WORTHINGTON, Minn. -- Jason Krohn ended a year of frustration Sunday night with a win at the Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn., during Round 7 of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship.
Krohn last rolled into victory lane on Aug. 28 last year in Moberly, Mo., during ‘The Hunt.’ Eight top-5 and twenty top-10 finishes later, the 39-year-old farmer from Slayton, Minn., finally found himself in the winner’s circle again Sunday.
The $2,000 triumph rounded out a near-perfect night for the 2007 USMTS National Champion as he scored the most passing points in heat race action, drew the pole for the main event and then paced all 40 laps of the WIX Filters “A” Main.
While on paper the win looked decisive, it was anything but easy as the quarter-mile oval produced two and three lanes of racing throughout the field.
Heavy lapped traffic midway through the race kept the field close as Jon Tesch, Dustin Boney, Kelly Shryock and Ryan Gustin jockeyed for position behind the leader.
Krohn was able to maintain his edge throughout as Gustin used the back-markers to his advantage and scored the runner-up finish to give him his seventh top-5 finish in seven ‘Hunt’ races.
Tesch held on for third ahead of Boney, Bob Timm and Shryock. Seventh went to Mike Steensma, Zack VanderBeek celebrated his 27th birthday with an eighth-place result, Johnny Scott nabbed the ninth spot and Tommy Myer rounded out the top 10.
After a grueling five-race swing that took the USMTS drivers and their teams to five racetracks in three states, everybody gets a three-day rest before returning to action on Thursday, Aug. 25, at the I-35 Speedway in Winston, Mo.
Friday, Aug. 26, will see the USMTS debut at the Cedar County Raceway in Tipton, Iowa, before wrapping up the weekend on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Upper Iowa Speedway in Decorah, Iowa.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
The Hunt for the USMTS National Championship 5th Annual Event
Nobles County Speedway, Worthington, Minn.
Sunday, August 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 lined up by passing points, with the top 8 in passing points re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.
ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
2. (2) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
3. (7) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
4. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
5. (6) 56 Chris Spieker, Massena, Iowa.
6. (3) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
7. (8) 25t Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
8. (5) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
9. (9) 25s Warren Van Westen, Sibley, Iowa.
NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (3) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
2. (1) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
3. (8) 22 Dustin Boney, Platte City, Mo.
4. (5) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn.
5. (6) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
6. (4) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.
7. (7) 27 Don Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids, Iowa.
8. (2) 07 Justin Anderson (R), Truman, Minn.
9. (9) 17 Garry Oskerson, Fairmont, Minn.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
2. (2) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 49jr Bob Timm, Winona, Minn.
4. (4) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla.
5. (5) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn.
6. (7) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
7. (6) 01 Brandon Aggen, Rushmore, Minn.
8. (8) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $2000.
2. (6) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $1610.
3. (4) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $1100.
4. (2) 22 Dustin Boney, Platte City, Mo., Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $900.
5. (9) 49jr Bob Timm, Winona, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $800.
6. (8) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $910.
7. (10) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $760.
8. (14) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $810.
9. (3) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ASI, 40, $650.
10. (17) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/GMPP, 40, $600.
11. (7) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., Hillson/CRE, 40, $450.
12. (20) 27 Don Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids, Iowa, Skyrocket/HarryHeads, 40, $425.
13. (22) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $500.
14. (19) 25t Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, Harris/Mullins, 40, $375.
15. (13) 56 Chris Spieker, Massena, Iowa, IROC/PerfMach, 40, $350.
16. (15) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn., Hughes/GMPP, 40, $300.
17. (23) 07 Justin Anderson (R), Truman, Minn., Razor/Sweet, 40, $300.
18. (18) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan., Hughes/Mullins, 40, $400.
19. (16) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, 33, mechanical, $400.
20. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 30, oil leak, $400.
21. (12) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, 25, mechanical, $400.
22. (21) 01 Brandon Aggen, Rushmore, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 20, drag link, $300.
23. (11) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Geddes, 11, mechanical, $510.
24. (25) 25s Warren Van Westen, Sibley, Iowa, FRC/RAS, 11, mechanical, $250.
25. (26) 17 Garry Oskerson, Fairmont, Minn., Shaw/Weseman, 8, mechanical, $250.
26. (24) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa, BC/JR, 1, mechanical, $400.
(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.
Integra Lap Leader: Krohn 1-40.
Total Laps Led: Krohn 40.
Margin of Victory: 1.603 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Krohn.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Junghans (started 22nd, finished 13th).
Next Race: Thursday, Aug. 25, I-35 Speedway, Winston, Mo.
National Championship Points: Gustin 853, Shryock 752, Tesch 708, Hughes 684, Krohn 670, Scott 640, VanderBeek 632, Boney 599, Myer 580, Sanders 547.
Rookie of the Year Points: Jason Grimes 1672, Keith Foss 1571, Schott 1508, Clyde Dunn Jr. 976, Jimmy Ray 971.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 507, ProPower 410, Sput’s 377, Geddes 225, ASI 219.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 532, Skyrocket 467, GRT 369, BC 210, Sidebiter 133.
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