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SLAYTON, Minn. (June 5) – Al Hejna captured his second consecutive USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour main event Friday night with a wire-to-wire win in the 6th Annual Minnesota Spring Challenge presented by DeBoer Chevrolet at the Murray County Speedway in Slayton, Minn. Hejna has been excellent on the track as of late, but has had to overcome poor starting spots. He started eighth on Thursday en route to his first win of the season, but on Friday night he drew the pole position for the Sunoco "A" Main and that would be the closest anybody would get to him all night. The 46-year-old from Clear Lake, Iowa, extended his consecutive laps led to 54 after leading all of Friday night's 30-lapper and the final 24 circuits in Thursday night's victory. While a handful of cautions kept the pace slow during the first few laps of the main event, Jon Tesch could not get the yellow flag he needed late in the race to make a charge on the leader. Coming from the 14th starting spot, Tesch earned the PBM Performance Products Hard Charger Award with a runner-up finish as he ran out of laps in his attempt to run down Hejna. Tommy Myer finished third, Kelly Shryock was fourth and Mike Steensma grabbed the fifth spot. Sixth through tenth, respectively, went to DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year points leader Grant Junghans, Corey Dripps, AFCO Pole Award winner Josh Reisch, Anthony Mann and Mike Lineberry. Slayton resident and 2007 USMTS National Champion Jason Krohn continued to struggle. After starting on the outside of the front row in the feature, Krohn was the first driver out of the race and pocketed a disappointing 24th-place paycheck. Myer continues to lead the Great Plains Region standings by 19 points over Tesch (301 to 282). Shryock fell to third with 275 markers, with Hejna (268), Dripps (264), Rich Lewerke (221), Jake Neal (213), Lineberry (211), Scott Green (210) and Steensma (204) rounding out the top-10 in the rankings. SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING ... The fight for the Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region title fires up again on Saturday as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour invades the Upper Iowa Speedway in Decorah, Iowa. Pit gates open at 4:00 and the grandstand gates will swing open at 5:00. Hot laps are slated to begin at 6:00 and the first green flag waves at 6:30. Also on the racing card will be USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars, USRA Karl Chevrolet B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks racing for track and national points in the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series. Race fans can pick up $2-off coupons on Saturday at Casey's General Stores locations in Cresco, Decorah and New Hampton. The Upper Iowa Speedway is a 1/4-mile semi-banked clay oval located 1.8 miles east of US 52 on SR 9, then 1.0 mile northwest on Montgomery St., then northeast on E. Main St. (at the Winneshiek County Fairgrounds). For day-of-race information, call the track hotline at 563-382-9984 or check out www.upperiowaspeedway.com online. To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, call the headquarters at (515) 832-7944 or visit www.usmts.com online for the latest news and information from the USMTS. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
OFFICIAL RESULTS Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown and starting position in parentheses. The top 12 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the Sunoco “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.
ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8
laps):
BRODIX HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
AWESOME RACEWEAR HEAT RACE #3 (8
laps):
INTERCOMP HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1
(12 laps, top 4 advance):
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2
(12 laps, top 4 advance):
SUNOCO “A” MAIN (30 laps):
Lap Leader:
Hejna 1-30.
Contingency Awards: = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = USMTS TITLE SPONSOR: Casey’s General Stores. USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Awesome Racewear, AwesomeRaceSuits.com, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, COMP Cams, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Intercomp, Karl Chevrolet, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, Nitroquest, PBM Performance Products, Sunoco Race Fuels. USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ASi Racewear, Bear Tire, Big Dog Chassis & Fabrication, DandyLand Farms, Day Motor Sports, Diamond Oil Company, Gressel Oil Field Service, Just Say Yes, Ramirez Race Cars, Lone Star Super Gas, Olympic Fire Protection, Ruter Farms, Yeager Machine. USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Dynatech Racing Exhaust, Hyperco, ISKY Racing Cams, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Out-Pace Racing Products, Quarter Master, QuickTime Performance Race Parts, Real Racing Wheels, US Brake.
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