UNITY, Wis. -- The USMTS National Tour ventured into Unity, Wis., Thursday night for the series’ first-ever event at the Central Wisconsin Raceway and Kelly Shryock added another track to his list of conquests.
Starting on the pole for the 40-lap WIX Filters “A” Main, the nine-time USMTS National Champion fought side by side for the first three laps with 2007 USMTS National Champion Jason Krohn before Krohn began to pull away and put some distance between himself and Shryock.
By lap 15, however, Shryock had reeled him back in and when Krohn struggled to get around a slower lapped car on lap 17, Shryock pounced and glided underneath to take command.
Second place was not the place to be for the last half of the race. After a caution flag on lap 26, Krohn was shuffled all the way back to sixth while Jon Tesch moved in to take over the position. Three laps later, Tesch brought out the next yellow flag when a broken shock left his machine crippled at the top of turn 1.
Al Hejna acquired the runner-up spot for the restart, but the caution was out again quickly as Hejna lost control in the first corner and collected four other cars in the process.
This time eighth-starting Ryan Ruter got his shot at the leader on the restart, but Shryock was too strong and pulled away over the final ten laps to score his seventh win of the season and fourth in the last eight contests.
Ruter held on for second while 14-year-old Lucas Schott matched his career-best finish by finishing third.
Krohn found his way back up to fourth and Mike Steensma rounded out the top five at the checkered flag.
Sixth through tenth were Zack VanderBeek, Colt Mather, Dereck Ramirez, Jason Grimes and Chris Brown.
On Friday and Saturday, the USMTS National Tour makes its much-anticipated return to the Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., for two straight nights of $2,000-to-win racing action.
After nearly a decade since their last visit to the high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval, the USMTS Modifieds will be a part of the annual Masters event at “Wisconsin’s fastest piece of real estate” and sharing the spotlight with the UMP Late Models during their annual Summer Nationals grind.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USMTS National Tour
Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region
Inaugural
Event
Central Wisconsin Raceway, Unity, Wis.
Thursday, June 16,
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. (2) 7 Al
Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
2. (3) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn.
3.
(4) 43 Luke Schilling, Granton, Wis.
4. (7) 12m Jason Miller, Osceola,
Wis.
5. (6) 3c Chris Brown, Spring, Texas.
6. (9) 52 Jason Thoennes (R),
Garfield, Minn.
7. (8) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
8. (1) 1
Scott Mullen, Seymour, Wis.
9. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 7k
Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
2. (4) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis.
3. (6)
95 Keith Foss (R), Winona, Minn.
4. (8) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord,
Minn.
5. (1) 95x Kent Baxter, Elk Mound, Wis.
6. (7) 58 Scott Vesely,
Mosinee, Wis.
7. (5) 99 Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
8. (3) 19x Eric
Van Iten (R), Green Bay, Wis.
9. (9) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie,
Minn.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 555 Ryan
Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.
2. (4) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
3. (5) 10 Mike
Steensma, Luverne, Minn.
4. (6) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
5. (7)
19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
6. (9) 66 Dan Bohr, Decorah, Iowa.
7.
(8) 40 Paul Knauf (R), Marshfield, Wis.
8. (1) 15 Steve Bangart, Auburndale,
Wis.
9. (3) 7m Matthew Steffen, Mondovi, Wis.
PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 8
Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
2. (1) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon,
Iowa.
3. (8) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
4. (6) 31 Corey Dripps,
Waterloo, Iowa.
5. (5) 99 Jason Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D.
6. (3) 18
Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
7. (4) Y69 Mike Gregg, Morton, Minn.
8.
(7) X Mike Wedelstadt, New London, Wis.
9. (9) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla
Park, N.M.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 6
advance):
1. (2) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (3) 19r
Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
3. (4) 52 Jason Thoennes (R), Garfield,
Minn.
4. (1) 43 Luke Schilling, Granton, Wis.
5. (7) 72 Doug Hillson,
Blooming Prairie, Minn.
6. (5) 95x Kent Baxter, Elk Mound, Wis.
7. (11) 20
Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Sput’s, $90.
8. (9) 1 Scott Mullen,
Seymour, Wis., Harris/JR, $90.
9. (8) 99 Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.,
Shaw/, $75.
10. (10) 15 Steve Bangart, Auburndale, Wis., GRT/, $75.
11.
(12) 7m Matthew Steffen, Mondovi, Wis., /MadDawg, $75.
12. (6) 58 Scott
Vesely, Mosinee, Wis., DirtDueler/, $75.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 6
advance):
1. (1) 12m Jason Miller, Osceola, Wis.
2. (3) 3c Chris
Brown, Spring, Texas.
3. (4) 66 Dan Bohr, Decorah, Iowa.
4. (5) 99 Jason
Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D.
5. (7) 40 Paul Knauf (R), Marshfield, Wis.
6.
(2) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
7. (6) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan,
Kan., GRT/Sput’s, $90.
8. (10) X Mike Wedelstadt, New London, Wis.,
Sidebiter/Yeoman, $90.
9. (11) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.,
GRT/Sput’s, $90.
10. (8) Y69 Mike Gregg, Morton, Minn., Shaw/GMPP,
$90.
11. (9) 19x Eric Van Iten (R), Green Bay, Wis., GRT/Mullins, $90.
DNS
- 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/Sput’s, $90.
WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 3 Kelly Shryock,
Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $2100.
2. (8) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha,
Iowa, Sidebiter/KSE, 40, $1500.
3. (7) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn.,
Hughes/GMPP, 40, $1000.
4. (2) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s,
40, $900.
5. (11) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40,
$800.
6. (10) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40,
$750.
7. (5) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $650.
8.
(13) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, 40, $600.
9. (20)
99 Jason Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D., Hughes/Dakota, 40, $550.
10. (16) 3c
Chris Brown, Spring, Texas, Skyrocket/ASI, 40, $500.
11. (14) 12m Jason
Miller, Osceola, Wis., Matrix/Mullins, 40, $450.
12. (18) 66 Dan Bohr,
Decorah, Iowa, GRT/Sput’s, 40, $425.
13. (17) 52 Jason Thoennes (R),
Garfield, Minn., MasterSbilt/Sower, 40, $400.
14. (4) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake,
Iowa, BC/JR, 40, $375.
15. (21) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.,
Hillson/CRE, 40, $350.
16. (19) 43 Luke Schilling, Granton, Wis.,
J-Car/B&B, 40, $250.
17. (24) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa,
BC/Mullins, 40, $400.
18. (12) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.,
Skyrocket/Sput’s, 29, j-bar, $400.
19. (6) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.,
GRT/Sput’s, 29, shock, $400.
20. (15) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa,
Hughes/Mullins, 29, flat tire, $500.
21. (3) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis.,
BMS/TriStar, 24, mechanical, $350.
22. (23) 95x Kent Baxter, Elk Mound, Wis.,
J-Car/Baxter, 24, mechanical, $250.
23. (22) 40 Paul Knauf (R), Marshfield,
Wis., Allen/, 4, mechanical, $300.
24. (9) 95 Keith Foss (R), Winona, Minn.,
DirtDueler/Brink, 4, mechanical, $300.
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