Next Race: Sunday, Sept. 3, Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, Minn.
‘The Hunt’ Points: VanderBeek 420, Shryock 404, Tesch 389, Friesen 352, Myer 326, M. Hejna 300, McEwan 296, Ruter 281, A. Hejna 241, Poidinger 241.
Home Pride Passing Points (National): Shryock 178½, Ruter 162, A. Hejna 145½, Myer 144, McEwan 124½.
Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Rookie of the Year Points: Poidinger 709, Friesen 559, Mondus 366, Matt Gilbertson 357, Bohmont 346.
UNIJIG Builders Championship Points: Skyrocket 453, Hughes 328, GRT 280, Kraft 279, Bullet 231.

Contingency Awards:
Bassett Racing Wheel – Ruter.
Belleville Motorsports – not awarded.
Boyer’s Engine Development – Shryock.
Edelbrock – Shryock, Noble.
Fast Shafts – Mahlstedt.
GRT Race Cars – M. Sorensen.
Isky Racing Cams – Mahlstedt.
Kevko Oil Pans & Components – Donlinger.
KSE Racing Products – Timm.
Larson Racing Specialists – Myer.
Marsh Racing Wheels – not awarded.
QuickTime Performance Parts – not awarded.
RaceQuest – Shryock, Bohmont, Mondus.
Real Racing Wheels – Ruter, M. Hejna.
T.A.R. Race Car Bodies – Freisen.
UNIJIG – Shryock.
POINTS STANDINGS
After Sept. 2, 2006



1. Kelly Shryock .... 4,556
2. Tommy Myer .... 3,800
3. Zack VanderBeek .... 3,683
4. Ryan Ruter .... 3,311
5. Brad McEwan .... 3,263
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1. Jay Poidinger .... 709
2. Jason Friesen .... 559
3. Alan Mondus .... 366
4. Matt Gilbertson .... 357
5. Brent Bohmont .... 346
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1. Kelly Shryock .... 178½
2. Ryan Ruter .... 162
3. Al Hejna .... 145½
4. Tommy Myer .... 144
5. Brad McEwan .... 124½
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1. Skyrocket Chassis .... 453
2. Hughes Racing Chassis 328
3. GRT Race Cars .... 280
4. Kraft Kar Race Cars .... 279
5. Bullet Chassis .... 231
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1. Kelly Shryock .... 749
2. Mark Noble .... 106
2. Ryan Ruter .... 103
4. Tommy Myer .... 103
5. Al Hejna .... 82
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