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Myer captures Stars & Stripes Shootout checkers at Dodge County Speedway

KASSON, Minn. (May 30) – The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour finally beat Mother Nature this Memorial Day Weekend, completing the fifth straight night of action Sunday with the 9th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout at the Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn.

A few sprinkles early in the evening threatened to shorten the program, but the clouds held off just long enough for the fans to witness Tommy Myer beat the best of the best in dirt Modified racing and capture his first win of the season.

Ten minutes after completion of the 40-lap main event just shortly before 10 p.m., the rain began to fall. The packed grandstand quickly emptied as fans scurried to stay dry in their vehicles, but Myer was in no hurry as he savored his 37th career USMTS victory at the racetrack where he cut his teeth in racing.

“I’ve always enjoyed racing in Kasson and I hope the fans will keep supporting the track each week,” Myer said in victory lane. “We’ve got a lot of young talent racing in this area and we need this track.”

After a dominating heat race performance, Myer redrew the pole position for the WIX Filters “A” Main. The 44-year-old from nearby Blooming Prairie, Minn., beat current track and USRA national points leader Josh Angst to the first turn at the drop of the green flag and quickly left the field in his wake.

Four cautions throughout the feature allowed past USMTS National Champions Kelly Shryock, Tim Donlinger and Jason Krohn each a shot at the leader, but each time the green flag unfurled again, Myer shot out to a huge lead.

After the final yellow flag on lap 27, Myer disappeared from the pack over the final 13 laps to cross the finish line with an advantage of more than five seconds.

“I thought they were a lot closer,” Myer revealed after the race. “Every time we had a caution, I could see Krohn or somebody else on the inside of me. I just tried to block it out and concentrate on running my line.”

Myer’s line carried him to a $2,000 payday and his third career USMTS win at the Dodge County Speedway.

Shryock nipped Krohn for the runner-up spot while Rodney Sanders slipped past Donlinger with two laps to go to take fourth at the checkered flag.

Zack VanderBeek, Al Hejna, Angst, Steve Wetzstein and Ryan Gustin rounded out the top ten finishers.

In the Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region points standings, Shryock holds the lead with a slim two-point advantage (294-292) over Donlinger while Myer sits third with 271 points. VanderBeek is fourth with 242 markers, followed by Krohn (240), Gustin (239), Mike Sorensen (233), Bumper Jones (232), Wetzstein (216) and Sanders (212).

Johnny Scott of Las Cruces, N.M., padded his lead in the DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year rankings with 627 points and has nearly double that of second-place Brandon Davis (315). Nick Deal is third with 254 points, Rick Beebe is fourth with 248 and Matt Dotson is fifth with 209.

Thanks to Myer’s triumph, two-time defending COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Award winner Sput’s Racing Engines overtook Mullins Race Engines in the current battle between the power-makers while Hughes Racing Chassis continues atop the Chassis Builders Championship ahead of Skyrocket Chassis.

The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour returns to the Falcon Wind Power Mo-Kan Region for a doubleheader next weekend. The touring titans trek to the Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kan., on Friday, June 4, then crosses the border for a date at the Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Mo., on Saturday, June 5.

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
USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour – Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region
9th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout
Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, Minn.
Sunday, May 30, 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 14 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 71 Troy Cordes, Raymond, Iowa.
2. (4) 42 Tom Paulson, Kasson, Minn.
3. (5) 12h Mike Hansen, Alton, Iowa.
4. (7) B1 Jeff Larson (R), Freeport, Ill.
5. (3) 1 Tim Thomas, West Fargo, N.D.
6. (10) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
7. (6) 77 Tom Brink, Winona, Minn.
8. (2) 4a Joel Alberts (R), Mantorville, Minn.
9. (9) 66 Dan Bohr, Decorah, Iowa.
10. (8) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 99 Josh Angst (R), Winona, Minn.
2. (1) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
3. (6) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn.
4. (4) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
5. (5) 52w Nate Wasmund, Rochester, Minn.
6. (3) 5 Steve Holzkamper, Gentry, Ark.
7. (7) 49 Bob Timm, Rollingstone, Minn.
8. (9) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.
9. (8) 49x Jay Poidinger, Somerset, Wis.

