Track Schedules

Gustin returns to form at Red River Valley Speedway, records 12th USMTS win of 2011 campaign

WEST FARGO, N.D. (June 8) – Ryan Gustin returned to his winning ways Wednesday as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy invaded the Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, N.D.

‘The Reaper’ started tenth in the field with a powerful list of drivers in front of him, but the 20-year-old from Marshalltown, Iowa, took just 19 laps to claw his way to the front and overtake race-long leader Rodney Sanders, and then led the final 21 circuits to record his twelfth WIX Filters “A” Main victory of the season.

The win was worth $2,000 to Gustin and marked his 36th career USMTS triumph battling the best of the best in open-wheel dirt modified racing.

Perhaps just as impressive as his dozen wins so far in 2011 is his consistent threat to win. In 29 starts this year, he has won or finished among the top five 25 times.

After dropping out of the main event on Tuesday night with just four laps remaining, Jon Tesch rebounded for a runner-up finish Wednesday. Corey Dripps took third, Sanders held on for fourth and Zack VanderBeek came from the outside of the sixth row to grab the fifth spot.

Cody Skytland passes ten cars en route to a sixth-place results, while Jason Grimes, Kelly Shryock, Chase Junghansand Al Hejna rounded out the top ten.

Four more events in the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Great Plains Region are on tap as the rugged USMTS road warriors continue their grueling stretch of 17 races over the course of 19 days during Summer Speedweeks with a return to the Casino Speedway in Watertown, S.D., on Thursday for the 7th Annual Team Electronics Summer Slam.

Race fans can pick up coupons good for $2 off adult general admission at all three Casey’s General Stores locations in Watertown on Thursday. To find the location nearest you, check out www.caseys.com.

The Casino Speedway is a 3/8-mile semi-banked clay oval located 4 miles northwest of US 212 on SR 20, then 0.7 mile south on Stokes-Thomas Lake Rd. (next to the city park). For more information call 605-881-1781 or the track hotline on race day at 605-882-2855. The track's Official Website can be found at www.casinospeedway.com.

USMTS SUMMER SPEEDWEEKS:

Tue Jun 7 ... Huset’s Speedway, Brandon, S.D. (winner: Kelly Shryock)
Wed Jun 8 ... Red River Valley Speedway, West Fargo, N.D. (winner: Ryan Gustin)
Thu Jun 9 ... Casino Speedway, Watertown, S.D.
Fri Jun 10 ... Brown County Speedway, Aberdeen, S.D.
Sat Jun 11 … Jamestown Speedway, Jamestown, N.D.
Sun Jun 12 … Nobles County Speedway, Worthington, Minn.
Mon Jun 13 … Mineral City Speedway, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Tue Jun 14 … Fairmont Raceway, Fairmont, Minn.
Wed Jun 15 … Cresco Speedway, Cresco, Iowa
Thu Jun 16 … Central Wisconsin Raceway, Unity, Wis.
Fri Jun 17 … Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Sat Jun 18 … Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Tue Jun 21 … I-35 Speedway, Mason City, Iowa
Wed Jun 22 … Buena Vista Raceway, Alta, Iowa
Thu Jun 23 … Park Jefferson Speedway, Jefferson, S.D.
Fri Jun 24 … Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa
Sat Jun 25 … North Central Speedway, Brainerd, Minn.

Each event will pay $2,000 to the winner of the main event, with more than $200,000 in total prize money up for grabs during the three-week adventure.

After a chaotic month of June, drivers will get a vacation of nearly three weeks before picking up the throttle again on Wednesday, July 13, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., where the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy will join the World of Outlaws Late Model Series for the first time at the legendary NAPA Gopher 50.

