Gustin takes night two USMTS win at Shady Oaks

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USMTS Returns to Shady Oaks Speedway, 2/11-13/16 - Gustin takes night two USMTS win at Shady Oaks

 

By JM Hallas

Goliad, Tx.,(Feb. 12Th, 2016) After a thrilling season opener for both USMTS and Shady Oaks Speedway Thursday night, could it get any more exciting?

Tonight's USMTS purse ramps up the competition with $3,000 on the line for the winner as they battle on the 3/8 mile, semi-banked, dirt oval just outside of town. Limited Modified payday jumps up to $500 to win and the Mod-Lites join Fridays action.

All classes continue with full programs including heats, B-mains and feature events.

Last nights racing action treated fans to two hotly contested feature races highlighted by a side by side finish in USMTS and lead swapping in Limited Modifieds, Friday, it was time to do it all over again.

Thursday saw two former USMTS champions, Rodney Sanders and Jason Hughes, run wheel to wheel to the checkers. Sanders edged out Hughes by about 6-8 inches to snag the USMTS payday.

USMTS competition is so tough that the drivers that finished 1-2 were relegated to running a B-main in tonights events.

Steve Whiteaker jr. took home the hardware in Limited Modifieds after swapping the lead with Shane Hoefling for a couple laps near the midway point.

Gustin Goes Green to Checkers

 

Marshalltown, Iowas Ryan Gustin had to settle for a DNF in Thursday nights race, but tonight was a different story. Capitalizing on his front row starting spot, "The Reaper" went wire to wire in the 35-lap main event. Gustin was chased early by Joe Duvall the first third of the race.

Last years Rookie of the Year, Jesse Sobbing took up the challenge from there giving Gustin some good looks from time to time. Once they got into lapped traffic Gustin in the Gressel Racing, McCartney Welding Servive, Henryetta Ford, VP race Fuels, Mac Tools, LaJoie Seats, Midwest Sheet Metal, Eibach Springs, Integra Shocks, Fast Shafts, Schaeffer Oil, MSD, BSB, Wilwood, Larry Carburetors, Bayea, BMRS Lines, Mullins powered, Hughes Chassis was able to distance himself from the field.

As the 24-car field came to life Duvall was first into turn 1, but slid up in turn 2 giving Gustin the bottom. Gustin got the point coming off turn 2 with Duvall, Jake Timm, Cody Leonard and Sobbing in pursuit. The top ten sorted out by lap 3, with two and three wide battles in the pack. Ben Kates went around from that scramble to bring out yellow.

After another quick yellow, Duvall tried to dive under Gustin, to no avail, while Sobbing took fourth from Leonard. Philip Houston then got along side Leonard and snagged fifth a lap later. Up front Duvall was keeping the pressure on Gustin, but Gustin held steady.

Gustin had just began to inch away while Sobbing and Timm ran side by side for third. Timm would spin himself while trying to stay off Sobbing for a lap 10 caution. Sobbing got a good jump on the restart going past Duvall for second and looking low on Gustin, but with the momentum, Gustin held him off.

A freeway style stack saw several drivers hook bumpers, but all were able to continue even though a caution was called. Once back to green Sobbing and Cade Dillard tried get under Gustin, while Zack Vanderbeek and Duvall were side by side. That duo swapped fourth for several laps until Duvall got control of the spot.

Coming to the halfway point Sobbing again gave Gustin a good look low in turn 2 but couldn't get by. At halfway it was Gustin, Sobbing, Dillard, Duvall and Vanderbeek still holding the top five. With the battle up front calmed, Jason Hughes, Rodney Sanders, Leonard and Casey Arneson battled for sixth.

As Gustin ran up on traffic, Hughes made his way to sixth while Sanders got seventh from C. Arneson. Gustin used his experience to dice through slower cars better than Sobbing could and increased his margin as the white flag waved leaving Gustin unchallenged at the checkers.

"Starting up front was a lot of it," explained Gustin. "You have to have starting position when you race with these guys. There's a lot of good racers and fast race cars. Starting in the back of a heat may not be a bad thing though when you get enough passing points and good redraw to start on the front. It definitely helps."

"Unless you have someone trying to give you signals you never really know where you're at when you start up front. You aren't allowed to give signals in USMTS so you have to be on toes. You have to listen and watch and do your best to hold them off."

"I saw a couple guys trying to dive under me a few times. I just tried to pick up my pace and to get away from them so they couldn't try a slide job on me or something."

"We only made minor changes from last night. We have our deal that we do and stay within our box. It always seems to work pretty well. It's pretty close to what we won here with last year. There's a couple little things we've done different and learned throughout last year. Overall it's about the same racecar."

