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KASSON, Minn. -- It was a cool and crisp early September evening Sunday at
the Dodge County Speedway for the 10th Annual Kasson Klash and round 14 of The
Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship powered by Swan
Energy.
After two nights of rain-outs in the Southern Minnesota area, race fans turned out in good numbers to take in the racing action.
Forty-two USMTS Modifieds signed in, and after qualifying seven of the top eight drivers in passing points were drivers from the local area.
Kasson’s Bobby Swanson and Steve Wetzstein of West Concord drew the front row and led the 27-car field to the green flag for the 40-lap WIX Filters “A” Main.
Wetzstein led lap 1 as Mike Sorensen drove to second. Five laps later, Sorensen drove around the outside of Wetzstein for the lead while the battle for second was intense when four cars slugged it out for that spot.
Defending event winner Jon Tesch bolted from tenth and quickly got to the top five and set sail on the top of the speedway.
The ‘Wizard of Watertown’ zoomed to second and then tracked down Sorensen for the lead on lap 18. A caution came out one lap later and that slowed the pack down.
Tesch took off on the restart, as Keith Foss challenged Sorensen for second. They battled tooth and nail for the runner-up spot while Tesch cruised away.
Points leader Ryan Gustin was up to sixth, but clipped an infield tire on lap 24 and spun to bring out the second caution. Gustin went to the work area and rejoined the race at the back, eventually winding up 19th.
There was another quick yellow flag period on lap 26 when Lucas Schott spun. When the green flag came back out Tesch again stormed away from the pack.
Meanwhile, Foss stole second while Kelly Shryock, Jay Ihrke and Johnny Scott went three-abreast for sixth.
Shryock got to the top five before another caution on lap 37 set up a three-lap dash to the finish.
Tesch took off and picked up his third win of 2011 and second of ‘The Hunt.’ He also took home a $500 bonus from Hanson Tire Service of Leroy.
Shryock made a late-race charge to second with Sorensen in third while Scott finished fourth and Foss finished out the top five.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores
National Championship powered by Swan Energy
10th Annual Kasson
Klash
Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, Minn.
Sunday, September 4,
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) 96x Jay
Ihrke, Dover, Minn.
2. (3) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
3. (1) 02 Jacob
Dahle, Elk Horn, Neb.
4. (5) R4 Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
5. (7) 12
Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
6. (8) 22 Dustin Boney, Platte City, Mo.
7. (6)
45 Todd Scharkey, Kasson, Minn.
8. (4) 1x Cody Erickson, Ulen, Minn.
9.
(9) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn.
NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 90
Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
2. (8) 99s Bobby Swanson, Kasson,
Minn.
3. (6) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (7) 23k Darwin Karau,
Kasson, Minn.
5. (9) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
6. (3) 77 Tom
Brink (R), Winona, Minn.
7. (2) 20 Cole Queensland (R), Grand Meadow,
Minn.
8. (5) 17 Garry Oskerson, Fairmont, Minn.
9. (4) 0 Les Duellman,
Winona, Minn.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 71 Jason
Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
2. (4) 99 Jason Grimes (R), Jamestown,
N.D.
3. (1) 11 Ryan Peckham (R), Corning, Iowa.
4. (3) 65 Tommy Myer,
Blooming Prairie, Minn.
5. (6) 49 Bob Timm, Winona, Minn.
6. (8) 4r Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
7. (5) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie,
Minn.
8. (7) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (5) 19
Mike Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
2. (3) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
3.
(4) 50iii Brandon Davis (R), Medford, Minn.
4. (2) 4a Joel Alberts,
Mantorville, Minn.
5. (1) 29h Joe Horgdal (R), Kasson, Minn.
6. (7) 7 Al
Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
7. (8) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.
8. (6) 20
Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) 99 Josh Angst, Winona,
Minn.
2. (4) 95 Keith Foss (R), Winona, Minn.
3. (5) 19r Ryan Gustin,
Marshalltown, Iowa.
4. (8) 01 Brandon Aggen, Rushmore, Minn.
5. (1) 59
Hank Rollinger Jr., Buffalo City, Wis.
6. (6) 9 Nick Herrick, West Concord,
Minn.
7. (3) 75 James Parker, Dodge Center, Minn.
8. (7) 21x Joe Wernecke,
Dodge Center, Minn.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 7
advance):
1. (4) R4 Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
2. (1) 01
Brandon Aggen, Rushmore, Minn.
3. (11) 20 Cole Queensland (R), Grand Meadow,
Minn.
4. (7) 59 Hank Rollinger Jr., Buffalo City, Wis.
5. (14) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas.
6. (3) 11 Ryan Peckham (R), Corning, Iowa.
7. (15)
69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn.
8. (10) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.,
Hughes/Mullins, $90.
9. (13) 17 Garry Oskerson, Fairmont, Minn.,
Shaw/Weseman, $75.
