WINSTON, Mo. -- Ryan Gustin took the lead from Chris Brown with eight laps to go, and then sailed to his fourth USMTS National Championship Series victory of the season Thursday night at the I-35 Speedway in Winston, Mo.
Brown led the first 32 laps from the pole position, but midway through the 40-lapper Gustin began to reel in the Spring, Texas, speedster from his outside fourth row starting spot.
‘The Reaper’ was on Brown’s rear bumper when the third and final caution waved on lap 31. Two laps later, the 21-year-old from Marshalltown, Iowa, executed his patented rim-riding style around the high-banked 3/8-mile oval and pulled ahead as they came to the flagstand to complete the 33rd lap.
From there, Gustin padded his advantage to take the $4,000 top prize with his a 1.499-second cushion over Brown. The 54th win of his USMTS career was his sixth overall in 2012 and third in his last six starts as he now holds a healthy lead in the points chase.
Johnny Scott held off Zack VanderBeek for the third spot while Jon Tesch came from 12th on the starting grid to earn the final top-5 finishing position. Sixth through tenth were Dereck Ramirez, Jason Hughes, Stormy Scott, Rodney Sanders and Chase Junghans.
Richie Gustin passed 12 competitors to finish 11th in his first night out in the TC Motorsports #0 machine, but Sanders took home the Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger Award for finishing two spots higher after also passing a dozen drivers.
KANSAS CITY HERE WE COME …
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USMTS National Championship Series
I-35
Speedway, Winston, Mo.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed 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.
BEYEA CUSTOM HEADERS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 85
Thomas Tillison Jr. (R), Wellston, Okla.
2. (4) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile,
Iowa.
3. (3) 0 Richie Gustin, Gilman, Iowa.
4. (7) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo.
5. (5) 98 John Allen, Chanute, Kan.
6. (2) 85d Mark
Dotson, Cameron, Mo.
7. (6) 88d Matt Dotson, Clark, Mo.
8. (8) 92 Jim
Peeler (R), Trimble, Mo.
HOOKER HARNESS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 33z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
3. (6)
7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
4. (8) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
5.
(4) 26 Dan Fetters, Montour, Iowa.
6. (1) 7x Chris Dawson, Lubbock,
Texas.
7. (7) 42 Sam Florence (R), Trimble, Mo.
8. (3) 555 Ryan Ruter,
Kanawha, Iowa.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 4r Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (1) 22d Daniel Hilsabeck (R), Waukee, Iowa.
3.
(4) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.
4. (3) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo,
Iowa.
5. (7) 21m Dean Mahlstedt, Clear Lake, Iowa.
6. (6) 98 Alex Stanford
(R), Chowchilla, Calif.
7. (5) 292 Blake Peeler (R), Milan, Mo.
PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (1)
1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (3) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan,
Kan.
3. (7) 20s Stormy Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (5) 186 Jeremy
Payne, Springfield, Mo.
5. (2) 62 Hunter Marriott (R), Brookville, Mo.
6.
(6) 25 Ron Keith (R), Shawnee, Kan.
7. (4) 99 Martin Bennett, Ankeny,
Iowa.
RACINDIRT.COM HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (1) 19r Ryan
Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
2. (5) 21 Chris Brown, Spring, Texas.
3. (6)
14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
4. (3) 91 Joe Duvall, Chelsea, Okla.
5. (7)
78 Derrick Hicks (R), Ravenwood, Mo.
6. (2) 82 David Wood (R), Rayville,
Mo.
7. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (10 laps, top 6
advance):
1. (1) 22d Daniel Hilsabeck (R), Waukee, Iowa.
2. (5)
21m Dean Mahlstedt, Clear Lake, Iowa.
3. (2) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee,
Kan.
4. (4) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
5. (12) 20 Rodney Sanders,
Happy, Texas.
6. (3) 0 Richie Gustin, Gilman, Iowa.
7. (6) 98 John Allen,
Chanute, Kan., Hughes/Mullins, $100.
8. (13) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha,
Iowa.
9. (9) 25 Ron Keith (R), Shawnee, Kan., GRT/Mullins, $100.
10. (8)
7x Chris Dawson, Lubbock, Texas.
11. (10) 88d Matt Dotson, Clark, Mo.
12.
(11) 292 Blake Peeler (R), Milan, Mo., Shocker/Yancy’s, $100.
13. (7) 62
Hunter Marriott (R), Brookville, Mo., $100.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (10 laps, top 6
advance):
1. (2) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (3) 186
Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo.
