Davis dominates rain-delayed USMTS main at Chateau Raceway

LANSING, Minn. (June 6) – With heat races in the books, the skies opened up above the Chateau Raceway on May 24 and forced United States Modified Touring Series officials to postpone the remainder of the 6th Annual Mike Guttormson Memorial presented by Tiny’s Body Shop to Friday night.

With the top 8 in heat race passing points already qualified, Friday night’s draw saw defending USRA Modified national champion Brandon Davis select the pole and then proceed to lead all 40 laps of the main event.

From the outside of the front row, Dereck Ramirez stayed close to Davis early on, and then Zack VanderBeek gave it a shot but neither were able to seriously challenge the driver from Medford, Minn., who will celebrate his 22nd birthday on Monday with his sixth career USMTS winner’s trophy.

It was also Davis’ second straight wire-to-wire victory after snagging the USMTS Casey’s Cup Series event at the Deer Creek Speedway on May 25. He’s led all 80 laps of the last two races.

Kelly Shryock used the top side of the racetrack to pass three cars in the final three laps and finish third behind VanderBeek. Ramirez held off Johnny Scott for fourth, with Stormy Scott, Joey Jensen, Tommy Myer, Mike Sorensen and Brad Waits completing the top 10.

The series heads to the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, on Friday night for another contest in the tough-as-nails Farm Boy BBQ Northern Region presented by Day Motor Sports. The Iron Man Challenge featuring USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will round out the show.

The pit gate opens at: 4:30 p.m., grandstand opens at: 5:30, hot laps start at 6:50 and the first heat race hits the track at 7:30 p.m. Fans can pick up $2-off coupons at the Casey’s General Store located at 709 1st Ave. in Rock Rapids.

Then on Saturday, June 8, the haulers head back east on I-90 for the only appearance of the year at the Upper Iowa Speedway in Decorah, Iowa. Coupons good for $2 off adult grandstand admission are available at Casey’s General Stores locations in Decorah and Freeport.

To find the Casey’s General Store nearest you or your route to the racetrack, plus lots of great coupons and specials, visit www.caseys.com.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series – USMTS Casey’s Cup Series
Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region presented by Day Motor Sports
6th Annual Mike Guttormson Memorial presented by Tiny’s Body Shop and Powder Werks
Chateau Raceway, Lansing, Minn.
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed and money won. The top 12 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races were locked into the “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

BEYEA CUSTOM HEADERS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps, completed May 24):
1. (1) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
2. (5) V2 Joey Jensen, Forest Lake, Minn.
3. (3) 21m Dean Mahlstedt, Clear Lake, Iowa.
4. (8) 7 Ron Jones, Princeton, Minn.
5. (2) 1k Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.
6. (7) 00 Masen Big Eagle (R), Manor, Sask., Canada.
7. (4) 96 Greg Jensen, Albert Lea, Minn.
8. (6) 29h Joe Horgdal, Kasson, Minn.

JRi SHOCKS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps, completed May 24):
1. (1) 19 Mike Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (4) 50iii Brandon Davis, Medford, Minn.
3. (7) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
4. (8) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (6) 45 Todd Scharkey, Kasson, Minn.
6. (5) 22d Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa.
7. (2) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
8. (3) R Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps, completed May 24):
1. (2) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
2. (1) 4a Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
3. (5) 1st Johnny Scott, Arroyo Hondo, N.M.
4. (7) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis.
5. (6) 33x Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
6. (3) 14w Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
7. (4) 23k Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps, completed May 24):
1. (1) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (2) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (6) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
4. (4) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn.
5. (5) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada.
6. (3) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
7. (7) 99h Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (10 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (2) 21m Dean Mahlstedt, Clear Lake, Iowa.
3. (10) 24 Brad Waits, Rochester, Minn.
4. (3) 45 Todd Scharkey, Kasson, Minn.
5. (4) 1k Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.
6. (5) 00 Masen Big Eagle (R), Manor, Sask., Canada, GRT/Tim’s, $90.
7. (8) 23k Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn., Killer/Flyin’J, $75.
8. (9) 29h Joe Horgdal, Kasson, Minn., Killer/Flyin’J, $75.
9. (7) 96 Greg Jensen, Albert Lea, Minn., BC/KSE, $90.
10. (6) 14w Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn., Wheeler/Wagamon, $90.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (10 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn.
2. (1) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis.
3. (4) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada
4. (3) 33x Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis.
5. (6) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
6. (5) 22d Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa, GRT/Mullins, $90.
7. (7) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
8. (8) 99h Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo.
DNS – R Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Skyrocket/Midstate, $75