"This track, to me, isn't that much different than any other we race on. It's a dirt circle. They're not too different from each other. We enjoy coming down to this race track. They always seem to have a good surface on it. It's a good time."

"We're going to jump back and forth between the Modified and Late Model again. I don't think we'll do either one full time. We've got two Late Models and two Modifieds so wherever we want to go, that'd where we'll go."


USMTS Modifieds

19 r Ryan Gustin, 99 Jesse Sobbing, 97 Cade Dillard, 91 Joe Duvall, 33 Zack Vanderbeek, 12 Jason Hughes, 2 Casey Arneson, 12L Cody Leonard, 71 Philip Houston, 12d Scott Drake, 89c Steve Whiteaker jr., 4m Bobby Malchus, 21t Lance Town, 4v Billy Vogel, 4w Tyler Wolff, 6 Brock Bauman, 49jr Jake Timm, 15h Sam Hafertepe, 77 Garrett Gregory, 35 Barry Gifford, 20 Rodney Sanders, 68 Brandon Watson

USMTS Modified B-mains(Top 5 to A-main)
B-main #1; 12 Jason Hughes, 20 Rodney Sanders, 68 Brandon Watson, 23k Ben Kates, 77 Garrett Gregory, 34L Mickey Lassiter, 34w Michael Walker, 129 Jamie Campbell, 4w Tyler Wolff, 38 Ronnie Gould III, 4 Cody Bauman

B-main #2; 33 Zack Vanderbeek, 2 Casey Arneson, 35g Barry Gifford, 49 Chadd Howell, 4* Billy Vogel, 15h Sam Hafertepe jr, 16g Bubba Gates, 8 Steve Miller, 37 Bill Pittaway, 10 Austin Arneson, 303 Chase Jupe---dns

USMTS heats(Top 12 in passing points to A-main)
Heat 1; 12 Cody Leonard, 97 Cade Dillard, 4m Bobby Malchus, 6 Brock Bauman, 49 Chadd Howell, 35 Barry Gifford, 77 Garrett Gregory, 38 Ronnie Gould III, 129 Jamie Campbell

Heat 2; 71 Philip Houston, 49jr Jake Timm, 12d Scott Drake, 33 Zack Vanderbeek, 12h Jason Hughes, 4w Tyler Wolff, 15h Sam Hafertepe jr., 303 Chase Jupe, 137 Bill Pittaway

Heat 3; 89c Steve Whiteaker jr., 21t Lance Town, 19r Ryan Gustin, 68 Brandon Watson, 34 Michael Walker, 34L Mickey Lassiter, 23k Ben Kates, 4 Cody Bauman

Heat 4; 99 Jesse Sobbing, 91 Joe Duvall, 20 Rodney Sanders, 10 Austin Arneson, 2 Casey Arneson', 16g Bubba Gates, 4* Billy Vogel, 8 Steve Miller

Oakes Outsnookers Jennings for Limited Modified Win
San Antonios Craig Oakes used a restart to get by JJ Jennings near midway in the 20-lap Limited Modified feature. Jennings secured the spot after a side by side battle with Dustin Robinson.

A series of caution set up the lap 8 restart that saw Oakes get under Jennings as green waved. Once out front, Oakes in his Uranium Energy Corperation, McMahan Welding Service, Performance Racing Products, Express Chassis checked out for the victory

Twenty-three Limited Modified took the green with Jenning And Robinson staying side by side. Robinson got the nose out front to lead lap 1. Robinson and Jennings continued to run wheel to wheel until lap 4 when Jennings got the spot. Oakes was in line third with Johnny Torres and Shane Hoefling in tow.

Chuck Perry found himself nosed into the front stretch wall for a lap 6 caution. It took several tries to get going again due to spins in the pack by Dustin Butcher, Ryan Doyon and Hoefling getting rooted out of fifth by Garrett Higgins after getting one more lap in.

Finally racing resumed with Oakes sticking the nose along side Jennings coming to green. Oakes held the bottom and was able to grab the lead on lap 8 while Jennings and Robinson resumed their fight, now for second. Oakes started to ease away coming to the crossed flags with Jennings, Robinson, Torres and Jason Hughes, piloting Steve Whiteaker jr.s car.

From there Oakes was able to begin to stretch out his margin over Jennings, who finally broke free of Robinson. With five laps to go Oakes had motored away to nearly a half straightaway advantage and was easily able to complete the run to the checkers.