SCHOENFELD HEADERS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
2. (3) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla.
3. (8) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
4. (1) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
5. (6) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
6. (9) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
7. (4) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
8. (5) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
9. (7) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
2. (1) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
3. (8) 19 Mike Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
4. (4) 45 Todd Scharkey, Kasson, Minn.
5. (5) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
6. (9) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
7. (3) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
8. (7) 99s Bobby Swanson (R), Kasson, Minn.
9. (10) 75 James Parker, Dodge Center, Minn.
10. (6) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (3) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
2. (4) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
3. (10) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
4. (1) B1 Jeff Larson (R), Freeport, Ill.
5. (8) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
6. (9) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.
7. (2) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., $400.
8. (7) 77 Tom Brink, Winona, Minn., $75.
9. (5) 1 Tim Thomas, West Fargo, N.D., $75.
10. (12) 49x Jay Poidinger, Somerset, Wis., $75.
11. (6) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn., $90.
12. (13) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa, $90.
13. (11) 75 James Parker, Dodge Center, Minn., $75.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (3) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (1) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
3. (4) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (5) 52w Nate Wasmund, Rochester, Minn.
5. (7) 49 Bob Timm, Rollingstone, Minn.
6. (8) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
7. (12) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn., $400.
8. (6) 5 Steve Holzkamper, Gentry, Ark., $400.
9. (9) 4a Joel Alberts (R), Mantorville, Minn., $90.
10. (10) 99s Bobby Swanson (R), Kasson, Minn., $90.
11. (2) 45 Todd Scharkey, Kasson, Minn., $75.
12. (11) 66 Dan Bohr, Decorah, Iowa, $90.
13. (13) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn., $90.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps):1. (1) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $2000.
2. (7) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $1500.
3. (10) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $1000.
4. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/ASI, 40, $900.
5. (9) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn., Ramirez/Sput’s, 40, $800.
6. (14) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $700.
7. (11) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa, Harris/JR, 40, $650.
8. (2) 99 Josh Angst (R), Winona, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $600.
9. (13) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $550.
10. (17) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $500.
11. (15) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D., Ramirez/Sput’s, 40, $450.
12. (18) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ASI, 40, $425.
13. (22) 49 Bob Timm, Rollingstone, Minn., Fegers/Sput’s, 40, $400.
14. (6) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla., Hughes/Clements, 40, $375.
15. (19) B1 Jeff Larson (R), Freeport, Ill., Shaw/Mullins, 40, $350.
16. (21) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/AEM, 40, $300.
17. (4) 42 Tom Paulson, Kasson, Minn., Skyrocket/Action, 40, $300.
18. (23) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M., TRE/ASI, 34, coil, $400.
19. (20) 52w Nate Wasmund, Rochester, Minn., Skyrocket/AEM, 30, mechanical, $300.
20. (24) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., Hughes/Sput’s, 27, overheating, $300.
21. (12) 12h Mike Hansen, Alton, Iowa, GRT/PerfOnly, 27, retired, $300.
22. (3) 71 Troy Cordes, Raymond, Iowa, Kraft/Sperry, 23, flat tire, $300.
23. (16) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Ramirez/Sput’s, 20, mechanical, $300.
24. (8) 19 Mike Sorensen, Rochester, Minn., Hughes/Action, 12, crash, $400.

(R) = DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year contender.

WIX Filters Lap Leader: Myer 1-40.
Total Laps Led: Myer 40.
Margin of Victory: 5.152 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Angst.
PBM Performance Products Hard Charger: Timm (started 22nd, finished 13th).
Ruter Farms Long Tow: Weder (798.52 miles).
Next Race: Friday, June 4, Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, Kan.
Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region Points: Shryock 294, Donlinger 292, Myer 271, VanderBeek 242, Krohn 240, Gustin 239, Sorensen 233, Jones 232, Wetzstein 216, Sanders 212.
DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year Points: Scott 627, Brandon Davis 315, Nick Deal 254, Rick Beebe 248, Matt Dotson 209.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Sput’s 98, Mullins 95, ASI 52, ProPower 50, KSE 40.
Chassis Builders Championship Points: Hughes 101, Skyrocket 89, GRT 84, Ramirez 71, TRE 49.

Contingency Awards:Ai-Racing – Wetzstein.
American Racer – Steensma.
Dart Machinery – Scott.
Eibach Springs – Sanders.
Forty9Designs.com – Sanders, Wetzstein.
Hooker Harness – Timm.
Isky Racing Cams – Cordes.
KSE Racing Products – Sorensen.
Marsh Racing Wheels – Sorensen.
Out-Pace Racing Products – Tesch.
PBM Performance Products – Timm.
Quarter Master – Myer, Angst.
QuickTime – Hejna.
Real Racing Wheels – Jones, Junghans.
Schoenfeld Headers – Shryock.
WIX Filters – Myer.

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USMTS TITLE SPONSORS: Casey’s General Stores, Castle Rock Recruiting.

USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, AwesomeRacesuits.com, GoPro, Intercomp, Karl Chevrolet, Kevko Oil Pans & Components, New Vision Graphics, Nitroquest, RACEceiver.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Allstar Performance, Arnold Motor Supply, ASi Racewear, Bear Tire, Big Dog Chassis & Fabrication, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Cagle Motorsports, DandyLand Farms, Day Motor Sports, Dirt Track Racing School, Dirthead.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.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, Ai-Racing, Belleville Motorsports, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, COMP Cams, Dart Machinery, Dynatech Racing Exhaust, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts, Forty9Designs.com, GRT Race Cars, Hooker Harness, Hypercoil Springs, Isky Racing Cams, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Out-Pace Racing Products, PBM Performance Products, Quarter Master, QuickTime Inc, Real Racing Wheels, RHS – Racing Head Service, Schoenfeld Headers, US Brake, Willy’s Carburetor & Dyno Shop, WIX Filters.