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Gustin gains on Hughes with Musco Lighting Iowa Challenge win at Southern Iowa Speedway OSKALOOSA, Iowa (Sept. 20) – With his third win during the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers and series-leading 16th triumph overall on Monday night during the 7th Annual Musco Lighting Iowa Challenge at the Southern Iowa Speedway, Ryan Gustin served notice that he’s not about to concede the title to Jason Hughes just yet. More than five inches of rain in Oskaloosa during the past week made for a fast race track and a bumpy ride through the corners during the main event. So much so that officials trimmed the distance from 30 to 20 laps in the WIX Filters “A” Main. Brad Pinkerton, who won the Dart Iron Man Challenge USRA Stock Car feature just moments earlier, started on the pole but it was Colt Mather jumping out front to lead the first lap while Pinkerton faded to fifth. With one lap in the books, second-running Mike Spaulding suffered mechanical problems and slowed dramatically as the leaders raced through the third turn. Pinkerton’s machine plowed into the side of Spaulding’s ride while Mark Elliott, Tim Donlinger and Ryan Schaffer were also collected and resulted in a red flag when Schaffer rolled over at the top of turn 4. Schaffer was uninjured in the crash, but only Elliott was able to return for the green flag restart. Gustin ducked underneath Mather to lead the second lap, but Mather powered back around the outside to regain the lead on lap 3. After a spirited battle with Mather for the first ten circuits around the big half-mile oval, Gustin took charge on lap 11 and sprinted away from the field over the final nine laps to secure the victory and $3,000 top prize. With the win, the 19-year-old from Marshalltown, Iowa, chipped away at Hughes’ lead in the title chase, cutting 10 points off of the 85-point deficit he was faced with coming into the event. But while “The Reaper” did all he could do by finishing first and leading the most laps to earn a couple of bonus points, he needed to average 17 markers more than Hughes in each of the final five races on the 2010 campaign in order to overtake Hughes in the standings. With just four shows left to go, Gustin will need to score 19 more points than Hughes each night – a tall order considering Hughes’ incredible 13 top-five and 14 top-ten finishes in the 15 events so far, including a runner-up finish behind Gustin at the “Mahaska County Monster” on Monday night. Mather hung on for third while Rodney Sanders came from 13th to finish fourth. However, the PBM Performance Products Hard Charger Award went to Tommy Myer who raced from the 16th starting spot on the 24-car grid to grab fifth at the finish line. Elliott charged back through the field after his first-lap incident and secured a sixth-place finish, Corey Dripps scored the seventh spot, Tommy Weder Jr. earned an eighth-place paycheck, the ninth spot was nabbed by AFCO Pole Award winner Scott Dickey and nine-time defending USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock rounded out the top ten at the flagstand. Hughes leads Gustin by 75 points going into Tuesday night’s tilt at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, while Myer is third and 137 points in arrears to the leader. Zack VanderBeek is 149 markers behind in fourth, followed by Shryock (-262), Sanders (-310), Jason Krohn (-311), Dereck Ramirez (-366), Jon Tesch (-392) and Tim Donlinger (-416). Gustin’s win also helped propel Mullins Race Engines back into a tie with Sput’s Racing Engines for the COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Award and helped Hughes Racing Chassis inch closer to clinching the Chassis Builders Championship. The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour rolls into the Butler County Fairgrounds on Tuesday night for the 6th Annual Hawkeye Summer Classic presented by Schroeder Racing Products at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, and another $3,000-to-win affair. Also on the racing card will the season finale for the Dart Iron Man Challenge for USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars, along with USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mods racing for national points in the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series. Gates open at 5:30, hot laps begin at 6:30 and racing starts at 7 p.m. The Highway 3 Raceway is located 0.3 miles north of SR 3 on S. Main St. (at the Butler County Fairgrounds). For more information, call 319-267-9977 or check out www.highway3raceway.com online. The 2010 season will wrap up with the 12th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23-25, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. An open practice from 6:30-9:30 p.m. will kick things on Wednesday night. Thursday’s main event will pay $3,000 to the winner, Friday’s victor will pocket $4,000 and the first driver to the checkered flag on Saturday will earn a $6,000 paycheck. The Featherlite Fall Jamboree is the undisputed marquee event for America’s “who's who” of dirt Modified racing as they converge on the Deer Creek Speedway near the tiny rural town of Spring Valley, Minn., for a possible $13,000 or more to win over three big days with a combined total purse of more than $200,000! Special events include the annual Golf Scramble, Karaoke Night and dozens of other activities. Tickets may be purchased online at www.deercreekspeedway.com or by calling toll-free 877-DCS-RACE. For track or campground info, call 507-346-2342 or email info@deercreekspeedway.com. The Deer Creek Speedway is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located off of I-90 at Exit 209, then 11.3 miles south on US 63 (0.7 mile north of SR 16). 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 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):
SCHOENFELD HEADERS HEAT RACE #3
(8 laps):
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN (10
laps, top 10 advance):
WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (20 laps): (R) = DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year contender.
WIX Filters Lap Leaders:
Mather 1, Gustin 2, Mather 3-11, Gustin 12-20.
Contingency Awards:Ai-Racing
– Dickey. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 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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