Limited Modifieds
99 Craig Oakes, 26g JJ Jennings, 10 Dustin Robinson, bd3 Johnny Torres, 89c Jason Hughes, 37h Garrett Higgins, 90 Dustin Butcher, 28j Justin Nabors, 56 Broc Bowen, bd2 Eddy Ross, 24r Robby Minten, 174 Mickey Helms, 161 Hector Aguirre, 5r Ryan Doyon, 18 Larry Jernigan, 12r Roly Rodriguez, 23 Michael Gay, 3 Trice Hermes, 11t Tom Grothues, 12 Cody Leonard, 63 Shane Hoefling, 14 Wade Moyer, 115 Chuck Perry, 137 Bill Pittaway---dns

Limited Modified heats
Heat #1; 10 Dustin Robunson, 99 Craig Oakes, 37h Garrett Higgins, 89c Jason Hughes, 161 Hector Aguirre, 115 Chuck Perry, 24r Robby Minten, 11t Tom Grothues

Heat #2; 26g JJ Jennings, 63 Shane Hoefling, 90 Dustin Butcher, 174 Mickey Helms, 56 Broc Bowen, 37 Bill Pittaway, bd2 Eddy Ross, 12r Roly Rodriguez

Heat #3; bd3 Johnny Torres, 28j Justin Nabors, 12 Cody Leonard, 14 Wade Moyer, 3 Trice Hermes, 18 Larry Jernigan, 5r Ryan Doyon, 23 Michael Gay

Sexton Snags Mod-Lite Main
In a race that saw more spins than a Stevie Nix video Greg Sexton jr. was in the right spot at the right time to grab the win. Sexton and Geoffery Youngblood battled at the start for the top spot with Youngblood getting the point. The race was shortened due to time leaving a green, white, checker finish after multiple lap 6 cautions. On the restart, Youngblood had his car give up allowing Sexton to snag the lead and hold off Shane Clement the final lap for the victory.

Mod-Lites
7 Greg Sexton jr, 2 Shane Clement, 39 JoeBob Veach, 8 Duane Williams, 22 Mike Christians, 24 Victor Vargas, 10 Aubrey Taylor, 6 Brad Wright, 66 Douglas Wright, 50 Gerald Book, 64 Larry Carwin, 50r Billy Rape, 37 Geoffrey Youngblood, 5-0 Eric Salles jr, 110 Joey Rodriguez, 13 Kelly Gutchs, 3 Rick Adcock, 3x Mitchell Clement

Mod-Lite heats
Heat 1; 7 Mike Sexton jr., 39 JoeBob Veach, 13 Kelly Gutchs, 22 Mike Christians, 66 Douglas Wright, 10 Aubrey Taylor, 5-0 Eric Salles jr, 50 Gerald Book, 64 Larry Carwin

Heat 2; 37 Jeffery Youngblood, 2 Shane Clement, 8 Duane Williams, 3 Rick Adcock, 3x Mitchell Clement, 24 Victor Vargas, 6 Brad Wright, 110 Joey Rodriguez, 50r Bill Rape

Racing continues Saturday night at 6:00pm for the final night of USMTS, Limited Modifieds, Mod-Lites along with the Pure Stocks.

[NickHolt]

And here is the USMTS version:

 

Gustin gets wire-to-wire USMTS win at Shady Oaks Speedway

 

GOLIAD, Texas (Feb. 12) -- Ryan Gustin led all 35 laps Friday night at the Shady Oaks Speedway to score his 72nd career United States Modified Touring Series victory.

 

Carey Akin photo

 

The 2011-2012 USMTS national champion beat Joe Duvall to the first corner at the start of the race and never relinquished the top spot en route to collecting $3,000 for his effort. Duvall stayed close to Gustin for the first ten laps before yielding the second position to Jesse Sobbing on lap 11 following a caution flag.

 

Sobbing hunted Gustin the rest of the distance but was never able to mount a serious challenge to 'The Reaper' and had to settle for the runner-up finish ahead of Cade Dillard, Duvall and Zack VanderBeek, who came from the 14th starting spot and earned the KSE Hard Charger Award.

 

Jason Hughes was sixth, Casey Arneson finished seventh, Cody Leonard earned and eighth-place paycheck, Philip Houston claimed the ninth position and Scott Drake completed the top ten.

 

After two rounds, Dillard emerged as the points leader in the Production Jars Southern Region presented by Day Motor Sports. Hughes, Duvall, Sobbing and VanderBeek fill the next four slots.

 

On Saturday, the first heat race takes the green flag at 6 p.m. with USMTS Modifieds paying $4,000 to win, Limited Mods paying $650 to win, Mod Lites $400 to win and $400 to win for the Pure Stocks. Grandstand tickets are $20 for 13 and older with 12 and under free and pit passes $40.