“A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 50iii Brandon Davis, Medford, Minn., GRT/KSE, 40, $2000.
2. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $1500.
3. (8) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $1050.
4. (2) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, 40, $900.
5. (11) 1st Johnny Scott, Arroyo Hondo, N.M., GRT/RoushYates, 40, $850.
6. (13) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., LG2/ProPower, 40, $800.
7. (6) V2 Joey Jensen, Forest Lake, Minn., GRT/Tim’s, 40, $650.
8. (7) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $600.
9. (3) 19 Mike Sorensen, Rochester, Minn., Hughes/Action, 40, $550.
10. (17) 24 Brad Waits, Rochester, Minn., /, 40, $500.
11. (16) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis., GRT/TriStar, 40, $450.
12. (18) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada, GRT/Tim’s, 40, $475.
13. (12) 7 Ron Jones, Princeton, Minn., MBCustom/Sput’s, 40, $400.
14. (14) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $375.
15. (22) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $350.
16. (23) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/RoushYates, 40, $300.
17. (24) 99h Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo., GRT/Yeoman, 40, $350.
18. (15) 21m Dean Mahlstedt, Clear Lake, Iowa, GRT/Midstate, 40, $300.
19. (21) 1k Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa, Skyrocket/Karl, 40, $300.
20. (19) 45 Todd Scharkey, Kasson, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $250.
21. (9) 4a Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn., Skyrocket/Action, 33, $300.
22. (20) 33x Adam Hensel, Baldwin, Wis., Rocket/Malcuit, 13, $300.
23. (4) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 12, $350.
24. (10) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 12, $300.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Lap Leader: Davis 1-40.
Total Laps Led: Davis 40.
Margin of Victory: 2.583 seconds.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: S. Scott (started 13th, finished 6th).
Next Race: Friday, June 7, Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region Points: S. Scott 324, J. Scott 301, VanderBeek 300, Shryock 291, J. Jensen 290, Ramirez 289, Jones 273, Davis 256, Myer 249, Hunt 248.
Rookie of the Year Points: Hunt 1129, Galloway 1100, Big Eagle 898, Shane Sprinkle 380, Jeff Conner 371.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: ProPower 155, Mullins 122, RoushYates 122, Sput’s 119, Geddes 108.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 162, GRT 134, Skyrocket 125, MBCustoms 122, LG2 112.

Contingency Awards:
AERO Race Wheels – Schott.
American Racer – Alberts.
Beyea Custom Headers – Myer.
BSB Manufacturing – J. Scott, Jensen.
Buck Monson Photos – Davis.
Crane Cams – Davis.
Dominator Race Products – Scharkey.
Edelbrock – Shryock.
Eibach Springs – Shryock.
FK Rod Ends – Hillson.
Forty9Designs.com – Donlinger, Graham.
Fuel Safe – S. Scott.
GRT Race Cars – Davis.
Hooker Harness – Jones.
JRi Shocks – Sorensen.
KEVKO Oil Pans & Components – Sorensen.
Keyser Manufacturing – Waits.
Marsh Racing Wheels – Hughes.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – S. Scott.
MSD Ignition – Davis, VanderBeek.
PBM Performance Products – Ramirez, Davis.
Power Lift Racing Products – Hunt
Real Racing Wheels – all non-qualifiers.
VP Racing Fuels – Davis.

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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Casey’s General Stores, Cheetos, COMP Cams®, Day Motor Sports, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, New Vision Graphics, Nitroquest, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, Snickers, Swan Energy.

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