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Tesch turns ‘hat trick’ in Kasson Labor Day Klash KASSON, Minn. (Sept. 5) – The Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn., always seems to produce a nail-biting thriller whenever the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour pays a visit, and Sunday night’s 9th Annual Labor Day Klash was no different. Johnny Scott, who clinched the 2010 DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year Award one race earlier, raced his way into the redraw and drew the pole position for the 40-lap WIX Filters “A” Main and led the first three laps. Mike Sorensen, who pocketed $4,100 with a victory the previous night at the Deer Creek Speedway, powered around the outside of Scott to take the lead on lap 4. Sorensen paced the action through lap 10 but Steve Wetzstein found his way to the point after a few laps of door-to-door racing with Sorensen and proceeded to build a six-car-length lead over the field using the shortest route around the 1/3-mile dirt oval. Meanwhile, Jon Tesch was grinding away at the high side cushion and making his way to the front from the 15th starting spot. He got around Scott for third on lap 19, and then passed Sorensen for second three laps later but Wetzstein’s quick pace and thick lapped traffic made cutting into the leader’s advantage a difficult task. Tesch struggled for two laps to get around the lapped car of Doug Hillson, but Hillson wound up giving Tesch the break he needed when mechanical problems forced him to stop on the racing surface to bring out the race’s only caution on lap 33. Back under green, Wetzstein and Tesch drove away from the field to battle for the win by themselves. With Wetzstein still way down low and Tesch running way up high, the two streaked down the back-stretch and front-stretch each lap side by side. Tesch edged in front to lead lap 37 and the “Wizard of Watertown” never relinquished the lead again as he crossed beneath flagman Ryne Staley’s checkered flags less a car-length ahead of Wetzstein. It was Tesch’s third $3,000 triumph in the last six days after going winless for the season until taking a rain-shortened win on Tuesday in Marshalltown, Iowa, and his second career win in Kasson. Wetzstein earned a healthy runner-up paycheck to help alleviate the heartbreak while 2007 USMTS National Champion Jason Krohn finished third ahead of Scott. Zack VanderBeek failed to qualify for the main event the previous night, but made up for it Sunday night as he climbed to fifth at the finish after starting 20th on the 26-car grid and earned the PBM Performance Products Hard Charger Award by passing one more car than Tesch. Sixth through tenth, respectively, went to Jason Cummins, Rodney Sanders, Sorensen, Bobby Swanson and 2010 Dodge County Speedway track champion Josh Angst. For the drivers chasing Jason Hughes in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers, it was a rare opportunity to help narrow the points gap. Second-ranked Ryan Gustin finished 11th in the main event, holding Hughes to a 12th-place finish and his first finish outside of the top-10 in the first 14 events of ‘The Hunt.’ Hughes’ advantage is now 85 points over Gustin with five races left to determine the 2010 USMTS National Champion. Tommy Myer lost ground but is still third, 123 markers behind the leader. Fourth is VanderBeek (-126), followed by Krohn (-213), Kelly Shryock (-238), Sanders (-308), Dereck Ramirez (-326), Tesch (-354) and Scott (-371). NEXT, PLEASE … The Southern Iowa Speedway welcomes back the USMTS Modifieds on Monday, Sept. 20, for the 7th Annual Musco Lighting Southern Iowa Challenge. The event, which was rained-out on Sept. 1, will be the 32nd time the series has visited the historic “Mahaska County Monster.” Ryan Gustin won the last time when the series invaded the semi-banked half-mile oval on May 26, but Kelly Shryock owns the most wins at Osky with 11 triumphs to his credit, but the last of which came in August 2006. Local favorite Brad Pinkerton has won three of the last six events at Osky and four overall. Two-time winners include Jason Krohn, Tommy Myer, John Van Den Berg and Chris Spieker. Drivers with one win include Al Hejna, Jason Hughes, Zack VanderBeek, Mark Noble, Bruce Hanford, Dan Bohr and Tony Fraise. Also on tap will be the Dart Iron Man Challenge for USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks. Gates open at 5:30, hot laps begin at 7:15 and racing starts at 7:30. 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 online. Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at 641-673-7004. On Tuesday, Sept. 21, the rugged USMTs road warriors return to the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, for the 6th Annual Hawkeye Summer Classic presented by Schroeder Racing Products which was rained-out on Sept. 2. The 2010 season USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour will conclude at the 12th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23-25, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., where the 2010 USMTS National Champion will be crowned. To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. 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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 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):
NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2
(8 laps):1. (1)
1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
SCHOENFELD HEADERS HEAT RACE #3
(8 laps):1. (2) 8
Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #4 (8
laps):
AWESOMERACESUITS.COM HEAT RACE #5
(8 laps):
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1
(15 laps, top 6 advance):1.
(2) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2
(15 laps, top 6 advance):1.
(2) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps): (R) = DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year contender.
WIX Filters Lap Leaders:
J. Scott 1-3, Sorensen 4-10, Wetzstein 11-36, Tesch 37-40.
Contingency Awards: = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 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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