 

For race fans unable to make the trip to the race track, point your browser to www.racindirt.com/livevideo to order the live broadcast covering every lap of every lap and more. New subscribers will also get a free month of RacinDirt.com's On Demand video coverage and exclusive online content.

 

The Shady Oaks Speedway is located 4.0 miles north of Goliad on US 183, then 3.0 miles east on FM 622. To learn more, check out www.shadyoakspeedway.com, like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ShadyOaksSpeedway and follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ShadyOaksGoliad.

 

USMTS Winter Speedweeks resumes at the Heart O' Texas Speedway near Waco, Texas, Feb. 18-20. From there, it's on to the Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, La., Feb. 25-27, and then wraps up at the Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore, Okla., March 3-5.

 

Each show will pay $2,000, $3,000 and $4,000 to win, respectively, and will comprise the first dozen events in the Production Jars Southern Region presented by Day Motor Sports. RacinDirt.com will carry the action live from all four events.

 

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts and Instagram at www.instagram.com/usmts or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv.

 

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

United States Modified Touring Series
USMTS Casey's Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental - Production Jars Southern Region presented by Day Motor Sports
Shady Oaks Speedway, Goliad, Texas - Friday, Feb. 12, 2016

 

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.

 

MSD HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 12 Cody Leonard, Sinton, Texas.
2. (6) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.
3. (4) 4m Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas.
4. (7) 6 Brock Bauman ®, Eureka, Ill.
5. (9) 49 Chadd Howell ®, Waurika, Okla.
6. (2) 35g Barry Gifford ®, Ponca City, Okla.
7. (3) 77 Garrett Gregory ®, Tomball, Texas.
8. (5) 38 Ronnie Gould III, Seminole, Okla.
9. (8) 29 Jamie Campbell, Adkins, Texas.

 

FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas.
2. (4) 49jr Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (5) 12d Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo.
4. (3) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
5. (9) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
6. (8) 4w Tyler Wolff ®, Fayetteville, Ark.
7. (1) 15h Sam Hafertepe Jr. ®, Rockwall, Texas.
8. (7) 137 William Pittaway, Corpus Christi, Texas.
9. (6) 303 Chase Jupe ®, Waco, Texas.

 

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 89c Steve Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas.
2. (1) 21t Lance Town, Wellsville, Kan.
3. (7) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
4. (3) 68 Brandon Watson ®, Denison, Texas.
5. (4) 34 Michael Walker ®, Alvarado, Texas.
6. (6) 34 Mickey Lassiter ®, Piedmont, Okla.
7. (8) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
8. (5) 4 Cody Bauman ®, Eureka, Ill.

 

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 99 Jesse Sobbing, Malvern, Iowa.
2. (6) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
3. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
4. (4) 10 Austin Arneson, Fargo, N.D.
5. (5) 2 Casey Arneson, Fargo, N.D.
6. (1) 16g Bubba Gates, Santa Fe, Texas.
7. (8) 4 Billy Vogel ®, West Fargo, N.D.
8. (7) 8 Steve Miller, Rosanky, Texas.

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #1 (10 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
2. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
3. (3) 68 Brandon Watson ®, Denison, Texas.
4. (7) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
5. (8) 77 Garrett Gregory ®, Tomball, Texas.
6. (6) 34 Mickey Lassiter ®, Piedmont, Okla., GRT/Sput's, $90.
7. (4) 34 Michael Walker ®, Alvarado, Texas, Kraft/ProPower, $90.
8. (11) 29 Jamie Campbell, Adkins, Texas, DirtWorks/Mission, $70.
9. (5) 4w Tyler Wolff ®, Fayetteville, Ark.
10. (9) 38 Ronnie Gould III, Seminole, Okla., MBCustom/Mullins, $90.
11. (10) 4 Cody Bauman ®, Eureka, Ill., GRT/Mullins, $90.

 

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #2 (10 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (4) 2 Casey Arneson, Fargo, N.D.
3. (5) 35g Barry Gifford ®, Ponca City, Okla.
4. (1) 49 Chadd Howell ®, Waurika, Okla.
5. (7) 4 Billy Vogel ®, West Fargo, N.D.
6. (8) 15h Sam Hafertepe Jr. ®, Rockwall, Texas.
7. (6) 16g Bubba Gates, Santa Fe, Texas, DustDevil/Harris, $70.
8. (10) 8 Steve Miller, Rosanky, Texas, Rocket/TRD, $90.
9. (9) 137 William Pittaway, Corpus Christi, Texas, Shaw/KSE, $70.
10. (3) 10 Austin Arneson, Fargo, N.D., GRT/Durham, $90.
11. (11) 303 Chase Jupe ®, Waco, Texas, GRT/Mullins, $90.