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 powered by Swan Energy
2nd Annual Event
Red River Valley Speedway, West Fargo, N.D.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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 16 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) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
2. (4) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.
3. (6) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
4. (3) 19B Cody Skytland, Halstad, Minn.
5. (7) 96A Alex Engelstad, Beltrami, Minn.
6. (5) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
7. (2) 49 Tim Compson, Valley City, N.D.
8. (8) 0 Jeff Odden, Fargo, N.D.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 52 Jason Thoennes (R), Garfield, Minn.
2. (3) 99 Jason Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D.
3. (5) 19R Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
4. (6) 37w Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D.
5. (2) 99a Cale Arneson, Fargo, N.D.
6. (7) 9H Robert Hellebust, Kenmare, N.D.
7. (4) 1T Tim Thomas (R), West Fargo, N.D.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (6) 2J Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn.
2. (2) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
3. (3) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
4. (7) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
5. (5) 71s Brian Strand, Bemidji, Minn.
6. (1) 02 Kody Scholpp (R), Estevan, Sask., Canada.
7. (4) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
2. (3) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
3. (1) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
4. (7) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
5. (6) 17 Michael Greseth, Harwood, N.D.
6. (5) 31v Jason Voigt (R), St. Cloud, Minn.
7. (4) 5 John Corell (R), Jamestown, N.D.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 8 advance):
1. (6) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
2. (8) 31v Jason Voigt (R), St. Cloud, Minn.
3. (11) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
4. (3) 99a Cale Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D.
5. (5) 9H Robert Hellebust (R), Kenmare, N.D.
6. (7) 02 Kody Scholpp, Estevan, Sask., Canada.
7. (13) 0 Jeff Odden, Fargo, N.D.
8. (12) 5 John Corell (R), Jamestown, N.D.
9. (2) 17 Michael Greseth, Harwood, N.D., J-Car/Quality, $75.
10. (9) 49 Tim Compson, Valley City, N.D., J-Car/Compson, $75.
11. (1) 96A Alex Engelstad, Beltrami, Minn., Shaw/Sturdy, $75.
12. (4) 71s Brian Strand, Bemidji, Minn., Millenium/Adams, $75.
13. (10) 1T Tim Thomas (R), West Fargo, N.D., Hughes/G-Force, $90.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (10) 19R Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $2050.
2. (8) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $1500.
3. (4) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/Mullins, 40, $1000.
4. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Geddes, 40, $950.
5. (12) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $800.
6. (16) 19B Cody Skytland, Halstad, Minn., MasterSbilt/Millar, 40, $600.
7. (3) 99 Jason Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D., Hughes/Dakota, 40, $650.
8. (17) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $650.
9. (11) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $550.
10. (9) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa, BC/JR, 40, $500.
11. (14) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn., Shaw/Sturdy, 40, $350.
12. (19) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn., Millenium/Speed Works, 40, $300.
13. (7) 52 Jason Thoennes (R), Garfield, Minn., MastersBilt/Sowers, 40, $400.
14. (18) 31v Jason Voigt (R), St. Cloud, Minn., RCT/Vresco, 40, $375.
15. (23) 0 Jeff Odden, Fargo, N.D., DirtWorks/Midwest, 40, $250.
16. (24) 5 John Corell (R), Jamestown, N.D., Shaw/Dakota, 40, $300.
17. (15) 37w Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D., Arrow/Sput’s, 40, $400.
18. (22) 02 Kody Scholpp (R), Estevan, Sask., Canada, TRE/Arizona, 40, $300.
19. (5) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 37, $400.
20. (13) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 27, $400.
21. (6) 2J Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn., Shaw/Sturdy, 27, $300.
22. (1) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa, Sidebiter/KSE, 25, $400.
23. (20) 99a Cale Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D., Shaw/Adams, 25, $300.
24. (21) 9H Robert Hellebust (R), Kenmare, N.D., Elite/JR, 15, $300.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Integra Lap Leaders: Sanders 1-19, Gustin 20-40.
Total Laps Led: Gustin 21, Sanders 19.
Margin of Victory: 0.432 second.
AFCO Pole Winner: Jegtvig.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Skytland (started 16th, finished 6th).
Next Race: Thursday, June 9, Casino Speedway, Watertown, S.D.
Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Great Plains Region Points: Shryock 359, Tesch 346, Gustin 330, Grimes 305, VanderBeek 302, Mather 295, Ruter 286, Sanders 281, Dripps 276, Junghans 272.
Rookie of the Year Points: Clyde Dunn Jr. 976, Jimmy Ray 971, Jeff Rowland 843, Philip Houston 807, John Webb 800..
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 267, ProPower 210, ASI 154, Sput’s 150, Geddes 135.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 281, Skyrocket 229, GRT 166, Ramirez 80, TRE 69.

Contingency Awards:
American Racer – Saurer.
CPD Racing Tools – not awarded.
Eibach Springs – Jegtvig.
Forty9Designs.com – Sanders, Junghans.
Hooker Harness – not awarded.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Gustin.
ISKY Racing Cams – Sanders.
KSE Racing Products – Tesch.
Marsh Racing Wheels – Hellebust.
New Vision Graphics – Thoennes.
Nitroquest – Thomas.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – not awarded.
PBM Performance Products – Dripps.
Real Racing Wheels – Thomas.
Ruter Farms – not awarded.
WIX Filters – Gustin.

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USMTS TITLE SPONSORS: Casey’s General Stores, Swan Energy.

USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Awesome Race Suits, Cheetos, Intercomp, Karl Chevrolet, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, New Vision Graphics, Nitroquest, RACEceiver, SLAP Energy, Snickers.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Arnold Motor Supply, ASi Racewear, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, DAY Motor Sports, Dirthead.com, DirtKnights.com, Dirt Track Racing School, DrySlik Dirt Trak Racewear, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Karl Performance Parts, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olympic Fire Protection, Ramirez Race Cars, Ruter Farms, Schwab’s Tinker Shop, Sybesma Graphics, Yeager Machine.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, COMP Cams, CPD Racing Tools, Eibach Springs, Erson Cams, Fast Shafts, Forty9Designs.com, Genesis Shocks, Hooker Harness, Hypercoil Springs, ISKY Racing Cams, The Joie of Seating, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Out-Pace Racing Products, PBM Performance Products, Quarter Master, Real Racing Wheels, RHS – Racing Head Service, Tiger Rear Ends, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, WIX Filters.