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MANHATTAN, Kan. (Sept. 8) – With a 13th-place finish in Sunday night's main event, 20-year-old Grant Junghans of Manhattan, Kan., clinched the 2009 DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year title. The driver of the #2 Shop Quik Convenience Stores TRE Chassis first showed up at the Lake Country Speedway in Ardmore, Okla., for a USMTS Dirthead.com Southern Series event on May 1. He's been a regular fixture on the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour ever since. The “Tall Cool One” has been a consistent performer throughout the 2009 season, and recorded the biggest win of his career on Aug. 11 when he won the opening event of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship at the LA Raceway in La Monte, Mo. The learning experience of racing against the best of the best in modified racing also helped Junghans (pronounced young-ins) capture the Big Dog Dakota Classic Tour finale against a 56-car field of IMCA Modifieds during a three-week “summer vacation” for the USMTS road warriors back in July. Friend and traveling teammate Mike Hansen is second in the standings, but trails Junghans by 163 points (793 to 630). The maximum number of rookie points any driver could accumulate during the final five events is 125. The DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year Award will put $2,500 in Junghans's pocket, along with more in contingency awards from various USMTS sponsors. Second- and third-place finishers in the final standings will also get cash awards. Hansen has locked up the runner-up finish while Colt Mather is third with 386 points. Chase Junghans — the 16-year-old younger brother of Grant — is fourth with 339 points while racing veteran but USMTS rookie Ryan Dolan sits fifth with 313. Previous top rookie award recipients include Brandon Kenny (2008), Scott Green (2007), Jay Poidinger (2006), Brad McEwan (2005), Zack VanderBeek (2004), Corey Dripps (2003), Justin Boney (2002), Jason Hughes (2001) and Kevin Peters (2000). Located in Garner, Iowa, DandyLand Farms is a growing grain production partnership which operates and improves farm land to produce top quality corn and soybeans. To learn more about DandyLand Farms, check out www.dandylandfarms.com on the World Wide Web. The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship continues at the North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minn., as they host the mudslinging monsters for the first time ever on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18-19. The doubleheader will serve as rounds 14-15 of the 18-race 'Hunt' with a $2,000 top prize on the line for Friday's main event winner while Saturday's victor will pocket $3,000. The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship will wrap up back at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., with the 11th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24-26, where the 2009 USMTS National Champion will be crowned. 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. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 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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