3. (1) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
4.
(7) 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo.
5. (8) 98 Alex Stanford (R), Chowchilla,
Calif.
6. (4) 91 Joe Duvall, Chelsea, Okla.
7. (12) 92 Jim Peeler (R),
Trimble, Mo., Shocker/Yancy’s, $100.
8. (5) 78 Derrick Hicks (R), Ravenwood,
Mo., Shaw/Wyman, $100.
9. (11) 99 Martin Bennett, Ankeny, Iowa.
10. (9) 82
David Wood (R), Rayville, Mo., Shaw/FastLane, $100.
11. (10) 42 Sam Florence
(R), Trimble, Mo., Allen’s/Yancy’s, $100.
12. (6) 26 Dan Fetters, Montour,
Iowa, Sidebiter/KSE, $100.
SWAN ENERGY “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (8) 19r Ryan Gustin,
Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $4000.
2. (1) 21 Chris Brown, Spring,
Texas, Skyrocket/RoushYates, 40, $2200.
3. (3) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces,
N.M., Hughes/ProPower, 40, $1600.
4. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon,
Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $1200.
5. (12) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.,
GRT/Sput’s, 40, $1000.
6. (2) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.,
Hughes/ProPower, 40, $800.
7. (6) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.,
Hughes/Mullins, 40, $700.
8. (9) 20s Stormy Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M.,
Hughes/ProPower, 40, $600.
9. (21) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas,
Hughes/Geddes, 40, $650.
10. (10) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.,
GRT/Sput’s, 40, $500.
11. (23) 0 Richie Gustin, Gilman, Iowa, GRT/Yeoman, 40,
$475.
12. (25) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa, Sidebiter/Sput’s, 40,
$150.
13. (14) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Hatfield, 40,
$425.
14. (20) 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo., GRT/KSE, 40, $400.
15. (4)
85 Thomas Tillison Jr. (R), Wellston, Okla., Hughes/Geddes, 40, $400.
16.
(15) 21m Dean Mahlstedt, Clear Lake, Iowa, GRT/Midstate, 40, $400.
17. (22)
98 Alex Stanford, Chowchilla, Calif., SRP/Tim’s, 40, $300.
18. (18) 16 Austin
Siebert, Grandview, Mo., GRT/Mullins, 40, $400.
19. (19) 31 Corey Dripps,
Waterloo, Iowa, BC/ProPower, 40, $400.
20. (13) 22d Daniel Hilsabeck (R),
Waukee, Iowa, GRT/Mullins, 40, $400.
21. (17) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.,
Hughes/Mullins, 30, $400.
22. (16) 186 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo.,
GRT/RoushYates, 30, $400.
23. (11) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.,
Hughes/Sput’s, 29, $400.
24. (28) 99 Martin Bennett, Ankeny, Iowa,
Skyrocket/Sput’s, 28, $100.
25. (24) 91 Joe Duvall, Chelsea, Okla.,
Hughes/BMS, 19, $400.
26. (7) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa,
Skyrocket/RoushYates, 13, $400.
27. (26) 88d Matt Dotson, Clark, Mo.,
GRT/BMS, 13, $100.
28. (27) 7x Chris Dawson, Lubbock, Texas, Shaw/Fletcher,
3, $100.
(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.
Integra Lap Leaders: Brown 1-32, Ryan Gustin
33-40.
Total Laps Led: Brown 32, Ryan Gustin
8.
Margin of Victory: 1.499 seconds.
Mesilla
Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Sanders (started 21st, finished
9th).
Dominator Race Products Hard Luck:
Shryock.
Provisional Starters: Ruter, Dawson, Bennett, Matt
Dotson.
Next Race: Friday, July 13, Lakeside Speedway,
Kansas City, Kan.
USMTS National Championship Series Points:
Ryan Gustin 1477, Sanders 1350, Hughes 1344, S. Scott 1267, J. Scott 1244,
Shryock 1231, Brown 1150, Ramirez 1135, VanderBeek 1105, Junghans
1092.
Rookie of the Year Points: S. Scott 2015, Hilsabeck
1336, Keith 1115, Casey Penn 956, Tillison 689.
COMP Cams Engine
Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 285, Geddes 275, ProPower 245,
Sput’s 223, RoushYates 149.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers
Championship Points: Hughes 348, GRT 313, Skyrocket 256, Sidebiter 115,
Shaw 111.
