Sanders scores 50th USMTS victory on opening night at The Masters

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Sanders scores 50th USMTS victory on opening night at The Masters

 

NEW RICHMOND, Wis.-Rodney Sanders captured his 50th career United States Modified Touring Series victory Friday night as the USMTS Casey's Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental invaded the Cedar Lake Speedway for round 1 of The Masters.

Although the two-time defending USMTS National Champion from Happy, Texas, led every lap of the race, he was never more than two car-lengths ahead of his challengers.

USMTS Rookie of the Year points leader Jesse Sobbing challenged the 25-year-old for the first five laps until Cade Dillard snuck past and began to pressure the leader.

Sobbing regained the second spot ten laps later and chased Sanders to the white flag when Joey Jensen made a bold move to secure the runner-up spot by a bumper over Sobbing, who settled for a third-place paycheck.

Dillard held on for a fourth-place finish with Craig Thatcher finishing fifth to register his third top-five finish in as many nights.

Cory Crapser, Matt Leer, Dan Ebert, Zack VanderBeek and Brent Larson completed the top ten.

The second night of The Masters continues at the Cedar Lake Speedway on Saturday with another $3,000-to-win main event for the USMTS road warriors.

Grandstands open at 4 p.m. and race time is 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $30, kids ages 6-16 are $15 and children ages 5 and under are free.

The Cedar Lake Speedway is a high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located 1.0 mile east of SR 35 on SR 64 (in Somerset), then 4.2 miles north on CR C to CR CC, then left 1.8 miles. For more information call 715-248-7119 or check out www.cedarlakespeedway.com online.

13th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout-which was rained out Memorial Day Weekend at the Upper Iowa Speedway-will take place at the Cresco Speedway in Cresco, Iowa, on Sunday. Hot laps start at 6 p.m. with racing to follow.

The event will also put the spotlight on the Holley Iron Man Series featuring USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods plus USRA Hobby Stocks will also be in action at the mighty Howard County Fairgrounds.

The Cresco Speedway is a high-banked 4/10-mile clay oval located 0.2 miles north of SR 9 on SW 7th (at the Howard County Fairgrounds). For more information call 563-547-3400.

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 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 Series powered by S&S Fishing & Rental - Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region presented by Day Motor Sports
17th Annual Masters - Night 1 of 2
Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Friday, June 12, 2015

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. (2) 07 Cory Crapser ®, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
2. (3) 89 Eric Pember, Pittsville, Wis.
3. (8) 18a Landon Atkinson ®, Little Falls, Minn.
4. (4) 0 Les Duellman, Winona, Minn.
5. (6) 14w Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
6. (1) 4 Cody Bauman ®, Eureka, Ill.
7. (7) 6 Brock Bauman ®, Eureka, Ill.
8. (5) 110x Jordan Hessler, Beldenville, Wis.

DAY MOTOR SPORTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
2. (1) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis.
3. (4) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
4. (8) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas.
5. (3) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.
6. (6) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
7. (7) 23k Ben Kates ®, Tonganoxie, Kan.
8. (5) 42 Paul Niznik, Medford, Wis.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (5) 99 Jesse Sobbing ®, Malvern, Iowa.
2. (3) V2 Joey Jensen, Harris, Minn.
3. (7) 110 Jason Miller, Osceola, Wis.
4. (8) 2g Troy Girolamo, Eleva, Wis.
5. (4) 49s Caleb Shown, Hooks, Texas.
6. (6) 4 Billy Vogel ®, West Fargo, N.D.
7. (2) 6m Ted Marrs, Bethel, Minn.
8. (1) 88 Randy Klein, Enderlin, N.D.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (6) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.
3. (4) 60 Dan Ebert ®, Lake Shore, Minn.
4. (1) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.
5. (2) 2 Casey Arneson ®, Fargo, N.D.
6. (7) 21b Brandon Jensen, Hammond, Wis.
7. (3) 8 Kelly Anderson, Hager City, Wis.
8. (8) 86d Dagan Heim ®, Rosemount, Minn.

ALLSTAR PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) IOU1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, Minn.
2. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (7) 7x Jesse Glenz ®, Cadott, Wis.
4. (3) 4 Bill Byholm, Glidden, Wis.
5. (8) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
6. (4) 45c Cody Cimfl, Chetek, Wis.
7. (6) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis.
8. (5) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (3) 60 Dan Ebert ®, Lake Shore, Minn.
3. (7) 2 Casey Arneson ®, Fargo, N.D.
4. (2) 2g Troy Girolamo, Eleva, Wis.
5. (6) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.
6. (12) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis.
7. (9) 4 Billy Vogel ®, West Fargo, N.D., LG2/Durham, $90.
8. (13) 42 Paul Niznik, Medford, Wis., Rocket/Niznik, $75.
9. (10) 6 Brock Bauman ®, Eureka, Ill., Impressive/Gade, $90.
10. (14) 86d Dagan Heim ®, Rosemount, Minn., Shaw/Murgic, $90.
11. (5) 4 Bill Byholm, Glidden, Wis., MBCustom/Koch, $75.
12. (8) 4 Cody Bauman ®, Eureka, Ill.
13. (4) 0 Les Duellman, Winona, Minn., DirtDueler/Grove, $90.
14. (11) 6m Ted Marrs, Bethel, Minn., Frederick/Homerun, $75.