 

PRODUCTION JARS "A" MAIN (35 laps):
1. (1) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 35, $3000.
2. (6) 99 Jesse Sobbing, Malvern, Iowa, Harris/Yancy's, 35, $1700.
3. (8) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La., MBCustom/Geddes, 35, $1200.
4. (2) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., MBCustom/Mullins, 35, $1000.
5. (14) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, LG2/Sput's, 35, $800.
6. (13) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 35, $700.
7. (16) 2 Casey Arneson, Fargo, N.D., GRT/Durham, 35, $650.
8. (4) 12 Cody Leonard, Sinton, Texas, Harris/Wells, 35, $400.
9. (7) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, 35, $550.
10. (10) 12d Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo., MBCustom/GMPP, 35, $500.
11. (5) 89c Steve Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas, GRT/Durham, 35, $450.
12. (11) 4m Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas, Rocket/LRE, 35, $425.
13. (9) 21t Lance Town, Wellsville, Kan., Phoenix/Driskell, 35, $400.
14. (22) 4 Billy Vogel ®, West Fargo, N.D., LG2/Durham, 35, $375.
15. (23) 4w Tyler Wolff ®, Fayetteville, Ark., MBCustom/Hatfield, 35, $350.
16. (12) 6 Brock Bauman ®, Eureka, Ill., GRT/Mullins, 35, $325.
17. (3) 49jr Jake Timm, Winona, Minn., LG2/BuckBuilt, 34, $325.
18. (19) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan., LG2/Speedway, 34, $325.
19. (20) 49 Chadd Howell ®, Waurika, Okla., GRT/Geddes, 34, $325.
20. (24) 15h Sam Hafertepe Jr. ®, Rockwall, Texas, Kraft/Wells, 34, $325.
21. (21) 77 Garrett Gregory ®, Tomball, Texas, LG2/CHB, 29, $325.
22. (18) 35g Barry Gifford ®, Ponca City, Okla., Shaw/Yeoman, 28, $325.
23. (15) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, 25, $325.
24. (17) 68 Brandon Watson ®, Denison, Texas, GRT/Wornhor, 14, $325.

® = Rookie of the Year contender.

Lap Leader: Gustin 1-35.
Total Laps Led: Gustin 35.
Margin of Victory: 1.088 seconds.
Provisional Starters: Wolff, Hafertepe.
Sybesma Graphics Pole Award: Dillard.
KSE Racing Products Hard Charger: VanderBeek (started 14th, finished 5th).
Entries: 34.

 

Next Race: Saturday, Feb. 13, Shady Oaks Speedway, Goliad, Texas.

 

Production Jars Southern Region Points: Dillard 182, Hughes 176, Duvall 174, Sobbing 167, VanderBeek 160, Gustin 156, Sanders 152, Houston 152, Wolff 143, Drake 142.

 

Rookie of the Year Points: Wolff 143, B. Bauman 134, Vogel 124, Howell 123, Hafertepe 109.

 

COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 19, Geddes 18, Yancy's 14, Sput's 13, Speedway 9.

 

Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 19, MBCustoms 18, LG2 15, Harris 15, GRT 13.

 

Contingency Awards:

Allstar Performance - Leonard.
American Racer - Gustin.
Beyea Custom Headers - VanderBeek.
BSB Manufacturing - Gregory.
Day Motor Sports - Sanders, Watson.
Deatherage Opticians - Duvall.
Edelbrock - Whiteaker.
Eibach Springs - Malchus.
Fast Shafts - Houston.
FK Rod Ends - Wolff.
Forty9Designs.com - Vogel, Howell.
Fuel Safe - Hughes.
GRT Race Cars - C. Arneson.
Hooker Harness - Town.
Integra Shocks & Springs - Kates.
Jerovetz Motorsports Shock Service - B. Bauman.
Kevko Oil Pans & Components - Houston.
Keyser Manufacturing - Drake.
KSE Racing Products - VanderBeek.
Midwest Sheet Metal - Timm.
MSD - Leonard, Gustin.
PBM Performance Products - Sobbing, Gustin.
QA1 - Houston.
Real Racing Wheels - non-qualifiers.
Sybesma Graphics - Dillard.
VP Racing Fuels - Gustin.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products - Whiteaker.
Wilwood Engineering - C. Arneson.