Droste’s hot streak continues with third Iron Man Challenge win Thursday at Fairmont
FAIRMONT, Minn. (June 28) – After two feature races in 48 hours, Tyler Droste has his second Industrial Material Surplus Iron Man Challenge victory after leading wire to wire at the Fairmont Raceway Thursday night.
The 16-year-old from Waterloo, Iowa, grabbed the lead from polesitter Jason Fisher at the start of the 18-lap USRA B-Mod main event, and then rolled to his third Iron Man win of the season.
A caution with six laps to go gave points leader Trevor Hunt a shot at the leader, but the 13-year-old was not able to muster a challenge to Droste who pocketed $500 for the win.
Ben Kates got by Hunt with four laps remaining, but Hunt battled back to reclaim the runner-up spot while Kates settled for a third-place finish ahead of Fisher and Nick Johansen.
Competing in their first Iron Man Challenge events of the 2012 campaign, Cullen Deruyder, Dustin Phillip, Dan Tenold, Tad Reutzel and Tyler Heetland finished sixth through tenth.
The Industrial Material Surplus Iron Man Challenge featuring USRA B-Mods will be in action Friday at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, and wrap up the weekend on Saturday at the Upper Iowa Speedway in Decorah, Iowa.
Both events will pay $500 to win.
The next Iron Man Challenge event featuring the USRA Stock Cars will be Thursday, July 26, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., when they will join the USMTS Modifieds at the 2nd Annual World Modified Dirt Track Championship presented by Hanson Tire Service.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Industrial Material Surplus Iron Man Challenge
Fairmont Raceway, Fairmont, Minn.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown and money won. All heat race finishers advanced to the “A” Main with the top 12 redrawing for starting positions.
USRA B-MODS
Heat #1 (6 laps):
1. (4) 14 Jason Fisher, Lakefield, Minn.
2. (3) 99h Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo.
3. (2) 20 Justin Schuder, Fairmont, Minn.
4. (8) 86 Dan Tenold, Northwood, Iowa.
5. (1) 9 Matthew Looft, Swea City, Iowa.
6. (9) 8L Lyle Sathoff, Armstrong, Iowa.
7. (6) 17 Tyler Heetland, Bancroft, Iowa.
8. (5) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa.
9. (7) Red1 Dan Wheeler, Columbia Heights, Minn.
Heat #2 (6 laps):
1. (5) 1 Nick Johansen, Tyler, Minn.
2. (1) 27 Dustin Phillip, Granada, Minn.
3. (7) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
4. (8) 25 Dan Paplow, Dundee, Minn.
5. (4) 5r Tad Reutzel, Burt, Iowa.
6. (6) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
7. (3) 5 Jared Nytroe, Brandon, S.D.
8. (2) 80 Josh Bonnstetter, Slayton, Minn.
Heat #3 (6 laps):
1. (4) 18 Kyle Steuber, Fairmont, Minn.
2. (5) 7 Cullen Deruyder, Ruthton, Minn.
3. (7) 92 Tyler Droste, Waterloo, Iowa.
4. (1) 6 Dustin Kruse, Brandon, S.D.
5. (2) 3w Randy Winter, Winnebago, Minn.
6. (6) JD1 Justin DeBoer, Granada, Minn.
7. (8) 19 Carter Shumski, Granada, Minn.
8. (3) 27x Max Anderson, Madison Lake, Minn.
“A” Main (18 laps):
1. (2) 92 Tyler Droste, Waterloo, Iowa, $500.
2. (3) 99h Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo., $400.
3. (4) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan., $300.
4. (1) 14 Jason Fisher, Lakefield, Minn., $250.
5. (8) 1 Nick Johansen, Tyler, Minn., $200.
6. (5) 7 Cullen Deruyder, Ruthton, Minn., $175.
7. (7) 27 Dustin Phillip, Granada, Minn., $150.
8. (9) 86 Dan Tenold, Northwood, Iowa, $130.
9. (15) 5r Tad Reutzel, Burt, Iowa, $120.
10. (20) 17 Tyler Heetland, Bancroft, Iowa, $115.
11. (10) 25 Dan Paplow, Dundee, Minn., $105.
12. (13) 8L Lyle Sathoff, Armstrong, Iowa, $100.
13. (17) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn., $90.
14. (22) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa, $80.
15. (6) 18 Kyle Steuber, Fairmont, Minn., $75.
16. (16) 3w Randy Winter, Winnebago, Minn., $75.
17. (21) 5 Jared Nytroe, Brandon, S.D., $75.
18. (12) 6 Dustin Kruse, Brandon, S.D., $75.
19. (19) 19 Carter Shumski, Granada, Minn., $75.
20. (14) 9 Matthew Looft, Swea City, Iowa, $75.
21. (11) 20 Justin Schuder, Fairmont, Minn., $75.
22. (24) 27x Max Anderson, Madison Lake, Minn., $75.
23. (18) JD1 Justin DeBoer, Granada, Minn., $75.
24. (23) 80 Josh Bonnstetter, Slayton, Minn., $75.
DNS – Red1 Dan Wheeler, Columbia Heights, Minn., $50.
Lap Leaders: Droste 1-18.
Points Standings: Hunt 646, Timmerman 567, Kates 533, Droste 479, Nick Roberts 372, Jason Schlangen 299, Bleess 292, Nick Newton 272, Jeremy Chambers 256, Steve Muilenburg 250.
Next Race: Friday, June 29, Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, Iowa.
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