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ELKO, Minn. (July 16) – Domination.

No other word can better describe the clinic put on by Jason Krohn Friday night.

The 38-year-old from Slayton dominated the competition to score his second victory in as many nights as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour invaded the Elko Speedway where the historic asphalt track has been transformed into a dirt gridiron for the 2nd Annual AMSOIL Dirt Nationals.

A few miles north of Elko on Thursday night, Krohn snapped a year-long winless drought at the North Central Speedway in Brainerd … and he hasn’t slowed down yet.

Krohn set the tone early on when he came from the fourth starting spot to win his heat race after chasing down Marshalltown, Iowa’s Ryan Gustin. His effort earned him the AFCO Pole Award for scroing the most passing points during qualifying action, then redrew the pole position for the 35-lap WIX Filters “A” Main.

The main event got off to a ragged start with the yellow flag waving on the first lap for debris on the racing surface. On the restart, another caution was quickly displayed as Craig Scott lost control of his Modified which resulted in a metal-mashing melee that ended the night for Ryan Ruter, Curt Myers, Tom Paulson and himself.

When the green flag was unfurled for the third time, Krohn jumped out to lead the first lap and that was as close as anybody got during the next 34 laps of caution-free action.

Krohn crossed the finish line 3.460 seconds ahead of Jon Tesch of Watertown, S.D., to pocket his second $2,000 paycheck in as many days.

Corey Dripps of Waterloo, Iowa, had a third-place showing while fourth went to Dereck Ramirez of Woodward, Okla., and fifth to Fertile, Iowa’s Kelly Shryock, who broke his own career-long victory dry spell in last year’s Friday night opener at Elko.

Gustin wound up sixth, Al Hejna of Clear Lake, Iowa, scored a seventh-place finish, Tim Donlinger of Rochester came from 13th to earn the eighth spot, Mike Gregg of Redwood Falls nabbed ninth and Blooming Prairie’s Tommy Myer completed the top-10.

The points battle in the Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region got even tighter Friday night. Gustin continues to be the leader, but Shryock gained ground and now trails Gustin by just 21 points (810 to 789). Krohn, meanwhile, is just one marker behind Shryock while Myer dropped to fourth – four points behind Krohn. Donlinger is fifth with 736 points, followed by Tesch (717), Steve Wetzstein (647), Zack VanderBeek (638), Ramirez (618) and Doug Hillson (605).

The 2nd Annual AMSOIL Dirt Nationals continues in less than 24 hours, with Saturday night's victor earning $3,000. Pits will open at 4 p.m., with grandstand gates opening at 5, hot laps at 7 and racing at 7:30. Also appearing on the racing card will be the Elko B-Mods and 360 Winged Sprint Cars, plus a live band will be performing after the races.

Film crews will again be on location with live taping of action for the upcoming Dirt Knights TV show to be aired on the VERSUS cable network in January 2011. Filming will take place at a handful of races leading up to the start of Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship on Aug. 12, and will be recording all of the action from then until the final checkered flag drops at the 12 Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree on Saturday, Sept. 25.

NASCAR veteran Kenny Schrader has announced that he is coming to Elko Speedway on Saturday night to race with the USMTS Modifieds.

The Elko Speedway is a 3/8-mile semi-banked clay (temporarily) oval located off of I-35 at Exit 76, then 1.6 miles west on CR 2, then 0.3 mile south on France Ave. in Elko, Minn. For more information, check out the track’s website at www.elkospeedway.com or call 952-461-7223.

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
2nd Annual AMSOIL Dirt Nationals – Night 1 of 2
Elko Speedway, Elko, Minn.
Friday, July 16, 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 WIX Filters “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (2) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
2. (1) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
3. (3) 31 Jason Voigt (R), St. Cloud, Minn.
4. (4) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
5. (6) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn.
6. (9) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
7. (7) 91 Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
8. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
9. (8) 49x Jay Poidinger, Somerset, Wis.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
2. (2) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
3. (6) Y69 Mike Gregg (R), Morton, Minn.
4. (5) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
5. (3) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.
6. (7) 47 Ryan Canon (R), Clearwater, Minn.
7. (9) 33m Alan Mondus, Lakeville, Minn.
8. (4) 37 Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D.
9. (8) 26 Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.

