NickHolt Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 HUGHES HOISTS ’HUNT’ HARDWARE AT HIGHWAY 3 RACEWAY ALLISON, Iowa (Sept. 2) – With a little help from his friends, Jason Hughes captured his third victory of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship Wednesday night at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, during the 5th Annual Hawkeye Summer Classic presented by Car Country and Schroeder Racing Products. Al Hejna captured the pole for the 30-lap Sunoco “A” Main and jumped out to a six-car-length advantage over R.C. Whitwell at the end of the first lap. The next time around, Ryan Gustin blasted around the outside of Whitwell to take over second place and set his sights on Hejna. For the next four laps, Hejna and Gustin checked out, building nearly a full-straight-away lead over Zack VanderBeek, Whitwell and Hughes. Meanwhile, a three-wide fight for the ninth spot saw Dustin Boney, Kelly Shryock and Colt Mather exit turn 4 side by side with Shryock's machine getting sandwiched between the two and his hood flying up into his field of vision. Luckily for the eight-time USMTS National Champion, a caution flag on lap 6 ended his slide backwards through the running order and allowed him to get his hood repaired. On the restart, VanderBeek slid underneath Gustin to move into second and Hughes blasted by Whitwell for fourth while Hejna began building up his advantage once again. Gustin fought back with a rim-riding line around the top of the track, but his crowd-pleasing acrobatics came to an end on lap 13 when he tagged the fence in turn 3 to bring out the race's second caution flag. Again Hejna overpowered the field when the green flag waved to restart the race while Tommy Myer, who came from 13th after winning the first Real Racing Wheels "B" Main, darted past Tim Donlinger to take fourth in the first turn. Hughes muscled his way around VanderBeek for second, and Myer edged his Snickers-sponsored mount into third one lap later. With 20 and one-half laps down and a comfortable lead on Hughes, Hejna's Harris chassis brushed the back-stretch wall and the veteran saw his hopes of victory evaporate as he limped to a stop at the top of the racetrack between turns 3-4. Hejna's departure left Hughes with the lead, which he never relinquished over the final caution-free 10 laps. VanderBeek was able to get by Myer for second on the restart, but never got close enough to challenge the leader and had to settle for the runner-up paycheck while Myer took third place and the PBM Performance Products Hard Charger Award. Donlinger kept his hopes of a second straight USMTS National Championship alive with a fourth-place finish. Like Myer, Dustin Boney passed 10 cars in 30 laps and ended up with his second top-5 finish of the 'Hunt.' Sixth through tenth, respectively, went to Ryan Dolan, Jon Tesch, Shryock, Mark Schulte and 2007 USMTS National Champion Jason Krohn. The win, worth $3,000 was the ninth for Hughes during this year's USMTS Casey's General Stores National Tour and 16th overall including his seven USMTS Dirthead.com Southern Series triumphs. Hughes also narrowed Shryock's lead in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship points as drivers reached the halfway point in the 18-race campaign. Jumping from fourth to second in the rankings, Hughes now trails Shryock by 71 markers (847 to 776), while Rodney Sanders fell to third with 767 points. VanderBeek is fourth with 762, followed by Dereck Ramirez (744), Gustin (732), Donlinger (709), Tesch (688), Myer (670) and Krohn (656). LEAVE IT TO BEAVER ... The Buena Vista Raceway held its first USMTS event last year in front of a standing-room-only grandstand. It was no different this past June and officials expect nothing less than another epic battle when they return to the Alta, Iowa, bullring tomorrow (Thursday, Sept. 3) for the Inaugural Battle at the Beaver presented by Cookies Bar “B” “Q” Sauce — event #10 of 18 in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship. Kelly Shryock won the inaugural event in 2008 and Al Hejna held off Corey Dripps to take the checkers three months ago on June 4. Pit gates will open at 5:00, grandstands open at 6:00, hot laps begin at 6:45 and the first heat race is scheduled to take the green flag at 7:30. Also on the racing card will be Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts. All four classes will be governed under IMCA or USRA rules. Corey Dripps and his Cheetos-sponsored Modified will be at the Casey's General Store located at 303 E. Hwy. 7 in Alta from 12:00 to 2:00. Fans can pick up $2-off discount coupons for Thursday night's races at Casey's General Stores locations in Alta, Aurelia and Storm Lake. For more information, or to find the Casey's location nearest you, check out www.caseys.com online. The Buena Vista Raceway is a 3/8-mile semi-banked clay oval located 0.5 mile east of CR M31 on SR 7 (at the Buena Vista County Fairgrounds). For more information, call 712-664-2662 or 712-284-2561 or visit www.buenavistaraceway.com online. Remaining events in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship: Thu Sep 3 … Buena Vista Raceway, Alta, IA - Battle at the Beaver presented by Cookies Bar “B” “Q” Sauce ($3,000 to win) Fri Sep 4 … Chateau Raceway, Lansing, MN - 4th Annual Cedar River Race ($3,000 to win) Sat Sep 5 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN - 5th Annual BP Labor Day Dual presented by Baudoin Oil ($3,000 to win) Sun Sep 6 … Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, MN - 8th Annual Kasson Klash ($3,000 to win) Fri Sep 18 … North Central Speedway, Brainerd, MN - Inaugural Event ($2,000 to win) Sat Sep 19 … North Central Speedway, Brainerd, MN - Inaugural Event ($3,000 to win) Thu Sep 24 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN - 11th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree ($2,000 to win) Fri Sep 25 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN - 11th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree ($4,000 to win) Sat Sep 26 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN - 11th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree ($6,000 to win) 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. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = OFFICIAL RESULTS Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship - Event #9 of 18 5th Annual Hawkeye Summer Classic presented by Car Country and Schroeder Racing Products Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, Iowa Wednesday, September 2, 2009 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 Sunoco “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8. ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps): 1. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (2) 2. 19r - Ryan Gustin -- Marshalltown, IA (3) 3. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (5) 4. 7 - Ryan Dolan -- Lisbon, IA (8) 5. 4 - Eddie Martin -- Stilwell, OK (4) 6. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (6) 7. 2 - Grant Junghans -- Manhattan, KS (7) 8. 72 - Doug Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1) NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps): 1. 8 - Colt Mather -- Webster, IA (1) 2. 96t - R.C. Whitwell -- Tucson, AZ (2) 3. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (3) 4. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (4) 5. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (6) 6.. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (7) 7 86 - Phil Wernert -- Galesville, WI (8) 8. 12h - Mike Hansen -- Alton, IA (5) DNF BRODIX HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps): 1. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (2) 2. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (1) 3. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (4) 4. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (3) 5. 44 - Darrell Nelson -- Hermantown, MN (5) 6. 21 - Layne Meyer -- West Union, IA (6) 7. 35 - Jeff Schluetter -- New Hampton, IA (7) 8. 20r - Bryan Rowland -- Woodward, OK (8) DNF AWESOME RACEWEAR HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps): 1. 10 - Mike Steensma -- Luverne, MN (1) 2. 27m - Mark Schulte -- Delhi, IA (2) 3. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Westville, OK (6) 4. 5r - Morgan Bagley -- Longview, TX (4) 5. 22 - Dustin Boney -- Tonganoxie, KS (7) 6. 111 - Bumper Jones -- Mesilla Park, NM (3) 7. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (5) REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (10 laps, top 5 advance): 1. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1) 2. 22 - Dustin Boney -- Tonganoxie, KS (3) 3. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (2) 4. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (5) 5. 35 - Jeff Schluetter -- New Hampton, IA (8) 6. 4 - Eddie Martin -- Stilwell, OK (4) 7. 21 - Layne Meyer -- West Union, IA (6) 8. 72 - Doug Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (9) 9. 86 - Phil Wernert -- Galesville, WI (7) 10. 20r - Bryan Rowland -- Woodward, OK (10) DNS REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (10 laps, top 5 advance): 1. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (1) 2. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (3) 3. 44 - Darrell Nelson -- Hermantown, MN (4) 4. 111 - Bumper Jones -- Mesilla Park, NM (6) 5. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (8) 6. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (5) 7. 5r - Morgan Bagley -- Longview, TX (2) 8. 2 - Grant Junghans -- Manhattan, KS (7) 9. 12h - Mike Hansen -- Alton, IA (9) DNS SUNOCO “A” MAIN (30 laps): 1. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Westville, OK (6) 2. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (3) 3. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (13) 4. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (4) 5. 22 - Dustin Boney -- Tonganoxie, KS (15) 6. 7 - Ryan Dolan -- Lisbon, IA (11) 7. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (12) 8. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (10) 9. 27m - Mark Schulte -- Delhi, IA (9) 10. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (14) 11. 4r - Dereck Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (19) 12. 44 - Darrell Nelson -- Hermantown, MN (18) 13. 111 - Bumper Jones -- Mesilla Park, NM (20) 14. 96t - R.C. Whitwell -- Tucson, AZ (2) 15. 35 - Jeff Schluetter -- New Hampton, IA (21) 16. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (23) 17. 8 - Colt Mather -- Webster, IA (7) 18. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (16) 19. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (17) 20. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (22) DNF 21. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (1) DNF 22. 19r - Ryan Gustin -- Marshalltown, IA (5) DNF 23. 5r - Morgan Bagley -- Longview, TX (24) DNF 24. 10 - Mike Steensma -- Luverne, MN (8) DNF Lap Leaders: Hejna 1-20, Hughes 21-30. Total Laps Led: Hejna 20, Hughes 10. AFCO Pole Winner: VanderBeek. Provisional Starters: Sanders, Bagley. PBM Performance Products Hard Charger: Myer (started 13th, finished 3rd). Next Race: Thursday, Sept. 3, Buena Vista Raceway, Alta, Iowa. Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship Points: Shryock 847, Hughes 776, Sanders 767, VanderBeek 762, Ramirez 744, Gustin 732, Donlinger 709, Tesch 688, Myer 670, Krohn 656. DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year Points: Junghans 731, Hansen 564, Chase Junghans 339, Mather 333, Dolan 303. COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Sput’s 417, Mullins 284, JR 211, Pro Power 177, ASI 171. Chassis Builders Championship Points: Skyrocket 410, Ramirez 347, Hughes 315, GRT 245, Harris 207. Contingency Awards: AFCO Racing Products – VanderBeek. American Racer – Ramirez. Isky Racing Cams – VanderBeek. KSE Racing Products – Steensma. PBM Performance Products – Myer. Marsh Racing Wheels – Steensma. Nitroquest – Myer. Out-Pace Racing Products – Ramirez. Quarter Master – Hughes, Shryock. QuickTime Performance Parts – Tesch. Real Racing Wheels – Martin, Sanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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