USMTS go at Liberal bountiful for Payne

LIBERAL, Kan. (June 21) – Jeremy Payne continued his dominance in the Arbor Masters Central Region presented by Day Motor Sports Friday night at the Liberal Fairgrounds Speedway with his fourth win in nine starts as the USMTS Casey’s Cup Series paid their first-ever visit to the 3/8-mile D-shaped clay oval.

A runner-up finish in Beyea Custom Headers Heat Race #1 earned the 27-year-old from Springfield, Mo., a spot in the redraw where he picked the pole position for the 40-lap main event.

From there, he led every lap to secure his 15th career USMTS victory and his second $4,000 paycheck in as many nights.

Dereck Ramirez of Woodward, Okla., ran in the runner-up spot from start to finish, but was unable to challenge Payne for the lead and crossed the finish line 4.449 seconds behind the winner.

New Sharon, Iowa’s Zack VanderBeek came from 11 on the 24-car starting grid to finish third and garnered his third Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger Award of the 2013 campaign.

Rodney Sanders of Happy, Texas, was started and finished fourth while Johnny Scott of Las Cruces, N.M., netted the fifth spot.

Jason Hughes, Kelly Shryock, Thomas Tillison Jr., George White and Rookie of the Year points leader Trevor Hunt rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Payne has a semi-comfortable points lead in the Arbor Masters Central Region as he holds a 64-point cushion over Hughes with three events remaining. The final three events will take place Tuesday, July 16, at the Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., and Friday-Saturday, July 19-20, at the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., during the 3rd Annual Silver Dollar Nationals.

The USMTS Modifieds now head to the Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas, for the first of six events in seven days that will decide the champion of the Allgayer, Inc., Southern Region presented by Day Motor Sports.

Saturday’s show will be the only appearance of the season at the Route 66 Motor Speedway where current regional points leader Rodney Sanders cut his teeth in racing.

To the crowd’s delight, Sanders emerged as the winner of the inaugural USMTS event here in 2010 while Kelly Shryock held off Ryan Gustin to win in 2011. Two events here held at the state-of-the-art facility in 2012 with Jason Hughes and Randy Timms getting to the winners circle.

The racing surface at Bill Worthen’s 18-year-old speedplant is a generous 75 feet wide in the turns with 20 degrees of banking and 65 feet wide down the straight-aways with 5 degrees of banking. The facility has a seating for 4,000 race fans, and the race teams will enjoy concrete pads available with lighting and water.

Gates open at 6:00 and races start at 7:00. Tickets are $15 and kids under 6 are free. Support classes include Sport Mods, Street Stocks and Cyclones for the 4th Annual Amarillo Ambush presented by Bud Light.

The Route 66 Motor Speedway is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located 1.5 miles south of I-40 at Exit 75 on Lakeside Dr. in Amarillo, Texas. For more information, call the track office at 806-383-0375 or 806-335-3478 for race day updates. The track’s website is www.route66motorspeedway.com.

The 4s Motorsports Southern Speedweek powered by Lecolift will continue on Sunday, June 23, at the Elk City Speedway in Elk City, Okla., before the first ever visit to the Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas, on Tuesday, June 25. On Wednesday, June 26, it’s on to the Heart O’ Texas Speedway near Waco, then back to the north for three nights to finish up on Thursday-Saturday, June 27-29, with repeat visits to the Kennedale (Texas) Speedway Park; RPM Speedway in Crandall, Texas; and Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore, Okla.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS United States Modified Touring Series – USMTS Casey’s Cup Series Arbor Masters Central Region presented by Day Motor Sports Liberal Fairgrounds Speedway, Liberal, Kan. Friday, June 21, 2013

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 12 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.

BEYEA CUSTOM HEADERS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps): 1. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas. 2. (6) 186 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo. 3. (7) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M. 4. (3) 96jr Jon Herring, Woodward, Okla. 5. (2) 4A Josh Lanterman, Wichita, Kan. 6. (5) K6 Joe Adams, Enid, Okla. 7. (8) 22D Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa. 8. (1) 1N Nicholas Link, Rolla, Kan.