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
2. (3) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
3. (1) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas.
4. (8) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
5. (4) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.
6. (11) 8 Kelly Anderson, Hager City, Wis., SSR/Scott's, $75.
7. (5) 14w Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn., Hughes/Wagamon, $90.
8. (7) 21b Brandon Jensen, Hammond, Wis., SSR/Scott's, $75.
9. (9) 45c Cody Cimfl, Chetek, Wis., SSR/Anderson, $75.
10. (6) 49s Caleb Shown, Hooks, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, $75.
11. (12) 110x Jordan Hessler, Beldenville, Wis., /Anderson, $75.
12. (13) 88 Randy Klein, Enderlin, N.D., Hughes/Quality, $75.
13. (14) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/Fast, $90.
14. (10) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan., GRT/Mullins, $400.

CASEY'S GENERAL STORES "A" MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, 40, $3000.
2. (11) V2 Joey Jensen, Harris, Minn., SSR/Tim's, 40, $1700.
3. (2) 99 Jesse Sobbing ®, Malvern, Iowa, MBCustom/Sput's, 40, $1200.
4. (3) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La., LG2/Geddes, 40, $1000.
5. (12) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis., GRT/TriStar, 40, $900.
6. (4) 07 Cory Crapser ®, Chippewa Falls, Wis., GRT/Tim's, 40, $800.
7. (16) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis., Shaw/Adams, 40, $600.
8. (15) 60 Dan Ebert ®, Lake Shore, Minn., Impressive/Speedwerx, 40, $650.
9. (6) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, LG2/Sput's, 40, $600.
10. (8) IOU1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, Minn., Shaw/Hill, 40, $550.
11. (20) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., MBCustom/Mullins, 40, $500.
12. (10) 89 Eric Pember, Pittsville, Wis., MBCustom/Mullins, 40, $450.
13. (14) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn., GRT/Sput's, 40, $425.
14. (7) 18a Landon Atkinson ®, Little Falls, Minn., GRT/Geddes, 40, $400.
15. (23) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis., GRT/Tomcat, 40, $375.
16. (24) 4 Cody Bauman ®, Eureka, Ill., Impressive/Gade, 40, $350.
17. (19) 2g Troy Girolamo, Eleva, Wis., GRT/Baxter, 40, $325.
18. (21) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa, Skyrocket/Karl, 40, $300.
19. (22) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn., GRT/Tim's, 40, $300.
20. (18) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas, CAM/Herring, 39, $300.
21. (5) 110 Jason Miller, Osceola, Wis., GRT/Anderson, 35, $300.
22. (13) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., Hughes/Sput's, 30, $300.
23. (9) 7x Jesse Glenz ®, Cadott, Wis., MBCustom/Tim's, 19, $400.
24. (17) 2 Casey Arneson ®, Fargo, N.D., GRT/Durham, 18, $400.

® = Rookie of the Year contender.

Lap Leader: Sanders 1-40.
Total Laps Led: Sanders 40.
Margin of Victory: 0.818 second.
Provisional Starters: Oertel, C. Bauman.
Sybesma Graphics Pole Award: Sobbing.
Hard Charger: J. Jensen (started 11th, finished 2nd).
Entries: 40.

Contingency Awards:
AERO Race Wheels - Arneson.
Allstar Performance - Ebert.
American Racer - Duvall.
Beyea Custom Headers - Thatcher.
BSB Manufacturing - Miller.
Chix Gear Racewear - Sobbing.
Deatherage Opticians - C. Bauman.
Edelbrock - Sobbing.
Eibach Springs - Pember.
FK Rod Ends - Oertel.
Forty9Designs.com - Atkinson, Gierke.
Fuel Safe - Crapser.
GRT Race Cars - Girolamo.
Hooker Harness - Saurer.
KEVKO Oil Pans & Components - VanderBeek.
Keyser Manufacturing - Larson.
KSE Racing Products - Larson.
Marsh Racing Wheels - Glenz.
Midwest Sheet Metal - Glenz.
MSD Ignition - Crapser, Sanders.
PBM Performance Products - VanderBeek, Sanders.
QA1 - Sanders.
R2C Performance Products - J. Jensen.
Real Racing Wheels - all non-qualifiers.
Sybesma Graphics - Sobbing.
Tilton Engineering - Dillard.
VP Racing Fuels - Sanders.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products - Duvall.
Wilwood Disc Brakes - Leer.