Fisher holds off Johansen for Iron Man Challenge checkers at Nobles County Speedway
WORTHINGTON, Minn. (July 22) – He led all 20 laps Sunday night at the Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn., but the win was anything but easy for Jason Fisher as he defended his race-long lead on the final lap to score his first victory in the Industrial Material Surplus Iron Man Challenge.
Fisher started third, but grabbed the lead in the main event for the USRA B-Mods by the time the first lap was completed. Meanwhile, Nick Johansen was clawing his was to the front from his outside fifth row starting spot.
In fact, Johansen edged in front of Fisher on lap 16 but an untimely caution flag reset the field with Fisher in control for the restart.
Fisher was able to hold off Johansen over the final four laps, and withstood a final lap surge to claim the $500 top prize while Johansen settled for the runner-up paycheck and his second top-5 finish in as many Iron Man starts this season.
Polesitter Cullen DeRuyder wound up in the third spot with Jared Timmerman taking fourth and Tracy Johnson coming from 17th to grab the fifth position.
Points leader Trevor Hunt snared the sixth spot, Tyler Johnson was seventh, Kylie Kath earned an eighth-place finish, Trevor Fecht nabbed ninth and Jeremiah Christensen completed the top 10.
The Industrial Material Surplus Iron Man Challenge returns to action this Thursday, July 26, but this time it will be the USRA Stock Cars in the spotlight as they join the USMTS Modifieds at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., during the World Modified Dirt Track Championship.
The next event featuring the USRA B-Mods will be two weeks later on Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., as they join the racing card for the first race in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Industrial Material Surplus Iron Man Challenge
Nobles County Speedway, Worthington, Minn.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown and money won. The top 8 drivers in heat race passing points redraw for starting positions in the “A” Main.
USRA B-MODS
Heat #1 (8 laps):
1. (3) 91 Tyler Johnson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (1) 6 Dustin Kruse, Brandon, S.D.
3. (6) R1 Tom Brown, Heron Lake, Minn.
4. (4) 24 Alec VandenBrink, Orange City, Iowa.
5. (7) 8c Cory Gronewold, Lennox, S.D.
6. (5) R13 Cody Brown, Heron Lake, Minn.
7. (2) 19 Tracy Johnson, Lake Preston, S.D.
Heat #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 80 Josh Bonnstetter, Slayton, Minn.
2. (2) 7 Cullen DeRuyder, Ruthton, Minn.
3. (4) 1 Nick Johansen, Tyler, Minn.
4. (3) 42 Dan Ahlers, Slayton, Minn.
5. (7) 51 Brian Rogers, Worthington, Minn.
6. (6) 12 Chris Tiesler, Adrian, Minn.
7. (5) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
Heat #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 83 Kylie Kath, Owatonna, Minn.
2. (2) 15b Steve Bents, Rushmore, Minn.
3. (4) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa.
4. (3) 72 Ray Bertrand, Wilmont, Minn.
5. (5) 75 Scott Sievert, Mitchell, S.D.
6. (6) 6d Nick Dieter, Brewster, Minn.
7. (7) 10 Nick Ober, Ground Lake, Minn.
Heat #4 (8 laps):
1. (1) 14 Jason Fisher, Lakefield, Minn.
2. (5) 7m Jeremiah Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. (2) R6 Danny Myrvold, Heron Lake, Minn.
4. (6) 99h Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo.
5. (3) 1 Cody Ahrendt, Inwood, Iowa.
6. (4) 10t Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa.
“B” Main (10 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (9) 19 Tracy Johnson, Lake Preston, S.D.
2. (8) 10t Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa.
3. (4) 1 Cody Ahrendt, Inwood, Iowa.
4. (2) 51 Brian Rogers, Worthington, Minn.
5. (11) 10 Nick Ober, Ground Lake, Minn.
6. (1) 8c Cory Gronewold, Lennox, S.D.
7. (5) R13 Cody Brown, Heron Lake, Minn., $50.
8. (3) 75 Scott Sievert, Mitchell, S.D., $50.
9. (6) 12 Chris Tiesler, Adrian, Minn., $50.
10. (7) 6d Nick Dieter, Brewster, Minn., $50.
11. (10) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn., $50.
“A” Main (20 laps):
1. (3) 14 Jason Fisher, Lakefield, Minn., $500.
2. (10) 1 Nick Johansen, Tyler, Minn., $400.
3. (1) 7 Cullen DeRuyder, Ruthton, Minn., $300.
4. (11) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa, $250.
5. (17) 19 Tracy Johnson, Lake Preston, S.D., $200.
6. (13) 99h Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo., $170.
7. (6) 91 Tyler Johnson, Sioux Falls, S.D., $140.
8. (7) 83 Kylie Kath, Owatonna, Minn., $120.
9. (18) 10t Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa, $110.
10. (4) 7m Jeremiah Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D., $100.
11. (16) 72 Ray Bertrand, Wilmont, Minn., $90.
12. (8) 6 Dustin Kruse, Brandon, S.D., $80.
13. (15) 42 Dan Ahlers, Slayton, Minn., $75.
14. (9) 15b Steve Bents, Rushmore, Minn., $75.
15. (19) 1 Cody Ahrendt, Inwood, Iowa, $75.
16. (20) 51 Brian Rogers, Worthington, Minn., $75.
17. (14) 24 Alec VandenBrink, Orange City, Iowa, $75.
18. (22) 8c Cory Gronewold, Lennox, S.D., $75.
19. (12) R6 Danny Myrvold, Heron Lake, Minn., $75.
20. (5) R1 Tom Brown, Heron Lake, Minn., $75.
21. (2) 80 Josh Bonnstetter, Slayton, Minn., $75.
22. (21) 10 Nick Ober, Ground Lake, Minn., $75.
Lap Leaders: Fisher 1-20.
Points Standings: Hunt 1060, Timmerman 873, Ben Kates 836, Tyler Droste 641, Nick Roberts 467, Jason Schlangen 461, Nick Newton 454, Bonnstetter 360, Bleess 337, Jacob Ebert 295.
Next Race: Thursday, July 26, Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn. (USRA Stock Cars).
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