JRi SHOCKS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps): 1. (1) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa. 2. (3) 60 Kip Hughes, Enid, Okla. 3. (4) 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan. 4. (2) 007 Harley Menacher (R), Elk City, Okla. 5. (5) 6 Chris Theodore (R), Coweta, Okla. 6. (8) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M. 7. (7) 36 Jeff Conner (R), Panora, Iowa. 8. (6) 00 Masen Big Eagle (R), Manor, Sask., Canada.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps): 1. (2) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 2. (1) 97 George White, Fort Worth, Texas. 3. (5) 85 Thomas Tillison Jr., Wellston, Okla. 4. (7) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 5. (3) 17 Austin Bonner, Elk City, Okla. 6. (8) 1M Cody Gearhart, Turpin, Okla. 7. (6) 12 Jim Armstrong, Liberal, Kan. 8. (4) 31 Neal DeBord, Amarillo, Texas.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps): 1. (2) 21 Van Gemmill, Ponca City, Okla. 2. (3) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo. 3. (5) 99H Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo. 4. (6) 35 Jay Purkey, Colwich, Kan. 5. (1) 05 Rick Taylor, Liberal, Kan. 6. (7) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M. 7. (4) 15B Bobby Mayfield (R), Elk City, Okla. 8. (8) 2 Tracy Link, Hugoton, Kan.

CASEY’S GENERAL STORES HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps): 1. (3) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla. 2. (2) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa. 3. (1) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada. 4. (5) 97 Cade Dillard (R), Robeline, La. 5. (8) 9 Cole Traugott, Woodward, Okla. 6. (7) 06 Chad Taylor, Liberal, Kan. 7. (6) 3H Ryan Heger, Hugoton, Kan. 8. (4) 94 Jim Graves, Liberal, Kan.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance): 1. (2) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 2. (10) 20T Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa. 3. (1) 99H Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo. 4. (8) 1M Cody Gearhart, Turpin, Okla. 5. (4) 9 Cole Traugott, Woodward, Okla. 6. (5) 007 Harley Menacher (R), Elk City, Okla., GRT/Mike’s, $90. 7. (6) 6 Chris Theodore (R), Coweta, Okla. 8. (13) 00 Masen Big Eagle (R), Manor, Sask., Canada, GRT/Tim’s, $140. 9. (3) 35 Jay Purkey, Colwich, Kan., Shark/Bogus, $75. 10. (12) 3H Ryan Heger, Hugoton, Kan., BMS/Allen’s, $75. 11. (7) 05 Rick Taylor, Liberal, Kan., Taylor/Taylor, $75. 12. (11) 12 Jim Armstrong, Liberal, Kan., Hughes/Allen’s, $75. 13. (9) 06 Chad Taylor, Liberal, Kan., Ramirez/Cline, $75. 14. (14) 2 Tracy Link, Hugoton, Kan., Shaw/Ulysses, $75.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance): 1. (3) 97 Cade Dillard (R), Robeline, La. 2. (7) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M. 3. (1) 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan. 4. (8) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M. 5. (2) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada. 6. (4) 96jr Jon Herring, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/Sput’s, $75. 7. (12) 1N Nicholas Link, Rolla, Kan., Hoffman/Guymon, $75. 8. (5) 4A Josh Lanterman, Wichita, Kan., Hoffman/KBS, $75. 9. (11) 15B Bobby Mayfield (R), Elk City, Okla. 10. (14) 94 Jim Graves, Liberal, Kan., SRP/JRM, $75. 11. (6) 17 Austin Bonner, Elk City, Okla., GRT/GMPP, $75. 12. (9) K6 Joe Adams, Enid, Okla., Hughes/Geddes, $75. 13. (10) 36 Jeff Conner (R), Panora, Iowa, Skyrocket/RoushYates, $90. 14. (13) 31 Neal DeBord, Amarillo, Texas, BillsBuilt/Green, $75.

