HEJNA HITS PAY DIRT AT TRI-OVAL SPEEDWAY

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, August 15, 2008

 

HEJNA HITS PAY DIRT AT TRI-OVAL SPEEDWAY

 

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (Aug. 15) – The fifth event in the

Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS

National Championship produced a fifth different winner

Friday night as Al Hejna captured the Holley "A" Main at

the Tri-Oval Speedway in Fountain City, Wis.

 

Polesitter Jake Neal led the first circuit of the 30-lap

main event before giving way to AFCO Pole Award winner

Dean Mahlstedt.

 

Mahlstedt's reign was cut short four laps later when

mechanical woes sidelined the Clear Lake, Iowa, pilot.

 

Hejna—also from Clear Lake—assumed the top spot and paced

the final 25 laps to claim his first win of the Hunt and

third overall this season.

 

The "A-Train" was followed across the finish line by Tim

Donlinger, who scored his second straight runner-up

paycheck since winning at the U.S. 36 Raceway in Osborn,

Mo., on Tuesday.

 

Corey Dripps matched his best finish of the season with a

third-place showing, while Neal hung on for fourth ahead

of Alan Mondus.

 

Dereck Ramirez, eight-time O'Reilly USMTS National

Champion Kelly Shryock, Zack VanderBeek, Scott Green and

Jon Tesch completed the top-10.

 

Donlinger was sitting 11th in the points standings after

failing to make the main event at the Belleville (Kan.)

High Banks on Monday, but one win and two second-place

finishes later, the Rochester, Minn., veteran has

leapfrogged past nine drivers and into second in the

Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS

National Championship—just 15 points behind VanderBeek

(476 to 461).

 

Tesch is just one marker behind Donlinger in this wild and unpredictable title chase, while Shryock is just another

five points back in fourth. Hejna is fifth with 447

points, followed by John Allen (420), Ron Ver Beek (411),

Ramirez (406), Tommy Weder Jr. (398) and Mondus (357).

 

Four of the final 11 races will be held at the Deer Creek

Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., where Donlinger has

notched six USRA Modified wins this season and was the

track points leader before opting to chase the O'Reilly

USMTS crown one week ago.

 

The tenth O'Reilly USMTS National Champion will be crowned

on the final night of the 10th Annual Featherlite Fall

Jamboree, Sept. 18-20 at Deer Creek.

 

The O'Reilly USMTS National Tour returns to the Upper Iowa

Speedway in Decorah, Iowa, tomorrow for some unfinished

business. Mother Nature intervened on Wednesday, forcing

the postponement of the 4th Annual Summer Challenge until

Saturday.

 

Gates open at 5 p.m. and hot laps start at 6:30. Racing

will immediately follow.

 

A full program featuring Hornets, USRA Hobby Stocks,

Outlaw Hobbys, USRA B-Mods and USRA Stock Cars are also on

tap.

 

The Upper Iowa Speedway is a 1/4-mile semi-banked clay

oval located 1.8 miles east of US 52 on SR 9, then 1.0

mile northwest on Montgomery St., then northeast on E.

Main St. (at the Winneshiek County Fairgrounds).

 

For race day information, call the track hotline at (563)

382-9984 or visit www.upperiowaspeedway.com on the World

Wide Web.

 

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring

Series, call the headquarters at (515) 832-7944 or visit

www.usmts.com online for the latest news and information

from the USMTS — America's Hottest Ticket on Dirt.

 

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OFFICIAL RESULTSUnited States Modified Touring Series

O’Reilly USMTS National Tour

Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS

National Championship

Tri-Oval Speedway, Fountain City, Wis.

Friday, Aug. 15, 2008

 

Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown

and starting position in parentheses. The top 12 drivers

in passing points accumulated in the heat races are locked

into the Holley “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for

starting positions 1-8.

 

ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):

1. 98 - John Allen -- Chanute, KS (2)

2. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (5)

3. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (4)

4. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- Woodward, OK (6)

5. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (8)

6. 59 - Hank Rollinger -- Buffalo City, WI (3)

7. 11n - Roger Niederkorn -- Ettrick, WI (1)

8. 9 - Karl Fenske -- Winona, MN (7) DNF

 

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):

1. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (1)

2. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (4)

3. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rollingstone, MN (5)

4. 94jr - John Doelle -- Arcadia, WI (7)

5. 58 - Jeff Rollinger -- Winona, MN (2)

6. 44 - LeRoy Scharkey -- Rochester, MN (3)

