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BRANDON, S.D. (June 18) – Jason Krohn got a much-needed shot in the arm Thursday night at the Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D., as he captured his first USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour main event of the season. It was the 12th start of the season for the 2007 USMTS National Champion from Slayton, Minn., but just his first top-10 finish of the year. Josh Reisch of Luverne, Minn., led the first seven laps of the 35-lap Sunoco “A” Main from the pole position before fellow Luverne resident Mike Steensma snagged the top spot away on lap 8. Around this time, Krohn moved his line to the high side of the track and began reeling in Steensma, taking the lead away on lap 12. From there, Krohn's extended is lead to eight car-lengths before a caution with eight laps to go slowed the pace. After the restart, Krohn returned to the low side of the racing surface and built another six-car-length cushion before the yellow flag waved for the final time with just two laps remaining. With Krohn leading the bunched-up double-file field to the green-white-checkered conclusion, Steensma chose the inside line for the restart while third-running Kelly Shryock took the outside line behind Krohn. Shryock disposed of Steensma as they raced to the white flag, then closed up on Krohn's rear bumper as the pair entered the final turn to the finish. Coming to the checkered flag, Shryock swung outside of Krohn and the pair crossed beneath the checkered flag wheel to wheel with Krohn getting the win by half a car-length. The win was worth $2,000. Shryock, who started 13th after winning the first Real Racing Wheels "B" Main, earned the PBM Performance Products Hard Charger Award for bettering his position by 11 spots during the feature race. Steensma held on for third with Tommy Myer fourth and Jake Neal finishing fifth. Sixth through tenth, respectively, went to Corey Dripps, Jay Poidinger, Chris Prussman, Jim Mathieson and Justin Elmer, who pocketed an additional $100 from Ruter Farms to help pay his fuel bill in traveling more than 500 miles from Buffalo, Wyo. Drivers from six different States comprised the top-10 finishers, which were the only cars running at the finish of the attrition-riddled contest. Despite dropping out of the main event late in the race while running third, Jon Tesch hung on to the points lead in the Great Plains Region. His advantage, however, is just eight points (562 to 554) over Tommy Myer heading into Sunday's Great Plains Region finale at the Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn. Al Hejna is third with 527 points, followed by Dripps (519), Shryock (493), Mike Lineberry (453), Neal (442), Mike Hansen (378), DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year points leader Grant Junghans (368) and Dereck Ramirez (366), who missed Thursday's show due to a death in the family back in his hometown of Woodward, Okla. COMING EVENTS ... The fight for the Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region title fires up again this Saturday, June 20, as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour invades the Upper Iowa Speedway in Decorah, Iowa, for the inaugural “Donnybrook in Decorah,” which was rained out two weeks earlier. 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. Check out www.caseys.com for more information. 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. Saturday's event will be the first of seven $2,000-to-win race nights across eight days before the tireless sultans of swift get a well-deserved month-long summer vacation: Sat Jun 20 … Upper Iowa
Speedway, Decorah, IA (Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region) Sunday's event at the Nobles County Speedway will wrap up the Great Plains Region battle while the Lucas Oil Speedway show shall serve as the venue for crowning the Bear Tire Mo-Kan Region champion. After that, the engines will remain silent until Thursday, July 23, when the second half of the season explodes with a stop at the fast Fayette County Speedway in West Union, Iowa. 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): NEW VISION GRAPHICS
HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps): BRODIX HEAT RACE #3 (8
laps): AWESOME RACEWEAR HEAT
RACE #4 (8 laps): REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 5 advance): REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 5 advance): SUNOCO “A” MAIN (35
laps): Lap Leaders:
Reisch 1-7, Steensma 8-11, Krohn 12-35. 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, New Vision Graphics, 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, Dirthead.com, Gressel Oil Field Service, Just Say Yes, Ramirez Race Cars, Lone Star Super Gas, Olympic Fire Protection, Ruter Farms, WatchModsLive.com, 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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