Gustin dominates Bloomfield USMTS go

BLOOMFIELD, Iowa -- When the USMTS National Tour got the green flag to start the 30-lap WIX Filters “A” Main Thursday night at the Bloomfield Speedway, it looked like Zack VanderBeek might get his second win in as many nights.

It didn’t look that way for very long.

From the fourth starting spot, VanderBeek drove around front row starters Ron Ver Beek and Ryan Gustin to lead the first two laps of the main event, but once Gustin found his preferred line around the top of the racetrack it was all over.

Gustin powered back by VanderBeek to lead the third lap, and then proceeded to distance himself from the field over the final 27 laps en route to his 16th win of the season.

As the 20-year-old from Marshalltown, Iowa, took the checkered flag, VanderBeek was racing through traffic down the back-stretch on his way to a runner-up finish ahead of Terry Phillips, Kelly Shryock and Corey Dripps.

Thursday night’s event marked the fifth visit to Bloomfield for the USMTS Modifieds, and the first time Shryock was not the man in victory lane.

In addition to his $2,000 payday, Gustin also secured the Arnold Motor Supply Central States Region title – his third regional crown of the season – in garnering his 40th career USMTS feature win.

Rodney Sanders and Jason Krohn finished sixth and seventh, respectively, and were the last drivers not yet lapped by Gustin. Jeremy Payne, Colt Mather and Ver Beek rounded out the top 10 finishers.

On Friday and Saturday, July 21-22, all eyes point to the inaugural Silver Dollar Nationals at the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., for a two-day event during the $25,000-to-win Late Model show and two complete shows for the USMTS drivers that will close the curtain on the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Great Plains Region and set the final group of drivers to qualify for this year’s Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship powered by Swan Energy.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy
Arnold Motor Supply Central States Region
5th Annual Success Bank Davis County Fair Race presented by Golden Furrow Fertilizer
Bloomfield Speedway, Bloomfield, Iowa.
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money won. All drivers are locked into the “A” Main, with the top 8 in passing points re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (3) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
2. (1) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
3. (5) R4 Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
4. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
5. (7) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood, Iowa.
6. (4) 17 Steve Stewart, Burlington, Iowa.
7. (2) 15m Shane Demey (R), Denison, Iowa.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 19R Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
2. (3) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
3. (2) 94 Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
4. (4) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
5. (6) 7K Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
6. (5) 56 Chris Spieker, Massena, Iowa.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (3) 74 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo.
2. (1) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
3. (6) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
4. (2) 9 Charles Baker, La Belle, Mo.
5. (4) 77 Jim Lynch, Bloomfield, Iowa.
6. (5) 22 Brandon Banks, Washington, Iowa.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (35 laps):
1. (2) 19R Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 35, $2100.
2. (4) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $1550.
3. (7) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Hatfield, 35, $1000.
4. (3) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 35, $1100.
5. (11) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/Mullins, 35, $800.
6. (10) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Geddes, 35, $800.
7. (14) 7K Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 35, $650.
8. (8) 74x Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Hatfield, 34, $600.
9. (5) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 34, $550.
10. (1) R4 Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Skyrocket/Midstate, 34, $400.
11. (13) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 34, $450.
12. (15) 17 Steve Stewart, Burlington, Iowa, Stewart/Stewart, 34, $425.
13. (9) 94 Steven Blattler, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 34, $275.
14. (12) 9 Charles Baker, La Belle, Mo., 34, $250.
15. (17) 22 Brandon Banks, Washington, Iowa, DirtDueler/Mid-American, 31, mechanical, $250.
16. (16) 56 Chris Spieker, Massena, Iowa, IROC/PerfMach, 12, mechanical, $300.
17. (6) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa, BC/JR, 6, mechanical, $400.
18. (18) 15m Shane Demey (R), Denison, Iowa, BMS/Demey, 6, mechanical, $400.
DNS - 77 Jim Lynch, Bloomfield, Iowa, 0, did not start, $75.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Integra Lap Leaders: VanderBeek 1-2, Gustin 3-35.
Total Laps Led: Gustin 33, VanderBeek 2.
Margin of Victory: 6.942 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Shryock.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Krohn (started 14th, finished 7th).
Next Race: Friday-Saturday, July 22-23, I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Neb.
Arnold Motor Supply Central States Region Points: Gustin 489, VanderBeek 434, Mather 413, Shryock 410, Sanders 393, Spieker 297, Demey 279, Hejna 268, Krohn 261, Dripps 233.
Rookie of the Year Points: Jason Grimes 1538, Clyde Dunn Jr. 976, Jimmy Ray 971, Keith Foss 869, Lucas Schott 862.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 388, ProPower 308, Sput’s 277, Geddes 178, ASI 167.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 408, Skyrocket 355, GRT 266, BC 150, Ramirez 80.