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LANSING, Minn. (May
30) – After an afternoon show at the Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn., the
teams of the USMTS National Tour loaded up and headed 35 miles south to the Chateau Raceway in Lansing, Minn.,
for an Memorial Day evening program on Monday.
A windy day robbed the 3/8-mile clay oval of moisture, but the racing was not without plenty of
action and a little controversy.
For the second time today, Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region points leader Ryan Gustin drew the
pole position for the start of the 40-lap WIX Filters “A” Main, but unlike the
previous feature race earlier in the day Gustin went out and led every lap of
Monday night’s main event.
He did not go
unchallenged, however, as rookie Brandon Davis ran down the leader near the
halfway point of the race and with 24 laps complete made a move to the inside of
Gustin for the lead.
Gustin slid up out
of the fast lane exiting turn 2 and opened the door for Davis to sneak
underneath. The two drag-raced down the back-stretch with Davis nosing ahead,
but Gustin drove deeper into turn 3 and fought back for the
spot.
Door to door, the
two made contact which caused Gustin’s machine to bounce through the turn but he
was able to keep his car going forward. Davis was not as fortunate, however, as
he spun to a stop at the top of the turn to bring out the race’s second and
final caution, and ended his bid for his career-first USMTS
victory.
Gustin went
unchallenged the rest of the way and took the checkered flag more than five
seconds ahead of runner-up Dereck Ramirez, who turned in his best performance of
the season driving a new Hughes Chassis he debuted Saturday
night.
Corey Dripps
finished third, Keith Foss was fourth and Steve Wetzstein took the fifth spot.
Sixth through tenth positions went to 21st-starting Todd Scharkey, Lucas Schott,
Jon Tesch, Mark Noble and Zack VanderBeek.
