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“Wizard of Watertown” scores wet win at Marshalltown MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (Aug. 31) – A blown engine ended Darin Duffy’s drive for his career-first USMTS Modified win Tuesday night as the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship rolled into the Marshalltown Speedway for the 2nd Annual Dirt Madness event. Three laps later, Mother Nature ended the night for everybody and gave Jon Tesch his first victory of the season. Duffy drew the pole for the WIX Filters “A” Main and used the low side of the quarter-mile dirt oval to set the pace early on while Tesch gave chase around the high side of the racetrack. A caution on lap 9 wiped out Duffy’s advantage, but he jumped out to a four-car-length lead once again after the restart while Tesch had his hands full with points leader Jason Hughes and Rodney Sanders. On lap 17, the yellow flag waved again – this time for Duffy as his motor expired just three laps shy of the halfway point in the scheduled 40-lapper. Back under green, it was a repeat of last year’s Marshalltown event with Tesch fending off Hughes for the top spot. Action was cut short again on lap 20 when Mike Spaulding’s mount rolled over in turn 1, bringing out the red flag. Spaulding was unhurt in the crash, but before track workers could finish cleaning up the mess, the rain began to fall as forecasted and officials were forced to pull the plug and call the race complete. The early ending gave Tesch his first win of the 2010 campaign and second in a row at Marshalltown for the “Wizard of Watertown” – not to mention a nice $3,000 prize at the pay window. Hughes and Sanders held on for second and third while Tommy Myer climbed from 12th on the starting grid to fourth at the end of 20 circuits. Mark Elliott was fifth, Tommy Weder Jr. grabbed the sixth spot, Corey Dripps was seventh, Ryan Gustin recorded an eighth-place finish in front of his hometown fans, Jason Krohn nabbed ninth and Dereck Ramirez rounded out the top-10. Hughes’ runner-up finish and tenth top-5 finish in eleven starts during ‘The Hunt’ solidified his spot at the top of the championship standings where he now leads Gustin 46 points. VanderBeek remains third and 60 markers behind Hughes, followed by Myer (-74), Krohn (-150), Kelly Shryock (-167), Ramirez (-229), Sanders (-242), Tim Donlinger (-268) and Dripps (-324). The Southern Iowa Speedway welcomes back the USMTS Modifieds on Wednesday for the 7th Annual Musco Lighting Southern Iowa Challenge. It will be the 32nd time the series has visited the historic Mahaska County Monster. Gustin won the last time when the series invaded the semi-banked 1/2-mile oval on May 26, but Shryock owns the most wins here with 11 triumphs to his credit – the last of which came in August 2006. Although the 2010 season has been a lackluster one for Brad Pinkerton, the local favorite has won three of the last six events at Osky and four overall. Two-time winners at the Southern Iowa Speedway include Krohn, Myer, John Van Den Berg and Chris Spieker. Drivers with one win include Al Hejna, Hughes, Zack VanderBeek, Mark Noble, Bruce Hanford, Dan Bohr and Tony Fraise. Also on tap at Oskaloosa will be the Dart Iron Man Challenge for USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars competing in their next-to-last event of the 2010 season. USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks will also be on the racing card. Gates open at 5:30, hot laps begin at 7:15 and racing starts at 7:30. On Wednesday, race fans can pick up coupons worth $2 off adult admission at all three Casey's General Stores locations in Oskaloosa. Tim Donlinger and his Cheetos-sponsored USMTS Modified will be greeting fans and signing autographs from 12-2 p.m. at the 1310 A Ave. West location. Meanwhile, Colt Mather and his Snickers-sponsored USMTS Modified will be at the 1902 S. Market location from 12-2 p.m. also. To learn more about Casey’s General Stores or to find the location nearest you, check out www.caseys.com online. The Southern Iowa Speedway is a half-mile semi-banked clay oval located 0.5 mile west of US 63 on SR 92, then 0.3 mile north on I St. (at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds). For more information, call 515-832-6000 or visit www.rlpromotions.com on the World Wide Web. Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at 641-673-7004. Thursday takes the tireless USMTS touring titans to the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, and Friday finds the series at the Chateau Raceway in Lansing, Minn. Action moves to the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., on Saturday and the Labor Day Weekend wraps up on Sunday with double features at the Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn. 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. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
OFFICIAL RESULTS 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 12 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):
NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2
(8 laps):
SCHOENFELD HEADERS HEAT RACE #3
(8 laps):1. (1)
20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #4 (8
laps):
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1
(10 laps, top 6 advance):
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2
(10 laps, top 6 advance):1.
(7) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.
WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (20 laps): (R) = DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year contender.
WIX Filters Lap Leaders:
Duffy 1-17, Tesch 18-20.
Contingency Awards:Ai-Racing
– Krohn. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 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, Bad Boy Mowers, Bear Tire, Big Dog Chassis & Fabrication, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Cagle Motorsports, Centex Motorsports, DandyLand Farms, Day Motor Sports, Dirt Track Racing School, Dirthead.com, DirtKnights.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.
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