10. (2) 23k Darwin Karau, Kasson, Minn., DK/FlyinJ,
$75.
11. (6) 49 Bob Timm, Winona, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, $75.
12. (12) 75
James Parker, Dodge Center, Minn., $75.
13. (9) 77 Tom Brink (R), Winona,
Minn., TRE/Grove, $75.
14. (5) 4a Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.,
Skyrocket/Action, $75.
15. (8) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 7
advance):
1. (1) 50iii Brandon Davis (R), Medford, Minn.
2. (4)
65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
3. (2) 02 Jacob Dahle, Elk Horn,
Neb.
4. (7) 22 Dustin Boney, Platte City, Mo.
5. (3) 33z Zack VanderBeek,
New Sharon, Iowa.
6. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
7. (8) 7 Al Hejna,
Clear Lake, Iowa.
8. (10) 45 Todd Scharkey, Kasson, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s,
$75.
9. (9) 9 Nick Herrick, West Concord, Minn., $75.
10. (12) 1x Cody
Erickson, Ulen, Minn., Impressive/Mullins, $75.
11. (11) 72 Doug Hillson,
Blooming Prairie, Minn., Hillson/CRE, $90.
12. (13) 31 Corey Dripps,
Waterloo, Iowa, BC/Mullins, $90.
13. (14) 21x Joe Wernecke, Dodge Center,
Minn., Sidebiter/KSE, $75.
14. (6) 29h Joe Horgdal (R), Kasson, Minn.,
Skyrocket/FlyinJ, $75.
15. (15) 0 Les Duellman, Winona, Minn.,
DirtDueler/Brink, $75.
WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (10) 14 Jon Tesch,
Watertown, S.D., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $2100.
2. (9) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile,
Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $1710.
3. (3) 19 Mike Sorensen, Rochester,
Minn., Hughes/Action, 40, $1000.
4. (11) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.,
Hughes/ASI, 40, $900.
5. (4) 95 Keith Foss (R), Winona, Minn.,
Skyrocket/Brink, 40, $800.
6. (6) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.,
Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $700.
7. (2) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.,
Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $650.
8. (14) 50iii Brandon Davis (R), Medford, Minn.,
BC/GMPP, 40, $600.
9. (21) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Geddes,
40, $660.
10. (24) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 40,
$700.
11. (5) 96x Jay Ihrke, Dover, Minn., Fegers/Dean, 40, $450.
12. (20)
22 Dustin Boney, Platte City, Mo., Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $525.
13. (27) 4r
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, 40, $400.
14. (7) 99 Jason
Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D., Hughes/Dakota, 40, $375.
15. (15) 01 Brandon
Aggen, Rushmore, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $350.
16. (23) 11 Ryan Peckham
(R), Corning, Iowa, IROC/PerfMach, 40, $300.
17. (16) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming
Prairie, Minn., GRT/GMPP, 40, $500.
18. (26) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa,
BC/JR, 40, $400.
19. (12) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa,
Hughes/Mullins, 40, $610.
20. (25) 69 Lucas Schott (R), Chatfield, Minn.,
Hughes/Action, 40, $400.
21. (22) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa,
Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $510.
22. (18) 02 Jacob Dahle, Elk Horn, Neb.,
Hughes/Sput’s, 38, mechanical, $300.
23. (8) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.,
Skyrocket/Sput’s, 38, mechanical, $300.
24. (13) R4 Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa,
Iowa, Skyrocket/Midstate, 38, mechanical, $300.
25. (19) 59 Hank Rollinger
Jr., Buffalo City, Wis., Hughes/Sput’s, 25, mechanical, $300.
26. (1) 99s
Bobby Swanson, Kasson, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 19, mechanical, $300.
27.
(17) 20 Cole Queensland (R), Grand Meadow, Minn., Skyrocket/Action, 17,
mechanical, $300.
(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.
Integra Lap Leaders: Wetzstein 1-6, Sorensen 7-17, Tesch
18-40.
Total Laps Led: Tesch 23, Sorensen 11, Wetzstein
6.
Margin of Victory: 1.717 seconds.
AFCO Pole
Winner: Sorensen.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard
Charger: Hughes (started 24th, finished 10th).
Provisional
Starter: Ramirez.
Next Race: Thursday, Sept. 15,
Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, Kan.
National Championship
Points: Gustin 1355, Shryock 1261, Hughes 1221, Tesch 1202, Scott 1162,
VanderBeek 1111, Boney 1037, Myer 974, Sanders 973, Ramirez
958.
Rookie of the Year Points: Grimes 1708, Foss 1610,
Schott 1605, Clyde Dunn Jr. 976, Jimmy Ray 971.
COMP Cams Engine
Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 553, ProPower 455, Sput’s 430, ASI
264, Geddes 252.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship
Points: Hughes 590, Skyrocket 519, GRT 419, BC 248, Sidebiter 163.