ARBOR MASTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps): 1. (1) 186 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo., GRT/RoushYates, $4000. 2. (2) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, $1500. 3. (11) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Hughes/Sput’s, $1350. 4. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, $900. 5. (7) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., GRT/RoushYates, $950. 6. (13) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, $850. 7. (5) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, $750. 8. (12) 85 Thomas Tillison Jr., Wellston, Okla., Hughes/Geddes, $600. 9. (10) 97 George White, Fort Worth, Texas, Shaw/ASI, $550. 10. (17) 99H Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo., GRT/Mullins, $600. 11. (9) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo., GRT/Mullins, $450. 12. (22) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada, GRT/Tim’s, $500. 13. (21) 9 Cole Traugott, Woodward, Okla., Ramirez/Traugott, $275. 14. (6) 21 Van Gemmill, Ponca City, Okla., Skyrocket/Sput’s, $250. 15. (19) 1M Cody Gearhart, Turpin, Okla., Shaw/Gearhart, $250. 16. (24) 15B Bobby Mayfield (R), Elk City, Okla., Shaw/Shinook, $300. 17. (20) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M., AOS/AOS, $300. 18. (18) 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan., MBCustom/Mullins, $300. 19. (8) 60 Kip Hughes, Enid, Okla., GRT/Dunsworth, $300. 20. (23) 6 Chris Theodore (R), Coweta, Okla., Boyd/STK, $300. 21. (15) 20T Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa, Sidebiter/Mullins, $300. 22. (14) 97 Cade Dillard (R), Robeline, La., Sidebiter/Sput’s, $300. 23. (16) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., LG2/ProPower, $400. 24. (3) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla., LG2/ProPower, $250.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Lap Leader: Payne 1-40. Total Laps Led: Payne 40. Margin of Victory: 4.449 seconds. Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: VanderBeek (started 11th, finished 3rd). Next Race: Saturday, June 22, Route 66 Motor Speedway, Amarillo, Texas. Arbor Masters Central Region Points: Payne 832, J. Hughes 768, J. Scott 708, S. Scott 700, VanderBeek 696, Shryock 678, Tillison 648, Siebert 576, Galloway 571, Sanders 557. Rookie of the Year Points: Hunt 1489, Galloway 1399, Big Eagle 1159, Conner 461, Dillard 420. COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: ProPower 209, Mullins 180, Sput’s 170, RoushYates 158, Geddes 152. Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 227, GRT 189, MBCustoms 176, Skyrocket 163, LG2 160.

Contingency Awards: AERO Race Wheels – Rowland. American Racer – DeBord. Beyea Custom Headers – Sanders. BSB Manufacturing – J. Scott, Shryock. Buck Monson Photos – Payne. Crane Cams – Payne. Dominator Race Products – Theodore. Edelbrock – VanderBeek. Eibach Springs – Ramirez. FK Rod Ends – Gearhart. Forty9Designs.com – Gemmill, K. Hughes. Fuel Safe – J. Hughes. GRT Race Cars – Payne. Hooker Harness – Traugott. JRi Shocks – Shryock. KEVKO Oil Pans & Components – White. Keyser Manufacturing – Hunt. Marsh Racing Wheels – S. Scott. Mesilla Valley Transportation – VanderBeek. MSD Ignition – Payne, Ramirez. PBM Performance Products – Gemmill, Payne. Power Lift Racing Products – Ray Real Racing Wheels – all non-qualifiers. VP Racing Fuels – Ramirez.

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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.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: 4s Motorsports, Allgayer Inc., Arbor Masters, ASi Racewear, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Erson Cams, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, FVP, Integra Racing Shocks & Springs, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Lecolift, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olympic Fire Protection, Ramirez Motorsports, Road Runner Trucking, Ruter Farms, Something Inked, United Cellular Services.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO Race Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Bell Racing Helmets, Beyea Custom Headers, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, CPD Racing Tools, Crane Cams, Dominator Race Products, Edelbrock, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts, FK Rod Ends, Forty9 Designs, Fuel Safe, Genesis Racing Shocks, GRT Race Cars, Hooker Harness, JRi Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, MSD Ignition, PBM Performance Products, Power Lift Racing Products, Quarter Master, Real Racing Wheels, Sybesma Graphics, Tiger Rear Ends, VP Racing Fuels.

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