SCHOENFELD HEADERS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (4) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
2. (1) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
3. (3) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
4. (5) 20 Craig Scott, Rosemount, Minn.
5. (6) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn.
6. (7) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
7. (2) 42 Tom Paulson, Kasson, Minn.
8. (8) 12h Mike Hansen, Alton, Iowa.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 10 advance):
1. (1) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
2. (2) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.
3. (8) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
4. (3) 47 Ryan Canon (R), Clearwater, Minn.
5. (4) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
6. (7) 42 Tom Paulson, Kasson, Minn.
7. (5) 33m Alan Mondus, Lakeville, Minn.
8. (10) 12h Mike Hansen, Alton, Iowa.
9. (6) 91 Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
10. (9) 37 Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D.
11. (11) 49x Jay Poidinger, Somerset, Wis., $75.
12. (12) 26 Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn., $75.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (35 laps):
1. (1) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $2000.
2. (3) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D., Ramirez/Sput’s, 35, $1500.
3. (7) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/AEM, 35, $1000.
4. (2) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Ramirez/ProPower, 35, $900.
5. (4) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ASI, 35, $800.
6. (8) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 35, $700.
7. (10) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa., Harris/JR, 35, $650.
8. (13) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn., Ramirez/Sput’s, 35, $600.
9. (5) Y69 Mike Gregg (R), Morton, Minn., Pro/TCA, 35, $550.
10. (9) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/Sput’s, 35, $500.
11. (15) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $450.
12. (12) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., Hillson/CRE, 35, $425.
13. (14) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $400.
14. (17) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $350.
15. (21) 33m Alan Mondus, Lakeville, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 34, $250.
16. (6) 31 Jason Voigt (R), St. Cloud, Minn., RCT/Breeschoten, 34, $300.
17. (18) 47 Ryan Canon (R), Clearwater, Minn., Hughes/Mullins, 34, $300.
18. (24) 37 Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D., Ramirez/Victory, 19, mechanical, $300.
19. (22) 12h Mike Hansen, Alton, Iowa, GRT/PerfOnly, 12, mechanical, $300.
20. (16) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa, Sidebiter/KSE, 1, crash, $300.
21. (19) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., Hughes/Sput’s, 1, power steering, $300.
22. (23) 91 Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis., Shaw/Mullins, 1, crash, $250.
23. (20) 42 Tom Paulson, Kasson, Minn., Skyrocket/Action, 1, crash, $300.
24. (11) 20 Craig Scott, Rosemount, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 1, crash, $250.

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

WIX Filters Lap Leader: Krohn 1-35.
Total Laps Led: Krohn 35.
Margin of Victory: 3.460 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Krohn.
PBM Performance Products Hard Charger: Mondus (started 21st, finished 15th).
Ruter Farms Long Tow: Gustin (223.43 miles).
Next Race: Saturday, July 17, Elko Speedway, Elko, Minn.
Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region Points: Gustin 810, Shryock 789, Krohn 788, Myer 784, Donlinger 736, Tesch 717, Wetzstein 647, VanderBeek 638, Ramirez 618, Hillson 605.
DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year Points: Johnny Scott 1283, Nick Deal 587, Lucas Schott 396, Mark Elliott 355, Lucas Conley 327.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 204, Sput’s 199, ASI 151, KSE 70, AEM 66.
Chassis Builders Championship Points: Hughes 204, Skyrocket 195, GRT 159, Ramirez 138, TRE 94.

Contingency Awards:
Ai-Racing – Gregg.
American Racer – Hillson.
Dart Machinery – Hillson.
Eibach Springs – not awarded.
Forty9Designs.com – Ramirez, Gregg.
Hooker Harness – Steensma.
Isky Racing Cams – Dripps.
KSE Racing Products – Gustin.
Marsh Racing Wheels – not awarded.
Out-Pace Racing Products – Wetzstein.
PBM Performance Products – not awarded.
Quarter Master – Krohn, Donlinger.
QuickTime – Hejna.
Real Racing Wheels – Paulson.
Schoenfeld Headers – Krohn.
WIX Filters – Krohn.

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

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