Gustin finishes in top 5 at Winona, TX

WINONA, Texas -- Johnny Scott of Las Cruces, N.M., recorded his third career victory Thursday night as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy made its debut at the Rose Bowl Speedway in Winona, Texas.

With passing at a premium in the main event, Scott’s best move of the night came when he drew the pole position for the 40-lap nightcap.

Despite five caution flags that kept the field on his tail for most of the race, Scott was able to power away on each restart and led every lap en route to a $2,000 payday.

Tommy Weder Jr. and fellow Oklahoma driver Randy Timms finished second and third, but were no match for Scott on the 3/8-mile red clay oval.

Shane Hebert and Ryan Gustin rounded out the top-five while Kelly Shryock, George Egbert IV, Jason Hughes, John O Whittington and Bryan Rowland completed the first ten drivers to take the checkered flag.

Gustin made up some ground in the points standings, but Hughes continues to lead “The Reaper” by 25 points. Whittington is third with 479 markers, followed by Shryock (444), Timms (441), Hebert (434), Weder (406), Clyde Dunn Jr. (394), Rick Beebe (389) and Cody Smith (383).

Although he was the first of the 28 starters out of the race, Dunn continues atop the Rookie of the Year standings over Jimmy Ray, Jeff Rowland, Lucas Schott and T.J. Herndon.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy
I-20 Showdown – Round 1 of 3
Rose Bowl Speedway, Winona, Texas
Thursday, March 24, 2011

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.

ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (3) 2 Kenny Gaddis, Hallsville, Texas.
2. (4) 5t Randy Timms, Wheatland, Okla.
3. (2) 9 Jimmy Ray (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (9) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn.
5. (7) 78 Trevor Egbert (R), Salado, Texas.
6. (5) 5j John Schwab, Liberal, Kan.
7. (1) 26 Patrick Linn, Little Rock, Ark.
8. (8) 76 Jesse Manning (R), Brazoria, Texas.
9. (6) 21 Troy Seidl (R), Magnolia, Texas.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (4) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
2. (5) 1 T.J. Herndon (R), Atwood, Tenn.
3. (3) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla.
4. (4) 60 William Gould, Calera, Okla.
5. (2) 57 Jason Armstrong, Marshall, Texas.
6. (8) E18 Tommy Evans, Kilgore, Texas.
7. (7) 36 Brian Mewborn, Texarkana, Texas.
8. (6) 156 Steve Pugh (R), Anderson, Texas.
9. (1) 76 Jeff Rowland (R), Pauls Valley, Okla.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La.
2. (3) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
3. (1) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas.
4. (8) 5w John O Whittington, Vidor, Texas.
5. (6) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr. (R), Sunnyville, Texas.
6. (7) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
7. (9) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.
8. (5) 6 Donnie Powers, Henderson, Texas.
9. (4) 12t Tyler Townsend, Longview, Texas.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (3) 717 George Egbert IV (R), Salado, Texas.
3. (4) 12c Corey Babbitt, Channelview, Texas.
4. (7) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
5. (6) 88xx Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas.
6. (8) 707 P.J. Egbert (R), Copperas Cove, Texas.
7. (5) 78 Billy Brutchin (R), Gladewater, Texas.
8. (1) 87 John Webb (R), Pauls Valley, Okla.

HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
2. (2) 23 Justin Rexwinkle (R), South Coffeyville, Okla.
3. (8) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla.
4. (5) 18s Cody Smith, Kaufman, Texas.
5. (3) 71h Philip Houston (R), Odessa, Texas.
6. (6) 11 Larry Fears (R), Kilgore, Texas.
7. (1) 51 Bobby Gibson, Gladewater, Texas.
8. (7) 5a Wes Armstrong, Marshall, Texas.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 7 advance):
1. (2) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
2. (1) 5w John O Whittington, Vidor, Texas.
3. (3) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla.
4. (8) 707 P.J. Egbert (R), Copperas Cove, Texas.
5. (5) 78 Trevor Egbert (R), Salado, Texas.
6. (4) 18s Cody Smith, Kaufman, Texas.
7. (10) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.
8. (9) 5j John Schwab, Liberal, Kan., Ramirez/Cline, $80.
9. (11) 36 Brian Mewborn, Texarkana, Texas, Ramirez/CRT, $60.
10. (7) 71h Philip Houston (R), Odessa, Texas, SRP/JR, $80.
11. (16) 12t Tyler Townsend, Longview, Texas, Hughes/PTS, $80.
12. (13) 156 Steve Pugh (R), Anderson, Texas, Skyrocket/ProPower, $80.
13. (14) 87 John Webb (R), Pauls Valley, Okla., Hughes/Shoulders, $80.
14. (12) 51 Bobby Gibson, Gladewater, Texas, DirtWorks/???, $60.
15. (6) 88xx Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas.
16. (15) 21 Troy Seidl (R), Magnolia, Texas, Skyrocket/Hovis, $80.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 7 advance):
1. (1) 12c Corey Babbitt, Channelview, Texas.
2. (2) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas.
4. (5) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr., Sunnyville, Texas.
5. (8) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
6. (4) 60 William Gould, Calera, Okla.
7. (6) 57 Jason Armstrong, Marshall, Texas.
8. (14) 5a Wes Armstrong, Marshall, Texas, TRE/Mullins, $80.
9. (12) 76 Jesse Manning (R), Brazoria, Texas, Evolution/Hall, $80.
10. (15) 76 Jeff Rowland (R), Pauls Valley, Okla., Hughes/Boyd’s, $80.
11. (13) 6 Donnie Powers, Henderson, Texas.
12. (7) E18 Tommy Evans, Kilgore, Texas, GRT/PTS, $60.
13. (9) 11 Larry Fears (R), Kilgore, Texas, Shaw/Dent, $80.
14. (11) 78 Billy Brutchin (R), Gladewater, Texas, GRT/Mullins, $80.
15. (10) 26 Patrick Linn, Little Rock, Ark., Skyrocket/Jim’s, $80.

“A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ASI, 40, $2000.
2. (3) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 40, $1500.
3. (4) 5t Randy Timms, Wheatland, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 40, $1000.
4. (8) 9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La., Hughes/ASI, 40, $800.
5. (5) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $700.
6. (9) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $600.
7. (10) 717 George Egbert IV (R), Salado, Texas, DirtWorks/Centex, 40, $550.
8. (13) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 40, $500.
9. (15) 5w John O Whittington, Vidor, Texas, Pierce/CB, 40, $450.
10. (17) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, 40, $425.
11. (6) 2 Kenny Gaddis, Hallsville, Texas, Hughes/???, 40, $400.
12. (21) 78 Trevor Egbert (R), Salado, Texas, Hughes/Centex, 40, $375.
13. (24) 60 William Gould, Calera, Okla., Shaw/BMS, 40, $350.
14. (25) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan., Hughes/Mullins, 40, $325.
15. (2) 1 T.J. Herndon (R), Atwood, Tenn., GRT/KMF, 34, mechanical, $300.
16. (26) 57 Jason Armstrong, Marshall, Texas, TRE/AMS, 34, mechanical, $300.
17. (22) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Ramirez/ProPower, 32, mechanical, $300.
18. (12) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn., Hughes/Action, 32, mechanical, $300.
19. (7) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Geddes, 30, flat tire, $300.
20. (16) 9 Jimmy Ray (R), Las Cruces, N.M., AOS/AOS, 27, flat tire, $300.
21. (19) 707 P.J. Egbert (R), Copperas Cove, Texas, Hughes/Lingo, 24, mechanical, $300.
22. (27) 88xx Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas, Hughes/Wells, 21, mechanical, $80.
23. (28) 6 Donnie Powers, Henderson, Texas, Shaw/???, 21, mechanical, $200.
24. (14) 12c Corey Babbitt, Channelview, Texas, TRE/CAM, 15, mechanical, $300.
25. (11) 23 Justin Rexwinkle (R), South Coffeyville, Okla., GRT/Kalvinator, 10, mechanical, $300.
26. (18) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas, CAM/Allard, 7, flat tire, $300.
27. (23) 18s Cody Smith, Kaufman, Texas, Hughes/Chase, 5, mechanical, $400.
28. (20) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr. (R), Sunnyville, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, 5, flat tire, $400.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Integra Lap Leader: Scott 1-40.
Total Laps Led: Scott 40.
Margin of Victory: 2.029 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Gustin.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Gould (started 24th, finished 13th).
Provisional Starters: Malchus, Powers (track).
Next Race: Friday, March 25, Boothill Speedway, Greenwood, La.
Southeast Region Points: Hughes 539, Gustin 514, Whittington 479, Shryock 444, Timms 441, Hebert 434, Weder 406, Dunn 394, Beebe 389, Smith 383.
Rookie of the Year Points: Dunn 394, Ray 370, J. Rowland 360, Schott 343, Herndon 340.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 74, ProPower 51, ASI 47, CB 41, Sput’s 33.
Chassis Builders Championship Points: Hughes 78, Skyrocket 57, Pierce 41, GRT 37, Evolution 31.