7. 36 - Paul Hamernik -- Winona, MN (6) DNF

 

Q.E.M., INC. HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):

1. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (1)

2. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (2)

3. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (4)

4. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (6)

5. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (5)

6. 9j - Jeremy Jonsgaard -- Winona, MN (7) -1 Lap

7. 52 - Quinn Arnoldy -- Arcadia, WI (3) DNF

 

HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):

1. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (2)

2. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (6)

3. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (5)4. 99 - Josh Angst -- Winona, MN (3)

5. 55w - Bob Bautch -- Winona, MN (1)

6. 18 - Justin Boney -- Leavenworth, KS (7) -2 Laps

7. 4rv - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (4) DNF

 

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (8 laps, top 6 advance):

1. 94jr - John Doelle -- Arcadia, WI (1)

2. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (2)

3. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (4)

4. 99 - Josh Angst -- Winona, MN (3)

5. 59 - Hank Rollinger -- Buffalo City, WI (6)

6. 52 - Quinn Arnoldy -- Arcadia, WI (8)

7. 11n - Roger Niederkorn -- Ettrick, WI (7)

8. 9 - Karl Fenske -- Winona, MN (9)

9. 9j - Jeremy Jonsgaard -- Winona, MN (5) DNF

 

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (8 laps, top 6 advance):

1. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (2)

2. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- Woodward, OK (1)

3. 58 - Jeff Rollinger -- Winona, MN (3)

4. 55w - Bob Bautch -- Winona, MN (4)

5. 4rv - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (8)

6. 18 - Justin Boney -- Leavenworth, KS (5)

7. 36 - Paul Hamernik -- Winona, MN (7)

8. 44 - LeRoy Scharkey -- Rochester, MN (6)

 

HOLLEY “A” MAIN (20 laps):

1. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (7)

2. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (8)

3. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (5)

4. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (1)

5. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (11)

6. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (4)

7. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (12)

8. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (15)

9. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (14)

10. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (17)

11. 94jr - John Doelle -- Arcadia, WI (13)

12. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (10)

13. 4rv - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (22)

14. 98 - John Allen -- Chanute, KS (6)

15. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- Woodward, OK (16)

16. 99 - Josh Angst -- Winona, MN (19)

17. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (2)

18. 55w - Bob Bautch -- Winona, MN (20)19. 58 - Jeff Rollinger -- Winona, MN (18)

20. 59 - Hank Rollinger -- Buffalo City, WI (21)

21. 18 - Justin Boney -- Leavenworth, KS (24)

22. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (3) DNF

23. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rollingstone, MN (9) DNF

24. 52 - Quinn Arnoldy -- Arcadia, WI (23) DNF

 

Lap Leaders: Neal 1, Mahlstedt 2-5, Hejna 6-30.

Total Laps Led: Hejna 25, Mahlstedt 4, Neal 1.

AFCO Pole Winner: Mahlstedt.

Provisional Starters: none.

Ruter Farms Long Tow: Ramirez (853.71 miles).

KSE Racing Products Hard Charger: Ver Beek (started 22nd,

finished 13th).

Next Race: Saturday, Aug. 16, Upper Iowa Speedway,

Decorah, Iowa.

O'Reilly USMTS National Championship Points: VanderBeek

476, Donlinger 461, Tesch 460, Shryock 455, Hejna 447,

Allen 420, Ver Beek 411, Ramirez 406, Weder 398, Mondus

357.

Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Rookie of the Year Points:

Kenny 954, Ramirez 940, Bryan Rowland 647, Rodney Sanders

193, Colt Mather 191.

COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Sput’s 405,

Mullins 337, Wanders 312, A.S.I. 290, JR 255.

Chassis Builders Championship Points: Skyrocket 421,

Hughes 352, Kraft 285, Harris 258, GRT 116.

 

Contingency Awards:

AFCO Racing Products – Mahlstedt.

American Racer – Ver Beek.

Belleville Motorsports – not awarded.

BSB Manufacturing – Tesch.

Hawk Performance – Hejna, Green.

Isky Racing Cams – Allen.

KSE Racing Products – Ver Beek.

Marsh Racing Wheels – Timm.

New Vision Graphics – Neal.

Nitroquest Web Solutions – Dripps.

Quarter Master – Hejna, VanderBeek.

QuickTime Performance Parts – Shryock.

Real Racing Wheels – VanderBeek, Green.

Ruter Farms – Ramirez.

TrackTek Racing Fuel – not awarded.